Show Millard County Chronicle 2 Page Progress January 14 1993 Sheriff’s Shoptalk Home and School: by Sheriff Vital Links President by LILY ESKELSEN Utah Education Association Tests misunderstood Some time a go legislators mandated national tests be given as a way to measure the progress of I Uh stuJents and the quality of our schools But these tests are often misunderstood What exactly do they tell parents and teachers? Most of us remember taking national tests There are still whole days devoted to test taking Students fill in little bubble dots on computer answer sheets There are strict warnings rot to open test booklets until the stopwatch starts Teachers read instructions from carefully prepared scripts We are not to see test materials and are not to "teaeh the test” Grading is done by computer and the results are returned on computer printouts There are special conferences to discuss scores and parents arc supposed to sign statements that dies have received the information It's all very solemn and mysterious and almost ceremonial People take them very seriously remember or e conference where Mom and Dad ere almost frantic that their son had scored in the 50th percentile in fra urns and yet had received a “B” from me in Math on his report card "Since w hen is a 50 percent a "B?“ they wanted to know It was hard to explain National tests do not measure what a child knows Again for emphasis They do not measure what a child knows These tests simply compare children against national pool And a percentile rank is not a percentage correct A percentile ranks kids from to 1(K) The 50:h percentile means that the child scored better than 50 out of 100 other kids in die same grade who took the same test at the same time of y ear “50” pretty much means average And this rank has nodung to do w ith rc jKirt card grades Grades are determined by tests on arsigned material homework c'Ijss participation and effort National tests ask questions they have scientifically determined will be missed by 50 out of 100 students So where does that leave us on the topic of tests’ Let's review National standardized tests are a comparison of students not a measure of what they have learned And those comparisons can give imjiortmt inform 'ion BIT keep in mind what those tests do not measure They are not meant to grade students on class work And they do not measure other important qualities sud as creativity decisionmaking ability leadership organizational sk ills e! fort or the ability to apply what is learned Remember that for all the hoopla and ceremony national tests are only one measure of success Don’t be so impressed ith a computer printout that you miss the bigger picture Fillmore Delta Reed Jeffery Jay T Rogers Community Calendar Motor Vehicle Schedule: Fillmore & Delta weekdays Millard County Assessors Office Great Basin Historical Society Museum Delta open Tuesday Wednes3 p in Tours day Thursday 10 a m and after hours call 864 70 Job Service hours in Delta: 9(H)-00 Wed ik Thurs in Fillmore Mon Fr Drivers License Fx am iner Schedule: Delta (Suite 2 58 East Main) every Friday 8 a m 5 p in Fillmore st 3rd & 5th Wed 9 a m 4 p m Sunday Personal Ancestral File (PAF) Computer Instructions 5 pm Fillmore Stake Family llistorv Center Resumes Jan 12 Phone 743 6614 ext 114 Family History Center Fillmore will close evening of Dec 23 and reopen Tuesday Jtn 5ih Personal Ancestral File PAF) 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B DUTSON OWNED WILLIAM VWilSCN ME Bird Center for iff 'March H EAT Assistance Main Suite Bl Delta Sen- 31 1993 252 W 17 January Elder Richard Western mission noon Deseret Oasis Church Piano Recital 5 pm ME Bird Center Shcrilyn Wilson and Heather Comcau performers 19 January Pesticide Applicator 9 Training - noon Exhibit Building Fair Grounds Food Handlers Class Delta Ihiblic Health 2:30 pm (S5 fee) am January Millard County Chronicle Progress The at pm Lunch at Pahvant Senior Center Fillmore noon Fillmore Utah Family History Center open afternoons until 10 pm Wednesday Full Gospel Fellow ship Church hible Study 730 pm Story Hour Della City Library 10 10:45 am for 3 - 5 year olds Second Wednesday Holden firemen’s Auxiliary regular meeting 8 pm Fire Station Every 4th Wednesday Social Security Rep Fillmore City Office Building 8:30 am 12:30 pm Every Thursday TOPS meets at Della Middle School dining room 5 pm Judge Stanley K Robison Justice Court 9 am noon and pm Fourth Thursday Utah League of Writers Delta Chapter meeting 7 pm Saturday Fillmore Family History Center 21 Delta City Library Board Meeting 8 pm Library January 24 Elder Karl Oman mission farewell Hinckley Ward Chapel 11:30 am 25 Immunizations Clinic Delta Public 4:30 pm Health 9 11:30 am & January 26 Program on Porter Rockwell Delta Sponsored by Great City Building Basin Museum January 29 Deadline to register for Girls Basketball Recreation Office Manzanita Avc January February 1651 Through the eighteenth and nineAmerican sheriffs teenth centuries were assigned a broad range of responsibilities by colonial and state legislatures Among the duties of the colonial sheriff was the responsibility for maintaining jails and workhouses Prior to the signing of lire Magna Carta in 1215 the stocks flogging or other sorts of physical mutilation had been the most common punishments for crimes that did not w arrant the death penalty When confinement became favored as a more civilized way to deal with criminals introduced medieval: the England began to experiment county with other types of jails such as the w orkhousc and the house of corrections All of these institutions were brought to colonial America and the responsibility for managing them was given to the sheriff As Americans began to move west-ard