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Show Volume Number 5 MANTI, UTAH 84642, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1981 Pioneer Day observed by Brace Jennings We seem to have forgotten about the 24th of July," says Alma Peterson, who has spent most of his 88 years in Manti. He remembers the parades down Main Street, the patriotic programs in the ward chapel, the noise of firecrackers, the fun and games. It was a big holiday, he says. He remembers one Twenty-fourtwhen he was six or eight, especially well because it snowed, if only a few flakes, but nevertheless real snow, on the celebration. Every town had its Twenty-fourt- h observance, other old timers agree. "It and the Fourth were rivals, one of them We would just get over the says. Fourth and along came the Twenty-fourth. If the observance of Pioneer Day has waned in the Sanpete Valley, it is still alive. Sterling had its observance. Spring highlighted by that City had its famous mutton barbecue. And Fairview had its two days, including professional rodeo, ball games, dances the whole bit. And the highlight in both Fairview and Spring City seemed to be the parade pretty much the same parade down both Main Streets: the Sanpete County Sweethearts, the queens from a n towns, the kids in vehicles throwing candy to the kids in the street. The Sanpete Valley celebrations werent as big as the Days of 47 observance but they brought back a whole bagful of memories to people like Alma Peterson. Pioneer Day, he recalls, didn't become an official state holiday until after Utah gained statehood, but the pioneers must have been celebrating the day ever since Brigham Young and his party arrived in 1847. he They had plenty to celebrate, says, and so do we. And plenty to remember. 254 Public meetin will dicni new Planning Commiion proposals Noting recent problems in other areas ith companies selling lots on contract and thus avoiding or delaying the by Pat Mellor half-doze- A set of proposed ordinances regulating building and development in Sanpete County will be the subject of a public hearing September 15, 1981 at 7:30 p.m. in the Sanpete County Courthouse. The ordinances which accompany the master plan for Sanpete County were approved by resolution of the Sanpete County Planning Commission Tuesday evening. The commission approved, in the absence of the county attorney, Paul Frischknecht. the final draft of the ordinances with few changes. One commission member raised the question of regulation of disposal of drainage water from developed land into to handle irrigation ditches the increased flow. The committee determined that this subject had been adequately covered in the ordinances, A major point was made by County Recorder Janet Lund, who suggested that the wording of requirements on preliminary reports for subdivisions and developments be adjusted to include requisition of a preliminary title report by a licensed title company and the of the County Recorder before the preliminary report is submitted to the County Commission for approval. w County's discovery that such land has been subdivided, one of the proposed timeshare ordinances states that lease developdevelopments, long-terments. and cooperative ownership projects shall be required to comply with the development standards and design requirements of this Code and are to be considered as large-scal- e developments which will require review and approval under the same criteria as subdivisions and planned unit developments." DWR request Don R. Christensen of the Division of Wildlife Resources met with the Planning Commission and requested in the proposed Code the inclusion of an ordinance similar to that enacted last year for agricultural areas, which states that persons moving into agricultural areas have no cause to complain if the agricultural pursuits interfere with their lifestyle. . ! Christensen requested that the consider an Planning Commission ordinance stating that persons purchas-approving homesites in subdivisions on critical winter range areas in the foothills must accept wildlife damage as a part of t The Sanpete County Sweethearts Angela Stcck Rasmussen, Lori Lyon and were attractive equestrians on Pioneer Day parades. Jill Ne GVHS building accepted Sanpete School District representatives and the general South contractor made their final inspection of the new Gunnison Valley High School and agreed as to the Monday satisfactory completion of the building. The district will make its final payment to the contractor in about 10 days, according to Tom Willardsen, district after which the contractor will officially turn the building over to the district. In the meantime, however, the district has been gradually moving into the building as rooms have been completed. The move will be finished before August 27, the date for the start of the new school year. clerk-audito- r, Teaching contracts still under negotiation by Brace Jennings Sanpete Countys two school districts are among the 27 districts which have still not reached agreement on 1981-8contract terms. The North Sanpete District and the teachers association have discussed contract terms, according to Allan P. Hall, school board president, but are still a long way apart, with the teachers asking for a 12 percent increase and the district offering around 6 percent. .The South Sanpete District has offered a 6 percent package covering salary increases, fringe benefits and increments. The offer means that teachers at the top of the salary schedule would receive very small increases. South Sanpete district representatives and the teachers' negotiating team were to meet this w eek for the fifth time this week in an attempt to come to an aggreement. Don Ulmer, Utah Education Association deputy executive and director, was bargaining secretary scheduled to go over the district's before proposed budget for 1981-82 Spring Gtys queen was well shaded but her attendants bore the full brunt of the Pioneer Day sun. per copy 2 negotiations would contine in order to see if there is additional money in the budget that could be applied to salary increases. The teachers' negotiating team has the authority to reach an agreement with the district on behalf of the teachers but wants to be sure that the 6 percent salary package is the best the district can offer, according to Johnny Anderson, chairman of the negotiating