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Show A2 Sanpete Messenger/Gunnison Valley Edition Thursday, November 8, 2007 Mayor (Continued from A1) He’s getting stronger. We go for walks, and he goes to physical therapy.” Mallory says her husband’s progress is remarkable considering how close he came to never coming home again. “He’s coming along really fast. The doctor says he’s a miracle,” she said. “He was sup- posed to pass away that first night.” She had even called the family together during the first operation, “because we didn’t think he was going to make it through surgery.” Now, though, the Hermansens are looking forward to Scott getting strong enough for further treatment, which will con- sist of chemotherapy and/or steroids, though the disease is not cancer-related. “We hope it goes into remission. It’s supposed to. We’ve read a lot of people’s stories, and it does go into remission,” Mallory said. She thanked family, friends and the community for their support throughout the last few weeks. “Our family and friends have been with us the whole time. There are lots of loving people in the community. We appreciate all their thoughts and prayers,” she said. Then, Mallory added about the experience, “It’s blessed us in many ways. It makes you rethink life and what’s really important.” will have semi-private rooms with private baths to accommodate 46 patients and will be Medicare and Medicaid funded. Total activities of daily living are provided, with feeding assistance given as needed. Transportation is provided to all medical appointments, and mental health services can be contracted. Individualized social activities and exercise programs are designed specifically to meet the needs of these patients, and specialty food menus by a certified dietitian will be prepared. Skilled rehabilitation services are also available and are funded by Medicare. Services include surgical recovery, wound therapy, pain control, stroke rehabilitation, infectious disease isolation, whirlpool therapy, restorative care and cancer palliative care. “There will be two dining/ recreation rooms. A large courtyard and sitting room in the center of the building will provide fresh air and security from outside elements,” Cindy said. “Each room will have its own bathroom facilities. We will have 95 sinks and 55 toilets within the confines of the structure.” Contact Cindy at the care center in Mayfield at 528-3550, or Bill in Manti at 835-0531 for information. ing fields for crude oil, accounting for about 10 percent of Utah’s total oil production. That success fuels speculation that if any company will be able to produce Sanpete oil, it will be Wolverine. But Wolverine, just like it did initially with the Covenant Field find, is downplaying expectations and refusing to say how good its chances are of striking oil. Parrish said he would take the next couple of months to learn as much as he can so he can “hit the ground running” when he takes office in 2008. He said his goals are to keep Ephraim as the safe, vibrant community that it is. Cragun, could not be reached for comment. the vote. Joining him on the council will be Loren J. Thompson, also a former councilman, who got 20 percent. Incumbent Alan M. Justesen, a retired mechanical engineer, got 18 to win a third term. “We’re keeping our fingers crossed, but we know it’s still very risky,” Spiering said. “Putting percentages on anything is not something we really do. … We think we have located a structure, based on seismic data and other scientific data. Whether or not it holds oil or gas remains to be seen.” It was Wolverine’s science, a different approach to the geology of finding oil, that was key to its Sigurd discovery. It was to that science that Spiering referred when he said, “We’re confident that there’s a structure there based on our scientific data. The geologic components are all there. … It’s along the same trend that the discovery at Covenant Field was made. It has a lot of similarities geologically to the Covenant Field area.” It will be about three months before officials will know whether the well will be successful, and even if it isn’t, the venture won’t be worthless. Wolverine has drilled several unsuccessful wells, and Spiering says that with each one, “you get more information to lead you to the next spot to drill.” Spiering said if there were a discovery at the Mayfield location (which actually is several miles southwest of Mayfield), it would probably be deeper than at the Covenant Field, under a geologic layer known as the Navajo sandstone. “There hasn’t been much drilling in that general area at all. I don’t even know if the Navajo sandstone has been penetrated in that area,” Spiering said. “The only way you know if there’s oil down