Show OR ) 1 ft 4 Serving Utah's Great Pahvant Valley generators CD electric generators can come in during power outages but can also be hazardous to Utah Power linemen if improperly installed tah Power is Y2K ready but if planning to use a generator there are some things you need to know to safely use and operate it" said Mark Cox local Utah Power customer business manager Portable hand 1 An extremely fatal situation dangerous can occur and potentially a portable when generator is used to energic an entire home or business without first disconnecting Calendar features Delta City firefighter Johnson Delta City fireman is February's choice in a calendar published he by the Salt Luke Firemen's Auxiliary photo taken about four years ago shows Johnson during a training when the Delta Fire Department burned the old water ofBen fice "It is quite an honor to be chosen" Jonson said "I am the only volunteer fireman and the onlv one from a rural area selected t he other firefighters are from Salt Lake area fire departments Proceeds from the calendars benefit the Christmas Box House in northern Utah It is similar to the Ronald McDonald House and helps abused and neglected children" The calendar cost $ 0 and may be purchased from Johnson's wife Cyndi or the Mia City Fire Department hi— if from the utility's system "We urge anyone purchasing a portable generator to carefully read and follow the manual that comes ith it" Cox said "An approved transfer switch will isolate a generator that is connected to home or business wiring systems from the utility system" Most generators are connected to lected appliances and don't create dangerous situations Bit if a generator is plugged directly into a home or building'scircuits the generator's electricity will flow from the interior wiring out into the utility's power lines That can create an additional hazard for our line crews he said When the power is finall restored to the line the electricity flowing back into the operating portable generuor can ruin the unity and may damage customers' other equipment and appliances A transfer sw itch must be installed in compliance with the National Fleetrical Code and local building codes including permits and inspections Cox said the best way to be sure systems are hooked up and operating safely is to hire a licensed electrical contractor of our customers and employ"Safety ees is a top priority" Cox said "It's we are all aware of this pothat portant tentially dangerous situation" Fatal accident on I I i C vV J ttf a 11 o tJ cs A one vehicle accident on about 13 miles north of Fillmore resulted in the death of a Salt Lake Citv woman at 5: 5 pm Monday Dec 27' The 1992 Jeep Cherokee was northbound and for reasons unknown the vehicle drifted off the left side of the roadway onto the dirt female shoulder The driver a from Covina Calif attempted to reenter the roadway by turning to the right and over corrected She was unable to regain control Craig and Jackie Johnson and family Johnson named Top Young Farmer and Rancher The Utah Farm Bureau Federation named Craig and Jackie Johnson of Sutherland this year's Top Young Farmer and Rancher award winners They were given a 2000 Polaris Explorer during the Federation's 83rd annual meeting in November The couple will compete for the national title at the American Farm Bureau Federation in Houston Texas during January Daron and Stephanie Smith of Delta won third place and was honored with a $ 00 and an engraved plague and the vehicle rolled several times Patricia E Wall 41 of Salt Lake City was the only occupant not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle She was pronounced dead at the scene Two other passengers Richard M Wall 44 and Tanya Wall 19 both of Salt Lake City and the driver were transported to the Fillmore Hospital with serious injuries Trooper Thomas Schnciter is investigating the accident Prosperous and Happy New Year What are your plans for New Year's Eve? Marge Cox "We 're going to Dave Corey "Our plans are bed at our usual time and for a quiet evening at home no surprises the hoping for next morning" withfamiy" Kathy Farmer 'I'm going to watch the worid pass by on TV and hope it doesn't By 89 No 25 Vol December 30 CITY 76 H 200 (7 LimW WILL MIA 1999 back at 1999 Kathy Walker and Management raining Corporation's proposed pmate prison in Fillmore dominated the headlines throughout the first quarter of IW he proand posal created a nft between family friends throughout the county until the bid was awarded to ornell Corrections Inc he facility is scheduled to be built in impic Valley about ten miles northwest ofGrantsville Sgt Chuck Steward of the Millard Sheriffs Office retired after 19 County years of sen ice Jan 5 His law enforcement career began in I9(8 and includes work with the Slate Narcotics and iquor Law Lnforcement Agency andOgdcn lice Iepartment Stewart has been fishing golfing and traveling since his retirement and continues to work occasionally for the Millard County Sheriffs Office In January eight DNA samples from a skull found Oct 24 I99S in Juab County 's west desert showed a good