Show USPS Linda History meeting a great “Sheepherding in the West Desert'7 the first meeting of the schedule of history programs was held on Thursday evening Sept 21st at the North Elementary An enthusiastic crowd listened as Lawanna Peterson and Wes opened the program Wes read one of his humorous poems on the life a Francisco Colqui then told about coming to America from Peru as a sheepherder His first job was in Summit County he did not speak English and his employer did not speak Spanish except for the word “sheep” The sheep herd was scattered all over the hills and only Francisco's ability to ride a horse enabled him to succeed in the job at first Eventually he learned English and decided that the lonely life of a sheepherder was not for him Clarence Osguthorpe of Sutherland told of his experiences in managing his success sheep herd for many years Originally they would bring the sheep to their winter range by traveling down their sheep right of way on 27th South in Salt Lake City This would always cause problems with the residents The herd continued on moving eventually going over Point of the Mountain as it headed south Now sheep are mostly transported from area to area by truck The art of sheering sheep was explained by Grant (Shine) Church who had spent many years sheering He told how he started sheering at five cents a head and many years later he earned $225 a head He estimated that over the years he had sheered over 00000 sheep with his record for one day being 200 sheep He showed a special harness which when hung from the ceiling he would lean in to letting it support him and saving his back untolds train Gillmor who with her Stephen Gillmor Sheep Co told of their family and the advantages sheepherding brings to raising children Their oldest son spent a summer with the herd last year in Morgan at the summerrange He had a good experience and also learned to speak Spanish because the herder didn't know English She and her husband Jamie both grew up in families with herds so they bring a long line of experience to the work Linda also demonstrated carding and spinning wool and read a shopping list which had been wri tten in her grandmother’s diary The list for the supplies for a sheep camp wiiich included coffee lots of beans flour sour dough starter eggs Now days the list is expanded to include soda pop and Grandma’s cookies In addition to the speakers there was a display of original paintings and photographs by Ted Harris All told the evening was very entertaining If anyone wants to learn about people and life in the West Millard area come to our history meetings and you will be rewarded with good stories lots of information you never knew about our area and you will meet some very interesting people Our next meeting will be Thursday November 6th Program topic will be on Hispanic history and music All programs are at the North Elementary School Watch the Chronicle Progress for more information or call the Great Basin Museum at REMEMBER Your Vote is Important! VOTE TUESDAY OCTOBER 3 Fatal accident and rollover reported on Millard highways By Derin Phelps A Sutherland woman was killed in a two car crash Sunday morning The accident occurred about 9:35 am at the intersection of 3000 West and 4500 North in the Sutherland area According to Deputy Steve Allred of the Millard County Sheriff's Office a 1980 Chevrolet driven east on 4500 North by 17 year old Jose Avalos of Sutherland apparently ran a stop sign at the 3000 West intersection The Chevrolet then hit a 1980 Datsun on the right side The Datsun was southbound on 3000 West driven by 68 year old Kenneth Adams of Sutherland A passenger in the Datsun 60 year old Lorraine Adams who was seated in the back seat on the passenger side died from injuries sustained in the accident Mr Adams was treated and released from Delta Community Medical Center Another passenger in the Datsun 42 ' year old Sandy Feragen of Sutherland was also treated and released from Delta Community Medical Center Avalos was not injured An investigation into the crash is continuing Only minor injuries were reported after a one vehicle rollover Monday night on US Highways 650 18 miles VOTE TUESDAY in rollover the highway Koelsch ovcrcorrectcd to the left and the vehicle went back to the right side of the road and overturned Koclsch and his passengers sustained All occupants were minor injuries wearing seatbelts Seatbelt usage avoids serious injuries west of Della According to a Utah Highway Patrol report 21 year old Paul Koclsch of Woodsidc California was driving a 1987 Ford two door about 600 pm when he apparently fell asleep The vehicle ran off the right side of OCTOBER 3 Council Candidates express issues Fillmore and Delta voters will go to the ballot box next Tuesday in primary elections for city council seats Three incumbents and four challengers arc running for three seats up for election on the Delta City Council Three seats are also up for grabs in Fillmore Three incumbents are retiring after the November 7 general election In the Fillmore race eight candidates are running for office In an attempt to inkeep Fillmore and Delta voters formed the Chronicle Progress has put together a summary of the candidates' views on the issues facing each respective city The only candidates not included were Dale Roper in Delta who is runDue to a scheduling ning for conflict an interview was not possible An interview with Butch Haight in Fillmore was also not possible because he is out of town All candidates were asked the