Show Della Utah $1200 In out of months $700 and $800 (In Advance) USPS Copy 25c 0 Vol 75 No 9 September 6 1984 Deseret crops thriving in flood plain Flood waters may have actually worked to improve some West Millard farmland and foil predictions of ruined soil as Deseret farmers report this year’s crops are bigger and better than ever Agricultural experts and farmers alike predicted last year at this time that it could take up to five years for the wheat barley and alfalfa fields to recover from flood waters which had swept away topsoil deposited silt and compacted land in the West Millard County area worst hit by the DMAD Reservoir flood But farmers now think that 1983 flood waters may have cleansed the highly alkaline west desert land giving them the best soil conditions possible It was a dark day for many Desert and Oasis farmers when in late June of 1983 the DMAD Reservoir spillway cracked and shattered under pressure Deseret farmers Gary Dutson (I) and IPP work force swells The IPP workforce has swelled to nearly 4000 workers this summer according to the latest Impact Monitoring reports IPP Project Director James H Anthony reports that as of the end of June 1984 3849 workers comprised the total IPP work force Of that number 160 or four percent are permanent operationmaintenance employees with the Intermountain Power Service Corporation (IPSQ Anthony said that by June 1983 it is projected that the total work force will peak at 4300 workers with IPSC employee numbers growing to 520 IPP is expected to be producing Unit power by 1986 Some 972 IPP workers or 25 percent commute every working day mostly from the Wasatch Front while another 27 percent commute weekly Nearly 500 workers or 38 percent are living in various areas of Millard County The report states that home grown workers from the local area account now for 10 percent of the worker amounting to about 400 population people A third of the workforce originated outside of Utah In terms of local impact worker numbers are only a part of the story Anthony said that by June 30 1984 2118 dependents had accompanied IPP workers into Millard and Juab Counties worker families IPP construction average three to four kids With the bulk of the workers between the ages of 25 and 35 years of age it is no wonder that their school age children have swelled to capacity Elementary and Middle Schools in Millard and Juab Counties In an introduction to the monitoring report Anthony points out that of the $52 million spent by the Project to mitigate growth impacts nearly 50 percent has been spent on temporary housfor construction ing accommodation workers However despite the fact that the IPP built White Sage Housing Complex is full and 35 percent of the workforce is residing at the Man Camp near the work site an additional 252 workers resided in local motels as of June 30 1984 statistic At least one disturbing emerged from the monitoring reports on public assistance public health and social services In West Millard County 14 cases of spoue abuse were reported between April and June of this more cases that were year This is reported last year during the same time Another significant change in social statistics as noted in the report was a drop in food stamp assistance Through the number of active cases creased percent over last year from 123 cases to 137 the number of focd by 10 dropped stamp applications percent Lyle Stanworth (r) examine thriving from record snow runoff Five billion gallons of water were sent rolling down the last stretch of the Sevier River small the towards farming communities after the For over a week several thousand acres castastrophy near Deseret and Oasis lay under four to five feet of water But the first signs that the soil might have faired better than thought came just a few months later when farmers saw that wheat grass was beginning to grow in the flood plain led This unexpected development some to believe the soil might have been helped by the flood waters Gary Dutson a Deseret farmer all his life said that he had tried raising corn in the area before and found the highly alkaline soil made it hardly worth the trouble “After the wheat came up last year decided to try corn this 9wwg and about 100 acres have planted are doing just fine and niv wheat and barely are the best crops have ever had in my life” he said Longtime Deseret farmer Lyle Stanworth said he and other area farmers now believe that flood waters leached out salt in the heavily alkaline soil This combined with fresh water from the river and rainfall during the past record breaking water year have improved soil conditions The farmers are also speculating that heavy rainfall this summer may be partly caused by the large amount of water being stored naturally in the Sevier Dry Lake south of Deseret This unusual amount of water on the desert may have increased rainfall through the “lake effect” whereby storm fronts pick up moisture from a large volume of evaporating water corn crop in flood plain Historical first issue marks merger This week you hold in your hands the first issue of the Millard County Chronicle Progress marking an historical event for two newspapers steeped in history For reasons of economy and efficiency Sue Dutson publisher of both the Progress and the Chronicle for several years has chosen to make the move at this time She is of the papers with Bill Wilson of Thousand Oaks California under the