Show County commission meeting highlights By Derin Phelps The Millard County Commission approved an amendment to the sign regulation ordinance to regulate billboards in the county diving Monday's regular commission meeting in Fillmore The amendment requires issuance of a conditional use permit before permission will be granted to erect a billboard The amendment also requires billboard signs be no closer than 450 yards The action was taken to give the commission control over where billboards may go how many may be in a certain area and how far apart they must be The changes in the sign regulation ordinance won't affect billboards currently in place “Our intent was to limit the signs on the freeway" said Commissioner Tony Deardcn The changes in the ordinance do not include signs which are on the premise of a business and pertain to that business Commissioner Lana Moon said an application has been received from a group called Quality for Animal Life for tax empt status The group owns land adjacent to the Millard County Landfill near Delta Commissioner John Henrie said he thinks the county should fight the tax exempt status Dearden said he received a phone call from Jim Beckstrand the administrator of Delta and Fillmore Community Medical Centers and the West Millard Care Center in Delta Beckstrand reported that daycare at the care center has been losing money and that the daycare director cently resigned The main people who use the service are IHC and school district employees “He was wondering if we really want to continue that" Dearden said said the children interact with Dearden the residents of the care center which is a positive experience Later Dearden reported a young person on an ATV hit some barbed wire crossing a cattle guard on a county road but was not hurt He said Sgt Garth White of the Millard County Sheriff's Office investigated and found several strands of barbed wire and a sign stating “Private property No trespassing" Dearden said the county needs to make sure cattle More planned road blocks coming Derin Phelps The Millard County Sheriffs Office and Utah Highway Patrol will team up again a few more times this year to staff road blocks at different locations throughout Millard County The most recent road block held OcL at the south Fillmore interchange was successful in that approximately 30 pounds of marijuana was confiscated several arrests for DUls were made and many written citations for faulty vehicle equipment were issued Capt Robert Dckker of the Millard County Sheriff's Office said the purpose of the road blocks are to make suie hicle equipment is in proper working der and that motorists are alert and prepared for the road Exact dates times and places for the remaining road blocks of the year have not yet been set “We’re looking at Highway 6 and 50" Dckker said Dckker said road blocks will likely be held in Delta Scipio and other areas in the Fillmore area Tentative plans are derway for a road block Oct 29 When an exact date and place are determined the public will be informed By Every good thought you think is contributing its share to the ultimate result ofyour life Grenville Kleiser SATURDAY MATINEE TICKETS Tickets for Saturday Matinees are on sale at both the North and South Elem’s See article on School pages for more information The best deal on New GMC Trucks and Quality Used Cars Vans and Trucks is not in Millard County Come to Salt Lake City and see the largest selection of pickups vans sport utility vehicles and used cars in the intermountain west Over 500 to choose from Take a test drive and receive a free tank of gas Buy a new GMC or Quality Used vehicle from Salt Lake Valley GMC and we will pay you $10000 to prove we have the best deal Drive a little and you will save a lot SALT LAKE VALLEY GMC 725 West 3300 South Sah Lake City UT Make your best deal and then present this ad for S 00 cash refund or rebate guards work and county roads stay open Meetings between Dearden and Public Defender Jim S verts have been going well The two have been discussing the public defender contract for 1998 The county received a bill from Sahara Construction Company regarding the Millard County Jail expansion project The cost has risen from the estimate Dearden said he wants to meet with the company to work on ways to keep costs down The roof is expected to be put on the expansion area by Dearden and Sheriff Ed Phillips tended the Central Utah EMS Meeting last Wednesday night The meeting cosponsored by the Central Utah Area Health Education Center and the Central Utah Public Health Department was designed to identify problems rural EMTs face and come up with solutions Dearden said the meeting mainly focused on problems the Sevier County EMS program is having “Otv EMT teams have the support of the sheriff's department" Dearden said EMT requirements have become harder recently Dearden said over the years the curriculum has changed which has upset some of the older EMTs cause the test is hard to pass without studying If an EMT studies for the