Show r r £ Pf a tr !( r 4 MnUmlwAMRtD MS km Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley 75 USPS wwwmillardccocom Our 96th Anniversary Ninety-siyears ago on the Fourth of 1910 the Millard County Chromite put out its first edition in Burtner later known as Delta Utah The Clironu le w as founded by Norman B Dresser who had fifteen years experience in the newspaper business in Rock WY Mercer CO and Park Springs City Utah before coming to Burtner Dresser bought a farm and sold the paBusenbark per to Homer (i Busenbark July was succeeded in 1914 bv the corporation formed by Charles O Das is Davis installed the first machine in the Chromite a plant Model “K" Merganthaler Linotype The Chromite was published in the basement the newly built Lincoln Theatre on the north side of Clark (Main) Street In 1919 the Chionule was turned of oxer to the Delta State Bank Frank A Beckwith managed the bank and as of Feb 20 1919 his responsibilities included managing the operations of the Chromite to protect the bank's terest in the paper Beckwith later bought the Chronicle He moved it to Publishing Company its present location in 1921 He surrendered the corporation charter in 935 and Vol 95 No 50 ( hinnit le I'lueit w he Beckw iih new spaper tradition continues under Sue’s del guidance and with the addition of her competent Shcllie Moms Hutson stall thanks he Ctnomtte l‘roii year and then sold it to Bob and Inez Ruling Robert H (Bob) Ruling bought the PAX In 1970 the Cluonn on Jan Rulings sold the paper to Sue Beckwith Dutson and Bill Wilson ol the I Millaiil ( oiini Dories s DuWiI Publishing was formed as result ol this running the paper as a private company rank S Beckwith came to His son work as a partner in the paper in 1927 He took over the paper after rank A s death rank A and rank S Beckwith in 1951 were elected to the Utah Newspaper Hall continued a of! ame Their pictures hang in the State Capitol Building in Salt Lake City Frank S married Wanda Peterson in 1939 and they had tour thildien Susan Jane Deb and Collins All ol the children grew up working at various tasks at rank S died in 19V) the paper After Ins wife Wanda managed the paper lor our readers and advertisers lor their support over the years We look toiwaid to continuing to report the news of Millud County chronicling the history ol Millard County and venture A lew years later Bill Wilson reined from the newspaper business and moved to California Sue published the ’logcee ilhnoie and the lliiomile in Delta in serving the people ol Millard County for munv vears in come I9XN the papers yeais merited into the SfiltaiJ i’oimn for several were In Divine Strake Not To Take Place Until September by James T concerns over expressed premature detonation during the lightning prone months An agreement to prov ide the court and the plaintiffs w ith ample notice to rev iew legal and scientific data if the test were to proceed has been made by the govConcerns of opponents to the ernment test range lrom legal sovereignty over the NTS environmental issues downwind fear of contaminated dust fallout left over from the early testing that took place near the proposed site and fear of eft i'd- new nuclear amis testing and development program Utah and Nevada's congressional representatives have voiced concerns over some fundamental safety issues and lack of adequate information that may have an impact on the public Leading the call for more study are Utah's representative Jim Hansen whose father died as a result of downwind fallout as well as Senator Omn Hatch sponsor of funding legislation tor downw mders cii’ a f Dean Diujhi The I fall National (maid s leld Anillery the Triple Deuce has been home from Iraq for about two weeks now An emotional welcome awaited most members of Alpha Bravo Charlie and the Service Batten at the ( edai ( it airport in late June I 'sine complimentary tickets itn Julv manv membeis id the Deuce with ties to Mdlaid ( oun'v their assignmeii's while on dutv m le Iraq Bart Whale oil irst Sergeant for Charhe Battcrv 2nd Battalion 222nd icid rt lleiv