Show 2 Page Millard County Chronicle Progress March 2 1995 Community Calendar V Motor Vehicle Schedule: Fillmore Millard County & Delta weekdays Assessors Office Great Basin Museum 328 W 100 N Della (winier hours) Open Thurs Fri 6 Sat 10 am to 3 p m Job Service Della 9 am - 4 pm Wed & Thurs Fillmore 8 am - 4:30 pm Mon - Fri Drivers License Examiner Sched2 58 East Main) ule: Della (Suite every Fri 8 am - 5 pm Fillmore 1st 3rd & 5th Wed 9 am - 3:30 pm (PAF) Family History Center Fillmore Utah Slake Mon pm - 9 Tues Wed & Thurs pm Sat 7 Ext 114 (on am - noon Call touch tone phone) for reservations for Family Search Computer Personal Ancestral File (PAF) Instruction Computer pm WedDclta Stakes Family History Center Phone Sunday Services at the Full Gospel Fellowship Church 10 am & 7:30 pm All Faiths invited Beehive Raptist Church 200 W 10 am 400 N Fillmore Sunday School am Sunday Morning Wor7 Service ship pm Sunday Evening Service Call Living Word Fellowship Church 76 West Main Delta Worship Services 5 for Bible studies pm Call and prayer meetings Delta Community Church WorServices 10 coffee am ship fellowship following Sunday School 11:15 am comer 107 So & 2nd West Delta St John Bosco Catholic Church 96 S Center Delta Mass Sunday 10 am Family History group class 5 Center Center pm PAF Family users History First Monday The Domestic Violence Coalition meeting 2:30 pm Public Safety Building Fillmore Open Meetings Mondays CUFS Food Bank 9 am - noon A A & ALAN'ON meeting 8 pm 5 North Center Delta Monday Thursday Saturday Alcoholics Anonymous 8 pm 70 S Main American Legion Hall Fillmore Last Monday of Month Parents Support Group for Families who have children with disabilities meet 7 pm Millard School District Offices Della More information call Sandy Nielson Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Lunch at ME Bird Center for Seniors pm Lunch at Pahvant Senior Center Fillmore noon Every Tuesday & Thursday Parenting Class For Info call Delta Technical Center Social Services or Sarah Jo Louder Every 4th Tuesday Social Security Rep Delta City Offices Utah League of Writers Delta Chapter meeting 7 pm Roberta Dutson home 415 S 400 W Delta Tuesday Mobile Mammography Unit Delta Community Medical Center call for more information Narcotics Anonymous open meeting 7 pm 51 North Center Delta Wednesday Mobile Unit Mammography Fillmore Community Medical Center for more information Full Gospel Fellowship Church bible study 7:30 pm Weekly activities Delta Extension Office 1:45 3:15 pm Call Mon Wed Fri or Tues Thurs for information Bible Church Beehive Baptist Study 200 W 400 N Fillmore 7 pm Call AA meeting 5 N Center Delta The Millard County Chronicle Progress USPS Published every Thursday at Delta Utah 84624 by DuWl Publishing located al 40 N 300 W Delta Utah Publisher Editor Susan B Dutson March 2 Young Single Adults (18 - 30) Institute 7 pm Delta Seminary Building Della Fine Arts Meeting 4 pm M E Bird Center Club members and public invited Louise Lyman's European travelogue March 3 & 4 "The Wizard of Oz” DHS Auditorium 7 pm March 4 MCJ Livestock Show tagging 10 am - noon Millard County Fair Building East Millard Steve Kelly’s home 2 pm Scout Food Pickup 9 am - noon March 6 Domestic Violence CoalilionCrisis Team meeting 1:30 pm Millard High March 9 “World War II Homcfront Effort" Delta North Elementary Great Basin Historical meeting funded by Utah Humanities Council and Smithsonian Institution March 10 Kristie Beard and Robert L wedding reception 7 - 9 pm Delta Utah Stake Center 72 N Center March 10 13 Fillmore Community Theater presents Larry Shuc’s broadway hit “The Nerd" MHS Auditorium 7 pm March Teresa and Eric Willoughby Mooney wedding reception pm Delta 3rd Ward 197 S 300 W 2nd Annual Writing Conference The Written Word - 9 am 5 pm Call Marcia Anstead March 12 Justine Boyd Cowley mission farewell 10:45 am Oak City Church March 13 Cancer Control Clinic Delta lst2nd Ward 222 W 200 N 8:30 am- - 3:30 pm Call March 14 Cancer Control Clinic Fillmore 1st 4th Ward 340 E 500 S 9 am - 3:30 or pm Call March 15 Deadline for Farm Bureau Essay Contest March 16 Domestic Violence training seminar for health care providers 9 am - 3:30 pm Fillmore Community Medical Center March 17 Layne Finlinson and Juliet Evans wedding reception and Tamcra Finlinson and Jeffery Dean Hone wedding openhouse Delta U lah Stake Center 7 9 pm Deadline for girls volleyball league signups Rec building 8 S Manzanita Delta March 18 & 20 Fillmore Community Theater presents Larry Shuc’s broadway hit “The Nerd” DHS Auditorium 7 pm March 21 Food Handlers Class Delta Public Health 2:30 pm (S5 fee) March 24 Deadline to signup for baseball and softball Rcc Building 81 South Manzanita Delta March 27 Immunization Clinic Delta Public Health 1:30 am & pm April 12 Auditions for the third annual