Show Ease 2 Millard County Chronicle Progress August 9 o 1990 TO THE Comments EDITOR by Sue I really hale my lime at home interrupted by telephone solicitors If it is a local person and local business I don’t mind but when I break the 4 minute mile sprinting across the lawn across cats dogs hoses etc I really don’t want to have a breathless conversation about why I am not renewing my subscription to some magazine or another I hate that kind of an invasion into my evenings and weekends Like I say local business calls I can handle but I hate boiler room pressure And I don’t mind the calls during business hours (9 am to 5 pm weekdays) But I DONT want to hear from them mornings evenings and weekends And of course they pick those times to they can reach the working folk at home The worst of it is I don’t really know what to do about it I hate “rude” lobe the way to deal with it I know these people calling are just hired to do a job Besides I only do “rude” real well when I am awakened in the morning to the phone ringing And if I have an unlisted number to avoid unwanted calls then that is an invasion of my lifestyle It is amazing that the phone company hasn’t dreamed up some sort of an eject button to deal with this situation Heaven knows they have buttons and baubles for other less needed offerings (for just pennies a second) including charging you for long distance calls which are not completed if you let it ring more than 3 times So I am sure if they really put their minds to it they can come up with an eject button for unsolicited solicitors - far more practical to me than call waiting Dear Rabbit Shooters of Sunset View You know who you are and I know who some of you are I didn’t address you as hunters because as you are well aware there are multitudes of almost tame rabbits at Sunset View Gold Course so of course you don’t really have to search them out Obviously you have been trying to thin out their population which might be alright but now that you have done your deed why don’t you come back and clean up your damn mess! It is pretty disgusting to play golf and be subjected to the stench that permeates the air and to observe all the dead rabbits in various stages of rot and decay I have never been to another golf course (and I have visited several) where there was stinking garbage on the fairways in the cart paths under the benches and around the greens day in and day out I can just imagine the inviting impression this must visitor leave with any I am sure that tire other recreation spots around the county the swimming pool the ball fields the bowling lanes etc do not allow this kind of putridness so why do the golfers have to put up with it?! And what of the beautiful diving gull whose bloody body was found on the bank of the pond? A stray bullet? I doubt it! Anyway a few days later the gull’s mate left the area They were fascinating to watch and graced the course for several years before this incident Just thought it was time someone said something about this situation and I know I am not the only golfer who feels this way Jolinda Nickle Wilderness: high-hande- d “ The public buys its opinions as it buys its meat or takes in its milk on the principle that it is cheaper to do this than to keep a cow So it is but the milk is more -likely to be watered Samuel Butler Delta area by Reed Fillmore area by Jay T Rogers Jeffery Aug 2 community Motor Vehicle Schedule: Fillmore & Delta weekdays Millard County Assessor’s Office Basin Historical Great Society Museum open Monday Friday 9 am 5 pm Saturday and Sunday 1 5 pm Every Thursday TOPS meets at Delta Middle School dining room 3 pm 10 am Wednesdays Story Hour Delta City Library The Millard County Chronicle Progress USPS Published by DuWil Located at Della every Thursday Utah 84624 Publishing at 40 N 300 W Publisher Susan Utah Editor - B Du Delia uon Editorial Ken Rand Reporter Advertising Julie Ward Goertz - Design Riley Wood - Sales ft Accounts Rita Robinson Sales - Fillmore Mallet Evelyn Rec Office Manager Circulation Goertz - CirrulaliorvComp Robinson CirculationProduction Julie Ward Rita Commercial Printing Shell ie Dutson Subscriptions in Advance In County - $2000 per year $1300 per 6 months Out of County - $2300 per year Single Copy 30 cents Send Address POSTMASTER: to changes PO Bos 249 Delta Utah 4624 Rates on Request Advertising Second Class Poatags Paid at Delta Utah 4624 Delta: or Fillmore: DUWIL PUBLISHING OWNED SUSAN WILLIAM i I COMPANY BY B DUTSON V WILSON ft 93 89 60 61 calendar Wednesdays pm English class for Spanish speaking people Delta City Library Thursdays June 7 through August 16 STORY HOUR pm Fillmore Library August 9 Horse Show Millard County County Fairgrounds pm August 11 DHS Gass of '85 reunion noon to 4 pm White Sage Park 6 - 10:30 pm IPP Man Camp August 12 Elder Rick Porter mission report Delta 1st Ward 9 am August 15 Delta Middle School 9 am - noon Beaver and Millard County road needs planning meeting Millard County Public Safety Building Fillmore 7 pm August 16 American Legion Service Officer Delta Job Service Office pm August 17 Elizabeth Martin and Damon Anderson wedding reception Delta 2nd Ward 7 - 9:30 pm August 17 & 18 South Region Riding Club meet Fillmore 5 pm Fillmore Race Track August 18 Oak City Day Rendezvous Millard County Farm Bureau Talent Find Delta 6th Ward 7 pm August Millard County Fair Open to the Public 23rd August 24 Chris LcDoux concert at Millard County Fair 8 pm indoor arena August 22 27 29 