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CeitaJemirary Building 7 pm Cunt Thursday (Mid Capitol Quilt Guild 10 am Muiti purpose room 'WasMiilatl Muse Teachers meeting un deem Moody's house 72 West mu Noth Deita Sminiii Clata Foursquare Church Youth Crniqp HE yean aid up 6:30 pun 2599 Call IlHIII Ease Delta South auptseir Brail ev HUmaejod 7 HUE Cowi 'vender: Hall (Cisy in 9pmHuxa: V Oak City Orit case of inclement buqni2T -- Septemba’ II ttir d Volley haiL 8 Htejiistraum Office 81 South 4cm 5pm MiiliariJlee ManzBiita Delta AuqnscC UuaWuik3-- d Brandon Avars weddina reception Old Stone E Delta X 9 p m Chapa: huipunJili Sitsar Amber Down Davies mission thnnwsii: Fillmore 3rd Ward 3 S 300 2l JlLSlim ings W auputiEU limminizamm Clinic Ddta Public ajn A l - 5 p m Sqiimllai Z BatnLPressue A umminuiaian dime Dsitamibiic HtaidL 9— l30m A 5 pum Posse Millard Buildmg7prn August is abnaa over and sooo we will enter the autumn months We can expect dearer skies aod cooker nights as September approaches However during this last week of August we wtB have some moonless nights in which to observe the setting summer coivaeJlatiotH Our Moon wig be in its first quarter phase on the 30th at 1:06 ajiL EZ3T which means that it will set shortly after twilight on this day and lata and laatreach evening until it reaches full phase For those of yon that are earfy risers on the 3 1st of August the elusive planet Moony win be at its greatest western elongation from the Sun and will be 18 Agrees (approximately 36 Mooo diameters) above the horizon at 5 am EXJT It wdl be sfainmg at a magnitude of 0J very close to the bright blazing Venus Muuay win have apmkish cokn as compared to a bluish white for the planet Venus The deal date of observing the planets Mas Venus and Mercury will occur on Sepfirst close when all three planets gather tember the to the bright star Regulus in the cossadlatun of Leo the Lion Using a good pair of binoculars makes this a very nexesnng grraqmsg with Man being a ruddy red color Be sure to look directly east over the mousams as these planets we quite easy to spot A small telescope having an jpemweofji least ttscemches with a magnification of at least 75X to 100X will permit yon to see the phases of both Mercury and Venus Last week the aahor was approached with an unusual question concerning the moot Comacf in which the star Vega was named as having intelligent life and of course pkaaeBendrcfing it The question being does Vega have planets? None thus far have beta defected however there is a dark belt of matter encircling this star! Astronomers hive Spaniard that this star as young as it is compared with our Sun has not had the opportunity to rralnct these bits of matter into bodies of sufficient size to form ana large enough bodies of placet size This is not a firm answa since with each passing dry we have to change our concept about the rules within our universe For mance it was though that a pulsar or a double star system could not have planetary bodies But lo and behold we are now finding planetary sized objects encircling them Astronomers arc leaning that our universe is even stranger than science fiction And by die star Vega in the comtefioion of Lyra the flarp is £7 light years away and the is 58 tunes more honmous than our Sun Its diameter is roughly 27 million miles or approx sttaiefy three times that of our Sun (866000 miles) For those of you that have lead preribus articles the Ring Nebula and th star Vega wadisetesed in detail IFyou wvsh lo locate Vega in Lyra go outside at 900 pm and the constellation will be star that is the fifth brightest star in our overhead Look far the direclfy skies A photograph of the area surrounding Vegas is shown as it appears through one telescopes oflargest Cannon Xpni Millard Fillmore Library Board meeting 8 15 am Mondays CUFS Food Bank 9 am moon Delta 8 pm 51 hi Center Delta Millard Amateur Radio Oub mees at E ha: I0L resultmiK Delta Foursquare Church Sunday W Servkxs290 NorthJSDEasLlDela 6 pm Call or lor formation Mass Sh Johns Bosco Chinch pm Della Fillmore Baptist Ctepel390 r