Show Millard County Chronicle Canine ranger Progress Aucust 8 1991 Pace 3 hired by BLM r t Duard ‘Neat’ Scoresby Halloran KNAK owner for the past six years broadcasting situation Mike reevaluates his Dead Air Worries Residents: KNAK Pulls Plug for Weekend Kate Hellenbrand For some time local residents of Millard County have been concerned about the fiscal health of the KNAK radio station heard over the 540 AM frequency The station broadcasts a mix of contemporary light hits as well as the locally focussed half hour talk show “Voice of the Valley” hosted every Friday morning at 9 (X) a m by LaMona Bird When the station suddenly went "dark" (off the air) on Friday August 2 speculations and rumors about the rea sons rapidly spread throughout the Delta area Efforts to locate station owner Mike Halloran proved to he futile when this reporter learned that he and his family had travelled to California for the week end Then just as suddenly as KNAK went off the air it came back on on Tuesday the 6th Mr Halloran was contacted at KRPX the radio station that he owns in Price and he was able to gave some explanation as to the mysterious happenings “We’ve been struggling with financial difficulties for some lime” said Halloran “and the former owners of the station are now looking at coming back in” The former owners include Daircll Lester Neil Dutson Alan Roper and John Miner "For six years we’ve tried everything we could to keep this facility afloat" said Halloran “but the Delta area is a rough area to generate revenue” ‘Tmnot the first one todiscovcr this" he added The KNAK station has been having trouble for several years now and Halloran believes that specific factors are to blame “Rural areas are continuing to shrink in Utah and businesses here are having to support radio stations and newspapers while they are cutting back on inventory" Halloran explains “Larger media is enticing rural residents to spend their money at the larger shopProvo like and Salt in centers places ping Lake City and people in smaller towns now have to work two and three jobs just to stay afloat” “I know that stations in Richfield and Mann are now reaching out to cover six to ten counties in order to generate enough capital" he said “I'm just another guy walking into a local business with my hand out asking for money they don’t have" Halloran credits the Delta citizens for their support for the past six years and says he faces some tough decisions now that the station has admitted to serious problems “I really want to thank the people for all their calls and concerns" he said "We’ve had a great response but I just can't keep pouring money into the station I’ve got to decide what to do" “The first four years were good" Mike continues "It was like a dream come true KNAK was my first station and I didn’t have a lot of money and wth IPP and the projected growth KNAK looked like a good deal About a year and ahalf ago it started to flicker out though KLGG just about the same ume I bought the station in Price in May 1990" Mike currently lives and works at the Price station his wife and children live in Delta in the trailer that houses the KNAK business “It’s been very hard on my family” Halloran explains “But the public doesn’t understand that I can't just walk away There' s a legal process I have to go through with die FCC It’s not like just any business shutting down" Part of the reason Halloran went to California for the weekend was to discuss the sale of KNAK to a fnend who works as a radio program manager at a station in the San Bern ad mo area Halloran is also considering taking a job back in the area of California “They want me back” he said And he admits that the offers look tempting But Mike remains attached to the Delta area and is concerned about the future "We enjoy the community" he stresses “I w as on the Economic Development board for two years" he continues adding that “if Delta would consider turning the vocational school into a college like we have in Price people would start coming back into the area and slaying It would generate more “Whatever happens I’ve got to make a decision" he continued ’T’vegottogo cither one way or the other I may sell my station in Price and move to Delta fulltime I may sell KNAK and concentrate on Price I may move to California We’re in the process of reassessing what we need to do” Mike is originally from Massachusetts and has 28 years in the radio business working as a news director and reporter for radio and television stations Florida Memphis and in New York He even worked with Pal California Sajak of Wheel of Fortune fame while they were both serving in Saigon m the late 1960s during the Vietnamese war Mike’s wife Claudine is Vietnamese and they have a son and a daughter and while Mike lives and works at the Pnce station his family manages the Delta KNAK facility "It's been really a strain on my family to live like this” he says "but if I didn’t have both stations I’d be in trouble” Mike has tried everything to generate business including giving money away “At Christmas we gave away S500 with the Chamber of Commerce” While the community cares it is difficult to keep the dollars coming in" KNAK call letters are famous within the state of Utah the most popular station in the Salt Lake valley during the 1950s and 1960s was KNAK “It's an