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Show Utah Press Association 307 West 300 South, Suite 5005 Salt Lake City UT 84101-121- 2 P. O. Box 224 Milford UT 84751 Av 'TffllfW Mr I II n III III 1 III a S. Postage Paid Milford UT i Permit No. 15 V k 4 itiitflffltr Mr III a : III ii in 1 1 ii 1 1 ii yy in in i ii i ii in in i ApWAp AyA 50 Cents Formerly Dodge City News Serving Western Beaver County Since 1991 .". Bulk Rate U. SEPTEMBER 15 , 1995 VOL. V NO. 36 "Put a fork in this deal; it's done!" Bob Thieme, Circle Four Mill Manager Thumbs Up 7 From Region 13 For Milford Spring Baseball The Region i 13 Board of Managers gave the official stamp of approval Tuesday, fi ii Left to right: Bob Thieme, Lee Sargent, Peterson and Rpb Adams. Harlan Thomas, Jim Stacker, Gary Sullivan, Gary "At a groundbreaking we need to turn some earth, but we promise not to build the feedmill here," explained Rob Adams, Circle Four Farms General Manager, after a rainstorm caused the ceremony to be shifted from the site to the Milford Pavilion. Adams maintained that the company is committed to being a good citizen and to taking an active part in education and good government. Actual site for the mill was recently annexed into Milford City. The company petitioned for this action in order to increase Milford's tax base and provide funds to enhance the city. Lee Sargent, President and CEO of Todd and Sargent Construction, Ames, Iowa, , applauded die mill in design. 'There is ng,gLftg nafon better iq tprmsof-fet-y efficiency"! he said. A skeleton crew ot upper mariagemfeftt supervisors from Todd and Sargeitfwill be here on a temporary basis while the mill is under construction. Local workers will make up the remainder of the labor force. Is it actually the biggest mill in the country? Well, not quite. Jim Stocker, Murphy Family Farms representative, made the clarification. "Smithfield Foods has the biggest. This one will be second," he said. He added that the only way to "mess mis operation up" is to spend more than value added agriculture can support. Stocker has been in the business since 1973 when he signed on as the 25th employee with Smithfield Foods. The completed mill will be controlled by a Windows software program. Bob Thieme, mill manager, said production capacity will be 1 5,000 tons - 625 truck loads - per week. 75 Railroad cars will be unloaded in 1 5 hours. Cary Peterson, Utah State Secretary of Agriculture, praised the local work force. "Quality products come from quality people. This project can be a milestone of food production is we work together for the greater good of all," he said. Beaver County workers, with a higher education level and advanced skills 'are generally suited to the technological features planned in this automated facility. Peterson commended Councilman Larry Sower for his participation in the project, and his persistence in bringing it this far. He also cast an eye to the future possibility of a processing plant. "Processed meat multiplies the dollar 8 times over the value of meat on the hoof," he said. Both Peterson and Commissioner Gary Sullivan tempered their comments with caution. Peterson saict "There is no intent to drive out family farms." However, family farm swine of alfalfa production with corporate production is not a factor in the local economy. swine production should not present a problem for either entity unless water becomes a disputed issue. Sullivan added, "There are some unknowns. We won't have the answers for several years in the future." Councilman Harlan Thomas represented Milford City. His speech was right to the point, "It's the money...we need the money. I've been behind you all of the time, and I hope you meet those " expectations." Circle Four Farms employees and their families, joined by Representative Bud Bowman and other local politicians, were men treated to a barbeque dinner. The main course was - right, you guessed it - a Circle Four pork, cooked to perfection. accepting Milford boy's and girl's teams into the schedule. The previous Tuesday Beaver County Board of Education succumbed to the tremendous and parental community support by passing a motion to allow boy's spring baseball to continue this year, and another motion to establish a girl's team. Wayne Wiseman, Jr., spokesman for the parents group, presented a petition with signatures from all three communities in the county exclaiming support. With 3 years behind them the boy's team is firmly established in the league. "They have jumped through hoops to gain a , position , in v the region,:;, Shutting down now - even for one year - would mean just throwing that away," Rick Rose told the Board. Rose has been a volunteer coach for Babe Ruth League and an assistant with MHS baseball for a number of years. , Wayne Wiseman, Jr. acted as spokesman for Milford parents. A poll of eligible girls showed ample interest to set up the necessary team and comply region requirements. Financial support for the sport is not in the budget. Milford residents will have to cover their own expenses. Kathy Acklin, Booster Club President, says that is no problem with funds already in the coffers and - " fundraisers already planned. Karen Thieme presented the perspective of a new resident in the district. Her family chose Milford because that is where her husband works. "Both high schools are in Beaver .County School District, so we assumed " she enrolled her they would be similar she said. When sons at Milford High, the councilor explained that the area is growing and programs will soon be expanding also. "The next week I read in the paper that the Board of Education decided to discontinue spring baseball. That is a bad sign. If you are already taking things away, people will have to move to Beaver to look out for their kid's education," she concluded. ' ! ' t- - xi ce A . Wis Vr'tr- - ; W. WhaVs Happening? Saturday - September 16 Beaver County Farm Bureau Talent Find Winners Liz Lamb Charis Carter Austin Mayer Will Compete at the State Fair. Horace Palmer and Principal Walt Schofield Perpetual Dairy Scholarship for U.1I.S. in 1930 he planned to attend W. Horace Palmer, a USU and become anelectrical resident, made a engineer. A USU yearbook in surprise stop in Milford last the high school library had week to set up a perpetual $500. scholarship to be helped shape that dream. bestowed annually on 'an That, however, was M H S. student interested im not to be his fate ? The Beaver County Fair and a $100. majoring in dairy production at USU. To be eligible the ' scholarship provided an even student must have a 3.5 or As a greater, opportunity, farm boy, Palmer acquired a better GPA and exhibit need. Holstein bull calf in 1928. He "I love this place, and I just won the fitting and showing wanted to give something class at the fair in the fall of back," he said. When Palmer '30 Union Pacific Railroad, at that time, provided a graduated from Milford High former 4-- H Jodi Erickson, Miss Beaver County Won Title of Miss Photogenic in the State Pageant. N Tuesday - September 19 - 7:00 P.M. VFW Meeting at the home of James Pierce. All members urged to attend! scholarship and a round-tri- p ticket for a winner in that the trains every county ran through. "In those days $100. was enough to change your mind about a career," Palmer said. As a college student he . milked cows for 25 cents per hour, and lived on $12.00 a month; $6. for food and $6. for rent. He shared a rented room with Mitch Fisher, who also was an pursuing education on a limited budget. Long hours, makeshift meals, 4-- H daily sacrifices were unimportant with a career goal in mind. That career has been Upon very good to him. graduating from USU in 1934, he worked on a Carnation farm in Seattle,, Dairy was He Washington. Assistant County Agent for Lewis and Pacific Counties in Washington. He later worked for the U.S. Bureau of After 35 years Prisons. service as a farm manager at various prisons, he retired 23 years ago. He now lives in Branson, Missouri. and |