Monthly Archives: May 2007

Let me tell you something right now. I’ve had about all of Spring I can stomach! I swear, if one more person skips up to me quoting sonnets about the gorgeous weather and sunshine, I’m gonna knock them flatter than water on a plate! This is my least favorite season. I’m feeling grumpy enough about having to endure it, without a bunch of superficial do-gooders trying to cheer me out of my dark blue funk!

When I patiently scream at them that Spring is a giant zit on the face of the year, they look at me as if I were a Matanuska Valley zucchini and they were allergic to squash. I wind up having to engage them in a fruitless and exhausting debate in defense of my perfectly legitimate opinion. Therefore, in hopes of curtailing any more perky greetings from you romantic idealists out there, let me mention just a couple of the woes and trials that have plagued me this year, since the mercury in my stupid thermometer forgot how to stay down below zero where it belongs.

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The DNW staff has acquired 4 photos of Bailey Canup. The most recent one is 2 years old.

The Post Office had the photos and asked that we post something in our community news asking the owner if they would like to have the photos returned. The photos were apparently left in a photo frame that was sold at a yard sale.

If you know who the photos belong to, would you please call Delta News Web at 895-4919, so I can return the photos to the rightful owner. We will hold the photos for one month.

Thank you,
Pam

Baccalaureate Service – Wednesday, May 16, 2007. 7:00 at the First Baptist Church.

Graduation Friday, May 18, 2007. 8:00 PM at the Delta High School

Bealer, Kimberly
Berezyuk, Ilya
Brown, Katrina
Bynum, Jesse
Chapman, Kaine
Coakley, Nicole
Cummings, Craig
Dale, Kayelayn
Dighton, Cari
Donaldson, Miguel
Dudik, Maryana
Falbo, Pasquale
Gefroh, Bradley
Gilbertson, Kazia
Hanlan, James
Harper-Szidloski, Jeanie
Jones, Ashley
Kimble, Benjamin
Kolosov, Nelya
Kostyukov, Konstantin
Kozlova, Julia
Kulinich, Vitaliy
Lupo, Joseph
Miller, Kari
Miller, Robert Walker Oliver
Misyuk, Aksana
Morden, Kevin
Ovchinnikov, Yelena
Palmer, Danielle
Petkova, Yelena
Pflugrad, Michael
Phillips, Angela
Ray, Timothy
Rhoads, Tara
Ricaporte, JoAnn
Shannon, Audrey
Sims, Virginia
Sisneros, Joseph
Solomon, Nicholaus
Sprott, Maxwell
Tappen, Samuel
Taylor, Karli
Terletskiy, Darya
Timoshina, Julia
Tirrell, Cari
Torba, Yan
Weller, Kayla
Wells, Nicole
Wilson, Robyn
Wrigley, Milo
Zachgo, Tyler
Zollman, Rhandie

Come one, come all and support your local Farmer’s Market.

There will be pottery, baked goods, jams, jellies, honey, eggs, home sewn items, crocheted items, art work, wooden bowls, diamond willow and bedding plants.

Stop in for lunch or just dessert. There will be free cake and milk. Carol McNabb will be selling her homemade ice cream, funnel cake and other good things to eat.

The Halfway Home band will be entertaining from 12:00 to 1:00.

Date is May 17, 2007 from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

The annual Friendly Frontier Days is coming right up scheduled for May 26 and one of the most popular events is the annual pig kissin’

In the running so far is Jeff Durham-from Salcha-Delta Soil and Water, Joseph Jenkins-from Delta Wind and Carol McNabb-Shaw Creek Dairy. The top three vote getters will get to kiss the pig on May 26- behind the Sullivan Roadhouse.

Votes and nominations will be taken until 2 pm on May 26. Stop by one of the following businesses to place your vote: Buffalo Diner, IGA, Frontier Pull Tabs, Granite View Sports, Delta Library, Mt. McKinley Bank, Wells Fargo, Tiki Tanning, Calico Cow, and Clearwater Lodge. Votes are $1 and nominations are $5.

For more information call the Delta Chamber at 895-5068.

Delta Christian Academy’s class of 1984 will be having a whole school reunion August 3rd and 4th. All 3 of us miss all of our friends so this will include anyone who attended school or Delta Christian Center.

