Show BLM Millard Countv Chronicle Progress wants Gandy Salt Marsh protected The Bureau of Land Management has proposed special protecuon of a desert salt marsh in the West Desert The Gandy Salt Marsh is at the south end of Snake Valley about three miles east of Gandy in Millard County The area is made up of 40 to 50 springs It is uninhabited B LM officials announced in the Dec 27 1990 edition of the Federal Register the official journal where federal agencies announced proposed actions they want about 2270 acres of the marsh designated an area of critical environmental concern An area of critical environmental concern is public land where special management is seen as necessary to protect the resource designated and to prevent damage to important wildlife fish scenic cultural historic and other values in the area University of Utah biologist Peter student of the Hovingh a West Desert likes the plan "I think it's a very good idea" he said “There are so few springs that are natural anymore a senes of wetlands that are very natural as yet There 're no dikes no manipulations of the springs “They are all pretty natural except for the grazing there and even the grazing hasn't impacted it that much It's sort of a complete desert ecosystem” The springs in Snake Valley are of all sizes They percolate slowly into the wetlands forming the saline Gandy Salt Marsh Wildlife found in the marsh is “very diverse" Hovingh said Species include fish like the least chub Utah chub speckled dace and a newly discovered dace species frogs including both the leopard and spotted frogs tie spotted butterfly and several types of leaches and snails Several of the species found in the marsh are already under federal protection as threatened or endangered Ducks geese and seagulls frequent the wetlands Wild horses drink from the springs It's Power rate hike predicted If a proposed change occurs in the way power from Glen Canyon Dam is produced and sold electricity bills in east Millard County could go up a Utah power group predicts The prediction comes from the Consumer Power Association which consists of more than 30 member cities Member cities in MilHolden lard County are Fillmore Kanosh Meadow and Oak City The Western Area Power Administration the agency that markets power from Glen Canyon Dam is proposing the change against which ICPA members are being urged to lobby The proposed marketing change resulted from concerns expressed by environmental groups that power operations at the dam are destroying the Grand Canyon and that fluctuations in water output from the dam is destroying wildlife habitat The groups have prompted WAP A to conduct an environmental impact study on its marketing criteria The environmental groups have written congressional leaders and other federal agencies asking for changes in the criteria ICPA members are being told that if flows through Glen Canyon Dam is reduced power will have to be bought somewhere else Rates could go up to fill in the gap issue Another non environmental could also change WAPA power rates WAPA is being pressured to eliminate it’s preferred customer rate structure Preferred customers are those who guaranteed payments to WAPA when the dam was first built ICPA members are preferred customers The dam was built with loans not grants The preferred customers secured the loans in exchange for favorable future rates If the preferred customer system is eliminated WAPA will be able to sell to the highest bidder Cost to ICPA customers may go up some officials warn Fillmore city officials were aware of the situation last summer Mayor Keith Gillins said and residents will not see a rate hike “We have already received an increase from (WAPA) on the wholesale cost" he said “but we were able to absorb that andwe don’t intend to increase our rates to our people at all” The public comment period on the WAPA environmental impact statement ended Monday Dec 31 ‘Prayers for Peace’ vigil held Local ministers and concerned citizens planned a “Prayers for Peace” vigil in Delta for noon Tuesday Jan 15 as war in the Middle East seemed likely (Editor’s note: This article was This edition in advance prepared went to press on Tuesday) A United Nations resolution approved military action if Iraqi troops didn't withdraw from Kuwait by Tuesday Jan 15 Congress has approved US military action President George Bush and other officials have said midnight was die deadline for Iraq to withdraw or face war As this article was prepared Iraqi President Saddam Hussein gave no indication he would comply with the UN resolution We could be at war when you read this Prayers for peace were offered in area churches Sunday Jan 3 “In addition to that" Rev