expensive proposition to run a radio station” says Halloran "We're looking for someone who’s qualified financially who can be acclimated to the area and who’s willingto do thehands-othat's needed to make it go" In the meantime KNAK will continue to broadcast Halloran will fight anyone who tries to pull the plug and the beat goes on Regroups to Stay Alive Kate Hellenbrand In May of this year radio station KLGG 957 FM announced that it was going off the air for a week or two in order to revamp and consolidate its operations Ken Colby station manager slated that it would take about a week to “consolidate with the Richfield operation for more efficient operations" (The station needed to update obsolete equipment and rebuild the transmitter as well ) Major revamping was to take place with the satellite feeds to be replaced with and programming local announcers ’’We’ll be live from 6 (X) a m to 6 00pm and will be emphasizing local activities” said Colby r The actually took almost six weeks according to station employee Jason Barber and KLGG went back on the air on the 24th of July “It was very frustrating” said Barber “We’ve got a lot of dedicated listeners but we also wanted our product to be the best possible We’re still having to make adjustments and our coverage is a little week but we hope people will bear with us " It's difficult for a station to recapture listeners once they've become accustomed to relocating on the dial KLGG is actively promoung ways to retrieve those listeners they may have lost during their "dark" days On Friday morning August 9th Hot Rod Huntley announcer for the Utah Jazz and Ron Boone color man for the Jazz broadcasts and former NBA player will be broadcasting from the Millard County Fair from the KLGG booth KLGG will be very broadcasting not only the Jazz games this season but also Millard and Delta High School games as well the University of Utah and BYU games and possibly Utah State games too Under the new format KLGG now offers the Paul Harvey news T alkNet and an all night program hosted by Myma Lamb originating out of New York City With the consolidated effort KLGG’s signal covers six counties and can be heard from Nephi to Cedar City Salma to Ely Barber admitted that the station is covering such a large area in order to serve the listeners is well as to generate revenue He seconded KNAK Mike oran’s statements that rural communities have a difficult time keeping radio stations and newspapers in the black Millard County residents for now can listen to the radio again to old stations and new while station managers and owners continue to struggle to keep the airwaves active Duard “Neal” Scoresby has been hired by the BLM's House Range Resource Area as the first canine ranger in the Bureau of Land Management Police dogs have been used by special agents in die Oregon Slate Office but Neal will be the first Ranger in the BLM to use one on a routine basis and for uses other than narcotic detection Neal comes to BLM very well qualified for the job He has worked as a security specialist for the LDS Church for die past eight years and is presently certified as a handler instructor and judge of police detector dogs He is one of only five police detector dog currently certified in die United States He is also President of die Twin Peak Schutzhund Club Schutzhund clubs are civilian sports clubs that train according to the German standard police Pnor to becoming a security specialist Neal spent nine years as a law enforcement ranger with the National Park Service Five years were spent in Yeland lowstone Nauonal Park four in Zion National Park ( 979-- 983) In his new position Neal will have law enforcement responsibilities for the entire Richfield District The Richfield District is comprised of all or part of seven counties and includes over seven million acres of public land administered by BLM A substantial amount of Neal's tunc is expected to be at the Little Sahara Recreation Area and at Yuba Reservoir He will also be kept busy enforcing the Federal Land Policy and Management Act the Archeological Resources Protection Act the Wild Horse and Burro Act and die Taylor Grazin g Act as well as numerous federal regulations Neal will be attending the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center m Glynco Georgia until late October after which he his wife DiAnn and their children Bobi Lynn 9 and Aaron 7 are looking forward to making their home in Fillmore His canine companion should also be ready to join him in October Richfield district personnel changes The Bureau of Land Management Richfield District has several new employees because of retirements transfen and the creation of some new positions during the past several months Tom Mcmmott Maintenance Foreman is filling the position vacated by Glenn Whalcott Lee Talbot Engineering Equipment Operator replaces John Cummings these two gentlemen are working in the Fillmore area under the Division of Operations Talbot a native of Delta is just starting his Federal Career he and his wife Pat are the parents of six children Positions in the Warm Springs Resource Area are: Rody P Cox Geologist replacing Philip Allard upon Phil’s transfer to the Salt Lake District Nancy DcMille Realty Specialist will be filling the position vacated by Larry Sip's transfer to the Las Vegas District