Show Delta Utah $1800 out of county-- In B month $1000 (In Advance) I G Copy 50 Senior Citizens (65 and older) $15 00 in county $1800 out of USPS County 0 Vol 16 Oct 22 1987 Tis the season of the BIG HUNT! BUCK CONTEST a — — - POT-- 78 No - by Dawn Carder The air is crisp trees are changing colors the sky is dear and bright kids are out of school campers have been packed and everyone has headed out to favorite spots The air is filled with citement for it is the season of the BIG HUNT! The festive atmosphere appears cond in intensity only to that of the Christmas season Men women and children alike plan and talk about the hunt for weeks m advance Merchants appeal to the consumers with Big Buck contests hunters’ specials and sales for the hunters’ widows Orange is seen everywhere even on dogs as caravans head out of town Everyone including and those interested in vegetarians perserving wildlife gets caught up in the general gaiety Whatever else it does the Big Hunt seems to provide a time for family and friends to get together and to carry on the traditions of Utah aKftlM DeerHunters Everbody gets into the act during The Hunt! Nancy Anderson of Hinckley takes care of the 3 point buck she shot in Farrvtew Jason Anderson Nancy's son helps with the prize A Leamington crew— Chad and Desi Fields with Ivan Brunson-- is ready to go ALL talk of enjoying the great outdoors! iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiimiiiiiMiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiu I 5 Meet the Candidates I The Delta Area Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Meet the Candidates night on Thursday October 29 at 730 pm in the City Council Chambers Each candidate will be allowed to speak for five minutes The speeches will be followed by a question and answer period 5 Friiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiimimiiiiiiiiiiiumiiimiiiinmrn Small business could be the answer Berneice Paltrier Dr Topham Margie Moody Chairman Beckstrand School Board honors retirees Two recently retired employees of the Millard County Board of Education were honored by Board Members October 14 at the on Wednesday District Office The two Berneice Palmer of Hinckley and Margie Moody of Delta had jointly logged in excess of years service Board Chairman Harold Beckstrand praised the two women saying “You are just choice people The Board appreciates what you have done” From January 1966 until August of 1969 Berneice Palmer was a teachers’ aide in the schools She transferred to the District Office in 1969 where she did secretarial work and accounts payable until the day of her retirement September 15 1987 When asked how she was enjoying retirement Berneice answered “It’s an I thoroughly enjoyed my adjustment work It was a big part of my life” Margie Moody worked for twenty years as a secretary and the person in charge of the payroll “I need to go back to work and quit making a mess at home” she answered when asked about retirement “I really do enjoy it (retirement) though” Noting that the two women had handled "pretty delicate jobs” and had done excellent jobs Superintendent of Schools Dr Kenneth Topham said “You have handled millions of dollars You were dedicated and super to work with We will really miss you both” IPSC facts and figures Different figures regarding numbers Intermountain Power Service Corporation employees have appeared in the Chronicle Progress within the past few weeks The discrepancies which resulted from two separate reports have been clarified by Roger Stow ell IPSC Personnel Manager According to Mr Stowell when IPSC originated in October 1982 716 people were hired for the local site and the rail car center in Sprinpville Utah Of that original number 605 were from Utah and 111 came from outside the state Of the 605 Utahns hired 399 came from Millard and Juab counties Numbers stated of employees Stowell change from day to day Presently 603 remain either on the site of or at the rail car center for 113 have gone The turnover rate of employees has decreased yearly and is presently about 5 percent annually Daily consumption of coal is approxeach train imately 15 unit trains averaging 84 cars A rail car holds 105 tons of slack coal Additionally for a temporary period of time 160 to 165 trucks a day are brought in daily five days a week Each truck holds 40 tons Normally 80 trucks of coal per day are brought in for consumption Each year 5 million tons of coal are burned at the site This amount is equivalent to that needed for heating million homes for the more than winter season the country Across community leaders attempt to entice big businesses into locating facilities in their area Many of these communities would have more success if they encouraged businesses owned and operated by local citizens according to Marion Bentley Utah State University Extension specialist in business and economc development “Around Utah some businesses that started in homes and provided onlv employment for one person are now employing several” Bent lev says “Such a business can be helpti in small rural communities where have closed and the farm economy is slow” Bentley and Barbara Rowe USU tension home management specialist have been traveling throughout Utah presenting workshops on businesses The demand has been high They have presented 60 woikshops in nearly all of Utah’s 29 counties There are three workshops in the business series The first explores getting started “We discuss the kinds of skills needed and what opportunities there might be” says Bentley “We ask people to do an analysis of the proposed business Many decide not to pursue an idea after they lock at it carefully If someone decides not to start a busmen after looking at it we consider that a success too” They also encourage people thinking about starting a