Show t rijirr ' ifirgri nwh rrnrm Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley USPS Copy 50s Juveniles Arrested for Aggravated Assault Kate Hellenbrand On February 25th Sheriff s Deputy Kim Taylor received a call that several male juveniles had used a shooting a female pedestrian in the butmetal dart tock with a Upon receiving a description of the vehicle from the young woman Taylor found the car in question at Delta High School w ith the three young men inside As Taylor was questioning the youths survival type he spied the twoweapon on the floor of the vehicle “This could have been much more serious" stated Taylor “They said they were aiming at a bag she was carrying but that dart could have done some real damage if it had hit her anywhere else” All three youths were arrested and charged with Aggravated Assault a felony They were leased to the custody of their parents and Juvenile authorities arc investigating the matter The young woman received a tetanus shot Cancer Screening and Prevention Program The Cancer and Prevention Program Utah State Department of Health in cooperation with the American Cancer Society and participating local health will provide cancer departments screening clinics for women as indicated on the attached schedule The clinics will include a Pap test blood pelvic and breast examination pressure check hemocult kits to test for colorectal cancer health education formation on risk factors signs and symptoms of cancer and referral for follow-uA medical appropriate Is jmj provided The mammogram examinations are given by specially trained registered nurses All women 18 years of age or older or w ho are sexually active who have not had a Pap test during the past year are encouraged to attend A fee ranging from $500 to $2500 will be on annual family income and family sire Appointments are necessary The phone number for each clinic is listed on the schedule The following clinics are for all women regardless of religious affiliations: Fillmore: March 1719928:30 am to 3:30 pm si and 4th Ward Building 340 East 500 South Call the Health or the Hospital Dept FERC delays Mountain Fuel r construction project Mountain Fuel Supply Co has been delayed in beginning construction of facilities to provide natural gas service to 15 central and southwestern Utah communities The delay has been caused by an unanucipated situation at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Mountain Fuel is required to have written authorization from the FERC before it can begin construction of the tap lines and distribution facilities to serve the 15 expansion area communities Very recently the FERC indicated that it now must review all environmental studies prior to construction of tap lines connecting with interstate pipelines such as the Kem River Pipeline Previously the FERC examined such studies for the tap site only not for the pipeline from the tap to the Because of the FERC’s customers) recent actions all written authorizations for laps and lap lines on the Kem River Pipeline are on hold Mountain Fuel is working with the Bureau of Land Management the US Fish and Wildlife Service and state agencies on the quired env ironmental clearances Mountain Fuel is poised and ready to beg in construction of the planned facilities In fact construction on portions of the tap lines would have begun March 2 had the delay not occurred Mountain Fuel will have completed all required environmental studies for the tap lines it plans to build off Kem River by March 9 The company is doing everything in its power to convince the FERC to expedite the necessary authorization as soon as theMudies are com- support As part of the worldwide celebration local Relief Society chapters will focus celebration eftheir scsquiccntennial forts into three major areas According to local leaders these are: 1) local service projects 2) an international satellite broadcast linking women's congregations in the United States Canada Puerto Rico Australia European countries Japan Korea New Zealand the Philippines South Africa and Taiwan and 3) a renewed effort to work within their communities to improve literacy Local Relief Society leaders have planned events to coincide with the These celebration clude joint sponsorship of a women’s health conference on March 21 1992 in f cooperation with women from other local church organizations and Intermountain Health Care as a special corporate sponsor Luncheons and other activities w ill tic held in each local ward The special satellite broadcast will begin at 1000 am on Saturday March 14 1992 The broadcast will include a message by general Relief Society President Elaine L Jack who will speak from Nauvoo where the organization was founded She will be joined in the international telecast by local chapter presidents from Australia Germany Korea Mexico and South Africa who will spc&K in their nauve languages about the Relief Society's mission Simultaneous translation of the proceedings will be provided The 25 local Relief Society chapters in the Delta Delta West and Fillmore Stakes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Saints are dedicated to the spiritual physical emotional and social well being of their members The Relief Society members meet weekly as part of their religious services They welcome all women to their meetings and activities 4 '! Demo Primary Goes Well County Commissioner Frank Baker accepts his honorary that says Godfather from an Downtown Mafia uniform a unidentified Mafia member The brief ceremony took place on a sidewalk somewhere Downtown and will go down in history as probably one of the only times that Commissioner Baker was rendered speechless Millard Downtown Mafia Meets Downtown Just who is the Downtown Mafia? they aren’t talking even though the first Downtown Mafia family gathering took place recently at an unnamed restaurant Downtown somewhere “This title is unfair” said one member who remains anonymous “It will give the real Mafia a bad name" Mafia members though after the summit stated that the group chanted pledges composed Noonescemstoknoworif they do t I 0 0 f pleted The company remains optimistic that the situation at the FERC can be resolved quickly allowing construction to proceed Local Relief Society members join 150th Anniversary Local members of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Saints will join members from around the world in commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Relief Society The Relief Society the longest continuing women's organization of its kind in the world now claims 31 million members worldwide It is dedicated to womens education development and f 4 Delta: March 18 1992 8:30 am to 3:30 pm 1st and 2nd Ward Building 222 West 200 North Call the Health Dept Kate Hellenbrand At Delta and Millard High School Democrats filed up for an