Night of Theater MHS Auditorium 5feife? i EtHmof tot Derin Phelps Advertising Julie Ward Goertz Design Riley Wood Salee Accts Rec Ad Sales Kathy Walker Circulation Julie Ward Goertz Commercial CircXomp Printing Sbellie Dutson Printer's Devi Shelly Jenkins Filmore Office Manager Evelyn Mallet Subscriptions in Advance County - $2000 per year $t 300 per 6 months Out of County - $2500 per year Single Copy - 50 cents In FAX: Delta: OWNED Chronicle Progress Fillmore Office Location: Hours: Flmore: DUWL PUBLISHING COMPANY BY SUSAN B DUTSON EDITOR S? Dear Editor I am writing in behalf of the Millard County Farm Bureau to speak in favor of recruiting additional value added agricultural enterprises to Millard County Millard County produces about 350000 tons per year of alfalfa hay of which approximately 70 percent is exported outside the county Additional value is obtained as this hay is then fed to livestock to produce meat milk cheese ice cream etc We believe that it makes good economic sense to strive to keep more of this high quality hay in the county being fed to local livestock By so doing hay producers could save the freight of shipping this hay out of the county which would give them additional money to spend for goods and services in our local economy As additional dairies and other agricultural operations come into the county not only will they provide a local outlet for Millard County hay they will use building materials many of which will be purchased locally for their facilities They will pay wages buy equipment purchase automobiles surance gas groceries and a host of other services from county businesses They will pay property taxes and crease the tax base of the county at a time when the largest tax entity in the county is depreciating Regarding property taxes paid and the services required the Economics Dept at Utah Slate University in July 1994 reported that on average for every $1 paid in property tax by residences they require $112 in services such as sewer water police etc Commercial businesses require S41 worth of services for every dollar they pay in while agriculture needs just $33 worth of services for their dollar We need agriculture! Because of urban sprawl in other areas of the country many of these dairies are being forced to relocate We think the time is right to recruit them to our area We commend those who have been involved with these efforts up to now and strongly urge their continuation With the Planning and Zoning laws which we have in place we believe weean all coexist with these agricultural enterprises and by so doing the economy of the whole county will benefit Daniel Anderson President Millard Co Farm Bureau Public meeting requested Dear Editor: We have several questions which we feel would best be asked and answered at a public mcctng regarding dairies We would like to request County Commissioners hold a public meeting in the near future Thank you Arnold & Serena Weeda Wayne & Barbara Spencer Stan & Mary Preston Gary Robbins Edith Rohhins Merrill & Georgia Olson Mike & Kim Melville Dean Wood A Hyson Wood Neno Noelzle Someone lacks vision Dear Kathy It is my opinion someone in this county lacks vision Should we not be looking into the future for the sake of future generations? How many graduates of Delta and Millard High School are settling long term goals to go on to higher education and then return to Millard County to be employed at a dairy? Will this type of employment provide a livable wage benefits and an opportunity for growth? The way I Will the employees of these dairies not only expand our tax base but become contributing assets to our communities? Perhaps we should look to our neighbors to the north I doubt there are many tax payers in Utah County complaining because their county officials had vision and choose to recruit high tech instead of fruit orchards Diane Mecham see it from the outside Dear Editor: I read with great interest your article on dairy recruitment in the “Progress” today Having been in the hay transportation business for over ten years along with being an County resident with family tics going back four generations my interest in Millard County is very astute This is the way see it from the outside on dairy recruitment in Millard County Several questions were asked in your article The first being: Are $9000 per ton prices realistic? Second: Can local dairies purchase hay for that price? The price of hay in Millard County is a very complex problem to analyze and depends upon a very complex range of issues not the least being the foreign exchange rale in currency for the export market When dairies purchase alfalfa hay a lot of other commodities and commodity prices come into play at that time California commodity prices vary greatly even within the slate of California How much will