Show I tj c em nvv Serving Utah's Great Pahvant Valley Single Copy 75 Cento Vol USPS 89 No 43 June 22 2000 Possible plague in Millard County Kathy alker seven-- ear old girl was admitted into the I illmore I ommunity Medical enter wnh classic but unconfirmed plague June 16 Her sympsy rpioms friday toms mc'ude swollen glands and a high fever aim he b id three insect bites on her shoulder he incident follow’d less than human plague in adiv j'teraca-eo- l ounty was confirmed The Miftard I ounty girl not identified bv public he ilth officials remains hospitalized in die f illmore Community Medical cnicr according to hospital personB c s j nel T uesdav r-J d Team ropers spend long hours perfecting their timing with each other and with their horses Dan Hubbell photo Team roping is hard work - endless practice Team roping the only true team event in professional rodeo requires close cooperation and timing between two highly skilled ropers a header and a heeler The event originated on ranches when cowboys needed to treat or brand large steers and the task proved too difficult for one man The key to success0 Hard work and endless practice Team ropi lg partners must perfect their timing both as a team and ith their horses Similar to calf ropers and steer wrestlers team ropers start from the boxes on each side of the chute from w hich the steer enters the arena The steer gets a head start determined by the length of the arena One end of a breakaway barrier is tached to the steer then stretched across hen the open end of the header’s box the steer reaches its advantage point the is released and the header takes off pursuit w ith the heeler trailing slightly further behind It the header breaks the baTicr before the steer completes its head star 'he ropers are assessed a penalty Some rodeos use heeler barriers too The header ropes first and must make one of three legal catches on the steer around both homs arourd one horn anj the head or around the neck Any other catch bv the header is considered illegal and the team is disqualified After the header makes his catch he turns the steer to the left and exposes the steer’s hind legs to the heeler The heeler then attempts to rope both hind legs If he catches only one foot the team is assessed a penalty After the cowboys catch the steer the harrier in clock is stopped when there is no slack in their ropes and their hoses face one other Another aspect vital to the event is the the ropers The tv pe of horses used b American Quarter Horse is the most competipopular among all tors particularly team ropers Heading horses generally are tal ler and heav ler cause they need the power to turn the steer after it is roped I leeling horses are quick and agile enabling them to better follow the steer and react to its moves Days of the Old West Rodeo will feature team ropers bareback riders bull ers and all the other ex ents that make pro rodeo exciting June 22 23 and 24 Residents and isitors are encouraged to come out and support the rodeo and ensute its continuance in Millard County Confederate Air Force AirPower West and Sky Fighters to invade Fillmore Bery Jo Speakman Fillmore residents needn’t be alarmed of planes flying overif the head sounds like the area is under attack However it will be on August invaded by members of the Confederate Air Force AirPower W est and Sky Fighters and their vintage World War II aircraft as they come to be a thrilling part of the 2000 Boy Scout Jamboral At least one of every plane type will be based at the Fillmore Airport while the rest of the aircraft will be staged at the Delta Airport The Confederate Air Force is an allvolunteer organization that is dedicated to the preservation and flying ofthe great combat aircraft of W orld War II and our American military aviation hisMitchell tory from 1939 to 1945 A bomber w ill be based at and fly in and out ofthe Fillmore Airport A Grumman TBr Avenger w ill be one of many vintage W W II aircraft entertaining Jamboral participants A Mustang fighter and a Beeachcraft Expediter are other planes to come with the Confederate Air Force The Mitchell bomber was named after Brigadier General Billy Mitchell a pioneer advocate of military air power Of its many combat exploits in ev ery theater of WW II none fired the imagination more than the daring raid on the Japanese Mainland on April 18 1942 when 16 commanded by Lt Col Jimmy Doolittle took off from the deck of the carrier U S S Hornet and bombed Tokyo and other Japanese cities The Grumman TBF Avenger debuted in June 1942 as the Navy’s standard carrier and torpedo bomber After its murderous baptism by fire at the Battle of Midway where the Avengers were almost wiped out by fire and fighters they went on to prove their excellence by destroying the Japanese Navy throughout the rest of the War The legendary Mustang was initially deployed as a ground attack plane but came into its own as a fast Africa North in performer Italy France and over all the strategic targets in Germany Among German and Japanese was one of their most pilotsthe feared opponents The Beechcraft Expediter was a light cargo and personnel transporter Two different models the served as bombardier and I and gunnery trainers and as navigator trainers By Central I tah Public lealth Department dispatched two env ironmental health entists within an hour of notification to surroundinspect the patient's home and ings west of illmore Many dead rodents were found on the property plus several buds are dead the dead birds although not consistent with plague Some animal carcasses were collected and transported bv the I tah Highway Patrol to I tah State tor testing mversity