tame two questions: “Why do you want to run for city council and what do you feel are the main issues facing Fillmore or Delta City in this campaign?” Starting with the Delta race Incumbent Gs)k Bunker said he wants to be because he believes he has tome expertise in various areas which can be helpful to Delta The areas include maintaining Delta City's infrastructure streets and other facilities Bunker said he believes there are four main issues including keeping taxes at a minimum getting the best utilization out of tax dollars having a city which is attractive to visitors and potential new residents and promoting pride within the residents of Delta Bunker said the first two issues can be tackled by heavily weighing the city's needs against its wants He said this is accomplished by prioritizing the needs and wants The third issue is already being addressed according to Bunker "We’ve provided planters in the city" Bunker said “We’ve acquired a street sweeper and participated in clean up projects" The fourth issue can be met according to Bunker by keeping a clean and attractive city Bunker said if the city keeps itself clean hopefully the residents will follow the lead and take pride Alan Butt as ton also an incumbent because said he wants to be there are projects Delta City has been involved with in the past four years which he wants to hsve a part in completing The projects include Delta City's clean up campaign Burras too also said a major drainage project in the south west end of Delta needs to be done Burraston said another four years would give him the opportunity to complete projects and do a better job far the I people of Delta Burraston said the two main issues arc keeping up with curb gutter sidewalk and road needs and Main Street Beautification Addressing the first issue Burraston said an emphasis needs to be placed on access to public schools As an example he said there is currently no sidewalk at Della South Elementary School He said one of the problems is in getting private participation and public funding to do the work The southwest drainage problem also needs priority according to Burraston He said he wants to get a project going to take care of the problem As for die second issue Burraston said had a lot of praise for the efforts of the Main Street Enhancement Committee "This clean up committee did a fantastic job of getting the Law property cleaned up” Burraston said Candidate Daniel Kapclos said he is running for city council because he has never run before He said he w ants to see what it's like lobe a city councilman and he is running because the youth in Delta need help He said Delta needs to come up w ith a way to fight drugs alcohol tobacco and stiffen curfew laws The main issue with Kapeloa is the needs of Delta's youth “When you see 13 year old kids Vol 85 No 12 September 2SJL995 Fillmore receives Rural Utah Award By Gaye Christensen The Utah Center for Rural Life presented the Rural Utah Awards at a special program Thursday September 7 1995 on the campus of Southern Utah University Fillmore City was awarded first place in the Community Excellence Award in Cultural Enrichment Mayor Keith Gillins accepted this award on behalf of Fillmore City Gwen Hunter Rita Logue Rorque and Tracie Wood represented various groups who have been involved in promoting cultural arts in the community Many have worked hard to enrich the lives of the citizens in Fillmore by providing cultural programs to the community The groups listed on the application were: President Millard Fillmore Library Fillmore Civic Arts Council Fillmore Community Theater East Millard Fine Arts Guild Old Capital Millard County Fair Quilt Guild school programs city programs historical exhibits and Daughters of Utah Pioneers A special thank you to Mrs Hunter for her help in preparing the application and to all who have been involved in promoting cultural enrichment programs in our community Fillmore cili- - L to R: Rorque and Trade Wood Mayor zens can be proud of this accomplish- ment Fillmore was a runner-ufor the Rural Community of the Year Award and Mayor Gillins was a runner-ufor the Rural Man of the Year Award Gillins and Gwen Hunter Fillmore had an application in all categories which also included health care economic development education and Rural Woman of the Year The Fillmore City Council selected the nominees for the various awards Delta City Council discusses airport and court By Derin Phelps Cody Fussell of the airport and environmental consulting firm of Barnard Dunk?lbcrg and Company of Tulsa Oklahoma presented a 20 year airport layout plan for Delta Municipal Airport at Monday night's regular meeting of the Della City Council The proposed project is broken into three phases The first two phases are five year projects and the third phase is a ten year project The total cost for the 20 year project is $41 million The FAA will fund 91 percent of the project leaving four and a half percent to be funded by the stile and Delta City on federally eligible projects Federal funding is not available for work on hangars The project includes improvements to the airport's primary runway Approach improvements and design criteria improvements are also a part of the plan Fussell said the crosswind runway may become a taxi way as one of the two runways currently in use will be shut down Fussell explained that the conversion is based on FAA funding criteria He said the FAA will only fund one runway because it is considered too expensive to maintain two runways when