business to talk to meone who is in that business One woman who wanted to make chocola'e suckers called the Hershey companv and received some good advice She now employs 11 people and is shipping the suckers to several states The second workshop looks at management skills needed to keep a business going marketing managing assets and setting prices businesses often “Small price their product too low” says Rowe “We tell them they can't determine prices by what the neighbors are willing to pay You have to go where the customers are and find out what the product is worth to them” The third workshop focuses on taxes employees patents trademarks and coping with success Bentley only says the worst thing is to fail but the second worst thing is to succeed “You get to the point where you have to move out of the basement or garage and the stakes go up” he says “It takes money to make that move A man in Monticello began making hardwood briefcases on which he names or company logos The Sharper Image contracted with him That meant going into mass production and growing It took a lot of money and effort” Barbara Rowe says there are advantages to starting out small “A person learns quickly if he or she is cut out for it” she says “Many find the problems of running a business are not to their liking And starting small and slowly evolving into a larger business is an easier process than starting as a business” The success of the workshops in helping many in Utah establish businesses has resulted in a demand for the services outside the state states have contacted Bentley and Rowe and an organization has now been formed to take the most western states to workshops The pair are also applying for a grant to do a nationwide study to look at the costs to a person going into business the impact on families and the stresses involved I Hunger in Utah? In our society most of us do not grow our own food We buy our food And to buy food we need money Thus a lack of money can result in hunger In Utah to a large extent hunger is a function of poverty Currently over 200000 Utahns over half of them children live below the federal poverty level (under $12000 annual come for a family of four) In looking at hunger and poverty in Utah and factors that contribute to these problems we must look at resources available to Utah's poor as well as the numbers of Utahns living in poverty Since 1981 Utah’s total population has increased nearly 20 percent in the same period the number of Utahns ing in poverty has grown over 30 percent Utah ranks 48th lowest in the nation in per capita income some point to Utah's large families and the number of children per to explain this disturbing figure But even on a per household basis Utah income is still under 80 percent of the national household average Utahns Against Hunger’s 1987 s Survey of Utah Emergency Food (which surveyed 24 community that distribute sacks agencieschurches of food to people in need) documents a 24 percent increase in caseload when Jan Feb 1986 with comparing Jan Feb 1987 Looking at the caseload figures for six primary emergency food agencies throughout Utah for the month of February we find that their caseloads have increased 141 percent comparing 1983 with 1987 A sack of groceries cannot meet nutritional needs needs must be met by other public and private programs such as food stamps In Utah over 29000 currently households receive food stamps Still it is disturbing to see that while emergency food caseload has grown nearly 150 percent in the last five years food stamp caseload has actually decreased 4 percent when comparing 1983 with 1987 Until programs such as food stamps are made more effective low income Utahns will require emergency food help In 1985 over 1000 low and moderately low income households throughout Utah were randomly inter viewed as part of the Utah Nutrition Monitoring Project funded by the Utah Department of Health Project findings included the following: 55 percent of the sample indicated that if they had an extra $10 they would use it to buy additional food for their household percent of the households under the federal poverty level reported that they spend over 50 percent of their come to buy food Expenditure at this level is an accepted indicator of high nutritional risk Analysis of food intake of surveyed households documented the following: 45 percent of the same received less than 'o of RDA for zinc Over 10 percent of the sample received under V ot RDA for vitamin magnesium vitamin A vitamin C and calcium Broad indications on the nutritional of a given population are found in the health of pregnant women and their intants and with the growth and stature of children In both areas Utah must face disturbing news: In the L tah Nutrition Monitoring Project 328 percent of the children measured fell into the bottom 5th percentile for height 16 percent fell to the bottom 5th percentile for weight Both are and strong indicators on broad malnutrition in a population In the 1970s Utah led the nation in the decline in Infant Mortality Rates Recent data from the national Center for Disease Control now shows Utah dropping to 27th in national Infant Mortality Rate rankings This last year rather than declining Utah's Infant Mortality Rate slightly increased and Churches synogogues throughout Utah are being asked to conduct food drives to support local food programs and acemergency tivities to reflect upon the causes of and possible solutions to hunger in Utah Hunger Sabbath will be held during the weekend of October Vkith over 200000 Utahns living in poverty hunger and illnesses remain a serious threat to Utah's poor In addition to contacting churches Utah Hunger Sabbath throughout are encouraging local organizers emergency food programs and other community groups to become involved |