Show Serving Utah's Great Pahvant Valley l)?riii Ik : u J nn HmJ ol Salt ake ( n thrilled Mill J t mini) residents nday and nil sounds limn cslcrday nmhl he KhkI pcrlormcd in lhe lone tunes limit? unit Vila High Vliitl Vidiiorium Kukri Schmidt's Vltat ommunily Kind Schmidt IVIta Middle School Bund rmy Band s Director coordinated the rida he hand spent he day isit Vila Middle beginning hinj clinics iclcasc lime aler at School vim mi eai Vila llieh School clinics were held tor Vila aiul Millard High School students ach instiuii'enl giotip was separated and kmc or nime el the rmy Hand members taught students about their instruments Schmidt viiiJ this gave students more dividualized insiiuclion than ean he ided class "And llien lhe played along with them with any corrections that they might need " nuli idually Schmidt said Ihc23id rmy Band is conducted by V arraul i!liccr ln "Mike" Cottam who c hand lor 32 years has been "Uii Schmidt'" ir high school hand director Kobcrt a member of the 2rd Wood riday rniy Band Wood performed a special night lor both night making men Schnndl h in Wood's class from HWM')X3 " "I le' Mill teaching at the Name school Schmidt aid "'Still loks as young as Delta City Library expansion R as s ll rniy Hand memhers has e regular lies play part lime for tune jobs different schools and communities throughout the stale he hand meets once week to a reheaise Schmidt is trying to work out a way to bring the 23rd rmy Hand lo Delta every two sears he first scar Schmidt was at Delta Middle school the rmy Hand in illmore and held clinics for students Schmidt ssas ins ited to take his students to that clinic lull f'vWyj A I all right Army Band Conductor Mike Cottam turns the directors baton over to young music enthusiast who directed the band through a patriotic number "I look them over thcie and thought might as well hase them over here tust easy" Schmidt Mid "So mv ued them lo come oser here and then united f illmore lo nunc os er here also " Schmidt said middle school and high school hand students sscre very excited about the clinics the nnv Hand pros ided He said the clinics help build the music program for students already insolsed in the band Seseral Millard ounts derails came out lo hear the band At one point during the concert the band played the theme songs from esers branch ol the military including the oast Ciuard which no longer exists As each song ssas plased we as many musical talents the most popular musical strument ol" the decade? Without question the saxophone On Thurs April 8 I'm at 7:30 pm at the Delta High Auditorium the West Millard Cultural Council is pleased to present the Utah Saxophone Quartet The Quartet features musicians of the highest caliber and experience Thex will perform an interesting and exciting blend of classical jau and ragtime music Critics acclaim the Utah Saxophone Quartet to be among the best of its kind In spite of the saxophones immense popularity few people are familiar with the scope and variety of performance of the saxophone The versatility of this markable instrument is magnified in the hands of the veteran group as they present an amazing musical event accessible to every ore Two of the four members of the Utah Saxophone Quartet Dave Feller and Ray Smith received uVvtorale degrees performance from the prestigious Indiana University School of Music Ray Smith is a professor of saxophone and jazz studies at Brigham Young University and director of the national!) recognized jaz a n mra: ': - Vb 1 Kee n hope- I'ait 'l the reason hc pr'ied is behind schedule is thai an environmental stiuh is mandilel "li had to l'i' to the dittercnt peop'e had grant- - :rom that ireathouse he k I'kI to gsc js th' plained betore we could start any thrii helore we could put ars tiling out to bid " he spids determined noise levels :he expansion would cause inside the library any wildhte would be jnd deleimined impacted uch as birds or t"s!i " ireathouse said A e passed i week that 'hey nally got a notice this found escry thing to belt k tndwe were with a number on the xylo- audience members svho served in that particular branch stood and were applauded bs the audience he concert gase the Vila ( ommunits he Hand some needed experience rtns Hand plased the fit si tew ongs wuh the Hand under the direction of C'omrmimts Schmidt rm Hand" "It's eass to direct the Schmidt viid In tact later in the concert a soung girl wasjsked Indirect the band Schmidt said the reason it's eass to direct the Anns Hand is because members still plas and practice on a regular basis "I sen conducting the ommunits Band is a lot different than conducting the kids here at school because they're there lo attention" Schmidt said "Ihes 're pas there to get reads to plas t little attitude about the whole thing sen though the kids here at school hase a good the ones ssho are here altitude abou' for the Community Band and for the mn Hand really want to be there " Schmidt said the Army Band likes hearfront back the mis communities ing anyone ssho heard the concert has any comments lor the band 'hey may be g sen ho said he ssill send them to lo Schmidt the band Schmidt may be reached at Vila Middle School by calling lhe Arms Band has about 45 members In W2 the band performed in St Ruvsian hilethe Anns Band Petersburg couldn't speak Russian band members communicated through their music Community Band has approximately 20 members Schmidt said the hand he band especially needs more people needs people to play percussion