Show -- $r3 & a vw Serving Utah's Great Pahvant Valley 7 Single Copy "5 cents USPS Vol 89 No 32 February 17 2000 After 22 years in business Delta Valley Farms closes door By Kathy Walker The line of customers waiting to purchase cneese curds seasoned cream cheeses or standby fax orites such as Cheddar or munster haxe disappeared Waitresses hurry ing to deliver daily luncheon specials to hungry patrons are also gone All that remains is a small amount of cheese in the display case and longtime employee James Ogden He is the last of the 105 workers who only a short time ago produced cheese for customers throughout the world Despite efforts to overcome financial woes Delta Valley Farms owner Elwin Johnson is closing the door for the final time on the once popular cheese facility within the next two weeks Johnson is hopeful that investors may step in at the last moment and allow the cheese plant to remain open “"I am devastated by what has happened" Johnson said “I put my life into this plant My family and I have worked to make it bigger better and more competitive It's hard to have it all end" Delta Valley Farms opened its doors for the first time in 977 The original cility consisted of the 60 ft by 100 ft yellow metal building still on the site Since then Johnson has built four major additions The cheese plant has been a landmark during the past 22 years and a favored stop for tourists and residents Johnson Elwin Judy and said Many isitors class room students scouts and residents hav e w atched cheese being produced in large vats from behind a huge plate glass window since its opening After view ing the production process most stopped by for a sample of the finished producL “Cheese curds hav e alw ay s been one of our most popular products" Johnson said “Even now that production has stopped we have people stopping by Keith Johnson wanting to purchase curds Of course we don’t have any but I think residents and isitors to the area w ill miss them” Gift boxes of cheese shipped throughout the world especially at Christmas helped make Delta Valley Farms well Sarah Jo Louder surrounded by students who put her over over 2000 in 2000 known They have also served hundreds of party tray s at various functions in the homes and businesses of local residents Prices w ere competitive and some of the lowest anywhere Johnson said The cheese plant has also provided employment for residents either working on the site or supplying the needed sources In better times the plant used 250000 pounds of milk each day Cheese “ by SheUie Dutson was shipped to major wholesale outlets During the month of February Ameriin California Arizona and Texas be followed closely by a physician saved each year il thepeaentageot survican Heart Month the American Heart Johnson and his wife Judy have eight vors were increased trom the current 5 High blood pressure also known as Association urges all Americans to be a children one foster child and 16 grandhypertension is one of the most powerpercent to 20 percent or higher er! Heartsav ful All modifiable risk factors lor strokes children of their children have worked Know the warning signs of heart atThis year another 200 students from at the cheese plant at one time or another Cigarette smoking can contribute to tack and cardiac arrest Recognize a Delta High School are participating in an celerated atherosclerosis and transient Their son Keith has been the most medical emergency when it occurs he educational course of “What To Do Until volved evations in blood pressure hich contribwarning sms ol a heart attack include The Ambulance Arrives" That makes ute to stroke Smoking may also contribWorking for his dad was a great way to pressure lullness squeezing more than 2000 comthat have people ute to enzyme release which has been cam spending money when younger Keith or pain in the center of the chest lasting pleted the course in the Delta area he linked to formation the of aneurysm Carsaid The hours were flexible since his more than a lew minutes pain spreading course is held in conjunction w ith the stubon monoxide generated during smoking ther understood when a school activity to the shoulders neck or arms chest disdents’ health classes Russ Henrie and reduces the amount of oxygen carried in was a priority As an adult he has develcomfort with lightheadcvlness fainting Sherrie Nickle the are health instructors the blood Cigarette smoking causes blood oped diverse skills in many areas includsweating nausea or shortness ol breath for the Delta High School ing financial sales and shipping and platelets to cluster shortens platelet surSymptoms of cardiac arrest are Sarah Joe Louder instructor for the vival decreases clotting time and increases ceiving the person collapses and loses concourse as an EMT for the West has served blood thickness and reduces love this community and Quitting smoking “Judy sciousness he or she stops norma! breathMillard 18 Ambulance for team risk of stroke years do not intend to move We appreciate the ing and loses pulse and blood pressure Louder retired from the ambulance team Tl Vs (a brief reversible episode ol One of the leading causes of cardiac arrest support the community has given us over last year Louder has been teaching the cal neurological dy sfunction) is one of the the years and their continued support as is heart attack Other causes of cardiac course since 1983 She keeps her certifiwe face this challenge have had wonderarrest include electrocution signs of atherosclerotic disease and is a drowning rescation Emerdate to with the Utah ful employees up significant indicator of risk of stroke Aparrest choking or trauma especially our bookkeeper piratory Medical gency Training Council Linda Church who was with us for 16 Call proximately one fourth of patients with pon recognizing heart “This course provides students with stroke have had a previous TIA Heart tack or cardiac arrest sy years and James Ogden w ho has been our mptonis immedithe knowledge and skills necessary to take Disease significantly increases the risk to access the helper for the past 20 years I am optiately call emergency care of life threatening emergencies and of stroke Independent of blood pressure mistic about the future for all of us” Elwin medical system oo many people expea sudden death If knows how to person said people with coronary ariery disease or rience denial and as a re ult w ait too long do CPR w ithin the first minute of cardiac heart failure hav e more than tw ice the