Show Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley USPS CcbySOc 1990 Lynndyl Homecoming celebrated worked on the railroad Lynndyl was a home base for a lot of people for many many years" The town was founded in 1904 to It service the Union Pacific Railroad Current was originally called Lynn population is about 140 pictures and story by Ken Rand Lynndyl residents fans and friends attended the town’s biannual homecoming celebration Saturday June 6 "We want to bring the people back to town who’ve lived here" Mayor CB Tolbert said "and who Lynndyl fans watch the program at the town "We’re trying to build a museum around the railroad" Tolbert said Union Pacific donated a caboose to the town recently It now sits in the town park A morning program in the town hall featured several entertainers They included Mary Greathouse on piano with tunes April Winter Some Kate Jenny and Amber Nielsen singing did Andrews Sisters songs Lisa Nielsen reciting a humorous poetic tribute to resident Phil Nielsen and others Program MC was Lynndyl native Merrill Nielsen a recently retired Lt Colonel in the Air Force who just moved back to town Dinner in the park under the trees pork and roast beef provided by townspeople was served after the program Photographic displays and artifacts from the town’s past were on display throughout the town hall Two quilts were raffled One quilt Isas made by Lynndyl ladies the other by (he town’s volunteer fire department Items from merchants in members Delta Nephi Lynndyl and elsewhere were raffled A cake shaped like an old railroad engine made by a Lynndyl resident was also raffled ' “Most of our program was put together by our volunteer f ire department' Tolbert said “They’ve been a great asset to our community" There was also a bake sale and kids’ games and activities all afternoon Connie Tolbert was presented with flowers to celebrate her "29th" birthday Her mother Mary Johnson was also honored with (lowers At 89 she is Lynndyl's oldest resident The Lynndyl Homecoming is held in Jwie every other year “And it's been going probably 20 25 years" Connie Tolbert said "A long long time" hall to rt' vi 349 - 520 Vol 80 No 49 June 21 1990 Recent rain dampening summer wildfire threat by Ken Rand Recent rains have dampened the wildfire potential but officials are concerned it won't last State and federal officials say this summer could be as bad as last summer particularly in southern and northeastern Utah In Millard County at least for the time being the danger is not great “With all the rain around here" Division of Wildlife Resources Conservation Officer Dave Smith Ddu said "I wouldn’t imagine we have a real high fire danger in our area" He added even before the recent rains the West Desert was at about 97 percent of normal "I don't think our range out west is in too much danger of fire" Smith said "And considering that we had an inch and a half of rain the other day in Fillmore those mountains are pretty wet right now too I don't know that we have a real fire danger" Smith was interviewed Wednesday June 13 Bob Stevens US Forest Service range technician in the Fishlake National Forest Fillmore office agreed “Right now we’re wet" he said "We inches of had about water here around town in Fillmore and they had a pretty good rain in the mountain I think for the next few days we’re in pretty good shape" But Stevens cautioned that while r "flash fuels" (like brush) and fuels" (smaller trees) are saturated now "as soon as the warm weather comes back again it doesn't take very long to dry them out" Stevens explained it takes 100 hours to dry out fuel "We are getting the moisture for the r fuels" he said "but on our The drought fuels we haven’t" last year and below average snowfall r this winter have kept the fuel (the bigger trees that produce the bigger fires) tinder dry Stevens said "It’s really dry" he said “We have a worse fire danger year this year than we've ever had" Representatives from the US Forest Service Division of State Lands and Forestry and the Bureau of Land Management briefed reporters on their concerns in Salt Lake City Tuesday June 5 Last year state federal and private agencies spent $8 to $10 million fightThis year could be worse ing fires officials said “In Utah we arc looking at one of the driest seasons we have had in a long time" John Shive BLM Moab office said “particularly in southern Utah Southeastern Utah is probably the driest it has been in a long time probably 100 years" Also at the press briefing were Bert Hart public affairs officer for the RichBLM office field District Anne Stanworth Cedar City BLM public affairs officer Lynn Williams state fire control management officer for the BLM Brian Barber Manila Daggett County Ashley National Forest and Ed Storey Richfield Division of Slate Lands and Forestry The moisture content of many trees fuel for large fires is lower now than