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Show Standard Rat US. Postage Paid P.O. Box 224 Milford, UT 84751 MWord. UT. 84751 Perm No. 15 Utah Press Association 307 West 300 South, Suite 5005 Salt Lake City UT 84101-121- 2 NOVEMBER 13, 1997 P. 0. Box 224 Milford, Utah 84751 Thanks Veterans! VOL. VII NO. 46 1997 Festival Of Trees Water Use IE Changes By 2000 eight-memb- Ted Rimpau, Norman Lamb, Russell Bozarth, and Gary Jensen participated in the Veteran 's Day flag raising ceremony at Milford High School. Gary Jensen gave the following brief address: "Every year of November 1 1th, we celebrate Veteran's Day. This date is significant, because on that date in 1918, World War I ended. Today, we honor all those who have served or are serving in the U. S. Military. We especially remember all those who have died defending our freedom. "The high school has purchased an American Flag which we can fly from Monday morning to Friday afternoon each week. With the first raising of this flag, we honor all our own special Milford Veterans." Three students from social studies classes will be selected each week to oversee the flag ceremony. By the end of the school year, Principal Walt Schofield expects that all social studies students will have an opportunity to participate in this patriotic gesture. er Basin - Beaver, Iron, Garfield, Washington and Kane counties; Warren Peterson - Sevier River Basin - Millard, Sevier, Sanpete, Piute and Wayne counties; Joseph Beykirck - Bear River Basin - Box Elder, Cache and Bill Rich counties; Lake Salt Marcovecchio District - Salt Lake and Tooele counties; Lucille Taylor - Provo District - Juab, Utah and Wasatch counties; Larry Ross Green River District - Daggett, Duchesne and Uinta counties; Cleol Bradford - Upper Colorado River Basin - Carbon, Emery, Grand and San Juan counties. The board is chaired by Karlynn Henman - Weber District - Davis, Morgan and Summit counties. -- Politicians untouched by publicity, petitions, pigs and polls A KSUB poll, which generated several hundred phone calls between October 31st and November 7th, gave local residents the opportunity to sound off about the Circle Four's expansion into Iron County. Of those favored the expansion and 62 participating, 38 Questions were: or opposed to the expansion of Circle 4 hog farms into (Continued on page 5) 1. Are you for Iron County? 2. Has the debate about the hog farm changed your mind on the subject? opposed. (See demographics.) Results: The poll was conducted by way of a computer 1. 38 in favor fitted with an interactive phone line. Not everyone 62 opposed followed directions. "Of those who did not follow 2. 15 did changed opinion directions or chose to just leave a comment, 85 did not Demographics: approximately 90 were opposed to the expansion," 54 of the callers were men Dale Nelson, station research director, explained. The 46 were women majority of those were estimated to be older Of those for expansion individuals. Including these calls could have raised the 68 were men percentage against the expansion. The percentage of 32 were women Of those opposed to expansion callers that were eliminated due to violation of a rule 45 were men requesting the last four numbers be repeated, was about 55 were women equal "for" or "against." The station reported that if these numbers were valid and added into the poll it would not have changed the results. More callers who favored the hog farm called the system using a cell phone, making Rob Adams, Circle Four development director, said he couldn't caller ID connect to the system using his cell phone. "Polls are more for fun than anything else. We all know that they are unscientific," Adams commented. "I'm sure there were lots of people down there encouraging others to call in," he added. Did the poll have a political impact? "It may have affected my opinion, but not to the extent that I can do anything about it. We don't have ordinances that prevent those people from coming in. All of the permits have to come from the state you know that," Iron County commissioner Roy "Pug" Urie said. Petitions, also evident in Iron County, have accumulated "a lot" of signatures. The poll was closed and the results announced before release of Mike Carter's Associated Press article about corporate hog farming, which was published in the November 10, 1997 Salt Lake Tribune, (can be accessed at sltrib.com) Beaver County Commissioner Chad Johnson said he was completely unaware of the KSUB poll. As for the AP article, he said it did not contain anything he was not aware of. or anything that would affect his opinion of continued growth by the hog farm. (Does that mean he has been reading the Monitor for the last two years?) Commissioner Richard Rollins said he had not read the AP story. With regard to possible conflict of interest as addressed in the article, Rollins affirmed that he will ULe his commission vote for the benefit of the county, even if it means voting against Circle Four. "If Circle Four severed their connection with me, I would not go out of business. Some people would loose jobs, but only 60... or maybe 50 of my business depends on Circle Four. said. me he can't buy nobody can," They The overall effect of hog farm publicity? "It used to be that when somebody asked where I was from, and I said 'Milford' they would say 'Milford, where's that?' now they know Milford," Patty Cherry concluded. say Ya...ya...I jffl Studies being conducted now may make drastic changes in the way water is allocated and used in the future. The Water Resources Board, a policy making body for the Division of Water Resources, will determine those