Show fill y (k & m ffi Tr tP "7 Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley Delta Utah $1200 In out ot county-- months $700 and $800 (In Advance) Copy 25c USPS 0 Vol 75 No 16 October 25 1984 Sheriff says cocaine is newest problem Illegal drug use on the rise in Millard County Cocaine has become the illicit drug choice in Millard County as the Sheriff’s Department reports usage is up significantly this year Millard County Sheriff Ed Phillips recently told an alcohol and drug abuse support group in Delta that after a brief respite drug abuse in the area is again on the rise He said the most significant pattern is the increase of cocaine use in the county “Since last spring we have had a large increase in cocaine coming into the county and had an increasing number of contacts with users from the high schools and the general public” Sheriff Phillips told the Chronicle Progress Tlje Sheriff said it is no surprise that the influx of the so called “rich man’s drug” has coincided with the peak of workforce at IPP but said that many those arrested for the crime have been “home grown” locals “We’re not blaming anyone for this but it is obvious that IPP problem workers are a source for the local cocaine traffic but we have a widespread pattern of drug sources to this county and IPP is only one source” he said The more significant pattern as the Sheriff explained is in the nature of cocaine use itself as reflected in national standards “What we are seeing throughout the county is a wider use of cocaine among the worker It is really no longer the drug” The Sheriff said “A fairly pure gram of cocaine will cost on the street anywhere from $100 to $250 If high school kids pool their money they can make a gram go along way” of the Having stated the problem Sheriff admits there is little his department can do to control the thousands of dollars worth of cocaine which flows through Millard County each week “The public doesn’t really understand how we can be aware of the problem and yet have very few resources to deal with it” the Sheriff said “People are continually informing us about people who sell drugs to their kids or etc and are frustrated neighbors when we don’t run right out and arrest someone In reality a drug selling arrest is one of the most costly and difficult kinds of arrests to make” he said Lack of funding and personnel are the Sheriff’s Department’s largest obstacles in combating the free flow of illicit drugs Before a convincing drug Millard’s oldest Oct 3031-No- v resident turns 100 1 are last days her for voter that registration Vilate of Carling Fillmore will be the center of attention when she celebrates Oct 27 1984 birthday Saturday She will turn 100 years old on day The oldest living resident of Millard County Vilate has been a lifetime resident of Fillmore She was born in 1884 and helped raise her brothers and sisters while her mother worked After graduating from high school she worked for a while at a mercanti’-firm in Fillmore then married Merritt Carling and became a homemaker Vilate and Merritt raised three boys and a daughter Although Merritt passed away a number of years ago Vilate now counts 86 descendents from that union Her children are all living and she has 17 54 grandchildren and 11 Vilate has been an active member of the LDS Church all her life and has held many positions of leadership At nearly 100 she remembers to pray often She is now a patient in the Extended Care Unit of Fillmore Medical Center where Community she is still active in church and social activities held there She has received letters from Fillmore Mayor Doris Rasmussen Governor Scott Matheson and President Ronald Reagan congratuWhen lating her on her birthday Residents can still register to vote at the home of their Registration Agent on October 3031 and November from the hours of 8:00 am until 8:00 pm Registration Agents she commented “Now birthday that’s starting to sound a bit old!” She said her secret to long life was “Because I love myself” explaining that in order to live that long “You have to like yourself” Her children and a few other relatives and friends have planned a small birthday party at the hospital for Vilate and will be on hand to help her celebrate Other Extended Care Unit patients will also attend the festivities Her children are Gaude Carling and Leora Allen both of Fillmore Fred Carling and Grover Carling of Salt Lake City Messiah Singers Wanted! Practice for the Annual presentation of Handel’s Messiah will begin Sun Oct 28 1984 at 7:00 pm and continue each Sunday until the performances Dec 2 and Dec 9 The practice sessions will meet in the Delta High School Chorale room under the direction of Joe Moody Previous members are cordially invited to attend the first practice and help welcome new members from the community that would like to be a part of this wonderful program You don’t have to know the Messiah Just bring your musical voice and be willing to learn Those who would like a solo part or if you want more information contact Joe Moody at Circle the 28 of October and participate 1 Fillmore Mary K Davies 168 E 300 S Fillmore Utah 84631 Fillmore 2 Rita C Giles 242 N 100 W Fillmore Utah 84631 Meadow 3 Donna B Bond Meadow Utah 84644 Kanosh 4 Marjean S Christensen PO Box 71 Kanosh Utah 84637 Deseret 5 Arprilla Scow Box 45 Deseret Rt Deseret Utah 84624 Oak City 6 Venice R Finlinson Box 98 Oak City Utah 84649 17 Andrea M Leamington Nielson Box 4 Leamington Utah 84638 Holden 8 Lenora Stephenson Box 85 Holden Utah 84636 Sdpio 9 Susan Memmott 275 N 1st Ea Sdpio Utah 84656 Oasis 