ever Shive said Last year the moisture content of potential combustible sources was 10 to 12 percent This year average moisture content is about 9 percent Also dry soil and other conditions contribute to wildfire danger “We’re anticipating that we’re going to have some significant problems with a few large fires” Shive said Stevens said his office is prepared for fires in this area "We’ve geared up and we have a fire crew" he said "We have a resource crew that works on our watershed projects and trails and things like that Everybody here has been qualified to fight fires We try to get on these fires as quickly as possible" Not all fires will be put out Stevens said Certain forest areas where fires would clear out underbrush to benefit wildlife forage have been noted "If we have a lightning strike in these arcis"he said "then we will manage that fire rather than go in and stomp it out completely" Lightning or other natural causes account for about 70 percent of all wildfires are preventfires but able Stevens said "People can come in to the office here and talk to us and we can tell them the areas that are more susceptible to fire" Stevens said the forest will be in high if it doesn’t rain fire danger by July significantly by then “If we get into what they call a red flag situation" he said “then they’ll probably close it down to fires in the whole state of Utah That means they can't build a fire anywhere outside of a designated fire area" Common sense is the best fire preventative Stevens said Millard not yet qualified for federal drought relief V fj'ri 4VI Lisa Nielsen recites a poem about local resident Phil Nielsen Measles cases spread The Department of Health reports st least 37 measles cases in Utah since an outbreak began in Delta in ApriL Most of the cases involve All are within Millard children Sanpete Washington tnd Salt Lake counties Epidemiologists say there are 39 cases in west Millard County seven in Sanpete County seven in Salt Lake County and four in the Washington County towns of Veyo and Hurricane Six suspect cases in Fillmore are under investigation Officials believe die disease may have come from contact with a carrier traced to from Las Vegas One case an exposure in California Seven cases in Mt Pleasant were likely caused by exposure to students from Delta at a language fair at Snow u College in Ephraim in early May officials say The cases involved children in families philosophically opposed to Five were school age immunization "In the first place it starts from unimmunized people" west Millard Public Health Nurse Margaret Densley said Vaccine failure is also a problem she said “Some of the people have been adequately immunized and they still got the measles" Rick Crankshsw manager of the Immunization Control Section in the State Bureau of Epidemiology said it is very important thru those with measles symptoms be taken to a doctor and kept away from public places "Immediate reporting and rapid confirmation by blood test are vital to our efforts to keep See MEASLES Page 2 Gas meeting delayed The Delta City Council has delayed to Monday June 25 further discussion about a proposed franchise to deliver natural gas service to the area Central Utah Gu Co owners Earl and Wayne Andrews asked the council Monday May 14 to pass a resolution company a giving their franchise Action was tabled to allow council members and the city attorney time to study the prcpoaaL The subject was to have appeared on die Monday June meeting agenda but the Andrews were unable to attend It is now expected to be on the Monday June 25 city council agenda CUG officials asked die Fillmore City Council Tuesday June 5 to pass a resolution giving the company a franchise to deliver gas to Fillmore customers Action on that request was tabled until the proposal could be studied Mayor Keith Gill ins said die council will act on die Andrews' request at its Monday July 2 meeting Sisters April Sisters songs Kate Jenny and Amber Nielsen sing Andrews Note the hats Winter Fourth of July activities The Fourth of July will be here before you know it We hope all of you are planning to make this a home town celebration The Delta City Fourth of July Committee has planned an exciting agenda to help us celebrate our nation's birthday The theme of this year's festivities is "Celebrate The Spread of Freedom” Activities will begin with a sunrise salute by the Jeep Posse at 6:00 am The traditional early morning breakfast will begin at the city park at 7:00 a m It will be put on by the Second Ward Scouts At 9:00 tm the Children’s Parade will start at 200 East Main AD children with their bicycles wagons and costumes should be ready to go by 8:45 am They will walk down Main Street to 400 West All Children’s Parade participants will receive popsicle at the end of the parade Parents should be able to pick up their children and be back in place to watch the