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Show P.O. Box 224 Milford UT J Bulk Rate 84751 U. k Z in Mrr ih M M Ay ?r ImMMMMM '1 Mfitln d Utah Press Association 307 West 300 South, Suite 5005 Salt Lake City UT 84101-121- 2 S. Postage Paid Milford UT 84751 Permit No. 15 1M 50 Cents Formerly Dodge City News Serving Western Beaver County Since. 1991 VOL. V NO. 32 AUGUST 11, 1995 peOospitellsFoll Beaver County Royalty NeffsMefs Water and Sewer Bid. Western Every room in the Milford Valley Hospital is full for the first time since 196566 when it was opened. Shirlene i Barnes remembers patients in the hall before 8 nursing home beds were added, bringing the total to the current 24. From that time until the last few days, the hospital has had vacancies. Now, a priority list is being waiting established for geriatric Effie Marshall was expecting one baby on Jury 3 1, 1927. This petite lady and her husband, Elmer, already had five children. rooms. On the opposite end When she went into labor, Aunt Jane Banks, midwife, and County of the spectrum, the hospital Nurse Lucy Williams readied the kitchen table in the Marshall's proudly displays pictures of 6 Minersville home for the delivery. Dr. Parrish arrived from Milford babies delivered this year to to help. After Effie delivered the first baby, Dr. Parish announced date. "It's quite different that there would be one more. After the second, he again announced that there would be one more. Although no scales were from a year and a half ago available, weight was estimated at between 2 and 2 Vi for each of when we were worried about staying open," John Gledhill, the babies. The two girls were stronger than the baby boy, so he was hospital administrator, said. set aside and would have been given up for lost without the help of The progress is even more Frank Williams, a relative attending the birth. He took the baby impressive since the hospital is and rubbed him down with whiskey. A drop or two was placed in not part of a large corporation his mouth as a stimulant. In the picture above, he is the chubby or HMO. Gledhill thinks it is one on the right. Ruth, Rachel, and Ross Marshall were all strong, time to start thinking about' adding a larger emergency healthy babies. Elmer and Effie had yet another child, for a grand total of facility and additional patient nine. Effie is described as barely 5' and weighing about 90 pounds.1 rooms. Gledhill met with the Minersville Town Council Monday evening and received a commitment for property to "m" build a clinic. It will be located north and east of the Minersville Library. The is to be deeded for property clinic use only, and will revert back to the town if the clinic moves or closes. Expansion of an existing parking lot is ' also involved. ' ) ' ' is the apparent low at $1,834,033., for the Milford City water and sewer project Tim Jones, Jones and DeMille Engineering, will evaluate a and the bids present recommendation to the city council on Tuesday for final decision. Bids will be transferred to a spread sheet to check for math errors or other Jones will also discrepancies. check past performance of the low Weltek. Inc. - f bidder, - What A Surprise lH m , i I ' 1 - ' bidder. Out of the seven bidders, Telcor, Inc. was second low with , ThiswiUhtobeveiyswnifthe assistance mis year. Filing deadline is October 7. Tim Jones, also working with the project said is currently Beaver County benefitting from Circle Four support at the state level. Rachel, Ross, and Ruth at nineteen in 194S Well, together on something. it's happening! Major, RENEGADE, a Beaver band, has offered to donate their time and talent to raise money for Milford Valley geriatrics Hospital entertainment The band will play at the Milford Pavilion on August 26th. Dance starts at 8:00 P.M. Tickets are $3. per person or S3, per couple, with all proceeds going for The band geriatric entertainment. plays country, classical rock, and original compositions. Rex Willis, the hospital employee who is coordinating the project said the band may be willing to make the benefit an annual event if support is strong enough. I " Willis works with geriatric i I Rachd, Ross, and Ruth on their 60th birthday in 1 987. Rachel and husband, Clinton Hunt, live in Cedar City. Ross, now a Beaver County Commissioner, and wife, Eleanore, live in Minersville. Ruth and husband. Ken Knight, are also Minersville residents. patients on a daily basis and sees need the for additional entertainment "They are bored. Care givers do what they can to generate enthusiasm and fun. but they need something special now and then. It's almost like society is bypassing them." he said. Most of them receive only $23. per month for personal spending, an amount which hasn't increased since the 60's. Although the hospital chips in a total of $30. per month for entertainment trips and outings are difficult to finance. Willis said it will be left up to the geriatric patients to decide how they want to spend proceeds from the concert. Come out and support this project enjoy the dance and thank these folks for their generosity. Beaver County 1995; Macey Bradshaw, 1st attendant. The three girls competed Tuesday evening in the Minersville LDS Church for a $1,000. scholarship and the honor of representing Beaver County. Jodi Erickson made a clean sweep, collecting not only the crown, but the Miss Photogenic award and the Miss Congeniality award. She is the daughter of Doug and Judy Erickson of Beaver. Macey is the daughter of Robin and Carrie Bradshaw of Beaver. Krista is the daughter of Steve and Jacquie Brooks of Minersville. All three girls are Beaver High graduates planning Southern Utah University this fall. Pageant directors were Gloria McDermott, Jennifer andDawnG. Black. Elizabeth Lamb, Milford, Trina Marshall and Marcia Eyre, Minersville, Malissa Anderson and Mardee Bradshaw, Beaver, served on the committee. Elizabeth Lamb and Chans Carter provided special musical numbers throughout the evening. Craig Hollingshead and Gloria Craw, Miss Beaver County 1994, were master and mistress