changes. Originally formed in 1947 as the Water and Power Board, it was changed to water board in an 1967. Members, representing each of the major water basins, are appointed by the governor for four year terms. They may be reappointed one time, for a total of eight years service. Basin studies and the state water plan are under their jurisdiction. Members are: Harold Shirley Lower Colorado River r A3 This years tree sparkled with chrystal and pink and lace looking like every little girls dream, complete with porcelain dolls and ballet slippers. Beaver Stake held their annual Festival Of Trees Wednesday at evening the Beaver LDS Stake Center. Donated items were on display for all to enjoy and will be sent to Salt Lake for sale at the Festival, December 3rd thru 6th. All proceeds from selling these donated items will be given to the Primary Childrens Medical Center., helping those who are unable to pay medical costs. Musical numbers were performed by each LDS ward young women's group in the stake as well as The Milford Aires, The Milford Memorial Handbell Choir, The Beaver High School Chorus, and more. The tree this year was in memoriam to a little 8 year old girl, Michelle Atkin, the daughter of Wayne and Christine Atkin. Michelle passed away after a car accident this summer. The display was titled "Day Dreams" capturing the essence of an eight year old girls imagination. The little chairs in the setting have a story of their own. The maker of these unique chairs is John Carter's father, Newell Carter of Beaver. They are hand made and take many hours of work. Besides selling a few, he has made a family tradition of making a chair to give each of his children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. The workmanship and love is evident in these when you sec them. He had to replace two chairs for his great granddaughters, when they were destroyed in a fire. Even in advancing years he still expresses a desire to keep making more as long as his health will allow. Milford Valley Fanners Gary and Janice Sullivan Love of the outdoors and farm life for Janice began with the summers when she helped her grandparents, Abram and Maudeen Burgess, on their ranch at the north end of Mountain Meadow. "There was no phone and no electricity. Grandma was nervous. She didn't learn to drive, so she always wanted a "One of the grandchild around who could, in case I things many heart a had about grandpa living appreciate attack or in Milford is Mrs. something," Janice Miller s English class. When Sherman went to explained. So like most college in Los Angeles, rural kids of that the other students were era, she learned to envious and looked up drive at a very early to him for the English skills he had learned at age. While the skill was put to good use Milford High" on the ranch, the Janice Sullivan emergency her grandmother feared just didn't occur. Her grandfather enjoyed good health and lived to a ripe old age. When summer was over and the ranch cattle moved south for the winter, Janice lived in St. George with her parents, Mary and Reed Graff. Gary, from Leeds, was bussed to St. George for school after the eighth grade. Janice recalls that the girls liked to dance with the boys from Leeds because they were used to going to dances with their parents and knew all of the best dance steps. Gary and Janice were married in 1953. In 1954, Gary was called to the Spanish American LDS Mission for 2 years. Janice stayed with her parents and gave birth to their oldest daughter, Laurie, while he was away. Their second daughter, Julie, arrived in January of 1958, but returned to her Heavenly Father eight months later. By July of 1964, when Gary and Janice settled permanently in Milford, there were two more children.. ..Linda and 'j Sherman. Patricia followed in October of 1964, Scott in 1968 and Kent in 1980. Gary's father and uncle had leased Milford California car from a valley property dealer.... ironically, Janice thinks his name was Mr. Chrysler.... for summer grazing for cattle. When he decided to sell, the two brothers bought it in 1953. Gary and Janice started farming the Milford property in 1964 and purchased it in 1977. They cleared sage brush and planted alfalfa. and prospered. In 1981 flood water covered the pasture, but there was not much damage. The 1983 flood was so big it covered everything. "You could boat from our south comer (east of Milford) dam. The richest we could all the way to ever have gotten would have been from selling lake front property," Janice joked. When the flood water receded, it left salt residue that had to be washed down before crops would grow. "We had double the debt as when we bought the farm," she said. They put in a pivot in 1 985, and continued to clear and level land, using the sprinklers to wash the salt out for the next seven years before the crops reached optimum again. "Farming has its drawbacks," Janice explained as somewhat of an understatement. Of their total 1700 acres, the Sullivans now have 500 acres in irrigated alfalfa. They use field cubcrs to process their crop. They also run a select herd of purebred Gelbviehs (it's a German word meaning "Golden Cattle) which they started building in 1984. Janice, who says she has never cared too much for being in the limelight, directs most of her interest.. ..aside from fanning to her church and her children. She currently serves on the Twin M Soil Conservation board, and has previously served on the FHA board and a parents advisory board. Gary was a school board member for 12 years, and served as county commissioner for approximately 6 years until illness forced his resignation earlier this , year. |