Sunday School 10 am Worship nil am Call formme mfoimanon First Monday The Domestic VtotenceCanimimiReei-in315 pnu Public Safety Building Fillmore every othermonth Oper Meet- The Deha Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism would like to thank Brittney Fatimson for a job dl done Brittney assisted in the office during the summer and hdpedakotofKnrcas End their way around the area She learned how important each cafl and each vsisor is to our office On a personal note thank you Brittney and good kaAMkheic Bits A Picas - We must view young people not as empty bottles to Qwu be filled but as cuviles to be lit Robert H Shaffer Cad Lada Cupper meetings Thursday Soil Cmscwaitai Drama HiaiittL SqtmitarE (Ctrenmu meeting tiir Deita Fine Arts Monday A Thursday E BnrtiCsncr Judge Ron Hare Court da vs 30 Roger Kdlpack 705 S HWY99FillmoreCail7GtK2 tpeakor - ” SqIMfinr " Tuesday Wednesday Thttrsday Lunch at M E Bird Center forScniora ‘ Iiaitthaml3ah Moody 50th werldine p m Sb Stone W a arm verson uutebrauiinAJId Lunch at Pahvant Senior Center I5U E X Ddta 6 p tn OwjOL2VU Fillmore noon Mlndl' Eyrm Jackson and Jared S Every 4th Tuesday Flowed Church nsceptwia Social Service RcpDelt&CrtyDffias Dbnuml I’hyi s Quianberg 5 bh Tuesday cdcbraiion 630 8 30 Mobile Mammography Imtt Delta pran Xcpiu Want Medical Community Center Call StptBiiibm Old! 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Arts Festival Tornarul 9iiaediniFiilmnre Wednesday in a Mobile LmrLEiUmrnr Mammography Medical Center Call Community Wqiimuhnn Judge Stan Robison CmmDay Hpim Delta (Cm BuildmgtCull 76N200W eckly Activities Delta Extensom OfTice 45 - 315 pm Call Mon Thurs Fn or for information Tucs Wed Delta Foursquare Church Bible 7 pm Fool Creek call Grace Baptist Church Delta iur Study "pm Fillmore Baptist Chapel 390 'Cen- ter Fillmore 7 pm Second Wednesday Holden Firemen's Auxiliary regular meeting 8 p m Fite Stamm k est Desert Archaeological Society 7 JO pm Millard FilhtuttE LiMeeting brary C 15 Food: Kundlera Class Ddta Public ffisdWi2:3n pm (S5IMJ fee) qpnmfiiar 23 WunensCjncer Screening Deha appt Siqpaantter 2$ rimmiimamirr Day Ddta Public lEieutbiF- - 1UL30 am A I -- 5 pm exposure Weather By ITamt daffnry A JlqyTC WOHam As a resMiicr due K the targe demand for planispheres they will again be available die Millard County Chronicle Progress office in approximately two weeks This hem ts a must for those of you that wish to fmd your way around the heavens The cast is a modest S300 and is not for profit item for you folks that enjoy the great outdoors and our annose: a Btetra Snake Valley Reunion County Chronicte Progress festivities USPS349-52- Pubtehed every Thursday at Delta The Snake ViSty Volunteer Fire Department a organization in Baker Nevada welcomes everyone to their Ananai Labor Dry weekend festivities The 40 Annual Soake Valley v BBQ md Dance will be hdd 5 m Baker Sepveraber The annual BBQ forma ly held on Sinviiv will be hdd X the Baker Raiches Cookhouse and will begin a 1200 p m (PDT) on Sauaifay The cna of the fordnse 16 andokkawiB be $700 wfll ea for $300 and dn khea wes A dance die Bktr Fire Had will be by Du Wi! PubtetwnpDii Utah 84S24 40 N 300 W Data Utah PubSstwrEditor Susan B Hutson Reaortmc Phataataafw Derm Phelps Staff Wntar Kathy Walker Advertising Kathy Waiter Sates Cprnmeraa! Pnntmp Kathy Farmer FBtmore Offia Manarar Evelyn Mahat Destrm Mamterwnne Benair Serai ftf Purchasing nnllentmTiR Computer Wtuz Sheite Hutson in Advance Subscriptions hi County - SSJOpor year $15 B0 per E muntla Out of County - SUE per year 75 gents Single Copy ' POSTMASTER: Send address changed toPO Boot 249 Delta Utah Bates on Bequeat Advertising Second Class Postape Pari at Delta UTB4S24 FAX Delta: Famwe743-534DU WL PUBLErflSGCOhPANY OWNED t Most of us do not relish the idea of a prison coming to Millard County bid the is demand for prison facilities have grown As of 996 17 million mrrmtrv were under lock and key in prisons and jails on the federal state county and city levels The prison population more than doubled ova the last two drearies and increases on