Sept 5 10 12 15 Hunter Education Gass Delta Technical Center Register Delta Sports Center Delta Driver’s License Office Schedule Mondays: Tuesdays: Wednesday: Mtnti Nephi st 3rd 5th Fillmore W’ednesday: 2nd 4th Delta by appointment only Mount Pleasant Thursday: Delta Friday: by Krn (Lord of the Flies) Rand note: this week Our (Editor’s by Here k on vacation him and us He wrote this columa and taped It to his left before be kitchen window faring out We hope he gets plenty of rest) ATTENTION all flies (and other crawly creepy buzzing flying squirmy bugs spiders and critters with more than two legs): Buzz off I know you’re out there waiting to sneak in arid check out my sink cabinets cupboards and countertops for Wonder Bread crumbs and Smuckcr's grape jelly gobs and Peter Pan peanut butter smears and leftover Sugar Smacks I don’t like you Don’t misunderstand I’m not I know you have your niche in the balance of nature I know you have to make a living and scavanging in my garbage can like a National Enquirer reporter is your way of life I have no problem with your kids either even if they are larvae And I realize spreading disease is a dirty job that somebody has to do which is why you don’t brush and floss between meals I respect that Really travesty (Fxlitor’s note: this letter was shortened Tor space considerations) Editor: A recent article in your paper indicated that the Millard County Commission intended to put the wilderness issue on the November ballot The information I submit was taken from the BLM Environmental Impact Statement Vol II West Central Region This information is fact not rhetoric or wilderness propaganda There are five areas in Millard County now marked as Wilderness Study Areas being considered for S wasey Ml Howell Peak wilderness Notch Peak Confusion Mt Wah Wah Mu If all five WSA’s are designated by congress as wilderness it will have a definite economic effect on each and every resident taxpayer and everyone connected to the Public School System including mainly teachers Effected how? By loss of revenue now being generated from these five WSA’s These five WSA's are producing revenue to the BLM of which the Slate of Utah receives Revenue is derived from leases grazing permiu etc Millard County will receive of the stale amount percent Of the monies generated through leases from “school sections" 2 6 32 36 all monies go directly into the State School Trust Fund When this revenue is lost by the land being locked up into wilderness the State and Millard County along with the education system will be looking for another source to recoup the lost revenue In all probability they will be looking at properly taxes Permanent Community Impact Fund consisu of two accounts known as the Mineral Lease Fund and the UAU Bonus Fund The Mineral Lease Fund receives 32 12 of the state’s federal mineral lease revenues Proceeds from this fund are used to make loans andor grants to subdivisions of the State (in which Millard County will participate) Remaining mineral lease revenues are allocated to the Board of Regents for allocation to the institutions of higher learning (11 ) to the State Board of education (2 14 ) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey (2 14 ) the Water Research Laboratory at Utah State Uni) the Department of versity (2 14 Transportation to special service districts established by counties (25 ) and to the Legislature for distribution to other state activities (2475 ) Even though I have shown Millard County’s 25 portion Millard County LeDOUX Media Man! Buzz Off! will receive still more monies from the other state funded programs which receive binding from the Slate's Federal Mineral Lease revenues Wayne Owens has supported legislation which requires that all property laying adjacent to wilderness areas be managed in such a way as to protect the wilderness area Therefore land adjacent to wilderness would be managed virtually the same as wilderness Wayne Owens proposed 51 million acres of wilderness with its hypothetical imaginary floating boundaries of protection will entrap additional several millions of acres as additional WSA’s Loss to Millard County and its share of revenue $10073200 State School Trust Fund $13764000 Benefit to Millard County economy based on BLM daily visitor days at $410 per person per day - $473420 What a sacrifice to lock up 245130 acres for 1175 individuals If the school teachers think they are being short changed now wail and watch in 1992 when the nearly 2000 school sections go into wilderness If they feel they are being pinched now they will be crushed then unless they get behind and protest the wilderness issue and fight for multiple use and save our school trust lands To those in the education system that are preaching “Wilderness is good” and “More is better" that mining grazing mineral exploration is rape of the land should rethink their position If they will but pause and look at the monies lost in Millard County alone how much will the state county and education system lose with Wayne Owens’ 51 million acres and the acres lying adjacent to wilderness in the excess of 10 million additional acres? Property taxpayers can no way make up this loss Those who wish to protest against this travesty for just a few wilderness zealots should write their letters of protest against wilderness to: Senator Orrln Hatch 125 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510 Senator Jake Gam 5207 Dirkson Building Washington DC 20510 