Show Millard County Chronicle 2 Page Progress December 5 1321 or they've given up ' Jackson commenting on the scheduled session at County ‘Everybody must be happy County Attorney LeRay Officials present during Southern Exposure TO THE Notable Quotables EDITOR lack of Elected Commissioner Changes are coming meeting “I don 1 think a year " it would be a big deal in Millard J’erE Bnnkerhoff Commissioner County We Ve got discussing upcoming two On bad behavior races parimutuel initiative ‘ All the farmers that aren trouble are the ones that aren Baker discussing tax budgets in 1 Frank Commissioner 't in debt " Dear Editor In relation to the incident involving Doyle Ed war os I would like to convey my utter disgust at all die people adults and children alike who hovered around as if they were a flock of vultures Although most of the gawkers were children must question the calibre of the parents and grandparents who obviously condone such ghoulish behavior Cherrl L Hundersmarck Thanks to Sheriffs Office Dear Editor In these days when some people are finding fault with our law enforcement agencies I’m pleased to report that the spirit of community service is alive and well in the Millard County Shenffs Office The night of November 191 stopped in Meadow for some food to eat while continuing on to Layton to visit fnends for Thanksgiving When I returned to my car with the food I set it on the car's roof while I unlocked the door Unfortu nately foolishly set my wallet there also Black wallet black roof dark night You can guess what happened next photo by Ksi Delta’s Academic Decathlon Pumping Up The Brain Power Kate Hellenbrand The Delta Academic Decathlon Club is feeling pretty ‘‘heady” these days after their recent win over the Millard High Schixil team "for the first time ever " The group known as ACDC is currently prowling the library and other bastions of intelligence three nights a week in preparation for their Regional meet coming up in January and the State competition which takes place in St George in March Participants in the unique “club" range across the GPA spectrum with divisions called Honor Scholastic and Varsity They are tested on subjects as far reaching as economics mathemat ics fine arts language and literature science and social studies At the Slate level they will be judged in categories of interview speech and essay as well f Community ehicle Schedule: Motor Millard Delta weekdays Assesvir’s Office Great Basin Historical Museum Delta open daily Tours and after hours call & illmore County Society pm Job Service hours in Delta: Wed & ThursIn Fillmore: Drivers License Examiner Schedule: Delta 2nd & 4th Wednesdays PM 8:00 every Friday Fillmore lst3rd& 5th Wednesdays PM 9:00 Sunday Personal Ancestral Computer Instructions File (PAF) 5 pm Cen- Stake Family History Fillmore ter 1st and 3rd Mondays 4 p m CUFS Food Bank Ftvery Tuesday Basic Life Skills classes Turning Point Delta Technical Center No Charge Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Lunch at m E Bird Center for Seniors pm Every Wednesday 10 45 10 Beginning Jan 8 1992 am story hour Delta City Library 3 years to school age Every Thursday TOPS meets at Delta Middle School dining room 5pm The Millard County Chronicle Progress USPS Published every Thursday at Delta Utah 84624 by DuWiI Publishing 300 W Located at 40 Susan B Delta Utah Dutson Reporting Editonal Kate Hellenbrand Advert sing Julie Ward Goartz Design Sales 1 Accounting Sales Craig W Church Riley Wood Mallet Evelyn Rsc Oft ics Mgr Fillmort Circulation Julie Ward Gosrtz Craig CircuUtiorvComp CirculatioaProd Commercial Printing Church Shellia Dutson Subscriptions In Advanct In County - $2000 per year $1300 per 6 month Out of County $2500 per year Single Copy 50 cents POSTMASTER: Send Address changes to P0 Box 249 Delta UT 84624 Advertising Rates on Request Second Class Postage Paid at Delta UT 84624 Delta: FAX: Fillmore: DUWII OWNED PUBLISHING COMPANY BY SUSAN B DUTSON WILLIAM t VWLSON as testing And then there is the Super Quiz John Greathouse admitted that the club helps him in school ‘‘in some areas” and Dianne Hales noted that some of her fellow classmates think her participation is “cixil " "What do we do for fun1 We study” and enjoy the laughed Windy Pratt benefits of regular grey mailer exercise Members of the Academic Decathlon Group at Delta High School are Dianne Hales John Greathouse Rachel Russ Kennedy Henke Richard Jermey Stephenson Emily Draper Meacham Windy Natalya Mankin Pratt Marleah Anderson Shawna Reynolds Hank Nielsen Stacey Todd Ashley Wamock Elaine Hales Faculty advisors are Jane Beckwith and Nathan Sanders Calendar Judge Stanley K Beginning July Robison Justice Court Judge will hold noon and court 9ampm Second Thursday West Millard Recreation District Park meetings 630 pm Regional First Thursday of every month AYSO Soccer Board meeting 7:30 White Sage Conference Room All interested soccer parents invited November 15 HEAT Program opens for general public December 5 East Millard Fine Arts meeting 4 p m Fillmore Library elecCommunity ASC Committee tion for LAA T E FAP commodities distribution for 60 and over Senior Center the p m Fillmore 59 and younger at POD 3 6 p m December 7 T E FAP Commodities distribution for 60 and over who meet income pm guidelines M E