Show a C2 & K n v —7 Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley Delta Utah $1500 in 00 out of months $8 00 and $9 00 (In Advance) Copy 25c Vol I SPS 76 No 22 Dec 5 1985 Fillmore copes without administrator contemplates future illmore Mayor Doris Rasmussen has been putting in overtime since the of city administrator resignation Dwight Day as the city council mulls whether to replace him prior to a new mayor and two councilnren taking office in January Keith Gillins said that he t is reserving judgement on the issue until he takes office since being out of city doesn’t he feel qualified to govenment make a decision on the issue Meanwhile Mayor Rasmussen is trying to get the new city officers to commit to hiring a new administrator so that the functions of the city can be carried on Local candidates who failed in the November election questioned the need m a town of less for an administrator than 3000 people Mr Day resigned but for just prior to the election reasons unrelated to the election issues t Gillens according to in her Rasmussen said that Mayor opinion the city cannot be without the services of a fulltime administrator or “the council and mayor are going to have to do it themselves’’ she said “Many people in this town think the work is not there but they should spend some time here trying to get it all done She said that as a council member in the late 1970s it became clear that the city stalf could not handle all the duties of complying with state and federal various regulations concerning provement projects and the administration of the city owned electric utilities “In addition to handling the problems with water sewer and electrical hookups there is research to the regulations and legalities in dealing with the Environmental Protection Agency and the state agencies concerning projects like sewer and water we If we don’t hire have proposed meone to do these things then we will have to give up the projects or not take on new ones” Mayor Rasmussen said Gillins noted that the decision is a council matter and not his alone Though he said he cannot make an intelligent decision until he is inside he said he is aware of the problems ol running even a small city like Fillmore “As a school board member saw how complicated it can get to comply with It is not state and federal regulations hard for me to believe that even a small city may often have to confront big he ty problems and responsibilities” said t the Notwithstanding said he is keeping an open mind on the issue and if there is a better way to get the job done he will support it He also emphasized that now is the time for residents to come forwaid with ideas and suggestions concerning the issue Mayor Rasmussen noted that someone to fill Day’s position may involve redefining the job and the salary but that the sooner it is done the better she said 272 square milt area in Nevada's Greal Basin National Park vvhith Utah congressman has doubts Political battle warms in fight for basin park The saga of small newspapers mm Quill to Computer 1 he Story of America's Community Newspapers By Robert I karolevit Privately printed for National Newspaper Association 1985 342 pages Editors note: As a centerpiece of its the National year Newspaper Association has sponsored FROM Ql’lll TO COMPUTER honoring it present member publications like the Chronicle Progress From a limited but enthusiastic beginning the NNA has grown into one of the largest and most effective newspaper associations in the world today representing some 4950 weekly and daily publications with a combined circulation of 38 million centennial The history ol small newspapers is story ol American idealism at its most basic Today as 100 years ago the community new papers are often marginal business operations plauged by low subscriptions and scanty advertising which is not always paid for But fired by a "compelling desire to communicate news and opinion” the weeklies continue to be a “cohesive potent force” in small towns and cities where most maintain a high moral tone as the bastion of American values This is the story of Quill to Computer the authorized publication of the in National Newspaper Association commemoration of its 1985 Centennial Veteran journalist 'historian Robert R Karolevit calls this his 23rd book a “supplement” to more wieghter It is histories of American Journalism a hvelv anecdotal accounting of the colorful newspapei couniiv's saga which traces the highlights in the of the Fourth overall development Estate