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Show MILLARD COUNTY IUSPS 446-74- 0 Founded IN 1894 25 CENTS MILLARD COUNTYS FIRST NEWSPAPER NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION JFOUNDED Ay IMS NNA SUSTAINING Volume 88, Number 6, Millard County Progress, Fillmore, Utah 84631 , Funded Aisoaat'On 199 5 Friday, February 12, 1982 NATIONAL GUARD MAY CLOSE FILLMORE ARMORY By l.orrainr J. Stewart National Guard representatives met with the Millard County Commissioners and the Fillmore City Council on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 1981, to ask for their help in recruiting new National Guard members for the local Fillmore unit, Detachment 1, Battery C, 222nd Field Artillery. The National Guard said this unit is authorized 50 members and has only 28 and is in danger of having the armory closed altogether if they fall to recruit more local Guardsmen. Donald Burt BLM Employees Receive Special Achievement Awards Two Bureau of and Management (Bl M) employees at Fillmore recently received Donalu Burl was recognized with a Special Achievement Award for his work in the range program at the Warm Springs Resource Area. In addition to monitoring range studies on 13 grazing allotments. Burt worked with the livestock operators to establish grazing svstems for intensive management on six 1 Special Achievement Awards for their outstanding job performances. I orraine J. Stewart. Head Clerk and Records Manager, and Donald r. Burt. Range Conservationist, arc employed bv Bl Ms Warm Springs Resource Area in the Richfield District. I arrv Oldrovd. Assistant District Manager, presented the award certificates and cash bonuses at a recent Bl M staff meeting in rillmorc. Mrs. Stewart received a Special AchieveAward for her improvements in the ment records, filing system, and library at the Fillmore Office. She began her career with Bl M as a clerk typist in Fillmore in 1961. following 10 years of service with Social Security. She was later promoted to and most recently to Records ManagcrFlead Clerk. Mrs. Stewart has been honored with three other awards during her career. She received an Outstanding Performance Award in 1968 and a Suggestion Award in 1972 for initiating an improvement in Bl M record keeping procedures. In 1972. she received an Outstanding Performance Award for her implementation of the best Bl M record svstem in Utah. Mrs. Stewart and her husband Cal have two children and five grandchildren Her daughter Connie is married to Dr. .lames I . Tcare: thev reside in San I" rancisco. Their son Cole lives at home. allotments. His efforts in other areas contributed to the settlement of nine livestock trespass cases. Burt was invited to participate on a team to make recommendations for improving the computer system which stores Bl M's grazing records. After serving three years with the U.S Air I orce, Burt began his career with Bl M in 1957 at Vernal as Range Manager. I aler that vear he transferred to Brigham Cilv where he served as Range Manager until 1958. From 1958 to 1962 he was employed at C edar City as Range Conservationist, and then transferred to the former Fillmore District where he held positions as Chief of Operations, Area Manager, Planning Coordinator and Acting Chief of Resources. After the Bl M districts were reorganized in 1975. Burl was appointed to his present position of Area Range Conservationist. During his career, Burt received two other awards for special performance: a Special Achievement Award in 1970 and an Incentive Award in 1967 for his design of a utilization caec. Burt earned his degree in range management from Utah Slate University in I9M He and his wife Marioric have five children, two ol whom still resident home in I illmorc Marge Barton Representing the Guard at the County Commissioners meeting were Sgt. Douglas Penney of Richfield, Lt. Robert Robison, who is the units new commanding officer, and Major Gary Miller of Cedar City. Major Miller indicated that he thought the problem was that the young men were too affluent in this day and age and even the new army pay wasnt high enough to entice them to join. Sgt. Penney said that the army (with no compulsary draft) no longer threatened young men and they were not now joining the Guard to avoid the draft. The Commissioners asked what the Guard wanted them to do about it as they were above the age limit to Join themselves. The Guards only answer was for them to "talk it up to the young men of the community. The Artillery is a combat unit and does not accept women. Miller said the Artillery units were all nearly at 100 except strength Fillmore's. He said Cedar City's was at 100, St. George's at 103, Richfield's at 109, Beaver's at and then Battery C was split between Manti and Fillmore with manti's