Bird Center Santa coming to DeltaCity Building am 76 North 200 West pm Jodi Petersen and Shawn T Bishop Hinckley Stake wedding reception Center 7 9:30 pm wedStacy Rowley and Paul Briggs pm Carnage ding open house Court Salina wedBrandy Sorensen Jeff Maxwell pm ding reception Scipio Ward December 7 “Messiah" Eskdale 7:30 pm free December 8 “Messiah" in Delta Elder and Sister Stanley O Hannon Holden mission report 11:45 am Wards Elder Shane Victor Monroe mission Ward 50 a m Scipio farewell December 9 Meeting to organize Soccer Booster Club 7pm West Millard pool December 10 American Legion Auxiliary Unit 135 Christmas party 7 pm Top’s City Cafe December 11 Organizational meeting for Volleyball Leagues Rec Office 81 South Manzamia Delta Women’s - 6 pjn Mens’ - 7 pm M E Bird Senior (Delta) Center Levan program "Town Spotlight on pm Promusic 12:40 pm Lunch gram 1:15 pm $150 December 13 Museum Open House and Christmas Goodie Sale - - 6 pm Blue Notes “Gifts of Christmas” concert 7 pm DHS Auditorium Proceeds to charity Britt Willdcn and Michael Richard Stillman wedding reception Delta Utah Slake Center 7 - 9 pm December 14 Tony Tolbert and Melissa Brcsee Ward wedding reception Richfield 8th 10 South 200 East pm Stacy Turner and Gary E Anderson wedding open house Anderson home 88 North 200 East Delta 7 - 9 pm December 15 “Messiah" Fillmore lst4th Ward December 19 Administration Rep Veterans Fillmore Job Service ajn 12 p jn When I amved in Layton some three hours later I discovered to my extreme chagrin that my wallet wasn't with me That’s when I called the Millard County Sheriffs Office A courteous and sympathetic dispatcher look my call and assured me they would call me should someone find my wallet Then Deputy Scott Corry went out in the dead of night and found it! A ficr a phone call the next morning to set my mind at ease they offered to send me my wallet so I wouldn’t have to make the long trip to pick it up In Saturday’s mail I received my the worse for wear but with all my cash credit cards and identification safely enclosed— courtesy of the Millard County Sheriffs Office To Deputy Corry the dispatcher and all the fine people of Millard County's Shenffs Office thanks for saving my bacon and making this traveler's visit to Utah for Thanksgiving one well worth being thankful for Michael F G roman Alcoholics Anonymous exists Dear Editor I am writing in response to a letter addressed to Kate in the November 21 issue The author imp) les that people are alcoholics and drug addicts because they have not practiced the personal living standards taught by the LDS Church I resent this implication cause my husband my and some of my best friends are members of Alcoholics Anonymous Some of these are also active members of the LDS Church The author also states that money is being spenton A A programs (implying that our tax dollars are being wasted on this) This is not true A A receives no government funding and traditionally declines all outside contributions Each There are thougroup is sands of members who once homeless and penniless found the support to survive through another member’s unselfish giving The American Medical Association recognizes alcoholism as a disease which can he arrested but not cured Unlike most human diseases which can be completely cured with medication and treatment alcoholism is a disease Most authorities agree that even after years of sobriety alcoholics can never again control their drinking once they start Can you imagine what it's like to live with a disease that if brought out of remission can lead to insanity andor death? There is an attitude toward alcoholics that is prevalent in our society because of the lack of education and understanding of the disease Only an estimated 3 of alcoholics are stereotyped bums and derelicts The other 97 are men and women who have a family a career financial success and a respected position in the community Most members have lived a good moral life and obeyed The Ten Commandments cept for the unwritten one: “Thou shah not take the first drink” Members of AA include LDS elders Catholic priests Baptist ministers deacons rabbis bishops etc The disease of alcohol I’ll shop at home Every time I look at this flowered velvet couch a flood of memories swoop over me I can still hear my husband’s words those many years back “No we can’t go up north for a new couch" “We buy here" "We keep our dollars here" “Etelta is our town” I protested “But they don’t have the style or color I need’’ “Then go to D Stevens and tell Bud Huff what you want” “He’ll order it for you" he said He won I’m glad This well worn piece now says to me “See I’ve served you well” “And since ism is not selective Its victims are people of all ages all religious affiliations all etlinic heritages If a person has cancer society shows sympathy No one says that the victim was responsible for the disease because of his living standards If a person has AIDS acquired through birth or a blood transfusion society can sympatJuzc but if the AIDS victim is a homosexual or drug addict he is branded deserving of the pain and suffering as punishment for his sins And if s person has alcoholism or drug addition society shows no mercy With the disease comes annihilation and condemnation The victim is held totally responsible for