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Show E A w V MILLARD COUNTY 3 USPS V QJ 446-74- 0 x FOUNDED IN 1894 25 CENTS MILLARD COUNTYS FIRST NEWSPAPER Volume 88 Number 20 Millard County Progress, Fillmore, Utah 84631, 4sof'a on J Ponced 1885 rijf .5 MlMlfROMMl Friday, May 14, 1982 Tragic Accident Claims Life of Equipment Dealer A tragic accident claimed the life of DeLon Averett, owner and manager of Averetts John Deer farm equipment in Fillmore Tuesday afternoon. He was killed instantly when a small steam cleaner he was operating malfunctioned and he was electrocuted. According to Averetts employees Mr. Averett had gone to a shed in back of the main building around 4 p.m. An employee, Gail Mitchell, discovered him at approximately 4:30 p.m. lying on the ground with the handle of the cleaner still in his hand. He immediately called to another employee, Tracy Whatcott, who disconnected the electricity to the steam cleaner and started Cardiopulmonary ResusMitchell citation (CPR) on Averett. called for an ambulance and the Sheriff's Office dispatched the ambulance, a deputy and a city police officer to the scene. Deputy Garth White and Officer Dan Rowley responded and Deputy White helped Whatcott with the CPR. Seconds later the ambulance crew, EMTs Kent Dalton. Dallin Nielsen, and Dorothy Littledike, arrived and took over the CPR. They transported Averett to Fillmore Hospital where they were met in the emergency room by both Dr. David Limburg and Dr. Brent Jackson and the hospital emergency staff. The doctors, staff, and EMTs tried valiantly to bring Mr. Averett back to life, but their efforts were in vain. Mr. Averett is survived by his wife. Gay, one daughter Brittany, five two sisters, one brother, and his parents. Jack and Deneice Averett of Meadow. step-childre- Public Meeting to be held on Electric Rates The Fillmore City Council has called a special public meeting on Thursday, May 13th at 7:00 p.m. in the reading room of the City Building to explain the Citys electric rates. Dr. Brent Jackson displays Obstetric and Infant Resuscitation Cart he donated to FiUmore Hospital. Monitor atop the cart was donated by the East Millard Health Care Foundation one year ago. WalkAmerica Walkathon be sure to gather on the Legion Hall porch Friday, May 14, 1982, right after school. Thats when the prizes will be awarded, according to Mary and LeGrande On May 5th the City Council received the rate study for the electric department it had previously authorized. The study was done by the Engineering Department of Intermountain Consumer Power Association (ICPA). It was presented and discussed by John Sevey, one of the engineers who did the study. The report recommended that the City follow the new rate philosophy that came out of a recent "cost of service study the Public Service Commission had done. The essence of the study is that some classes of electric customers have been given an undue preference over others. The result was that the Commission ordered Utah Power & Light (UP&L) to propose a new rate design consistent with the "cost of service study, which they have done. The ICPA engineer noted that the proposed UP&L rate design would not generate enough revenue to even pay the wholesale power cost, which is about 90 of the electric department expense, and therefore recommended increase in rates also be that a 14 implemented. It is interesting that the proposed new rate structure actually reduces the rate to some classes of residential customers and small commercial customers, which softens the additional increase to them. Another concept presented in the report was to put all residential customers on the all electric rate. To do so eliminates the old need to qualify for this rate on the basis of how the power is used. Under this proposal, all residential consumers in the lower use classes would still receive their power at a rate consistent with the philosophy of Walkathon Davies, They said 130 walkers participated in this year's Walk. The walk started at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 24th at the courthouse in Fillmore. Paritcipants hiked to the Flowell Ward Church and back to the courthouse, a High Speed Chase Nets Two Juveniles and a Stolen Car Kurse Rob Ewers points to supplies contained in the Cardiac Resus- citation Cart donated to Fillmore Hospital by the Mark Paxton u of flowers fund. Ewers is holding an Ambu Bag, part of the resuscitation equipment, in his left hand. Photography by Marge Barton in-lie- Hospital Receives Donations - Celebrates National Hospital Week Fillmore Hospital was the recipient of two very welcome units from separate donors this past week. Dr. and Mrs. Brent Jackson of Fillmore supplied the hospital with an Obstetric and Infant Resuscitation Cart while Mrs. Nelda Paxton furnished a Cardiac Resuscitation Cart and emergency resuscitation equipment to stock the cart. Mrs. Paxtons donation was furnished by the of flowers fund. Mark Paxton u Head Nurse Randy