Howard Nielsen Representative 1229 Longs worth Building Washington DC 20515 Representative Jim Hansen 1113 Longsworth Building Washington DC 20515 Sincerely Paul Young Western Association of Land Users continued an accomplishment for an independent artist This cowboy is one of rodeo’s own He got interested in riding as a youngster in Texas and went on to win championship titles in the “Little Britches" Wyoming High School and Intercollegiate rodeo competitions He was volved in the professional rodeo circuit for 15 years and in 1976 won the world title on bareback broncos LcDoux started writing songs about rodeo and the American West during his first year in college and as he gained experience he gathered more background for his songwriting LcDoux married Peggy a Northern Wyoming girl and soon they were the proud parents of Gay Ned Will Cindi and Beau LcDoux He finally gave up life on the rodeo circuit and hung up his spurs in 984 to spend more time on his ranch in Wyoming with his family and to concentrate on his music and his When you hear a song songwriting written and sung by Chris LcDoux you know it's real It's geared more toward the lifestyle of the American West than that of the “Hollywood" cowboys like Roy Rogers and Gene Autry "I guess I'm more into real than imaginary" LcDoux explains “There's a lot of those old ranchers around here who do things the way they always didevcn generations that are following them their kids and grandkids are growing up the same way My songs are about those guys who work on the ranches and who ride the rodeo circuit— the real people who live are here in this part of the country" Some of the lyrics written by will also knock your hat off In the past he has described his music as a combination of western soul sagebrush blues cowboy folk and rodeo rock and roll But his latest description pretty well sums it up: “It's just real music It’s about my experiences and things I believe inyou know stuff like that" Fair Board members include: AB Johnson - general chairman Cherie Morris - secretary Lorelei Draper and department chairmen publicity which are La Wanna Peterson Choral Clark Stella Hawley Fay Howell Nayon Young Alice Brown Louise Lovell Estcll Bennett Jan Jackson Mary Robinson Dorothy Anderson Ron Baker Valyn Dutson Shirley Bunker Pat Rayma Armstrong Johnson N Cameron Adams Robert A Nielsen and Micki Brown A dutch oven dinner will also be that evening (Friday August 24) from 5:30 to 7:30 pm It will be at the Millard County Fair Grounds All those interested in this dinner must purchase tickets ahead of time These are available at The Bookworm in Delta or from Hep worth at First Security B auk in Delta The cost is $600 per ticket There will only be 300 of these available and they always go fast They win be sold on fust come first serve basis Entertainment at the dinner will be Gcno and Rosemary Get those tickets for the dinner and the concert w hilc they are still available and we’ll see you at the Millard County Fair! B ut I still don’t like you Here’s why: - In the first place you’re yucky - In the second place you’re pesky - And in the third place don't like I you So buzz off I asked you politely once You reon sponded by painting a my bald spot I have yelled naughty words scowled in fierce dismay geswaved tured in disdain and disapproval my hands about in frustration and even thrown things at you but you don’t listen Do you think you’re congressmen or something? I am required to use force I know I got one how I watch TV Beware of those zappers guaranteed to drive you away You painted graffiti on it “Cockroaches cat garbage" “Flies Rule" “The meek shall inherit the dump" How rude I will not use chemical waif are I think using insecticides is more offensive than Roseanne Barr I figure if you can survive the chemicals in my Sugar Com Pops you won’t even sneeze at Raid Have you noticed the newspapers stacked in the comer? It is my flyswatter arsenal I use them to KILL FLIES WITH I hope that scares you Do you think you’re safe when adol vertising is down and the good Chronicle Progress puts out a skimpy dial do eight pages? Not much heft in you think? I ' Well gueas again use the Provo Dally Herald to aquoosh but you with Not much substance' enough bulk for my deadly purpose What’s more I like swatting you with a newspaper Ah the thnil of die hunt sulking my housematching wits with the wily at fly “Take THAT!" I cry in triumph the moment of victory thrilling to the hearty invigorating smack of newspain per on fly flesh I hear you scream of agony I smell the acrid stench stant violent death I Uste the heady tang of victory I am predator a repeating t I am going to I won’t disflyswatter I hope to patent close too much but it works something shooter salad like a Oh you think you're clever flying above my iced tea thinking I won’t try to smunch you there True but you forget you have a short memory Soon land you will decide it is safe and you’ll on a large enough flat surface away from my computer my lunch die light cat the fixtures and Thy doom awaiu vile icky creature the superior intellect of Media Man! Splat! “Gotcha sucker!" Hehhchheh heh Just because I'm on vacation doesn’t mean you can have the run or fly of the house I have posted trips all over Do you think I accidently left that glump of green meatloaf on the kitchen counter-tofor you? Maybe it’s a trap Maybe and there are deadfalls and waiting for you Beware And what if Cato the Wonder Kitty is not really