a disease over which he had no control of inheriting or acquiring What gives us the right to judge one another? Alcoholics Anonymous will not only continue to exist but will grow and thrive as long as the human race continues to exist on earth My prayer today is that God may bless the estimated 2 million people who have recovered through AA and that He may guide 2 million more to the program I am not signing my name to this letter as an act of respect for the anowhich is nymity and confidentiality central to these groups Kate Responds: There were so many reasons to disagree with the aforementioned letter that I regrettably forgot to address the mention of Alcoholics and it has bothered me Anonymous You have eloquently covered the issue and I thank you for doing so The 20lh Century it is said will be remembered more for the Alcoholics Anonymous prog ram than for any other single develalcoopment With the rampant abuse of hol I see in this County I encourage anyone who suspects that they may have disease to investian gate these outstanding programs that offer to restore dignity and understanding to those suffering from the ravages and legal of this potent deadly drug alcohol me you’ve paid attention to that wise man of the house” Now with Christmas rush pushing no icy roads skidding traffic stampeded aisles forme “I’ll be making my selections conveniently here among friendly accommodating sales clerks and people my kind of people I’ll keep the Christmas spirit Everything that can be purchased here will be I'll shop home for Christmas Thanks Hubby Orvetta Nlckle Groom I'm O hunying (pant) kay slow down Hold up (Wheeze) (pant) Please wait for me (gasp) a I be it was to knew big undertakBoy going ing to become the reporter for this County B ut the magnitude of my task is only now becoming evident to me After being on the job just seven months I see how much more I could be doing I'll get better I promise But in my defense it's tough for one novice to jump right in and keep up with all that happens around here My inexperienced confusion is only aggravated when I’m unable to attend the County Commissioners meetings Recently I missed three in a row and I'm really paying for it now Those guys (and gal) have been busy! I’m pleased to report that I’ve climbed back on the bandwagon and I’m now awash with notebooks filled with important news after sitting in for several weeks I’ve seen and heard things thatyou should be aware of The big stories are worthy of feature study But even the smaller notes would be of interest to you And while hectic cramming is the order of my day I’ve been busy wondering how I can get this information out to you in a timely fashion One of my problems revolves around the truth that this is a small paper with a limited advertising base I have currently two to three pages in which to present what I consider to be important for you to know And frankly that's not enough! But until we get more ads (ie money) in order to print more pages I’ll be working with this restraint You can see my dilemma With Fillmore and Delta cities holding City Council meetings with the weekly County Commissioners meetings with all sorts of other groups getting School Board the courts various together all over the County (ie the social and civic clubs as well as the individual newsmakers) I’m in overwhelm most of the time knowing alot about what is going on but confused about how to tell you what I know Whew! Thus far I’ve been trying to deal with a lot of what I sec as story material but that isn’t working There’s no way I can treat all of this as individual feature stories and honestly some of these tidbits don’t warrant coverage I’ve found that while I concentrate on the big stories the little ones scurry away under the carpet through the cracks Lost It isn't fair Not to you Not to me So I’ve decided to make some workable (albeit unoriginal) changes on my three pages As time goes by I’ll be seeking out ways to redesign how the news is presented to you These won’t be sweeping changes In fact some may be subtle you may not notice what I've done And that will be good I don’t want to scare you Some of what I'm proposing isn’t totally unfamiliar to you I understand that the concept of printing minutes of meetings has been done at the Chronicle before And I understand that someone Mice criticized the printing of these minutes as “shoddy” journalism I beg todiffer I don’t consider this typeof information dispersion to be journalism I as at all think of it a simple service to the readers of a small community paper with limited space an overview of County Commissioners’ thereby introduce my newest column activities unofficial minutes of what takes place during those long Tuesday meetings with permanent cast members Lana Moon Frank B akcr Jer’ E Bnnkerhoff LeRay Jackson John Hansen Marlene Whicker and Robyn Pearson in attendance - as well as a cast of tens if not hundreds of local extras from time to time I’ve been stewing over a name for this column Being a true aficionada of alliteration I’ve debated over: The Commissioner Calendar Cream of the Commissioners Covering the Commissioners Commissioner Corresponoent Commissioner Conversations Confront the Commissioners Contemplating the Commissioners The Commissioners’ Conflict Those