Show Tmrm v i?—y ii) Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley Copy USPS 5Gc Long-tim- e Search and Rescue Ends Phillips During contacts with the man’s family a daughter was found in West Valley City When the bus arrived in Salt Lake she was there to meet her father and take him home "All’s well that end’s well” said Sheriff Phillips Public Meeting Utah Senator Cary Peterson will be hosting an Open Public Meeting Friday January 10th at 1:00 pm in Fillmore’s City Chambers to discuss legislative issues Utah Representative Joe Motxiy has also been invited to attend Later than evening Senator Peterson will hold a second meeting in Delta at 700pm in the Della City Chambers for the purpose of inviting the public to discuss issues Roping To 25 Januar y3US22 employees refuse employment Districts Dissolved Department Formed Ron Draper Delta Medical Center's head of nursing and Delta Chamber of Commerce representative hands a box of gift certificates to LeAnn Massa mother of Delta's 1992 New Year Baby New Year Babies are a Family Affair Kate Hellenbrand Births on both sides of the County heralded in the New Year with the added twist of the babies being cousins A Fillmore woman Stephanie Aleman gave birth to her third child and her first son an 8 pound 4 ounce boy named Filberlo Joshua Aleman Little Filbcrto is named after his father and measured inches in length He made his appearance January 1st at 7 06 am Stephanie not only wins the first Baby of the Year contest in Millard County but also in UlahCounty as well Filberto was bom at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo Stephanie was in labor for 10 hours and was in the hospital for 10 hours bringing her new son home on the day he w as bom The family was awarded a case of baby formula Meanwhile in Delta’s Medical Center Stephanie’s niece LeAnn Massa was not doing so w ell LeAnn w as deli her daughter in a crisis situation LeAnn had been in labor for five days and when heart monitoring on her infant showed danger signals a caesarean section was performed "It was chaos” slated LeAnn LeAnn delivered her third child and second daughter a 5 pound 15 ounce girl 20 inches long The little girl is named Kayla Elizabeth Massa Kayla Elizabeth was bom at 1058 pm on January 4th Because of lung complications the infant daughter was transported to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo for stabilization in the infant’s intensive taxe where she will remain for approx irately 10 days LeAnn and husband RoS eagerly rejoined their infant on January 7th by driving to Provo “She's doing really well" said proud and anxious Mama LeAnn “I can't wail to sec her” LeAnn wishes to thank Dr Smith and all the employees at the Delta Medical Center for their competency and warmth “I always said I’d never have my babies in a small hospital Now know I’ll ncvcrhavcmybabiesinabig hospital" “This is so much better" Delta City Chamber of Commerce representative Ron Draper also head of Nursing at the medical facility presented LeAnn with a box containing numerous gift certificates from participating businesses The hospital also presented LeAnn with a bag of baby items Congratulations to the new moms anJ dads brothers and sisters cousins and aunts and uncles Now if someone can just figure w hat kind of cousins these two babes are? New Year’s Parties Welcome Year In with a Bang! Rodeo Raise Funds The Muscular Dystrophy Association w ill be hosting a roping rodeo at the Millard County Fairgrounds on Saturth for the event day January will be at 9 00 a m and roping will begin at 1030 am The Muscular Dystrophy Poster Child will be at the event prizes will be awarded Jr Livestock Show tagging Brother and sister act Rosemary and Neil Forster satin with the Saddle Boogie band reuniting for several songs for the appreciative audience Beef cattle for the Millard County junior livestock show will be weighed and tagged on January 111 992 at the following locations McIntyre Ranch in Learning-toAM from 2 Howard Basset’s in Delta (1220 N 400 W) from 1000 AM to 2 00 noon 3 Scipio Town Corral 1000 AM to 1200 noon 4 Holden Town Corral 100 PM Anyone in the Kanosh area contact the Extension Office at to make arrangements fot weighing your animals Maximum weight limits are 800 pounds for steers and 750 pounds for heifers Kate Hellenbrand The West Millard County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Posse members got together to raise some money have some fun and bring in the New Year Renting the Millard County Fairgrounds building Posse Partners decotinrated w ith balloons and sel garlands lights were turned down and the music by Saddle Boogie a band from Salt Lake was cranked up A buffet including ham turkey mast beef eoldcuts salads and relishes was available all through the night Hot chicken w ings w ere also on the menu as well as dessert and various drinks The tab for the evening was S20 and the event w as used for a fund raiser for the Posse group During the evening those in the spirit joined in with the band singing favorcountry and w esiem songs A big ite was Rosemary Forster who sang a 1226-1- 81 No Kate Hellenbrand Well Kate Hellenbrand On December 30ih at approximately 230 pm Millard County Sheriff