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( to pm Delta Fuarsquare Church Sunday Warship Services Delta Middle School 351 east 300 North Delta 6 pm Call for information Mass St Johns Bo sea Church pm Delta Fillmore Baptist Chapel 390 West Center Sunday School 0 am Worship for more am Call 1998 Violence Coalition meet- Wednesday Unit Fillmore Medical Center Call Mobile Mammography Community Judge Stan Robison V 200 W Delta Court Day 2 pm Building) Call (City Baptist Church Delta 7 pm Fillmore Baptist ChapcL 390 W Cen7 Grace ser Fillmore Secuud W Every 4th Wednesday Utah League of Writers Delta Chapter meeting 7 pm Roberta Dutson Home 415 South 400 West Delta Social Security Rep Fillmore City Office Building 830 am 12:30 pm Last Wednesday UAM1 meetings Call Linda Cropper 8 - 5 ex pm eduesday CVdta Area Chamber of Commerce General Membership Meetings See calendar or location Holden Firemen's Auxiliary regular meeting 8 p m Fire Station West Desert Archaeological Society Meeting 7JO p m Millard Fillmore brary Meeting Room Seeuud and fourth W ednesday Parent’s Support Council meeting 7 Medical Center p m Detta Community Every 3rd W ednesday Material Girls Sewing Guild 7 pm 100 North 230 West Delta School of Dance 10 First Thursday Soil Conservation USU Extension pm District Service Meeting East Millard Fine Arts Guild meetings 4 pm Millard Fillmore Library Call Pearl Fow Ike First Thursday Millard County Domestic violence Coalition meets 3 pm Central Utah Counseling Center Delta every other month Open Meetings Second Thursday Piece in the Vail ley Quilt Guild meetings 7 pm Losee V & S 696 North hwy 6 Delta Thursday 51 N Center 7 pm Project Change Delta Institute Young Single Adults ( Delta Seminary Building 7 pm TffERS Q Fillmore Chamh er cf Commerce TO THE Annual holiday light ard decorating awards announced EDITOR Note Lrtmtaske Editor mmra kr ram tigmrd Names may he withheld writer! request the Oscretumaftket&tgr Editor"! Red Cross encourages blood donations Dear Editor: Jeffrey Grant Huefner is two yean old He's had his picture takes while sitting on Santa's lap and he’s whispered in Santa's ere about the gifts he wans Bn two years ago Grant received the most special gift he w in eerreceive he received the gift oTLfe Thanks to generous donations from volunteer donors blood was available for Grant when he experienced a serious allergic reaction to a medication Grant w as less than one day old having been born five weeks prematurely He received numerous blood transfusions and spent several weeks in hospitals Today he's healthy and happy and on Santa's list of mischiev ous little boys A blood donor makes a miracle with every donation Each one does so without any tangible reward and without any expectation of recognition The reward is know mg that Grant Huefner and other boys and girls men and women me alive and well of the donor's gift At die holidays people often reflect on die values that give meaning and satisfaction wish their and for peace on earth lives They to joy to mankind They share of themselves and spread holiday cheer by giving gifts whether expensive or fiat or crafted by loving hands Yet the most precious gifts a person can give are an hour of tone ami a pun of blood This holiday season the American Red Cross encourages people to donate blood far patients hospitalized at Primary Children’s Medical Center or other Utah bespeak What could be more important than the gift oflife? Call to schedule an appointment Sincerely Gary J Oweflette Chief Opera tiag Officer Signup for Racquetball League 8 South Manzanita Delta 8 am - 5 pm January 2 Melissa Bartholomew and Deric 1st Bag ley wedding reception Fillmore 4th Ward pm Marcy Rappleye and John Doyle wedpm Delta Stake