No plans have been set in stone as of yet, so please let me here from you. We need ideas and suggestions. We would like to see all of our fellow students (yes, even those who were in kindergarten at the time, We haven’t forgotten you!) and teachers. It’s been 23 long years, so please make plans to attend.

Email Dee (Theisen) Crye at jimedee@juno.com or call me at 817-737-4303.

The Division of Forestry, Delta Area Forestry will be offering our annual “Red Card” Fire Fighter Training on May 29 through June 2, from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The training will be held at the City of Delta Junction Fire Station. This is the last “Red Card” class offered by the Division of Forestry for the 2007 Fire Season.

A successful pack test or run is required before admission to the course. The pack test is a 3 mile walk with a 45 pound pack which must be completed in 45 minutes. No running is allowed. The run is 1½ miles and must be completed in 11 minutes 40 seconds. Either test satisfies the annual physical requirement of “Arduous” for firefighting.

The run and pack test will be administered on Fridays throughout May at Delta Area Forestry. Please plan on checking in at 10:30 a.m. to sign up and fill in required paperwork. The testing will begin at 11:00 a.m. Please be on time. We also recommend that you call prior to the test since the test may be cancelled due to inclement weather, i.e. snow, heavy rain. We encourage you all to exercise and train before attempting the physical requirement.

Returning fire fighters need to be re-certified by successfully passing the pack test or run AND attending the required 4-hour annual Fireline Safety and Fire Shelter Refresher course. This class will be held on Friday, May 11th , 18th and 25th from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the basement at Delta Forestry.

For those who have taken the Helicopter Crewmember class, we will be offering the Refresher Class on Thursday, May 24th at 12:30 – 4:30 p.m. at Delta Forestry.

When working as an emergency fire fighter, there is no guarantee of work since employment is dependent on the weather. However, if you are interested in a full-time seasonal job with Forestry, there are two open Wildland Fire and Resource Technician positions that will soon be posted on the Workplace Alaska website. If you are considering applying for one of these positions and have never taken the “Red Card” class or haven’t worked as a fire fighter in over five years, we highly recommend that you enroll in the basic fire fighter class.

To register for any of these classes or to obtain additional information about these open positions, please contact Delta Area Forestry at 895-4225.

Need a gift for a special someone? Someone who has survived cancer? Someone graduating from high school or college? How about buying a quilt for yourself?! Just because. All proceeds go to the Relay for Life Fundraiser

(Pink and White) Relay for Life Sampler ~ 91” X 106” By Emily Walton and friends from Loving Stitches (quilt store) Valued at no less than $1045

Local ladies pieced blocks to create a basket for the Relay for Life 2006, Delta’s first American Cancer Fundraiser. Emily Walton pieced more than her share of blocks to contribute and then was the highest bidder for the basket. She paid $90.00 for the basket of blocks.

Emily spent the next several months preparing a quilt top. She assembled the blocks into a king sized quilt and gave it to Rose Edgren to quilt on Marsha Taylor’s long-arm quilting machine. Eddy Growden put the binding on as Emily was recovering from hip surgery in Fairbanks the following March. The quilt was donated in time for the Relay for Life 2007.

Fabrics (no less than $100) were donated from Loving Stitches and ladies who purchased the prints. Background print (approximately $20) was additionally donated from Emily Walton. Rose Edgren and Marsha Taylor / Alaskan Krafts contributed the commercial quilting ($270 for custom work). Marsha donated the batting ($25) and Rose donated the flannel backing ($40). Emily and numerous local quilters donated the many hours of piecing blocks and assembling the quilt top.

The Sampler is on display at Wells Fargo Bank until 3:00PM on Friday, May 11 and will be auctioned at the Relay for Life at 1:00PM on Saturday, May 12, 2007.

Flannel Buzz Saw ~ 81” X 105” Queen By Pam Bickford and daughter, Adriane (Bickford) Weatherby Valued at no less than $690

Local quilter Pat White taught a class to members of the local quilting group in February 2007. The Buzz Saw was the pattern. Her sister, Pam, and niece, Adriane, both of Anchorage, pieced the flannel top as a sample for the class. Pam and Adriane donated the approximate 40 hours it took to assemble the quilt. Pat White donated the materials ($180). Rose Edgren and Marsha Taylor / Alaskan Krafts donated the ($110) cost of commercial quilting. The Buzz Saw quilt is a contribution from the City Slickers Relay Team.

