Show Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley Della Utah $15 00 in county $18 00 out of months $8 00 and $9 00 (In Advance) USPS Copy 25® Vol 75 No 50 June 20 1985 High stakes lure owners and fans to Fillmore meet 08CWj SsjOL v) 'IN tM High stakes and aggressive advcrtis-inattracted record crowds and racers to the Old Capitol Davs Race Meet last weekend in illtnore llniore merchants report that business was brisk during the two dav meet and motels were lull as race Ians thronged to the area to see many local horses and jockys vie for some ot the more racing largest purses in history Race officials estimate at least 1500 of racing davs attended the two people making the event perhaps the largest public event in Fillmore history Under the joint sponsorship ol the Fillmore Racing ssociation and the Millard Counts Travel Council the meet featured a quarterhorse “Y ellow Rose Stakes" worth $18600 and a 41: furlongs Stakes" "Champagne thoroughbred worth $19600 A fiulong is 220 yards Cirantsville owner Karl nderson hit it big with ‘Tair Point" who captured the $8396 lirst ptie in the “N ellow Rose Stakes” local owners Jim and Damn Rhodes of Fillmore saw their "Mi Surf Burg” place seventh The Rhodes’ horse was rtden by illmore jocky al whose combined riding Brinkerhoff success during the meet netted him honors as the "leading ridet" ol the races hoises competed in the trials lor the high stakes "Yellow Rose" Competition among quarterhorses Fillmore race track last weekend and thoroughbreds attracted record crowds to the stakes lured owners 'from throughout the west High Delta burglars sent “up-rive- Delta street project begins— 33 blocks Della ily blocks will see their slreels repaved to Ihe contour under a street project begun last week The map above shows the streets City ofdesignated for improvement ficials said that some roads will require rebuilding while others will simply be repaved It is estimated the job will lake al least five months to complete Streets parallel to Main Street were picked for improvement to encourage traffic away from the busy Highwav '50 which is Delta’s Main Street The $900000 street project follows a $400000 drainage project which was completed this spring Citv officials said they will call for a public hearing this summer to see if Delta residents are interested in creating a Special Service District which would allow individual property owners to pav for further improvements of road curbs and gutters The costs to land owners under such as improvement district are said to he reasonable and favorable than raising the mill levy 6 r” Two Salt lake City men convicted of the February 16 1985 burglary of Classic Video and Radio Shack in Delta have been sentenced to serve terms in the Utah State Prison 18 and John David Aki Hamala Cornish 18 were convicted of two 3id degree felony burglary counts each after the two businesses were robbed of an estimated $15000 in video equipment jewelry and sundry items Local police said the burglaries were the w orxt in Delta in over three years Because the stolen items were “fenced” so quickly very little has been recovered A third suspect Joe Anthony 19 was granted immunity Chavez from prosecution for leading police to Hamala and Cornish Chavez was arrested in Salt Lake City a few weeks after the burglaries in Officers found stolen property shared Chavez’ car Through telligence among state authorities some of that stolen property was identified as coming from the Delta businesses After this was established Chavez lead police to the other suspects Police officials said burglary suspect Russell J MacAulay of Delta who was arrested February 18 has not been ini plicated with the Salt Lake Citv burglars However “charges are still pending against him” 3rd Degree felony convictions are companied by a maximum sentence ot 5 years term in the state prison and a $5000 fine In Hamala’s case the fine was suspended but he will be required to furnish restitution upon parole Cornish is serving a evalua non at the state prison prior to a of whether the judge’s determination full felony sentence should be imposed a Stakes" In the "Champagne Howell bred Salt Lake C'ltv owned thoroughbred “Step to Maiket" swept to the first place tinish woith S8638 Twenty eight horses entered the trials lor the 41: luilongs race The horse was bred by lynn Rushton ol Flow ell Association Fillmore Racing Secretary Jer’E Brinkerhoff said the two high stakes races will be annual features ot the Old apiiol Days Race Meet "We intend to build our racing program around the high stakes racing we had tins year" lie said Biinkerhotl noted that town iicerc claim the l illmore track is one ot the best in the state except lor the lack ol stalls “II we could get some stalls we would have one of the finest facilities m I tali" Brmkerholf said Horses either owned or named hv locals won six ol If) laws ndav and live of 12 races on Satuidav Owneis who saw wins ridav wue Richard inker holt ol