Show 1999 FebruarK25 ChronicleProqress Pje2yiiHardCountY cr Monday Meetings Delta pm 51 S Wednesday & In Jay Center V Meetings Fillmore: very p m Stl S hursjjy & Saturday A Main Conquering ("hemicil Dependancy and Chemical Dependancy Group 390 Wot (enter pm Tuesdays Filllrrmre 9 AL- ANON Delta: Wednesday enter pm 5 Motor Vehicle Schedule: Fillmore & Delta weekdays ounts Millard Assessor's Office Great Basin Historical Society MuKHi N Delta open Mon seum 328 n & Sat Ida in - 4 p in Fours & alter or hours call Workforce Services Delta Mon Mon rri Sam p m Fillmore Fn 8 a ni 5pm Drivers License Fxaminer Schedule: n 58 even asi Delta (Suite 0 Main) ed st and 3rd 8 a m - 5 p m Fillmore - 9 a m 3o m Extension Ofnce Delta M h 48H Fillmore: F 12 Office hours are 8 35 a m p m Family History Center Fillmore 4 p m 'tah Stake Mon uo ed 9 p m Sat " a m noon & Ihurs 114 (on touch tone all I SI phone tor Computer Family Mon ri ( enter Delta 9 a m 9am call Stake p in ue 9 p ni or or assistance all Sunday Lis ing ord Fellowship Church "6 West Main Delta Worship Services 10 5" tor Bible studies and am Call Prayer Meet Delta Community Church Worship 20 Services 10 (Wa rn Sunday School Delta am comer UV S 2nd Grace Baptist Church Delta Sunday am & 6 School 9 45 a m Services pm Delta Foursquare Church Sundav Worship Services Delta Middle School 351 east 300 North Delta 6 pm Call for information Mass St Johns Bosco Church pm Delta Fillmore Baptist Chapel 390 West Center Sundav School 0am Worship am for more Call informa- tion First Monday iolence Coalition meetThe Domestic ing 3:15 pm Public Safety Building Fillmore ever) other month Open MeetMillard Filtaore 8: 15 am Mondays CL'FS Library Board meet- 30 p m 3o a m fice UiiiM::ig Last W ednesday MI meetings s e inda C'roppe- all I" First Thursday Soil Conservation District Meeting sl tensior Serv ice p m jm Miliar d ine Arts Guild meetings all Pearl ibrarv 4pm Mllard illmore row Ike First Thursday Millard County Domestic violence entral I tah Coalition meets p m Counseling Center Delta every other month Open Meetings hursday in the alley Omit Guild meetS 69r North hwy osee p m Second Piece ings MVlla 1 hursday Protect Change " enter N p ni Delta Single Adults Delta Seminary Building " p m Third Thursday Old Capitol (Juilt Guild oung Institute 10 a in room illmore Millard est eachers Music 's house t plena Moody Delta meeting "2 est 100 North Fourth Thursday so Board meeting WM Pool February 27 karli Young and Robert V Young " M 9 pm wedding reception Bird Center Delta February 28 mission Ider Peter Cireathouse report eammgton ard Jason Stephen Hatch mission ard 50 am Scipio report rank Dern and Dixie Curling iams Golden edding celebration 2 4 ard building p m Flowell March 3 Blood Pressure & Immunization Clinic II 30 am & pm March? Katie June Allred and Cory Pace Ider wedding reception Deseret 3423 West 4500 South 7 - 9 pm Rotters Deseret March 6 edding reception for Rob and Ginilcox) Fillmore LDS 500 South Fillmore 7 - 9 pm ger (Pennington 330 Last Church 7 March Regional Conference for LDS Church am - noon Palladium Delta March Special Fine Arts Club of Delta Meet at M L Bird Center 4 tour Bank - 4 pm Delta 8 pm 51 N Center Delta Millard Amateur Radio Club meets at Posse Millard Building 7 pm Monday & Thursday Judge Ron Hare Court davs 10 am Y 99 Fillmore Call 705 S H Thursday Tuesday Wednesday Lunch at M E Bird Center for Seniors Food pm Tuesday Friday Lunch at Pahvant Senior Center Fillmore noon Every 4th Tuesday Social Service Rep Delta City Offices Tuesday Mobile Mammography I'nit Delta Communitv Medical Center Call Wednesday I'nit Fillmore Mobile Mammography Communitv Medical Center Call Judge Stan Robison Court Day 2 pm 76 N 200 W Delta (Citv Building) Call Grace Baptist Church Delta 7 pm CenFillmore Baptist Chapel 390 ter Fillmore 7 pm Second Wednesday Delta Area Chamber of Commerce General Membership Meetings See calendar for location Holden Firemen's Auxiliary regular meeting 8 pm Fire Station West Desert Archaeological Society Meeting 7:30 pm Millard Fillmore brary Meeting Room Second and fourth W ednesday Parent's Support Council meeting 7 pm Delta Community Medical Center Every 3rd Wednesday Material Girls Sewing Guild 7 pm 100 North 230 W est Delta School of The Millard County Chronicle Progress USPS Published Utah 84624 every Thursday at Delta Co by Du Wil Publishing 40 N 300 W Delta Utah Publisher Editor Susan B Cutson Reporting Photography Derin Phelps Editorial Staff Writer Walker Advertising Kathy Walker Sales Kathy Commercial tyTwrjTnaM home pm Kevin ding open 2nd Ward March Editor's Sole: Lttien to the Editor must be signed to be considered for publication Samei may be withheld at writer's request at the discretion of the editor Everyone pays when you don't buckle up Dear Editor Dutson: 13 minutes someone is very nine seconds someone is injured in a traffic crash Fvery killed ralTk crashes are