they look w ith them the concept of county jails and the office of the sheriff The sheriff was desperately needed to establish order in the lawless territories w here pow er belonged to those with the fastest draw and the best shot Here it w as said that sheriffs fell into two categories the quick and the dead And it was here that sheriffs such as Bat and Wyatt Earp became immortalized in history and legend Most western sheriffs however kept the peace by virtue of their authority rather than their guns With a few exceptions sheriffs resorted to firepower much less often than is commonly imagined In the minds of many Americans the role of the sheriff ended with the taming of the wild west But nothing could be further from the truth There are over three thousand counties in the United States today and almost every one of them has a sheriff Some cities such as Baltimore Richmond San Francisco and Denver have sheriffs as well In the majority of slates the office of sheriff is established by the state constitution Most of the remaining stales including Utah have established the office by an act of the state legislature Alaska is the only stale in w hich the office of sheriff docs not exist Rhode Island and Hawaii are the only states in which the sheriff is not elected by the voters In Rhode land sheriffs are appointed by the governor in Hawaii they are appointed by the state's chief justice Because the office of sheriff exists in so many different places and under so many different conditions there is really no such thing as a “typical” sheriff Some sheriffs still have time to drop by the post office to visit with the citizens each day while others report to an office in a skyscraper to run a department whose budget exceeds those of many corporations Despite their differences in style however most sheriffs have in certain roles and responsibilities common Most sheriffs' offices have a a responsibility for law enforcement function that dates all the way back to the origins of the office in England Although the authority of the sheriff varies from state to slate a sheriff ways has the power to make arrests within his or her own county Some stales extend this authority to adjacent counties or as in Utah to the entire state Many sheriffs' offices also perform routine patrol functions such as traffic control accident investigations and transportation of prisoners In every state in which the office exists the sheriff is responsible for maintaining llic safely and security of the court A sheriff or deputy is required to attend all court sessions or act as bailiff to take charge of juries whenever they arc outside the courtroom to serve court papers such as subpoenas summonses and warrants funcand to perform other tions Most sheriffs' departments maintain and operate county jails detention and community corrections centers facilities such as group homes and halfway houses Sheriffs and jail officers arc responsible for supervising inmates and protecting their rights They arc also responsible for providing inmates with food clothing exercise and medical services This job has become more difficult as old jail facilities deteriorate and become overcrowded The brought on an explosion of lawsuits filed by inmates to protest their conditions of confinement If was in the late 1970's and early 1980’s that plans were made to construct the modem jail we have in Millard County Law enforcement is becoming creasingly complex as we approach the ycar20(X) For the progressive sheriffs’ offices of today education and training arc the keys to effective job performance Nobody knows what kinds of new technology the t century will bring Chances are therefore the job of the sheriff will remain much the same We w ill still need sheriffs to enforce the law to safeguard the courts and to maintain the jails No matter w hat else changes the sheriffs' motto will always be “We Serve and Protect” For the next column I will try to get on with more and locally oriented subject matter 2 John L Peterson 95:h birthday celebration 3 - 5 p m M E Bird Center Delta February 3 and registration for Della Wcigh-iDelta High Little League Wrestling School Gym Boy’s Lacker 6 p m Blood Pressure Clinic Delta lYiblic Health 9 - 11:30 am Immunization 4 30 Clinic pm February As I move on with this little writing project hopefully providing some inforinformation mative and interesting about my office its functions and other related items! think itmightbe good to look back into history just a bit To find out how the position of sheriff has evolved into its present form in the American criminal justice system we must look back more than twelve hundred yeajs England was originally inhabited by small communities of who were often at war Sometime around the year 700 these decided to systematize their methods of Fighting by arranging themselves into groups of ten Each group of ten families was called a “tithing” Each tithing elected a leader ti things were called a‘‘tithingman”The also arranged in lens Each group of ten lithings (or a hundred families) elected its own chief The word for chief was "gerefa” By the time King Alfred the Great assumed the throne in the year 871 a number of changes had occurred in this system of tithings and hundreds A new unit of government the shire was formed when groups of hundreds banded together The shire was the forerunner of the modem county Over the years llic word “gerefa" used to describe die leader of a hundred families had been shortened to die simpler word “reeve" The term became the modem English word “sheriff” The sheriff in early England was die keeper or chief of the county Under King Alfred the Great die sheriff was responsible for maintaining law and order within his county