110 Inez Kelly Box 105 Oasis Utah 84650 11 Rita M Robinson Hinckley Box 128 Hinckley Utah 84735 Abraham 14 Emily McCollaum St Rt Box 41 Hinckley Utah 84635 Garrison 16 Lorene D Wheeler Box 99 Garrison Utah 84728 Delta 17 Marie B Young 134 E 200 N Delta Utah 84624 Delta 18 Melva Shields 16 S 500 W Delta Utah 84624 Laura Bradfield 19 Lynndyl Lynndyl Utah 84640 Sutherland 20 (Woodrow District has been combined with Sutherland) Betty S Johnson Rt 1 Box 447 Delta Utah 84624 Flowell 15 Peggy B Christensen St Rt Box 210 Fillmore Utah 84631 selling arrest can be made undercover officers may have to spend up to $5000 dollars in drug purchases In addition such an operation may demand the fulltime committment of several officers “Only large county and city police departments can afford to have fulltime narcotics agents” the Sherrif said In the past Millard County has recruited state narcotics agents in undercover drug selling crackdowns but these resources are also limited by funding Despite these obstacles local law enforcement officials are attempting to combat the drug abuse problem in other ways “We are going to conduct our own Drug Awareness Seminars at both the Delta and Millard High Schools November 6 and 7 respectively” Sherrif Phillips said “The truth is that when we are on the street we are there to enforce the law We are not drug abuse counselors and the county jail is not a rehabilitation facility But what we can do is tell the parents about the problem and pass some of the responsibility to them” National surveys indicate that by high school graduation nearly of all students have tried an licit drug more than have used something other than marijuana one in 16 is a daily marijuana user and nearly one in 16 drinks alcoholic beverages daily The increased use of cocaine by the young and less affluent coincides with a recent American Medical Association (AMA) report that notes a drammatic rise in cocaine related deaths Though marijuana speed LSD and other popular street drugs can have debilitating effects on learning ability and health cocaine when heavily abused can be lethal the AMA said “An increase in overdose deaths is anticipated because of its popularity increasing availability and currently the increased purity of street cocaine” the AMA reported “It is more dangerous to inject the drug” the AMA states "but snorting is certainly not safe That’s one of the big messages” Cocaine stimulates the brain and creases the user’s heart rate and body temperature It kills by suppressing the respiratory system The drug also can cause irregular heartbeats or induce seizures leading to death County residents subject to multiple levies Hidden governments: “that’s where your money goes” This year for the first time Millard County property owners will be able to see exactly were all that tax money they are assessed actually goes That's because new county coman itemized puters will provide breakdown of the 1984 mill levy assessment The property tax mill levy is a combination of the assessment or valuation placed on the property for tax purposes and the combined mill levies posed by the various local units of government that utilize the tax These various local units of government are sometimes referred to as the “hidden level” of government and clude special taxing districts private corporations doing the public’s business and organizations set up outside the framework of government Now for the first time Millard County residents paying property tax will actually see which of the “hidden governments” are getting his tax dollars For example if you own a home in Delta you are subject to eight different mill levies In addition to the Millard County Delta City and Millard County School District levies a Delta resident pays the Central Utah Water Conser vancy District DeltaOasis Cemetery District West Millard Hospital District the Mosquito Abatement District and the West Millard Recreation District “Many tax payers don’t realize that mill levies are imposed by other l units besides the cities and county” said Millard County Auditor LaDonna Hobbs “The county mill levy of 1094 is really only a small portion of the levies imposed on the average tax payer” she said Ms Hobbs said mill levies for the various taxing entities will vary from year to year The levy fluctuations are caused by taxing entities taking on debt (such as the county building a new jail) by the changing assessment of property valuation dictated by the state and by total property valuation added to the tax rolls because of new construction In addition when new construction increases property valuation without incurring debt the taxing entity will need less of a mill levy to garner the equivalent amount of tax money There are a total of 19 taxing districts in Millard County The following is a list of each entities’ 1983 and 1984 levies and their new construction valuation: Fillmore woman returns Valerie Higgins couldn’t believe her eyes when she found a wallet and opened it up to see who the owner was It was stuffed full of $100 and $50 dollar bills) She told personnel at the Sheriff’s Office she started counting and when she got up to $800 just folded it up and kept saying to herself “I am honest! I am honest!” as she headed toward the SherifF s Office to turn it in Valerie was riding her horse on Tuesday Oct 16 and about 5 pm she saw a blue billfold in front of Just for a note of comparison Salt Lake Countv has 50 taxing districts fat wallet to grateful owner Roper Lumber Co in Fillmore She rode straight to the Public Safety and it to the Building