Warren Fikejs said “on the day of the deadline of the resolution we are going to make a special effort community-widto alert God to our concerns” Fikejs is minister of the Delta Community Presbyterian Church 107 South 200 West where the interfaith vigil was held The vigil was announced at local churches and on local radio stations “First of all we’re going to ring the bell for a sustained five minutes” Fikejs said “maybe even 10 minutes" Prayers for peace will then be offered by Fikejs Father Walter Riendeau of St John Bosco Catholic Church Rev Jim Gregg of Living Word Fellowship lay leader Alvie Hostetler of the Church of Christ and LDS Stake Presidents Mitch Myers and Waldo Wamick “If anyone of the attendees want to say a prayer for peace they may as well" Fikejs said Operation “Desert Shield” callups have moderate impact on Utah hospitals Recent callups of Utah reservists for Operation Desert Shield have not adversely affected the effectiveness of Utah's 54 hospitals say industry representatives based on a December survey The poll taken by the Utah Hospital Association reveals a total of 374 hospital personnel were activated in reserve units In a breakdown by categories leaders there were 3 administrative called up 69 medical staff 200 nurses and 102 ancillary personnel These ported figures may be a bit high since a few of these personnel report to more than one facility Hardest hit were three hospitals in Salt Lake City The Veteran’s Hospital lost 4 medical staff 27 nurses and 25 ancillary personnel University Hospital is minus 2 administrative leaders 12 medical staff 35 nurses and 0 ancillary personnel LDS Hospital lost 8 medical staff 35 nurses and 10 ancillary person- nel "While it would appear that the temporary loss of over three hundred medical personnel would be significant fortunately most have come from urban facilities where replacements or resources can compensate" says Dr Bruce P Murray UHA Vice President the effect “In our rural communities will be very noticeable and inconven- ient" From Utah’s 20 rural hospitals the following information was reported: Allen Memorial 0 Ashley Valley (Vermed staff Bear River Valley 0 nal) nurse Beaver Valley (Beaver) 0 Community City Brigham Castleview (Price) nurse Central Valley (Nephi) med staff Delta CommuCenter Medical (St nity 0 Dixie George) I med staff - 6 nurses ancillary Duchesne County (RoosevCenter Medical Fillmore nurses 4 elt) nurse Garfield Memorial 0 Gunnison ValValley 0 Kane County 0 Milford medical staff Monuley (Milford) ment Valley 0 Sanpete Valley (Mt V Pleasant) I medical staff Sevier alley medical staff and 0 Tooele Valley nurse Comments from the UHA survey respondents as to how they will adjust to the situation include: “Some impact will be felt but all physicians are working to pick up patients who lost physicians" American Fork Hospital “No direct effect but due to an ready shortage of mines this becomes a unique situation and we are dealing with it as creatively as we can" Benchmark Hospital (Bountiful) “Will need to find a surgeon to cover otherwise there will be no effect in delivery of care" Central Valley Medical Center Nephi “Our losses were strong team members but we have sufficient resources to absorb the impact" Dixie Medical Center St George "Increased staffing difficulty in some areas - already experiencing labor shortages but it has not compromised quality of care delivered to date" Holy Cross Salt Lake City “We have been able to cover services employees provided by using more hours or by sharing positions and utilizing mobile RNs" Humana Hospital Layton "It has had a major impact in a few with disproportionate departments numbers of reservists called up" LDS Hospital Salt Lake City "Some inconvenience in department Ogden scheduling is all" “We are able to cover with current employees but because of the number of physicians called up no doubt our daily census will drop" Mountain View Hospital Payson "We’ve had to rearrange shifts Several PRNs have volunteered to work more hours until the troops return but overall impact of delivery is minimal" Pioneer Valley Hospital West Valley City “We lost one family nurse practitioner involved in emergency room coverage The effect could easily be physician we only have two family burnout practice physicians on staff" San Juan County Hospital Monticcllo "Nursing is most impacted Most of our 2 physicians were teaching faculty members" University Hospital Salt Lake Cny It has been estimated that 1600 Utah reservists were called up for Operation 11 percent of the total Desert Shield estimated 14000 reservists - bright flowrs of th prickly pear cactus bloom for only on day Th A move was made to