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Show 1 hope the authorities stick with their resolution to enforce the law. I hope it's not just another flash in the pan" that will be forgotten after a couple of weeks. It seems like every year, the same resolution is made, but soon forgotten. Melba DeMill tells me that there have been 122 dog licenses issued in Manti. I know that that many dogs bark at me every night. I see many dogs on the streets with no licenses. So it's good to know that all this is to change. . . . ,, by Max Call Short comments on some of this week's news items: Most Mantians will loudly applaud the decision to enforce Mantis ordinance on dogs. Not living in Ephraim I am not aware of the problem there, but Id surmise that it's a universal problem in all our towns. 1 found good homes elsewhere for my two German shepherds recently, I did it for two reasons: first, I felt sorry for them, being penned up all the time. I hated to see them confined. So 1 found homes for them where they can have some freedom. Im sure they're happier now. Secondly though, 1 was concerned that on the occasional times they did get loose, they might attack or perhaps harrass someone, someones livestock. Both of my dogs played well with children and didnt seem to have a sign of a mean streak in them. However, whos to predict how they might react if a person hurt them or surprised them. 1 just didnt know, and 1 wasnt willing to take the chance that a dog of mine would injure anyone. So I got rid of them, despite the fact that we all loved them. Beth and I regularly take a walk after dark. (That's the time when we make-u- p after her reading my last weeks column). Its impossible to find a single block in Manti to walk where you are not confronted w ith a dog. We havent been bitten but we carry sticks to frighten them off. One of these nights were going to take our walk in Ephraim to see if the story is the same there. Any suggestions, anyone? News item No. 2: Mans life probably saved by emergency action, with the help of COMSAN. Comment: HOLD YOU SO! Didnt 1 say just last week that EMT training could have an effect on someone you personally love? Havent 1 been telling you that COMSAN was a worthwhile project? Everyone should know how to administer the Heimlich maneuver. Now get off your duffs and go enroll in that EMT course. - - j -- Not so Trivial: Not even the perpetually hungry live by bread alone. ' - Motivate City Action 12-1- lot. Building Building Self Esteem in Children" is the theme of the Manti Elementary Night scheduled tonight at 7:30 p.m. The film. Cipher in the Snow" will be shown and second-grad- e teacher Barbara Eliason will briefly discuss the theme. The first and second grades of Manti Elementary will provide musical selections. All parents or interested persons are invited to attend, whether they have children in the school or not, says PTA Back-to-Scho- The dog was taken to a Moroni veterinarian where it was destroyed and the head transported to Salt Lake where tests verified that it was not rabid. Tori is recovering and it is uncertain whether plastic surgery may be required in the future. In a second France incident, Peunzieux was bitten by an unidentified dog Saturday evening as she was walking on a Manti street. Several stitches were required to close the wound. These incidents have made it imperative that we strictly enforce Manti's Leash Law," Chief Lambert said. Any dogs running at large will be If it is caught and impounded. impossible to catch them, they may have to be shot." he said. The mayor has instructed us to strictly enforce the law, and we intend to do just that." Lambert added. Self-Estee- m Back-to-Scho- ol by Bruce Jennings The evidence of Sanpete County in the population growth is all about new housing and in the crowded classrooms. The Bureau of the Census has now released further concrete evidence: preliminary figures on the 1980 census. Those figures have Sanpete County with a 1980 population of 14,615. Thats a 33 plus percent increase over the 1970 census total 10,976. The increase has been general; each one of the 13 towns listed in the preliminary report shows an increase. Overall, however, the increase seems to have affected the tow ns in the northern part of the county more than those in the central and southern parts. Daffvnition: Igloo; material used to keep an ig from falling apart. of groceries produces two bags of trash. Theme President Claudia Olson. Membership applications will be available for those desiring to join the PTA for this school year. Memberships arc $2 per person or S3 per couple. The PTA sponsors numerous activities and programs throughout the year in the elementary school, such as the Halloween Carnival, patriotic programs. Green Circle, the Reflections program which encourages children to contribute their works in the fields of art. music and literature, and other seasonal observances. Coming Events . . . Oct. 2 Back to School night . Manti Elementary, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2 Manti Templars vs luab, ( football ) Snow Stadium, 4 p.m. Oct. 3 North Sanpete Homecoming parade, 5:30, Mt. Pleasant North Sanpete Hawks vs So. Sevier, ( football ) 7:30 p.m.. North Oct. 3 4.