of ceremonies. ym "We're already underway. The first step is to identify statistical information," Richard Mayfield, director Development, said Wednesday morning. A task force, headed up by Less Prall. has been assigned to identify- - problems and work with community resources such as city councils, local school boards and service agencies to assess needs and impact created in Beaver and Iron Counties by development of the Circle Four Farms project. "We are acting as a professional resource only. All decisions must be made by local government," he said. "We have been talking to Circle Four forever, and we want to put our expert teams where they can do the most good," he added. Impact on Beaver County resulting from 700 farming jobs alone is likely to be tremendous. Circle Four and construction workers, most of whom currently employs 70 workers in the farming operation. will be here only temporarily, make up the remainder of influx. Adding workers for a processing plant originally reported by the company as estimated at 600 and now increased to a possible 1,300 or more, calls for a definite of services. Mayfield said that, if he was the site selector, he would locate the plant closer to Cedar student work force. "If the plant is located just across the line into Iron County, we will still be college City's obligated to provide police, ambulance and fire services, not to mention roads," Commissioner Gary Sullivan said. An inter-loc- al agreement for tax sharing between the counties is a possible option discussed by the Beaver and Iron County Commissioners when they met with State Economic Development representatives Monday evening. One of the major issues to be addressed in the upcoming study is the actual available work force and whether or not wage levels of Circle Four jobs will allow workers to purchase homes. According to Mayfield, there are several housing programs available to deal with people moving into the area if they cannot afford conventional housing . "However." he said. "Housing is usually handled by private sector developers who identify- a growth pattern and move in to supply the demand." Utah Department of Community' and Economic Dev elopment has already provided help in the form of a $23,000. grant to assist Beaver County in hiring a planner to act as coordinator for Circle Four Farms activities. Commissioners will interview for the position on August 2 1 st. Cost will include $24,000 to $26,000 plus benefits for the planner, in addition to staff and office expense. County Commissioners expect taxes generated by the company will cover the entire expense in future years. Prall was initially involved in recruiting the company during the previous governor's administration. In 1991 he traveled to North Carolina with local dignitaries, all of whom were hosted by the various companies involved. When Governor Leavitt took office, the emphasis was shifted from recruiting to helping existing businesses especially those in rural Utah. Prall w as reassigned as part of a support group providing help for such businesses. In the 1970's Prall worked for South East Utah Association of Governments during the coal boom in Carbon and Emery Counties. His job was to recruit businesses and make sure those businesses were aw are of environmental concerns. That project much like Circle Four, created growth in such a magnitude as to overrun the existing system. ""Those companies did prov ide needed sen ices and financial help to offset their impact" he said. During the ensuing years Utah has become more business-friendlwith cities and counties making offers of land and incentives. Prall doesn't expect a scenario to occur where Circle Four will be asked to contribute to impact funding. Ev aluation of future tax estimates in relation to impact costs will be included in the Economic of taxes to cover costs in the lag time may be Development study. "If projections show the need, an option." he said. The task force will be meeting with the v arious city councils impacted by Circle Four. They will supply-datand projections to assist local leaders in deteiminina future policy . Prall said Governor Leavitt has offered support staff from his office of planning and budget. In addition. State Tax Commission data is also available. The office does not deal with private sector enhancements, retail concerns, or issues generally expected to be addressed by private enterprise. They do not make policy . give recommendations or otherwise interfere with local government They simply provide support no more and no less. The office is financed by both the Utah State general fund and the Congressional appropriations fund. Mayfield said experts are dispersed on an "as needed" basis and the office does not try to do a cost share analysis to determine actual expense related to assignments. "If the State wants to help, they are certainly w elcome to come. Studies are very- easy for those agencies to do, I just don't know how far they are willing to go with roads and other things we need." Commissioner Sullivan concluded. of Division of Business and Economic In a meeting earlier this at nine years old. Ixft to right: Krista Brooks, 2nd attendant; Jodi Erickson, Miss Support Staff Is On The Way Benefit Concert R oss, Ruth and Rachel $ 1 ,889.480. Bear River came in third with $1,938,024. Beaver County Jail: In order to satisfy the State Fire Marshall, a proposal is needed right away. and county Sheriff Yardley commissioners recently toured facilities in San Juan, Juab, and Sevier Counties to determine of housing state feasibility prisoners. To make the numbers match, it may be necessary to build a larger facility than originally planned. "If we just update the present jail, the entire cost will be paid by the taxpayers. I'd like to work out a formula that will pay for itself, and relieve the people of this burden," Yardley said. Commissioners will call a pubWnieetmgw some firm estimates to talk about. i year. Mayor Mary Wiseman said she hoped to live long enough to see Milford and Beaver work J 4f - . y, nt a - |
