Show Meet the Mike Ashworth finds challenge in the insurance Gentry t business by Dawn Carder When the previous Farmers Insurance Agent in Fillmore Collette Hunt asked Mike Ashworth if he would like to be an insurance agent his answer was “No way!” Fortunately for Millard County residents Collette didn’t take “No” for an answer but “kept after” Mike until he “decided to give it (insurance) a shot” The challenge of tackling the project was intriguing Today Mike says that he is glad that he accepted the challenge glad that he became an insurance agent Oh it was a big adjustment from work he had done previously and there was stiff competition for the position he acquired Still "I like what I am doing I like the hours and I especially enjoy working with people” he stated Born and raised in Beaver Utah Mike took a job as a driller on an oil rig and moved to New Mexico following his graduation from high school For two years he was there alone before returning to Utah to marry his high school sweetheart Shari Both went back to Grant New Mexico where they lived and worked for the next six years As with many people roots for the Ashworths remained in Utah and the call of home beckoned them Leaving New Mexico they moved to Fillmore and Mike was hired as a security guard at IPP Six months later he took another a cement truck for From there he went to Champion work for Diversified Marketing where he stayed for approximately four years During this period of time Shari was working as a licensed life and health surance agent for Collette Hunt It was then that the two women put their heads together Collette approached Mike and the wheels were set into motion The first step for Mike was an interview with the District Manager of Farmers Insurance Group of Companies The interview took place in Orem the District Manager was apparently impressed for he told Mike to get an insurance license Mike then enrolled in Wall’s Insurance School in Salt Lake City where he completed thirty hours of study for licensure in life and health insurance Schooling completed he took the state test passed then had a two week waiting period before taking another test for property and casualty That test too Mike passed He then became an officially licensed insurance agent for life health property and casualty for Farmers Insurance Group The next step was somewhat like an apprenticeship For three months Mike was a “reserve trainee” selling and achieving a set level of production After the three month period he was appointed to Career Trainee and went to Pocatello Idaho for one week of schooling The Career Trainee period lasts for two years and Mike is nearing the end of this phase In August he will have completed the training time and then he assumes responsibility for everything including weekly reports! Awards and recognition have been presented to Mike for his professional excellence The company presented the Blue Vase Award to him for selling eight or more life policies in a four month time span (Mike achieved this goal when he was just starting his career training phase) In 1986 Mike was recognized as the Loss Rates Champion (auto) for maintaining the best record of any agent in the entire state The Fillmore office of Farmers Insurance Group of Companies is located Fillmore spring for Fillmore is Spring Residents scheduled for April may set out most any bulky garbage such as tree branches old cars bulky is a great opThis wood etc of scraps portunity to clear out all the old Neil R Dutson Neil R Dutson announces candidacy Neil R Dutson announces his cancoun2 didacy as a Democrat for year ty commissioner Born and raised in Oak City Neil Dutson graduated from Delta High i i Mike Ashworth at 195 North Main Street The building is actually owned by the District Manager but Mike runs the business and is considered Office hours are 9 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday and clients frequently contact Mike at his home An insurance agent must develop andor hone his professional selling skills and he must keep up to date on new products Mike attends schooling Insurance sponsored by Farmers especially when something new such as a recently introduced life insurance is offered Most of the classes are held in Orem However Mike did attend a life insurance training session in Pocatello and he says that he will soon do the same for commercial insurance According to Mike Farmers Insurance sold its first policy in 1928 to a California rancher Since that time both the company and its offerings have grown Farmers now provides life health auto fire commercial and bond insurance and Mike Ashworth is “sold” on the company “I think the way in which Farmers handles claims is superior” he said “They (Farmers) are fast and fair Each case is handled individually rates are competitive and service is provided Farmers is the third largest seller of auto and fire insurance ' in the United States” There are several insurance agents in Fillmore and says Mike “Things seem to stay on an even keel” He credits Collette Hunt for providing him with a good business and to that he has added more customers Presently he has clients in Fillmore Scipio Holden Kanosh and Meadow-tEast Millard area A small town enthusiast Mike says that he really likes living in Fillmore where he Shari and their three children ages 9 6 and are firmly entrenched in community life He is a member of the Fillmore Chamber of Commerce he