Show Delta Utah $1500 In out of county-- months $600 and $900 (In Advance) USPS Copy 50 Proponents push economic benefits of park designation Ji ui Proud parents leanne and Chadd Alderman welcomed Sausha into the world at 2 minutes after midnight on (anuary 15 1986 Sausha checked in at 7 lbs 8 o and was 20 Vi inches long Also welcoming little Sausha are proud grandparents Mr and Mrs Lloyd of New Port NB Mr and Mrs Frank Sweeting of Grantsville UT Mr and Mrs Dwight Chruch and great grandmothers Mrs Jen Lowder and Mrs Mary Sweeting all of Fillmore and two little sisters at home awaiting her Shyanne and Shannon Fillmore New Years baby The staff at Fillmore Community had been eagerly Medical Center awaiting the arrival of Fillmore’s first baby of 1986 in fact the staff had been waiting for two weeks when little Sausha Quinnee Alderman arrived at the hospital For being the first in 1986 Sausha and her parents picked up loads of goodies from our local merchants cluding the following: Fillmore Community Medical Center Nursing baby blanket Ken’s Texaco and Budget diapers and baby care items Paradise Inn and for mom and dad worth of Steve’s Tire and Driver’s License Bureau has moved Ben gasoline Bank Duane’s Foodtown-Larbox Pampers diapers Roper Lumber Avalon light Theatre— Show for two pass Christensen’s-BaTurner’s outfit Radio Shack-s- et of stoneware dishes Zion’s savings account outfit First Security savings account Dave’s Sales and iron of Company-Nig- ht Fillmore Chamber of gift certificate for baby items The Fillmore Community Medical Center thanks all who participated in welcoming the first arrival for 1986 Volunteers needed at hospital of a national park’s Proponents economic benefits claim that parks have the highest status of any recreain tional area the world and are capable of attracting a large share of the nation’s tourists and can be the to especially important economy of isolated agricultural communities such as Baker Nevada and Garrison Utah where nearby Wheeler Peak is proposed as the site for a Great Basin National Park claim a park would Proponents strengthen the local economies through growth of services such as cafes motels service stations and other in areas facilities primarily dependent on basic industries such as mining grazing lumbering and hunting Such activities earn Nevada about $50000 per year in the proposed park area of the Southern Snake Mountain Range according to Nevada State studies The same studies and federal government studies claim a park would mean more than 10 times that amount to the state and local areas in tourist dollars The importance of a national park to the economy of a state can be illustrated by the Grand Canyon in Arizona proponents claim They say that park adds $25 million a year to the local economies In Arizona alone the tourist industry nets about a half billion dollars per year compared to $460 million for manufacturing $374 million for agriculture and $373 million for mining This same pattern is also reflected by one third of the other states in the nation most of which have at least one national park and rank tourism as one of their three leading industries Great Basin National Park advocates claim the Snake Range is benefited by accessibility to transcontinental travelers because of the proximity of US Highway The portion of Highway leading from Delta to Baker has at times been proposed for designation as an extension of Interstate 70 Though that proposal is not currently under consideration proponents claim that a park designation in Nevada could make the designation a reality once again and put the Great Basin and the Great Basin National Park on the map for 0 Vol 76 No 29 Jan 23 1986 Forum to focus on Great Basin Park economics Speaker to address rights of individuals on government lands Can a Great Basin National Park designation guaranke the economic benefits that proponents claim? That is the question to be addressed Jan 28 1986 during an educational forum at the ME Bird Center in Delta Present will be Charles Cushman President of National Inholders Association a group dedicated to protecting the rights of property and equit land within owners government holdings The forum is sponsored by the Delta Area Chamber of Commerce Mr Cushman is the founder of the he heads with 13000 organization members in 50 states He told the Chronicle Progress that his group is concerned resource with federal management issues and that national paik designations are of special importance to his members because “government agencies are not sensitive to the rights of individuals" in The House of Representatives Washington DC is expected to vote sometime this year on the proposed 272 national park at Nevada’s Wheeler Peak The area is only 100 miles west of Delta in Nevada’s Snake Range Proponents claim the park would be unique showcase of geological anthropological and in the Great historical phenomenon Basin an area the size of I ranee but with no national park Mr Cushman said that