average of 77 percent each yea Private prisons are gaining ground as government budgets choke on soaring costs and percent overcrowding in existing prisons Many studies have found a savings of of prisms' for private construction costs and percent far private management according to the National Center for Policy analysis That is a direct savings to taxpayers One reason privatizing results in better public service a tower cast is that fringe benefits especially retirement plans are less generous than those for government employees High paid watch dogs monitoring the rules and regulations set by' govenmaas are not needed and private prisons have the flexibility to add ormodifv rervices which decreases the growth rate of bureaucracy Unlike die government they can also apply proven business principles resulting in cost savings for supplies and construction If MTC builds a prison about 100 residents win have the opportunity to work m than less is their counterparts in public prisms and a hour It probably pa generous benefit package is not part of the dcaL but so wtiaf? County and state workers may be accustomed to those perks but die rest of us are happy if we find a job paying above minimum wage Labor accounts for about 70 of the operating budget for prisons Is MTC trying to pull a fast one or are they being wise in avoiding unnecessary costs? Video cameras infrared security systems and otha innovations also reduce personnel needs Private prisons are expected to outpace government prisons and have become big business An ABC News Special Report on Aug 19 stated investors on Wall Street future for privatized prisons Stock in the nation's largest predict a of America rocketed tenfold on die New prison company Corrections Corporation York Stock Exchange ova the last four years and leads die maria with 52 percent Wackenhut Corrections Corp with a 27 percent share follows and MTC has 384 percent of the market Sold on promises of cutting expenses public officials have signed contracts handing ova the responsibilities of guarding feeding and rehabilitating felons They have cut deals offered free property and tax breaks in exchange the news have been some to report jobs According prison companies selling prisons to real estate investment trusts which then leases it back to die parent operation at a profit The County Commission voted to allow MTC to use its bonding authority to finance construction of the if a city or town will not do so At d end facility of the bonding period the county will own the facility and can lease it to MTC or another private contractor for operation Since the demand for cell space will continue increase is to and prison privatization expected to grow 25 percent over the next five years thinking the county will be stuck with a useless and expensive facility scenic foolish The expected impact of the prison within die County docs not warrant a public hearing or is it necessary to be on the Novemba General Election ballot fr is not a high impact industry Possible lawsuits filed by prisoners have been of concern to some residents The Sanpete County Attorney has been reported as saying that prosecutions from die me owned Gunnison facility averages one pa month and litigation costs are high Does Sanpete County tax dollars pay those costs or do taxpayers statewide share in burden? Not one private facility is operating unda a consent decree or court order because of prisoners’ suits according to a 1995 report from the Nation Center fir Policy Analysis in Dallas At least three otha companies are vying for the bid to build the medium security facility besides MTC One company chose a Carbon County site anotha Dudrsne County and have forgotten the third Each county welcomed the opportunity lo have a prison built in their area If it is a tax burden without any benefits why do they want it? Should we continue to allow even Iowa paying industries into dr county and build more fast food places next to the freeway to help share the tax burden? Maybe increaswill taxes the even out cost of maintaining and operating the ing private property