coaches Little League baseball and basketball teams last year coaching the Jazz basketball team Recreational interests include hunting and fishing normally in the Millard County area (Last year he hunted elk in Montana) Selling insurance is indeed quite different from drilling on an oil rig Each takes expertise Each has unique challenges Fortunately for Farmers surance Group of Companies Mike Ashworth continues to dedicate his energies and skills to the challenges of providing insurance protection for his friends and neighbors clean-u- p from the yard The city road crew will be available with their equipment to haul off this bulky waste which cannot be hauled by regular weekly garbage “junk” studied business at School m 1975 Utah Technical College prior to servNorth ing a mission m Greensboro Carolina for the Church of Jesus Christ Saints of also of Neil Dutson and wife Ann Delta are the parents of 4 children Dutson feels that creating a compatible environment for family life is accomplished only through individual in commuity developparticipation ment He is a long time members of the Delta Area Chamber of Commerce actively involved in the LDS Church and has served on the Delta City Council for the past 4 years “Having recently completed a 4 year term on the Delta City Council I hav e experienced first hand some of the major challenges that face every citizen ing both w ithin and outside the incorporated cities and towns of Millard County ” “Due to legislative limitations and other circumstances beyond the control of local Government the incorporated cities and towns often experience even greater difficulty meeting the loal needs as well as the requirements and demands levied by higher levels of government” of Millard "As a representative County sensitivity to these and other circumstances will allow me to better ” represent each resident of the County Day announces candidacy for County Recorder Marcia Talbot Day formally announces her candidacy for Millard County Recorder A native of Millard County she is the wife of Gary Day and the daughter of Cluff and Ruth Talbot of Hinckley Marcia and Gary and their four children live in Fillmore where they own and manage Utah Title of Millard County Marcia has had extensive experience in the title and recording business She initially learned the skills of recording titles by working with Gary as his secretary for five and a half years when where Gary they lived in Panguitch was branch manager of the title company During the years they lived there Marcia was Deputy County Recorder of Garfield County where she developed a love for Recorder’s office She learned to record the work abstract the records take documents in fees index records plat descriptions and make property name changes everything necessary for the proper function of a Recorder's office In 1978 the in as she was sworn Deputy Assessor of Gai field County where she learned in detail how the actual tax records are changed split and put into new owner’s names Marcia and Gary moved back to Millard County where they resided in Hinckley from 1979 until 1982 before in Fillmore where they relocating established Utah Title of Millard County Marcia also has a real estate license Marcia says “It has always been my goal to someday be the Millard Counfor the ty Recorder I am years of experience in position with and recording the title insurance business I have the computer skills necessary for the job and I am familiar with all the records of the County Recorder My love for the people of Millard County is great and I am ready willing and able to take the position want to help the people of Millard County and give to them the best service available and that is why have filed for the office of Millard County Thurs April USPS Millard County Business of the Week 14 1988 by Dawn Carder Every Wednesday afternoon following dismissal from school the lovely young woman arrives at the Chronicle Progress office to begin her weekly duty of delivering papers to stores and restaurants all around town She makes a count loads the papers in her car and is off to make her designated rounds Going up and down Main Street Gentry Smith has become the Chronicle’s “Queen of the Road” Gentry began her career at the Chronicle Progress somewhat earlier than her younger sisters While still an infant she sat on her mother’s lap as the lattej set type or she was placed in a canvas box in the office to watch all the activity According to “Grandma Sue” Gentry was happy “if she had her hat on” The oldest of the four Smith girls Gentry was born here in Delta but at age four she moved with her family to “There I liked the green California and the beach” she remembered But back to Delta she came after nearly five years of living in the sunny state At the age of nine Gentry began her in the formal (work experience newspaper business Her first job was From that t rolling papers for she graduated to labeling and after obtaining her driver’s license some years later Gen started delivering the papers to the stores Along the way Gentry has also held other jobs Last summer she worked in the office for the Delta Area Chamber she has done baby of Commerce sitting and just recently she was hired by Barry’s Delta Freeze As a senior honor student at Delta High School Gentry is actively involved with the and the Drama Club A favorite subject is Advanced Placement Government Following graduation in May