Cending reception ter Shannon Lewis and Jon Smith wedding reception 6:30 - 8 pm DeseretOasis Church Deadline to remove decorations from Memory Tree January 6 Stefanie Barnhurst and Steven Reed Shaw Jr wedding reception pm Pahvant Senior Center 55 S 400 W Fillmore January VFW Aervke January 7 Field Officer :30 - 2:30 Delta Workforce pm 8 Deadline Monday The Domestic ing 3:15 p m Public Safety Building Fillmore every other month Open Meeting Millard Fillmore Library Board meeting 8 15 am Mondays CITS Food Bank I - 4 p m Delta 8 p m 5 N Center Delta MiiUrd Amateur Radio Gub meets at Millard Posse Building 7 pm Monday A Thursday - Judge Ron Hare Court davs 10 am ' 705 SHWY 99 Fillmore Cafl Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Lunch at L E Bint Center for Seniors I pm Tuesday Friday Lunch at Pahvant Senior Center Fillmore noon Every 4th Tuesday Social Sen ice Rep Delta City Offices Tuesday Mobile Mammography Unit Delta Community Medical Center Call 76 31 Community Calendar ") AA Mcctiip Deka: Every Monday Wednesday & Friday p nt 51 N Center AA Meetings Fillmore: Every Monday Thursday A Saturday 8 p ut 80 S Main Caaqaeriag Chemical Dependaacy and Chemical Dependancy Craap Tuesdays 7 p m 390 West Center FiHmore 8 - 9 Detta Wednesday pm 5 N Cauer Motor Vehicle Schedule: Fillmore A Deka weekdays Millard County Assessor s Office Great Basia Historical Society 328 W 100 N Delta open Mon FriL A Sre 10 am - 4 p m Tours A after horn call or Workforce Services Delta Mon Fri 8 am 5pm Fillmore Moo Fri 8 am - 5 p m Drivers Liceave Examiner Schedule: Deka (Suite 2 58 East Main) every Fit 8 am 5 pm Fillmore 1st and 3rd Wed 9 am - 3 JO p m CSC Exteasioa Office Deka: M W F Fillmore: T Th Office bows me 8 35 am - 5 pm Family History Crater Fillmore Utah Stake Moil Tues- - Wed A Thurx I 9pm Sac 7 am - noon Call Eat 14 (on touch tone phone) for reservations for Family Search Computer Personal Ancestral FdefPAF) Computer Instructions 8 - 9 pm Wed Delta Stake FarnTv History Center Phone 12 Sunday Living Word Fellowship Church 76 West Main Delta Worship Services 10 for Bible studies Bid am Call Prayer Meet Deka Cummuaity Charch Worship Services 10 30 coffee fellowship 15 comer 107 S 2nd W Delta Grace Baptist Church Dcba Sunday School 9:45 am Services am A 6 rust December County Chronicla Progress 2 Millard for Girls (5 th - 8th grade) Bas81 S Manzanita Delta 8 ketball signup am - 5 pm Elaine Hales ding reception 8 pm and Wright wedStake Center 6 Phillip Hinckley Jimi Lin Finlinson and DeeNuttall wedding reception pm Oak City Church Allison M archant and Daniel Corey house wedding open pm Delta 3rd 4th Ward January 9 Millard County Jr Livestock Show Beef Tagging (see article for times and places) Holly Orton and Gordon Calvin Robison wedding open house meadow Ward pm Marci Ann Droubay and Brady Hal Nielson wedding reception pm Delta Stake Center January 16 Ballroom BYU Dance Company 7:30 pm Delta High Palladium sponsored by W est Millard Cultural Council February 18 Folk Fever 7:30 pm Delta High Palladium sponsored by West Millard Cultural Council March 19 Tears of Joy Theatre sponsored by West Millard Cultural Council April 8 Utah Saxophone Quartet sponsored by West Millard Cultural Council This is die final Millard County Skies for the year 998 with January 1999 bringing many astronomical events The Moon will be in phase on foe 1st re 9 49 EST which will hinder observing of deep space faint objects This w ill not prevent flsTuir from planetary On January observations and some other cserns fore will occur this percent One Progress USPS Pubfcshed every Throday at Delta Utah 84624 by Du W8 Pubbsfung Co 40 N300W Delta Utah P’jtAshgr - Editor Susan B Dutson Rcootnvq 8 Pctcraohv DermPhegre EJtenat