services expected diroughout the county Incarcerated felons are not allowed to roam the streets nor are they allowed conjugal visits outside prison Sheriff Phillips has said very few families move to a prison site to be near their loved one Some will but without documentation statements that those' families will become an additional strain to existing public assistance programs are — '“ jttdgrrtdntal' rid) tnfonntfd: The School District adopted a $25 million fiscal budget for la9 week Instead of worrying about our children attending school in trailers if a prison is built k ratio of school fee waivers cxia on the east side may be a good idea to look at why a of the county Before deciding in favor or against MTC building a $34 million private prison somewhere in Millard County take the time to explore the issue Ask questions Learn die facts then make up your own mind reality StmtumbiBr Second and fourth Wednesday Parent's Support Council meeting 7 pm Delta Community Medical Center The Millard Make a rational decision instead of emotional in die Making Pow Wow MiltHtlCbumy Fair Building Ddta Women’ s Conference Fillhninr Fv4tb Want 10 am Ddia iLiidtinr miesr weaker IRrasetl G Anderson aid Angela Woods waditing open huuae Flora Wood 4ft Showood Shores Ddta Room Meeting Assistant Executive Thank you Fr OfTice SaL Middle FitUs Wednesday CtaPLcague of Writers DeJtt Copier Roberta Ducoo Horne mesmgg 7 425 3uudt 400 West Delta Suical Segetmy Rep Fillmore Cay am - 12J0 pja SI X Be? Meetings Fillmore: Saturday AA Main Chamber Corner Ew?4tt Ntimnns 3t 9 1?gg f C&U&dce T f m mi 5 A fati ynnr r&iTrfrew an intwa are seat —JCaNTTf Cihrm Delta Firefighters clear smoky road and extinguish train fire ' ir Derim ndp CRANK! wnmwirmiwii mnuenuiMB csiyQ held lata the same day a 800 pm (PDT) In addition to the live music by “Been There Done That” there will be drinks door prizes and three raffles The raffle prizes include a propane stove a Ruga rifle and a hand- crocheted afghan Admission to the dance will be $500 for ages 16 on up $300 for ages and those under 10 years old will be mitted free of charge The Volunteer Fire invites all who would like to Department attend either of these events to “Come on downr The Deita Vototeer Fire Department was Eqxachcd k a field a approximately 1000 South U S Highways 6501 owned by Kevin GarExx Thursdry afternoon Gaifoa's controlled burn blew smoke across the highway after the wind shifted about 3130 Deha Fire Chief Bryce Adibv said the fire dxii't eoot of control bv the smoke needed to he cleared from the road cause was dccreasirg visibility for There were bo mjuries Two fire tracks and tx Srefi gbsers respoodei MM6 responded to a railroad car North 425 Delta The filled with hay pellets which 8 fire about JO am Aug 8 Ashby caught said the hay was mixed with beet pulp Bid sugar The pellets were made to fatten hogs Ashby estimates the fire was caused combustion by spontaneous “It was loaded wet" Ashby said The amount of property damage is determined at this time There were no injuries Two fire trucks and ten firefighters responded It took 12 hours to p4 out the fire Firefighters a parked approximately 300 West at Eads Commodities in car was Since only WILL THIS BE s of Americans THE KIND OF FLAO Federal Voting vote WAVET WE Assistance Program (FYAP) VZOWC4A located in Fillmore has dosed their office NOW THE GOOD NEWS KIMBALL INSURANCE AGENCY 100 S 25 W - Fillmore Utah - 8 has agreed to use their office as a drop off for all articles ads to pick up old issues or subscribe to the paper etc All pictures dropped off to them wiB be mailed back to those submitting the picture s Envelopes are available so you can address them and we will drop them in the mail Please send all mall correspondence to The Millard County Chronicle Progress PO Box 249 Delta Utah 84624 - Phone: If you have pictures that are now at The Progress please drop by and see Mont He has a stack of them we left If you don’t you might see them in the "Don’t let this " happen to you ads run in the paper as a friendly reminder Thanks for your coorperatbrL |