other commodity costs be for the milk producer where such products are likely not readily available? Dairies use various commodity mixers to produce milk These concom almond hulls tain cottonseed soybean meal barley citrus to name a few Because most commodities that a lot of dairies use will not be readily available in Millard County and will have to be moved at a reasonable rate Hay prices will adjust as a buffer zone in this complex mix You mention that for the first time in farmers arc getting recent memory S9000 per ton for their product and this was due to the demand from other gions Also milk prices have recently declined to the $1150 per hundred weight range So can milk be produced in this price range in Millard County with a $9000 per ton hay? In my estimation it cannot! Varying factors contribute to the price dairies receive for their product have to be taken into consideration not the least being transportation of that milk to the processing plant Some of the dairies in California have base cost as low as twenty cents per hundred weight to their processors Where will the milk go in Millard County? How will the weather extremes of our winters effect the dairies in Utah? Will the demand from other regions lessen when other dairies relocate to Millard County? In my estimation they will not I would like to see Millard County's exposure in the hay market be a positive one When a lot of dairies move to Millard County and then using the outside dynamics of commodity prices it will likely move the alfalfa price range beyond probable means Determining the price of alfalfa hay is similar to the “chicken and the egg” theory If you can diagnose this problem and tell me which came first I will be able to determine the issue of hay prices As stated in the beginning this is a very complex issue and one that is not easily analyzed Is the county doing the right thing to entice dairies to Millard County? Who knows! What Millard County needs is a strong economic base as we all know How to achieve that in the future will be difficult to ascertain Best wishes to the county and its residents Dwight F Warner St George Utah 100 South 25 West Mon & Fri As Eye See We also suggest that a marker be placed to give your historic property additional public recognition Please contact our office for details if you are interested in purchasing a marker Listing in the National Register is intended to encourage preservation as well as provide recognition of a property’s significance A 20 percent federal tax credit is available for substantial rehabilitation of residential rental and commercial properties In addition! 20 percent state tax credit is available for the rehabilitation of historic residential properties We would be pleased to sist you with either application process should you w ish to apply Please contact our office if you have any questions or if we may be of assistance to you Wilson G Martin Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer and Program Manager DWR will sponsor a Hunter Education Instructor’s Training Course in March According to Steve Allred persons interested in becoming Hunter Education Instructors are encouraged to attend Classes will be held March 6 7 13 14 20 and 21 at the Millard County Posse Building located at 840 East Lane m Della The course is 4 offered free of charge State Assistant Mark Beamson will Hunter Education Coordinator teach participants how to instruct hunter safety to area youth The course includes training in proper firearms handling For more ethics and responsibilities or information call Allred al Beamson at It W Dairy uproar fanners think now Dairies may help to stabilize Millard County’s economy Many we ne prepare is the most critical point of time for dairy recruilmeni Others thin and then recruit Still others don’t want to see any dairies in l ecounty an Part of the explanation given in recruiting dairies is keeping hay arm in shipping hay Accor mg to two thereby saving freight cost to the farmer it or armers BureaumcmbcrssavingfreightcostioihefarmcrwillresuUinmorepro at e ave slat and will improve the local economy Several local truck owners and is added to the cost freight is not paid by the farmer but by the consumer the price of Most fanners arc concerned about the California market controlling ton if they save the freight cost hay Some think they can demand a higher price per are located here It has been suggested by a Farm B urcau member that if enough dairies about the per ton When questioned the cost of hay could be as high as cost they will be able process he explained that if dairymen do not have to pay freight to pay more per ton make who their Some local truck owners have questioned what happens to those trucks owned by local residents who living hauling hay? There are approximately 20 19 