designate the marsh si area of critical environmental concern four or five years ago according to BLM House Range Resource Area Manager Rex Rowley The move fell through "There are some sensitive species that we have some concern for" Rowley said explaining BLM’s reason for seeking the designation Designation is supported by the The Nature Conservancy group buys sells and trades land all ova' the world for environmental protection and to ensure biological diversity The group has been “working with one of the private landowners out there to try and purchase some of the private land right on the edge of the Salt Marsh Lake" Rowley said Rowley sid BLM should be able to draw up a management plan within the current fiscal year The area is not being considered for wilderness designation Mothers March Sandy Jewkes Scipio Sharia Starley Meadow Brenda Huntsman Fillmore and Cheryl Bennett Oasis (Delta leader) woe named as the leaders for the 1991 March of Dimes Mothers March accordspecial ing to Doreen Hendrickson events coordinator for the March of Dimes Southern Utah Division In this capacity these women will oversee the recruitment and coordinate volun tea activity during Mothers March week January 21 through 28 “Our Mothers March leaders and volunteers are the backbone of our fund raising effort Mothers March leaders are women and youth groups who have a strong commitment to healthia babies and service to the community in which they live We commend and thank our volunteers” said Hendrickson Assisting them in the local Mothers March are local city and county residents It is anticipated that more than 6000 volunteers throughout Central Eastern and Southern Utah will participate in Mothers March week City leaders anticipate that Fillmore will raise $ 500 in the event The first Mothers March took place in 950 in Phoenix Az where mothers went in an appeal to raise money to continue the fight against polio Today mothers fathers and youth groups march to fight birth defects infant mortality and low birthweight Funds raised from the 1991 Mothers March will benefit the “Campaign for Babies” which emphasizes Healthia community public health education service and research in all areas of infant and maternal health This year the awarded Utah Greata nearly Chapta $100000 to health organizations for research with an additional $137000 in national grant monies awarded to local organizations about the For more information Mothers March or otha March of Dimes Programs contact the Southern Utah Division at Ken Ashby Ashby elected to board The president of the state's largest farm organization has been elected to the board of directors of the world’s largest farm and ranch organization Voting delegates at the 72nd annual meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation in session here have elected Kenneth R Ashby president of the Utah Farm Bureau Fedaation to its board of directors Ashby will join Arizona ranchaCecil Miller and California farma Bob Vice in term as representaserving a tives from the AFBF Western Region to the board which interprets policy and operating procedures for the giant general agriculture organization Ashby's selection is the third time in 15 years that a Utahn has been elected to this prestigious position The Western Region is made up of Farm Bureau's in Alaska Arizona California Colorado Hawaii Idaho Montana New Mexico Nevada Oregon Utah and Washington “I'm really excited about this opportunity to serve on such a prestigious council” said Ashby upon his election "World agriculture is entering a critical period and the American Farm Bureau will be taking a lead role in establishing US policy relative to world agricultural trade and commodity production” “I thank the delegates of the Western Region fortheirexpression of confidence in my abilities and will do my best to serve their interests” Ashby said Ashby a Delta fanner is a lifelong member of the Utah Farm Bureau Fedaation and has served as its president for the past four years Prior to that he served on the UFBF board of directors representing the stale’s southwest region (District 7) He has prior national service having served on the AFB F Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee from 1968 to 1970 Chairman of the slate Agriculture Advisory Committee Ashby raises falfa hay and small grains on his Millard County farm He and his wife DeAnn are the parents of five children ESPN film crew in Delta A film crew from ESPN TV is scheduled to be in Delta Thursday Jan 17 to film a story about the Delta High School wrestling team ESPN found out DHS wrestlers had 22 state championships 33 consecutive region titles and some national records Delta wrestlers