Show Page 2 Millard County Chronicle Progress February 22 1990 Comments tired of Taiwan I’ve about TO THE by Sue information for the time being but it has been so long since I wrote a regular column that I am out of practice Besides I still have great difficulty typing as my arm is still not recovered from the break I can’t get the wrist to turn over so I can get to the keys I had a couple of temper tantrums today (spring must be near if my spunk is coming back) and I have found in the past I should never write about situations that make me angry on the same day I have the tantrums It is best to let the emotion subside somewhat before I start typing Then again maybe I shouldn’t think it is best to cool down Maybe some of the things that make me see red need to be vented with all emotion I think I am going to all of this I haven’t had myself in massive hot water for It just may be time to give some serious thought to hot water sometime especially since I have been so cold since it snowed Besides what made me angry today could just be a personal problem Maybe it is silly to think that trying to do good brings good back Maybe I’m out of step with my naive notions that people In small communities should function with the good of the community in the back of their mind Maybe it is totally wrong of me to worry that if we continue to spend our hard earned money outside the county our quality of life is going to deteriorate Silly me I probably just don’t understand the situation There is obviously no reason to do business with each other We can just continue to spend outside the area and then hope there is a big crying towel available so we can all have a chunk to cry require a long drive probably costing more When I can offer better quality at a lower slicker from out of town it makes me damn handy for the “favors” and brains to do that kind of shopping economic crunch? Enough said for this week! Calgon on when even the simplest items let alone lime and distance price and I get passed over for the mad particularly when I am so People must have more money than so why all the boohooing about the take me away! EDITOR Teachers concerned about quality of education Dear Editor: There has been a lot of attention placed on the issues involving education and educators in the past several months These issues have revolved around the need for increased funding for various aspects of the educational process It seems interesting to consider these issues in light of our society’s view of the importance of children and We have always their education stressed the value of learning in fact learning has always held an extremely high priority in this state Why are wc content to allow our slate’s educational system to deteriorate? Are we overlooking the fact that as a system fails that the participants will also fail? As teachers we arc concerned about the quality of education that will remain available to the children of Utah We have witnessed a decrease in the funding for our students in critical areas of availWho able resources and programs among us would consider going to a doctor who was using technology from the 30’s or 40's? Why then are we willing to allow our educational system to fall behind the rest of the nation? Utah’s schools are slipping far below the national average in several areas as a result of funding deficiencies As we fall behind the students are also going to lack the ability and skills to compete with others in all segments of the economy Some people have equated our tempt to increase educational funding with merely a desire for more money for salaries Certainly We would like to receive adequate compensation for the level of our skills and dedication however salaries are only one component of our desire to update our educational system We need more textbooks more equipment All of these are essential for ur children— to receive our the best education the one they deserve But that education requires money and continued commitment not a token gesture Please join with us and voice your support for our most valuable resource and Millard County’s children THE FUTURE CAN’T FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN AND STATE OUR Millard County Education Association Two Ola Fort Cottonwood Two Old Fillmore Area Delta Area lir Kml ti Ht B 4 T Rngrrv Pioneer Trees The old pioneer cottonwood across the road and east of old Fort Deseret did not come into leaf in the spring of 987 It had been the last survivor of all the cottonwoods planted near the fort Some of the older folks still living in Deseret remember the great spreading tree standing alone reaching great gray barked branches as only a tree standing alone can do If the tree was planted in 1860 it would have been fifty years old in 1920 and it lived another sixty seven years There are not many records of the lives of those resolute pioneers We do know