Ed Phillips received a report of a vehicle circumparked under “suspicious stances" on a frontage road 12 mile south of the Juab County line Shcnff Phillips sent Deputy Garth While to truck was investigate and a found with the driver's door open keys on the front seat and a suitcase of clothing in the back A single set of f xitsteps lead away from the truck and Sheriff Phillips made a call for Search and Rescue volutecrs Five searchers from Juab County joined an additional Fifteen from Millard County several dogs and the Millard County Posse’s airplane in looking for Montana Joseph Goeru an resident who was travelling from North Dakota to Southern California the volunteers For two hours combed the freezing desert land workfront ing to beat an oncoming storm Searchers tracked the man north for two miles over the Juab County line through a deer gate and onto the InterSheriff’s departments state highway then issued an attempt to locale and a description of the individual to hospitals and agencies up and down the Interstate A business in Nephi notified Sheriff’s department that a man matching the description had recently boarded a bus headed to Bismark North Dakota “He cvidentally had become disoriented while driving and was headed back to where he had last been” said Vol few songs solo before being joined by her brother Neil in a few numbers A former resident Carl Woodbury now a resident of Las Vegas and here visiting David Meinhardt offered a fullblown rendition of “The Orange Blosalso joined som Spccial"GinoZwaryck in with the band The total tally from ticket sales and in bar sales aren’t yet but Gcncal Ashby said the event w as a big success “I know they didn’t have as many as they had hoped for but it was fun and there weren't any problems” The highlight of the evening was watching the Posse members the men who work hard to save us from ourselves performing a male bonding pagan w ar dance m the middle of the dance floor And now it can be confirmed Thorpe Waddingham can whoop it up w ith the best of them Commissioners County stunned n any Millard County residents when they announced at a public meeting on August 20th that they intended to disband the Recreation Special Distruts on both sides of the County They were planning to vote unanimously to realign the Districts into a Department The announcement was mule to a packed rcxim in the Fillmore Court House Chambers Several people in the rixirn offered strong support for the Commissioners’ decision Others were very vixal about thur disagreement with the action R"gcr Killpack of Delta presented the Commissioners with a petition of 3S( names he had gathered in several days all asking that the Commiss loners nol dissolve the Districts One shoe had dropjxtd On December lZ91 the other shoe fell Jon Meinhardt of Sutherland approaches his lane shoeing good Jon is 9 years old and has been bowling for a little over a year He says he has an average of form Merry Christmas Several employees with the West Millard District received a hand delivered letter signed by Commissioners Lana Mxin and Frank Baker dated December 23rd The letter written by Roby n Pearson stated that "All employees of the West Millard Recreation District will terminate employment with the District as of Dccemlxr 31 1991" The letter continues to say that “All employees currently employed with the Recreation District will be accepted as employees of Millard C otinty as of January 992” “We will assume that unless you not fy us verbally or in riling that you wiT be continuing employment with M Hard County after the first of the year" Several long term employees with substantial years of experience and specific certifications have decided to refuse to accept continued employment with the new Department Several of those who have decided to stay on have expressed confusion w ith the transition but declined to speak cm the record for fear of losing their jobs All three County Commissioners and Robyn Pearson newly appointed Personnel Officer for the County take the official position that they haven't heard any negative comments Commission Chairman Jer’E Brinkerhoff's experience has been that all of the people he’s talked with arc "thrilled" with the new Department and it’s offerings Double Talk is Trouble Talk Those who have refused to join the Department say that the handling of the transition w as not consistent They say the terms of accepting employ ment w ith basithe newly formed Department cally were these: they say they were told that they were receiving pay cuts that they would be placed on probation that their job descriptions were inaccurate and that ccruficalions for these job descriptions were inaccurate and confusing if not manipulated Joyce Jensen recent Bowling Center Bowling manager Karen Burraston Center's recent Assistant Manager and Richard May ber past maintenance man for the West Millard Swimming Pool arc angry Angry and hurt Enough to decline to continue in jobs that they have held for years jobs that they say they love and The County Commissioners Pearson seem alternately exasperated and emphatic On the one hand they is that confusion no there that stress everything has been handled precisely They alternately say little room