informal first primary From 300 to 800 pm a steady stream filed into both High Schools of those wanting to participate in Utah’s first ever Democratic Primary After filling out a simple form with name and address a separate ballot w as marked and stuffed into a ballot box the people’s voice had a chance to be heard in the primary were Tsongas Brown and Clinton Utah participated with six other states in the Some 20000 to Tuesday primary 30000 voters across the state came out to cast their votes surprising Democratic officials Booth ballotccrs at Delta High School stated there w as a good turn out and they were busy all day Vol hit lists and laughed themselves silly They plan to terrorize Downtown restaurants by meeting on a monthly basis "It will be good for the Downtown restaurant businesses and I can keep my figure up" said one member searching for the pasta bar When lunch was over secret diswere exchanged handgestures guises were “donned” and the check w as paid much to the relief of the restaurant owner photo bv Kate Hellenbrand Migrating Snow Geese Stop Over Tor the past week motorists driving m the area around Gunnison Bend Reservoir have been treated to spectacular displays of large gaggles of migrating Snow Geese The birds arc taking a breather to rest and feed in our area before continuing on to their breeding grounds in the Arctic tundra region According to Rrenl Ohon Animal for the Division of Conservationist Wildlife approximately 10 (XX) of the Snow Geese are taking up temporary residence in the area around the reservoir and will be fortifying themselves for the next several weeks before tor linuing their journey The geese are congregating in fields near the Sherwood Shores area anil tween Delta and Hintklev Attordng to Lhe National Museum of Natural History some half million geese migrate yearly stopping over as they make their way from themarshesof Uuisiana to their tundra breeding grounds in Arctic Canada The large white birds rJi their distinctive wings are sched uled to arrive at their breeding grounds in carlv June Recycling Finally Gets Off The Ground 1st In a series Kate Hellenbrand If the slate of Utah is “like an infant" when it comes to the issue of rccvclirg as Salt Lake County Commissioner Randy Horiuchi recently stated Millard County is in the embryonic stage Couniy roads glitter with litter particularly alumnium beer and cola cans and glass bottles If there's gold in ‘them thar hills’ there’s surely cash in the trash that is if anyone cares enough to collect the cans and f the pne c of alum num makes their trouble worth while Right? But what about the other aspects of what about the pledges recycling made each Earth Day? What about die diminishing space in our landfills'1 What about the children who w ill inherit our garbage? What about Mother Earth'1 Odier than sporaiic scouting and school projects and forward looking individuals like Delta’s nauve recycler John Harris a dent has yet to be made in the public’s consciousness with regard to refuse and recycling and reusing Little progress in the business of converting trash into cash w as made until as recently as January 1992 Jim and Evelyn Wamick decided to take the matter into their own hands beginning a cottage industry of recycling setting up homemade “recycling centers” in Fillmore and Delta The centers are small wooden trailers that hold cans and an assortment of paper products When the trailers are full Jim and Evelyn hitch them onto small truck and drive off to large “buy back centers” in either St George Las Vegas or Salt Lake There they convert the refuse into money not much money at this time and drive back to Millard County to begin again In Fillmore one trailer sits behind DCR Department Store on Mam Street In Delta a similar trailer is parked at the abandoned Husky gas station on Main Street The trailers fill quickly espc dally w ith paper products and the have found a need to recently purchase a baler which enables them to process the papers quickly Evelyn acknowledges that the trips for the time being barely pay for their gasoline Recycling is doing well on both coasts East and West but in mid America the concept is still catching on and people arc not receiving Lhe eco - - iTT - ft photo Jim and Evelyn their sorts of papers by Kate he enbrand head out with another haul of recydab'es in trailer that accommodates aluminum cars and all Warmck nomic impetus they require to sort their trash "If recycling is going to suaccd in Utah” says Roger Gillespie general manager of Utah Recycling and a member of the state's Recycling Task Force “it will have to be decided on an economic playing field not an env playing field" Environmentalism has become a dirty word but in the world of dirt it may be the only word that saves us from ourselves "Our landfills arc going to be gone in 25 years" says Horiuchi The Wamicks admit that love of the earth must be the motivating fadin' in recycling “The ccmccm has to be that our trash ill be taken care of It can’t be just for the money There really isn't any money in it right now" says Evelyn Newsprint for examp'e is recycled for S5 00 a ton and aluminum ans are selling for less than 25 cents a pound "It will help us save on our landfills and dump sues" says the Wamicks The Wimuks arc being helped in rccxvTng by Evelyn’s sister Laura Thomas w ho left Delta seven cars ago and now lives in St George Laura began a"buy back venter" and employs four handle 3ppcd or formerly homeless people who work full time collecting rccvclablcs from businesses in the area Suzanne Limburg Fillmore resident j and ex Councdwomar and current Fillmore Cornu ilwoma: Ar'ene Bartholomew m wire lnstrerrental or the Fast pushing reeve Inc aw Side of the Counts IX Kotarv Cib recVv! to a 'g on began org aroze the West Side Forsevera reasons each effort wo sidetracked and pl on hold Not re iXi: Millard Countv resi dents ar Utahns in l see wdc open spticv and feel there isn’t a prob 'em experts state that landfd's will be exhausted within the next 2' years "Kwe got the whole cour’v V hind this" say Evelyn "it could really take off " Wh ie the Wamivks u1’ ei papers and aluminum vans glass plastus and rocta's will be projcvts for the fjrurc lass is ov erw helming" savs Laura "Promas "It's so easily contaminated" iss ncols to V separated by volor and jwoplc carelessly toss brown into clear " and so The Wjmivks will work with anv group sjvh as student courts i!s service clubs church organizations "We're in it for the lorg haul”jokes Evc’yn noting that charge wpl be coming in the area of recycling even in I'tah "The ill be legislature probably instituting a Kittle and can deposit like California has now” says Evelyn "We’ll be doing this fir years to come ” "C March 7 at 7:00 pm Delta Hitfi School 5 250 from your piano teacher S3 00 at the door j j ji |