| Show & & CD GO if V Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley Vol USPS r Xv I i ii i ti 84 No 19 November! 11933 I 4 Ji I ‘ t t Update on Dee Jay: mams Baby Doing Very Well photo by Kate Helienbrand Delta Technical College's facilitator for Saturday’s EdNet meeting across the state Travis Tasker sets up for the interactive meeting which drew one participant from Millard County Kate Hellenbrand Dec Jay Callister is holding his own says family media representative Darla Callister “He is alert and talking and laughing and reaching for his rattle" she advises “He has all the doctors and nurses wrapped around his little finger” Doctors and nurses at the University of California Hospital in San Francisco old Dee Jay have released from the Intensive Care Unit and he now stays in a regular hospital room says Mrs Callister The tiny boy who received a donated liver two weeks ago has had his first in a series of biopsies “This first one showed some rejection” says Mrs Callister "but doctors aren’t worried because it could be from the drugs used in surgery" Another biopsy will be performed and after two clear biopsies arc indicated Dee Jay will be released from the hospital and cither return to Primary Children's Hospital or go come right home “If the biopsies do not come clean we don’t know what the alternatives are” she said Dee Jay’s mother Chandra has been telling him about the fundraising efforts going on in Millard County "He coos and laughs and that’s his way of saying ‘Thank you’" says Darla Callister Dee Jay's aunt As of November 4th $27000 had been raised to help the family’s financial needs A chili lunch at the Deseret Fairgrounds was a huge success and all the Chili was sold in a short period of time says a volunteer A booth at the Della Holiday Trade Fair generated additional money and those items not sold are going to a similar Fair in the Provo area The Magna Gun Club is holding a trap shoot on November 1314 and 21st with all proceeds will going to Dee Jay says Mrs Callister "We have other events coming up but no definite dates" GOAL: $150000 rr r School Trust Lands: Squandered Resource Reviewed Kate Hellenbrand It’s sort of a Zen question: What if they held a public meeting and nobody came? After Saturday’s School Trust Land meeting held at the Delta Technical School the answer was given by B ill Christensen chairman of the committee to revamp State policy toward School Trust Land: "Hey it’s only lOpcrcentof the State's land why worry about it right?” Mr Christensen could have also added that the land represents the future of Utah's school children but he didn’t To be fair Millard County wasn’tthe only empty room across the State at the meeting held through channel FdN' a communications where participants can lie seen and heard through television A handful of participants in St George dominated the meeting between Mr Christensen and Robert Wood a developer in the Wasatch Front area who broadcast from the University of Utah Snow College and SevierTechni-ca- l College had zero participants just like the Delta Technical College site The mission of the meeting was to receive input from various entities as to the forming of a new committee which will nominate another committee which will be chaired by a single Commissioner to administrate the school trust lands across the state Governor Michael Leavitt has asked for this nominating committee to be in place by November 30th Then the process enters the legislature where it will said several of the participants under Mr Christensen get chewed up and spit out in any one of a number of shapes and sizes “The Governor may throw all our recommendations out completely or we keep what we have now" said Garfield County Commissioner Louise Liston "It will almost certainly be politicized in the process" The politicizing of the school trust lands was a major concern with one participant in particular who argued that wildlife perspectives be reflected on the nominating committee "When we talk about school lands we talk about money” said Mr Cordell Peterson of St George "When 7 million acres were set aside man was about taming nature" Adding that nature should now be protected Mr Peterson said: "You can’t divorce school trust land from other lands when talking about benefitting wildlife with habitat and endangered —y species I would hope these concerns will be taken care of as well as those of our children” Commissioner Louise Liston and attorney Barbara Yjcllc both assured Mr Peterson that wildlife concerns would be addressed though the new committee Another viewpoint was expressed: “Years ago Washington County never had a single tortoise If anyone brought a tortoise in it was an object of curiosity Our numbers now show the tortoise is proliferating diminishing Last year we were afraid we’d hit a deer on the road this year we hoped we’d see one These are the traps that have us misusing our resource" A letter written by US Representative Met Johnson to a Kane County newspaper was read into the record In it he proposes that the State swap Zion’s National Park to the school trust lands as a way to generate income for Utah’s children’s future “That's very clever" said Mr Christensen "Whether it's really thought through is another