Show Page 4 Millard County Chronicle Progress July 19 1990 Utah wildlife viewing book published Back row Bill Jackson Loreun Lewis Blaine Hare Eric Eberle Ron Day Dan Bringard front row Stephanie Eberly Linda Rowley Reserve officer program Effective July 1990 the Millard County Sheriff’s Office implemented a reserve officer program to work with and augment the regular deputy sheriff patrol in the county Those involved are members of the Millard County Sheriff s Posse that have completed a special training course provided by the Utah Peace Officers Standards and Training Office The course of study and training for a total of 180 hours was provided to the special deputies evenings and weekends during January February and March of this year The training program was coordinated by Deputy Garth White training officer for the Sheriff s office Those posse members completing the session and who became certified are Loreun U Lewis Bill Jackson Ron Day Eric Eberle and Dan Bringard Linda Rowley who is employed by the Sheriffs Office as a dispatcher was also certified There were other civilians who also attended and completed the training session These special deputies are now trained and certified to function as police officers while on scheduled duty in Millard County The reserve deputies will use vehicles already in use by the Sheriff’s Office and will provide the opportunity for much needed extra patrol in the towns as well as out lying areas of the county at m inimal cost The reserve officers donate their time so the only cost is the vehicle operational expense So if you notice extra patrol coverage throughout the county or quicker response to requests for service you have a few well trained and dedicated volunteers to thank Sheriff Ed Phillips says that reserve officers have been used for years by larger agencies in Utah as well as other states and is a tried proven and cost effective way to provide increased patrol at certain designated times Sheriff Phillips expresses his thanks and appreciation for all the extra time and effort that Deputy Garth White and the students put forth in order to complete this project Also a special thanks to the many instructors several who are from the local area who helped make the program possible and a success memorializes noted cancer fighter (Editor’s note: the following story Is condensed from a University of Utah press release It came to our attention with this note: “Dear Sir: As a relative of the late Dr Grant Beckstrand I offered to send this story to you because I felt It would be of special interest Dr in Beckstrand was born Meadow the son of John A Beckstrand and Mary Elizabeth Stott both of pioneer families Grant never forgot his Utah roots and loved to return to Meadow H is only surviving brother Orvll E Beckstrand still lives there with wife Dorothy The doctor attracted national attention through his skill in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and the and concern of this compavsion gentle kindly man endeared him to thousands of patients JUNE BECKSTRAND LYNN Laguna Niguel June 7 1990") A Calif cancer surgeon and native Utahn the late Grant H Beckstrand MD has been honored at the University of Utah School of Medicine by the creation of an endowed chair in cancer surgery in his memory An endowment of $1 by Mildred B Beckstrand the honoree's wife of 59 years and the Grant Beckstrand Cancer Foundation of Long Beach Calif— will provide permanent support for a distinguished cancer surgeon to carry on Dr Bcckstrand’s work by teaching and conducting research at the U Both Dr Beckstrand and his wife were graduates of the U He was bom in Meadow Utah and she in Salt Lake City both from pioneer families The new chair will be known as the "Grant H Beckstrand MD and Mildred Burrows Beckstrand Presiden tial Endowed Chaii in Surgical Oncology" A committee will conduct a nacantional search for the didate for the chair Dr Beckstrand succumbed in 1986 to the disease he had helped others fight for nearly 50 years He died at Long Beach Memorial Hospital where he had served as director of radiation therapy and chief of the tumor board Compassion and sensitivity were hallm arks of the noted surgeon's career and resulted in the establishment of the Grant Beckstrand Cancer Foundation to assist needy cancer patients and advance cancer education and research Late in 1989 Dr Beckstrand’ widow and the directors of the foundation determined that a chair in cancer surgery at the U would appropriately commemorate his pioneering in cancer treatment his love of teaching and con cem for his patients The US Forest Service Bureau of Utah Division of Land Management Wildlife Resources along with other state and federal agencies have developed a partnership with a national conDefenders of servation organization Wildlife to