at 80 and Fillmores at He said that if 80, 58. UDOT opens bids for 70 15 Death Strip, Salina Canyon projects A bid opening was held today by the NEW FILLMORE HOSPITAL PROGRESS REPORT Mr. James B. Fisher, Hospital Administrator, spent Friday, January 29th, discussing the possibilities of a hospital bonding issue with Burroughs, Smith and Co. of Salt Lake City. This is one of the financing methods that is being investigated and developed by Paul McBride of Fillmore and Ethel Brunson of Kanosh, both Hospital Governing Board members. Mr. Fisher also met with Steve Bon-neExecutive Director of the Utah Health Systems Agency, and Craig Merrill, Director for Utah State Health Planning and Policy Development. These two individuals will have key responsibilities for the approval of and granting permission to build the new Fillmore Hospital as part of the Certificate of Need process. Both individuals expressed concern over the populations current use of the existing facility but felt that with immediate increased usage and some very strong justification, there is a good possibility for approval. y, county are planning new hospitals that both submit their Certificates of Need simultaneously. Mr. Dell Ashby, Administrator of West Millard Hospital, was consulted and is in full agreement with this coordinated effort. With current planning, the "letter of intent" to build should be submitted in March and a Certificate of Need in April. State agencies will then be obligated to give approval or disapproval within ninety days of the submission of the completed Certifcate of Need. It is also noted that new Hospital signs have been placed at Fillmore entrances on Highway IS. Weather Report By Jay T Rogers Mr. Bonney feels that a key issue for approval will be a strong coordinated effort by both Millard County hospitals in their pursuit to insure comprehensive health care is provided to all Millard County residents. In fact, he strongly recommended that if both sides of the PAHVANT VALLEY SENIOR CITIZENS SCHEDULE B Ruth .milraxirh Monday, Fab. 15: Meatloaf. Wednesday, Feb. 17: Chicken Friday, Feb. 19: Bean Soup. Thursday, Feb. 25: The bus will go to Salt Lake City. For reservations call or Ruth, Alta, Albert, 743-574- 743-546- 743-537- 2; k Dont forget the supper next Tuesday, Feb. 16th. Try to get to the center at 5 p.m. with your favorite dish and your place setting. A watch, lost In J.C. Penney's, Provo, hat been found. The owner may claim pot-luc- It. Utah Department of Transportation on two separate Interstate construction projects. One project involves work on a portion of the incomplete section of Interstate 15 between Nephi and Scipio. Grading and drainage work will be done from the Juab County line to the Sevier River in Juab County. The second project is for final surfacing on Interstate 70 in Salina Canyon, from Wide Hollow to Fremont Junction. The apparent low bid of $2,883,963 was turned in by Gibbons A Reed Company of Salt Lake City on the project. UDOTs official engineers estimate was $3,532,809. The 41 miles of left to complete between Scipio and North Nephi have been divided into several separate projects which will be completed individually. This contract involves constructing drainage facilities and grading the new Interstate section from the Juab County line northerly 5.6 miles to the Sevier River. This portion of four-landivided highway will run parallel to and east of the existing road. Very little traffic interference is expected on this project. The contract stipulates that work must be completed by February 1, 1983. Once this contract is finished, a separate contract will be required to pave this portion. The apparent low bidder on the project was H-Contractors, Inc. of Idaho Falls, Idaho who submitted a bid of $2,736,390. The official engineers estimate for surfacing the 9.6 miles of highway was $3,069,540. The Utah Department of Transportation places a final surface on a highway several years after initial construction when the road has had a chance to settle and show where corrections and adjustments may be needed. A final surface also strengthens a road so it can handle anticipated higher traffic volumes. This contract involves placing three inches of pavement over the existing highway surface. It will be placed in two separate lifts, or layers of approximateh ly one and one-hal- f inches. A seal coat will then be placed to seal the pavement and provide a smooth driving surface. e, one-inc- Manti's and Fillmore's strength continued as it is that the possibility could occur that both units would be brought together as one and be moved to Delta as the growth there resulting from the IPP project would make Delta a . prime with their increased place, population, for the unit. Commissioner Ben