in America while emphasizing contributions of community lournahsm which “gets limited attention in the ’’ moie academically oriented works covers a lot ol ground Karolevit here augmented with a ol rare photos and illustrations bound in an oversizeed hardback edition Though humble in orgin and circumstances community papers are not without luminaries Mark Twain of the the Territorial Enterprise and author William Allen White of the mporia Gazette are two notables karolevit chronicles many others Warren G Harding was the first and only workto make it to the ing newspaperman White House Horace Greeley Joseph Pulitzer and other men and women with the growth ol the associated dailies cut their mighty metropolitan teeth on the weekly grind of and Wilbur Wright Orville papers W illiatn Jennings Bryan poet Joaquin dison and Miller Bret Hart Thomas Ernest were Hemingwav before moving on to newspapermen success and fame in other fields But as Karolevit the explains n and suburban flavor of journalism is best captured “not in events which seem to have such great in importance--buhappenings full of drama pathos humor tragedy and trivia ” Anvonc who has worked on a weektv will undoubtcdlv have similar stories to those recounted bv Karolevit such as a irgmian a editor who swore to write a book called “It too late?” dedicated to those w ho bring in copy on press day Or the one about an Alabama publisher who printed an edition hall in black half in red to emphasize Ills debt and call lor support Sometimes papers find themselves influencing a larger dience The American Cancel Society’s annual Great American Smokeout was born in the office of Minnesota’s Times after the paper ran an editorial “The Tyranny ol Smoking” and promoted its own statewide a followed by day program and later national el forts in the US and England this and other examples the Despite community press has not always been In a paragon of editorial courage many cases weeklies have been and unatcontinue to be “typographically tractive poorly written full ol trivia and neglect full of the needs of their town’s and suburban neighborhoods” To the end that weeklies could be opinion makers and rise to the occasion when community needs demand exposure of crime corruption and the less notable needs like improved streets new libraries better schools and more accessible health care has been the goal of the National Newspaper Association known for 80 Editorial years as the National Association When the NNA was born in 1885 American Journalism was already approaching its third century of history In 1660 Benjamin Harris’ Pubhck Occurrences earned the claim to elfort America's first journalistic though it only lasted for one issue or the next 200 years the style of American scope and purpose newspapers varied widely They often were merely political organs or real But estate tracts nothing except war could stop the growth ol the industry in the US until late in the 19th newspapers were strung and “I ather” Ben Herbert a Red akes Minnesota editor called tor a National Association of Editors Bv this tune the industry was clearlv developing along two separate lines the metropolitan dailies and the commum-tweeklies It was to the latter the editorial association was dedicated exhorted its members to The NN provide qualit lournahsm to its and “run a good business” worked to keep he association members abreast ol the growth in tcchnologv and related developments such as press agentrv and syndicated news groups During the lust 200 vears prec eedmg the NN little changed in the basic and tedious hand set manual press opeta lions with a history dating back to the old world Hie NN Vs hundred vear historv saw the move from that long adt ion to cold through the veais of tvpe photo offset and computers o storv File technological the in newspaper dtveloprmms poa'lels that of the country and becomes pat! of the larger fabric of the American wav of life Karolevit ex plores how w'ti'udcs toward a free press were shaped a' the same time Most notablv was he editorial wars ot the frontier new papers when editors “no longer had to worry about British authorities they literally assumed unWith almost utter bridled freedom disregard of libel laws they lambasted politicians and rudley castigated othei papers” Such activites were not Maik Twain without consequence claims that when a new assistant was left m charge at the Territorial Enterprise he was told that the “weapons are ammunition there in the in the drawer corner lint and