create a statewide wildlife viewing network in Utah The viewing network will be marked by highway signs with a binoculars logo Motorists should look for the brown logo signs beginning in August The network consist of 92 statewide sites from Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge in the West Desert to the Flaming Gorge area to Zion National Park to the Hotel Utah in downtown Salt Lake City The network is described in an book called UTAH WILDLIFE VIEWING GUIDE “Publication of the guide fills a real need for Utah residents and tourists al ike who lend to be outdoor oriented" author Jim Cole said "This project is positive in every respect Obviously it will provide wonderful opportunities for recreation to simply enjoy many of the 630 species of Utah wildlife It will also enhance Utah's tourism industry yet will help to build an interest in resource conservation in general” Cole is a wildlife biologist for the National Forest The sites offer a wide range of viewSome feature species ing experiences from to watch a car or boat like easy waterfowl shorebirds and wading birds in Round Valley or mule deer at the Big Flat site Other sites like the Mirror Lake N ature T rail and the Ferron Reservoir Interpretive Trail offer short trail hikes while others present more rigorous challenges such as the Ptarmigan Loop in the High Uintas Wilderness Area which features the ptarmigan Some sites offer wildlife viewing in urban settings like Beus Park in Ogden or Dimple Dell Park near Sandy The Utah guide is the third to be published as part of a national series known as the Watchable Wildlife Scries which is sponsored by Defenders of Wildlife and published by Falcon Press of Helena Montana Viewing guides have been published in Oregon and Montana and the Idaho guide will be published by late summer Wildlife viewing is a significant part of Utah's social and economic scene According to surveys conducted by the US Fish and Wildlife Service expenditures related to appreciative wildlife use in Utah totaled almost $ 20 million in 1985 when 87 percent of the state's residents participated in some type of appreciative use of wildlife The guild will be distributed for sale by late July for $5 95 each S ingle copies of the guide may be purchased at most book stores and Forest Service agency offices tltroughout the state or by calling Worry free phone service at discounted rates Introducing the Silver Service Plan We believe things should get easier with maturity That’s why Contel has created the Silver Service Plan for our customers 55 years and older With the Silver Service Plan if anything goes wrong with your phone inside wiring or jacks Contel will fix or replace it free It’s that simple You’ll also receive a big button phone with Touchtone Service— all for only S3 95 per month It makes calling a whole lot easier The Silver Service Plan from Contel takes the worry out of phone service Call us toll free at And ask about the: Silver Service Plan —- - Telephone Operations We go out of our way: Stacy Preston as Betsy Ross and Sarah Preston as Uncle Sam Fourth of July results The Delta City Fourth of July Committee wants to thank all those involved for a great celebration We have heard lots of positive comments and feel the day was a success It wouldn't be possible for things to go so well without all those people who quietly do their part The contests held at the park in the afternoon were great fun AH those who participated had a good time Congratulations to all the winners Betsy Ross Stacy Preston Uncle Sam Sarah Preston Fastest Pilch Mel Dutson (82 miles per hour) Fence Whitewashing 12 year olds Jonathan Draper 10 & 11 year olds Christi Bird 8 & 9 year olds Jimmy Sroufe 6 & 7 year olds Sarah Preston 5 year olds & under Sameeta Losee Chalk Drawing 5 year olds & under Sameeta Losee st through 3rd graders Sarah Preston 4th through 6th graders Valerie Crusselle 12 year olds Valyn Frandson Frog Jumping Small Frogs Lindsey Moultrie Medium Frogs Natalie Moultrie Chris Jensen Danae Jcwkes Dana Delance Warner Large Frogs Andy Losee Tyson Frandso e Watermelon Eating 5 and under Lars Jensen 6 & 7 year olds Sarah Preston Jonathan Skeem 8 year olds Sroufe Natalie Erickson Jimmy Angela Lazaro Delance Warner 9 year olds Chris Jensen Mandy Bird Jamie Todd Annie Draper 10 yr old girls Uz Skeem Natalie Moultrie 10 yr old boys Steven Windsor 11 & 12 girls & 12boysTorrie Stephanie Morgan Oliver Adult Ladies Deb Moultrie All those who didn't stay to participate in the afternoon contests should plan to next year We all had great fun and the prizes were super See you all next year for a great 4 th of July celebration in Delta Todd The permanent interest of every man is never to be in a false position but to have the weight of nature to back him in all he does " -Ralph Waldo Emerson |