the leading cause of all injury deaths in America Lights live not the individuals involved percent of all medical costs of crash victims fall on society 24 Medicaid Medicare and other taxpayer funded sources pay percent of those costs hen crash ictims are unbuckled their medical treatment costs are 50 percent higher Research shows seat belts reduce the risk of fatal injury to front seat passenger ear occupants by 45 percent and for light truck occupants by 60 percent Child safety seats he use will reduce fatal injury by 69 percent for infants and by 47 percent for toddlers But many drivers just don't ol seat bells and child safety seats saves lives and money be in a crash so they don't put on their own seat belts or make sure that believe they children are restrained is at least as important as a very one would agree that protecting lives with scat belts laws that allow broken tail light or littering Yet while virtually every state has primary law enforcement officers to stop and ticket a iolator for hav ing a broken tail light or for not all states have primary laws for seal belt use Research tossing trash out the window shows that states with primary enforcement seat belt lawsy ield an average of 15 percentage points higher scat belt use than states like Utah with secondary enforcement Perhaps it's time to further invest in the health and safety of your state and community Please buckle up and ask everyone who rides with you to buckle up If you would like additional information on the Buckle I'p America campaign or on primary seat belt laws or the please contact Judy Hammond at the NLISA Region 8 Office I tah Highway Safety Office (801 Thank vou Louis R DeCarolls PhD Regional Administrator Dear Editor: Government by majority vote on all issues and questions would be a disaster However on rare occasions public input by referendum vote is appropriate State and local laws allow for such input can recall two referenIn the twenty years have been a resident of Millard County he dum votes The first was on the hazardous waste issue approximately ten years ago second was when Millard County withdrew from the Central Utah Project The haardous waste issue was probably every bit as controversial as the current and courteous enough to prison issue Our commissioners at that time were thoughtful referendum opinion poll place the question on the ballot in the form of a They were also wise enough to abide by the results of the vote (poll) A private business was kept out of Millard County as a result of that vote The commissioners even went one step further An ordinance was passed which prohibits the hazardous waste industry from locating in Millard County Although am not an attorney strongly suspect the ordinance is unconstitutional Nonetheless it is on our books and it ill stay there until it is challenged in court or is rescinded by the commissioners or government am not suggesting we pass an ordinance to keep of our county am requesting that our three commissioners put the prison question on a county wide ballot On February 12 1999 all three commissioners publicly refused to do sop suspect because they are afraid of a NO ote The prison bidding process specifically asks for an evaluation of public support in the area where the prison is to be located What better way to gauge support (or lack of support) than to have a referendum vote? Before the Utah Department of Corrections built the prison in Gunnison residents were given the opportunity to vote YES or NO on whether they wanted the prison They voted YES Are Millard Count)' residents any less important than those affected by the think not Commissioners let the voice of the people be heard in prison in Gunnison? the privacy of the voting booth Sincerely Thomas Knight and Tana Nebeker wedhouse 7 9 pm Delta 1st 19 Tears of Theatre sponsored Cultural Council Joy W est Millard by Reed Jeffery T Rogers Delta Date High Februarv '63 I" 18 4" 19 49 Low Precip 30 21 31 20 46 16 21 64 26 22 46 II 23 55 16 02 Deputy Attorney Continued from front page Jackson advertised the position last He interv iewed many qualified plicants from Utah and other states and said he believed Berkley was the best of all of them Jackson and an qualified interview committee spoke with all of the candidates The committee consisted of members of Jackson's office staff in Fillmore and representatives from the Millard Sheriff's Office JackCounty son made it clear to committee members that he would accept their input but that he alone would be making the decision Anderson will be eligible for retirement in 3 to 4 ears f and hen he does retire it is possible Berkley could move into the Chief Deputy County Attorney's position "He's indicated that his health is better now than it's been in the past and he feels better but Dexter is looking at possibly retiring in years" Jackson said "If his health continues to hold up he may stay on longer but