gave receptionist there The wallet contained $119100 and numerous credit cards along with a couple of local telephone numbers That night as Deputy Jim Masner was trying to locate the wallet’s owner a Montana man working in the area with a crew called to see if seismograph perchance anyone had turned in a wallet “It did have a lot of money in it” he said "And it still does" Dispatcher Linda Rowley informed the surprised but happy man Sheriff s office personnel could not rememember the Montana man's name and Deputy Masner who was deer hunting at press time was unavailable to complete the story for us so it unsure whether Mrs was rewarded for her Higgins honesty Outing more than fatherdaughter bargained for An afternoon of wood outing gathering and target shooting turned from a pleasant pastime into night of peril for Fillmore father and his young daughter when a tree limb broke and struck the father’s head John Dastrup 38 and his daughter Janette 9 spent the night huddled in their car struggling to keep warm as a snowstorm threatened to searchers’ hamper ability to find them after their Scout became on a boulder as they were trying to return home after the accident John and Janette left home lightly dressed about 2 pm and headed for the mountains near Holden on Sunday Oct 14 1984 They planned a delightful outing on that sunny afternoon and hoped to be home by 7 pm But fate intervened and at 5 pm as John was cutting down the last tree that would have completed his a branch broke way t striking him on the left temple The blow knocked him out Janette rushed to her father’s side and found he was unconscious and saw that his head was bleeding She kept a cool head and remembered the things her father and mother Colleen had taught her to do in emergencies Janette returned to the Scout to try to find a rag or something with which to bandage her father's bleeding head but found only greasy rags that she knew she couldn’t use She returned to her father and found that he had rolled under the trailer made from an old truck bed She tried to finish loading the wood John had cut onto the trailer all the while talking to him to make him respond John had regained consciousness at this point but was still pretty groggy Janette finally got him out from beneath the trailer and got him to turn off his chain saw that was still John still doesn't remem running ber doing that Janette said he stumbled around some but she managed to get him into the Scout He then started the vehicle and attempted to drive home but as he was still disoriented he took a wrong turn and then ended up with the vehicle on a large rock At about midnight after thinking of and rejecting nearly every excuse for John and Janette being late Colleen notified the East Millard Sheriff s Posse and asked them to try to find her pissing family members Mrs Dastrup said there was a very t as 25 Posse members good to her request and responded earched throughout the night in temperatures In the meantime John complicated by his head injury and light dothing was getting very cold Janette who was not injured fared somewhat better but also suffered from the freezing temperature All find in the car to they could supplement their light jackets was an old deer bag and a flimsy “thermal” bag which they said “doesn’t work like they say it does” They were unable to start a fire as Janette didn't know how and John was too groggyThe rock had completely immobilized the vehicle and the motor wouldn’t start so that they could use the heater John had fallen down in some bushes at one time while trying to start the car and Janette broke her glasses trying to help him up She talked to him all night and kept at him until he responded to keep him from going to sleep and to keep his level of consciousness as high as John was alert enough to possible realize they couldn't possibly make it if they tried to walk out and assured Janette “Mora will send someone for us” About 3 am it started to snow their chances of being decreasing found very soon As things looked their bleakest SherifT s Posse members found them in the Wild Goose area about eight miles northeast of Holden at 6:15 Monday mornapproximately ing They were brought home in But as apparently good condition the day wore on John didn’t show much improvement so later went to Fillmore Hospital for a checkup Dr David Limburg said he had a concussion and was suffering from either of which condihypothermia tion he explained was very taxing on the body John was treated and released from the hospital and told to take it easy for a few days Mrs Dastrup said Dr Limburg had done explained that Janette exactly the right thing by keeping at John and insisting he move and respond to her He said if John had been left alone he probably would have laid there for some time and that Janette could have prevented a very critical situation by her efforts John said he was very very proud of his daughter for maintaining her levelheadedness Colleen agreed "Yes we are very proud of her She has been going on 16 since she was three" Colleen said "She maintained her cool in a very stressful situation Although they had nothing to eat she got her dad to drink some coke they had taken with them She didn’t cry because she was cold or hungry or anything” Janette missed but going to school that Monday returned to her normal routine on Tuesday Colleen her expressed deep for the “very good appreciation response from the Sheriff’s Posse” under Commander Mike Evans’ direction and for Sheriff’s Deputy Ross Johnson who was the officer in charge of the search i |