Confounded Commissioners The Commissioners’ Confidant The Commissioners Confer Those Curious Commissioners The Commissioners’ Condition The Commissioners' Concerns The Commissioners’ Our Colorful Commissioners The Commissioners’ Colleague Our Companion Cognizant Commissioners The Commissioners' Chatterbox The Clamoring Commissioners Those Cheerful Commissioners The Commissioner Challenge and I had to dismiss them all in favor of the natural choice: The Commissioners ’Chronicle This column will be largely comprised of my minutes of the important businesses of the County Commissioner meetings In some instances I will refer to the official minutes but as I will be presenting this column on the day of the Commissioner’s meetings you will be getting my raw perceptions rather than the official sanitized version (they do make changes from time to time on the official minutes you knowl You can help me by getting involved Sometimes I don't know what really "trips your trigger" and you can use this column to inform me of your interests Just clip and circle those items you feel are worthy of more attention and anonymously mail them back to me here at the Chronicle It will be fun This new approach will not alter the way I do my job It will hopefully serve as another avenue for you to get more meat and less fat in your news diet I hope it w ill give you something to chew on Inez sez Upbeat By Sarah Inez Moody Chronicle Progress readers know almost as much about me as I know about myself I’ve taken them (the readers) to the heights of my happiness of these days and down to the darkest recesses of my being (Nov 14 1991) We have some excellent health care providers in our area I may be prejudiced because I've been lifted up from my despair and depression thanks to the combined efforts of Dr David Hcnrie MD Dr Clark B Cox DDS Mr John Reeves LCSW Marian Bunker Rn Sharon Peterson Rn and Margaret Baker Rn Add to their professional expertise letters and remarks from Mrs Bob (Verla) Jensen Lenore Bunker Diane Lambson Lynette Buck Kris Wisdom Myma Petersen Bob Riding Jr and you'll find remnants of the old Inez who once did know the value of a smile and the value of a mental “shaking of self” I'm still not the kind of person who can be cheered by remarks such as “I know someone who is ten times worse than you” nor can I make jokes at someone else' misfortune Furthering my upbeat feelings I’m now at home with Kris and her three dolls: Courtnie Nick and Daniel r ' Delta WEATHER Reed Jeffery Fillmore Jay T Rogers Home and School: Predp Vital Links President by LILY ESKELSEN Utah Education Association 52 Toy “Sparkles” interest in kids Jared came home from st grade one day with a gym bag Stuffed inside was a bear We were introduced “His name’s Sparkle and he picked me to go home with He whispered in my teacher’s ear and she said he wanted to go home with me! whatever Jared did Sparkle's instructions were to spend the whole evening doing and then we were to help h im write page in the speci al book he kept of his home visits Jared never left his side He put on Sparkle’s seat belt when we went for a drive He asked for a booster seat so he could sit up to the table He put Sparkle where he could see the pictures of the storybook we read before bedtime The next morning we wrote about our evening on the special page that would become a part of Sparkle’s book We remembered every detail of what had seemed a routine evening But when we saw it through Sparkle’s eyes it seemed we had an especially adventurous time It seems Sparkle had been quite scared to jump onthe trampoline He thought he was going to fall but he fell safer when Jared told him he wouldn’t let go He liked the bike ride He liked spaghetti He liked Jared He thought that was his best visit Even better than when Amy took him to the movies When I stupidly mentioned that Mrs Hansen was very brave to buy what was home to her 30 children every obviously an expensive toy and take turns sending it night Jared corrected me And she doesn’t make us take “Sparkle doesn’t belong to Mrs Hansen He’s ours turns He tells her who he wants to visit” I don’t think Mrs Hansen ever lost Sparkle to any of those loving arms How could anyone lost a guest? How could anyone lose a friend? Addresses Wanted and Servicemen adMissionary dresses will be printed in the December 12 and 19 1991 issues of thcChronlde Progress for tliose wishing to send cards and letters Please bring your addresses by Tuesdsy December 10 1991 to insure they will be printed in die December 12 1991 issue Deadlines The Chronicle Progress deadlines are as follows: News articles 5 PM Fridays Advertisements 12 Noon Mondays Anything received after these deadlines will only be printed on a space available basis Early holiday deadlines The Chronicle Progress will be printed on Monday December 22 and Monday December 29 1991 in lieu of the hoi iday s All articlei and ads must be in the Delta office no later than 5 :00 pjn Friday December 20 and Friday December 27 1991 to be printed in the newspapers The Progress office in Fillmore will be open Thursday December 19 and Thursday December 26 1991 All articles and ads must be in the Fillmore office no later than 5:00 pm Thursday December 19 and Thursday December 26 1991 to be primed in the holiday editions |