However it remained the duty of every citizen to assist the sheriff in keeping the peace If a criminal or escaped suspect w as at large the sheriff w as expected to give the alarm the "hue and cry" as it w as called Any member of the community who heard the hue and cry was then legally responsible for helping to bring the criminal to justice This principle of direct citizen participation survives today in the procedure know n as "Posse Commitatus" where the sheriff can command as many able bodied persons as may be needed in any emergency to act under his direction for any task that may be at hand Citizen participation was not absolute however Originally the families in tithing and hundreds had been entitled to elect their leaders But by the year 8(X) the king had assumed the right to appoint those leaders The sheriff for each county w as appointed either by the king himself or by noblemen under the king's authority At the Battle of Hastings in 066 the Saxon King Harold was defeated by the Normans The Normans who did not believe in local government consolidated their power into a highly ccntral-- i zed bureaucracy The shcriffbccamcan agent of the king and was assigned several new duties including that of tax collector In the year 1215 an army of rebellious noblemen forced King John to sign the Magna Carta This document which restored certain rights and freedoms to the noblemen further defined the role of the sheriff the Over the next few centuries sheriff remained the leading law enforcement officer of the county To be appointed sheriff was considered quite an honor Unfortunately the honor w as a costly one If the people of the county did not pay the full amount of their taxes and fines the sheriff was required to make up the difference out of his own pocket Furthermore the sheriff was expected to serve as host forjudges and other visiting dignitaries and to provide them with lavish entertainment at his own expense For these reasons the office of sheriff was not often sought after In fact many ell qualified men did everything they could to avoid being chosen But the law was clear: When a man was appointed he had to serve When English settlers began to travel to the New World the office of sheriff traveled with them The first American counties were established in Virginia in 1634 and records show that a sheriff was chosen by popular vote in 11 Great Basin Museum program Native Americans of Miltaid Comiy R xi Staples 7 pm Delta Citv Building March 11 Great Basin Museum program West Millard Schools Delta South Elementary 7 pm April 8 Great Basin Museum program West Millard Physicians and Nurses Dorothy Kiltpavk Delta Citv Building 7 pm May 13 Great Bavin Museum program Lvnndyl history Merrill NicKon To be held in Lvnndvl (County Agent Extension Agent Pesticide Applicator Training Extension Service and the Utah Department of Agriculture will provide training and licensing for farmers and ranchers who handle pesticides Some pesticides can only be purchased and applied by people w ho have a current applicators license This training w ill pros idc the information necessary to obtain a license from the Utah Department of Agriculture The training will be held at the Exhibit building at the fairgrounds in Ds ha on Tuesday January 9 from 900 am to noon A letter was sent to those with expiring licenses advertising the meeting at 81 So Manzanita Avc w hich is the Extension Office The meeting room at the Extension Office will be too small so the meeting has been moved to the exhibit building just south of the Extension office Anyone who handles or applies pesticides should lake advantage of this opportunity Licenses expire after three years Does Your Heart Good American Heart Association News tip? Call Kate 743-451- 8 Southern Exposure Ed Phillips Born a Squandering Hobo He was gorgeous Absolutely gorgeous A face seemingly chiseled by a master s hand crafted every plane and angle meticulously Symmetrical That beautiful model s face was framed by flowing dark curly hair Every curl perfectly placed He was bright Funny Intelligent Deep Sensitive A poet Engulfed in colors he lived like a gypsy From Mexico in the winter back up to Utah in the summer via San Francisco His life seemed supremely romantic His name is Jesse He was bright enough to know the extent of his beauty He used this gift to undo women with fatal precision They fell at his feet like plucked flowers He would as he whisper poems and serenade songs with perfect lips that kissed away their tears wounded their hearts They’d cry in his arms lost within the tenderness and beauty Then he’d vanish Poof! No explanation no word why He must have conquered 20 of my friends in the past decade Smart accomplished women who’d been warned They knew of his fickle charm but they gave in to his persistent lethal attentions I met Jesse when I moved to Salt Lake in 1980 after a year of my own gypsy beauty galavanling across most of Europe And while I appreciated his there was someth ing about Jesse that kept me at arm 's length Possibly because I knew his devastating exterior covered a very cold heart a community sponsored radio station in Salt We first worked together at KRCL Lake If Jesse was a fool for anything it was for the volunteer community organization Jesse moved up through the ranks of the female volunteer staff like an infecting virus He then moved on to woo the female members of the Board of Directors When radio they were exhausted he moved out of his commitment to next settled into “The Painted Word" the closest Salt Lake ever came to having a real bohemian coffee house Jesse joined a men’s consciousness raising group which met weekly amid the music groups the otlicr poets and playrights Jesse sensitive lying