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Show P P r. TrrfW jrilin miiirn y Tpiilipiiip -I.ji p Home of The Mormon Miracle Pageant 1995 Dates: July 6, 7, 50 cents VOLUME 109 NUMBER 37 I Sanpetes, and particularly this week to lease the facilities and Mantis, economy will receive a shot in the arm next week when the clothing manufacturing plant, formerly operated by Pyke Manufacturing Co. will resume operations. Rivers West Apparel, Inc., a company headquartered in Seattle, closed a deal with M1BA, owners of the building which housed Pyke, begin sewing operations. The local branch of the company will be known as Rivers JENNINGS Mike McGinley of Rivers West, informed the Messenger-Enterpris- e, that the companys goal was to begin sewing operations within a week two weeks at the most. We hope to employ t make the move to Manti was the quality of the work force here. These people are all highly trained and have a reputation of being very good workers. natio- nally-recognized retailers of plained. that of specialized clothing. type The board also approved the Mr. said that iniMcGinley a of bus bid. on purchase large Funds for this purchase will be tially the company would employ covered by the states transportation allocation rather then from over-crowdi- 1 MHS all the former work force, he said. One of the reasons we decided to The plant will specialize in sports wear, under contract with Patagonia and Nike. Both are Although the State Legislature the South Sanpete School District enough capital outlay money to build a new middle school tracks or even , i at its two high schools, it did give capital outlay money. the district enough funds for sev-- ! The State Office of Education eral lesser projects. has estimated that the South And that action has enabled Sanpete School District may now the district school board to autho- - be in a slow growth mode, with rize two mobile units, each con-- . about 30 more students next year taining two classrooms. The one as contrasted with something like unit will be placed at Gunnison 70-- 1 00 in the past few years. That ; Valley High School and the other could limit the need for more ' at Manti High School. Theyll help classrooms. ; ease the at those But the state, on the other i schools. The estimated total cost: . hand, is apparently counting on an additional 300 or more beds at the $90,000. Also authorized was the pur- Gunnison Valley Correctional chase of back-u- p generators at Facility and another 100 employboth schools at something like ees by 1999. That would mean a $25,000 and the purchase of two large influx of young families and Dodge vans on the the need for more classrooms. state contract for $40,000, and a All of which complicates the drivers education car $ 0,000. building issue for South Sanpete, for the vans transportUsing Superintendent, Lewis Mullins ing small groups is cheaper than pointed out. using busses, district officers ex didnt give "One of the reasons we decided to make the move to Manti was the quality of the work force here. " West-Ma- nti. Mobile classrooms planned for Manti and Gunnison schools : BY BRUCE MANTI, UTAH 84642, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1995 wing plant w Manti i 8,11-1- 5 BRUCE JENNINGS The circus is coming to town. Culpepper & Meriweather will have their huge tent in place at the Sanpete County fairgrounds for a show on July 28 that w ill in- clude animals, clowns and a ety of acts. vari- The Sanpete County fair board, promoters of the circus as for events like the a county fair, says the circus is a guaranteed crowd pleaser - great for the kids, and that means for everyone - like parents and grandparents -- - who are still kids at heart. And another activity has been scheduled for the fairgrounds. The County Commission fund-rais- tion of Union and South Streets. Following the natural slope of the ground, the water 100 flooded the street and made its way into the front door of the building. By the time the water was shut off, several inches of water had accumulated over the entire floor. With the aid of many people and city crews, etc., the water had been mopped up and the floor was about dry again by Tuesday night. Everyone was wonderful to help us clean it up, McGinley said. le added that none of the equipment was damaged and that start-u- p would not be delayed. The plan is to have mostly all 1 new equipment in about three years. The first truck load of fabric has already arrived and more will be arriving daily. The company plans to hire its work force through Job Service, beginning immediately. Mr. McGinley stated that it was the goal of the company to upgrade the pay scale. We want these fine workers to have as many dollars as possible to spend in the com- munity to bolster the local economy, he said. Named manager of the Manti operation