Robison asked, What about Delta? Would it pay to go over there (to recruit) would it be feasible for them to come over and -- ? Sgt. Penney interjected, "Nephi is taking over the Delta area at this time. And Major Miller explained, "They have a big calling card because they are an Engineering unit and they say If you come and Join here, we can teach you how to run graders, cats, etc. When IPP comes in theres a good chance for a civilian job.. The Artillery unit cannot offer them this kind of training, but the Guard is still considering Delta for an Artillery unit if the Fillmore and Manti units fold, even with this tremendous competition with the Engineers. Major Miller also explained that another reason for bringing the Fillmore unit up to its authorized strength was to be prepared in the event of war. He said if war broke out in Europe that the 222nd would be the third to be activated and if war broke out in Asia they would be the first to go. Sgt. Penney, who is the 222nds e recruiter, has In - the past visited the Fillmore area on the average of once or twice a month to recruit for the local unit. Penney lives in Richfield, and with the Richfield unit at 109 strength, Penney made the surprising announcement that he had been authorized to spend only one day a week (Wednesdays) in the future recruiting Tull-tim- Catholic Church notice There will be a General Meeting of all the Parishioners of the Holy Family Church at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mike OCamb, 363 W. 4th So., Fillmore on the eve of February 14 at 7 p.m. All Catholics are urged to attend for the purpose of discussing a new 5 For information, call church. 1 or 743-526- 743-526- New Ambulance Team officers elected rfy. zf. - . ly-- m r-V- -i Those attending the Millard County Commission meeting Wednesday to ask for help In recruiting for National Guard are left to right Acting First Sergeant Dallin Nielsen, Jr., SFC Douglas Penney, Lt. Robert Robison, Millard County Sheriff Ed Phillips rear, and Major Gary Miller. for the Fillmore unit in this area, rather than spend all of his time here until the unit is up to strength or at least matches 80. Manti's The local Unit Administrator, Sgt. Clayton Barton, says he doesn't have any easy answers to the Guard's dilemma either. "It isn't that there aren't enough young men interested in joining, it's Just that so many of the local boys fail the written test." He said that on the average probably 35 who take the test fail it, "and lately, perhaps in the last six months, the percentage has been much higher, maybe 50 or more." He said he couldnt understand why there was such a difference here than in the several other units in which he was the Unit Administrator. "In my previous units, the average was only about 5 that failed the written test, he explained, and added, "It seems that the biggest problem the ones who fail the test have is not understanding the It's not that they aren't questions. intelligent they just cant read." At the City Council meeting, when the Guard met with them that evening, the Council was also at a loss to understand how they could help. The City has already tried to help with recruiting for the Guard unit, but was rebuffed by the Guard, when they offered city owned land near the airport, free of charge, to the National Guard on which to build a new armory. On May 9, 1979, (then) Mayor Robert Edison and a committee of interested Fillmore citizens met with the National Guard to discuss the possibility of building a new armory at that time instead of repairing the old one. The committee felt that the old building was a detriment to recruiting and preferred the tax dollars be spent building a new armory rather than doing the desperately needed repair work on the old armory and still - The new 1982 officers were elected for the Fillmore Ambulance Team at their last business meeting. Elected to second terms of office were President Raun Child, Vice President Kent Dalton, and Training Officer Dallin Nielsen, Jr. New officers elected were Marge Barton, Secretary; Evalo Anderson, Assistant Training Officer, Scott Tarbet, Supply Officer; Gordon Millard School District ranked 18 out Bennett, Maintenance Officer; and of Utah's 40 school districts in mainDenny Brunson, Assistant Maintenance tenance and operation (MAO) spending Officer. President Child his per student during the last completed expressed school year, according to a study by the appreciation to those officers remaining Utah Taxpayers Association. The disin their positions and to the outgoing officers for the tremendous job they trict spent $1887.41 per student in average daily attendance compared to a have done in the past year. The 1981 officers, besides those statewide average of $1 730.65. Alpine