that they went into the canyons and took roots and cuttings from along the creeks They were disappointed They brought apple and peach trees raspberry branches currant bushes and asparagus roots The fruit trees and bushes could not live through the harsh winters and alkali of the land and the river water but the cottonwoods and the asparagus lived and flourished along the ditch banks How the women must have longed for the comfort of and a tree tall children enouglf for a swing While the men were working on the land building the dams and the ditches the women must have worked on gardens and surely a few flowers There must have been a little adobe house with a willow roof underneath that old cottonwood How the family must have watched for the new leaves of the young liac Community Calendar Motor Vehicle Schedule: Fillmore & Delta weekdays Millard County Assessor's Office 2nd Thursday of Month Great Basin Historical Society meeting 7:30 pm Museum open every day pm except Sunday Every Thursday TOPS meets at Delta Middle School dining room 5 pm 3rd Tuesday Food handlers class Delta Public Health 2:30 pm 3rd Thursday Food Handlers class Fillmore Public Health 2:30 pm 10 am Wednesdays Story Hour Delta City Library Wednesdays pm 78 The Millard County Chronicle Progress USPS Published 0 by DuWiI Publishing at 40 N 300 W Located at Delta every Thursday Utah 84624 Delta Utah Publisher - 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March 3 “State Reading Week” 26 February Immunization Ginic 9 - noon Blood Pressure Ginic 1:15 - 4 pm Fillmore Public Health February 28 - March 2 Late Spring Soccer registration White Sage Regional Park office 10 am - 5 Julie Ward Goertz Evelyn English class for Spanish speaking people Delta City Library 24th January Emergency Medical Training Course Delta Tuesdays pm & Saturdays 9 pm March 1 Holden Blood Pressure Ginic 3:30 4:40 pm Fire Station March 2 Pesticide Applicator Training Workshop 9 am Pahvant Senior Center Fillmore March 3 K y lie Dutson and Travis Taylor wedding reception pm Delta 3rd4ih Ward Sheri Boyack and Rick Tolley wedding open house pm Delta 1st Ward March 4 Elder Billie Kee mission farewell 10 am Oasis Ward March S 135 71st American Legion Unit Rebckah Lodge birthday celebration Hall 7 pm March 8 “McComick" Great Basin Historical meeting 7 pm Delta City Building March 9 Robyn Rae Ross and Kevin Spilker wedding open house pm Bride's mother's home 392 South Center Delta March Man" DHS “Music Auditorium April 13 Signup deadline for Wheat & Feed Grain Program ASCS ' tree each spring with the pungent odor of new cottonwood The people of Old Deseret could not stay They had done all that was possible The dams built across the Sevier river by the men of old Deseret were the dirt dams built any place along the river There was no way to keep the early spring floods from coming down and washing away the dams The people left in 1868 to back down to places they knew to where the fresh water flowed down from the mountains THe cottonwood trees were about ten years old Folks came back to Deseret in 1877 They built a good town farther north than the old settlement A new and better dam was built The new settlers found the cottonwoods growing into great trees The one alone in the field stretched its trunky branches high into the deseret sky No one knows when tlie great tree began to fail to lose braces to the winds and grow smaller and smaller It became the home of fledglings and greasewood creatures standing between a road and a lilroa4 that VKpre made after the tree was planted— — In thf spring of 98 8 the old tree was cut down and burned to clear the land of debris Now we know the life of a cottonwood tree in our valley over one hundred and twenty years Mary Henry January 1990 Media Man! Mothers don’t let your babies grow up to be trucks by Ken (brain In tow) Rand mouth Recently whilst boogying thitherwards down the road after a really neato Stealth bomber was story (a ported to have crashed into the broad side erf a bam) I looked intomy rearview mirror and discovered die inspiration for my next column I had expected to see in the mirror the road over which I had just traveled Instead I saw a sign: “Petcrbilt1 it said and it was mounted onto this huge chrome grill that I hadn’t remembered attaching to my rear bumper I hadn’t The huge image was not It was attached to my rear bumper actually only inches behind it and behemounted on the front of a moth in whose way I apparently was Despite the fact that I was doing 95 in the fast lane I guess it wasn't good enough for this hoddypeak Such a hurry Maybe he was hauling an Emergency Ice Cream Sundae for the some rich guy’s divorce settlement Maybe we were in a Stephen King movie the one where the trucks take over the world Maybe hehad to pick up his laundry Maybe he was hauling The Cure for the Common Blahs (We were after all headed