flutes clarinets another trumpet or tsso and other trombone Rehearsals are usually held every Thursday night at 7:30 in the IXlla Middle School Band Room The next practice has been mos ed to next night at 7U) Utah Saxophone Quartet hal is Drrin f'hi'l Ki! I'n'ii::: 'he IV abmt expansion protect schedule V'a I ty by lune ':' his project a month behind schedule Ry ireathMise K Mike Cottam shows phone i jit i I VVV - I 50" " Results ol the study are available tor ity Buildpublic inspection in the V'!: oncerns about the study need to be ing submitted in writing rchitectural designs are complete but there have been several revisions Cireathouse said there has cen some double getting those revisions implemented hey include minor alterations like changing doors making mdows larger moving things around lhe architect working on the plans is the third person lo do so amilianmg the different architects with the proieet has also eaten up time ireathouse said the necessary rev isions are almost in place so plans can be set vh'ii and submitted tor a construction bid She is still waiting on the electrical plans he construction bid has to take between 5 md 30 day s Once it gies out for a bid ill be at least a month before construction will start Cireathouse said the architect told her construction should take about tour months but he asked for five in case of inclement weather Here's the very earliest possible scenario Construction could begin by June ith a completion date of either Oct or Nov If there are more delay s would take more time "I'm hoping we'll get started be ore then but I'm being pretty optimistic" Cireathouse said One reason the City Council approved the expansion is because the library is overcrowded Cireathouse aid the delay s are aggrasating that situation Books are piled in boxes in various places in the brary and in the Bookmobile office Cireathouse said there isn't riuim on the shelses for them One main area of concern for Cireathouse is the Children's Section Cireathouse said she may hase to close weeks durini remodeling the librarv oi ' currently Books are seen here piled m boes the current library unless Oie can use is the new section temporarily once be m he checkout counter won bui't the new section while the current burs is being remodeled and patrons wl hav e doors to enter through the Hmk mobile because there won't be other doors in that section Cireathouse hopes the hi rary will months while the remain open to new section is under construction ibrary patrons have been asking Cireathouse when the proieet will egm Construction companies have also been calling to try to bid on the proieet somehow word got out in a builder's magazine that the proieet was supposed to be opened lor a bid March 23 "I don't know who submitted the formation because we weren't ready and we're still not ready" Cireathouse' suJ Orciihouse said she hopes the public nh her this summer li is ill be patient possible the summer reading program may ot m of:ce the Bookmobile Cc' KCcnsc ot 'K' " P"uc the P'o cV ' ''irJ ovi:e: o'"'" ss our's ' low ar J the pu 'or the ed Bs'kmvihie oer!he space " Bookmobile ei't lot ses ca ears he tbc cvu"t cove'- - app'o Tau'y 'v opera: g cost ot :"e ' has state :K'arx covers "'e ' ore i'Ci beer v-- e cO"'s or vi"" about the co' i Oct' people have thought the i oun:v aiiocated the money to the Vita Se via m K'mg City "It's brano: so county procc! lo the Bvk-'- t s a :'" cave hat e omDelta I VcC'veJ a B iirani munits DeselopiTent DIUii tor IV proieel I've! wil ceive approximate M1""' '''e xsif hhi sear and between "i See Library' on page ik iC Dave Church retires after 37 years in the Millard School District Derin Phelps ethChurch Director of Applied ducat ion and Director of Adult ducation in the Millard County School District svill retire July ending a career that started in Church also wears other hats He is the Director of Concurrent Enrollment and oversees the Comprehensive Guidance lis mam focus howCounseling Program ever is on Applied Technology ducation That is followed closely by his Adult Education duties hen Church was first hired in he taught at Kiltmore Elementary School He became principal of Hinckley I School in went to Arizona— Mesa "One year Public Schools" Church explained "lhcn a sear and a half went down in a consortium as a curriculum person in Iron County for the Six County Region But other than that the whole time has been here" Before the small elementary schools in the district were consolidated in sW Church served as Principal of IVIta Utah Saxophone Quartet Oak City and Hinckley ensemble Sv nlhesis Dave Keller studies Bradford and Cax len Smith also bring a Schools all at the camington and performed professionally in Europe wealth of experience to the group same time The outly ing schools in A est and is currently associate professor of BradfordisattraduaieofBM'andfirmer Millard County were absorbed into IVIta music at Weber State i nversits Daron See Saxophone on page 2 Etemcniarv School now IVIta North Ry Dave nology 12 s2 West Millard Cultural Council presents David Church emcntary Other schools absorbed into IVIta lementary included ynndyl and Sutherland Elementary Vrnvlv Helping to consolidate the outlying schools was one of the biggest challenges Church faced He pointed out that he wasn't the one who made the dexisK'n See Church on page 3 Thursday April 8 DHS Auditorium 30 pm POOR COPY 1999 Vol 88 No 38 April USPS Delta hosts 23rd Army Band 7iv emu sinlt f tp |