It is on display at Mt. McKinley Bank until 3:00PM on Friday, May 11 and will be auctioned at the Relay for Life at 1:00PM on Saturday, May 12, 2007.

What is Mystery Photo? It’s fun and exciting. It’s family time. Take your family out for a drive and look for the source of our new photo each week this summer. Those who submit all the information required will be entered into a drawing. Each Tuesday evening, a new winner will be selected and that person will receive a $10 gift certificate from Buffalo Center Diner or Buffalo Drive In.

We would like to thank Ed and Ann Richards and John and Linda Sloan for contributing the gift certificates for this summer fun activity.

Only email submissions will be entered into the drawing. Only email submissions sent to mysteryphoto@deltanewsweb.com will be considered. No phone calls, snail mail entries, or messages to other email addresses will be considered.

All the photos that are going to be used for the mystery photo will be taken within a 20 mile radius of the Delta visitor center. No photos will be taken on Fort Greely because of restricted access. Some photos will be quite obvious, while others will be hard to find. Only a portion of a photo will be used to add to the mystery.

The mystery photo contest starts today, May 9th, and will go through August 29. All gift certificates must be redeemed by September 1.

Check in each Wednesday morning for a new Mystery Photo and send your guesses for a chance to win!

Cake baker? Muffin Maniac? Cookie Maven? Quick bread queen?

If you have time, inclination, and an oven that’s not busy this week, please consider making a treat to donate to the Relay for Life of Delta Cake Walk – currently under the (dis?)organization of your Carefree Gourmet, Joyce McCombs.

Anything in any amount is MOST welcome. The cake walk is the final event on Saturday and begins at 5:00. Bring your yummy goods to the Cake Walk tent by 4:00 on Saturday May 12 (it will be located to the left of the main stage on the Delta High School Track.) Last year the Cake Walk was the surprise hit of RELAY – who knew folks would have enough energy to strut their stuff after 24 hours of walking for a cure for cancer?!

Please note: The management is not responsible for dance antics resulting in injury or hysterical laughter!

You get five chances for five bucks, and there were some world class baked goods on the table last year – it’s extra fun because each winner gets to choose their own prize.

Thanks in advance for supporting Relay for Life of Delta Junction. Questions? Please call me at 895-4102 at the library.

Yours in support of a cure
Joyce McCombs

Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day or VE Day) was May 7/8, 1945, the date when the Allies during World War II formally celebrated the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich.

Celebrations: On that date, massive celebrations took place, notably in London, where over a million people celebrated in a carnival atmosphere the end of the European war, though rationing of food and clothing was to continue for a number of years. In London crowds massed in particular in Trafalgar Square and up The Mall to Buckingham Palace, where King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, accompanied by the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, appeared on the balcony of the Palace to cheering crowds. Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth II) and her sister Princess Margaret were allowed to wander anonymously among the crowds and take part in the celebrations in London.

In the United States, President Harry Truman, who celebrated his 61st birthday that day, dedicated the victory to the memory of his predecessor, Franklin D. Roosevelt, because he had been so committed to ending the war. Roosevelt had died less than a month earlier, on April 12. Flags remained at half-staff for the remainder of the 30-day mourning period, which ended on May 12, to pay tribute to Roosevelt’s commitment towards ending the war.

This information has been used from Wikipedia, your free online source. Click on the link, to learn more about VE Day.

Don Williams was a bit more then stuck when he tried to drive through what he thought was a puddle Thursday night. He found himself sank instead of stuck. Photo Courtesy Candy Corty

The Cooperative Extension Service touches tens of thousands of Alaskans annually and as chair of the CES State Advisory Council I thought it best to submit our recent News Release.

We are set to gather public opinion on assessing the health of CES and shed light on the recent administrative disturbances at UAF. Extension has played a large role in Delta working with many local residents to enhance their lives in Alaska. We would like to continue this work.

You may request more information by sending your request to akces@hotmail.com . I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,
Phil Loudon, Chair; CES Advisory Council
nrgtech@polarnet.com
CELL 907-388-3328

What do Land Resources, Home Economics, Youth Development, Buildings and Energy, Nutrition, and Agriculture Technology all have in common?

Where can you find reliable information related to food safety, food preservation, food preparation, child development, human relationships, economic development, invasive plants, housing, energy efficiency and renewable energy?