test Dearden said he or she can pass with no problem The new test contains a lot of terminology Several nurses and a few doctors tended the meeting to support the EMTs “Each of these EMT teams has a doctor there that they call" Dearden said “They must get doctor approval to minister an IV was very impressed with the state EMS people there" In another topic Dearden reported he met with East Millard County Maintenance Supervisor Gary Hone Hone and his crew have taken on a lot of responsibility lately with extra projects including the road expansion project on State Route 99 between the Public Safety Building and Fillmore Community Medical Center the jail expansion project and the old Millard County Courthouse in Fillmore “Gary’s done a super job he and his crew" Dearden said Dearden said he also appreciates the job the road department has been doing Richard Beckstrand of the County Recorder's Office discussed needs for his office’s imaging project The recorder’s office was allocated $60000 in last year's budget to help automate the recorder’s office The office needs software and six persona computers Five of those computers are for retrieval and one is for storage The software will cost about $34000 and the computers will cost 18000 The $52000 will come out of the $60000 which was collected after the state legislature approved an crease in recorder's fees several years ago Beckstrand said all documents will eventually be put on computers “We’re going to have to do something soon" Beckstrand said “We’re running out of vault space" The commissioners will study the budget and then decide on whether or not to approve the expenditure The commission approved business censes for Shawn and Vonja Peterson for a company called Western Memories It also agreed to waive part of a bill for ambulance fees for a resident Two people were taken by ambulance to the hospital after an accident but only one was given authorization to ride in the ambulance cause the responsible party could not afford for both to go The ambulance crew apparently took both anyway The commission ruled that the party will only have to pay for one of the injured people Robert Beckstrand and Janice Smith were appointed to the Millard County Library Board The commission has been trying to fill the two positions for almost a year The commissioners briefly discussed an anonymous letter received by County Attorney Le Ray Jackson concerning three individual employees While the commissioners and Jackson said they could not comment since it is a personnel matter they did report that Dearden talked to one of the three and plans to talk to the other two about the contents of the letter Letters have been placed in the employees’ personnel files Sesquicentennial Harvest Celebration The Delta West LDS Stake in Hinckley is sponsoring a Sesquicentennial harvest celebration Nov 8 at the Palomar in Delta A variety of booths and activities will be set up from pm Demonstrations will be given in candle and toy making wood carving taffy making and tatting Visitors will be taken on hayrides Games will include races gunny sack races and different pioneer games Refreshments and prizes will be of fered and candles and toys made during the celebration will be available for visitors to take home To top the day off the W'est Delta Stake will sponsor a ball from 8:30 pm to 1:30 pm at the Delta West Stake in Hinckley A talent program will be a part of the ball Admission to the celebration at the Palomar and to the ball is free For more information please call Anita Hahn at or Julia Sharp at Orem woman suffers broken arm in crash By Derin Phelps An Orem woman was taken to Delta Community Medical Center Saturday with a broken arm after a r crash about 12:30 pm approximately 30 miles west of Delta on US Highways 650 Rick Nielson of the Utah Trooper Highway Patrol said an Oldsmobile Cutlass driven west by Calvin Smith of Orem ran off the left side of the 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Limit one prises will be awarded prise per household Millard Derin Phelps King’s Ranch Zoo and Petting Farm located at 575 West 2500 South in Delta recently added several new animals to its tour lineup Sherie King owner of King’s Ranch said she initiated a trade with FMJ Zoo in Colorado City Arizona Sept 27 The zoo added two hybrid foxes which are part red and part silver several mini donkeys doves a white deer reeves jumbo necks peacocks which are the largest birds in the pheasant family red and yellow golden blue ears bob white quail silver Isabella pheasants and top hat chickens New baby rheas hatched in July are also on display Black Forest deer from Germany and a European white fallow have also been added along with Larry Curly and Moe three wild burros from the Sinbad Mountains near Green River New Jacob and Corsica Sheep were cently added as was a large buffalo named Buffalo Bill Tours at reasonable rates are given every Saturday from 9 am to 6 pm Groups are welcome Monday 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