Show Serving Utah's Great Pahvant Valley Single ( USPS abiuil p m Homeowners Derin Phelps he Millard Count traumatic Iniury Prevention (IIPi Coalition sponsored child safety checkpoints last vAedncsdav in illmore and Delta ducation and lern Smith Public Officer for the tah Highway Patrol taught a class tor IP members last Monday and uesday lhe checkpoints held at Duanc's toodlown illmore and Quality Ihriftway in in Delta were designed to give TIP members experience in the proper wav to install and operate car seats Smith saici of all child safetv seats in tah Highway I'atrol investigated S Highway crash March 26 on Scipio According to Sgt Steve splm Judy Ippohto T ol Richfield was driving a (Alt' Van north when she nt ertook a sX4 ord Pickup also Archie driven by illmore As Ippohto ap( hristensen ot proached the pickup both drivers were apparently distracted by a grass fire off he pickup slowed the side ot the road down and the van hit it from behind Ippohto was taken to a hospital in Rich field t hristensen was taken to Medical Center ith Lillmore Community minor usuries he a 5u east ol WVo 'tah arc used Farmers and Ranchers May Be on Their Own to Battle Crickets and Grasshoppers lhe tah Department of vgnculture and lood the I SI) APHIS Animal Plant lealth Inspection Serv icel and the oocle Count) Intension fllcc are alertfarmers and ranchers ing homeowners around the state that public and private funds to light cricket and grasshopper he State this year limned is festations Entomologist along with cricket and grassSI) and the hopper experts trom the I SI xtension Serv ice will survey areas ooele and Juab counties to verify this ear's threat he I1)!! all survev reported a large jump in the number of acres expected to be infested by Mormon crickets and lhe report shows a total of 322 tXH) acres are expected to be infested with grasshoppers and 5WKOO acres are be infested with Mormon to expected in See Grasshoppers on page 2 1:J T J ' S 88 No 39 April 8 1999 Vol By insile the vehicle and js unable to get totalis tree ol' the vehicle He was pronounced dead on arrival at Delta Medual ( enter Searle uttered nor injuries Deputy Kocr young reported Johnson's Chevy Pickup overturned on the hex hard Roger Johnson pan approxi 45 miles west of Delta Johnson mately was dnv ing in an area aKnit miles south ot T S Highway sh 50 with a passenger Ray Searle of Hinckley Young said Johnson was apparent!) was going too last lor conditions made a turn rolled twice and and (lipped the pickup landed tin Us wheels Johnson was partial ejected through le got caught on something the indow irnn Jp conducts child Safety Checkpoints Rollover takes young life Br Vrin Phelps Roger lohnson in ol' "Sutherland was killed ucsday night in a rollover lhe accioccurred dent "5 opy Vr- incorrectly "If s not that parents don't know what to do" Smith said It's just that there are a lot of complex issues that they re not " aw are of Car seal manufacturers make approxi1X0 different types of car seats mately Auto makers produce more than 3(H) different pes of vehicles ith six different his has of seat belt systems tvpes caused incompatibility issues that must be addressed chilParents who brought their vehicles dren and car seats in were shown the proper wav to install and use car seats Common mistakes people make include not putting Itvose car seals in tight enough parents leave harness straps loo he harness retainer clip needs to be at armpit level " hey need to be snug at the shoulders" Smith said " lol of times parents lor gel when thev turn the seat around thai the harness straps need to he moved up over the reinforcement bar If thev stav in the lower slots then there's a possibility in a crash thai the bottom part of the seal ill break loose and those seats " will conic out and the child will conic out Smith said not to put ear seats in lhe front seat because a child's neck can be hf "kenil an air hue k vales 'Ave recomsit in that a child under the age ot mend scat" vwth said ( hildrcn lei J forward on a scat which puts hem lhe back to st nehi m the palh ol an air bae !so during the checkpoints car seats were checked to see if they had Nren called and that they were not too old Parents should make sure their car seals are lab's extreme no more than six years old heat in lhe summer and cold in the inter are very hard on plastic components Smith said there are hundreds of ihings If that should be checked on a car seat two or three misuses are found they can be deadly to a child tah Highpulls in to Patrol said when a vehicle checkpoint he first checks children inside car seats to make sure they are in He then checks the vehicle's properly straint sy stem ell see if the seat that they've got is compatible with the restraint system" Shields said ach driver fills out a form when they arrive which contains information necessary tor checkpoint personnel to make his or her assessment of the vehicle and car nder tah law ch Idren Hand seal der must be restrained properly either in a scat belt a booster seat or a car seal Car face the rear of a vehicle until a must seats child is year old and more than 2o lbs his is because a child 's neck and muscles al that age are nol dev eloped "On a forward collision it will break their spinal cord because they launch them stretches back here wic forward and and it will kill the child from even a '0 imic per hour collision" Shields viid lah Highway Satety Rhonda Parker Instructor and Child Car Neat Specialist said it'i important for people to slop at seat safely checkpoints because so 0t way the few " ' ¥' iu ' m? ftf Utah Highway ut in a'c Prkc '' uiit not lone rev ehc'ckpoir-lound her in rl'e puki'i thckiitJc with stopped her lira up on " nrv cr s' ':' "'e kcT Hiit " - kuh-- ite rx cer are ev ell Imn e a se u up r:ieir " it i k' J hev nstwea s 'c In the properly yeir al checkpoints she 'vare sea' :ar f a ru'c 'iis i' ce: fare' '' surprise ttter " hate ix'eiwitir t's' "I sIiockcJ Parke' many seats car "'eoe'S cc V persons Safety pare notes to detene needs modifications krs t "i i! 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" ''':--the- Easter spirits high despite cold weather Derin Phelps Millard County missed hav ing a hite taster but it was cold over the weekend he cold temperatures did not keep children of all ages away from taster t gg hunis in IX'ha l illmore and Hinckley Saturday " hey love it" said Hinckley Lions Club President Pete Bulloch "1 aster's a special lime for us and especially for lhe Lions " Vonja Peterson hid about 200 colored eggs in Hinckley Tow n Park and an abundance of candy At least 500 children came out for the hunt w hieh featured a isit from eo the I ion Children who picked up golden eggs won grand pries consisting of deluxe taster Baskets filled with shampoo candy and other goodies Leo handed out the grand prizes this was the first year Leo made it out Children flocked to him to shake his hand and get a hug "The Lions are proud to sponsor the taster Egg hunt and sponsor these kind of events for the community" Bulloch said f illmore's Easter Egg hunt was held at the city park where lhe historic backdrop of the territorial Statehouse Museum added to the specialness of the day In Delta the Rotary Club sponsored the hunt in Neighborhood Park Rotary Club Member W arren Peterson said approximately 50 lbs of candy and 20 doen eggs w ere hidden Bill and Claire Siry ker coordinated the egg dy ing The Delta Rotary Club has sponsored the hunt since 1982 after the Delta Lions Club disbanded The Lions Club was the prev ious sponsor After the hunt children were able to get coupons from local businesses Different sections of the park were set aside for different age groups so every one had a fair chance of getting eggs and candy there was even a special needs section Churches throughout Millard County were packed as worshipers came to celebrate the Resurrection Morning Some churches held Easter breakfasts Sunday and some had their own Easter Egg hunts By WW fi y c J ' 1 tA ' t" ' v ' & hV$ 'Oil- I 4cSc 'VjfSSj V Delta High School presents RCOPY Friday April 9 DHS Palladium ' 8:00 Ttrbatariinkaiuirrki at the door or DHS pm office prior to performance |