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Show Bulk Rate U.S. Postage P.O. Box 224° Milford, UT 84751 Paid Milford, UT 84751 Permit No. 15 90 Cents Formerly Dodge City News Serving Beaver County Since 1991 MARCH VOL. VI NO. 9 1, 1996 Administrative Traffic Checkpoints In Beaver County Beginning March 1st Construction Of Minersville Clinic To Begin Next Week. ; Special Service District #3 Board members accompanied John Gledhill, Milford Valley Memorial Hospital Administrator, to a meeting with CIB officials in Richfield on Wednesday to officially close the $120,000. The Utah Highway Patrol, Beaver loan and $5,000. grant for construction of a clinic in Minersville. Gledhill said he expects to have the few remaining technicalities in bonding and permits wrapped up in time to start construction by March 6. The clinic will be located at 200 South Center, just south of the grade school. A 2bay ambulance garage will also be located at the site. Telemedicine At Milford Hospital Technicians are presently on site to install Telemedicine equipment at the hospital. _ It is expected to be ready for demonstration by Friday afternoon. When the system is up and running, consultations with specialists can be accessed directly from the rural hospital setting. Diagnostic and treatment capabilities will be greatly intensified. Data from medical _ libraries can be accessed in seconds. — nurses will have access to “grand rounds” vi Internet. All of this is made pee by $220,000. State grant to USU. 2a Character, Charisma, Nostalgia - Yes; Prosperity - No Take a close look at Main this weekend on you way out of town to do some serious shopping in one of the neighboring communities. Those empty store fronts just aren *t conducive to keeping you and your dollars in town - right? » Whether you are headed north or south, the next hour or so of driving time is pretty routine. To help pass the time, why not fantasize a little about a vital and inviting downtown Milford. If upon your return, Milford Main Street could be the shopping and congregating area of your wildest daydreams: What services would you like? What would you like to be able to buy on a regular basis without leaving town? What entertainment would you like? Its not impossible! David Bell, Utah State University Cooperative Extension Service, will be conducting a‘threeday conference- March 12,'.13, and)14- to work toward just such a revitalization. Workshop sessions are designed to "include the entire community, so be prepared to bring your ideas and get involved. Feasibility, land use, construction quality of existing structures, market demand and economic evaluations are just a few- of the subjects to be reviewed in the workshop sessions. Questions? Call the Milford City Office at'387-2711 apre business hours, or ae Wiseman: at 387- 2307 after 6:00 P.M. Bell exhibited a fresh prospective, and pointed out a number of positive ik in the downtown area. For ' exampte, the curved southern approach to the town can be made into-a unique entrance. According to Bell, the narrow Main Street is more of an asset than a liability. It is pedestrian friendly. and lends an aura of closeness to the downtown area. aa can be designed to enhance business Aside from being safe, practical, and aesthetically pleasing, off-street ‘ accessibility. A little help from Five- ee with the ficuciae documents and from theMain Street U. Ss. A. program with funding suggestions can turn dreams into reality. It all hinges on local enthusiasm and participation. Property owners, public officials, teenagers, new residents and old timers - everybody is invited to participate. District, in cooperation County Sheriff's with the Department, Beaver will be scheduling traffic check points. These checks will take place during the months. of veut through June of 1996. Sergeant Fred Swain announced that these check points will be set up on state roads 257, 21, 130, 153, 160 and Interstate 15, inside the boundaries of Beaver County. Drivers will be asked to show a drivers license, -vehicle registration and proof of insurance. He suggests that citizens should make sure all of © these items are in order to avoid citations. Is Beaver County experiencing a crime wave? No. Is this a reflection on the quality _ of local law enforcement? No. Swain said a traffic check point is an effective way for officers to monitor and enforce seat belt usage. It is also effective in detecting alcohol or drug impaired drivers. When worn properly, seat belts have shown to reduce injury and death in about 95 percent of traffic accidents. Approximately one third of Utah crashes are a result of drinking drivers.. Therefore, officers will be looking for these violations. “One of the Utah Highway Patrol's main areas of emphasis is service to the public. If we can spare even one person from the trauma of property damage and/or injury resulting from a serious accident, our efforts will have been worth it,’ Swain said. Guidelines for Administrative Traffic Checkpoints are outlined in Section 77-23-101 through 105 (Utah Code Unannotated), available. at the public library. Traffic checkpoints will be established and operated upon authority of a local magistrate. Historical Tidbits Max Baxter 87th Birthday Friends and relatives gathered at the The Day the Cable Broke Baxter home February 23, 1996 to help Max Baxter celebrate his 87th birthday. lifetime resident of Milford. By Norman Baxter: Though a man and his Max is a machine could be so in tune that they operated He worked as a as one, there are times that one or the other fails. Such was the case at the Horn Silver Mine on the day the cable broke. State Road employee from 1949 until retirement in 1974, He and his wife, Iona, are the parents of four children: Arlene, Mitchell and Marie Redondo Beach, of Milford; CA; Janelle, Fredericksburg, VA. Thank You (Left to right) Maurene Jones, Jesse Williams, Margaret Gnmshaw, Jo Killam, Beth Edwards, Maxine Barton, Edna The youth groups were Nicholes enjoyed a spaghetti dinner, the Young Men and Young Women of the Milford Ist Ward. pleased to help prepare and serve the dinner for the widows and widowers last Tuesday evening. Ty also delivered meals to those who could not come out to the church. Just An Old Fashioned Service Project That’s Fun For Everyone Max Baxter was working as the Cage Tender. He isn't certain but believes that it happened in 1929 or 1930. The cage went to the various stations and sent cars of ore or waste, and removed the cars as they arrived. On this morning tender up the empty he had taken 16 men down the mine, with the last.3 | | Scott MacDonald men getting off at the 1100 level. At that time Circle Four Farms ‘no work was being. done below that level and the shaft was blocked off with heavy timbers. There were loaded cars at the 900 level so Jor the emergency computer service Max went back up there and loaded them on and _ Thursday morning. the cage and rang the bell for John Goodwin to hoist them. Everything was operating normally and smoothly, However, when the Candidates may file for cage was at about the 300 level, the cable broke. Normally the "Dogs" at each side of the cage would clamp onto the guide timbers, and hold the age. But this time they pulled all of the way through and tore out the guides. The local offices | March 7 thru March 18. ‘Terms expire for school board members in Precincts 1 (David White - East cage fell 800 feet, straight down and was demolished on the timbers, just below the 1100 foot level. Max said that the cage went Beaver City), 2 (Rhondo Farrer- West Beaver City), and 3 (Brent Edwards - Beaver Valley and East Minersville). Term also expires for County Commissioner Chad by the 900 so fast that he never did see it, but that the falling timbers and debris sent him Johnson. running back into the tunnel and away from the station. Luckily, no one was injured and : the other shaft compartment was undamaged. John was able to send down the other cage MarchI The Pub’s First Anniversary Live Music & Membership BBQ (The Pub is.a private club for members only) Back row - left to right: Lisa Jensen, Ashlie Kinross, Rachel Holm, Marshall Stahley, Elsie Howard, Abbey Carter, Holly Willden, Lindsay Barnes, Lynette Holm, Elizabeth Durrant. Front: Josh Potter, Emily Durrant; Ashley Holm, Shaelyn Boyter, Crystal Paice, Crystal Holm, Jeep Spaulding, Steven Gledhill, Logan Stahley. Lower front: Kurt Jensen and bring all of the men to the surface. Within a few days new cages were installed, the cable and timbers repaired and the mine resumed operation. |