onsistenl with the presence of plague the patient’s family members have noticed a lack of ground squirrels on their progeny this year and the presence of many Jead rodents 1 he absence of the ground be squirrels with the rodent deaths may associated with then elimination due to plague infection The family’s cats have id been sick and dying with swollen a glands according to entral tali Public Health Human plague is very rare The Washhis ington County case involving a man in s(is was the state's first human case of plieue in six years The patient was treated in St George for symptoms associated eh septicemic plague including diarrhea V fever and chills He is recovering but mains under a doctor s care Plaeue appears in one of three forms and may be fatal it not diagnosed and treated early The most common type is Bubonic plieue popularly known as the Black Death It involves the lymph nodes of the and killed oil about population in urope and sia during the Middle Ages Septicemic plague afreets the bloodstream and is rarely transmitted from human to human Pneumonic Plague afreets the lungs and can be transmitted w hen cough droplets containing the plague bacteria are released into the air and breathed by a person In 1994 a girl contracted her cat which got pneumonic plague from infected from a colony of rodents in Box Ider ounty She spent almost a month in Primary t hildren s Medical enter but survived Svmptomsof septicemic pliuue include high fever chills severe malaise headaches delirium nausea vomiting diarrhea coma and death if not diagnosed Bubonic plague has these same symptoms but also swelling of the lymph nodes in the groin hese become painful neck or armpits and may rupture andooe fluid his fluid if carelessly handled can lead :o spread of the disease according to a press release from Southwest tah Health Department Initial signs and symptoms of human plague may be nonspecilic with lever chills malaise nausea sore throat and headache Swelling ol lymph nodes the most curring loses! to flea bites is common Plague is caused by the 5 ersinia pestis bv fleas that bacteria which are earned teed on infected rodents suih as eh prairie dogs ground squ trcls hen infected t animice and ribits he most common mals look lethargic cause of plague in humans is the bite ot infected fleas Domestic pets pin cul irlv Ileus house ca's mav euro into homes when 'he infected fleas then bite human residents and occismnu'lv transmit infection by then h'tcs or w rale he s Ihese last few weekshavc been a tah sum heal’h challenge in rural Robert Rcsendes Health (IMleer ot the tah Public Health Department ( entral "1 wo nantav irus cases in ( urbon ( ounty with one fatality a confirmed human plauie case in Washing'on ( nutitv and now a possible case of hi man plague in Millard ounty We all tic d to be aware riHfenb are of what a public heath r are plentiful nfortunatelv these rode tah ” in rural nvonc can get placuc tuouch voune people under the ace of 2" seem to m the greatest risk probable 'sk tuse ol their le’sted lea outdoor activities uic be avoided Other pieeuitionirv measures include wearme Imv shirts and long ants and luoing a legs into socks when camping or hiking should Insect repellents containing Dl also be used on the skin or pvrethrin clothing Pets need week 'lea treatments n with flea powder especiallv in areas plague is present Rcsendes asks lesidetits to be aw uc o' unusual pet or nident deaths and port such to the Health Department mediately He warns that inter iction w ith rodents alive or dead should Ik avoided hen possible ourt upholds abuse conviction By Kathy H alker The Ltah Court of Appeals upheld the child abuse conviction of Iravis D W iddison which contributed to the 1996 death of his girlfriend’s daughter Breanna I oveless on June 15 W iddison 29 of Delta was conv icted and sentenced to up to 5 years in prison misdeon one felony and two Class meanor child abuse counts in May 1998 Bobbie Dawn W iddison 27 the baby s to life in mother was sentenced up prison murder for Attorneys for W iddison argued that had “care he failed to prove prosecutors and custody” of his girlfriend's daughter The three- - judge panel ruled there was sufficient ev idence to support rav is conviction for child abuse and that he had “care” of Brenna by accepting responsibility for her in a significant manner and that based on his almost constant presence in the household he acted know ingly The appellate judges found the trial court did not abuse its discretion in mitting ev idence of J rav is’ prior bad acts to show absence of mistake and knowledge The judges state "there is no reasonable likelihood that this ev idence a fleeted the outcome of the trial as the trial court's cautionary mtrution limited the etlect ” of the evidence hey also agreed with District Fourth Anthony Judge Schofield's decision not to move 1 rav is’ trial out of Millard County staling “a fair and impartial jury was impaneled Brenna died Feb 22 1996 The baby had multiple bruises on her face and head an abrasion on her chin scratches on her face a cut on her right elbow and bruises in the center of her back on her left arm on the palm of her left hand and multiple bruises on her right shin In addition she had a sev ere case of diaper rash he medi examiner testified during the trial that Brenna had several broken bones including a broken collar bone fractured arms and a fractured left leg She also had a tom frenulum and gums consistent with someone placing their hand over mouth and forcibly pushing something such as a pac or bottle into her mouth ravis and Bobbie were ch treed m a Hunt information with Brenna s murder