his group is not opposed to park designation "But we have fought more parks than wc have supported and for good reason" Mr Cushman said Those reasons will be explained at the Jan 28 meeting and supported by a documentary film "For the Good of All" purporting to show the plight of residents in the Cyohoga Valley in Ohio who fought for a National Recreation after gaining the Area and then designation fought the government to the keep their land from being condemned The documentary was independently produced and aired on public television The research for the story was done in part by the National Inholders who point to the Cyohoga Valley as an example of the government’s empty promises when dealing with the rights of people who have land and other rights in federal parks Mr Cushman said he has statistics to prove that promises of economic boom were never realized in other cases such as California’s Redwood National a biological Park and Minnesota’s oyager National Paik Utah Congressman Jim Hansen has made similar arguments in expressing his resev aliens about the Great Basin National Park Proposal He told the Chronicle Progress that economic proNational Park mises at Canyonlands were never realized Park propoenents claim the governments own studies show that if the heeler Peak area could be developed fully it would attract 500 000 visitors a year or nearly more than it does currently That could mean millions in tourist dollars for local economies in Nevada and Utah the proponents claim That projection presupposes that $4 to $5 million would be spent on an elaborate development of vistor museums centers roadside and trailside exhibits nature walks lodges a park library research at the station and new campgrounds Wheeler Peak site Cushman Congressman Hansen and others claim that in today’s environmentally conscious society those types of development are unlikely even if the area is designated as a national park good The Drivers License Office has moved to Bunker Office Plaza 7 58 E across from the Elementary Main School Hours are am and p m Mon and Friday only The office will be closed Mon Jan 24 because of a Training Seminar in Cedar City Mon through Wed Medical The Delta Community Center is in need of more volunteers All interested parties please come to a meeting on January 28 at 1:00 in the conference room at the Delta Medical Center There are jobs to be done that will fit your lifestyle perfectly why not come out and see what they are? Please come we need you Right: View from' Baker Nevada of the impressive Wheeler Peak rampart which is the focus ofthe proposed Great Basin National Park The Delta Area Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a forum on the possible economic impact of the proposal Tuesday Jan 28 in Delta at the ME Bird Center Delta Airport annexation requires more study A need for engineering studies on how to provide city services to a giant Delta City annexation proposal has delayed the project indefinitly Six months ago the Delta City Council gave preliminary approval to an annexation proposal which would double the city’s size and bring the Municipal Airport into the city limits The entire proposal would include the annexation of 3827 acres Present Delta City size is around 3200 acres Now the city is working out a plan to gain water rights from the Morley Well south of the Airport and is looking at other options for bringing water and other services to the area and business so that residential will proceed smoothly development after annexation The city owned airport and its 900 acres would be a key part of the annexation The city has owned the airport since the 1940s but since it does not border on city limits it has never been an actual part of it As proposed the annexation includes the airport with about 900 acres a large block of over a thousand acres owned Trust on by the MadsenChristensen and the airports southwest borders another 1000 plus block sandwiched between MadsenChristensen and Delta City Over a dozen smaller landowners scattered throughout the area are also petitioning for the annexation The city is stipulating that 660 feet on the north side of Highway 6 north to the Sevier River be include in the ty limits Developers have presented the city with plans for a “20 to 30 year” of the MadsenChrii-tensedevelopment block This area includes the new West Millard Golf Course and development plans call for residential construction around the course Lots of one two and five acres for residential building are envisioned under the development plans which also contemplates the possibility of a business park some light industry a neighborhood park and an elementar school The Airport annexation proposal would more than double the size of Delta City Proposals call for development of the area into business and residential sectors including a golf course and recreational areas Questions of how to bring city services to the area have required more engineering studies yet to be completed I: |