hold more than 100 individual titles "Now they want to come out and do a feature on us” wrestling coach Ladd Holman said “They act like they’re pretty excited about it" a producer for Dan Debenham ESPN’s “Scholastic Spxrts" is a forma New DHS student South Sevier High School wrestling team will be at the DHS gym Thursday for a dual match The JV match is scheduled to start at 6 pm the varsity match at 7:00 pm Prospiects for another region and state championship are good Holman said "If these kids will wrestle like I know they can and like they have done it looks really good” he said “but nothing’s ova until it's over" Region is scheduled for Sat Feb 2 at Beava Slate is at Southern Utah University in Cedar City Thursday and Friday Feb 7 and 8 business licensing guide available Many business owners throughout the state have been left saatching their heads when it comes to business licensing and registration To alleviate confusion and provide important information to business owners the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code in the Utah Department of Commerce has recently published the Business Licensing Guide a free publication available to all business people The booklet explains the benefits of licensing and registering a business It also provides fee information and lists addresses and telephone numbers of 62 city and county business licensing offices throughout the state Businesses intacsted in receiving the Business Licensing Guide should contact the Department of Commerce at ATTENTION Contel Customers: Come on in and see us ! jj Our Greetor Office is open -- ir your convenience — you can drop by to make S A v V(i V telephone bill payments to ask questions or just to say howdy boxes on checkout counters at sevaal local businesses have exhelpied CUFS meet its o pierating Fikejs said “We're seeing penses seven eight maybe $10 a day in those” he said The biggest single financial donation during the pienod came from the Blue Notes the piopular local singing group They donated $300 from their annual Chnsunas chanty concert “That was very much appreciated" Fikejs said A member of the Delta Presbyterian Church left a generous sum for CUFS in ha will when she died recently Fikejs said CUFS has continuous operating expertises that must be met The food bank itself located at 162 West 100 South in Della has been donated by the but healing telephone county and otha bills must still be paid Heat is the major cost “We keep the to furnace at a level - at htgha cost keep the plumbing from freezing" Fikejs said “and more particularly the food from freezing That became a concern early on" Fikejs said there were many other individuals and group who made efforts to help the program some anonymously "The community at large needs our thanks" he said More pieople are using the local food bank this winter than in years past Fikejs said "But we’re not sure that it’s because of the winter or due to more awareness of the food bank and its availability” he said Utah taxes 11th highest in US Utah taxes arc 11th highest among the 50 states and the District of Columbia when compared to personal income according to a study by the Utah Taxpayers Association In its booklet "How Utah Compares" the UTA reported that Utah’s total state and local taxes per $1000 of piersonal income dropped from $12919 or 10th highest in 1988 to $12411 or 1th highest in 1989 The national increased slightly from $1 15 62 to $11567 “The major reason for Utah’s drop in taxes pier $1000 of piersonal income was the tax cuts passed by the Utah Legislature after the record breaking state tax increases of 1987” UTA spokesman Howard Stephenson said “Huge surpluses had resulted from those tax hikes" he said “so Gov Bangcrter and the legislature kept their piromise to reduce taxes if surpluses occurred The most significant tax cuts were in the state income tax where rates were trimmed and the federal deductibility was partially restored” The legislature also used surpluses to grant a lax rebate on slate income taxes rebate which would This duce Utah’s ranking further is not cluded in the compari sons "Utah’s ranking in the property tax remained at 25 th in the nation” Stephenson said "Our ranking for state sales taxes droppied from 9th to 11th while our individual income tax ranking droppied from 8th to 10th” The study also compared Utah taxes with the rest of the nation based on a pier capita basis and a pier household basis The UTA reported that total Utah state and local taxes pier household were $4789 while property lax collections state sales pier household were $1342 tax collections pier household were $1109 and state individual income tax collections pia