one runway can meet the needs of the facility During the presentation Fussell recommended possible future hangar cilities to store aircraft He also said there is roughly 70 acres of highway frontage at US High way 6 which would be good for industrial use The city council voted to accept the 20 year airport layout plan In other action Delta City Attorney Richard Waddingham explained the quirements for the city to operate the Delta City Justice Court The city coun drinking and smoking someone’s got to step in" Kapclos said As a city councilman Kapelos said he believes he can affect schools by suggesting to the school board that students who miss school because of illegal activity be suspended Kapclos also said he feels that laws affecting youth behavior are not being enforced Kapclos said if he is elected to the city council he would push for stricter sheriff s patrols in Delta “I think there’s enough (deputies) on duty I just don’t think they're doing their jobs" Kapclos said If he is elected Kapelos said he the Delta City would work to Police Department so officers would be under the authority of the city council Other ways Kapelos said the city council can help youth is by promoting spelling and geography bees as well as math competition He also said if he is elected he will work to promote the Delta City Library He said he would push to budget more money into the library to expand its services Candidate Phil Sabey said he wants to be a city councilman because he has lived in Delta for 13 years and feels every citizen should take the opportunity to become actively involved m city government The main issue with Sabey is possible growth of Delta because of increased population from dames moving v t Cody Fussell explains airport project plans to Delta cil passed a resolution requesting recertification of the Justice Court Waddingham presented the council with a letter he wrote to Mayor Don Dafoe in which he outlined the requirements The letter outlines 19 mandatory requirements adopted by slate statute and several minimum requirements adopted by the Judicial Council Some of the mandatory requirements state: “The city shall provide adequate courtroom and auxiliary space for the Justice Court The court shall be open and judicial business shall be transacted every day except as provided by law" The mandatory requirements stale that the judge is not required to be present during all hours the court is open into the area To deal with the growth Sabey said he w ants to try to preserve the environment in Delta He said he likes the “Shop at Home" campaign Sabey said he believes growth in Delta needs to be kept orderly and not allowed to run rampant He said he feels the response to grow ih in Delta is largely the responsibility of the planning and Sabey said the zoning commission planning and zoning commission needs to make sure proper zoning is in place Andy Thompson said he wants to be a city councilman because he was challenged by a current city councilman in a city council meeting "I w as challenged by a city council member that if I thought I could do a better job I should run forcity council" Thompson said Thompson said he believes he can do a better job He said he thinks he would be an asset to Delta because he secs a third of the residents of Delta on a daily basis He also said he has lived in Delta long enough that he knows a good share of the residents Thompson secs three main issues facing Delta City The issues are to maintain organized growth maintain curb gutter sidewalks and proper drainage n city streets and to get more out of tax dollars To manage the first issue Thompson said he is ag amst mov in g in thousands of City Council Court hours must be posted in a conspicuous place at the court and in local public buildings The mandatory requirements go on to stale: “Delta City shall provide and keep current for the court a copy of Utah's Motor Vehicle Laws appropriate copies of the Utah Code Justice Court Manual published by the State Court Administrator state laws affecting local government city ordinances and other legal reference materials as determined to be necessary by the judge" Waddingham told the city council that he believes Della Justice Court meets all of the requirements for recertification Current certification expires on February 5 1996 people just for the sake of having a big city “I think there's a place for business and a place for residents to live" Thompson said “1 think we should allow enough room for them both to exist but keep the two separate" On the second issue Thompson said he feels the city has come a long way but work still needs to be done “I find it hard to believe that we still have dirt streets in town" Thompson said Responding to the third issue Thompson said “I believe in getting the most out of our tax dollar even if it costs more at first because in the long run it w ill save us money" Thompson said he knows Delta is feeling a pinch because of the decrease in the tax base from IPP He said however he still thinks doing a job right the first lime would eventually let the city accomplish what needs to be done and suy within the operating budget Glen Sw albcrg said he is running for city council because he would like the He said now that he is opportunity semi retired he has more time to devote to the city Sw alberg said he has always been interested in Delta City “I think I can make a difference and Sw albcrg I enjoy working ith people" said "I really don't have any criticism See Candidates on page 4 |