District was lowest at $1532.78 elected to second terms, were end up with an old building. The City's had a dual purpose. Besides enhancing recruiting, a new building in a different location would have gotten the unit's track mounted guns off the city streets as they tear up the asphalt and the City must foot the repair bills for the streets. The Guard turned down the City's generous offer and opted for repairing the old building. So far they have spent $23,000 to upgrade the security of the old armory and $5,000 to repair its leaky roof. At the present time contractors are working on a $150 thousand contract to refurbish the old Fillmore Armory, built as a WPA project in 1937. The total of $178,000 in taxes spent for the weekend training of the 28 Guardsmen they have now and the others they hope to get may all be in vain, as they told the Commissioners and City Council that they may have to close the Fillmore Armory in the near future. At the City Council meeting the same program was presented to the Council as to the Commissioners. At this First however, meeting, Acting Sergeant Dallin Nielsen, Jr. offered the Guard units help with some of the city's projects He told the Council, "We need to be more involved with the community. We could work with the City Council on some kind of civic that the projects something Guardsmen on the weekend could get involved in. Wed be glad to help the City with any kind of a project they have - working in the Park or on the streets or something like that." At this juncture Councilman Jim Cox, who is in charge of keeping the city's streets clean, grinned broadly. It was not made clear, however, how cleaning the city's streets and parks would help recruit new personnel or how it would help train them for combat. offer -- -- MILLARD SCHOOL DISTRICT SPENDS $1887 PER STUDENT Secretary Norma Brunson, Assistant Training Officer Jeanne Spader, Supply Officer Evalo Anderson, and Maintenance Officer Mike Haveron who was succeeded in mid-terwhen he took a leave of absence, by Scott Tarbet. Their efforts have helped our ambulance team remain one of the best in the state. Jeanne Spader has resigned from the ambulance team as she recently moved to Manti. Jeanne, who previously worked at the Fillmore Hospital, is a Registered Nurse and has accepied a position at the Mt. Pleasant Hospital. She will be missed by not only her team members, but by the doctors, nurses, and staff at Fillmore Hospital and her many friends and former patients as well. We wish her all the best in her new job and new home. Work is expected to begin as soon as weather permits this spring. Motorists can expect moderate to major traffic interference. The 120 working-dacontract should be completed this fall. y per capita. Daggett, the states smallest school district, was highest at $4614.08 in MAO spending per student. The comparisons show 1980-8shcool year figures. Smaller districts generally had higher per capita costs due to higher administrative overhead and partially-filleclassrooms which required more teachers for fewer students. Daggett's higher spending can be traced to the ratio of only 9.8 students per teacher. Alpine's low figure is largely due to more uniform class sizes which average 24.3 students per teacher. Millard School District has a pupil teacher ratio of 22.3 compared to a state average of 22.3. The ratio is based on classroom teachers and average daily attendance. The UTA study also compared school districts by an indicator showing emphasis on classroom instructors: "teachers as a percent of total personof nel. The index showed that 46 Millard School District employees are 1 d pupil-teach- classroom teachers. The state average is The remaining employees include administrators, principals, counselors, janitors, bus drivers, and others. The 1981 property tax mill levy for Millard School District was 39.66 mills. This compares to a state average of 40.87. 59. Educational benefits available to Vets Educational Benefits (a monthly stipend) are now available to eligible Veterans enrolling in 6 or more credit hours of Snow College's Fillmore classes. You may be eligible to receive benefits if you served on active duty for a period of more than 180 days, any part of which occurred after December 31, 1971 and before January 1, 1977. Additional eligibility conditions and restrictions may apply. Currently an eligible single Veteran will receive $171 per month for enrollment in 6 to 8 credit hours; $257 for 9 to 11 credit hours; $342 for 12 or more credit hours. Some or all of your enrollment may by home study courses. Your monthly stipend increases with an increased number of dependents. For further information, please contact the Snow College Coordinator in Fillmore, Nancv McDonald at 743-531- I |