Probst said the hospital staff deeply appreciates these donations and feel that many lives may be saved by the thoughtfulness of these fine people. The hospital is also celebrating National Hospital Week (May 10th through May 16th) and all members of the staff are wearing National Hospital Week buttons with this year's theme youve got a friend printed on them. The theory behind the theme is that the hospital is like a friend. A friend is generally thought of as one who is there when you need him or her.. .anytime of the or night. ..for and reassurance. help, strength, Somebody to depend on. Maybe you havent thought of the hospital staff in that light. ..as friends. But they are some of the very best friends you have. They provide their special skills and services at all house of the day or night. They offer friendly care when youre sick or injured. They also offer services County Officials Hear Federal and State Leaders Examine Major More than 400 of the nation's leading county officials, including members of the Six County Commissioners Organization participated in an important four-da- y meeting here this week which addressed major national and western interests including public lands, state severance taxes, the New Federalism, and energy resource development. Attending the Western Interstate Region Conference of the National Association of Counties were: Commissioner Farrell Chappell, Wayne County; Commissioner Merlin Ashman, Sevier Commissioner Basil Lay, County; and Commissioners Piute County; Leigh Maxfield, Ben Robison, and Harold Stewart of Millard County along with Carvel V. Magleby, Executive CommisDirector of the sioners Organization. They participated in many of the special 30 technical meetings and seminars at the four-da- y meeting. The commissioners first heard Montana Lieutenant Governor George Turman welcome conference participants, and point out that the issues confronting the West today require hard work and dedication to principles by all county officials to bring about satisfactory solutions. A major issue confronting the West today, said Lt. Governor Turman, is the federal government's proposal to sell off large federal land holdings to help retire the national debt. "Though there are some inapprosaid priate federal land holdings, Turman, "the effect of selling federal at the rate of $4 properties-ev- en billion a year-wohardly make a dent in the national debt." As an uld to prevent illnesses and improve the health of people in their communities. What better friends could you have? And hospitals welcome your friendship as well, which can be shown by such gestures as donating blood, volunteering to help other people in your community who are hospitalized, and by taking care of your own health. But when you need one, remember "youve got a friend in the hospital... in fact, a lot of them! Walk-A-Tho- n Prizes to be Awarded Friday Issues alternative, he suggested the federal government conduct a major analysis of any federal properties proposed for sale, and form new procedures to properly protect the public interests. A second major speaker - Robert F. Burford. director of land management for the U.S. Department of Interior -told the 400 county officials in Billings that a real "good neighbor policy has become the guiding force in all Bureau actions and relationships. "We have initiated more frequent and more complete relationships with State and local governments. We reorganized our headquarters' office, our State offices, and even our district offices, he said. "In addition, said the land management director, "We are rapidly decentralizing our organizational authorities and responsibilities from the top to the ground. Headquarters and state office personnel allocations are being substantially reduced to shift capabilities to the District and Resource Area levels. Burford said he was two major components in the current shift of management to the local scene. "First, reductions, in federal funding to try and reduce the heavy budget deficit are bound to continue over the short term. Second, a philosophy is emerging - and growing stronger every day that those who beneift from public lands and resources should pay for those benefits as a reimbursement to the real the general taxpayer owners." concluded Burford. A third major speaker, representing President Ronald Reagan, was J. Steven Rhodes, the special assistant to the President for Intergovernmental All those who think you may have won a prize at the March of Dimes -- Affairs, Rhodes in Washington. D.C. told the local officials Mr. that Counties are of paramount interest to the President in guaranteeing the success of the New Federalism. Quite said Rhodes, "it is the county frankly, governments of this nation who can He make or break the program. pointed out that since counties are often the closest government to the people, they share a large and important responsibility for the implementation of new federalism programs. In addition