there is you have to test it with a drill bit.” Care Center (Continued from A1) term facility by a breezeway. Patients will have private rooms and baths, and enjoy family-style dining room facilities. They will have social activities, beauty and barbershop services, housekeeping and laundry services, and a call system for quick staff response to emergencies. A certified nursing assistant will be on call 24 hours a day. The long-term care facility, requiring skilled nursing care, Oil (Continued from A1) ful in producing oil. For the last three years, Wolverine’s Covenant Field has been one of Utah’s top four or five produc- Election (Continued from A1) Mayor Chesley Christensen, defeated Alan Peterson, a school principal, 92 to 76. Christensen was elected to the town council two years ago but appointed as mayor when Scott Bartholomew resigned. When someone is appointed to fill a vacancy, an election for the spot must be held at the next general election. “It feels good,” Christensen said when asked how he felt about the outcome. Spring City had a similar situation. Eldon Barnes, a Snow College professor, was appointed mayor when John Thomas resigned less than a month after being elected for a second term. Barnes ended up running for election unopposed. He got 86 percent of the vote, with 14 percent of voters casting write-in votes. Following is a city-by-city rundown of election outcomes and candidate reactions: Centerfield The new city council members to hold the four-year seat for Centerfield City are: Ivan M. Jensen with 18.68% of the votes, Grant Mogle with 18.01% and Keith Garff with 17.88%. Jensen said he is relieved and will continue his priorities in funding a new police station between Gunnison and Centerfield. “It is what the people were coming together for,” said Garff. He, too, wants to fund the police department, and also wants to get the water project “wrapped up and done.” Ephraim David Warren, a Republican and Zions Bank employee who had been appointed to fill an unexpired term and was running for election in his own right, defeated Democrat Richard Squire, a school principal, for a two-year seat. Warren got 66 percent and Squire 36 percent of the vote. In the four-year race, voters seemed to express a desire for change as Terry Lund, a Snow College employee, and David Parrish, owner of several McDonald’s franchises, took the most votes. Lund got 605 (23.31 percent) and Parrish 582 (22.43 percent). Both ran as Republicans. Only one of two incumbents for Ephraim City Council retained seats. Democrat Kim Cragun, a Snow faculty member, ran third with 520 votes but Penny Kittlesrud fell 80 votes shy of being elected. Lund said the result was something of a surprise. “I just want to serve the people of Ephraim. Ephraim has given me a lot and I want to give some of that back,” he said. Lund said he wants to take educated, responsible stances on issues of growth and development in Ephraim, and that most of all he wants to uphold the conscience of the people. Fairview Incumbent Jonathan E. Benson and Larry R. Hansen, a newcomer and local businessman, snapped up two open seats for the Fairview City Council. Benson received 240 votes (29 percent) while Hansen received 202 votes (24 percent). Julie Anderson and Robert Nielson trailed, with both Anderson and Nielson getting about 23 percent of the votes. Fayette In Fayette, Kimberly Mellor, a homemaker, and Donald Kitchell, a retired corrections officer, filed for two open seats. Because of an apparent error, LaMar Bartholomew, a retired government administrator, and Sheldon Mellor, a retiree who is currently serving on the council, were not listed on the ballot and ran as writein candidates. With 37 percent of the vote, Kimberly Mellor certainly won one seat. With 47 combined votes going toward the two write-ins, math says that the other seat will go to one of those write-ins. But which one has yet to be determined. Gunnison Everyone was a winner in Gunnison with incumbent Steven Buchanan, a banker; Paul Dallas Greener, an instructor at Central Utah Academy; and Larry Jensen, an executive with Valley Furniture, running unopposed for three open council slots. Both Buchanan and Jensen are incumbents. All three received 32 percent with a smidgen of the votes going to write-ins. Mayfield For the two four year seats available on the town council Republican Kenny Jensen led the field with 30.4 percent of the total votes. He will be joined by Democrat Jonny R. Anderson who received 28.57 percent. Richard Bjerregaard and Wayne Connelly were eliminated. Incumbent Terry Madsen ran uncontested for the two-year seat on the council. Manti In Manti, Galen Christ-iansen, a farmer who served on the city council more than a decade ago, led the field