Show Page Millard County Chronicle Progress 2 I have been sitting around wailing Ken to call me the election results so I could wrap up the paper for this week I could have been writing my column so I would be ready to go home as soon as the results were in but not me Anyway I wasn’t sure what I wanted to write about Now the results are in so I have a good subject to address - Millard County voters With 16 of 17 precincts in (only to go) the total voters exer- cising their rights in Millard County appears to be about 2800 My question to myself right away is “what percentage does that represent7” So looked in the 1988 File papers to see what was reported fora general election Marlene Whicker reported that there were 6449 registered voters in Millard County of which 4797 or 7438 cast ballots That compared to 60 voter turnout statewide I can guess that we still have about 6449 registered voters and with about 2800 voting today My ciphering comes to about43 Not bad Figures especially as I think Dan Jones said on TV last night that voter turnout statewide would be about 13 It can be said we are not suffering from apathy here Of course credit must go to the school board and SupL Topham who have been very busy explaining the bond issue to anyone who would listen and to the candidates who have conducted excellent 13 visible campaigns The enthusiasm the two ballot items has naturally carried over to the voter I hope this enthusiasm of candidates and voters will continue right to I the general election in November think everyone will be more content and affairs of the county will go much smoother the more people who are active and involved I was about to add that the same docs not always hold true with committees but I remembered that I was part of the citizen group who disthe cussed cussed and rcdiscusscd school bond and that has come to a fruitful conclusion On the other hand I shouldn’t be too quick to say that until I see how many windows arc in the upcoming structures They could always count on me bringing up windows as we discussed what was needed and what to do about iL After my bout with depression and learning more about what makes me tick I know for a fact I do not function well if at all in a room with no natural light And I know I am not the only person in the world who is affected this way How can children learn if they are in a dungeon? In the past there was a spell of no windows so the kids couldn’t look out and be distracted but they continued to assure me that theory is now out I am glad Life in Millard County is always interesting to say the leasL of Fillmore area by Reed Jeffery by Jay T Rogers 4 5 6 78 84 83 38 56 61 12 03 02 ( Community Calendar Motor Vehicle Schedule: Fillmore Delta weekdays Millard County Assessor’s Office Great Basin Historical Society Museum open Monday - Friday 9 am - 5 pm Saturday and Sunday & pm ' Every Thursday TOPS meets at Delta Middle School dining room 5 pm Wednesdays pm English class for Spanish speaking people Delia City Library August 22 27 29 Sept 5 10 12 15 Hunter Education Class Delta Technical Center Register Delta Sports Center September Month Library Card September 13 Great Basin Historical Society meeting 7:30 pm IPP Exhibit Center Meet for at museum at 7 pm Call more information and ride League of Utah Writer’s Millard Delta fall 6 Chapter meeting City pm Library The Millard County Chronicle Progress USPS 0 by DuWil Located at Delta every Thursday Utah 84624 Publishing at 40 N 300 W Publisher Susan - Delta Utah Editor B Duuon Editorial - Reporter Ken Rand Advertising Julie Ward Goerlz Riley Wood Mallet Evelyn Design k Accounts Sales Rita Robinson Rec Sales Fillmore Office Manager Circulation Julie Ward Gocrtz CirculaUonComp CircuiiuonProduction Rita Robinson Commercial Printing Shell ie Duuon Subscriptions in Advance In County - $2000 per year $1300 per 6 months Out of County - $2300 per year Single Copy - 50 cents POSTMASTER: Send Address changes to PO Boa 249 84624 Rates on Advertising Second Class Postage Utah 84624 Fillmore: 74 DUWIL PUBLISHING OWNED WILLIAM i Utah or Deha: SUSAN Delta Request Paid at Delta COMPANY BY B DUTSON V WILSON k TO THE EDITOR by Sue Delta area Published 199Q letters Comments few Seotmber ) Kurds Robins and Melissa Kay Clark wedding openhouse pm Scipio Ward USU Hay Testing Fillmore Extension Office 9 am - 3 pm September 14 USU Hay TesUng Delta Extension Office 9 am - 2 pm September 15 Jack and Lola Monroe 50th Wedding Anniversary pm Scipio Senior Center East Millard Fine Arts opening social Ilene Cooper’s Garden pm Glen and Ruth Losce Golden Wedding celebration 7:30 - 9:30 pm ME Bird Center Delta Com Creek Mule Association trail ride Meet at Kanosh Park 9 am September 15 16 Delta Utah West Stake Conference September 16 Sister Michele Fuller mission fare1:50 am Flowell Ward well Roger Howes family open house at their new home 145 East 100 North Hinckley pm Elder Michael John Hansen mission farewell 2:20 pm Fillmore 1st Ward 17 September Central Utah Food Sharing pm September 18 Cholesterol screening Fillmore Public Health 10 am 3 pm Appointment only call Food Handlers Class Delta Public Health 2 pm ($5 fee) September 19 Delta High School Open House 6:45 - 9:30 pm Band will perform 6:45 - 7 and Choir from 7 - 7:15 Refreshments 9:20 cafeteria Cholesterol screening Delta Public Health 10 am - 5 pm Appointment only call September 20 Food Handlers Class Fillmore Public Health 2:30 pm (S5 fee) September 22 “Something for You" a special event for Delta Utah Delta West and Fillmore Stakes 10 am to 4 pm September 23 Elder Todd Callister mission report Delta 5th Ward 9 am September 24 Immunization Oinic Delta