- -7 a.m. Welfare Session LDS Conf. Broadcast, Manti Oct. Sanpete. Ward d 10a.m. &2p.m. LDS Conference sessions Oct. 4. 1 4 Snow Badgers vs Ricks College (football) :30 p.m. at Snow Oct. 7 p.m. Priesthood Session Broadcast of LDS Conf., Manti Oct. 4 Ward d State high school tennis championships, 9 a.m. BYU, Provo Oct. 4 School participating) (Manti High LDS Conference sessions 10 a.m. & 2 p.m., broadcasts on KSL Oct. 5 1st-2n- per copy Sanpete Population Increases Over 33 p Rule of the week: Today, one bag 25 MANTI, UTAH 84642, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1980 My friends tell me I'm putting on a pound or two. Its all Beth's fault. She came up with this idea that if she of a lovely, shapely pasted a pin-ugirl on the inside of the refrigerator door it would motivate her to eliminate snacks. It worked fine , . . for her. Shes lost ten pounds. Unfortunately Ive peered inside the door so many times I've gained ten pounds. i Two separate incidents of attacks by dogs on Manti citizens have been reported this week. Police Chief Bob Lambert reported that a small girl was badly bitten in her own yard and that a woman was bitten as she walked along the street. Tori Anderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kim Anderson was bitten on the cheek as she was playing in her own yard in Manti. Chief Lambert said that Tori was bitten by a black Labrador 5 stitches dog. The wound required to close. The owner of the dog is unknown as it wa$ not wearing a license. The dog was captured by Tori's father, Kim, and tied up. However, it escaped but was later apprehended by Mr. Lambert and taken to the dog pound. Later it was discovered that someone had unlocked the gate at the pound and set the dog free. Still later, Mr. Lambert again picked up the dog in the Anderson Volume 95 Number !4 Item No. 3: I hope you were as thrilled as 1 about the number of musicians participating in the MHS homecoming parade. They looked and sounded great. Congratulations are certainly in order for Bill Thompson and Barry Coleman. Dog Biting Incidents , m Ephraim is largest town in Sanpete County. Snow College students help swell this total. Elk Hunt Opens Big Game Season small. herds on the Face, a herd of about by Bruce Jennings . 40 head in New Canyon, a small herd in The elk season opened on Manti Manti Canyon, up around Burnt Hill and Mountain Wednesday morning at dawn, Bear Flat, a herd of a hundred or more in ushering in the big game season, and Six Mile and probably 300 head in the will continue for 14 days. It will be Twelve Mile drainage. followed, after a short recess, by the This is the rutting season. Mr. deer hunt. and the bulls are with the That means local hunters will have Bradley said, cows. Finding them, however, can be a lots to occupy them during October. he added. The elk is a shy The elk season opened with bright, tough job, hard to locate in heavy animal and sunny weather, but hunters arent sure timber." this is the kind of weather they want. The elk hunt on Manti Mountain is a It's nice to sit in the sun and doze and bull only hunt. Mr. Bradley said, except Blaine hope an elk will come by, at two east side locations. Fifty hunter Allred, hunting with family members choice permits were issued for Lowry said, but probably a little snow would Water and 173 for Trail Mountain. make it easier to track the elk," Mr. Bradley said that several Elk hunters on Manti Mountain will Manti will be enforced. regulations probably be down about half. Brad Mountain is a elk preserve designated Bradley, Wildlife Conservation officer and no one can carry a firearm on the on the South Sanpete District, said. That mountain during the season who doesn't will be partly due to the doubling in the have either an elk permit or an upland cost of an elk permit, he said, and partly game permit." a for to the fact that the date securing Spotting elk from a plane is illegal, he moved was up. permit and measures are being taken to said, Wildlife Resources wanted to reduce this from happening on Manti prevent the pressure." Mr. Bradley explained, Mountain. and figured this was the way to do it." Of course." he added, hunters go The success rate state-wid- e was the preserve early by vehicle to try onto around seven percent last year, to locate the herds, but what they according to Mr. Bradley, and probably probably do is cause the animals to hide a little less than that on Manti Mountain. He said the number of elk on Manti up." There are a few moose on Manti Mountain has apparently stabilized, but Mr. Bradley said, and this Mountain. that they seem to be more scattered than have been two illegal there summer usual, with smaller herds, but more of kills. them, in most of the canyons. Wildlife Resources is very anxious to He said that there are two small moose established on the herds, each containing around 15 to 20 get and a he explained, mountain." animals, in Willow Creek, a couple of to is made effort stop the being special kills. illegal Burglar Sentenced Mt. Pleasant, for example, has had an from 1970s 1,515 to increase