Show Pace County Chronic! 2 Mi Hard ' pLtt as a fact trat if rren knew what each said cf the after there would ret be feur frends ir the world ’ Emerson ail - Prccress Ac nl 11 1991 diminishes lithe and increases passions great ones just as the wind blows cot a candle and fans a fire -- L Rochefoucauld Vciirteef Association Community Calendar Motor ehkle Schedule: Fillmore Del La weekdays Millard County Office Great Basin Historical Society Museum Delta open daily pan Tours and after hours call Second Sunday of the month ( pril 14) Job Service hours In Delta: 9 00 Wed A Thurv In Fillmore: 8 30 i Drivers License Examiner Schedule: Delta 2nd A 4th Wednesdays 8 00 00 PM every Friday Fillmore 1st 3rd A 5th Wednesdays 9 00 AM- -I 00 PM Protestant Church Services ill be held at Holy Family Catholic Church at 30 pm Call Rev Fikejsat864 225 5 or or Sylvia Huntsman at 74 6542 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Adult Reading English speaking Fillmore Library 5 30 7pm Monday Tuesday nights Spanish speaking Adults learning1 to read in English Fillmore Library Para aduhos d fcabla hispana clases de lectura en Ingles Lunes y Martcs por las nochcs cn la librena de Fillmore Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Lunch at m E Bird Center for Sen tors 1pm Fvery Wednesday Basic Life Skills classes 7 9pm Turning Point Delta Technical Center No Charge 10 Story Hour for Pre Schoolers a m Delta City Library Every Thursday TOPS meets at Delta Middle School dining mom 5pm Tuesday and Thursday Literacy class English as a second language for Spanish speaking 7pm Delta City Library Ftcc Para aduhos de habla hispana clases de lectua en Ingles Martcs y Juezes son las 7 de el noche librena de Delta April Nauonal Child Abuse Prevention Month Kanosh Spring Cleanup month Utah Immunization Action Month April 11 Great Basin Historical meeting CCC The Millard County Chronicle Progress USPS Published every Thursday at Delta Utah 84624 by Loca'ed DuW Publishing 6 30C at Delta Utah Edtsr Susan Dutson B Ed'yai Ken Rand - Reporter Advybs Julia Ward Goertz Design Riley Wood Sales 4 Accounts Ree Rita Robinson Sales ktollet Evelyn Fdlmore Office Mgr CtrcJaisn Julie Ward Goertz Rita Robinson Circulation on Cireulal Ccrv"yc’al Shelie PThg Dutson Subscribers In County $1100 Comp Production m 120 00 per year months $2100 per year Single Copy - $0 cent POSTMASTER: Send Address changes a Box 249 Advertising Second Ctosa Delta Rates Utah 44424 on Request Paid at Delta Peetage Utah 44424 Dele 4442400 or 1642214 Fillmore: DUWl PUBLISHING COMPANY OWNED SUSAN B DUTSON 4 WILLIAM f April 12 Jcnae Speakman and Tim L'try Pnce Fillmore 1st 4th wedding reception W ard Chapel 7 - 0 pm Shelly Hatton and Mike Timothy wedding reception Kanosh ward 7 30 pm April Fillmore City Spring Clean Up Days April 13 Hinckley Town Cleanup Day Hinckley Lions breakfast at the Fire Station 7 from 9 a m Quilt documentation project Take quilts to the “Pod" between noon and 4 m Reed and Betty Turner Golden ding celebration Turner residence Wed- m p W ilson and D Scott Rebecca Gillespie wedding reception Delta 2nd W ard 7 pm Jackie Skeem and Joe Goodwin wedding reception Fair Building 7 9 p m Dance 9 midnight April Nauonal Library W'eek April 14 Oder Travis Stevens mission farewell 2 20 p m Fillmore Stake Center April 16 Food Handlers Class Delta Public Health 2 30 (S5 00 fee) April 17 Special Immunization Clime Delta Public Health 4 7 00 p m April 18 Food Handlers Class Fillmore Public Health Dept 2 30 p m (fee $5 00) April 19 V F W Field Service Officer will be at Delta City Job Service from 9 30 11 30 a m Dinner Dance Delta showcasing High School talent Fair Building 7 30 8 30 p m dinner 8 30 p m dance April 26 deadline for 1991 Farm Programs Millard County ASCS Office 743 5 173 Fillmore and Delta Gen Arm Peterson and Stephen Lee Hart wedding reception Fillmore lst4th ward 7 - 9 p m April 21 Elder Guy Gonder mission report Gam son Branch 10 00 a m April 29 Immunization Clinic Delta Public 30 Health 9 II 30 & Immunizauon and Blood Pressice Clinic Fillmore Public Health Dcpc 900am Message from Utah Farm Bureau President Dear The will be a decade of great charge As President of Utah Farm Bureau I beueve farmers md ranchers a be must part of directing these charges Sometimes we get so busy with our daily work that we fail to see the charges happening around us Unless careful we can be short sighted One of he charges I'm talking about 3 he need for a closer work mg relationfarmers and ranchers and between ship and wildlife mmagers sportsmen We’veoften seen conflict between these groups but that is changing A case m point a ’he passage of the hunting and fishing trespass bill in this last legislative session That accomplishment which will strengthen enforcement of trespass in Utah is the product of nearly two years effort by a coalition of landowners sportsmen and ildlfe officials Farm Bureau played a icy rote m the formation and function of that group 16 ith hat in mind I urge farmers and