toward Provo) Such a hurry I was angered I was tempted to slam on my brakes thus further inconveniencing this escapee from a “Road Warriors" movie set Imagine his shock to find me right behind him tailgating him Ha Just like in “Top Gun" would that fix him 0 can dream can’t I?) Then I was scared What if I had to do something silly like slam on my brakes to avoid crashing into a moose a pizza deliverer the Brady Bunch van or Roseanne Barr? I would instantly become a hood ornament for the heeler from HelL Then I was inspired I began to make notes for a column about trucks (T rade secret I refuse to divulge: how to take notes while driving 105 mph down the freeway with a hugh truck tailgating you) Here are some of the notes I made: come in three kinds There is the (Johnny Cash: “Hello I’m a Truck So Git Outta Mah Way") the trusty rusty little pickup Denver “Haulin’ (John Hay to That Dear 01' Cow O’ Mine”) and the urban pickup (John Travolta: “Oh Baby Let’s Cruise Down Main In My Love Truck”) Without trucks there would be no truckers no truckin’ music no CB s and no truck stops (This might put the Pcpto Turns and Rolaids people out of business but I can dream can't I?) The Japanese will never build a Real Man’s truck They are too short And they dam well just ain’t American y’know? Which came first the pickup truck or the gunrack? YoUCantputagurlrack in the rear window of the family Ply New Horizons Crisis Center at 146 N Main in Richfield assists persons volved in domestic violence situations Their primary clients are women who are being abused physically emotionally or psychologically by a mate or significant other They can provide immediate safe shelter for a woman and her children for up to 30 days Women anywhere within the six county area or the state for that matter can receive help Although office hours are form 9:00 am to 3:00 pm New Horizons personnel can be reached 24 hours a day through their crisis phone lines: and (800) (toll free) After hours the telephone s answered by the Sheriff s office and the New Horizons person trained for crisis intervention is called immediately Callers do not have to give their name and all information is held confidential By law child abuse reports are referred immediately to the Division of Family Services To really utilize all of New Horizons AARP Offers Consumer Safety Tips in wake of fire In the wake of a fire in a Salt Lake City senior housing complex earlier this month which claimed the lives of two people the area office of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) has issued safety reminders and precautions According to Lee White Associate Area Representative for the AARP office which represents Utah Montana Wyoming and Colorado here are just a few fire precautions people should be aware of: Have at least one smoke detector for every level of your home and test them at least once a month Have a planned escape route and practice it periodically Don’t use the elevator in an emergency Residents of senior housirg buiklirgs with centra halls should wait in their units for instructions on safe evacuation routes Keep grease containers away from die stove Also never pour water on a grease fire Close die bedroom door at night (While the smoke detector is on guard constantly sniff the air for you a closed door will provide a barrier to the deadly gases created by fire) Store flammable liquids in safety containers bearing die "UL" or “FM” Have fire extinguishers checked and recharged periodically especially after using them Situate them close to an exit - people often make the mistake of putting them too close to the kitchen range or other fire sources Mr White also said that A ARP’s slide tape presentation “Falls and Fires: Safety in the Home" is available m a s loan basis to consumers or AARP will also provide a fire safety handout upon request AARP’s Salt Lake office library contains information on other consumer topics including crime and elder abuse credit and employment discrimination and home and auto safety Write AARP at 136 South Main Salt Lake City Utah 84101 to request these free materials The American Association of Retired Persons is the nation’s largest organization of persons 50 and older AARP offers a number of programs in Utah which include mature driving courses tax assistance and citizen's representation which provides information and training and recruits older persons to serve on boards and commissions it Trucks arc better at some things than cars Like delivering sofas F s lance Would you rather have yours delivered strapped to the top of a Volkswagen or in the company truck? The — Is a van a car or a truck? answer is a matter of function If it is to dance lescarrying 392 sons it’s a bus If it’s carrying 392 pounds of cocaine to Park City it’s a bust sacks of If you put 80 feed and a big black dog in die back seat of your Buick docs that make it