bandages up there in the pigeon holes In case of accident go to Lancet the surgeon downstairs He advertises we take it out in trade” the An old engraving depicts backshopof the Rocky Mountain News during Denver's mining days when assistants worked next to rifles for protection It was not uncommon then for your paper to be called that “ribald vehicle of moral leprosy” In one memorable editorial battle a Kansas editor called his nemises “fearfully low down and utterly despicable” saying that even dogs would pass him by “writhing in agony in search of a cleaner post” between editors and Antagonism never really died but politicians gradually objectivity became the tenet of journalism as new papers began to see their job as more to inform than to The birth of the NNA marked sway an awareness among newspapers Thev realized they had more to gam by poolthan by ing resources and information engaging in cutthroat competition even if it was with the pen By the middle of the 19th centurv editors were calling for an end to antagonisms and a new era of good feel ing where “all personal bickering is un worthy of the profession” Such sentiments led to the idea of mutual help and the birth of the NNA As in the past men and women w ho are operate newspapers literally jacks and jills of the trade Though some weeklies are printed on sophisticated presses in clean almost clinical settings many remain cluttered gnmv shops where between editions publishers scrape by with the job press “It was (and is) all part of a combined vailing not so much because the editoi liked it that way but because he or she needed the revenue from the business sards and auction bills to survive Karolevit says In a droll comment on the process the author notes the long lost comment ot ho Abram Hatsh in 1890 was manager editor som positor and pressman of the HeKi (I tail) Herald a legitimate newspaper “Mavbe you think it is all tun to run a newspaper but it ain't when vou have to get up in the morning and lead the pigs before breakfast and help feed the other things and do chores and go to sshool and be bossed around bv your big brother you don't have mush time to set type and make proof sheets wire editorials and hunt up news and if voi don't have lots of news voi’ subscribers won't pav up and the write pieces for you paper sav voi’ paper is no good and il vou don't think 'hen they don't want it kind of people are sranks Humboldt Nalional Fores! is site ol proposed fates ongrcssional vote this month Questions of appiopna’s legislative p'Osedure and pi onuses o' economic beiielit have been raised bv tali ( n JH small Jim Hansen as a House vote his h would s cat a heals on a bill (u 'at Basin National Par k m Nevada 1' mholdt’s National oiest not KM des west ol Delia Hansen has expressed guarded sup pent for the sieation of Nevada's ust llowevei he and Rep Nationalpark Barbara Vueanovish R Nev are upset that the park proposal has come in the form ol an ammendment to the House Nevada Wilderness Bill Hansen is one of eight members of the I’aiks and Recreation House Sub committee whish met Moudav Nov 2s in Ely during a public heating on 'In issue The healing was held voluntaii ucjnovkh ly at the request of Rp She and Hansen both staled thev tie admantly opposed to asiion taken bv ands Subsomittec m (Kt the Public which tasked the park ammenJiiuni onto the Nevada Wilderness Bill is siemlkmi “We think that enough to designate a nalional pai in Nevada then it deserves its own b Rep Hansen said “That wav it sould go through the normal process ol a bill with the mandatorv studies and pubic hearings ” backers slami 'hat Ammendment process has already been served on the Great Basin park proposal Rep llen whose lands bill with Reid sails for ovst park ammendment 900 (XK) acres ol ores NetvisC to he designated as wilderness and I’u’ks ban and Recreation Subcommittee man Rep Bruce Vento D Minn an avid supporters of the park amine ml ment “The patk at W heeler Peak was first formallv proposed 60 years ago 1‘X'ic Rep Vento said “In the eat a bill creating the park passed a Vna'c si vote but was killed in the House in 1979 the t’aik Service coiidm cd m studies of the park and its met With that kind vou can't sav ths blue' as Rep usunovicli slam s" iie said W lieelci Peak at 11061 feet is the lie peak's locus ol the par concept Is are tv pical ol low ei me limestone where sin desei! geogiaphv (ueai m through five niouii'win ii n a a mails shstiiie lile zoi s " o' n mils'' sin O’ he tee 'ires s'! tic roposed paik