man became the Then Jesse joined an acting company With shallow talents Jesse was never one to make much money He mainly volunteered his time his poetry his sensual skills The women in the acting company fell too Like dominoes in a row always thinking they would be the one to tame him I lost track of Jesse for a while until I moved into an apartment on the Avenues Jesse appeared as my next door neighbor living with an equally beautiful waitress named Amy Jesse was now entrenched with the Gastronomy crowd - that hip group that works at The New Yorker Cafe Pierpoint Cafe Bad Market Street Grill and Broiler and the Oyster Bar He didn't work at any of these restaurants He was an Undiscovered Genius The fact that his work was never rewarded by money or critical praise seemed inconsequential to Jesse and the women who supported him They made the money he courted the muses He stayed with Amy for nearly a year Everyone thought that she was the one But not me And my head rang bells whenever I’d see him stretched out on the porch or on the front room floor draped in flowing trousers and silk shirts Gorgeous but deadly I’d think I tried to quiet those bells when Amy told the landlord she was moving with Jesse to San Franciso to start a new life She gave up her apartment and quit her job and sold alone Jesse had most of what she owned Two months later she was back disappeared into a crowd on busy streetcomer one afternoon leaving her suddenly alone This past Sunday on the front page of the Tribune I found Jesse again profiled in a story about squatters - people who live in abandoned buildings Jesse now lives in a storage shed in Salt Lake City without electricity or running water He says he is an artist There is a picture of Jesse pouring “cowboy coffee" into a cup His hair is grey his face is sunken and deeply lined and not nearly as beautiful as before Still proudly defiant against a normal life he seems unaware that time is running out His looks are fading his health will follow (But he finally made the front Jec page) A hobo once told me that “you don't become a hobo you’re bom a hobo" I think he’s right Jesse and I are bom hoboes that’s probably why he scared me I kept my distance because I knew our only question would have been who would leave whom standing on a streetcomer in a strange town Jesse says he's an artist he doesn’t know he's turned intojust another aging hobo who squandered his life with nothing to show for it TO THE EDITOR All Utters to the Editor submitted to our office must be signed to be considered for However the name may be withheld from publication in instances publication where disclosure would cause hardship Women missed Dear Editor On December 28 the West Millard Womens Bowling Association held their tournament awards and annual meeting at The Country Way Judy and Melanie fixed a yummy dessert and the decorations were really festive Eathel Church made some cute door prizes and Ava Cole donated two necklaces to be given away Jo Nickle made bowling pins for the 200 game awards The only thing that was missing was 147 ladies out of a total membership of 164 The 17 of us that were there had a great time and I can’t help but wonder where was everybody? Where were the 51 ladies that bowled in the tournament? Where were the ladies that won prizes in the tournament? Where was the rest of the board? Why wasn't there any represen tation from Plaza Lancs? We support them on a weekly basis Where were all of those ladies who were at the election meeting to vole in their favorite candidate? I would like to say thanks a bunch to Jo Nickle WMWBA Secretary She puts a lot of tune and effort into our association For the information of those of you who were not at the meeting Jo will probably cam a whopping 5123 this season as the Secretary That probably figures out to pennies an hour for the time she devotes We have a small association and it takes everyone doing their part to make it work C’mon ladies get involved! Karen Burraston Member WBWBA Swim Team funding cut Dear Editor We as a community and parents would like to know a few facts from our Commissioners and County Administrator We are taxpayers and would like to know why funding for the sw im team has been cut We would like to know w hat the exact problem is Maybe then we could work around it As of yet no one responsible wants to answer any questions That only makes us more curious as to why There' a rumor that insurance and liability for travel to competitions is the problem Exactly why no one will say We believe that this is doing the community a great disservice because there are approximately 80 kids involved some with potential swimming scholarships Also why was so much money put into renovating the pool if we aren't going to use it for these purposes? These kids who are involved in the swim team program who have worked so hard for years now will have nothing If funding is the problem then is the money allocated from the High School nor going for the purpose intended? There are more kids involved with the swim teams than any other school funded sport such as basketball football or baseball etc But even so we find it hard to believe that the County Recreation Department which has been funding the swim team (other than the High School Swim Team) cannot continue to do so especially with the large budget they have to work with It just does not make sense! The following excerpt is from a front page article of the Chronicle Progress dated August 29 1992 and signed by County Commissioner Lana Moon: “ There will not be any recreation services or facilities closed All facilities will continue to operate No rroerams will be We would appreciate a response to the Chronicle Progress Concerned Parent |