Sta? W"ter KrePy VWaker Ad AforeTsnq Kathy taker - Sales Comcreal Pnnftpq Kathy Farmer Oesxyi Mairjeraoce Repair Pjchasmq Cofiechons SheAe PBnorg Dutson Drop off Location Kxrfcai Insurance 25 West 100 South Subscnptens in Advance hi Cotoxy - S2500 per year SI 5 per 6 months Out of County - 530 00 per year Sngie Cocy - 75 cents POSTMASTER Send address changed to P O Bax 249 Delta Utah Advertsng Rates on Request Second Class Postage Paid at Deka UT 84624 FAX Deka comer is the gians red star Betelgeuse To the right is BeSatrix booking at the lower right comer suis the pergiant RtgeL The Orion Nebula M42 is located just below the three stars that form the belt of the annual bill for the typicustomer using 115 Orion FJtomre CUVWL PUBLSHWG OWNED BY SUSAN COMPANY DUTSON a 616 Memory Tree decorations must be removed by Sat Jan 2 1999 Any leftover decorations will be stored until next Christmas Call Kathy Walker weekdays Fum With A Fence”® Dean A Sierry Stephenson Eume''iuBevai A Jam Johnson 195 E 400 S A T’mnc VtdwiUe about 635 S 800 E foe fence and Jeif A Pre Honorabk Mentions gem d)reSiiluwng!ramcs: David fortreEsJnrAAaienELresBi-towefotree Rula Bartholomew re fireman” A Suzarare lanthtng Mat A Lmbt W ane: Jim A Teresa Frampam Doug A Cathy Brent A Vickie Sbme A Ambg Onsiand Finr tntw Tvry CnsiaiuUoe A Marine ¥ nncrEtm A Fat ileraanTed A LaNon Fawles Fred A Beth CahaonDenm 1 AirnnwHnmnw Roy A Jerry Rusvail Jeff A Bomuc Gehre Keny A Tafia atsonrenc Titer Siewant a lie ifthfimim rmmy rmmrlWminfiiilu decorated humes around town would take up an enure issue of foe papni Several ireighhathnuforerwvBthy afmitlaras yau Jrrvc remind enjoying foe lights TKex between Center Street real 100 North Eas Don't ms foeiretghholhiuilbafilXUl Cenlcr Street in foe tbeokheffi area antic block of 600 E and 380 S off af Cainvan fbr the high pride they obviously take in there JLd rjuurraiuiiuimw in trr neighborhoods atfoslmiejfyeac Ike woo id like xd mail gpecaF mianim of die Gxnthouse'Staichouse block The peoplerespoiHibie firm for MiliadCiunni Ciuitbuuse ami die Territorial Storehouse f MiBcuradoBi incredible nif j£ Jtazmgurg yere arta' ye as do foe many people whr gem the innexnltffiurru putiip lighted displays in foe prek and foe City dnarinany long hours of work for employees wtudec0tareMuirSttre2:WinTrcnaE rare enjoyment Addfoonid USU Extension Educator Financial class series Is better family financial control one of your New Yew's Resolutions? Or do you Service L'SU Extension need information about investments wills or cstaK planning? is offering a series of seven “Take charge of Your Money” financial classes to begin in Delta on Tuesday January 12 The financial classes win be beU 7:00 p m in the Millard County Recreatkm'USU Extension Building 83 So Manor iu A venue The series of weekly classes follow a format of an horn for a guea lecturer followed by an hour of discussion and workbook activities Topics will include Organizing Yora Finances How Does Yota Cash Flow Banking and Creda DeciSng Wkre £ Managing Your Ride Investing For Retirement and Professional Help for Wills Trusts and f stare Planning Also included in this year's series will be a program designed for “Living on One Income in a Two Income World" Lectures in the financial series will be presented by representatives from USU and educators from local Extension Service Certified Financial Planners Attorneys banks insurance companies and human service agencies Speakers will not promote were developed by the The program Hid materials particular products or services American Association of Retired Persons Women's Initiative Consuner A flairs The cost for foe seven class series b $20 00 which includes lectures workbook “Power Pay" analysis and refreshments