Show r r r c ACCfC16TlOH - f ClT " T Uuuu'u M MM W VtL Serving Utah's Great Pahvant Valley Single Copy $75 USPS Vol 91 No 29 January 24 2002 Former residents carry Olympic flame Feb 5 hath) II alker anj hno Huntsman ill byThe Olympic Torch Relay pass Millard County as the torch heads for Salt I ake C ity and the 2002 Winter Olympics However Olympic (lags an oppoitumty to attend some events as well as the participation of family members and friends aie fanning the Oly mpic spirit throughout the By county T omier residents Clarence Robison of Provo and Mike Brown of Nephi were chosen as Oly mpic torchbearers eb and w ill carry the (lame Tuesday No 5 Robison participated in the 194S London Oly mpics as a member of the United States T rack Team le did not w in a medal but w alkcd aw ay w ith a said his sister lifetime of memories Jene BradfielJ of Leamington He was bom in Tllmoie and graduated from Millard High School Robison was athletic loved running and enjoyed hunting deer with his friend John Mitchell While attendhe ing Brigham Young University trac k and tw broke the records Robison serv ed in the Nav y during World War II in the South Pacific and experienced limited eombut Ie graduated from BYU and coached track at tenthe university during Ins ure He retired in 1988 lie has nine children and 4 grandchildren The recently suffered a stroke and cannot drive a vehicle low ever he can still run Robison said he is practicing running the 0 distance which is his portion of the torch run He is slated to carry the torch in Provo Brown 32 was nominated by friends to carry the torch since he symbolizes the Olympic spirit and is an inspiration to others said his sister RaeLene Kay Ie is the son of Beth Brown and the late Ray E Brown of Hinckley He graduated from Delta High School in 1988 and graduated from DixieCoIlege in 1991 Brown's hobbies include landscaping and caring for his yard gardening and oil painting His oil paintings were used on greeting cards and sold throughout the nation He currently lives in Nephi and is employed as computer aided Consult- draftsperson for Mike Brown torchbearer and Mitt Romney president and CEO ofSLOC at a celebration to announce the Olympic torchbearers for the 2002 Winter Olympics ants He also serves as a member of the Nephi City Fire Department Brown has received numerous awards including the Governor's Clarence Robison of Provo participated in the 1948 Olympics and was chosen as an Olympic Golden Key Award Leadership in the field of Developmental Disabilities Award Honorary Citizen of Disney World Freedom Foundation Award and Very Spenal Arts Award Brow n is one of 8 torchbearers to distance carry the torch the 0 through Nephi The torch relay is scheduled to begin at 950 East 100 North at 5 8 p m Fireworks will kick off the beginning of the relay Brown will carry the torch from the Juab County Center on Mam Street to 360 Mam at approximately 546 p m At 550 p m the relay will stop at the Nephi City Park for a celebration and break The torch run w ill continue to the north end of Nephi past the newly built Central Valley Medical Center The Olympic Torch w ill be loaded into the Cauldron Truck and transported to Provo An open house in Mike’s honor sponsored by his friends will be at the Nephi Senior Citizens Center in the basement of the Juab County Building at 146 North Main The event will begin immediately following the torch run All friends and family aie inv ited Bv Knox Huntsman copy! place At least two serious inquiries may help local airport about landing at the Della An poll and renting a vehicle to duve to the )ly has been received finm a southern ( 'alilornia company and someone on the east coast said Neil otsler airport manager "It's unlikely we will have a large number ol planes landim in clta he runway is only 6011 leel long We can a accommodate ear jet twin piop and maybe a small commeicial an line oister Anything huger is not viable” said Anothei problem that prohibits people using the aupoit to liavel to the Olympics is the lack of a fleet ol rental cars Although a lew vehicles the numbu can be rented locally needed is unavailable leber City has contacted loisler about the possibility ol renting hangar space at the airport lot a portion of their fleet used lor scenic tours “We can't help them out since hangar space is extremely limited Delta (Tty owns one laige and one small hangar Both aie filled ourpnvaielv owned single hangars are also on site and are being used" oister said The city does not expect a great deal of air traffic and will not piov ide addihe n areas lor planes tional sites are available current 15 first serve basis ami on a no fee is charged In pupnation loi the Olympus Delta! in tailed a sell service credit card Iml dispensing ana at the lilted States lag last vvu k ill lly Slate lag and topic lag w on the same flag post and sutveil lame w ill be me leased "I usiiallv go out to the airport daily to i In i k tilings out and have tor the past 2s yeais lining the llympics will mi tease the tups made out there mans tunes over am also cooidmat mg secuntv details with the Millard ( minty Sheiilf s( ice" orstei said Sgi Roger Young said deputies w ill increase their patiols at the aupoit but does not see the need lor additional mils )l i ou sc it we were going to do moie we would not reveal our exac plans W e ill deal w ith situations as needed" Young said lie Della Aupoit was built in the mid 1940s by the tediial government he aupoit was built as a backup loi the Wcndovet site wheie B 29s jet pilots cany mg the atomic bomb weie liained In 1946 the government gave the aupoit to Della ( itv Bytheeaily l'lstls eo Biuraston had leased the hugest lijngai to opi rate a crop dusthe business continued ing business Ian Biuraston to opeiale under eo s son until last veal sec Nine candidates apply to fill Delta City Council seat - only one campaigned Kathy If alker Delta C ity Council met Monday Jan for the first assembly ol the year with Gayle Bunker as the new mayor and Margaret Dutson as a new member One order of business was seeking a qualified candidate to fill the city council position left vacant with Bunker’s advancement to the mayor's office Nine city residents were in tendance to vie for the seat Applicants include Rob Droubay Brent Berkley LaMar Stephenson Phil Sabey Betty Jo Western Marge Riding Karl Jeffery Joe Young and Mervin Williams Berkley