that's his decision and don't know what that would be" fall DMD the State prison came to Gunnison in 1988 95 of the people voted for it has reversed! Recently the state wanted to place a 00 bed dormitory adjacent to the to serve as a half way house for prisoners out on parole as a way to help with of the people now said NO! prisoner adjustment 95 influx of students from families of prisoners caused ACHIEVEMENT SCORES-Ta dramatic drop in the school achievement scores from an av erage of 60°o tile to 33° tile families do move to where the prison is and especially if the prison is in a rural area since CRIME—Crime has risen 800 the prison came to San Pete county re have been more demands on the offices of HUMAN SERVICES Human Serv ices Higher crime rate more needy families and many of the families w ithout any means of support There have always been camp followers Rural areas have fewer available resources fall Mayfield Sanpete County residents rejected a proposal by MTC to locate the private prison there are often problems at the Gunnison prison (probably at all of our and etc riots but the guards are told to keep the information quiet Recently the prisons) inmates used a door taken off the hinges as a battering ram piled beds and mattresses against the outside walls and were headed toward the guard station built of cinder blocks which were supposed to be filled with cement but as the inmates could see it was a very weak barrier Luckily the guards had been able to summon the swat teams one from Gunnison and one from Draper which took awhile This was a serious matter Did the public hear of this? No! Bill LA 13 in process at the State Legislature at this time would among other items allow out of state prisoners Laws are already in effect that direct the State of Utah to conduct review of prisons operations but rev iews are to be kept secret from the and media and also allow counties to exceed the maximum mill levy for property public taxes to offset increased expenses for prison operation within the county attorneys office AD without a vote! DANGERS - The MTC private prison proposal for Millard County states that a prison here would house minimum and medium security prisoners Categories are based upon behavior of the prisoners while in prison and could include dangerous ones if they behaved well for a time Prisoners are often sociopaths and con artists who can act like model prisoners when the need be social APPLES TO ORANGES-Tcultural and economic effects of placing a private prison in a small town and county cannot be measured by comparing it to placement in Henderson City Texas- - 17000 pop- - or Henderson County Texas- - 47000 pop- because the impact is so much greater on a small community FRATERNIZING— At the MTC prison in Henderson Texas which has been operating for approximately two years 30 women guards have been fired for fraternizing w ith the prisoners ev en setting up bank accounts for them The general publ ic in Henderson is unaw are of this would we also be unaware here? Utah Association of County Sheriffs has agreed to a resolution stating that they as a body are against private prisons in the State of Utah The Department of Corrections and Governor's Office of the State of Utah have said that the private prison will not be placed where the people do not want it NO! NO! has stated that they will not go where they are not wanted WE prison Jay Chandler Dear Editor bv By WISH! We need to know and we need a vote Contact your commissioners! Barbara B Nielsoa Printing Farmer Maintenance Repair Purchasing Collections Shellie Dutson Kathy Pow-Wo- w Ad Design Fillmore Drop off Location Kimbali Insurance 25 West 100 South Subscriptions in Advance In County - $25 00 per year $1500 per 6 months Out of County - $3000 per year Single Copy - 75 cents POSTMASTER Send address changed to P O Box 249 Delta Utah Rates on Request Advertising Second Class Postage Paid at Delta UT 84624 FAX: Fillmore: DU WtL PUBLISHING COMPANY OWNED BY SUSAN B DUTSON Delta: - Echoing traditional ways is theme of the 26th annual Utah State University March 5 and 6 in the USU Nelson Fieldhouse Host drum for the event is Willow Creek from Bridger SD Head man dancer w ill be George Abeyta from Lander Wyo Head woman dancer will be Shirley Reeder from Logan Al Blackbird of Springville Utah will be arena director Categories for prize money include senior (over 50) men's and women's men's and women's ( 8 to 49) teen boy's and girl's junior boy's and girl's and tiny tots (under 6) Arts and crafts and concession booths will be availLOGAN the to be held at able for the end J This Weather E We need to know April 8 I 'tah Saxophone Quartet sponsored est Millard Cultural Council prepared late in the 13 Msrch sides to the spring we get the first prelude of cbruary and Cams Major are setting constellations evening Around midnight Orion over our western horion wmle Virgo Rook's and yra are