One hour USU semester creda b also available for the posting fee For more information or a registration brochixt call USU 490 or Extension Sen ice at 2 rewanfe are about3f FCanyni nd “Eye Opener"® Am ( Nen' Horizons Crisis Center Sexual Violence Sexual violence a iD ShmuiEd imnyth diut it is alien difficult to have an accurac understanding of foe ssue A Ibaucy of inaccuracy and misplaced blame continues cloud the topic rend hamper unity affintstniiSEcnwdy deal with dime Sexual violence mtpacRfotilvvewf'Jtuusamis of women children and men Utah’s New Y ark ar California making the rape rare b 13tfc highest ir uftscfiii resources real establishment of unprevention of sexual iwanit proved services top prumires Sexual assault ream unwarned asHudomnaidl Any fbnn af actual contact without foe consciH nf bnth panns :s are aus oft rextud vuuience It does not have to involve physical ffher ThepcipenamfYiittemiun is to burrandbumilireethevicnm Actsof sexual assault include: a rape or attempted mpe by are aaqummamse friend femily member spouse or stranger h Child abuse nuiksmimunuereLardtildcepiuitauun sexual harassment in for wurifiplace schuuii or on ihe sneer d indecent exposure c voycunsm sexual cxpiuttHiiBrilfditenaby pmtessHiirais Sexual vtoiencr bmou’iwnmBn'k aaure’fkiaafoimai issue affecting survivors there families friends rend sommunhis ft ret happen in anyone Anv where Anvtimc Sexual assault Edenmictwnivmir'satiiey aiiJ to thusewho lives have Nw affected " b fore violent ante- ' in all cases of imriBra blame bur foe perpetrator who must be held accountable for hit acnmaJ2egiteciiimmin mucanecpriaos that sex offenders cannot control then scxuaitngeKreufjredtTven to deviant behavior fob boat the root of foe nunc frnnph put sttxiuriwuitemE'isaienmeafpuwerreid control not IuslNo one asks or deserves® he assaiitedlTbrertrspnnsbility af sexual violence foils exclusively on foe perpetrator The amsrovr nature df rapr and reewud! vuvaulr anmnbuia to the difficulty many surv wots have in adkmwJ bdg foey fame bean rialtoed and in seeking assistance unit!imed Survivors derervrTtonmdmngmid The iiipninrrhrv sary m reclaim comnil nfdhsirllwes New Horizons CrressCEnBnsreEiknjg wnuntEon who may be imwrvwi m becoming advocates frjrwiamof rarc and amnd assault The trammg fbrnew advocates will be held Jan 8 12 and MimforTEiimmgRjumredicGtmunii JusdceCamptcx re 835 E 300 ?io IGchficid TheuramnFwiiL foenreare ummberaf subjects fore hrip advocates better understand theuraunairessncre&id uutlf wnl wmautr It Knot necessar OKcmmnfcinibeciimingiwiiiimEa-inanderlattend the training Anyone wanting m me mum dhsir Ikniwieugc: aid imderreanding of rape aid sexual assault b welcome Theirs mriuhsriE forfoe sesauna If you art mtcrestcdninrEndmg fortnumng pieasccail New Horizons re uamreunroaiur offices m 145 E 100 Na and pick up a registration firem a c f The Constellation Orion The bright sar in the upper left SALT LAKE CITY - Questar Gas day asked the Utah Public Service Commission (PSC) to approve a S3 17 lion decrease in its Utah natural gas rates This change is requested to go into effect 1999 January If this request is approved by the PSC year from S592 to $553 of $39 per year or about percent The decrease request was made in the company’s semiannual or filing Such filings able the company to adjust rates twice a year to reflect changes in costs Just over half the natural gas Questar Gas provides its customers is purchased from outside suppliers The rest however comes from Questar wells and is delivered to customers at ice" pricing which is more stable than gas purchased from outside suppliers The combination of and gas supplies benefits customers by producing a able attractively priced gas supply This is one