household were $1192 “Utah's tax ranking continues to be high primarily because of our relatively and largcnumberofschool-agechildrethe taxes required to fund their education” Stephenson said “A whopping 5 3 million piropicrty piercent of Utah’s $791 tax collections goes to local school districts while 100 picrcent of state individual income tax collections of $652 million goes to fund our public schools" Copies of the booklet “How Utah Compares" are available by contacting the Utah Taxpayers Association at 1578 105 Salt Lake City West 1700 South UT 84104 Telephone (801) Museum volunteers’ luncheon seum volunteer to come and get quainted We will talk about coming events program and activities at the museum and the involvement needed from the volunteers If you would like to become involved you are welcome to attend the luncheon Just call volunteer to coordinator Betty Lister at make your reservation Great Basin Museum Volunteers will hold their first luncheon of the year Monday January 21 at 12:00 noon at the City Cafe Luncheons are held every two months and are no host order off the menu Volunteers planning to attend the so luncheon call Betty Lista at that we will know how many to count on This is also a good time for pieople who are interested in becoming a mu U S West cuts telephone rates month Certain long distance services will also be reduced by 39piercent Rate reductions are somewhat less for customers in otha Utah communities The reductions which begin this month result from an agreement reached between US WEST the Division of Public Utilities and the Committee of Consumer Services Local and long distance rates for customers of U S WEST Communications have been reduced as a result of an interim agreement approved by the Utah Public Service Commission Thursday Jan 3 For a residence customer in Salt Lake City the savings will amount to 52 cents a month on local service Business local rates will be reduced by $134 a YOU ARE NEEDED INDIVIDUAL " APPLICATION DELTA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS IN THE DELTA AREA WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE IN BUSINESS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE WELLBEING OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY DACC YOU TO SEND IN YOUR INVITES WILL HELP MEMBERSHIP TODAY VOUR INVESTMENT WE THINK INSURE A HEALTHY BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THANKS! 1:00 pm Li Telephone Operations We go out of our way OF INDIVIDUAL TELEPHONE: WORK 500 pm 120 North 400 West £1 i NAME ADDRESS I Hours: Mondav - Friday 9:00 am - 12:00 noon iu 3 ng- for - 1 171991 Pase said Mumson Feed loaned a large van to transport the food back to Delta and the fuel for the trip Fikejs also thanked Dave Smith of Delta for driving the big Donations to the local food bank were “very generous” during the last two months of 1990 food bank volunteer Rev Warren Fikejs said The Delta Presbyterian Church minis ter chairs the Millard County branch of Central Utah Food Sharing Inc CUFS is a group of volunteers whose goal is to meet the emagency food needs of local residents Food at the Delta food bank is used to help Millard County residents Local boy scouts were among the many group and individuals Fikejs praised for their efforts Scouts hung cm pity bags on resident's doorknobs one weekend in and went back to collect them full the next weekend The annual scout food drive collected “upwards of 4000 lbs of food” Fikejs said and sevaal envelopes with $1 cash donations or more in them “We raised about $250 a dollar at a time” he said The Delta Kiwanis Club and Delta Rotary Club each made donations to CUFS during the holidays Kiwanis donated $50 Rotary donated $28 “This was quite appreciated" Fikejs said Harold Taylor of Delta donated a refrigerator to CUFS “He observed that we didn't have one” Fikejs said “and we had all this butta so he comes up with this refrigaaior” Fikejs also took advantage of the LDS warehouse recently to can donated com meal and flour For sevaal years the Larry Jones Ministries of Oklahoma City Okla has conducted a “Feed the Children" benefit which aided CUFS About six semi trucks loaded with donated food came from the ministry toa central warehouse in Salt Lake City for distribution statewide “We picked up in excess of 2000 lbs of food and brought it back” Fikejs MEMBERSHIP jfl January Food bank donations “very generous” Delta SIGNED HOME DATE MEMBERSHIP INVESTMENT INDIVIDUAL 2000 AN INDIVIDENTITLES THE MEMBERSHIP INVESTMENT UAL TO MEMBERSHIP PRIVILEGES AS PROVIDED BY THE DELTA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WHICH PRIVILEGES REMAIN IN EFFECT AS LONG AS IS MAINTAINED THE MEMBERSHIP INVESTMENT |