Cyan Magenta Yellow Black Wednesday, February 16, 2005 Sanpete County Sanpete County Compiled by John Hales WEDNESDAY, FEB. 16 Agricultural Crop School to be held NEWS•BRIEFS COUNTYWIDE BRIEFS Muscular Distrophy Association holds fundraiser MANTI—Several people will be arrested next month on charges of generosity. They will be “arrested” as part of the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s (MDA) Summer Camp Lock-Up, scheduled for Wednesday, March 2. The purpose of the event, according to MDA information, is to bring together the community and top business leaders to raise funds for the organization, which provides services to children with muscular dystrophy. During the lockup, volunteers will be incarcerated in a mock-jail until they raise a predetermined amount of money for bail. In preparation for the event a benefit concert will be held at the Manti City Building on Feb. 26, the proceeds of which will go to assist any arrestees that are not able to come up with bail. The concert is in the Eva Beal Auditorium at 7 p.m. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door and may be purchased by calling 8358045 or 835-1721. Seven authors converge at Ephraim Library EPHRAIM—Prizes, free refreshments and a chance to hobnob with seven published authors can be had at the Ephraim Library on Saturday, Feb. 26 at noon. Authors Carole Thayne Warburton, Clair Poulson, Julie Wright, Tara Allred, Josi Kilpack, James Dashner, and Shirley Bahlmann will answer questions about writing and publishing. Autographed books will be available at discount prices with a portion of all sales donated to the Ephraim Library. Six of the visiting authors are members of LDStorymakers, a group of 28 authors, some of who combined their talents and know-how to write “Publishing Secrets” in 2004. The group’s second combined effort, “Writing Secrets,” will be published this spring. Movie about “Big Daddy” Roth to be released MANTI—The life of Manti’s “Big Daddy” Roth is coming to the big screen. Toronto filmmaker Ron Mann is making a documentary about the late Ed Roth, who was famous for designing and building hotrod cars, including the Beatnik Bandit, and for creating the 1960s cartoon character Rat Fink and related paraphernalia. The movie, “Confessions of a Hot Roddin’, Pinstripin’, Kustomizin’, Teenage Icon,” is set Ed Roth to be released later this year. “I am so happy to have a movie that will preserve Ed’s legacy,” says Ilene Roth, Ed Roth’s widow. She and her late husband met with Mann in 2000 when he came to Utah to discuss the film. “Ed was very excited about having a movie produced to spotlight his creations with Rat Fink and fiberglass cars. It was his dream and it will soon be a reality.” Zone change encourages business MANTI—The Sanpete County Commission opened the way for a new diesel repair business by approving a zone change for David Benton, Jason Clark and Keagon Pritchard, owners of Sanpete Diesel. The approval changes the zoning of two acres located at 824 South 500 West in Manti from residential and agriculture to business and commercial. According to the commissioners, the property butts up against other commercial property. “It was cheaper for me to put up a shop,” said David Benton, owner of Clear Creak Logistics trucking company and new partner. Benton quotes rising costs of service for his fleet of trucks as the reason he is involved with the new business. Sanpete Diesel is open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturdays by appointment. The business will service big trucks, tractor-trailers, farm and construction equipment. Reward offered for poached deer This buck was shot just North of Indianola on the Utah County side of the county line on the morning of Jan. 21, 2005. A reward is being offered for anyone with information that leads to a conviction regarding the poaching of the animal. If you have information, you should contact the Division of Wildlife resources, or your local Forest Service Office. A3 Sanpete Messenger-Gunnison Valley Edition Students complete avalanche school Students who attended an avalanche safety course sponsored by the Manti-LaSal National Forest last week at the Horseshoe Mountain Inn in Mt. Pleasant. Education and information are the keys to safe recreation, says Max Forgensi, course instructor and avalanche forecaster for the National Forest. To sign up for future classes call the Manti-LaSal Avalanche Center in Moab at (435) 636-3363. To check on avalanche conditions, call 1-800-OHV-RIDE or listen to KMTI every Saturday at 7:25 a.m. Residents asked to identify roads on BLM land MAYFIELD—Sanpete County Commissioner Claudia Jarrett distributed draft Bureau of Land Management (BLM) maps for various sections of the county last week and called on residents to identify any routes across federal land not shown on the maps. The BLM is updating its Resource Management Plan for Sanpete County. Jarrett told Sanpete County mayors and commissioners, who met at the Mayfield City Hall, that routes not identified and inventoried as part of the planning process will be closed. Each mayor was asked to post a map at his city hall showing BLM land around his city. If residents are using a route that doesn’t show, they should mark it on the map, Jarrett said. Maps with marked routes need to be turned into Jarrett by March 5. MANTI County Commission waived taxes on city property MANTI—At the request of Mayor Kim Anderson, the Sanpete County Commission waived the back taxes on a piece of Manti City property. The city has three businesses renting office space in a building with an adjacent parking lot. The building was turned into a business enterprise from a non-profit use last year. Mayor Anderson requested help from the commission, saying the Manti Business Improvement Association discovered back taxes were owed on the parking, which was listed separately from the building and was missed in the request to waive taxes on the building. Although the commissioners waived the taxes, they said they would hold the city to the penalties and interests for not coming to them before. Manti Open Hearth closes, owner to cook for troops By Tery Robertson MANTI—Local restaurant owner Brent Anderson’s favorite saying is “We’re here to get experience.” Anderson’s wife Renae is sure he will get plenty as he starts a new position as a chef on a military base in Iraq. Anderson was notified on Feb. 1 that he’d been hired by Kellogg, Brown & Root, a subsidiary of Halliburton. On Feb.14 he reported to Houston for two weeks of training, after which he will fly to Iraq. “It all happened so fast,” Renae said. “He had an acquaintance whose son worked for KBR and so Anderson applied. When they saw that Anderson had so much experience and so many years as an executive chef, they didn’t even interview him—they just said, ‘You’re hired.’ They let us know on Feb. 1, and he flew out the 13th. They gave him a one-year contract with a 10-day vacation every four months.” The Andersons own the Open Hearth sandwich shop in Ephraim and opened the Open Hearth restaurant in Manti in October. When Brent accepted the offer to go to Iraq, they decided to close the Manti restaurant but keep the sandwich shop in Ephraim. Renae will run the shop along with their son, Zane. “It was a tough decision, and being the woman left home, I will try to keep the shop going,” Renae said. “They pay very good wages to go over, but I’m concerned about the danger. Together, though, Zane and I are trying to make it work.” Renae said, “People ask me how they can help while Brent’s gone. I tell them to come in and eat once a week.” MORONI Court dismisses negligence claim against city MORONI—The Utah Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of Moroni City in a lawsuit brought against the city by two Moroni residents, Mark and Nanalee Cook. In a decision filed on Feb. 3, the appellate court held up the decision of the original trial court to dismiss the Cooks’ claim against the city. The Cooks sued the city after the city replaced 18-inch storm-drainage pipes along Main Street—on which the Cooks’ property is located— with smaller, four-inch pipes. In 2001, Mark Cook says, a series of rainstorms overwhelmed the smaller pipes, causing overflow to flood and damage the Cooks’ property. The lawsuit contended that the city was negligent in installing the smaller pipes, and was therefore liable for the Cooks’ damages. However, attorneys for the city argued that the case should be dismissed under the Utah Governmental Immunity Act, which provides an umbrella of safety from lawsuits to certain governmental undertakings, including the management of floodwaters. The trial court agreed with those arguments and dismissed the negligence claim against the city. Mark Cook says he can understand the city’s position. “If the court ruled in my favor, it would open up a Pandora’s Box for governmental immunity.” “I didn’t want to do any harm to the city,” he said, “but I’m in a position, too. It’s my house, my asset.” Cook says he doesn’t know which, if any, actions he will take next about the matter. Utah State University Extension Services will host an Agricultural Crop School beginning at 2 p.m. in the USU Extension Office in the Snow College West Campus Trade and Industry Building (325 W. 100 North in Ephraim). THURSDAY, FEB. 17 Snow College Convocation Series Free weekly lectures and performances are held from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. every Thursday in the Jorgensen Concert Hall of the Eccles Center for the Performing Arts at Snow College. For information call Diana Spencer at 283-7410. This week, Nancy Feagan will address the convocation. Feagan was the 11th woman to summit Mt. Everest. She has been a climbing guide for more than 12 years, and her climbing adventures span the globe. Children’s choir to perform at Snow The Snow College Children’s Choir will present a concert of Americana music at 7 p.m. in the Eccles Performing Arts Center. They will be joined by the Snow College Jazz Combo. Art Center to host Movie Night The Central Utah Art Center will show the film “American Beauty” beginning at 7 p.m. in the upstairs gallery. FRIDAY, FEB. 18 School holds parent-teacher conferences Gunnison Valley Middle School will hold parent-teacher conferences from 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. All parents are encouraged to attend. FRIDAY, SATURDAY, FEB. 18-19 Art Center has artists’ reception The Central Utah Art Center will host a reception for selected artists exhibited during the center’s first juried art show. Receptions will be 6-9 p.m. Refreshments will be served. During Friday night’s reception, a quartet from Snow College will play baroque chamber music. The exhibit will run through March 23. Museum offers workshop on heirloom fabrics The Fairview Museum of History and Art will host Brook Bowman from the Utah State Office of Museum Services, who will present a workshop about the cleaning, repair and storage of heirloom clothing, quilts and other fabric materials. Three sessions will be offered: Friday from 10 a.m. - noon, Friday from 1-3 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. - noon. There is no charge. For further information call 427-9216 or 427-9264. SUNDAY, FEB. 20 Former BYU professor to speak at fireside George Pace, a former professor of religion at BYU, will speak at a meeting at 6 p.m. in the Spring City meeting house of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. TUESDAY, FEB. 22 Snow College hosts university band The University of Utah band and the Snow College wind symphony will join together in a concert at 6 p.m. at the Eccles Center for the Performing Arts. FEB. 23-26 AND MARCH 3-5 Snow College to present “The Fantastiks” The Snow College Theatre Department’s production of “The Fantastiks” will begin at 8 p.m. at the Eccles Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $7 for adults, $6.50 for seniors and youth under 18, and $2 for Snow College students with an activity card. The box office can be reached by calling 283-7478. SATURDAY, FEB. 26 Library hosts book writers Seven published authors will be at the Ephraim City Public Library at noon to discuss writing and publishing, and to autograph their books, which will be on hand for purchase at bookstore prices. Portions of the book sales will benefit the library. Authors scheduled to appear are: Carol Thayne Warburton, Clair Poulson, Julie Wright, Tara Allred, Josi Kilpack, James Dashner and Shirley Bahlmann. The library will also offer prizes and refreshments at the event. CORRECTIONS ... Last week, the Messenger erroneously reported that Manti Telephone would pay Manti City $75 per pole for use of 20 poles for its wireless Internet system. Manti Telephone will pay Manti City $75 per month for power consumption used in its new wireless Internet coverage. The amount of power used is very small. Boxes to accommodate the Internet coverage are already attached to four poles and will eventually be attached to 20 poles throughout the city. $BMM JU CFGPSF ZPVS OVNCFS JT VQ