chance the skull belonged to William from Keams JetTery Allen a missing since July 8 W8 Allen disappeared after walking away from a group of friends he was camping with about five miles north of the Intermountain Power Plant A Sugarville man discovered mains of a human body April 10 l'he mains are believed to be that of Jeff Allen and were found about ten miles souih- est of where he was last seen and about a from where the skull was f und Residents were warned that month to be on the look out for counterfeit $100 in the Fillmore bills Between Jan area over 8 bills had been passed One of the tests suggested by Det Jim Masner oi the Sheriffs Office was checking that " e alphabii letter and number correspond For example the number w ith C should be 3 and the number with L should be 12 fhe letter and number is found below the serial number in the upper left comer on the face of the bill Sean Kelly started his new position Jan 27 as a wildlife biologist for the Division of Wildlife Resources His duties include collecting data on herd numbers and sex ratios and also setting tag quotas for different management units Brent Berkley was hired as by County Attorney in Attorney LeRay Jackson Berkley assists Chief Deputy County Attorney Dexter Anderson w ith his criminal case load and resides in Delta March 5 and 6 the Snow Goose Festival was held at Gunnison Bend Reservoir The DWR conducted various seminars at the Exhibit Building during the evenL The festival drew visitors from throughout the state and is sponsored by the Delta Area Chamber of Commerce Alferdo Gonzalez 32 of Delta died from a fall March 15 while installing insulation in one of the buildings under construction at the Delta Egg Farm In April Signet Construction Inc was fined $1530 and issued a citation by Utah's Occupational Safety and Health Div ision in connection with Gonzalez' death A weekend camping trip at Sinbad turned deadly during March w hen Gary Williams 53 of Dugway fell 225 feet He apparently was walking to his tent before sunrise and lost his footing West Millard Search and Rescue and Millard County Industrial Rope Rescue Team members recovered the body Dorothy JetTery Delta City Recorder retired at the end of March after 25 years of service She was honored at an open house March 3 in the Delta City Council Chambers Superintendent Kenneth Topham tired June from the Millard County School Board after serving 26 years His educational career lasted 36 years Dave Church Director of Applied Technology Education and Adult Education Director announced his rctuement July 9 ending a career that started in 1962 Cold weather did not spoil the en joy ment of Easter Egg Hunts in Delta Fillmore and Hinckley More than 500 children searched for about 1200 colored eggs in the Hinckley Town Park while dozens of others searched the Neighborhood Park in Delta and the Territorial Statehouse Park more in Fillmore Melinda Visser Fillmore was chosen Miss Millard County 1999 She will represent the county during Miss L'tah in June 2000 The County Fair got underand continued through Aug way Aug 141 he Day s of the Old West Rodeo w as held in conjunction w ith the Fair In November the rodeo committee announced its plan to change next year's rodeo date as 8" parti ipaiu- reprenaions competed a! the - in Delta Pow wows rodiw but tontestants comvariety of Native American am er pr le claimed e:u Realtor Brad Jensen during April three weeks before He his 44th birthday sjrvived by ni wife Joan and their tur kh'!drer I" of Delia was Mandy Nielsen crowned 1999 Day s ot the ld w est Rodeo Queen C'allie Draper IS wa selected a Nielsen's attendant Governor leav in anv eiled h proposal to set aside million acres of land in I tah as wilderness He and several slate and federal delegates attended a special meeting at the Millard ounty Offices in he county Delta at the end of May eloped a compromise proposal in The county "s proposal designates about 301XHJ acres of county land a true wilderness rather than the 4430UI res in the Leav in Babbitt proposal A and exhibitors from around the state crowded the county fairgrounds for the 68th annual Jr ivestock Show The show is one ol the largest in June the slate Other activ ities Junng the month included the A I V Fillmore Jamboree Mud Bog and l"e!ta's Relay for Life Ground breaking ceremonies for a feed mill in Lynndyl and the Delta City I expansion were in fhe headlines July f ire officials urged reident to keep safety in mind due to extremely dry conditions An Arizona man Robert Bob" 39 was found July alter three Shely est Millard days on the west desert by Search and Rescue members es Harwood and Bob Terry A armed standoff with Sheriffs Deputies in Kanosh ended with the arrest of Corey Kanosh July 9 Kanosh had escaped from the Sevier County Jail two weeks before City council hopefuls fikd for council seats July 6 A total of 3 seats was open including the mayor's seat in A tragic car aci Jem the lite of well known senting County the 20 Indian airgroundto are similar pete in dances a Division of" a'cr Quality and Geological Survey began making to