All of the above and much more, is available free or at little cost through the Cooperative Extension Service (CES) located at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Mandated through agreement with the federal government to serve the public at Alaska’s land grant university, Cooperative Extension is the premier organization in university outreach and engagement. The Cooperative Extension Service has a statewide citizen Advisory Council that is made up of eleven volunteers from around the state. Bethel, Nome, Juneau, Anchorage, Palmer, Gakona, Homer, Kenai and Fairbanks interests are represented on the Advisory Council. The Council meets six times a year to guide Extension in its public outreach mission.

Cooperative Extension is an organization with such breadth and depth that it is difficult to describe. From questions about animal husbandry to testing pressure cookers to economic development to indoor air quality to building energy efficiency to forestry and fisheries, an Extension Agent or Specialist can provide the answers for you. In fact, answers to most aspects of our modern lifestyle are available to you, as an Alaska citizen. And your questions will be answered by a person with a university degree in an associated field. This is real educational benefit. This is where education rubber meets the public citizen road. All this is provided at minimal or no cost to you. In addition there are other groups which benefit from Extension such as the Master Gardeners, Alaska Association of Family and Community Education, 4-H youth development and the Grange, to name only a few.

In December 2006 a decision was initiated by UAF’s administration to remove the Director and Associate Director of Cooperative Extension. Unfortunately, no plan was in place with respect to their replacement. An interim director was installed and later two committees were created and charged with specific tasks. The first was a Vision Group that was to provide a vision of what Extension should look like in the future. The priority recommendation by that group was not accepted by UAF’s administration. Second was a Director Search Committee formed to write the job description for the new Director. Because the Vision Group recommended creating a position of a different title that was then discounted, the search committee has been unable to begin their work. And remember, this was all precipitated with the removal of Cooperative Extensions two top administrators in December, more than four months ago.

I suppose you are asking, so what? Here is what: Problems produced by management at the University of Alaska Fairbanks have created an oppressive work environment and fostered a quagmire of inefficiency in the Cooperative Extension Service. Numerous personnel are making plans to find work elsewhere, to retire early or to go on sabbatical leave until normalcy returns. Progress on programs has slowed, agents and specialists have quit and employee morale is at an all-time low. By informing you of these problems the Cooperative Extension Advisory Council hopes to receive help from supporters of Extension. We need to prompt others in the University administration and our State Government to scrutinize the management that has imposed this burden on an agency that embodies the crucial extension outreach and research benefits which directly improve quality of life in Alaska.

The UAF Cooperative Extension Service deserves your support. We feel it should be placed at the same structural level within the University system as are the academic and research missions. Life-long learning is how to best describe Extension. We bring to you the important results of applied research and we instruct adults and pre-college age youth in those living skills necessary to excel in our culturally diverse and spread out state. We had over 60,000 contacts with you last year and we would appreciate assistance from you now. That assistance will elevate, empower and strengthen the Cooperative Extension Service so as to better serve the Alaskan public.

To answer many of you that have called and written to us asking whether you should be concerned about what has happened, the Advisory Council unanimously states: Yes! Be very concerned.

Please email mailto:nrgtech@polarnet.com or call 907.474.5807 and ask to receive our two briefing papers and learn more about what you can do to save your Alaska Cooperative Extension Service.

University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service Advisory Council

Philip Loudon, Chair, Fairbanks
Nancy Mendenhall, Vice-Chair, Nome
Rita Jo Shoultz, Secretary, Homer
Lawrence Kajdan, Gakona
Martha Galbreath, Anchorage
Nicholas Mihalow, Palmer
Rosie Burgess, Homer
Samantha Castle Kirstein, Fairbanks
Bing Santamour, Bethel
Quintan Hecimovich, UAF Student Representative, Wasilla
Southeast position – open

Thank you for supporting the University of Alaska Fairbanks – Cooperative Extension Service

A small business development workshop is coming to Delta. James (Jim) McDermott, Director of UAF Small Business Development, will be holding the workshop on June 5th from 5pm to 8pm at the Delta Career Advancement Center. Program begins with “How to Start a Small Business” and concludes with “Outlining a Business Plan”. This session will help small business owners mentally design a small business; take the initial steps needed to document the business description, plan their strategy and visualize their business idea. Cost of the workshop is just $25.00. To sign up, please call the Delta Chamber of Commerce at 895-5068.

If you would like to sponsor a flower barrel or two or sponsor the Milepost flowers, the cost is $100.00 each. If you just want to make a donation toward any of the flower gardens, any amount is appreciated.