shtnen ( aves Nr omtl ais ms foiests aiKisii' bi istlco hie let ' a lOsk hell ally oils luges ud N ding efforts tor have thwa’ts'd 100 vears e emlics Mimi’e ilia’ ’lie Pai Set a a vear lie half million to Park would Gisat Basin Nation let would pump a’ cast x0 million about heal uiistitlv mis' economies loo ooo pel vea' vmi the area dees't dine 's' Nevada ores’ ollcials Iiiiss n is sceptical ot claims the paik would bime an economic boom 'o Delta and the 'ot desert ts'wns ol ells lel s'! to Ills Cls'CI Nevada's economic lib depieescd areas 'he people ol point Nevada show that thev want ills’ paik but will think thev should ippor Know ’hat p'omisesot scoiic'inie boom leahesl alter several wcie nevei tel nalional parks were created” la U'e n snd claims 'he Pai V'l ce pro n e's it sieniticdn' so us'inie gams s' eon m unties diound t anvonlands and Reef Natcmal Parks never sc ap ''I euris’d because lull development never happened Basin Nd’ional Paik Die (neat - toi spending about popostl mihtoti Ii’ bi me a 2"’2 square mile area av ed load s' lull pat 'si'll on'v s'atiie uiehielme a visite'i center isenm loadsiJe and tiuilsidc ex ll'i’s la’ ee! guided and self guided piepniution ten a of historv behind bill i' tie 'same a ildt low et e Helens nature walks alpine ie scare station pai k hhiit heels Peak odee a cl man avss Inn mountain chalet ssveial pis me anas and new an oinohile and Inker cainpet omuls Pis'senrlv within the eliinm ( avss Nalional Mounument ate a vis'ioi's kklu11 eullUfi IkJp m die na nie aieas and campgrounds ' ion finest said would be easier Rep HH" to suppoii the park idea it theie was a gnat antee of lull development but he doubts will h pen “Clearlv in tab's case the sin ui'iimentalists blocked lull paik o VcL'pinent on lush the economic puiine "’e has ed In Nevada’s ease we alieadv heard voeil support tor limiting the development of W heeler Peak whether is a pai or not Some think he area can't stand the kind of development But if tils' paik is to he a pi e'posesl bread vvmiiei you have to attract gtea' volumes of people most s' whom will ne't visit unless thev can dnve up to it Without complete development you will lose those "windshield” touiists who spend most of the tnonev’ Hansen explained The Utah Representative said that icgatdless of he economic ai gui pai k's designation is questn ia bis unless is proposed in new legislate'!! “W have got a lot to consider nh s Nevada Wilderness Bill bsceass Vna'c version proposes onlv a tsi the ildsrness m the House bill the backers persist m park ammendment pushing this procedure thev could le"s the whole fight Howevei it is pie’ posed as a bill it could still get em the House and thioagb the V'ii Inn a vear ” Hu sen sa Meadow mayor - elect dies The town of Meads'w awakcicd n sad morning after hanksgiv me to learn of the untimely death e't tumor Bond M Bond knew ol his illness onlv a tw days before the Nov 3rd election II had been feeling well except ten whi’ he thought was a broken rib pari him Upon learning the diagnosis to be cancer he and his family and dec tots held great hopes for a recovers 01 at least an arrestment ol the disease wnh a new medication for cancer vc ms However the disease spread so l with him that he succumbed cn ly the morning o! Nov 29 Junior Bond had alreadv served as mayor for three vears from Ian 1V9 1982 to Jan He replaced Del vm abrum whe' was called as Bishop o' the Meadow DS Ward The comic members appointed Junior to serve out I abrum's term Before that he was ir the c it council for 7 vears Aside from the outstanding seviu during his three year term as mavoi Junior had given mans vears o' 6 dn a a t on N ni vei’s d labor to the town ot Meadow cio is improvements through the e a''iibuted to wetc 'i o or ' ' a l o p was decided that a paik was needed lor 'he citizens and children ol Me ulow Junior was a member of the clean up committee at the time and dona'eJ mans hours to thedeation ot e pa including furnishing his per so tiuc'or loader and trucks to clean ip the si'e all at no cost to the town and often working late into the night the what with leveling installing sprinkler and lawn planting the Meadow lire lie founded of and in I94 Aprl Department engineered and constructed the fust lire truck He was the mot'vunig force m obtaining a building loi 'he ire Dept storage ‘uc limes and ol 'ice lor the tow n council Ihiough h s meetings perserverencc the build ng was coni pleted bv volunteer townsmen he do construe mg the euatest putt of onlinut’d page 2 |