ranchers throughout the state to give serious consideration to the need to cooperate with wildlife organizations and sportsmen at large in granting cess to pr v ate lands and access to publ ic 'and through private farmland where it's reasonable to do so to nelp harvest wild life One thing is clear Farmers and ranchers cannot properly manage wild life numbers especially big game with out the assistance of the state's hunters Consider if you w ill the problems land owners would have controlling wildlife numbers if for some reason hunters were unable or unwilling to harvest large numbers each fall There are some well funded and well organized efforts to 19Qn s eliminate sport hunting tn the United Stales In this regard fanners Bid ranchers have far more m common with wildlife interests than we have i conflux I urge farmers and ranchers to find a w ay w here possible to open their lands to the legitimate sportsmen to insure an adequate harvest of wildlife ’o prevent over population Bid unacceptable depredation Several alternatives ire being used w ideiy is the state and some offer significant economic rew ard to land owners A new program for establishing Posted Hunting Units for both upland game and big game has met with growing wrcrsi far those who don’t have sufficient land to farm an independent private hunting uniL Increasingly private sportsmen groups ate contracting with landowners far the hunting and ocher recreational rights or private lands Whether farmers and ranchers look far a way to capitalize on the presence of wildlife for profit or just find an acceptable way to allow public access to private lands far the hBvest of game I urge them to consider providing an increased opportunity for sport hunting m Utah on pnvue lands To do otherwise may be counter productive to agricultural production m the future A strong partnership between and sportsmen will help stem the who tide of extremist organizations preach against hunting and harvest of wildlife in the name of animal rights Here's an issue on which farmers and ranchers and sportsmen can both gam by working together Kenneth - Ashby President Mammograms encouraged Dear Editor As members of the West Millard Breast Cancer Prevention Committee we encourage all women tn the area to take advantage of the opportunity to have a mammogram The Delta Com m unity Medical Center has made ar rangements once again for the Holy Cross mammography van to be tn Delta on the 6th 7th 8th and 9th of May As women who look the opportunity to have a mammogram last lime the Holy Cross unit was here we found the women technicians to be highly skilled pleasant professionals who made the experience a positive one Appoint ments for a mammogram can be made by calling the Delta Community MediWe encourage cal Center at you to call early as appointments are filling up fast Diane Mecham Chair mot of the Breast Cancer Prevention Committee will be happy to meet with any group who is interested in having her speak or present materials and video concerning breast cancer You can call the Delta Community Medical Center to set up an appointment Diane Mecham Chairman Breast Cancer Preveatioa Committee Sharon Lamb Chairman of Deha Community Medical Center Volunteers Kathleen Wankier Vice Chairman of DCMC Volunteers Karen Pearson Sonya Taylor andfrown camels (ugh the smell) being by a Bedouin in his Datsun pickup This vast reddish brown desert is basically fiat with forever (not just “ever") blowing silt sands Large dunes can be seen in any direction The road just got narrower now minus any markings and we continue to be passed by Arabs at “Insha Allah” Mach-speeds The Saudi Arabian Highway Patrol drive new green Chevrolet pickups marked in English "Highway Patrol" mounted with large emergency lights on top and 50 caliber machine guns up in the beds Mel Gibson doesn't really know the true meaning of his term “Road Warriors " Dean Shields Fillmore Utah Highway Patrol - eat yer heart out' (at King Khalid Military City) For months CNN television news has only identified it as an un named base in I was issued the northern Arabia keys to a Arab Colonel’s luxury villa I'm to slay there for the next six weeks What can I say Insha Allah' 10 March—KKMC Spent part of the day dotng art work and photographing the “Patriot" missile Coordinated with the 6th Cavalry to cover their redeployment out of Iraq tn a couple days They want our presence at their base 100 miles into Iraq In effecting the opportunity to visit and talk to Iraqi prisoners of war it was dnei) quite necessary for me to call on and request permission from an Arab Colonel (Col Abdul Ibn Ali When I arrived at the Saudi Arabian Army HQ I was met by a soldier who executed a smart Present Arms salute and then escorted me into their large ornate complex know by U S troops as “The City of Oz" Entering that Colonel's office was like stepping way back into the "Arabian Nights” The walls and floors were covered by Turkish rugs brass ornaments swards antique guns etc I was awed (but tned to look cool) when a Major the interpreter seated me at a couch offered dates and poured a tiny porcelain cup of coffee before I could stop him First thought was to explain my religious “word of wisdom” without offending the smiling gentleman behind his desk Trapped0 I smiled and took a tiny sip of ultra strong Arab brew Yuk! But my religion was safe That junk couldn’t be coffee In fact I would venture that in a world of camels the source of those coffee beans is highly suspect We visit the prisoners before the next weekend (Editor’s note: Thomas said he would try to send some photographs in his next package His mailing address: LL CoL Frank M Thomas 44th Military History Detachment Headquarters Arrest APO New York 09772 Operation Desert Storm) WILLYOU BE READY WHEN SHE IS? 300pm May Blood Pressure Ginic Della Public 30 Health 9 II 30 & May Mammograms m Delta Call 864 5591 for appointment June May Millard County Livestock Show August 31 DHS Class of 1936 55th reunion WASON Driver License Examiner Schedule Delta 2nd & 4th Wednesdays Every Friday Fillmore 1st 3rd A 5th Wednesdays Delta 800 AM - 5:00 PM Fillmore 9:00 AVI 4:00 PM good for children and other living things Mud is by Ken (somebody's madder) Rand t went to Moab Easier weekend like of the North American tboul population all determined to get away from it alL Go figure If you want n get away lfrom it ail you go where “it ai- ain't n ghi? No doubt wuh everyone in Moab look a g for a place to camp or at least park there were cities on the W asatch Front that were empty This wasn't advertised far fear burglars might guess they could score big w hile Mr and Mrs America and their relatives from low a were away But many vacationers brought all their possessions with them Biy way the burglars took the weekend off to go campirg m - well nevermmd But I didn’t go to Moab so get material for a column to exhibit my superior intellect and u by rambling on and on and on about the average Utahn’s incredibly stupid vacation habits I went there to play tn the mud I announced a mud bog A mud bog isn’t a snail an the endangered species list It's a hobby where guys try to drive noisy spaceship-likcars through a mud bog The bog is a hundred feet long txn to some drivers it might as well have been a hunched miles It was about four feet deep but to some it was a hundred feet deep Mud bogs were invented by an entre preaeur who owned a carwash and now owns the Cincinnati Bengali and North haven't Environmentalists Dakota caught on yet but your average mud bog will wash downstream enough dirt to build a full scale replica of Ml Whitney Mjd boggers came tn two classes Wait a minute I just realized some readers may not want to read aboul mud I’ll submit lo the majority Those who w ant lo read about mud raise your B uds Okay Opposed raise your iced tea Okay there were two classes- street stock and modtfieds The street stocks looked like they came nght off the street because they came nght off the street Several entrants m this class had been stuck in traffic jams before but never m several tons of mud One had made a wrong turn on his ay to Canyonlamls but decided what the heck after a few Twelve cars entered in the stock class but only II came out The promoter is still digging for a little Bronco II that should have enough air for a few more days The nine modified came from a Mad Max movie Names: Loudness Born To Get Dirty Twisted Drive Shaft Not Grown Up Yet The bodies looked familiar WHJjes Jeep Fiat 28 Ford Victoria ad so on but everything else was stoics from NASA or the junky ard The drivers were ail mechanics Wluch figures Work under car hood all day then go home and work aider a car hood aQ mglx On weekends go play m the mud Next time you take yotv car to a mechanic you don’t know ask if he’s a mud bogger If he is maybe yoaH warn another mechanic one w ho does number as a hobby If you employ the mud bogger 'mechanic any aybe careful when you first tap the accelerator M ud boggers yxM sec like their mud buggies to go very fast very soon What if one accidentally mistook you r car far maxihis and installed a Better check it blast out Take Junk Yard Dog far instance Thai’s a vehicle name not a person The driver's name is Okie Anyway Okie owns a junk yard and he has a dog hence the vehicle name Junk Yard Dog is made of parts harvested in Okie's junky ard including parts from a Harley Davidson And from a Porsche True story- - Okie lines up on the bog guns the engine Bid it dies Colder than a Moab Easter weekend Seizes up He goes back to the pit area drinks some sacred spirits does a voodoo dance Bound the engine chants lo the machinery gods in an arcane language tosses a sacred wrench at the engine and performs other rituals necessary to appease the angry machinery gods The engine starts and runs True story Then there was On On Bail a Ferrari nuclear bomb powered by a It hit 5 6 on the Richter scale I Mill can't hear Anyway I had fun learned about carburatioo torque compensation aid w hy mud