Public Health am and - 4:30 pm Immunization Clinic Fillmore Public Health 9 - 11:45 am Blood Pressure Clinic 1:15 - 4 pm September 25 Meeting for anyone interested in coed volleyball 6 pm White Sage Regional Park October National Breast Cancer Awareness Month October 1 Centra Utah Food Sharing open pm Octobers Blood Pressure Clinic Delta Public :30 am and Health 9 pm October 15 - 4 Central Utah Food Sharing pm Choose ye whom ye will serve You cannot equate or give reasonable explanation to why we send America’s young men and women to Saudi Arabia to protect that country’s oil under the pretext we need that oil and turn our backs cm the vast gallons of oil and gas in place in the Overthrust Belt that starts in the Brook Mountain range of Alaska and runs south through Canada and the McKenzie Mountains taking in all of Idaho the western half of Montana western half of Wyoming and "Utah" and the eastern half of Nevada The petroleum industry estimates there are over 128 billion barrels of oil and 135 trillion cubic feet of gas in place in this geological formation The B LM has idcntiFied several of these petroleum reservoirs in the Overthrust Bell in their Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) as being in place in several wilderness study areas Everyone that uses petroleum products should write Governor Bangerter President Bush Secretary of the Interior Max Lujan Senator Jake Gam and Senator Orrin Hatch requesting that those known oil deposits laying within the boundaries of any wilderness study area be withdrawn from the WS A’s and revert back to multiple use to be developed It docs not make sense to me and the majority of those living in Utah for the Department of Interior to lock away billions of barrels of oil and trillions of cubic feel of natural gas from being developed Why lock away a product used by everyone in the United States under the Wilderness Act making it impossible to ever be developed because of the antics of a few wilderness fanatical organizations and at the same time send thousands of American men and women in our Armed Services to protect the oil fields of the Middle Eastern countries? Perhaps the parents of these young men and women should become involved in the wilderness issue and become aware of its negative impact This type of obscene action of our congress is nothing short of playing the part of the old Bilko Shell game It is not only a travesty but trickery and an underhanded f to send young American men and women half way around the world to protect another country’s resources and back away from that which we have lying in place in the western half of Utah or to put it another way the large reserves of oil and gas in place in Utah in our own back yard Choose ye this day whom yc will serve multiple use for all to enjoy or wilderness concept for only a few to enjoy As for me and my house we will support multiple use May those that support wilderness issues run out of gas and freeze to death in the dark Walking Sincerely Paul Young Helper UT Drought problems (Editor’s note: the following article is reprinted from 1990 Utah Science Winter which can be ordered from the Utah Agricultural Experimental Station at USU Logan) It may be time for ranchers to bite the bullet With much of the winter rangeland around the state producing little forage one option is to reduce herd size to Fit the feed supply says Extension range specialist Roger Banner It's often too expensive to purchase forages And skimping on a cow’s nutritional requirements isn't economical It can reduce the calf crop by at least 10 percent cause problems and reduce weaning weights Under these circumstances “none of the alternatives are says Extension economist Bruce Godfrey “In just about every instance producers forced to leave public rangelands early and Find alternate feeds have ended up with smaller profits or larger losses” says Dee Von Bailey Extension economisL “In that case they have to look at maximizing profits” Matters may get worse this spring and summer If springs and seeps dry up grazing pressure on areas close to remaining water supplies will increase With overgrazing undesirable annuals such as cheatgrass or less desirable perennials such as sagebrush and broom snakeweed will replace mesci plants Winter grazing on public lands in some areas has been reduced by percent Stock water will be limited next year Banner says Bailey says at lest some federal grazing time will be available but it may be cut short“Wc should have to have a disastrous year for moisture in 1990 not to be able to get out on federal ground" Bailey says If the drought is localized and trucking costs aren't too high it may be economical to transport cattle to other pastures B ailey says However grazing fees on private land will be $8 $9 per animal unit month (AUM) compared with $186 on public grazing lands Some landowners have been charging as much as $14 per AUM It’s seldom profitable to feed cattle and sheep for extended periods especially when hay costs $80 or more a ton Banner says Fortunately beef prices have been relatively high recently which could case the sting involved in liquidating part of the herd “It’s time to quit worrying about cows and start worrying about yourself" Banner says Due to a substantial drop in lamb and mutton prices the economic prognosis for Utah sheep producers is grimmer Even though Godfrey says many ranchers don't systematically analyze the economic merits of alternative some make very shrewd strategies decisions Others don’t however The economic merits of reducing herd size involves a comparison of returns during the next three years about the time required to