Gentry plans to attend college “If I can work it out” where she hopes to study business and real estate Post college goals include becoming a licensed real estate broker working and saving money Eventually “I want to marry and have a family” she commented Bangerter files candidacy papers Governor Norm Bangerter made it official Friday April 8 by filing as a candidate for on the Republican ticket His declaration of candidacy was filed with the Lt Governor’s office and $300 fee paid as quired by law Governor Bangerter and Lt Gover ed Lt Governor Oveson to join him on the ticket again this year and he will officially file as a candidate after the Republican State Convention in June The Bangerter Oveson campaign committee is chaired by US Senator Jake Garn nor Val Oveson were elected in 1984 They announced their candidacy for on February 26 and 27 1988 Under Utah law candidates for Lt Governor file with the state after they are nominated at the State Party Convention Governor Bangerter has ask Mosquito Abatement crews at work It’s Spring and the Mosquito Abatement crews are at work checking drains and applying pellets in an effort to control the pesky mosquito so the rest of us can enjoy a summer out of doors In an effort to make our money is it imperative that we put the granules where they will do the greatest good Therefore we are again asking the farmers to clean and burn the drains on their property The granules must reach the water to achieve the desired results We need your cooperation with this Also the foggers will soon be running We try to do all in our power to make this a safe procedure but we are dealing with insecticides and they are toxic so please when you see and hear the foggers coming down your street take you and your children inside Don’t take any unnecessary risks It only takes a few moments lor the fog to drift by and you can safely return to your activities If children are outside the foggers are usually turned off So if you want your place fogged take them inside until we go by We thank you for your cooperation and we will do all in our power to make this a mosquito free summer 4 Z? Q Word travels fast Celebration planned for marathoner Q of food hat are coloring crcaiB tbc colors and proportions that would result la pr cheese Bunts? A Use four parts of rose pink food col her Inng to pari tenon yellow In general using food coloring sian with one drop blend it m and continue to add one Pop at a time until you reach thr desired color 3 “When the children are older I will return to work” Delta is home--good place in which to grow—but it is time for Gentry to move on “There are no jobs or opportunities here now” she observed Last month Gentry traveled to DC to attend the NaWashington tional Press Association Convention with “Grandma Sue” There she atvisited museums tended meetings monuments and embassies and then spent a day at Annapolis What did she food the like? “I liked everything-tpeople who were really nice and the historic sites” Until high school days are over Gentry contineus to enjoy dancing with the and going out dancing She also likes to sew to read and to watch movies Although she is the oldest of the four children Gen says “I hardly ever pull rank try to be really fair” The people most admired by Gentry woman are "Aunt Jo” a 74 in Pennsylvania “Aunt Jo has more energy” Gentry said admiringly “I want to be like that” Then there’s her mom’s friend Wendy who according to Gentry is “40 and gorgeous She is a model and doing very well” There is only a short time left until school will be over and Gentry will graduate Opportunity is at her fingertips as she looks towards and plans for the future All of us in theChronicle Progress office wish her well Right now though we just continue to enjoy and appreciate “The Queen of the Road” Recorder” by Dawn Carder The Delta Area Chamber of Commerce and the University of Utah are Physical Therapy Department sponsoring an informal celebration of marathoner Doug Walker's arrival in Delta on Monday 18 The April festivities w ill be held at the Delta Citv Park Walker is scheduled to arrive in Delta between 3 and 5 pm Area runners w ill join him on the last few miles and Delta City Mayor Ruih Hansen ill formally welcome him into the citv will be sold and donations for head injuries w ill be welcomed All monies collected locally will remain in the state of Utah Page of the Road Smith-Que- en Delta Insurance Agent honored Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Utah has honored Michael D Broderick with the “Citation of Excellence” award Broderick is with Days Insurance Agency m Delta The award given to 16 Utah is for surance brokers and agents outstanding continuous performance in selling Blue Cross and Blue Shield products According to company President Jed H Pitcher “Our individual products are a great success throughout Utah certainly due to the outstanding k e efforts of these dedicated brokers at Blue Cross and Blue Shield apthey have preciate the confidence shown in our products” - Staff Word travels faster Contels Touchtone service is simply fester than rotary dialing Its easier and more con- venient too And Touchtone gives you faster access to Speed Calling Three Way Calling and other custom calling features So give us a call at your nearest Contel business office And make you: words travel fester Touchtone from L Check for availability in your area Telephone Operations |