Your name will be prominently placed inside the flower arrangement, on a poster displayed on the front window of the Visitor Center and on the chamber’s website.

The appearance of the Visitor Information Center is an important part of how visitors perceive our community. With your help, we can make a good impression together.

The next membership luncheon will be held on May 17, 2007 at noon at Trophy Lodge. Lunch is $13.00.

Guest Speaker is Carol E. Lewis. Topic: Research/demo work in Delta in the past and our plans for the future. Lewis came to the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1973 to conduct research concerning the management and energy efficiency of agricultural products in controlled environments. As professor of resources management, she focuses on economic development in the natural resource arena including applications and systems for conventional and alternative energy in remote areas.

Dr. Lewis received her bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in mathematics from University of Florida, and her Ph.D. In theoretical physics (ultrasonics) from Georgetown University. After coming to Alaska, she completed a MBA at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She served as interim dean of the School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences from 2000 to 2002 and became Dean of the School and Director of the Alaska Agricultural and Forestry.

Please RSVP to the Chamber office at 895-5068. All who RSVP by 4pm on May 15th will be entered into a drawing. The winner will receive their meal free.

THURSDAY, May 10, 2007 – 10 A.M.

Anchorage: Atwood Building, 550 West Seventh Avenue, Suite 1760 (originating site)
(Additional sites may be added for convenience of the Commission or public.)

I. Call to order
II. Roll call and determination of quorum
III. Acknowledgment of guests and staff present
A) Originating site (Anchorage)
B) Each individual teleconference site

(Note: For clarity of the record, each teleconference attendee will be asked to identify himself or herself and include a spelling if it is a not a common name or has an unusual spelling.)

IV. Approval of agenda
V. Comments by members of the Local Boundary Commission
VI. Comments by members of the public concerning matters not on the agenda
VII. Proposal to relax or suspend procedural regulations of 3 AAC 110.580 regarding the May 1 filing deadline for a particular Request for Reconsideration, on the grounds that the reconsideration request was mailed and postmarked on April 30, 2007, with the expectation that the LBC would receive it by deadline; the request was received on May 2, 2007.
VIII. Proposals for Reconsideration of the April 12, 2007, Statement of Decision regarding the Petition for Incorporation of a Deltana Borough
IX. Comments from Commissioners and LBC Staff
X. Adjourn

Please note that use of a State Legislative Information Office to access the meeting by teleconference will be paid by the Commission.

The LBC will meet by teleconference on Thursday, May 10, 2007, at 10 a.m. originating in Suite 1760, 550 West Seventh Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska. The purpose of the meeting is to consider (1) a proposal to relax or suspend procedural regulations of 3 AAC 110.580 regarding the May 1 filing deadline for a particular Request for Reconsideration, on the grounds that the reconsideration request was postmarked on April 30, but not received until May 2, 2007; and (2) proposals for reconsideration of the Commission’s April 12, 2007, Statement of Decision regarding the Petition for Incorporation of a Deltana Borough.
To view the proposed agenda, click on the Notices link on the LBC Web site at http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/lbc/lbc.htm and select May 10, 2007 LBC Public Meeting or call 907-269-4501 and request that a copy be faxed to you.

Teleconference sites for the meeting may be added for the convenience of the public and/or LBC members. Individuals with disabilities who need auxiliary aids, services, or special modifications to participate should contact LBC Staff by telephone at 907-269-4560; fax at 907-269-4539; or e-mail at LBC@commerce.state.ak.us

Persons interested in receiving future LBC notices by electronic mail may subscribe to the LBC Notice List service by visiting the LBC Web site set out above, clicking on the link to the LBC Subscription Service, and following the instructions.

The Library Open House was held on May 5. The sale was a huge success. Photos are courtesy of Joyce McCombs

The “Terry and Cheryl” is Library Board Treasurer Terry Detzel and Vice President Cheryl Cooper welcoming guests to Open House at the membership table.

“Fireplace table” was set with chicken themed dinnerware, napkins, tablecloth and all the accessories.

Basket and Raffle Shoppers

“Thea Thinking” is Thea Levinson, daughter of Alan and Tiki Levinson, thinking hard about which raffle items she wants to win.

“Don Quioxte” was a copper sculpture donated by Rosalio Velasquez, who brought it back with him from Iraq where he was stationed with the Guard. It was one of the top sellers of the silent auction.