was Mr. Ray Baldwin, of Orem. Mr. Baldwin will move to the area and will be on full time beginning next week. activities now being planned Pre-fa- ir BY about 75 sewers. We hope to expand beyond that in the very near future, he added. Both Nike and Patagonia have large markets for the products to be produced, and expertise in merchandising those products. McGinley said that the existing equipment in the building would be adequate to begin operations, but that major and continuing upgrades would take place in the future. A minor setback to getting the business in operation occurred Monday night about 8:30 when a water main broke at the intersec- er -- -- pre-fa- ir of the State means that lot now goes back on the tax rolls and the payment into the receipt column. In addition the Commission raised the booking fee - perhaps better called the boarding fee from the current $15 per diem to $25 for city prisoners held at the county jail. That increase, it w as explained, comes closer to the actual cost. But the Commission also authorized some expenditures, too. $1,500 for a study Division of Wildlife Resources. The payment is a county general fund source. And the county also sold another of those popular lots in the Skyline Villas subdivision, which County Government dues. Hidden Valley property ow ners, who explained that some people in the development dont do their share maintaining the sub gave Bruce Bown, who has been involved in square dancing for years as a caller, dancer and officer, permission to use the exhibition building for a square dance jamboree, or something like it, on June 3. The County Commission also dealt with several other issues at last weeks meeting. For one thing, it received, with pleasure, a P1LT (payment in lieu of taxes) check for $12,976.03 from Jordan Pederson, -- cost-of-livi- ng and $500 for Association of division, asked, if the Hideaway Property Owners Association were dissolved, would Sanpete County take over services like snow removal and street maintenance. To that one the Commission said, in effect, no way, thats the responsibility of the subdivision. Richard Tree, who lives in the Mt. Pleasant area and has foster children in his home, said he is considering operating a group home for eight or so youngsters who have serious, but not major adjustment problems. The Commission told Mr. Tree what he would have to do in order to obtain clearance for that kind of operation. students honored by Sterling Scholar awards Manti High School garnered more than its share of honors during last Thursdays 23rd annual Sterling Scholar Awards Ceremony, held at North Sanpete High School in Mt. Pleasant. Four of Mantis candidates won first places and another three were runners-uTen high schools were represented in the competition, which is the culmination of a rigorous competitive process which motivates students to achieve even p. Kathryn VanLeeuwen QmM&oo Manti, Speech and Drama. greater goals in selected fields. Manti High Schools first place winners included: Teresa Kiesel, a daughter of Arthur and LoEne Kiesel of Manti, Foreign Language. Christy Alder, a daughter of Roger and Shelley Alder of Manti, Science. Kathryn VanLeeuwen, a daughter of Neil and Joan VanLeeuwen of Manti, Dance. Nikki Peterson, a daughter of Ivo and Barbara Peterson of Christy Alder Manti Highs runners-u- Louisa Bennion, Wasatch Academy, English and Literature. Max Roach, Wasatch AcadJeff Olson, a son of Ted and emy, Visual Arts. Cynthia Olson, Millard High Vicki Olson of Ephraim, BusiSchool, Social Science. ness. p were: Kary Larsen, a son of Kim and Kathi Larsen of Ephraim, Technology. Karen Armstrong, a daughter of Robert and Beverly Armstrong of Manti, Mathematics. Other first place winners were: Teresa Kiesel Nikki Chris DeMille, Richfield High School, Mathematics. Brenda Coates, North Sevier High School, Business and Marketing Education. Natalie Tuttle, Millard High School, Family, Consumer and Health Services. Peterson Thad Stevens, Millard High School, Technology Education. Shelly Nixon, Millard High School, Music. Jared Clay, Delta High School, General Scholarship. All first place winners receive a Sterling Scholar pin and a scholarship to one of a number of higher education institutions. Mark Anderson, general chairman of the committee, announced that two members of the Sterling Scholar Committee were Karen Armstrong Kary Larsen announcing their retirement from the Committee. Bert Christensen, Richfield, retired after serving on the Committee for 12 years, and Larry I lenric, Gunnison, retired after 22 years. The Sterling Scholar program is patterned after the original program which was instituted by the Deseret News and KSL. The program has now been expanded to cover all areas of the state. Jeff Olson WEATHER for the Manti area Reported by Lee J. Anderson |