First Missionary Farewells Birthday! 11" I wwwiiiPiewmappwHiF(iii j-- Garth and Shirley Monson Plans receive award Excellence Supplier IHC Health City-base- Mr. and Mrs. Garth P. Monson, of Ephraim, have been called to serve in the Peoria, llli- nois Mission for 18 months. They will go to the Nauvoo Visitors Center on May 7, after attending from May to May 15. 1 1 Intermountain Health Care (IHC) received the distinction in 1995. IHC Health Plans received a silver award for Supplier Excellence recently at American Express corporate headquarters in New York They will be honored at am is- sionary farewell in the Ephraim Third Ward on April 16. The meeting begins at 12:15 p.m. They are the parents of nine children, six sons and one ter have served in the mission field. daugh-SMT- C City. IHC Health Plans provides coverage for about 3.500 American Express employees and their families in Utah. Andrea Jacqueline Call Andrea Jacqueline (A. J.) Call celebrated her first birthday on Saturday, April 8, 1995 at her home in Manti. A.J. was given her very own chocolate cake and enjoyed finger painting with it immensely. Also present were her parents, David and Beverly Call, grandparents Bud and Jacque Mounteer, Kearns, and Max and Beth Call, Manti, and sundry aunts, uncles, and cousins. Luke Stebbing wins National Geographic Bee Luke Stebbing, a son of Stan and JoAnn Braithwaite Stebbing recently won the National Geographic Society Geography Bee for the state of Arizona. An eighth grader at McKeniy Junior High School in Tempe, Stebbing competed first on a school and district level before competing at Arizona State University with 107 statewide representatives. As a sixth and seventh grader, Stewart G. Chapman Stewart Chapman, of Mesa, Arizona (forme: iy of Manti), has received his mission call and will serve in the Thailand, Bangkok Mission. le will learn the discussions in Thai. Stewart is a 1994 Manti High and Seminary graduate. He has also attained the rank of an Eagle Scout. le is the son of Bert and Mary Ann Chapman, former residents of Manti. A missionary farewell will be held in his honor in the Mesa, Arizona Lazona Ward, Pueblo Stake w here Slew ait is currently serving as the Young Adult Leader. It is scheduled for Sunday, May 28, 1 he won the same contest at 1 Stewart G. Chapman Kennedy Junior High School in Kearns and participated in Utah competition. This years Utah student going to the nationals is Bret Lingwall of St. George. Entrants in Washington D.C. will compete for three scholarships worth $25,000, $ 5,000 and $10,000. It is expected that the entire family will take the trip back east to enjoy this special event. Luke, along with his brother Sam and sisters Clarissa and Betsy Jo have spent time in Manti participating in the Mormon Miracle Pageant and in visiting their greatgrandmother Mabel Luke Anderson and grandparents Wilbur and Jane Braithwaite. a tribute not only to our IHC Health Plans team, but to our riven culture, the excellence in our hospitals, and exceptional care provided by the physicians on our panel. Intermountain Health Care is and thoughtful tremely rigorous community-ownea charitable, Plans process. After IHC Health care organization health received its nomination, we sent nonprofit in Salt Lake City that serves them a comprehensive application based needs of Utah, Idaho health the based on Malcolm Baldridge residents. The IHC award criteria. We require dem- and Wyoming 24 hospitals, clinonstrated excellence in areas that system included health home agencies, include: financial performance, ics, as well as a satisfacCenters, Womens customer clinical quality, blood informabank, drug dependency tion, data management, units, and managed care plans. The tion systems, and staff training. The -- ward went to Inter- mission of IHC is to provide quality medical care to those with a mountain Health Care as a whole, said Sid Paulson, chief operating medical need, regardless of their officer of IHC Health Plans. Its ability to pay. supOf the thousands of suppliers Only truly outstanding American Express works with pliers even receive nominations, American worldwide, only 30 were nomi- said Ron Milroy of Procurement nated for Supplier Excellence Expresss Global the Awards, and only one health care Organization, who chairs awards committee. It s an exd provider, Salt Lake Open house will be held to honor octogenarian A birthday open house in hono.1 of Voneta Swanson will be quality-d- d, held for family and friends on April 22 at the LDS Bennion I leights Stake Center in Bennion, Utah, from 1 to 3 p.m. The address is 3045 Bernie Drive. Cards may be sent to 98 So. 9th E., Salt Lake City, Utah 84105. No gifts, please. 1 Cowboy poets and storytellers will appear in Manti Gill ley, Joe rr;schknecht. Sam DeLeeuw, Lee J. Anderson, Clyde Nielson these an, a few of the local stars of the Arts Councils annual Cowboy Poets and Storytellers Festival. If you had the opportunity to hear them before, you are looking forward to hearing them again; if you havent, you have a great treat in store. The Festival will be held April 15 at 7:30 p.m., in the City Building Auditorium. Admission is by donation and refreshments will be sold. CffiJVdEDQEl1 We can clue you inii Messenger-Enterpris- Inc. e, 35 South Main Manti, Utah 84642 (801)835-424- 1 Paid for by the Carbon Water Committee 1 7. His family w ill be traveling with him to Provo and welcomes anyStewart is to report to the Mis- one w ishing to come to the MTC sionary Training Center on June at that time. 1995. New Avt'wmls Bailey Kare Olson Gary and Ann Olson are the proud parents of a beautiful dark- haired baby girl. Bailey was born April 2, 1995. Bailey wav born April 2, 995 at the Sanpete Val- ley Hospital. She weighed 5 pounds 4 ounces. She has three sisters and one brother, Brittany, Katie, Ashley, and Barton, Grandparents are: Richard and Norma Olson of Ephraim and Donald and Barbara Sue Barton of Manti. are: Ruth Olson, Ruth Stubbs and Selma Larson. 1 How in the world can 248 Sanpete families payoff $17.3 million Great-grandmothe- rs 1 with an extra four inches of water a year? In An Emergency Dial "911 ' Luke Stebbing Manti Shop & Swap 50 E. 100 S., Manti 835-456- 0 Open every Saturday 9 a.nu - S p.nt. or by appointment All sizes - All prices Hide-a-bc- TVs Beautiful sofa & love scat Recliners & rocking chairs Ranges Washers Frcecrs Dinettes Dressers Chairs Tables Bunk beds Book cases Stereos Microwaves King beds (going fast') Drjers Refrigerators Ladies live in Sanpete County. After all, you're the ones who will have to carry the debt burden of the Narrows Project on yefur shoulders. Those numbers you see above are not a statistical trick. They come from the Literary Club April Special: File Cabinets Dutch ovens Glassware Pots & Pans Beds Mattresses (new & used) Sofas It is a question worth asking if you Project's Environmental Impact Statement. The numbers don't appear to add up, do they? The Manti Ladies Literary Club will meet Thursday, April 13 at 4 p.m. in the basement of the Manti City Library. Lonnie Wintch and Thelma Smith are in charge of the program Remem- anm bering Spring. ' .itfi 1 rtii yl) iff t Even if you don't know or don't care about the crisis The Narrows would cause in Carbon County, you owe it to yourself find out what it would really do to the fiscal future of Sanpete County. Go ahead. Ask the Sanpete Water Conservancy District. If the only answer you get is, "Its our right," you'll know you're in trouble. 'j