ran as a candidate for a council seat in the election and was the only applicant to do so After a brief introduction each candidate expressed their reason for wanting to serve and described the qualities they possessed that would be an asset to the council By 14 Fillmore and the schools are getting the Olympic Spirit with Olympic Flags Fillmore is getting into the Olympic spirit said Mayor Sam Starley The city purchased approximately 36 small flags four mgs and ten large banners each depicting the official Olympic logo In addition the Salt Lake Orgahas donated apnizing Committee proximately 350 Olympic tickets to Fillmore's three schools to be distributed on a per capita basis said Middle School Principal Greg Chappie The city council decided to present two large banners to each of the schools one as a gift and one on loan to help them promote the Olympic spirit To further cultiv ate the Olympic spirit Senator Leonard Blackham donated an 01mpic flag to the high school and middle school Representative Michael Styler donated an Olympic flag to the grade school Mayor Starley and councilwoman Arlene Bartholomew presented the After the banners to the schools Olympics are over the city plans to sell the flags banners and rugs as keep sakes to the residents of Fillmore The items were purchased with the help of an outside grant which covered half of the cost These sav ings w ill be passed on to the new purchaser The City anticipates more purchasers fly-zo- ne Bykaihy Walker At least a few ticket holders for the Olympic Games may fly into the Della City Airport since Federal Aviation Administration regulations have created the Olympic Ring Restricted Airspace which shuts down airpoits oi severely limits activities fiom eb 6 to eb 24 Airports w ithin a radius of 45 nautical miles around the Salt Lake International Airport are affected including Tooele Bountiful Ogden 1’iovo and leber C ity TFA has yet to decide how many flights into and out of Salt Lake City International w ill be delayed or canceled Flights apparently will not be allowed during the Opening and Closing Ceremonies Officials and VIPs arriving in Salt Lake City will first have to land at a gateway airport such as Las Vegas and Boise Grand junction Colo Idaho for inspection Only emergency medical aircraft such as Lifeflight and AirMed will be allowed to fly to or around Olympic venues Airports outside the restricted area could become a general aviation gate-ay airport for ground transportation to Olympic venues Airports in Brigham City and VVendover are preparing to handle increased air tialfic and have stringent security details in An executive session was called after the council meeting to discuss the character and competence ol apto the city plicants ror appointment council Ibe new council member w ill be announced at the next council meeting Monday Jan 28 if there is a consensus of the applicant among council members said ( oeg Sc haler he chosen applicant (Tty Recorder if in attendance will be sworn into office that evening and go right to woik In other business Fire Chief Rodger Seov die presented his annual report to the council Delta (Tty ire has 24 volunteer members which includes eight certified fire fighters two wildland red card certified with 12 members in the process of certification Hie department also includes two I M s one state certified department tester one dive mas seven ceitilicd diveis and one mcmhci ol the Millutd ounty Rope Rest ue earn he lue depaitmint had 100 recorded me idents loi 2001 he inci II structure fires dents included seven wildland fires 24 injury accifalse alat ms dents 29geneial lues six assists live vehicle fires three rescues one a ii plane wieck and one hamat incident Average response time lor the fire was 3 08 minutes department number ol volunteer members at incidents was 14 witha total of 2WK) combined hours as year members donated 8915 5 hour sot serv ice time which does not include ire Prevention Week July 4 fireworks demolition derby and fire district meetings The council approved Scov file's report and thanked the fire department forajob well done ter Room space availability causes concern Kathy alker Delta igh School w ill host the 2 A Boys and Girls Basketball Championships February 28 through March 2 and many administrators and officials from participating schools cannot find anywhere in the county to stay Local motel rooms are booked and the high school anticipates several thousand visitors to Delta for the sports event according to Shane Rowley tournament director Many fans have reserved rooms m the F illmore area also School officials are asking residents to be host families for the event Games begin at 0 a m Thursday and Friday and continue until 10 30pm By MHS Pnncipal Dennis Alldredge Arlene Bartholomew Fillmore and Mayor Sam Starley display Olympic Flag than items so there w ill most likely w ill be a lottery said Starley The flags and banners are hanging proudly in each of the schools the small flags currently adorn Mam Street and the four rugs are displayed m the city building and library City In early Nov SLOC sent packets to the Millard School District containing criteria for selecting the students that w ill attend the 01 mpics The tickets w ere aw arded equally for each grade Millard in each school throughout County Saturday games start at II 30 a m and finish at 10 p m Anyone willing to share an extra rixim w ith participating officials can contact Dean lowles Shane Rowley or Principal Dave Noah at Delta High Names will be placed on a list and matched w ith only those connected to the schools in an ol final capacity "In order to prov ide a quality experience for the competing schools and their patrons we need to work together so we are prepared for this great influx of visitors If we do a good job with this tournament we could very well be rewarded with future state tour naments Having these events in our county w ill be not only enjoyable but also very profitable" Rowley said Business owners throughout the area are asked to extend their business hours particularly eating establishments to accommodate visitors Late hours will be announced at the tournament A few years ago Delta High hosted the A Girls Basketball Tournament I he only complaints received were that restaurants closed too early for late game attendees and not enough employees were on hand to serve the larger crowds |