to hearing these authorities. the commissioners were also active participants in a number of technical sessions addressing the problems faced by county governments today including limited tax revenues, increased unemployment, and the efficient delivery of social services programs. Among sessions presented at the conference were Managing Public Lands; "CETA Legislative Update;" "Coal Severance Taxes; "Building a National Payments-in-Lieof Taxes Coalition;" Communication with the Bureau of Land Management;" "The Costing and Pricing of County Services; "Local Strategies for CETA Re 'Enactment;" "Cash Management u Cont. to Page 2 the "cost of service study even though they would be on the all electric rate. After much study and deliberation, the Council passed a resolution to accept the proposals mentioned above, which are to be implemented immediately. The Council called the public meeting to explain the changes and why the electric rates are at their present level. An engineer and an accountant from ICPA will be at the meeting to explain things and answer questions. The ICPA report also brought out some other interesting facts that often go unnoticed. For example, residents and businesses in 42 Utah cities pay franchise and license taxes on their utility bills. In fact, ever 377,000 people in Utah pay Utah Power and Light's rates plus five percent or more for various taxes. Fillmore also collects taxes, now mainly through the budgeting of free power to city loads and free services, such as street lighting and well pumping. The power alone adds up to about S35.160 a year. In other cities, this cost must be borne by the general fund. Another interesting statement in the report is that over the long term, the Electric Department has helped keep property taxes low. For example, Fillmore is about the same size as Delta, which is served by UP&L, yet property taxes in Delta are over 16 higher than in Fillmore. The Citys financial base that makes lower taxes possible was not built in one year, rather it was developed over many years of planning and control. The City has taken some steps in recent years to obtain a resource which should begin now, to moderate and slow down the rate of increase to its power costs. The resource will be explained in the public meeting. footsore and weary 15 miles. First to arrive back at the courthouse at 12:15 p.m. were Kelly Low, Scott Christiansen, Kim Brunson, and Stephanie Wilson who all arrived at the same time. Davies said all the pledges have not been collected and turned in yet so he doesnt have any figures on the amount gained by the March of Dimes from the Millard County Walkathon. Those figures will be announced at a later date. The did express their appreciation to all the participants who helped make the walk a success. They would like to publicly thank the Flowell Ward for the refreshments, hot dogs and punch, served to the walkers, Wingets Drive Inn for obtaining the food, the Sheriff's Posse, Fillmore Police Chief Clayton Edwards and the Fillmore City Police Department, the teachers and parents, for seeing to the safety of the walkers and bringing in those who were unable to finish, Oleve Robison for manning the check point in the area, Kim Brunson and Anna Marie Giles who coordinated the walkathon at the elementary school, and The Millard County Progress for all Two 15 year old juveniles were arrested following a high speed chase up and down between Beaver and Meadow Tuesday afternoon. The car they were driving had been reported stolen at 9:30 that morning at the Skyline High School in Salt Lake City. The juveniles were also from Salt Lake Citv. The incident started near Beaver when L'HP Trooper Russell Lee tried to pull the boys over for speeding. They took off instead with Trooper Lee following. L'HP Trooper Mac Shields joined the northbound chase at Baker Canyon when the wanted vehicle ran his roadblock. While Shields and Lee chased the the free publicity they have given to the March of Dimes this year and in the past. Mr. Davies commented upon how well the Walkathon was supervised. He said there were no incidents of any kind observed or reported during the walk. boys other officers set up a roadblock at the Meadow off ramp. They were L'HP Trooper Clayton Allred. Sgt. Chuck Stewart and Deputy Robert Dekker of the Sheriff's Department, and Officers Ralph Stoneking and Scott Corey of the Delta City Police Department who were in Fillmore earlier to testify at various court cases. L'HP Sgt. Lyle Evans joined the chase when the boys doubled back south near Warm Springs just south of Meadow to avoid his roadblock. The other officers also joined the chase and the juveniles finally pulled off the road near the Hatton rest area and surrendered Thev were referred to the Provo Juvenile Hall. Stolen Car Recovered in Holden A California man was arrested in Holden Friday afternoon for auto theft and having a concealed weapon after a report from Ray Stephenson of Cont. to Page 2 |