reason Questar Gas customers gas supplies joy J at an oblique angle (23 degrees) therefore spreading Therefore per unit area we receive npproximrech 30 less sunlight when compared with overhead sunlight of the nicest events to start the New Year b the Quadrantid meteor shower dm reaches its peak on die 4th Look to the north tow ards the constellation of Draco that b not far from the Big Dipper This meteor shower b characterized by bright sneaks of light of short duration which frequently produce fireballs Best observing time win be shortly after midnight through the early hours of the morning of the 5th Be sure to bring a pair of binoculars that have a w ide field such as a pair of 7X3 5mm to catch some of the fainter meteors Observ mg w ill be somewhat hampered by the Moon but as an observing hint you might try standing or sitting m the shadow of a home or tree with the Moon to your backside This will somewhat aid your dark adapted eyes but not the overwhelming glare of the Moon For those of you that rise early in the morning there b a gathering of planets die eastern sky on January 9th If you look southwards approximately an hour before sunrise am) you will see our Moon in its Last Quarter phase along with the in Mars the constellation Both star and and die Man bright of Virgo planet Spare Spica will be of the first magnitude Hid their color contrast w ill be quite impressive Mbs will be a color with Spica being This b quite noticeable in color corrected binoculars that will encompass the field of both objects For those dm own a small telescope Mars will not be positioned is its orbit to allow good observHion of its disk at this time We will have to wait a few months as orn Earth caches up in its arba with Mars to get a better view More on that later in the year some of our readers received cither binoculars or maybe a nice telescope Hopefully for Christmas and right now b a good time to go outside to test your instrument an the planets Jupiter and Saturn You will find Jupiter not too for from the western horizno about 9:00 pm as die brightest object in our night sky Ifyou train your telescope on a of at least 190X you will be able to discern a few of the magnification using Jupiter color bands that will vary in color from brown to bright atmospheric Sjturn traib to see tire Jupiter at the same hour but unfortunately it lakes twice the magnification color bands that are less colorful than Jupiter's However this b compensated by its beautiful ring system that b quite impressive at 100X magnification Ifvou pick a night least three that is not hazy with ice crystals in the air you should be able to sepreare divisions of rings around Saturn One of the most impressive views of Saturn was refractor at 225X magnification in which five moons were present through a and the rings resolved into five different divisions This of course was on an exceptional clear and steady atmospheric condition on a moonless night! all the constellations that contain a wealth of objects as multiple son Amongst clusters and nebulae b Orion which can easily be located almost due smofa after 10:00 pm Even with a modest pair of binoculars fob area b rich in deep space objects and with Orion colorful stars A photo of just a guided camera and 30 miniwc exposure on 400 ASA film yielded the photograph below causes sunlight and heat to strike the warmth over a greater area Requests Rate Decrease cal residential decathenns per week 3rd our planet Earth reaches its perihelion (closest point in its obit the Sun ) at 8 00 am EST at a distance of S 14 million miles To many people the may seem odd since it occurs in the winter of oir year mid some may speculate dm this it is die lilt of our axis from the Sun dm is how our