ques- tion" The School Trust Lands like the islands of Wilderness Study Areas need to be evaluated piece by piece "looking at all the lands and the diversity of those lands" offered Mr Peterson "One usually tries to preserve an asset” he said Mr Christensen agreed: “Getting rid of the lands quickly has never been an issue except by those who have already squandered those lands We’ve squandered and misused this resource w hich could have been a tremendous resource for our children Since 1987 we’ve lost 35 million acres now perhaps it’s best to have some kind of a call" The lands arc currently managed under the Division of Natural Resources “The current board is seen as a weakness in the management of these lands" said attorney Yjelle who represents both Garfield and Washington County “Our goal is to improve the - our school benefits to beneficiaries children" assuring that “the trust lands not be used for private interests without best benefitting the schools” If the lands are sold “we want market value not a pittance" said a member of Washington County's PTA Mr Christensen assured her that would be the case: “We are paying attention" he said in conclusion - TO DATE: Dr Michael Ballam and llene Cooper share a casual moment after Dr Ballam's concert at the Millard High School auditorium Mrs Cooper program chairman for the East Millard Fine Arts Guild was thrilled that Dr Ballam was able to perform She introduced him to the audience Reviewed in next issue $27000 Dee Jay Callister Liver Transplant Fund jV j Pork Processing Project Begins Utah Governor Michael Leavitt (third breaking up right) puts little body English Flat land in Beaver County Mr Leavitt was joined at the official groundbreaking ceremony by officials of North Carolina Prestage Foods Carroll's of four Smithfields Virginia producers: giant pork representing Farms and Murphy's Farms also of North Carolina A crowd of over 100 people comprised of representatives from five government agencies economic development universities and local politicians were on hand to hear a great many speeches - some longer than others - before watching the Governor and others try their hands at attacking the dry and packed pasture Milford Value Added Industries On Their Way Kate Hellenbrand Pigs aren’t the only animals that will be moving into Utah’s west desert in a big way say local economic development officials Plans have been underway for several years to bring in massive poultry and dairy operations as well ’’People know it’s going on” says Randy Parker Director of Marketing and Enhancement for Utah's Department of Agriculture “but we don’t want to be out in front until we are further along with our negotiations" Both the broiler project and the dairy enterprise will rival the Smilhfield’s of Utah pork producing plant in terms of investment and animals processed and in money generated The poultry plant initially promised to process 60000000 broiler birds a year "A more realistic figure now is bet ween 5000000 to 20000000 birds a year" says Robyn Pearson head of for Millard economic development County He says this number is just a "drop in the bucket” compared to the chicken buying bucks $100000000 that leave the state of Utah every year “and we get nothing back for our money" Utah State University and Brigham Young University have completed a feasibility study of the poultry plant and “we’re sending out copies of the study to 25 top producers in the United States" says Mr Pearson “Right now we're just opening doors and windows" Mr Pearson confirms that Kentucky Fried Chicken is considered to be a principal player Most chicken comes from the southeast says Mr Pearson “Between Canada and Mexico nothing is being produced in this corridor" By raising the chickens and processing them in this area two to three days added shelf life would be added to the product “and that’s crucial” he says The chickens would be raised in giant enclosed buildings on contrail farms just like the Smilhfield pigs say s Mr Pearson The reconstituted milk plant is a “real broad base operation” admits Mr Parker “It was originally proposed for New Mexico but the financing fell through The research for the plant w as done here and “we may have lost a little time but it looks like it's coming home" Mr Parker says that 40000 to 60000 dairy cows would be required to create the evaporated milk "Water is extracted the milk is then continued The voles have been counted and here are the results: Delta May ui (Vote for One) 81 Donovan Dafoe 4 year: (Vote for Two) Council 76 Robert Dckkcr 80 Droubay Delta - Hinckley: Mayor: (Vole for One) Ken Talbot 4 Yean (Vote for Two) Council Sheila Curtis Jay Riding Betty Jo Western Council - 2 Year: (Vote for Two) Kevin Morris Dixie Talbot - 20 Ihliltard County (fair (Building ad on (Page 3 for more information Sponsored By tfe (Delta Area Clamper of Commerce 63 62 63 115 92 92 42 2 105 Vnwwda Commissioner on page two (MovemScr 19 18: Mayor: (Vote for One) Donovan Dafoe Council - 4 year: Vole for Two) Robert Dckker Robert Droubay '(Home for the (Holidays ' ‘Trade (fair See photos by Kate Hellenbrand Governor (and Others) Groundbreaking Brings the hard soil of the into a from Tony Dearden congratulates Fillmore City Councilman- - |
