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Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley USPS Vol 84 No 40 April 6 1995 Richfield wilderness meeting rescheduled By Derin Phelps The State of Utah has announced that several wilderness Congressional regional meetings will be held throughout the state on April 13 14 and 15 Millard County’s wilderness designations were scheduled for discussion on April 3 from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the Sevier County Courthouse Auditorium located at 250 North Main Street in Richfield According to a statement issued Monday by the Millard County Commission the meeting has been postponed The new date will be either April 5 or 16 during the original time period The official Millard County wilderness designation recommendations clude 30100 acres plus the State School Lands which according to the commission statement will be traded out when the final decision has been made Areas recommended for wilderness include the mountain tops of ex isting wilderness Wah Wjh study areas including S wasey Howell and Notch Peak King’s Top and Conger were not recommended for any wilderness During Monday’s regular Millard County Commission meeting Dearden expressed his appreciation to everyone who helped gather information for the county’s proposal He gave a special thanks to Moon Hcnrie and Jerry Reagan for the time and effort they put into the project Senator Orrin Hatch will conduct the Richfield meeting which will also cover wilderness designations in Wayne and Beaver Counties County commissions throughout the slate have spent the past two months gathering public input on the issue Commissioners will present their counties’ wilderness recommendations to the Congressional delegations and the Governor's Office at the April meetings Meetings for other areas will be held in Cedar City Moab Price and Salt Lake City Most of the Millard County residents who have participated in local public meetings have expressed opposition to the BLM’s wilderness proposal of designating 3550 acres of land in Millard County w ildemess There are a few however who have spoken up in favor of proposed wilderness designations At March 27's wilderness public hearing in Delta residents taking the ilderness side of the issue voiced fears of being locked out of certain public lands Some said they fell wilderness designations are discriminatory Those on the side of the issue said many fears about wilderness designations arc based on myth and falsehoods A made by McKay comment Pikyavit of the Kanosh Indian Tribe H'emcd to echo both sides of the issue Ho said lie is both for and against wilderness Pikyavit said Indians like to roam the country and their religion dictates that they pray on lop of the highest mountain “1 want to recommend to the commission that we make it so we can be free” Pikyavit told the Millard County Commission Freedom for the side seems to be interpreted as the liberty to develop the land and roads leading to what may become wilderness areas Freedom for the side seems to be interpreted as the liberty to go to an area untouched by man and his modem equipment Those on the side say they want to keep the land the way it has been throughout the ages and not touch it The Utah wilderness proposal will be Somesubmitted to Congress on June time thereafter the nation will know whether Utah will receive 19 million acres of w ilderness as proposed by the Bureau of Land Management or 57 million acres of wilderness proposed in Congress by Wayne Owens under HR 1500 Responsible management not By Kathy Walker and Derin Phelps A group of 45 concerned citizens met last Thursday evening to discuss the continuation of the dairy relocation program in Millard County Mike Black acted as moderator of the group He explained the meeting was an avenue in which anyone may express concerns or support and was not a special interest Hcnrie and Commissioners group Dearden were welcomed and assured answers were not expected but they were free to express any comments at any time Some of the concerns dealt with sues regarding rules and regulations for dairies Black explained all rules and regulations are currently set by the state The only recourse available to the county to force dairies to comply is a nuisance ordinance According to the county attorney the county would have to purchase a dairy if a nuisance ordinance were declared and it created a loss of livelihood for the owner "We all know die county can’t do that” added Black Others voiced concerns centered around water rights water availability and the resulting impact "This has nothing to do with being it’s about responsible management" said Jim Withers "1 am a dairyman and love dairying but I’m against recruiting more dairies" Withers went on to explain that his reasons w ere focused on hay prices and underground water “It also seems someone is playing both ends against the middle The California dairymen arc told to move here where they can buy inexpensive hay The local farmer is told he can get more money for his hay if the dairies come I w ant dairies to come here on their own because they (dairy owners) want to live here" Withers said Discussion followed regarding the perceived image of Millard County's dairymen integrity among and local residents Ken Ashby President of the Utah Farm Bureau spoke about agriculture benefits to the community and explained that dairies would assure farmers of a market for their hay According to Ashby Utah State University will be able to answer all questions posed at the planned public meeting in a few weeks Ashby added “Dairies will probably allow at least a S 10 increase in price per ton" “What about those people here who think they can see their hay go for as much as $140 