a truck? Trucks are m acho Figure: a tutu is only half of a 4X4 People who drive pickup trucks do not wear seatbelts shoes And guys who wear You can’t get do not drive pickups anybody in America to paint a pickup truck pink You can squash a squirrel or a t chipmunk with yes basic roller skate (like the one I own) but it takes a real truck made right here in America by golly driven by a real man moose elk or to take care of a Big Mac Trainee the little cars are more maneuverable in traffic Mine can turn on a dime The really big rigs need Visa cards and Swiss bank accounts to turn the comer Nobody has yet figured out how many empty beer cans can be tossed into the back of a pickup truck This is not from a lack of research The physiology of truck drivers is Their altered by the act of trucking glutius maximum migrates to their tummius maximum making their pi ms sag No jeans manufacturer has yet caught on to this phenomenon The is a fortune wailing to be made clothing butilcss truckers have CBs in them This is so truckers can twang at other truckers who also try to talk with grits in their mouth while they drive There are no truckers named Nigel Bruce or Cosmo The bigger the truck the more tempted the trucker to make it do whatever nobody would believe it could Like parallel parking a filled withdynamite in front of Wendy’s at lunch time to grab a bite Or driving window it through the (I shouldn't have mentioned this Now somebody will actually try it) (Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this column are not shared by Yours Humbly nor by Cato the Wonder Kitty MMs sidekick and ghost writer Cato realizes that trucks bring cat food to the pet section of the local grocery store and I like trucks because one day perhaps one of them will un over MMs ‘writing hand’ I can dream Can’t I?) ' — ' iNiNMumwiMiiiiiitimmmtiiiiiiiiiiiiminiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiHiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiHiMi Postmarks by Postmaster Tom Hamilton New Horizons Crisis Center Helps resources however an anonymous person docs need to have a name That’s when the person becomes a client and can be served according to her needs Regular counseling sessions or help over the phone is then available to help the abused woman cope with her situation Most calls answered by New Horizons arise from a long term abuse situation but the abuse is not necessarily occurring at present Abuse leaves scars that are difficult to heal and help is often needed many years after abuse occurred An list of resources is available to anyone who calls or visits the office In addition personnel can present information on spouse abuse or New Horizons in particular to any groups requesting a program In addition to its other areas of work New Horizons Crisis Center also works to coordinate services to homeless persons in the area If you have any questions call Kathy Swansboro at yrfrf That just doesn’t cut 1 ntoiimuiiiniiiiiiiiimiuiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuwiiiimimmiiimiE Sometimes a look at how big the Postal Service may be of interest to you During our last Fiscal Year 1989 the Postal Service: a Processed 161 Billion Pieces of Mail b Earned 389 Billion Dollars c Spent 383 Billion Dollars d Received no tax subsidy except for organizations e Processed 40 percent of the worlds mail f Still has the least expensive ounce letter rate in the free world (Approximate US Dollars Canada 34 cents Japan 43 cents W Germany 53 cents) g By the end of 1989 there were about 14000 less employees than at the end of 1988 h Automation processed about 30 percent of the mail at the end of Fiscal 1989 versus about 7 percent at the end of 1988 i Had more than 40000 Post Offices Stations and Branches across the United States j Delivered mail to more than 6 Million addresses k Deployed 37000 delivery vehicles l Deployed more than 1000 pieces of automated mail processing equipment nation wide m Hosted the 20th Universal Postal Union Congress held every 5 years with more than 160 countries and 1000 The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with tools " -Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman i Delegates attending n Is testing fax machines in Postal Facilities for customer use So what about Delta? During the last fiscal year we processed more than 23000 linear feet of mail stacked upright in trays or more than 45 millions pieces of mail or more than750 pieces of mail for each man women and child receiving delivery out of the Delta office We employed more titan 8 full time equivalent employees to process and deliver this mail But the bottom line is still you the Postal Customer When we make mistakes we rely on you to let us know so that we can fix the problem We try to smile and always be pleasant When we are not you should let us know And we thank you for letting us serve you |