raise replacements to breeding age Consider income from the sale of cows and excess feed when calculating returns Remember todiscount future returns and to reduce the calf crop to reflect stresses imposed by the drought Use market values for feed Many ranchers avoid a reduction in herd size to protect their genetic progress says Noms Stenquist Extension livestock specialist Purchasing replacements when the drought ends increases the risk of introducing diseases Many cattlemen also believe that calves raised in the region make better use of rangelands than calves from another region a belief borne out by the research of range scientist Fred Provcnza B inner siyt these concerns arevalid but they shouldn't outweigh economic considerations Drought should encourage ranchers to use recommended management practices such as pregnancy testirg "There are very few reasons to keep a cow that's not carrying a calf" Godfrey adds If straw or alternative forages aren’t available cows can be maintained on low roughage rations Stenquist says “Grain is a very concentrated energy source Ten pounds of grain supthe plies energy equivalent of pounds of hay” Start feeding grain gradually and watch for signs of acidosis says animal scientist Randy Wiedmeier Stenquist says feeding about 200 mg of Rumensin or other ionophore per head daily appears to reduce feed requirements by about 10 percent and also reduces the risk of acidosis and bloat more common on rations Cheaper sources of protein such as urea can be utilized with rations pound of urea supplies the same amount of protein as 06 of pounds soybean meal A commercial supplement for fcedlols which supplies 50 to 70 percent of protein from urea should be substantially cheaper than soybean meal Stenquist says diets arc often deFicient in calcium so offer a typical mineral mix formulated for fcedlols one with a calcium to phosphorus ratio of 3: or 4: Also add about 300000 1U of Vitamin A per pound of mineral mix Grain feeding for an extended time decreases rumen volume cattle entering pastures may require some supplemental grain or forage until rumen volume increases enough to provide adequate nutrient take from forages Wiedmeier says Creep feeding usually pays off during a drought when forages are scarce but don’t expect creep feeding to reduce calves' milk intake Calves will nurse to capacity before they consume creep feed or forage When both milk and forage arc available calves tend to use creep feed as a substitute for forage not milk Wiedmeier says Providing cows with a limited amount of additional forage can improve reproduction Also consider weaning calves between the ages of 40 and 80 days to maintain a calving interval Reducing the nutritional demands on cows can dramatically improve conception rates Wiedmeier says Calves can also be weaned early in the fall Weaning at this time will not affect reproduction (which has already been determined) but removing the calf will improve the body condition of cow s before winter A cow that gains 100 pounds before winter requires approximately 25 percent less energy for maintenance due to the insulating qualities of fat Wiedmeier says This also improves re breeding the following year “It’s also much easier and more efficient to put weight on cow during gestation than during lactation” Wiedmeier adds Don’t overlook any of the benefits associated with drought no matter how slim If a region receives disaster designation due to drought producers selling excess cattle can shill the income to next year thereby avoiding some of the taxes associated with the extra income Godfrey says It may be time to examine goals Ranchers often get into trouble during a drought because they plan for years of normal or higher than norma Conservation precipitation management based on less precipitation is a better option says range specialist Neil West "The largest successful operations asstime conditions will be below average They forego the temptation of gains" West says although sacriFicing profits to match climatic cycles requires a “big bank account and borrowing power to weather the bad year" Few ranchers have enough cash on hand simply to wait out the drought There are other options but none aj profitable as a return to adequate precipitation And when the drought does end let vegetation recover for at least one growing season West says Media Man! What if it works? by Ken (Yeah me too) Rand A guy is buying full page ads in newspapers all over the US promoting a revolutionary idea: oust all incumbent Kick them all out congresscriaers Clean House And Senate Picture a huge rolled up newspaper DC hovering over Washington SWAT1 No wait! This is for real honest! Jack Gargan Tampa Fla org anized THRO Inc (Throw the Hypocritical Rascals Out!) Really He ran a full page ad in the Monday Sept 3 Salt Lake Tribune and the Tuesday Sept 4 Deseret News If you haven’t seen it yet Find this ad Borrow it from the library or rent my copy Read it If you can’t read look at Gargan’s picture on the ad He looks like Andy Griffith but this is no Mayberry sitcom He is not smiling The ad headline reads: "I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to lake it anymore!" My kind of guy In capitalized bold type LIKE THIS he says he is appalled bitter outraged angry incensed livid even more livid enraged disgusted fed up tired shocked really f sulted and sad Sounds like the average American than But rather on payday taxpayer grumbling beating up the kids and getting blotto like most Americans Gargan says in capitalized bold type “I’M TO GIVE IN TO NOT COING THOSE CLOWNS!” He wants to “VOTE EVERY INCUMBENT SENATOR AND CONOUT OF OFFICE!" GRESSMAN