per ton?" questioned Tammy Porter Ashby said that no one thought they could get that much for hay When assured by others this was the case Ashby said “Let them have their dream” Ellen Anderson expressed her desire to have the dairy issue separated from agriculture “Those of us who question dairy recruitment are not against the fanner" she said Several agreed and said they were or had been part of agriculture and wanted the farmers to prosper Commissioner Dearden replied to a question regarding why there has been a comparison to Jerome Idaho anti-dair- y "Millard County is in about the same situation as Jerome was 10 or 15 years ago when they first began their dairy program" Dearden said Dearden also issued a personal invitation to Car Hoclc to attend the county sponsored trip later this month Other concerns discussed included a question about whether the Millard County Commission should be involved with regulating dairies Jan Henke who said she is a bus driver for the Millard County School District said she has noticed racial tension between White children and children of Hispanic immigrants which are reportedly brought into Millard County to work on dairies Residents also expressed concerns regarding the continuation of taxpayers money being used for dairy recruitment and not other industries There were also concerns expressed as to small local dairies competing with new dairies Zoning issues property values lack of information and a planned slaughter house were among other areas discussed A list of concerns w ill be presented to the County Commissioners in the near future Millard County Commissioner Lana Moon announced on Tuesday that a Dairy Informational Meeting has been scheduled for April 25 at the Millard County Fair Building The public meeting has been set for 7:00 pm A trip to Jerome Idaho has been tentatively set by the county for April 21 and 22 The county is expected to make an announcement as soon as those dates are made official Former MHS sports great makes good By Derin Phelps Former Millard High School (MHS) All State basketball and football star Harold George is now a sports star in California The 47 year old George is a 1966 graduate of MHSwho is now head badminton Coach at Mark Kcppcl High School in Alhambra California According to a recent article in the Los Angeles Times George's team has been ranked number one in the nation for five years George’s father Orin George of Fillmore said his son went on from MHS to attend Southern Utah University in Cedar City He graduated from Utah Stale University in Logan George began his leaching and coaching career at Ogden High School He later coached basketball and football in Moab George moved to California in 1975 and began coaching at Kcppcl High School in 1980 George eventually became Keppel High Scht'ol’s head football Coach but later decided to coach badminton The LA Times report states that he coached badminton on the side for several years while maintaining his position as head football coach He left football altogether for badminton after his son began playing football and a tremendous flux of Asian immigrants flooded the San Gabriel Valley area Badminton is very popular among the Asian people The Kcppcl High School badminton team has never lost a game in the past six years according to George’s father George’s father said his son was also as Kcppcl High very successful Schixd's head football coach winning the state championships the second year he coached for the school George has reportedly won more than 104 consecutive badminton games Along with his parents Orin and Madge George of Fillmore George has an uncle in Kanosh Olaf George George is single and keeps busy w ith his job He also coaches the Southern California AH Star High School Football Players which play once a year in Hawaii Smith receives national high school journalism award By Derin Phelps Brent Smith a Junior at Delta High School (DHS) recently look third place in a national high school journalistic competition through Columbia University in New York Smith received the award for a story he wrote last November which appeared in the DHS MoDcl The story called "Drug Dogs Come up with Nothing" was an account of drug searches at DHS It won honors in the “news writing" category Smith said he talked to Sergeant Chuck Stewart of the Millard County Sheriff’s Office a representative from "At Bureau of Land Management DHS Principal Milch Myers and several high school students to gather opinions about periodic random drug searches at Millard County schools investiAs part of Smith’s gation he said he found evidence that Millard County drug dogs hit on and aspirin instead of illegal drugs during some of the searches "At least five lixkers were searched and there were no drugs in them just ibupmfen" Smith said he During Smith's investigation said the dog trainer denieJ the ibuprofen report In a Chronicle Progress article last fall a sheriff's representative also denied these reports 13500 students Approximately from around the US entered the contest There were several different Smith said it was an honor for him to receive the award He won a certificate which he said he hopes will help him receive scholarships “I was surprised thought it was a quality story that wrote but also knew that a lot of people would apply” Smith said Smith sad his parents were excited about the awarJ and told him it was a gixid payoff for all the work he has done Smith said he is not sure w hat college he wants to attend He said he plans to tend one semester of college and then go on an LDS mission for two years After his mission Smith said he plans to go back to college He said he might major is Smith is employed as an announcer at KFMD Radio in Delta Journalism according to