of 532 1980s2,048. That's an increase of more than 35 percent. Ephraim has had the largest increase in numbers, from 2.127 to 2,807, or a little less than 32 percent. That makes Ephraim the largest town in the county, as it was in 1970. However, Ephraims population contains a considerable number of college students who are not permanent residents. Students w ho are 18 or older who live in the town in either public or private housing are included in the town total, according to Liane Olsen, South Sanpete census supervisor. "Mrs. Olsen believes that around 350 Snow College students, not permanent residents of Ephraim, are included; Mt. Pleasant, by contrast, has Wasatch Academy, but because these students are under 18, even though they live in school dorms, they are not included in that citys total. Manti continues to be the second largest city in the county, but also shows one of the smaller increases. Manti's population in 1970 was 1,803. The preliminary figure for 1980 is 2,088. Thats an increase of around 16 percent. The census also took a count of housing units in Sanpete and here's the big surprise. Manti has 813: Ephraim has 773 and Mt. Pleasant has 760. In 1970. Manti had 658; Ephraim had 565 and Mt. Pleasant had 584. Why would Manti, with a smaller population than Ephraim, both in 1970 and 1980, have more housing units? Mrs. Olsen says that when the census was taken last spring there was more vacant housing in Manti than in any other town in the county. Another reason. Mrs. Olsen says, has to do w ith more people college student housing per unit. Another reason has to do with population age. There are apparently more people living alone widows, for in their homes in Manti than example in any other Sanpete tow n. Percentage wise, some of the smaller towns in the county are growing faster than the larger ones. Sterling, for example, is up 38 percent; Mayfield. 46 percent, and Wales, 72 percent. Sanpetes neighboring counties are also show ing growth. Sevier County has grown even faster than Sanpete. It's population w as 10.103 in 1970 and is 742. Juab had 4.574 in 1970 and now has5,516. Millard had 6,988 in 1970 and now has 8,736. Juab and Millard are expected o show even greater increases in the 1980s because of energy developments. Emery and Carbon counties, the neighbors to the east, have had still greater growth because of energy. Carbon County has increased front 15,647 to 22.101, a, id Emery County has more than doubled in the 10 years. Its population is 1,455 now. In 1970 it w as now-14- 1 5.137. Ephraim Middle School Schedule Altered The Ephraim Middle School will change its starting and dismissal times for students beginning October 6, according to Principal Charles A. Eberhard. Previous starting and dismissal times were 8:45 a.m. to 2:20 p.m. on Monday, and 8:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. The new schedule will start students at 8:30 a.m. and dismiss them at 2:30 p.m. on Monday and 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. The new time schedule will better consolidate the amount of time the student spends at school. Principal Eberhard said. It will also alleviate some bus schedule problems and scheduling problems with the Manti Elementary and Manti High School. In order to lessen the time that buses need to shuttle Manti High and Ephraim Middle School students between Manti Ephraim and to comply with government's request for a 2'2 budget cut. the afternoon buses will drop students at a central location in Ephraim. The Ephraim west bus will unload at First West and Center Street. The Ephraim east bus will unload at Second East and Center Street. Middle School students who live in Sterling will catch the Sterling bus at 3:00 p.m. instead of 4:00 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. On Monday the Sterling bus for the Middle School will leave after 2:30 p.m. Middle School students from Manti will need to be aware that the starting time for school will be at 8:30 a.m., not 8:45 a.m., Principal Eberhard said. The change at the Ephraim Middle School will not affect the starting and dismissal times at the other district schools. by Pat Mellor One of two men found guilty of burglarizing cabins this summer in the Manti Canyon area has been sentenced to spend one to 15 years in the State Prison at the Point of the Mountain. Roger Tuft of Centerfield was given the sentence by Judge Don Tibbs only a week after receiving a similar sentence in Sevier County in connection with a second degree felony charge there. Donald Elliott has not been sentenced yet and is awaiting a evaluation report. Tuft was sent to the state correctional facility the same day that he was sentenced in Sevier County and had to be brought from Draper to the Sanpete County courthouse to receive sentencing on the Manti Canyon burglary charges. He was returned to the state prison that same afternoon. lst-2n- TV, KMTI & KMUX Radio Oct. 6 Oct. 7 SchKl pictures at Ephraim Elementary School Manti Stake Fireside, 7:30 p.m. Manti Yorgason, speaker 1st-2n- d Ward. Blaine Sc:tt!r.3 fbr tozryz?.2 , Senior float won first place at MHS Homecoming parade last Friday. I t |