napping but waiting to eat you I know that for you the really good stuff is inside the kitty but have you ever noticed that flies that go into the kitty never come out? - So fly if I were you I would just buzz off Thank you for your attention Sincerely yours Media Man! The Great Fillmore hazard by Evelyn Mallet Where can you find Fillmore’s greatest hazard? Right in front of the Post Office Since the last article wu written on the Post Office Renovation more incidents about the new sidewalk and step have come to my attention Lillian Rowscr fell to her knees and rolled there was no rail yet so Lillian had two badly bruised knees Leoma Bark dull fell to her knees and caught herself by hitting the hand rail with her left hand breaking a small bone in it rendering it useless for the time it takes to heal Jim Iverson fell and broke his glasses Pat Iverson also fell and perhaps others yet unknown to me Gwen Hunter must live with pain until her badly broken ami heals a result of her fall Apparently the National Handicap Organization is so engrossed in getting their recently passed law into orbit they haven't given a thought to some glaring facts that should have also been taken into consideration In renovating all the Post Offices they have probably caused more people to become handicapped at least temporarily They completely forgot that in many small towns across the nation there are no handicapped people in wheel chairs Such is the case in Fillmore Also their “authorized qualified" Engineers appointed to assess each Post Office forgot to take into consideration that in hundreds of small older towns half of the townspeople are elderly accustomed to the familiar approaches to their Post Office building These people must go to their Post Office each day because of no house to house mail delivery as in large towns and cities The Postal Safety supervisor apparently doesn't realize his safety precautions are not very precautionary as to allow a 7 12 inch step for the public to step up or down or younger person to notice the extra on That is high enough for even a effort and caution it takes to make that step How must it be for an elderly person whose kgs do not work so well anymore? Have the authors of this law taken into account the fact that in cities and larger towns mail is delivered house to house to the handicapped too? A trip to the Post Office for them is probably few and far between Cannot friends and relatives preform this small task for them as do those that care for the bedridden? We are not unsympathetic to wheel chair people and their plight Their needs should be addressed However we feel that the law should not be so all encompassing as to inconvenience the people of small towns where no handicap people reside We feel the Postal Safety Supervisors are not really safety minded or they would have rejected many of the "competent authorized" Engineer's plans submitted without thought to the populace or it's condition The Safety Supervisor should have had a notice posted of the pending change of the Post Office entrance at least one week ahead of the scheduled renovation and a notice also submitted to the town newspapers or even a newsletter in every mailbox notifying postal patrons of the sidewalk and entrance change In the case of Fillmore the work on the front entrance was done on a Thursday night and the next morning everyone was unexpectedly surprised Worse yet no hind rails were erected till several days later A warning sign should have been place on the step immediately that Friday morning and kept there for several weeks or months until all patrons were well aware of the new change Those people that blame the local Post Offices for the change are too quick to condemn The local Post Offices have no say in "to do or not to do" but they must bear the brunt of the criticism Pauline Elmer the Fillmore Post Mistress has not drawn the plans or authorized the change She simply had to stand helplessly by while people fell Your complaints should go to the National H andicap organization who started all this WATER continued lions in the Beaver Dam drainage area which is in the southwest comer of Utah and in southeastern Nevada "If they do develop water below the state line outside of Utah” he said “there's the potential of drawing off underground water from Utah But that’s the only impact that I can see in that area” While some water rights straddk the border in the north and in the south end of Utah Hansen said hr knows of no similar situations in the Millard County area Stoker said he knows of no surface water rights sought by Las Vegu in the area “If it was underground” he said “it'd take s lot of development out there to impact Utah” He said he didn’t think there was enough water to justify such develop t ment “It’s a very area” Hansen said Nevada users cannot buy existing Utah water rights “They could not do that” he said “We have no provisions in the law to transfer existing water rights out of the state” B ut Nevada users can come into Utah and fik for new water rights “But then it goes through different tests" he said “What benefit does it have for Utah? Is it something we would want to support? We would have to do a very detailed evaluation" Public hearings would be required "This may become more and more of a concern in the years ahead where these big municipal areas are reaching out and trying to grab up water anywhere they can get it" Style said “That’s exactly what’s happening" ( |