Show Vj Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley USPS Cody 50c (Editor's note: With the exception of the headline and the first five paragraphs this article was written several days before the election This edition was prepared for the presses Tuesday Nov 6 election day A breakdown of how you voted for all candidates on the ballot including those who ran unopposed as well as the propositions and the initiative will be presented in our next issue) Millard County voters cast their ballots in the Tuesday Nov 6 genera election where they elected Lana Moon as County Commissioner A C Frank Baker as Commissioner B and rejected designation of willdcmcss in the Millard County In the only other contested race for a county office Roger Slanworth was reelected to his seat on the Millard County School District Board of Education representing Precinct 5 defeating challenger Neil Gay All other races for county offices were unconlcstcd All but the office of county attorney were sought by incumbents In the US House of Representatives race in District One which includes Millard County Republican incumbent James H ansen kept his seal in Congress defeating Democrat challenger Kenley Brunsdale and American Party candidate Reva Marx Wadsworth Voters also approved Proposition One the special districts amendment written by State Rep Joseph Moody approved Proposition Two the emergency powers amendment and rejected Initiative A the removal of state and local sales taxes from food — " The four candidates for the two available scats on the three seat County Vol 81 No 16 November 8 1990 - reject Wilderness Voters choose Baker Moon by Ken Rand 0 Commission met mi four occasions to address voter groups They spoke at a Delta Area Chamber of Commerce lunch Wednesday Oct 0 They faced a panel of questioners as well as the largest single gathering of curious voters in the Delu South Elementary School auditorium Tuesday OcL 6 in a forum sponsored by the DSE PTA They addressed questions from voters in a Fillmore Chamber of Commerce meeting Tuesday Oct 30 at the Territorial Stalehousc Museum in Fillmore They spoke before a lunch meeting of the Rotary Gub of Delta Wednesday Oct 31 All conducted vigorous campaigns 'hrough newspaper ads lawn signs visits osiers group iceiings and other media The candidates addressed voters in short written statements printed in the Chronicle issues Progress Oct 25 and Nov Baker a Republican from Delta was elected to serve as county commissioner in 1988 The state legislature in 1989 made all county commission scats terms and designated the two seals open this election as Commissioner A and Commissioner B as CommisBaker ran for sioner B DeWyze a Democrat from Delta had previously made unsuccessful attempts to win a scat on the Delta City Council and in the Slate House of Representatives Moon a Republican from Delta was running in her first political campaign In the Sept 11 primary election she defeated incumbent Mike Styler to run for Commissioner A Peterson a Democrat from Oasis' chose to not seek a second term as county attorney He filed early to run for r Frank Baker Lana Moon Commissioner B County Commissioners approved putting the wilderness issue on the general election ballot this summer at the request of Commissioner Mike Styler The question was: "It is proposed that 265600 acres in Millard County be designated as wilderness area Should this West Desert Land be designated for multiple use or for wilderness?” The information gathering question was designed to obtain public opinion and was not binding on the citizens or government of the county The four commissioner candidates were asked days before the election to reflect back on the campaign and to look ahead Baker enjoyed the campaign “I felt like the campaign’s been good" he said If he wins Baker will do "the same things I’ve been doing except try to do a better job" If not he'll “just enjoy life Go hunting go to a few ball games' said “I feel like Millard County is in good shape" Baker said “I feel like we're well planned and lined out and things are going to settle down and we’re okay" DeWyze said he always enjoys meeting people with ideas "That's a constant challenge" Least enjoyable feature of the campaign for DeWyze was the issue of gender “Every once in a while that would ring through loud and clear" he said "and I don't see where there's a place for gender to even be involved here" If he wins “the first thing" he said "I’ll probably pick myself up off the floor" to accept it and Ifheloseshc’sready go on “I’ve learned from other past elections” he said "that you don't take it personally Winning and losing elections is not a personal thing It is an affair of choice by the public" Best part of the campaign for Moon w as “all the wonderf ul people I met and all the things I learned about the Her least favorite part was the county" long hours “It wis a long hard campaign" she said If she wins “I'm just going to keep doing what I've been doing" Moon said “I'm going to work hard be de pendable and gel the job done" If she loses Moon will still consider herself a winner “I’m the one that's gained" she said "I’m the one that met all the wonderful people and I'm the one See VOTE Page 2 Check out the newspaper survey inside On page 5 of this issue you’ll find a newspaper readership survey prepared for the Utah Press Association papers like this one Please fill il out and send it to The Chronicle Progress at Box 249 Delta UT 84624 or drop it by our office in Delta or Fillmore no later than November 15 1990 The returned surveys will be used as entries in a drawing Gift certificates are provided by Quality Thnftway Delta IGA Della Drug Della Sports Center Delta Auto and Appliance Christensens and the Cleaners (See survey for details) The results will help us make a good community newspaper better We work for you Please help us do it better County promotion video unveiled 1 £ X V v v£-- v- - n ' s7 V Murder victim was found here Murder victim identity still unknown by Ken Rand Evidence at the site where the nude body of a young woman was found 22 miles south of Fillmore is being analyzed by Millard County Sheriffs Department investigators who say they still don't know who the victim was The body was discovered by deer hunters Friday Oct 