Sounds like a plan For years libertarians have promoted allowing the option of voting for “none of the above" in elections Nos body takes it seriously Even giggle or drool when they talk about it His concept is similar but Gargan is not a libertarian He's not even a Democrat From his ad: “The only party I’m for is the huge party this nation is going to throw on election day when we throw those arrog ant bums out on their collective buttsl” I’ll bring the potato chips He's serious Brazilian natives are chopping down whole rain forests to make the paper these ads are printed on In (he ad he said he borrowed his life’s savings (just like Social Security docs only it’s his money) to pay for iL In November I’m joining Jack the Congressional Butt Kicker to punt political patootie We're on a roll here: that wii makes two of us You can play too Come as you arc Some may not attend this BoetonTea Party fearing to vote against the incumbent may mean voting for a Democrat Horrors But Gargan wants people elected “who will pledge to strictly limit the term of their office and to prohibit the federal government from spending money it does not have except in a bon fide national emergency" Can you hang that on a Party line? Besides if we all do this somebody somewhere will happily kick Democrat derricre and vote Republican Like entropy it all levels out The plan isn’t foolproof Nothing is because fools are so ingenious But which is less stupid kicking out the bums or voting them back in? Could newly elected congressmen and congresswomen who don’t even know where the restrooms are be as inept and corrupt as the homswogglers they replace? It couldn’t get worse Could it? Or is this another whacko idea like budget balancing eliminating the federal deficit and political ethics? Will it fail because it hasn't been endorsed by a Hollywood bimbo or toilet scat magnate? Is it real if Royko doesn’t satirize it? Who cares what William F or Bore Vidal thinks Who cares even if Gargan smokes Tampa swamp grass Ask yourself: is he right or not? If you want to play too go ahead You don’t need a note from your Mommy Gargan is also passing the hat Newspaper ads cost money believe it or not Big dailies cost more than us piddly li'l ol’ country weeklies Next paycheck if I still have a job and after I pay my taxes I’m sending THRO Inc a check for $20 Maybe $10 (Don't worry Mom I’m okay I have lots of Top Ramen noodles And cat food) Unless you had to hock the family bicycle to pay your last Chronicle Progress printing bill maybe you could spare a dime too The address: THRO Inc (Throw the Hypocritical Rascals Out! ) 4127 W Cypress Street Tampa FL 33607 Tell him Cato the Wonder Kitty and I sent you And if you haven’t got a ha’penny then God bless you In which case to paraphrase John Wayne you’re what this war is all abouL But voting is free And when you vote remember It just might work Why Do Parents Like Some Teachers More Than Others? All across America if you ask people will tell you who they think the good teachers in their schools are Usually they base their observations on their own experiences and those of their children Often it turns out that people name the same teachers What do teachers do to get this response? Probably Ihe most important thing they do of course is help children so well that they develop for good teaching a reputation Good leaching involves a host of things — knowing subject matter well being able to explain it to students setting high goals for students and helping them reach those goals being ganized and fair asking good questions and all students treating with respect Another thing good teachers do is build Parbridges with parents ents like to hear from their children’s teachers they are will ing to do more to help their children learn than many teachers realize At least this is what researcher Joyce Epstein has discovered who works at Johns Epstein studied the Hopkins University parents and teachers of almost 1300 students and found that parents liked teachers who gave them suggestions for working with children on learning tasks good teachers gave such suggestions to all parents not just to parents of successful students and parents were willing to spend more time than they were typi- - caJly asked on such activities that alEpstein discovered though newsletters are important for communication between home and school they don’t really improve parents’ views of teachers found that parents Epstein most appreciated teachers who provided activities for parents and children to do together at home What were these home learning activities? Reading aloud signing homework or giving spelling math drills helping with homework and asking about the school day pood teachers apparently make such routines a regular part of their contacts with parents By the way Epstein also found that parents liked their children’s schools But the parents believed that they could work more closely together with teachers A copy of “Effects on Parents of Teacher Practices of Parent Involvement” is available from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service in Bethesda MD at a modest price (Order Number ED 237 500) You can also Find out more about rural education by calling the ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools ERIC is like a ) national library about education with 16 clearinghouses specializing in different topics The ERIC system is operer-based ated by the US Department of Education Lower the numbers and raise your odds Pontrolling of heart your blood pressure can reduce your chances disease Have your blood pressure checked And keep it in check tor life American Heart Aisodatton i |