seasons are generated In actuality This is a decrease The KiOard County Chronicle ns around QuestarGas it w ill decrease m pm more homeowners foil There wmac esnicsinr nTiidicdl jww FJhnore dus ye ever went u wmiticfu artt cresiixt: trainlts id dECtrose fonr banes and propones in s the lures tradition ir’TYrrsrmis uv In infiy nv done die night rf Dec 18 of foe FilimnreQumner or Cimuigta imd the difficult bre nijcyafcie ask of picking me a few turner iriur aming many so deserving of tfleiwtoa Cf special fire in been snail a reread way manure this year s icuie ’ignis sire fotry ve ihsSnre auwy hut this year many more homeowners took a couple of advantage nf ftyrr n nwC? mly sjcdacuiar Our sa BwgrtJt ins uarresunre zfjid rent 'lew trailirionai retd modem 795 E 575 Becky GitBC Tire TL Be HraKT®CainmiratweirgiesaiCtaig-5 The Chore family rrnuir wmiterdLi jseufiittstD rexem foe traditional Uncs of their heaurifiii home Next foe ‘‘EinrisrniiOiesAwandT gxsio fire ILmiussen M595E Canyon Road As you drive pes ths tug lunne fesnuned wtth kaides along the eaves and a gorgeous wreath vne ga the Tiamr rent iatafaCuner and Ives pi nit of he lan century m Steve A fill Robison re 185 N 100 W Tire “Pilixr offor CnminumyXuuatCgoes for thru stunning tare jjT ghitng nr recent dtc distinctive wiluiccimc of their iowefy n m ffinaar tpuesim ok Donna Fmhenbtrg Utah Store JLmveraty Eaanaam 0500 (Xd Mam Hitt a ran jax Phonm domafayaLmiajtdiL How Can i Keep f!y Posnsettia Alive Beyond the Holidays? Answer br: Jerry GMUtspmtiizdiilaatKmumTitp Extension Honiadturim Though the hniidays wiF sum he awest if Juesi ‘bmtOT yourpornsemas have to bt With a Itttk care foey rare sill tadhrer your borne Sir months to come Pmnsettias are nature Meiaear plana They foue the holiday season because they are short da? plans that requrtrlUmr-grits m :aundl foorcoltre change Thecokrefid bracts of these planarere banes rmr Juwera Red is foemore common bract color The Ewer butfe are flre red re gresr buttons or foetantEr af foe fores fore open to a small yellow flower Healliy pnnaettas hare JaiX great leaves briuw the braes and foliage all the wax to the base Consider these tips tr 'larep your puinsremit healthy and btight Protect the plants from freezing Etuucianirexesnscailu where foacamttmg diem Place them in a light filled room aw ax from drafe Thry dtr best in rooms benvem 55 mi 65 degrees re night and 6J mTO degreesforengfoefoy Water poinseinns when foe sail is dry 2 to 3 inches down Ihe r tod will develop roar rot ery sttauxvt rreoverwaiErmg lefong excess water drain out of foe quick h ifkqKtoc bottom Appb mi af purpose wraer siiuine tfcrniiznr once week to keep plants healthy during the hoiidBys Oner foe aiurnti braes drop affi reduce watering md foe pomsema lack so jure a few fsiiLzafion to gne the plans a nss: preroifi leaves are left Pomsetuas can hr token nuuinmv ir fra srnmg when foe dmtgeraf a frees b past Place foe plans in ashafo ’IticaUDU rad foes can broqayed throughout foe summer Direct column topic aiestunacm OmnaCiikreimirg Utah State Uiuverstv C50C Old Mare HiU Umgap CT Phune 0 fox: ttnnnaf cmcusLtu Utah StHg Imrvestsy Ittai oniversry baCrenegse Foundrekm Research I msntonanlLncare£jrniirinetr Ulan "sCadicVaileyCSVscght academic xtHewnie outreadt Extenaon offices provide coUeses School of uraduas cotnprehensrvr ptugms- to Iltgi retd foe war id Christmas Eve chimney fire Jh rieria Phrtjm Just under 2t firefignurs tesmnuud to the Ralph Jefie--y home re 259S Snuff Lonetree Rd tear TfcltE Thuradm ud Delta Fnr Asttry a chrmneyiust reiouefne frrenaur mratnc 2 gm vrtucf sarttec tmail: ffre Damage induded a hoie in foe wall and Five tracks cetling around foe fireplace were disprafoed the resdojce There were to injures |