local drivers who are their employ of 65 They least for at on freight hay depend 2 per hour and there are also some families who make their living loading paid $ truckers those same trucks They also pay taxes and purchase services Millard in when fuel food etc County buy It has been suggested around 40000 as the desired amount of dairy cows in Millard would cows 40000 probably County Millard County has4347264 acres of land and fit there are now approximately 5000 dairy cows Everyone seems to have theirown cows are wanted point of view as to w here dairies should be and how many over concerns resulting impacts Millard Several residents have expressed their land may be purchased by County does not have strict zoning laws any agriculture dairies Some of the land is in close proximity to residential areas Those homeowners are concerned about environmental impacts such as waste management fly control be addressed should and and property value These arc valid concerns The cheese plant cannot use all the milk produced by a large number of cows and without local processing or manufacturing plants where is the market? Which has been given improves the economy shipping milk or hay? Again an explanation the dairymen wnll locate their own market It seems a complex issue and answers arc unclear Answers appear dependant on the opinions of individuals who speak out on the issue An article in The Dairyman December 1994 stales: "Millard County in Utah has probably been the most active in recent years in its quest to attract California dairy relocations Available markets is quickly becoming an issue there also like so many other areas that are attracting relocation no infrastructure exists and contrary to popular opinion it doesn’t happen overnight’ Roger Stanworth said in response" Cows have to come first the milk processing a plants second A like comparison would be having die people before building store I don’t support the heller skelter building of dairies I think dairies should come with responsible management and strict zoning I think when agriculture prospers so docs Main Street in Delta” This column during the past two weeks is not a war between wage earners and farmers (I resent those behind such ploys implying am trying to start one) It has to do with concerns as to where we place dairies how many do we recruit and what arc the resulting impacts? Besides as the name indicates it is the way sec it and you have a right to see it the w ay you chixise In my opinion Articles submitted in this column are the personal opinion of the writer and not necessarily of anybody else Speaking out is our First Amendment right By Derin Phelps I rarely write opinion articles because feel that the job of a reporter is to report the news objectively I bcl ie vc that community issues should speak for Uicmsclvcs and the only people who should give opinions arc Uiosc involved in the issues and those who do so under a legitimate opinion article Objectivity and taking a role as an "observer’’ not a "participant" is a key to my reporting convictions I feel however that it is time for me to speak out on one issue which has caused a stir in Millard County: the issue of dairies This opinion article is not really to give my opinion on the dairy situation itself but to give my opinion on the right of American Citizens to exercise free speech My colleague Kathy Walker writes a weekly column called "As Eye See It" This is clearly an opinion column The Chronicle Progress also invites the community to express opinions in the "Letters to the Editor" column Free speech is a fundamental right which when taken away can lead to a breakdown in democracy The First Amendment to the US Constitution slates: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press: or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances” According to the Constitution of the United States of America US Citizens have the right to express their opinions Kathy Walker is a US Citizens and has Utc right to express her opinion about dairies or any other issue in Millard County Her opinions may not represent the views of all Millard County residents Her opinions may not be the best solutions to the problems or situations facing Millard County That docs not matterl Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion The Chronicle Progress has a forum to express opinions Th ise who agree or disagree with what Kathy has written are encouraged to give opinions in the "Letters to the Editor" column and sign their names Kathy has the courage to put her name to her opinions and we expect letter writers to do the same Over the past three weeks Kathy has felt intimidation by some who disagree w ith her opinion on the dairy issue and told not express her opinion She has threatened no one All she gave was an opinion