i esci u ' ? mt J y'V"! tG am busy mllerv Securiiv )B ( summing up the tec lings ol all ol his low maidsinen rewman S(d Cody Day onvoy SecurUc Ammunition ( tew SGT Detrick Cuilv Recoveiv fel- illniote is honoring members ol the 222 in ihc ii 4di of Inly parade w it h them id ng with Mavoi ( hi istensen if not maichine w iih tin color euard hi iidaiu n fiom west Millatd County Mission lOBSeciintv rtillerv ( rewman SPC Trevor Ieeples ill Snuritv rtilierv iomiijii SPC Dustin ale Mission Maintenance Rscovery Section SPC Bidit lieiund son of Roger and id in the 222 ind oilier units m Delta's parade and included pomt mi (mardsmen the Delta area include from o'lui uni's sihrccua Kapelos iJon (iice bkio Wro)! md loidon Richnson nv me mV is of the maid serv mg in Ii and who may not iq tot r cum ncd liavc been 'iitactcd as yet are mv ited to meet at th head of the parades so that thev inn he included w Mil their fellows who sc iv honored fie P I’rioi ro' oed sc Mary II lelund of Kanosh ue a a lun ce turret eniiimr w hiic on duty He said the artdlerv v as m k'ioii most every dav Some day the firing continuous all dav long “Ii s eieat be me home” sjid If mV' d PT (idylan Springer ( haplain for Triple Dace Ba'tahon SGT Matthew H 'ggs Humvee (runner I crw ard ( fperation Base (FOB) Security SPC Brent Haglund and (runner (icwman rtillery ( B Security W ilium ister Convov Mechanic Recoverv Missions bPC Phil River Fire D’tectiot 'spec SGT Closed Fire Season Fire Danger is High in Millard County Di an Draper Vi urity S(T Jascin SPC star lev Humv ec runnel Derek rt A closed fire season is in effect in Millard County Permission to bum is required from June to October 31 Dry air two years worth of abundant fuel wind and lightning arc all of a contributing to the possibility fire near you Multiple fires have raged m the county daring the past few weeks Brush fires m uninhabited spaces grass fires near corrals and homes Each community has seen the fire engines roll At the tine of the writing of this article a lightning caused fire is burning in the Cricket Mountains of central Mllard Counts Another lightning caused fire is bumirg on Howell Pc A in the House Range of western Millard Counts tfi O eVTcVf SAV Guardsmen Home for the 4th h a iu ri ' u Tii One of the wildfires keeping firemen - 'iqM 222 took their families to the "Stadium of ire” presentation in Prov o - Vi i J lawyer Carolyn Blanco in a Washington telephonic hearing to US District Judge Lloyd George in Las Vegas expressed that the test would not be conducted during the months of July and August There is currently a lawsuit in f ederal Court to prevent the test at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) Plaintiffs in the suit are the Western Shoshone Band and 2 advocates for dow nw mderx The National Nuclear Security Administration and the Defense (NNS Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) both 1 A JE ToJJ The Divine Strake Test detonation of 700 tons of ammonium nitrate & fuel oil originally scheduled for June 2 2006 then postponed to June 23 has now been postponed until at least September of this year According to the Associated Press and the SLC Tribune Justice Department by July 5 2006 “The fire m Fillmore should be a wake up call for everybody” said Jack mlinson ( )ak City ire District representative That fire two weeks ago threatened several houses near East Canyon Road Fire conditions were just right for the fire to quickly uAe off and get out of control Help was needed lrom an air tanker to it Fmlirson along with Millard County Fire Warden Howard said towns along the mountains from Lynndyl and Leurrrrgton to Kanosh arc susccptHe to wild fires The rye grass md ebe- -t grass are abundant Ucklv and b known as an “urban interface" where See I Vi drres on page 3 POOR COPY e ry ( on- icrui H asev Rohisorewman rillery SPC Sam dw ard' FOB bee arty T( SPC )B ‘svi tv I Xccurtv rew IIT nders lay ton Fire I)ot'ior eader bPC Flume nderson iB b bPC Rvan Xnde'so- n (hluer Jhaloor SPC DoS? 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