Nancy Shearin Archeologist is filling a new position Alligator Missing on Colorado River On July 16th a 4 12 foot alligator was captured on the Colorado River near Fruita Colorado The alligator escaped from Rim Rock Deer Park a wildlife f arm near Fruita Owners of the f arm pi an to send the animal to Louisiana But owners warn that another alligator either escaped at the same time or was poached from the farm Colorado division of Wildlife officials have surveyed the area and though they found nothing they have not ruled out the possibility that one alligator may still be on the loose Anyone with any information on the second alligator is asked to call the Division of Wildlife office m Grand Junction Colorado at (303) Radiation Survivors To Hold Conference The National Association of Radiation Survivors and Down winders Inc are sponsoring a Conference for Survivors at Westminster College in Salt Lake City August 16 17 and 18th The Conference entitled “Where Do We Go From Here" will consist of discussions of the radiation compensation bills exposure in the United Slates and elsewhere open forums and a lecture by Preston J Truman There are no charges for the conference It is being supported by a grant and by local donations Accommodations are available at nominal costs Call Elizabeth Bruhn Wright coordinator at Opening production number gets Miss Miss continued from Millard pageant off on the right foot Millard front page The women were excited and enthused strong feelings building between diem as the competition shifted into the final week Pageant director Sheny Lewis in a statement to contestant Dianne Hales commented “I think Miss Millard is all about bonding between girls and between die girls and die pageant workers We're like a big family The girls will go down the road of life and they will always remember each other and how hard they all have worked" Anne Marie Lake verified this in an interview with Miss Hales by stating "I dunk it's been really fun getting to know all the Fillmore girls and getting closer to the girls I didn’t know as well before" Judges Jean ard Robert and Jennifer Jepson and Christine and George Stucki had their work cut out tor them as each contestant offered a talent number and then donned evening gowns Earlier in the day the young women had been interviewed by the judges whiie dressed in professional clothing and had competed m die swimsuit event WTule all of die girls were stunningly beautiful director Sherry Lewis reminded the crowd that the talent portion of the program comprised forty percent of the contestants total score and the interview comprised another thirty per cent so looking good is not the only criteria for winning The evening's talent presentation got underway with Brook Rae Petersen playing a piano montage of patriotic tunes Holly Byrd sang “You Made Me Love Y ou" Cindy Parkinson told everyone about how she was having a Horrible Very Bad Day even m One half of singing team Milli Vamlh just kidding Master of Ceremonies and entertainer Ron Williams kept the spirits high with his teases and jokes Australia" Valene Ekins offered a George Gershwin piano piece Erin Shipley sang "He's a Tramp" to an adorable puppy Wendee Lou Prowse hammered it up with a jazz dance routine Crystal Olson pouted about being a "Second Hand Rose” Dianne Hales played a classicallyjazzy “Frankie and Johnny” Lisa Nielsen juggled the ivories on the piano Danielle Henne vocalized that “Maybe This Time I’ll Win" Knsty Dawn Smith danced to a classic piece and Ann Mane Lake offered a vocal solo requesting that “Time Be My Fnend" Abigail Cobb offered a flawless version of "Wish You Were Here Again" the haunting song from Phantom of the Opera and DcDe Dutson tore up (lie piano with a jazzy number DeDe Dutson won the talent division and was heard to say “I'm so happy” Her joy was to increase when she was also named as Third Attendant WTule the women changed into their and sumptuous sparkling evening gowns the audience was treated to a senes of candid slides showing the contestants as toddlers pre teens and current beauties It was a fun game to play “Who’s that girl7" as the slides flashed cm and off Master of Ceremonies Ron Williams sang a few of his popular songs and lightened the mood in the crowd by making up a few of h sown questions to the women during the evening gown poise portion of the program "W'hat sign is Saddam Hussein7” he asked Brook Rae Petersen "Now you're changing your pistons m your car " he began to ask Erin Shipley The contestants took his humor in stride and the crowd hooted their approval Outgoing Miss Millard County 1990 TerTesa Nickle look her last stroll across the stage but not before she left us with a beautifully sung rendition of “From a Distance" while simultaneously signing for the deaf The effect was one of grace and harmony The first official duty of the new Miss Millard County royalty will be to preside over the upcoming Millard County Fair August 8th 9th and 10th Abi Cobb now receives a S500 cash scholarship and a S200 evening gown First attendant Danielle allotment Henne receives a S200 cash scholar ship Second attendant Lisa Nielsen receives a S100 cash scholarship and first place talent winner DeDe Dutson receives a S 00 cash scholarship award Was it 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