team. At the fourth negotiating session last the week, Supt. Ron Everett told teachers that the district was eliminating three teacher aides, one teacher, one custodian and reducing part-tim- e part-tim- e part-tim- e another teacher's assignment by a order to achieve the 6 percent fourth in package. If the district is to go beyond its 6 percent offer, more positions would have to be eliminated. Superintendent Everett said. Salary increases in the 13 districts that have agreed to contract terms range from 6 percent in Granite to 13.15 percent in Piute. existence in such areas. The deer were here first, and newcomers moving into the area should be expected to accept the area as it is and not try to change it to suit themselves, was the general consensus of the Planning Commission members who were polled regarding their feelings toward such an ordinance. Commission Chairman Vic Rasmussen authorized Christensen to work with the attorney Generals Office to draft a proposed ordinance for the consideration of the Planning Commission, and also to determine with the attorney General's office if there were an effective way to commit developers in foothill areas to provide general access to public lands without likewise committing the county to provide services to such access roads. Following the September 15 hearing, the ordinances will be considered for approval at the October 6 regular meeting of the Sanpete County Commission. At that time, if the ordinances are approved, it is expected that the moratorium on subdivision development in Sanpete County will be lifted. Fire hazard conditions acute on rangeland the hot, dry weather, forage conditions fires which have on the district continue good, he added. The forage, he said, "is better than devastated thousands of acres of Utah rangeland are apparently now under we expected. The spring rains helped a control, the fire hazard continues high lot. Thus far, he added, on the Sanpete Ranger District, there is according to Ed Schoppe, assistant adequate water for stock watering district ranger. purposes, although the stream flow is "The fire hazard condition verges diminishing rapidly. Mr. between high and extreme, If forage conditions on Manti Schoppe said. If the hot, dry winds we have been experiencing persist, the Mountain continue good, one local livestock man, Kay Frischknecht, has situation could continue to deteriorate. The district is not planning to restrict special reason for concern. That's because the Antelope Valley fire in the recreational use, he said, but that could become necessary. People need to be Sanpitch Mountain roared across aware of the situation and exercise around 4,000 acres of his winter range before it was contained. extreme care with fire, he added. The Frischknechts own about 300 of We have been fortunate in that we have had only one fire on the district this the damaged acres and lease the rest summer, Mr. Schoppe said. This was from the Bureau of Land Management. Much of the burned over land in a fire east of Milburn Friday that burned Millard County is winter range. a quarter to a half acre. "The Price and Ferron district on our Fortunately, most Sanpete Valley forest have, however, already had sheep operators winter south of the fire areas. several fires. As many as eight Sanpete Ranger Heavy rains would help the forage District employees have been helping recover this fall, one sheepman said, but fight the Utah fires, chiefly in Millard most of the burned over areas probably County, Mr. Schoppe said. In spite of won't come back until spring. by Brace Jennings Although Nine-Mi- le the Reservoir being drained (or improvements by Brace Jennings "Going, going, gone" is a familiar auctioneers refrain that can also be applied to Nine Mile Reservoir. Both the fish and the water will soon be gone from Nine Mile. The Gunnison Irrigation Co. expects to have the reservoir drained by and will then proceed with a reconstruction major project at the reservoir. The project will include raising the level of the dam on the west side and making other changes around the periphery of the impoundment. The project will substantially increase the storage capacity of the reservoir. Because Nine Mile will soon be drained, all fishing limits at the reservoir were lifted as of last Friday by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. mid-Augu- Other regulations continue to apply, however. We want sportsmen to utilize the fish remaining in Nine Mile before it is completely drained. Rodney John, DWR central region supervisor, explained. He added that there should still be several days of very good fishing. The reservoir will be replanted when the work at the site has been completed and sufficient water is in storage to sustain the fish, John promised. He added that it may be two or three years before the fishing at Nine Mile is as good as it has been for the past few seasons, but pointed out that from the standpoint of fish production Nine Mile is one of the premier small fisheries in the state. New business opens on Mantis Main Street Marching girls lent color to the Pioneer Day parades in Fairview and Spring City. Bob's Used Furniture and Appliances, located at 27 N., Main in Manti, opened for business last Saturday. The store is operated by Bob and In addition to Shirley Hernandez. furniture and appliances, the operators will also carry used office furniture, typewriters, calculators and other items. "We believe there is a need in this area for our kind of business," Mr. Hernandez said. "We intend to carry good merchandise and will obtain much of it locally." Both Mr. and Mrs. Hernandez are natives of Louisiana and have spent most of their lives in that state. He has been engaged in a variety of businesses and is a retired insurance executive. And why did they come to Manti? "As LDS Church converts," he says, "we were looking for two things close proximity to a temple and small-towlife. Manti fills both requirements. n Mr. and Mrs. Hernandez are the parents of six children who are grown and no longer live at home. They moved to Manti seven weeks ago and intend to make this their home. In addition to his other interests Mr. Hernandez likes to write and has already had two columns appear in the Measenger and the Enterprise. i Owners of new business in Manti, Bob and Shirley Hernandez, get acquainted with Harold Henroid of Manti. |