company name of DuWiI Publishing “One newspaper will provide more news and better coverage to the benefit of subscribers and advertisers alike’’ she said noting that at the time of this and change the Progress is the Chronicle is The Progress published the news for the whole county for 14 years when it was first started in 1894 from Deseret Since around 1910 when the Chronicle Democratic Fund Raiser and Social A Millard County Democratic Fund Raiser and Social will be held Wednesday September 12 1984 at 6 pm in the Delta Regional Park Tickets for the Mexican dinner must be Cost is $600 per perpurchased by Sept son Call for tickets assisted by Evelyn Mallet and a bevy of area correspondents In the Delta office Shellie Dutson and Dennis Ashbrook will be running the advertising department while Mark Amott is still reporterwriter and at large Julie Ward is photographer assuming duties as compositor and circulation assistant in the Delta office As before the newspaper publishing company will be offering a full range of printing services under the direction of Jane Beckwith These services invitations clude flyers wedding business cards statements posters resumes and most general printing “If we don’t have it we can get it for you” Sue said Other personnel remaining in their adverpositions are Deb Greathouse tising billing and Riley Wood legal ads began publication the Progress moved to Fillmore Publisher Dutson said that except for the name change and a greater emphasis on news coverage readers can pect to see basically the same kinds of society and community reporting they have come to depend on “We will publish society and community news for the east and west sides of the county” she said “And no one need be concerned that the one side will get better coverage than the other We are simply streamlining our operation because we have to compete in the business world just like any other county enterprise” and columnist editor Progress Marge Barton will remain in her position in Fillmore with a new office at 75 No Main Street and readers can continue to depend on her consistency and help in covering everything which is important on the east side She will be billing FLU SHOTS at the Delta Senior Citizens September Center from 9 am to 3 pm am September 12 at Lynndyl 9:30 to Leamington 11:30 am to 1:30 pm and Oak City from 230 to J:00 pm a i 4 x Party Chairman Georgia Hare cuddles up to stuffed Republican elephant Selected for Who’s Who of Women Georgia B Hare of Fillmore Utah has been selected for inclusion in the 1984 Edition of the World’s Who's Who of Women The World’s Who’s Who of Women is published by International Biographical Center of Cambridge England The honor is exciting since Georgia is one of only 56 thouthe sand women from throughout world to be included The list includes such notables as Geraldine Ferraro candidate Phyllis Diller comedienne Roberta Peters and Ann Moffo opera stars Lynn Redgrave actress Reverand Hild May Rose Adaure Abba of Australia and teacher from author Njoku Nigeria and many other great women Georgia was selected for her involvement in local state and national politic She has also been included in both the 8th and 9th Editions of Who’s Who in America Politics Georgia is the Millard County Party Republican Chairman and is also a member of the Utah State Republican Central Commade and a mittee was recently member of the Utah State Republican Executive Committee Georgia recently attended a luncheon in Salt Lake City to honor Maureen Reagan daughter of President Ronald Reagan While there Georgia was surprised to be recognized as one of the eight female county chairmen from Utah She also received a special invitation to attend President Reagan’s address to the American Legion in Salt Lake City Sept 4 Georgia is the wife of Ronald Hare and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Grant Brunson Kanovh She has one son Curtis who is presentlv serving a mission for the LDS Church in Puerto Limon Costa Rica State helps replace Conk Diversion The histone Conk Diversion Structure south and west of Deseret has been replaced by a new facility designed by the slate Soil Conservation Service The old Conk Diversion was one of the earliest irrigation structures built in Millard County and has served many fanners on the tad end of the Sevier River System for at least eighty years During the great flood of 1983 Deseret farmers breeched the diversion in several pliers early in the flood season in an attempt to help flows through the Lower SevieT System This however was to no avail since in Jane of 1983 the DMAD spillway broke under high runoff pressure and the billions of gallons of water sent down river destroyed the historic structure The Deseret farmers who all mov ed into the area long after the structure was built by early pioneers were able to work with government officials in replacement of the crucial diversion one of several Conk Ain Cropper Diversion users said the new structure was built at a cost of $60000 He said 64 percent of that cost has been picked up by the Agricultural Stabilisation Service with the and Conservation balance to be paid back by the farmers under a 10 year low interest loan supplied by the Sod Conservation District The Conk Diversion Ditch supplies water to about a dozen farms south of Deseret amounting to over 3000 acres of wheal cultivated barley alfalfa and com (See related story this page) |