26 As of Monday Nov 5 the victim’s identity was unknown Sheriffs Capt Robert Dekker said “We’re working through fingerprint and dental information on several missing persons and the reports are coming in hourly" he said The victim’s fingerprints are being checked through the Automated FingerDekker print Identification System said AFIS will help identify the woman "if she's ever been fingerprinted" he said “and if those prints have ever been entered into the system" The check will lake some lime Dekker said The national AFIS system is being checkedbut some stales are not hooked up to it and those states must be checked one by one "We’re trying to do some dental charting and things like that" he said “and we're looking at facial reconstruction and we're still checking half a dozen to a dozen leads a day on who she is” An autopsy was performed by the state medical examiner Saturday Oct 27 The woman was a white female 20 to 34 years old 5 feet 6 inches tall with or slender build and longer blonde hair She died in early or mid summer Sources in the medical examiner's office said the woman died from a gunshot wound Investigators would not comment further The murder scene is on top of a windswept ridge The site is on the north slope of Baker's Canyon east of Intcrstate-1Dekker said this is the seventh murder victim in 12 years to be found along stretch of between a Fillmore and Beaver Millard County prosecutors obtained convictions in three separate homicide trials between November 1989 and April 1990 which involved two separate murders that happened within a mile of each other near Cove Fort and less than four miles from where the current murder victim was found by Ken Rand Premiere showing of a video signed to promote economic development in Millard County was held at the county fairgrounds exhibit building Friday Nov 2 About 400 people attended the event Guest speaker was Congressman Jim Hansen Stale Dept of Agriculture Commissioner Miles “Cap” Ferry also spoke The video is titled “Utah's Millard County an EnvironA ment that Works for Agriculture" second video focusing on industry is being made It will be released next summer The video a year in production w as made by Pacific Corp the partner company of Utah Power and Light It is the second economic development promotional video made by the company in Utah The first was made for Utah County Pacific Corp has made promotional videos for communities in other states the utility serves It cost $75000 to $80000 to make The county paid about the video $12500 while UPAL and Pacific Corp paid the rest All but about $2500 of the county’s portion wis secured from a grant Assisted by Carol Hunter Economic Development Manager for UPAL a group was formed in the county in Sept 1987 to make plans to diversify the economy to aid existing businesses and attract new ones The group the Millard Economic Scipio Pass pipeline route okayed The US Forest Service has approved routing two interstate gas pipelines through Scipio Pass in Fishlakc National Forest Fishlake National Forest Supcrvisoi J Kent Taylor announced late last month that Kern River Gas Transmission Co and WyCal Gas Co may build their pipelines to ship natural gas from southwestern Wyoming to southern California through the existing utility corridor in the forest in eastern Millard County The approval followed a similar okay from the Forest Service to allow the competing companies to build pipeNalines through the tional Forest through Salt Lake Valley Kem River officials have announced they plan to begin construction on the xxuhem end of the line this winter Construction in Utsh would begin next spring Officials Suaarloafers Moto-- X 2 BIG WEEKENDS IN DELTA PUS in Millard Juab and Beaver See ROUTE Page 2 is a nonDevelopment Association profit marketing organization MEDA bushels of feed grain annually But almost 70 percent of that is exported to other markets aids agriculture and industry seeking to locate in the county through demographics research setting up confidential interviews with key people and other means like the video “They have spent a great deal of effort focusing their resources on trying to add value to the agriculture products this county produces" Hunter said "There has been a great deal of vision and a great deal of commitment" Millard County produces about 248000 tons of alfalfa and 2000000 The county has dairies feed lots and replacement heifer operations but there is room for more County Administrator Robyn Pearson said “Our goal is to broaden our agricultural base by consuming more of our feed locally" he said “We want to get people who want to feed cattle who want to milk cows" Mike StyleT County Commissioner said “We want them to come here and use our hay and our grain and the products that we produce" “If you could stop some of these dairies that are going to Jerome (Idaho) and some of these other places” Commissioner Ferey said “stop them here it would be a great advantage A program like this in Millard I think will help set the stage for that" Rep Hansen said he was impressed with the video “I personally would feel that if ! saw that I would be very impressed to come to this area Let's hope those who see it can catch the vision of what you w ant to do" Scott Rasmussen UPAL Area Manager presented Styler with a plaque from the company recognizing the county's economic development efforts The plaque read: “Millard County in recognition of having been selected by the United States Department of Commerce as one of the top 2 rural counties across the United States for successful economic development planning and implementation" The video came with a data handbook prepared by MEDA containing demographics about the county A buffet catered by Delta Valley Farms Cheese Co was served at the showing The cheese plant also gave away blocks of cheese The video will be displayed at trade shows in Utah Pacific Rim countries and at other key events and locations Copies will also be sent to dairymen in Chino Calif and Jerome Idaho who may want to relocate their farms here Copies were given to those attending who were asked to join the promotional effort by sharing it with friends outside the area Sat & Sun Nov 10 & 11 Fri & Sat Nov 23 & 24 RACES START AT 10 AM Follow signs on Hwy 6 at Losee Lumber |