Get the feeling of living in the days of old, 100 years ago, the Sullivan Roadhouse was a new establishment. We are picking our own Florence (Ma) and John (Pa) Sullivan on Saturday May 26th at 2:30 PM behind the Sullivan Roadhouse.

Get in the spirit. According to legend, “Built by Alaskan gold miners, John and Florence Sullivan, the roadhouse was a very comfortable stop along a winter cut-off route on the newly cleared Valdez to Fairbanks Trail. It was big, warm and well appointed. Ma Sullivan made her guests feel right at home. Business was booming and the sod-roofed lodge was never empty. In the midst of this prosperity, fate dealt its first blow. The cut-off, in an attempt to be a shorter route, went straight over the top of several mountains. Many grades were too steep to pass and travelers began to forego the short cut for the flatter and easily traversed main trail. The Alaska Road Commission was forced to remedy the situation and moved the winter cut-off around the steep grades. This re-routing took the trail 4 and 1/2 miles away from the Sullivan’s lodge. In order to stay in business, John and Florence had to get their roadhouse back on the trail. So, log-by-log they moved the original building back out on the trail. During the rebuilding, the Sullivan’s installed a metal roof, a rare site in the Interior of Alaska at that time. This metal roof would eventually turn out to be one of the roadhouse’s greatest assets.” (http://www.deltachamber.org/sullivan.html)

Join us for the 2007 “Frontier Days” second annual Frontier Days Costume Contest. Do Ma and Pa proud and let’s see who’s got the right stuff. We are also lookin’ for characters dressed as a prospector, a 49’er, a cowboy, a cowgirl, an old timer, a lady and also an award for best Athabascan regalia. Contact Dawn at 895-5068.

Shock and OutrageI beg my readers’ indulgence for leaving the humor out of this article. I’m not yet in the mood for funny. The fact is that I drank deeply of the nation’s shock and outrage as I listened to the news breaking from Virginia Tech on Monday the 16th. Gripped by the stark void of bereavement, I realized that another day of infamy had been added to our history books, scrawled in the blood of innocent victims. My prayers immediately went out to the extended network of family, friends, and acquaintances of the victims whose lives were forever changed by this tragedy.

In the hours and days that followed, I listened to conversations on the subject. I read the Internet blogs and discussion groups that blossomed around the event. As I digested the dialogue swirling around the shooting, my shock and outrage swelled to become a fixture in my consciousness. Let me tell you why.

To read the entire article click here.

“Hey, Dad! Can I borrow your drill?”The unexpected sound of my son’s pubescent voice derailed my concentration from the excruciatingly maddening task of replacing a fluorescent bulb in my bathroom. I had ignored my wife’s pleas for several weeks in the hope that the bulb would magically revert from a hypnotic strobe to the steady warm glow that my wife so missed. I had missed it too, but not badly enough to attempt to change the malicious thing. Whoever invented fluorescent lights makes Josef Mengele seem like a sweet old lovable grandpa. Only after I had amputated the left half of my face attempting to shave by the photonic sputtering of the offending light, had I realized I could no longer procrastinate my fate.

To read the entire article click here.

Mile 257.2 Richardson Highway
Public Dump Hours:
11:00 am to 6:00 pm – Tuesdays 11:00 am to 3:00 pm – Fridays and Saturdays

Dumping rates:
5 1/4 cents per pound, $5.00 minimum, ($105.00 per ton) Contact City Hall at 895-4656 Monday – Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
or call the Scale House at 895-1807

Once-A-Year Annual Community Clean Up Day
Reduced Rates and Extended Hours
Saturday, May 19, 2007 10:00 am to 6:00 pm

All household garbage reduced by 50% (.0263 cent/lb. or $52.50/ton)
All yellow-bagged garbage free of charge

Wanted rugged, strong, Frontier type men and women that know how to have fun…. The Delta Chamber of Commerce is looking for volunteers for the annual Friendly Frontier Days Celebration May 26, 2007. You will be paid with not gold or silver but sincere appreciation and a full heart for your day of kindness. Many fun filled volunteer positions are available. Needed: tent set-up crew, BBQ cooks, food servers, kids mining booth, craft booths, costume contest judges, chamber booth, t-shirt sales, and clean-up crew. Everyone is welcome! Please give Dawn a call at the Delta Chamber to volunteer 895-5068.