of six candidates for three four-year seats on the council. “I was shocked…I didn’t think I had that kind of pull,” Christiansen said. Christensen got 21 percent of Moroni Incumbents David Crosland and Greg Morley led a field of four in the race for three four-year seats on the Moroni City Council. Crosland, a turkey farmer who got 29 percent, said, “[The people of Moroni] know I work hard. Now I can just go back to work.” Morley, a Moroni Feed employee, who polled 31 percent win, said he looked forward to “spend[ing] the next four years serving Moroni.” Paul Gordon Green ran third with approximately 20 percent, while incumbent Paul Bailey, who ran 13 votes behind Green, lost his seat. Mt. Pleasant Incumbent Sandra Bigler, who has been Mt. Pleasant’s cemetery sextant, was elected to her fourth term on the city council with 28 percent of the vote, while Monte Bona, a retired college teacher and leader of the Utah Heritage Highway 89 Alliance, won a third term with 27 percent. Newcomer Michael Hafen polled 25 percent to win the third seat. Dan Simons, a postmaster and former council member, was eliminated. Fountain Green In the race for three four-year council seats, newcomer Curt C. Lund led the field of six candidates with 23 percent of the vote, followed by incumbent Dean Peckham with 20 percent, and Mark Coombs, who has served on council in the past, with 16 percent. Bryan Allred, Jerime Ivory and Dennis May were eliminated. Spring City Spring City seemed to exhibit an anti-incumbency trend as newcomers Pamela R Anderson and Kimberly Stewart were elected to the council with 29 and 22 percent of the votes respectively. Incumbent Thomas Allred was re-elected with 26 percent but incumbent Boyd Mickel lost his seat by eight votes. Sterling Devin Blood and Amber J. Jarvis were uncontested for two four-year seats on the town council. Blood, who is currently attending the police academy, got 47 percent, while Jarvis polled 46 percent. Wales In Wales, no names appeared on the ballot, but there were four write-in candidates for two seats: Anita Fox, Boyd Anderson, Barbara Davies and Nathan Mitchell. The outcome won’t be determined until the Nov. 20 canvass. Gunnison Good N ews Ne BY KAREN PRISBREY 528-7710 GUNNISON—Halloween night I enjoyed going out to the Centerfield Church parking lot with four of my grandchildren, for the trunk-or-treat activity. I hate to admit it, but this was the first time I had participated in the event, and found it to be a lot of fun. Seeing the wonderful costumes of the children and their cute mannerisms as they paraded from car to car begging for treats was delightful. I was astounded at the amount of candy that we gave away. I opened six bags of mini candy bars, and still had to have one of my grandsons bring us some more candy. In all the years we’ve lived in the valley, this was the most candy we’ve ever given out on Halloween. We had very few trick-or-treaters stop at our home later in the evening, which really surprised me. I thought for sure we’d be deluged with throngs of kids trying to double their loot. The Mistletoe Mall and Novemberfest craft fairs held on Friday and Saturday at the high school and elementary school respectively, were well attended by patrons from all over the valley and beyond. Everyone who attended the two events was thrilled to be able to purchase so many lovely gifts for Christmas. Congratulations to Debra Wilson and Julie Wanlass for their efforts in putting together the Mistletoe Mall, and to Debra Fullmer, Rachelle Peterson, and Kim Jensen for doing the Novemberfest, you all did outstanding jobs. It was sad to learn of the closing of Lila Lee Apparel due to the gas leak at the Top Stop. Lila Lee and her mother Hazel were responsible for dressing many of our valley’s young ladies beautifully for their various school events, especially the Junior Prom. With Top Stop and Lila Lee’s both closed, Main Street seems awfully desolate, especially on Mondays when many of the other businesses are also closed for the day. We were surprised to learn of the injuries sustained by Loretta Nielson in a car accident during August. Loretta, who has been staying with her twin sister Lorraine in Layton, received a broken neck in the accident, and required surgery to repair it. We send our best to Loretta and wish her a speedy recovery. Returning home on Friday, Nov. 2 after a month’s stay at LDS Hospital, was Gunnison Mayor Scott Hermansen, who has been suffering the effects of an acute illness called Wegener’s Disease. It’s a miracle that Scott was able to return home so quickly. However, his condition is still rather fragile. “While Scott recuperates, it would be best if people would give him a call on the phone rather than visiting and exposing him to