Show Community Profile t Choir preps for trip by Kta Rand Members of the Dta Hgb School acappeila chor who 21 be going to France this srrmer got p’er passport appUcatjOfs processed last week Passports are usually processed at the MJlard County Clerk ’s office at the ut because of courthouse in Fihnvy the large number of applicants County Clerk Marlene W hacker ana Depu'y Clerk Norma Brunson came to Dei'a for the day For a few hours on Wednesday Feb 22 the Clerk’s office was a foidrag tank on the page of the DHS auditorium Choir spokeswoman Jane Ekras sad 44 students processed “We still have about eight more to do” she sad “some kids were sak and so on" Ekins sad about 50 students are going to France with 13 chaperones A few problems were found on birth certificates “V e’re getting all kinds of surprises around here” Ekins sad “V rorg spellirg wrong bulhdaies wrong names It’s gorng to be an interesting day” Passport apphcuVutis usually take “a weeks” to clear V bicker sad Vi hat happens if one doesn't clear? “They’ll serd them back and kt us know what the probkm is ard we just keep applying until they do clear” she said It was the largest Single group of passport applications W bicker’s office has ever handled John Wiscom president of Journey Associates ice trael coordinator making the trip plans visited DHS Thursthe trip with day Feb 16 and students In addition to their performance in Paris the choir has also been invited to perform in England Choir director David ankitr said students will sing in the mternar tonal Clercen well music festival just outside London “There’ll coupk V 14 Kim Foltz and I'll A shaggy dog story by Kea Rand Every dog needs a haircut no and then Just ask Kira Folu of Angel yn Groomery and Supplies in Delta She cut shaggy dog's hair for a living Kira grew up in Rapid City South Dakota a here her affection for dog began at about age 10 “J grew up with a woman who bred poodle” Kim says “She also had a groomery and she taught me” “A kit of people who raise dogs also have groorneriev” the says “because you do a lot of grooming (or show 1 o help support their kennel they start groomenes” She followed her father in a career move to Salt Lake CVy before moving to Delta in 1985 to tend friend Joan Wan berg' collie kennel while Joan worked But Kira wanted to open her own business She turned to grooming friend Dak McTee a computer technician at IPP to help finance it Angelyn Groomery and Supplies opened for business in Oct 1986 Kira also breeds Shetland sheep dogs sheUies as a hobby “You don’t make mpney taking dogs” she says i "You do it more or kss just for your own satisfaction By the time you’ve paid for shot and stud fees and all that you don't make money” Dak likes sheltic almost a much as Kira does “1 like them because they’re small" he says "They’re so much easier to deal with We had some tollies for a whik and they just tore everything apart” Last year Kim lost her enure kennel except for one sheiite and one male and one femak offspring Kim blames “bad dog food combined with lead poisoning m the water" for the loss “It got so bad we had emergency trips to bait Lake City on Sunday nights It pretty well wiped out the entire ken nel" she says Kim got a show quality sheitie shipped in from Minnesota to get s'arted again “ft was my Christmas presere” she says Kim shows in Utah and Idaho and wants to expand Good sheltic are expensive Kim says In Kansas City for example pet sheitie puppies start at $300 “L'p in Michigan pet puppies sell for $5 00” she says By “pet puppies" Kim means the dog lacks show quality and cannot be bfed but still makes for a good pet Show dogs cost more Kim recently returned to school to study general educanon as a prelude to getting a degree in veterinary medicine “J don't want to be a practicing vet” Kim says “1 want to do research ” After the loss of her dogs last year Kim did a lot of research in nutrition and toxicology on her own Dak says Kim knows more about toxicology than most grad students “One of my vets up in bait I ake told me ‘Jf need to find out something about kad I’m going to have to call you”' Kim says Still school is no breeze “It's a tough because have a big problem with math" she says "and it’s a lot of math m the vertermary part ” But Kim will persist “When I was growing up my mother used to say to me (hat ought to be a vet I'm working on it” After completing her general ed Kim expects two years of quirements t schooling then eight years of veterinary school Right now she takes classes from bnow College and Utah btate at the West Central Utah Vocational Center in Delta Since Kim returned to smool she no longer does her own grooming Brenda Thomas has just been hired to do most of it be three American groups there” fe “us the Greenwich H gh cho r from Connecticut and the Mchgan ate mar chirg band ” dents w21 also hae an oppor ralsteer g Bucking hara ly to tour London P a Jt W mdsor Cas'Ie London fc'dte B g Ben the white chffi of Doer and other Sites "They’re go rg to lake us to the thea'er” Warer tad “We’ll procably see ’Les M oracles’ which will be tea fra to see The choir wdl aUo sng in the Lux Gardens emtourg 1c France students wd! tour Paris on foot take a cruse on the Seine see 'he Loure Museum and visit Normand Dnta H gh will represent Utah at 'he French bicentennial fev nines wi'h a ! pertormance in the shadow of the Tower m Pans Jdy 2 Ail but five L S s'a'es have sent choirs or bands to the cekora'ioit Last minute efforts are con'inuing tkins sad “We need to encourage those who want to make dona'ions to make them now” she sad "because our pa merits hae to go in monthly and our last payment Donations made goes in May through the Millard School District F ounda’ion are tax deductible Donations go to help pay the per student fare Chaperones pay their own way About $45 060 has been raised so far About is yet to be paid Students will make up the difference out of their own pockets Choir members