rising to our east The bright dominate the slars Spica Vcturus and Vega in the consiellations named respectively the first of March at ull" phase on Monday eastern honon Our moon reaches its with our deep sky midnight but rises at 6 02 pin which will definitely interfere ohscrv ing of faint objects he planet Jupiter sets shortly alter 8 p m and will soon disappear from our lowever we western skies in a couple of months as the day light hours become longer still have the beautiful planet Vmim w ith us until alter 10:00 p m as we look towards hue to it that becomes more pinkish as it sets in the the west It has an 00 p m over our eastern mountains and after he red planet Mars rises shortly west it noticeably a deep red that cannot be mistaken Of all the planets Venus dominates our western sky as the brightest object and doesn't set until after 9:00 pm Therefore the moon's phase we can enjoy the array week of in spue of February during this last of planets that are available in our sky either using himculars or a small telescope One of the advantages of living in Millard County and a few others in Utah is the bad for availability ol dark skies In many areas and states light pollution has become so miles away before dim deep space objects start star gating that one must travel most people can see to make their way into the human eyes resolving power Normally stars to the 6th magnitude which is (K) times dimmer than the bright star Vega or the three bright stars in Orion's Belt Fortunately we normally can go two or three miles from Delta to get away from city lights but in the past five years that the author has been here it has been noticed that more and more negative lighting has brightened our skies Negative lighting is the sodium and mercury vapor outdoor lamps that waste light by emitting ions into the atmosphere that cause an orange or pinkish glow One way to overcome this problem is to utilie quart white lights that economically direct the light downwards which is far more efficient and easier on the eyes Ouart lighting outdoors that enjoy gives a more accurate color rendition and creates sharper shadows or those the heavens and wish to maintain our beautiful skies limit the amount and type of is lighting utilized for security systems around the home o determine if your lighting good step into the shadow of your home and see if you can still see the seven stars of aurus is almost directly overhead the Pleiades in the constellation of juris the "Bull" he Pleiades appear like a tiny at 7(H) pm during the last few days of this month ith good eyes and dark "Little Dipper" with stars of the 5th to 6th magnitude range skies one should be able to count 8 or 9 stars field telescope (RID and rich is is what a often asked One of the questions most n RI is an instrument what makes it unique when compared w ith other instruments? he focal length that generally has an aperture coupled w ith a short focal length f being the distance from the main optics to the magnifying eyepiece Generally most How in do we figure a portable type instrument RIT's have a focal ratio off or less this'' If you hav e a telescope with a four inch mam objective glass which is a bit over 100 101 6) and multiply this by live (f 5) you have mm in diameter (4 inches 254 mm 508 mm) 101 6mm X 5 a resultant focal length of 508 mm to Now that we have such a combination (13 what is the main advantage'' First and dividing it by the focal length of the by taking the known focal length of the RI eyepiece you now get a magnification factor For instance from the 508 mm f telescope defined above if you own a 32 mm eyepiece you would obtain a magnification of 18(508 32 18) his combination with a large aperture simultaneously yield a large field of view that is great for comet searching and for finding deep space objects that have been written in this paper in the past months If you were to use a 4 mm eyepiece this combination would yield a magnification of 27X (508 4 127) Obv iously if you owned a telescope hav ing a longer focal length you would obtain more magnification An RI T is great for scanning the skies and often but would sutler a loss of field of view yield the most beautiful views of deep space objects At a magnification of I8X as described above the Pleiades fill the field of view as sparkling gems against a dark velvet background If you were to observe these at magnification you would be lucky to see three stars in the field of iew and the beauty would be lost Also one must remember the rule of observ ing fine detail is that the larger the aperture (main optical element) the greater the resolution at the same magnification An 8 inch optical system will see four times as much as a 4 inch sy stem! Therefore w hen considering an RFT consider portability weight aperture and cost A photograph of a RFT is shown below s vie get Let's vote 45 a m 10 ings ing Wednesday tah eagueot Writers Delta Chapter meeime " p m Roberta Dulson Home 41s sou'1! 