risk belore seeking medical attention arrest there is a 98 chance of survival " of stroke than do people with normal Begin ( PR Io maintain vital blood said Louder She contributes seven lives hearts High Red Blood Cell Count or flow two the heart and brain which helps have been saved by her students with this a marked or even sustain the victim until defilhnllation (elecHypercoagulopathy training moderate increase in the red blood cell tric shock to the heart) can be adminisAccording to the American Heart Ascount is a risk factor for stroke because of tered begin cardiopulmonary resuscitation sociation strokes have become the third increased red blood cells thickening the (CPR) until emergency help arrives leading cause of death in the United States blood and make clots more likely options on an individual basis taking these three crucial steps It is responsible for about one death in 5 Interested persons may attend in Combined Risk Factors become sigAmericanscan give sudden cardiac death and the leading cause of disability nationFillmore at pm in the Commissioners’ nificant when combined ith certain other ictons a second chance at Me wide chambers in the courthouse at 50 S Main risk factors or example oral contraceplor more mlom ation or to enroll in Identification of risk factors or stroke or in Delta at 6:30 pm in the Extension tives and cigarette smoking together classes ollered here in the Millard ( ounty is important because some may be elimiService Conference Room at 83 S crease the risk of stroke considerably in area corn Ht birali Joe ouder at nated Aggressive education should be Everyone is invited to attend young woman lasses are ollered to the general public provided to patients at risk for stroke to Approximately 70000 lives could be twice and year (all and sprine increase their recognition of the onset of signs and symptoms In one recent study t of 100 stroke patients only 8 had been educated about the signs of stroke The best way to prevent a stroke is to LJ tv identify patients at risk for stroke and On Dec 9 1999 Manuel Padilla eliminate or control as many risk factors tered guilty pleas to reduced charges as possible Most stroke victims have one Padilla pleaded guilty to one class C misor more of five risk factors Patients w ith demeanor failure to stop at a stop sign any of these risk factors must be educated to recognize the signs of stroke and must Public Service Announcements Over 2000 students now know what to do in an emergency situation Meetings on grasshopper Mormon cricket control scheduled The Farm Service Agency (FSA) USU Extension Service Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and Utah Department of Agriculture Food (UDAF) invite farmers ranchers and other interested individuals to attend a meeting on March 7 to learn more on control of grasshopper and Mormon cricket infes t tations in Millard County The meeting will cover the results of the 999 grasshopper and Mormon cricket survey in M’Tlard County kinds of infestations to expect in 2000 control options available on the Federal level through APHIS and on the state level through UDAF and control Padillas plead no contest by Shellie Dutson Jury selection w as scheduled for charges against Manuel and Froy Ian Padilla at the Millard County Courthouse in Fillmore Approximately 20 prospective jurors and four witnesses were present Tuesday Feb 15 at the Millard County Fourth District Court “I understand you guys are going to en'er a no contest plea" said presiding Judge Donald Eyre Defense attorneys for Manuel PaJilla and Froylan Padilla agreed Judge Eyre then asked the jury to leave the courtroom After questioning Froy land and Manuel Padilla Judge Eyre ruled that the defendants understood the rights they were giving up by pleading no contest to the charges pending before them Froyland Padilla and Manuel Padilla pleaded no contest to one felony possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute with juvenile one felony possession of marijuana w ith intent to distribute w ith juveniles and one class B misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia In a separate case Froyland Padilla pleaded no contest to one felony distribution of marijuana w ith ju "i OPY venile two class B misdemeanors contributing to the delinquency of a minor one class B misdemeanor possession of f C-- U H: designed by students Stolen yellow cab stopped on t 4 Manuel Padilla paraphernalia and one class B misdemeanor underage consumption A presentence report was ordered and the matter is set for sentencing on April 27 before Judge Gary Stott Jurors w ere asked to return to the courtroom Judge Ey re thanked them and plained that the case had been settled They were then dismissed t: Froylan Padilla one class B misdemeanor underage of alcohol and possesionconsumption two class B misdemeanors contributing to the delinquency of a minor This matter was also set for sentencing on April 27 A taxi light across the top and yellow cab stickers on the side of a yellow 1993 Chevy Caprice made Trooper Tom Schneiter take a second look w hen he saw it traveling southbound on The vehicle's Colorado license plates also added to his suspicions The trooper stopped the car and a record check on the national computer showed the driver was wanted forescape in Denver Patrick Thomas Kane 36 of Thornton Colorado was arrested at milepost 171 and transported to the Millard County Jail He is being held without bail on a warrant from the Denver Sheriffs Office in Colorado The warrant had been issued Feb 2 after he had escaped from the county jail there Schneiter said Kane used to work for the cab company two years ago before being put into jail He had stolen the cab by simply walking in and asking a cab company employ cc for the key s to one of the cars The employ ee thought Kane still worked for the company and gave him the key s After obtaining the cab Kane began a road trip that cov ered Colorado and much of Utah before it ended in Millard County le had smashed out the meter Nix and the global positioning system inside the cab so his travel route could not be monitored by the company Schneiter was surprised the cab had not been stopped sooner Kane was charged with a second degree felony possession of a stolen motor vehicle and will be appearing Feb 17 in Fourth District Court in illmore hearill also be conducted to see it he w ill ing agree to be extradited back to Colorado without further action by authorities there Patnck Thomas Kane |