Smith is a lot of hard work but rewarding He said lie ants to encourage more students to Chamberlain wins grand prize sign up for the DHS Journalism class Smith said he has learned a lot from the class "I'd like to recognize my advisor Jane Beckwith because she taught me how to write quality stories" Smith said Beckwith said she thinks Smith's journalistic training as well as his training in speech and debate should help him go a long way in becoming confident and iniprov ing “He has the potential to be a really fine journalist" Beckwith said "He has a wide interest in a lot of things" Beckwith said she was able to enter several of her journalism students in the contest as the result of a workshop she attended at Columbia University last summer She said she received several free entries into the contest so she entered 12 students in different catagorics from photo to story divisions As an example of the caliber of the Beckwith said the first competition place entry in the "news writing" category came from a newspaper in Massachusetts which publishes every other week during a sdnxil year Delta Lions By Brent Smith Organized ninth DHLyle Chamberlain grade student at Delta High created a robot last year Last year he won the in and Power Utah the Light grand pric Energy Contest This year Lyle built a bigger and better robot and again he w on the grand prize Science teacher Russell Murdock said "Lyle created a robot w ith a kind of The robot artificial intelligence plores a room and learns how to avoid the obstacles in the room” “The contest is open to sixth through ninth graders” said Murdock "Lyle won it this year and last year and on Tuesday he is going to comvte with high school juniors anil seniors m a contest" “The robot is 16 inches in diameter and one fool high" said Chamberlain "It goes around a rxm and adapts to new information and changes for the situ- ation" "Last year my project was a robot that would travel across a table and not fall off while it was picking up various objects and moving them" said Chamberlain As many as 1106 students entered Lyle Chamberlain the contest in the company’s scenic southwest area representing eighteen schixils in eight schix'l districts Finalists were chosen during preliminary contests held throughout the area Fourth District judicial vacancies Fourth Judicial District Utah's which includes the counties of Millard Juab Utah and Wasatch has three judicial openings The three acancics m the fourth district are part of ten overall judicial vacancies state wide According to a press release issued by the Administrative Office of the Courts District and Circuit courts in Judicial Districts through 4 will consolidate between 1996 and 1998 In order to complete the judicial business of the Circuit Court during the transition period persons appointed in the Third District Court and two of the Fourth District Court judgeships will primarily execute the duties of a Circuit Court Judge from the lime of appointment until consolidation of the courts lakes effect After consolidalitvn is complete the judge w ill assume the duties and cases of a judge m the consolidated District Court One of the newly appointed Fourth District Court Judges as well as the new Second District Judge w ill primarily execute the duties of a District Court Judge in domestic cases for about three years To be eligible for one of the open applicants must be 25 years of age or older US Citizenship is also required as w ell as a three car residency in the State of Utah All applicants must be admitted to practice law in Utah After appointment the judge must ithm the geographic boundaries side of the judicial district for w hich appointment was made must be Completed applications received by the Administrative Office of the Courts by 5 00 pm this Friday 7 Send applications to AdminisApril trative Office of the Ccxarts Attention: Manlvn Smith 230 South 500 East Suite 300 Salt Lake City Utah 84102 By Derin Phelps In an organizational meeting last Thursday night Ray Brown of the Hinckley Lions Club discussed proper and order other club essentials meeting with the newly formed Delta Lions Club Other topics discussed included finances membership recruitment cruitment for different projects and officers’ responsibilities Brown gave members a brief history of the Lions Club which was formed in the 1920’s n The club has grow over the ears and is now an international organization Charter Night has been set for May 13 at Leo’s Delta Freeze The Regional Lions Club Gov emor w ill be on hand for the 70C pm meeting Brown said the Hinckley Lions Club will present a gown and gavel to the new Delta club pres dent during the present ition Delia Lions Club officers were announced during last week’s meeting The Delta President is John Sentker Tony Trczza is the F irst Vice President the Second Vice President is Frank Marcus and Sheri Stewart is the Third Vice President Israel Dotson is the Chairman of the Board of Directors Other hoard members include Kathy Walker and Stacie Sentker The club has a current membership of 20 persons Dotson encourages anyone interested in joining the Delta Lions Club to contact him at Dotson said thcclubofficially formed on March "We hope to mke the club grow Dotson said with great enthusiasm" "Rv no means arc wc stopping at 20 members Wc arc still looking for more members I would like to especially thank Jim Robison for dimating the room chairs and table for our first meeting" One of the first projects for the Delta Lions Club is an Easter fundraiser The fundraiser will be held April 7 and 8 in front of Delta IGA Sandwiches and snacks w ill be donated to the Lions Club by the store There w ill be live entertainment throughout the event which will last from 00 am to 6 00 p m |