400 West Delta Sovjil security Rep illmoreCity Of- Search amily Mlkri Coaly 4th 10 a in History Sat hnr ed pointment tor reservations Dance Fverv TO THE EDITOR ) Community Calendar ( Ttra body constantly produces repair— about 500000 daily nw osUs for tho purpose of growth and Consistent advertising will help service providers hold on to their current customers and attract new ones Call 864-240- 0 RFT Reflecting type telescope having a 6" aperture and a focal length of 750 MM (F5) A 32 MM eyepiece will give 23X magnification c Legislative Report Representative Michael Styler 3 our fifth week and the last two weeks of the 1999 legislative session it begin the budget process It is during the budget process that we must prioritize legislation that requires funding with what we have to allocate There are still be to decided: transportation funding crime and education packages and some issues sales tax on food are just some An agreement has been reached betw een the bank and credit unions an issue that has been quite heated over the past month If you are a current member of a state credit union ou w ill not see any changes made to your serv ices The compromise w ill protect banks in the area of commercial lending while at the same time allowing people to choose what type of financial institution they June The bill should come to the House floor on uesday also would like to discuss the private prison issue If this prison is allowed to be built we as legislators are prepared to give strict restrictions on the prison instigated an amendment that w ill prohibit out of state prisoners Another amendment w ill require public hearings in the area where a prison is proposed this would happen before the prison receives final approval Some of you might have heard about the struggle between the Governor legislature and the Attorney General HB139 unveiled ednesday by House Majority Assistant would limit the power Attorney General Jan Graham has Whip Greg Curtis Essentially the bill would take away Graham's ability to file civil lawsuits and briefs negotiate settlements on the stated behalf in civil cases and otherwise initiate civil action Under the bill the Governor would have final say in these matters Graham responded to this bill by stating that she would vigorously oppose this in court This past week the fiscal analyst presented the revenue figures for the current and fiscal ear 2000 LInfortunately those revenue numbers were down $32 million meaning the legislature w ill have to trim that amount out of our previous budget We are committed to not raising taxes so as not to pass this deficit onto the people and instead ill have to restrict the growth of we programs It is interesting to note that this shortfall is being attributed to the fact the a few of this state's wealthiest citizens arc moving out of state Recently passed out of the Senate was a bill that would cut the sales tax on food Although this is a popular idea it seems fiscally irresponsible when we have no means to make up the estimated SI 40 million dollars that we would be losing Other items yet to be decided include funding for transportation which is key to the whole budget process The Centennial Highway Fund which is a road construction program is also looking for way to make up an estimated shortfall in it's finishing year 2007 It is certain there will not be a gas tax increase We w ill also be dedicating funding towards several top priority items including classroom size reduction a reading program and for an package Those funding questions will be answered over the next few day s It has been a very exciting legislative session but certainly am looking forward to getting back home There is still a lot of work to do so hope you will continue to stay in touch and let me know what you are thinking Please feel free to contact me at any of the following: Phone (801 ) Fax (801) 538- Representative Michael Styler 318 State Capital 1908 Salt Lake City Utah 84 14 msty lerle state ut us Mov ing into is now time to Fair Warning Due to numerous traffic complaints from throughout the county the ShcrifTs Office is stepping up efforts to the extent possible to try and address those complaints To supplement the ability to cover more of the complaint areas deputies will al times be working extended shifts or extra shifts Areas of most concern are the main streets of every city and town in the country and the main roads and highways through the populated unincorporated areas of the county The complaints are mostly about speeding stop sign violations and unrestrainedunbelted children This stepped-uprogram will continue as long as numerous contacts with violators arc being made There will be no warning citations issued If you have read this notice or heard about this notice you have had your warning! 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