are also selling new and renewals to the subscriptions Chronicle Progress as part of the effort "If you’d like to help the choir this way” publisher Sue Dutson said “please contact a choir member ra'her than the newspaper office It’s easier to keep track of it that way ” sad S’ J” S21 $85l Fsther Tanner and auditorium Wankierlook over passport pir tores af DHS Millard school District Foundation wish a Sheep and swine tag deadline Ttie tag deadline for sheep and swine tags is March 3 for the Millard County Jr Livestock Show Tag applica' ions tan be picked up at the LSU Extension Office in Delta and Fillmore or the Millard County Road Barn in Delta The appli a'ion must be received or povmarktd by 5 p m on or before the tag dcaOi re All exh'bitors are required to have their animals weghed tagged and tattooed to en er the show The tagging David to make foundation I da'e is March 4 at the following locations - Delta S'ock Show Barn from 10 a rn to noon - Leamington arc a Rich f inlmson’s at Ham Supio Town Corral 10 a m - Fillmore S'eve Kelly’s home a' p rn If you hae any questions please con tact Teri Taylor at 864 2467 or 864 2182 contribution to the M Hard School D strict for the Acappclla ( hoir (f ranct I989j in the amount of $ Name: Address: state: (tty: contribution of any amount would lit ip: greatly appreciated' SLND TO: Delia High School 50 West 300 North Delta Utah 84624 Miss Utah Teen pageant planned Dates for the Miss Utah Teen USA Pageant are tentatively set for the last weekend in April or the first weekend in May Utah's official reprsentative in the nationally televised Miss Teen USA Pageant in July 1989 is being sought She will have the opportunity of winning over $150 X) in cash and pnzes The ’new’ Miss Utah Teen USA will receive along with her all expense paid trip to the site of the National Miss Teen USA Pageant an extensive wardrobe for the competition a Scholarship award (provided by our official corporate sponsor for the pageant ife Insurance Co ) and many Surety other prizes The required age for entering the pageant is at least 5 years of age and 1989 not yet 19 years of age by July All single young women interested in thi entering the pageant may contact or mail either phorit by pageant offices at Christensen Quinn & Co & Miss Utah Teer Miss Utah US USA Headquarters 5418 Haen Lane SLC Utah 84117 or Deadline for all entries and com plcted pageant information forms April 20 1989 Peregrine Falcon lost by Kselya Mallet A prized Peregrine falcon has been lost on the west desert near f illmore and the owner from Costa Mesa C A would love to have someone find it If anyone sees a Peregrine falcon please try to call to it A good way of determining if it is the missing bird is to tie a leather glove on a rope or piece of twine and whirl it around in the air he falcon will fly to it The bird will have two leather ankkts with brass rivets one on each kg Also a brown and black federal marker with numbers RLC8I 109 on the right leg and a silver marker on the left kg A small black transmitter is connected to one of the markers and is about the size of the thumb with a 12 inch long antenna of thin piano wire The bird weighs one and a half pounds the size of a small chicken It’s back lias black feathers with a pak sky blue color mixed in Hit head is black the top half of die breast is a tan peach color and lower half has peach and black horizontal He has markings Urge round black eyes with yellow colored bands around them His feet are 15 He is inches long from bright yellow top of head to tip of tail T he bird has been raised in captivity all of it’s life and will probably fly to a human especially because it will be hungry and looting to be fed He eats raw chicken or mice He wit! need to be fed as soon as posstbk because captive birds do not hunt for themselves T he owner says he may live 4 or 5 days on his own and then die If found kup it in a box with air holes Peregrine falcons are an endangered species and are not allowed to be hunted any longer They are 'he fastest flying birds in the United S'a cs and possibly the world They can fly and dive up to speeds of 200 miles per hour Jf the weather and thermal condi ions are right tlicy can at'am scry high altitudes and tar fly 60 miles or more in a day T he two young men came to Provo icld and Sky Utah for the Falcon Trials which were held eb 24 & 25 This is a meet where people from all over the United States come with their falcons to have their birds perform Their skills are based on stamina and flight tapabil ties The male won 5th place I he two young falconers were out on the desert Sunday morning exercising their two birds when the radio transmitter on the leg of the male bird malfunctioned The bird did not return to them although they searched for him throughout the day If found and positive identification is made please notify Mark Anthony Robertson at 714 642 6863 or call the or Chronicle Progress at A reward of $100 is offered $75 cash rebate on a new electric water heater Senator Jake Cam Farm Bureau Banquet Senator Jake Garn is the gues speaker for the annual I arm Burca Bariquet-grab your best gal anc come to the Delta South Llemeniar School March at 6 p rn T he Delta High Acappclla choir will serve a delicious meal (remember this will help our kids get to Parisj Tickets are $6 0 per plate contact Ken lowle 864 3202 Randy Coats 79$ 2618 ot Von Tenney for tickets We know there is a Know Your Rehgior lecture this same evening but the let ture time has been changed to 8 p m so you can attend both events Come join us for an enjoy abk evening’ tt'a good ido (or vzomwn to quit smoking bwfor they consider FREE SAVER PACK to help you cut the cost of electric water heating all toll fue 1552 for details or visit sour nearest See your participati tig tali dealer for details Delta (Lurch Lumber 8 Hardware Lnsce True Value Home Sears Qualm utali nuuion 4 Power oftiec Ueart Cumhany Ace Hardware (enter |