Main Parade Participants in the main parade should be at the starting point 300 East Main by 9:00 am The parade will go west on Main Street to 500 West where it will turn south for one block and then proceed east until it reaches the West Millard Care Center where it will disband There will be cash prizes for die best floats First prize anil be S 20000 second will be $10000 tnd difrd win be $7500 Immediately following the parade about 11:00 am a Patriotic Program will be held at the City Park Children’s Games will take place in the old football field by the City Park at 11:30 am At noon following the Patriotic Program a Variety Show will be presented showcasing some of our fine local talent Throughout the park will be various booths games and concessions These wiU be set up by the time the parade is finished and will be open until the afternoon In addition the celebration committee is planning various contests and activities to take place through the afternoon providing variety and interest for old and young alike There win be a Betsy Ross and Uncle Sam look alike contest for the children and youth at 2:00 pm at the City Park Other contests will include fence whitewashing frog jumping (contestants must provide own frogs) watermelon eating and others Prizes will be given fer the contest winners More information on the contests will be posted The annua demolition derby will be held at the old Deseret Fair Grounds at 7:00 pm At 10:00 pm a fireworks show is planned to take place south of the White Sage Ball Park After the fireworks the High School cheerleaders are planning a dance All those involved in the preparations are very excited about die events planned There are still some openings for numbers in the Variety Show Anyone interested should contact Ron or Lorelei Also those planning Draper at floats should by calling the city offices at by Ken Rand Agricultural Stabilization and Conofficials servation report Millard 10 the is Utah counties County among presently not eligible for federal emergency drought relief Theother nine ineligible counties are Juab T ooele Salt Lake Davis Morgan Box Elder Cache Rich and Weber "So far our rangeland looks pretty good" ASCS County Executive Director Donna Brown said "It's too early to tell though what's going to happen with crops" Brown said range conditions this " little better" than last year are year She said BLM and US Forest Service officials have told her rangeland conditions are “okay I have talked with some of the ranchers too and the range is pretty good" Still there are lots of dry areas "Scipio is really dry" Brown said "A lot of the private pastures are dry A lot of the crops have already failed because there hasn’t been enough water to bring them up Especially crops There are a lot of creeks that are dry" The emergency drought relief procattle 20 ranchers 50 to pergram pays cent of the cost of any emergency feed they must buy because of die drought Brown said ranchers become eligible when “pastures get extremely dry and we don't have enough pasture for the stock and if crops are not producing properly and there are problems there" A 40 percent loss must be documented in a county before cattle producers in that county qualify for the program Brown said She said one county may become eligible for the livestock feed program if an adjacent county becomes eligible even though the second county doesn't necessarily qualify on its own Beaver County has become eligible as a contiguous county to Iron County Conservation program specialist Ross Ballard said money for the program should start arriving in the state in late June or early July and continue for 12 months The federal government spent about $10 million in Utah last year on the program It could cost more this year Ballard said Ballard interviewed Wednesday June 6 said the 10 counties now ineligible won’t stay that way "It is just a matter of days until the high mountains of Rich and Morgan counties and western Box Elder County including the Park Valley and Grouse Creek areas qualify for drought relief things are so bad there" he said “The western desert areas of Tooele Juab and Millard counties will pjrobably also qualify for the emergency payments" Brown "That is a possibility" agreed "but right now we do not have a date" A little rain would help she said "It’s really a but that's unpredictable situation" Power outage cause unknown Utah Power and Light officials say they do not know what caused relay to trip producing a one hour blackout in Millard County last week “We're still not sure why (the relays) opened op" L'PAL trouble shooter Lloyd Robison said The outage started a few minutes before 3 pm Wednesday June 13 Power was restored shortly after 4 pjn Robison said a relay opened up at a substation about five miles northwest of Holden cutting power to the county “with the exception of Scipio Oak Gty and Fool Creek" |