bugs that could complicate his situation,” says his wife Mallory. Welcome home Scott, we wish you the very best. Bragging rights belong to great-grandpa Alan Olsen, whose grandson Michael Olsen and wife Jenny were blessed with the birth of a new son on Oct. 23. Landon Kim Olsen as the little tyke will be known, weighed 7 pounds 9 ounces. Big brothers Austin and Masen along with sister Meckenzie are tickled to have him here. Other grandparents include Kim Olsen of Gunnison, Diane and David Thompson of Salina, Elaine Smith of Ephraim, and Gene and Charlie Rogers of Manti. Greatgrandparents are June Walker of St. George, and Fred Miller of Kearns. Congratulations to Cody and Nona Dyreng who became parents of another baby boy on Oct. 24. Weighing 6 pounds and 6 ounces, little Talan Richard Dyreng was welcomed home by big brother Payton and big sister Rilee. Grandparents are Richard and Annette Dyreng of Gunnison, and Rick and Sheila Halterman of Draper. Great-grandparents are Paul and Delma Dyreng of Gunnison. Stan and Kathy Higgins are also new grandparents. Daughter Tori and husband Jeffrey Gates of Centerfield had another boy on Oct. 25. A strapping 8 pounds 7 ounces, Derrick Lee Gates will be welcomed home by his sister Jodi and brother Ian. Doraleen Gates of Salina is Derrick’s fraternal grandmother. Morris Higgins is the proud great-grandfather. Congratulations to the Gates and Higgins families. Iris Neill, head of the senior single adults committee of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and her assistants, Lorna Bown, Grover Childs, and Elva Cox are extending an invitation to all single senior adults to join them for a Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday, Nov. 8 at the Centerfield church. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. and a program will follow. If you have questions, contact Iris at 528-5452. The high school will hold a special program Monday morning, Nov. 12, at 9:50 a.m. to commemorate Veterans Day. Members of Gunnison Post 104 of the American Legion will be in charge of the program. Honor the service rendered by our war veterans and show your support of the young men and women who are currently serving in the armed forces by attending this program. Sanpete residents rescued from canyon By Sara Hansen Staff writer Three Sanpete residents involved in a rollover accident in Meller Canyon (near Fayette) Sunday have been released from the hospital. Gary Carlson Jr., Darla Montoya and Ron Boyer rolled a Chevy S-10 Blazer they were driving in the canyon after the driver lost control, according to a report on KMTI. The Blazer rolled 25 feet down an embankment according to a release sent from the Sanpete County Sheriff’s Office. The Sanpete County Sheriff’s office, Sanpete County Search and Rescue, Sanpete County Urban Search and Res- cue and Ephraim’s EMS responded to a 911-phone call. According to KMTI the call was made on a cell phone. Emergency units responded around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, but were unable to locate and rescue the three until around 2 a.m. Carlson, Montoya and Boyer were life-flighted to the hospital, treated and released. Open house scheduled for BLM plan RICHFIELD—The Bureau of Land Management announced last month that it is ready to move forward with its Resource Management Plan. The draft of the plan, which addresses issues such as access (roads) and mineral and mining activities on BLM land, will now begin a public comment period scheduled to end Jan. 23, 2008. Anyone interested in reviewing and/or commenting on the draft plan will have opportunities at a series of open houses throughout December, where BLM officials will be on hand to explain or answer questions about the plan. The open house for Sanpete County will be held on Dec. 11 in the Manti City Complex con- ference room, 55 S. Main St. The draft is also available online at www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/ fo/Richfield/planning.html, and written comments may be sent to: Richfield BLM Field Office, Attn. John Russell, 150 E. 900 North, Richfield, Utah 84701. Sanpete News Company, Inc., publishing the GUNNISON VALLEY EDITION UPS# 232-020 Deadlines, Post Office & Contact Information Copyright, Sanpete News Company, Inc.©2004. All rights reserved. Reproduction, re-use, or transmittal of all matter herein is prohibited without prior written permission of the publisher. Published each Wednesday for 75¢ each, $24.00 inside Sanpete County, $27.00 outside Sanpete County, by Sanpete News Company, Inc., 35 S. Main, Manti, Utah 84642 Phone 435-835-4241, fax 435-835-1493 suzanne@sanpetemessenger.com E-mail publisher at: Deadline: Thursday, 5 p.m. Manti: 35 S. 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