lass and several second degree felony and lie A misdemeanor counts ol child abuse trial court later quashed several ot the charges pending against Travis leaving only one lelonv count lor Uremia's broken clavicle and two misdemeanor counts of child abuse for Uremia’s injured gums and frenulum and diaper rash During their prosection Bobbie and 1 ravis were married and had a child w ho lie couple are in lives with relatives prison and no parole dates have Ken set cal Farmers Market to open in August Betty Jo Speakmatt Each year manv farmers and family gardeners find themselves long on a particular crop and short on storage or the means — or jars — to take care of it lav mg been in that situation many times Dennis Brunson has wished there was a armer’s Market for people in this situation Alter talking with friends he learned others also wished for a solution for the excess crop besides taking it to church and depositing it in unlocked ars Brunson realized he has the opportunity to do something about this need for a market having a large parking lot on Mam Street He decided to make this space available to farmers or gardeners who would like to sell their excess fruits vegetables other fiKxJ types or flowers they He invites interested may want to sell persons to bring their booth stand or table and produce to his parking lot and set up their booth There will he no charge or fees hat he hopes w ill happen is that a lot of people will decide to take advantage of this and create a friendly companionable fun way to make a little off their excess products in a friendly farmers Market He thinks it will be good for Fillmore bringing people together and making new friends w hilc getting the crops from those who have more than they can use to those who have none He plans to inv ite some of the fruit sellers from up north and from ahlomia By respectively hisAirPower est another torical aviation organization in Denver Colorado will also be providing a considerable number of aircraft for the Jamboral AirPower West will prov ide three Stearman biplanes one trainMustang fighter four N A ers one Beech Staggerwing a Venom et and one Beechcraft Stearman biplanes were widely used by the Army and Navy as a primary trainer to teach basic flying skills More pilots were trained in this aircraft than any other trainers were primary trainer The used extensively for fighter training and more than 90000 pilots were trained in these planes The Beech Staggerwing is the same type of plane used by General Dwight D Eisenhower during the War The Beechcraft that will be at the Jamboral was actually flown by Tennessee Ernie Ford Sky Fighters Inc from Englewood Colorado will be fly ing and display ing two Mentors with authentic Navy markings They will perform aerial dogfights and overhead combat This unique team consists of actual fighter pilots The Utah ing of the Confederate Air Force is overseeing the coordination of all activities for the display and actual flight demonstrations for the three groups Colonel John L Cross Sr Scouter and frienu of the Utah National Parks Council is acting as the local coormator and CAF representative Aircraft will arrive on Thursday and leave on Saturday at the conclusion of the Jamboral They will fly throughout the entire Jamboral possibly as often as ery 30 minutes performing precision flyovers and reenactments of aerial combat including a major air show on Friday at 30 p m Any interested persons in the area should be able to see and enjoy this Fireworks America will provide pyrotechnics in conjunction with the aircraft strafing bombing and combat performances during the show Other av lation activities at the Jamboral include a of a Flying Tiger in who’s cockpit Scouts may have their photos taken Sky Dive Inc Utah's oldest and largest skydiving organization will kick off the Millennial Show on Thursday evening Several hot air balloons includ ngDinothe Sinclair Dinosaur will sail and the Utah Valley Aeromodelers will provide demonstrations of remote controlled aircraft including U4 scale No scout will want to miss these three days of historic aerial reenactments Scouts be sure you arc registered Parents this is the last Jamboral for ten years — don't let your son doesn’t miss out on this opportunity who usually come in and peddle their products from house to house to set up a Kul farmers can booth at the Market bring their mellons etc to market Maikets are and have been successful for years all over the country and it seems the Millard ounty folks are in vor ol one here A lot of enthusiasm and support for the idea has come from farmers and gardeners Brunson has talked to Questioning several people about the idea have found all to be m agreement that it is a gotnl idea that will benefit the people ol illmore and surrounding communities he ( its ouncil has af proved the venture Brunson wants to make clear that he docs not want this to turn into a swap meet nr carport sale It will be a aimers Maiket hunts that are produced on a farm mav be some home made bread oi baked eixxls that sort ot thing low about a caged labhit or duck ach booth will be private propcrlv of the faniilv bringing and they will be responsible for taking care of and manach will be responsible tor Ins ning ovxn taxes and license it one is needed Brunson will give space and orgaruza arson Auto also has aerced to let lion people use his area on Saturdays Brunson says they plan to open the armers Marthe ket first week in August and go through September lor details or questions call Dennis Brunson at or ”42 M MILLARD COUNTY’S PRCA DAYS OF THE OLD WEST RODEO 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