boggers always carry supcrglue (it has to do with dental work Honest) and so on I even got stuck once myself I also got a ticket for going 72 miles per hour in my 1988 Chevy S print Why doesn't anybody believe me anymore’ continued ART per I Out of County to P Camp by Lcla Rodabaugh Delta Citv Building 7 00 p m Self Esteem seminar at Delta South Elementary 7pm Herb Lloyd keynote speaker Millard Hgh School PTA 1991 92 elections Rght to Life chapter meeting 7 p m Mllard School District oJices L tah Leag ue of W nters De lia Chapter meeung home of Margaret Mur dock 14 West 300 North Della 6pm Orem Institute of Religion presents of Man" 7 00 pm "Brotherhood Fillmore Slake Center p EDITOR t'e Amencan Heart ft A TO THE Absence Yes if you start buying l’S Savings Bonds today They're way to invest in your child’s future And now they when used be completely savings bonds for college tuition the can Getting kids to do homework Getting the kids to do their is always a part of our The family’s evening entertainment show begins when Mom or Dad says “Do you have any homework? Kids are sent upstairs to complete said homework This is usually accomplished tn the time it takes to complete a Nike commercial which the kids complain about missing Mom and Dad now begin Quality Control Inspection " “May I see your work?" “I'm done "May I see it?" “The teacher doesn't care if it’s right" “I can’t read your “The teacher doesn't handwriting" a few of these care" “Let's math problems and make sure you're doing them nght" "The teacher doesn’t care We just correct our own papers so it doesn't matter" During these amusing bttlc conversations wuh my children I try to member two thmgs First as a teacher I know who doesn't care Second I want QiaiKi (Huntin' my children to be responsible for the quality of their work I can force them with threats I can bribe them with rewards (and I have done both) I must allow them to Inevitably choose quality for themselves Parents must slowly but surely move from inspector lo facilitator Ask to review your child's work Be positive about the good pomts Be general about Let your chilneeded improvements dren know you can help them improve their work Let them know you want to help them However forcing them to revise their work while looking over their shoulders not only causes resentment and rebellion but you anil have from them taken the responsibility Their homework will have become your project Set up the expectations that they are good students who want to succeed and then give them the opportunity to choose to improve When it’s their choice it’s their success Utah Karan Sanric CoaMon 1385 Waat Mania Avarua Salt LakaCSty Utah 84104 ToSfraa Shirley Weathers Utah Issues Early intervention will help handicapped kids and prevent child abuse hy Roz McGee Ltah Child rea Of the 36000 babies born m Utah each year at least 3 percent are either bom with or will develop some sort of mental retardation or berth defect The Utah Department of Health’s Early tervention program coordinates and provides early identification and treatment services for these mfants and young children Unfortunately the present program can serve only 30 percent of these special kids and there wifi be a waiting list of more than 300 by June The budget presented by the Governor m calls for $747600 for Early Intervention but $24 million b needed to serve 800 more infants and children And if the state doesn’t provide its share of the money for Ex y Intervention the state loses federal dollars Why is Early Intervention so important? First early diagnosis and treatment can minimize the effects of the handicapping condition Second Early Intervention can reduce the costs of therapy later on Third families without Early Intervention services are subject to lemfic stress They may have to put the child in tn institution or the family itself may fall apart Finally experience shows that handicapped children are more likely to be victims of abuse Two ex ampler illustrate the need for Early Intervention services An Early Intervention specialist was working with a family who lived m a trailer park m Wasatch CountyThc family directed the therapist’s attention to a neighbor’s child with Spma Bifida who was receiving only physical therapy Through the information provided the child was subsequently screened and provided wuh a range of appropriate services A Salt Lake Gty child with Down’s Syndrome was bora to parents who understand her special needs but they had to wait 10 months to begin receiving services through the Early Intervention Program Early Intervention offers these services to handicapped kids: 1) screening to decide what treatment is needed 2) referrals to therapists Bid 3) service plans to address needs of the child and the family When a child has special problems the family has to make many extra efforts and die family may need services provided by the state A delay in services means mare costly services Call Utah Children in Salt Lake Gty 321 5772 for more information |