Hunt ol Meadow Jei 'I illmore and Walls Christensen ot Delta ridav 's racing also saw two first place finishes bv hoises named hv Fillmore’s Tod Biinkerhotl Local racers successful Saturdav were Don ullmer ol illmote whose "Sea Vancouver" thoioughbied won the $2800 Paradise Dcibv ” In the ( oors Beer sponsoied "T illmore Million" a thoioughbied owned by Dan Bunker hot! ot illinote took lirst and a purse ol $2 2(H) A three furlongs "Dash lor ash" and quarterhorses for thoroughbreds was won by "Cashes Ciame Plan" a quarterhorse owned bv Maiden Stone of Si pio In he sixth race on Satuidav ownei Pete Shields ol thoroughbted Delta saw his "Captain Dandv" take lirst in a six tuilongs race Hie hoise was trained by Dick Diaper ot Delta and was riden bv lnicklev Sieve ockv Talbot another outstanding in the meet Fod Brmkeiholt trained thorough- bied took lust Satuidav in a 5 tuilongs race toi fillies and mares illmore v ill be More lacing in teaiured August lOduutui the Millard Countv Fair Grasshopper invasion met with massive spraying project in Millard County Over 70000 acres of Millard Counrangeland between Delta and Oak City have been sprayed for grasshoppers in the latest state and federal to control massive numbers of the pests now moving off the desert and onto cropland Statewide more than a million acres will be sprayed under a program which combines $1 million in state funds with $5 million in federal funds Just this week it was learned the lederal government will release another $15 million to western states under national emergency appropriations to tight grasshoppers Paul Daniels Director ol Plant for of Utah the dustry Department Ygriculture said it is not known how much of this money Utah will get A state survey and detection committee decides where the infestations ol and crickets are the grasshoppers worse The committee decided that rangeland would be the target of the current aerial spraving Meanwhile farmers throughout Millard County are sultenng under the effects of the insect hordes with reports of crop damage coming in from the Pahvant Valley on the east side and Deseret and Abraham on the west according to state agricultural agent Roland Murdock The outbreak of grasshopper and cricket populations has been credited to unusually heavy snowfall this winter The lingering snowcover prevented frost from reaching grasshoppers eggs underground resulting m the state’s heaviest ever spring hatches ty “We also didn’t get our usual late spring frost this year" Mr Murdock said “It is likely most of the grasshoppers which hatched in March survived and have reached the winged mat urit stage and are starting to move” Most outbreaks are preceded by several years of gradual increase m grasshoppr numbers and by a vear that is unusually favorable for their growth Between outbreaks a normal count of grasshoppers will yield about four per square yard Areas of Idaho and Utah this year have seen infestations ol 80 to 100 per square vard The present state federal and private spraving program is targeting blocks ol not less than 10000 acres The program requires the consent of all private land ow ners affected Costs are then shared equally among the three parties Mr Murdock said the area is just now seeing a movement of grasshoppers from the dry desert to the lush green croplands Thev have begun to penetrate some urban areas as they did late last summer He advises those spraving vards and lawns in domestic areas to stick with such as the less toxic pesticides malathion and diainon and to stav awav from the highlv toxic “Sevin If vou use malathion or diainon you will have to spray more often because the residual life of the poison is shorter but it is safer for children and pete Sevin is what the government is spraving on the rangeland away Irom people Sevin is highlv toxic and has a high residual hie span" he said Millard District DUP to hold Celebrate Independence convention in Fillmore Day in Fillmore We the people of Fillmore invite yon to join us in celebrating Day July 4 1985 at Independence A Fillmore Park day of great activities is planned 9:30 am Booths 10 am to 2 pm Bake Sale and Bazaar 10 am Program 11 am Dinner 11 a m to 1:30 pm ($350 adults $250 menu includes children) Swedish meatballs over rice green beans hot rolls pie and ice cream and root beer Childrens Games Video Fireworks at dusk pm Dance 930 pm to midnight in the Children can participate decorated a parade by riding will be given call For information further Chuck Ferguson The Daughters of Utah Pioneers’ Millard District East and VVest Convention will be held in the Little on in Fillmore Rock Schoolhouse Saturday June 22 1985 Assembly will begin at 10 a m and a luncheon prepared by the Emily Ray Camp of Fillmore will be served in the Pod Building at noon is at 9 a m in the Registration schoolhouse Elaine Kirkpatrick of the DUP Central Company Salt Lake City will be attending Guests and company will tour the Statehouse Museum after the convention |