property apologies in owners in Sutherland Hinckiey and Deseret foot wells dug on their for land without The wells will permission supply samples of ground water to be ued a background data e Anne Massa Delia liquor store operator and Representative Mike Sty Icr are working together to promote a proposed bill to incrcase store operator compensation level sryler 'sbiii would increase compensation levels by 14 percent and tie monthly payments in their contracts to cost of liv mg increases November's general election rouitcd with Mike Vvmget being chosen for Fillmore Arlenc City Mayor Bartholomew Daniel Rowley and Ferrel illmore Quambcrg will fill three vacant City Council seats Incumbents tilen Swalberg Bruce Curtis and t iay Bunker will continue on the Delta City Council TermswiH begin in January Victoria ynn shank of Delta was for allegedly setting tire to rested Nov the Deltan Inn Moiel and damaging the manager's vehicle Die fire was set Nov and estimated damage was between he Utah Chene Moms oi Hinckley was chosen Giant by the Delta Area Chamber of Commerce Family friends and chamber members honored her at a banquet as Area Nov 10 Parents were warned to teach their children about stranger danger' I lementary principals Instances of adults stalking children as Jiey walked to and from school particularly close to Delta Manor were reported in late No- ementary by Delta vember The festival of Trees committee donated $4000 to the West Millard Sub for Santa program and another to Central Utah Food Sharing in Delta An auction for decorated Christmas trees took place Nov 2" That evening light parades in Delta and Fillmore kicked off the holi- to June day ellman's Delta mill celebrated of operation Aug 20 and 2 The plant north of Delta supplies bery lium to growing international markets More than 400 employees and their families dignitaries and other guests shared in the festivities hosted by plant manager Don McMillan Pictsweet Mushroom Farms in Fillmore stayed open despite the walk out of 24 employees Aug 19 The employees claimed unfair practices at the mushaxim Millard County Commissioners honored a dollar per ear lease Vc t to Dan BnnkerotT made verbally with previous county commissioners years ago The current commission formalized the lease agreement allowing BnnkerotT Riding Staples to remain on the Fillmore site for the next 20 years ell known Holden artist Frank Thomas sold his oil painting Sjuvoo The Exodus Begins to the LDS Church The painting will hang in the Nauvoo Temple when construction is completed in about two years First Security Bank employees in lVlta were told the bank will be put out to bid with other l'tah and Idaho branches in The bank employees will be offered a job at their current salaries with whomever purchases the bank location Zion's Bank employ ees ill become First Security Bank employees when the merger between the two banks is completed sometime next year " after The year reached a climax a gun battle on leaving Utah Highway Patrol Sgt Steve Fsplin and Trooper Gordon Mortcnscn wounded and the suspect Matthew Taylor of Littleton Colorado dead The troopers returned to the Fillmore homes the following afternoon Both are recovering and expect to return to work aftc the first of January Esplin was suffered a shot to the abdomen and Mortcnscn was shot in the right shoulder As the ear ends and a new millennium begins Millard County residents are preparing to celebrate the occasion Firework displays can be seen New Year's Eve just north of the Scipio Cemetery as part of their 100th birthday celebration and at midnight in the Kanosh Town Ball Park Several organizations and individuals w ill also be hosting festivities that evening Brush 30 ears farm An area in Wan W ah Valley along the boundary between Millard and Beaver counties as Utah 's pick for the construcmillion NASA spacetion of a port At least 4 other locations around the country are interested in hosting the N ASA may issue a formal request facility for proposals around the first part of the 2000 The space agency should make its selection around the middle of 2001 was booked Tony Alexander Hamilton into the Millard County Jail after shootJohn Chaming Beaver County Deputy bers in the leg Sept 9 Hamilton attempted to resist arrest for criminal trespass at a religious compound at Vance Springs about 40 miles west of Milford Chambers' police dog Max was shot and killed during the altercation tVHa's Car Show was the largest Sept 18 and 19 in its history More than 185 entries competed in 36 categories A lmil' ¥ nd well loved gray mustang as shot and killed on the west desert in stud was a conSeptember The spicuous presence around Swasey Springs about 30 miles west of Delta The BLM is continuing to investigate the incident 1 raditions in the Making Pow Wow took place Oct 2 Comanche Arapano Oklahoma Choctaw Blackfoot and Sioux danc season lv tribes' dfflA copy! Helena Begail 'I'd like to celebrate where there are bright lights and tots of A look 1 (Qj USPS Safety tips for portable electric t QPSM JANUARY nWJIAK HOURS IN THE 3 2000 2 NW EXPANDED KH LIBRARY |