exists for deviance from die Polity and Manual and stress that the policies have been followed exactly It’s like their Bible of the moment Those interviewed for this article offer w idely differing stones and histones of how they’ve been approached wha they’ve been told when they were told and the value of the package they’ve been given Almost everyone slates that they are in a state of "massive confusion" “Robyn is a man who hives to go by the txxiL” says Joyce Jensen a woman who’s worked at die Bowling Alley for almost 8 years rising to dc xisition of Manager "He lkcs to gse team work speeches" Indeed listen rig to Robyn's presentations he refers often to studies analyses and die Pol icy and Prixedurc M iriual He uses words like “enhanced employee" “valued employee” “coax" Soft words that inspire visions of happy workers and harmony between and workers management And County policy reHec ts tins harmonious position Referring to Chapter 5 of the Policy and Procedure Manual piragraph 3 abixik Pearson uses often to supixirl his ac'tons ore mads “Lx cessive turnover is costly and therefore should lx: avoided" The manual continues “Competent employees whorestgn should be encouraged to reconsider " iine ostinn at the Center) wrote a letterknown now ast)ie"Diny Deal rigs cUcr "The letter ws published m the Chronicle md set forth some fgurev whicn have been challenged ty the th it Commissioners The woimn s the County officials Kheve the letti r to be a "stab hi the h e x” and th relra u s for the lettv r have been dc n unde d The two wonen state that afisr a meeting on N''oiilxr 21st Robyn asked them to stay late to dscuss the ir comp time "Robyn asked us three or four limes dirng the two hour meeting if we were plaining to wrte retraction" sa s Karen '1 toll hull that f a f How things got 'x tier would Robyn stales he agrees widi this statement Rut Joyce Karen and Rich ard all state that dicy have not been contacted by County personnel to reconsider their decision to not accept employment widi die Department "I can honestly say that there was never a lime that we discussed alternatives” states Karen Robyn says it’s hs position that these disgruntled employees have re fused to come to work for nearly a week and that “no private employer" would tolerate such action Burraston and Jensen do admit that they verbally resigned but that dicy would be op n to noogp rtions prov "concessions were made on both Life is a bowl of bowling balls sides" Excuses and Abuses Joyce and Karen both say they per their relationship with Pearson and Commissioner Moon as abusive Robyn denies charges that he insulted the women "I w‘ant to see those charges Pearson dixumenled" challenged Joyce and Karen aeknow ledge that such charges are "his word against ours They furdier say that they had been indirectly accused of sabotage and “staging" breakdowns at the Bow bug Center Pearson say s he’s never heard of such accusations Roby ns j s that the two women have resigned because they were denied a full time mechanic at me Center The two women state that they are tired of being the mechanics at the Center They also question the Commission ers attempting to spend Recreation mom for things like a piano and a fag pole for the White Sage Recreational Complex and other non rec rcation under the gu'se of Recreaequipment tion expenditures These items cm an aeenda for the West Mill ird Rec reation District meeting dated (Xtobcr 10th were tabled until Commissioners could investigate the "legality" of the purchases cave Dirty Dealings On (Xtober 3rd Joyce and Karen with some assistance from Jen Poulson (the mechanic being grixmic J fir a full- r the It's obv us tht thirps one way or other did not get be tie r Most certainly there are those who are "thrilled" about the Department and their jobs Max WixkI for ex an pie works at the White Sage Recreation Complex in Delta He sr s he's very happy His duties have been enhanced he is working tow ard a man igei d position with increased ad mm nlive tasks he says what he is doing is not being done m other areas Ins pay scale has increased He also says that he did not receive the letter dated December 23rd Micky Robinson manager of the fast Millard Swimming Pool is voked in "serious” negotiations with Pearson (almost daily) with reg ird lit her accept nice fir continued t with the Department "Nodurg is settled" says Robinson But other individuals refusing to speak cm the record dselosed differences between what was pet forh ri the Policy Manual and coiivcssior s and dev lations that were King made in their particular cases Very often husbmds or wives offered concerns and ex an pfs "People are paranoid They are he ng threatened widi their jobs The s months proha turn can be used to gel rid of ose who are on a thm thn a "stated one spouse It is fur to sav that yes sr lolks h re in Mi We've got Trouble ird Com tv That starts with T md that and that stands for rhymes wrh B - and P (which stands for bow!ng) Pool) arid 0 vwhivh stands fu Golf) Mdlurd Coer 'y wi'l rived rrort than me "Music M in" ami his 7 n trombones to lend hannoi to this dsvhord Ri NOTICE Della Office of Dri ers License will be closed Fridas Jan 10 Next dates will be: Jan 15 Fillmore Jan 17 Delta |