Opponents to her point of view are invited to give their opinions Intimidation is not a legitimate way to express an opinion It is hurtful and destroys I appeal to those concerned about the dairy issue to al least consider what Kathy has said Whether you agree or disagree take advantage of the “Letters to the Editor” section and let your opinion be know nor contact your county commissioner Kathy is not opposed to dairy recruitment She just w ants some questions answered Delta Area Chamber of Commerce Van’s Hall officially listed Dear Ms Chidester: It is my distinct pleasure to inform you that the Van’s Hall at 321 West Main Street in Delta Utah nominated by the Utah Board of State History and the Utah State Historic Preservation Officer was officially listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service on January 27 1995 In recognition of the listing of your property we would like to present to you an official N aiiona Register certificate It contains the name of the site the nature of its significance the date of listing an embossed gold seal and the signatures of the Governor the chair of the Board of State History the State Historic Preservation Officer There is Please no charge for this certificate contact Julie Osborne in our Historic Preservation Office at if you would like to receive this certificate A public presentation can be arranged if you so desire Hunter Education Instructor's course POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Box 249 Delta UT 64624 Rales on Request Advertising Second Class Postage Paid at Delta UT 84624 PO TO THE J Time is right to recruit dairies Second Wednesday Holden Firemen’s Auxiliary regular meeting 8 pm Fire Station West Desert Archaeological Society Meeting 7:30 pm Millard Fillmore Library Meeting Room Third Wednesday Old Capitol Quilt Guild 7 pm Fillmore Library multipurpose room Every 4th Wednesday Social Security Rep Fillmore City Office Building 8:30 am - 12:30 pjn First Thursday Soil Conservation District meeting pm USU Extension Service Every Thursday Judge Stanley K Robison Justice Court 9 am - noon & - 5 pm Delta City Building Project Change 8 pm 5 N Center Delta Every Other Saturday A A Women’s group 51 N Center Delta Editorial Reporting letters Bu Valerie Mason 11 Starting at the bottom We are working on addition at our house and it looks like a war zone in the back yard! I’m a little frustrated because it seems like we are having todo a lot of excavating and pouring of tons of cement w hich gets expensive to get the concct foundation for a small workshop and carport! I compl ained but got a horror story about a woman who a small foundation for the only poured garage they were adding on and when they decided to brick it at a later date one whole side collapsed Therefore we have dug halfway to China to make sure qui carport should we ever want to brick it (at this point walls aren’t even being considered) doesn’t come tumbling down! The point of this story is that no matter how boring costly or lime consuming foundations are they need to be done right Which leads me into what I really want to discuss The Chamber sponsored City Enhancement Committee met Feb 23 to set some goals for the coming year One of those goals was to have the city clarify exactly what the committee could expect from the city when it came to enforcing ordinances The discussion was rather lengthy as seems to be the case whcncvci you get into legal issues but city attorney Richard Waddingham made it clear that the city would stand behind their ordinances and enforce them if necessary He stated "Why have them on the books if we don't enforce them?" So although this matter took up most of the meeting it laid a solid foundation on w hich the commutcccan begin to work w iih owners of Mainstrect properties knowing where we stand legally In defense of Main Street property owners almost everyone including those who live out of town have been willing to make improvements and clean up their property but there is still much to be done We urge all those volunteers who have accepted assignments as block supervisors to decide what they would like to see done on their block then bring it to the meeting to see what can be done Anyone w ho is interested in seeing that Main Street improves no matter how long it takes is welcome to give advice or share ideas as well as the work! We must follow the admonition of Winston "We will never never give up!" (I’m Churchill quoting from a bad memory how many times did he say "never?") Take one stick and see how easily it can be broken then take a bundle of sticks and see how they strengthen each other so that it’s almost impossible to break lhemil’s a good illustration of why everyone who has a desire to see the Main Street Enhancement project succeed must stick together I |