Show Spring Forward Just a quick reminder that Sunday April 4 is the beginning of Day light Savings Time Be sure to move your clocks forward one hour before going to bed Forexample '' r HD ‘ JL instead of being 10 J pm pm w hen you retire forthe evening You may lose this hour now but you will gain it back in October! it would be The Jaycees’ Egg Hunt Will Annual Easter Held at The Be Gunnison City Park for dren 10 and under Chil- Have Donated Candy and Prizes 9:30 a m at Fun The Begins Saturday April 3 1999 Area Businesses Cowboy Sweetheart JU mm Gunnison Utah 84634 Number 13 Vol 78 Wednesday March 31 50 1999 District receives computers from CUCF The first shipment of thirty 486 Computers and thirty Pentium Computers arrived at the South Sanpete School District ( Jffice Wednesday March 24 1999 Deputy Warden Robert Judd ofCentral Utah Correctional Facility and Captain Dav id Puett Utah Correctional Industries Computers For School Program Production Manager presented the first shipment of 486 and Pentium computers to Nadine Nelson District Technology Specialist and Lewis Mullins Superintendent of the South Sanpete Schixil District Residents and companies throughout Utah the computers were donated the computers taken to Central Utah Correction Facility in Gunnison There they went to Utah Correc tional For School De- partment where they were upgraded According to Allen Jones Production Supervisor for the Computers For School Program the computers are stripped down and refurbished the 4S6's are installed w ith either Hurd Drives 16MB 33or66MHDYs2(X)MB of Memory Windows 95 and are Y2K up- - contestapproaching The 1999 Sanpete County Cowboy Sweetheart and Sanpete County Jr Princess Contest are to be held Saturday May 8 1999 at the The royalties Sanpete County Fairgrounds will reign over the Sanpete County Fair Rodeo trees will April 15 Limb reminded residents to make sure their taps are turned off to prevent flooding when the water flows Right now there's enough water commented Limb "but if it stays dry like it is now we'll have real trouble at the end of the year cr next year”Thc reservoir is full now the question is how much water we'll get off the mountains Remember the rules of using irrigation water: Don’t drink it Use filters on your sprinklers Always use a sprinkler to prevent low pressure problems down the line Don't wash yourcar with it Conserve water by watering when the w ind is low in the early morning or late evening Manager for L'tah Correc- strikes again -- - in Manti On March 25 Sam DeLeeuw at 83 more The per computer including the color monitors and key boards 1 he Pentiums were slightly higher at $460cach including monitors and key boards Lhah Correctional Industries even gives them a warranty "Our goal is to get our children the best learning tools av ailable” stated Captain Dav id Task Force Princess contestants must be between the aw of 8 and by June Applications can be obtained from Sam DcLecuw Manti and must be returned by May tobceligibletocompete Contestants will bejudged on modeling public speaking interviews rodeo and horse knowlskills Contestants edge and horsemanship must use the same horse all year and cannot be in any othercommunity royalty during the 1999 summer months For further information call Is your grass still brown and are your longing for a drink? Gunnison residents only have to use culinary water for two Administrator Ray Limb weekssaidCity pressuri7ed irrigation system w ill be on by graded The Pentium Computers are installed MH Processors 42 GB Hard Drives with and 32 B it SD Rams Window s 95 and the Y2K upgrade as well The computers came with color monitors and keyboards The price ot the 4S6computers w as only $ 00 Puett Production tional Industries and stock events nd w ill be required to appear at all county celebrations parades and rodeos The Sweetheart contestants must be 4 years of this current year and Jr of age by June Secondary system to be turned on soon cents Deputy Warden Robert Judd Donald Hill Capt David Puett Alan Peterson Nadine Nelson and Superintendant Lewis Mullins pose in front of a truck holding 60 computers forthe South Sanpete School Distict The computers were through CUCF as part of the Computers For Schools program purchased GVH Board names hospital expansion committee by Anita Lyons Stu ff writer A committee is meeting every Wednesday the morning to prioritize plans forevpansionol Greg Rosenvall told hospital Administrator board members in a meeting Thursday March Members 25 of the committee include Brenda Rosenvall Nursing Administrator Chief Financial Officer Brian Bartholomew Maintenance Murray Supervisor Mike Winleh and doctors Christine Jackson and Rosenvall gave board members a w ish list of 5 Additional operation recovery rooms The last addition to the hospital was planned after which Brian hospital improvements “We'll have to see with proper footings and foundation to supMurray commented it costs” port a second story on the hospital remarked The committee’s priorities are as follows: Rosenvall Bathrooms in every patient room 2 Storage space 3 Additional Delivery rooms The current hospital average is 15 babies per day With only two delivery rooms on busy nights new mothers have been placed in regular patient rooms 4 A second operating room 1999 the Sanpete County Sheriff s Department Central Utah Narcotics Task Force and the Department of Corrections effected a search w arrant in Manti The following arrests were made Pedro Juardo of Manti was charged with: Two first degree felony counts of distribution of a controlled substance two second degree s felony counts of possession of two class A misdemeanor counts of Bail was set possession of drug paraphernalia atS637(X) Michele Oaks of Manti was charged with Three first degree felony counts of distribution of a controlled substance one second degree s felony count of possession of one class A misdemeanor count of Bail was set possession of drug paraphernalia at S7 1850 Steven Simons of Manti was charged with: Two second degree felony counts of possession of melhamphetamines one count class A misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia one count class A misdemeanor possession of marijuana Bail was set at $23700 Richard Nav Gunnison City to sell trees for community education project Local White Poplar is state's largest The Gunnison City Beautification Commitis pleased to be sponsoring tree a sale The sale is a fund raiser as well as a tee community education effort Gunnison City has been in the process for the past several years in trying to become a TREE CITY The Forestry l Department is pleased with the sale trees and eneourages all Gunnison City resi- to such an effort dents to “Keep Our Urban Forest With New Seedlings” Millard and Delta topped in the Deseret runners-uSterling Scholars ofCentral Utah 27"1 annual awards program held Mareh 24 in Fillmore Gunnison had one winner and two runners-uand Wasatch Academy and North Sanpete FILLMORE-Ju- the list of w inners and Netleaf Hackberry Siouxland Cottonwood Common Lilac CurleafMahogany Gamble Oak Oakleaf Sumac and Smooth Sumac inches tall and are $ 50 per 23 or Guntree Contact Marice Stewart 528-Trees are nison City for further information Trees will be available for pick up at 10 West 00 North in Gunnison Mike 100 and Marcie Stewart stand in front of a White Poplar in their front yard and 100 W Gunnison The tree is 168 feet in diameter N one of the trees at Purely by coincidence Stewart's home was recently named the largest MENT) came to measure the tree While Poplar in Utah Stewart said that she and her husband were "We are greatful to be the caretakers tree" said Stew art in the size of the tree and a represenDEPART- - tative from the state's (WHATEVER OOR COPY Mathematics Luciile Christensen were runner-u- by Mavanee Loft us Valley citizens can choose from a variety of trees which include: Blue Spruce Pinyon Pine White Fir Burgamble Oak Common Hackberry interested runner-u- Music Sterling Scholar and Cody Olsen honored at the Sterling Scholar ceremony Gunnison Scholars earn recognition Recently the Division' of Forestry visited Gunnison and met with Council woman Stewart in regards Jessie Roper Trade and Technical Education 6 feet 8 It measures inches around of this The tree isesiimated to be ov cr 50 years old but the state did not have a large enough to take an accurate reading "W were told the tree is in excellent shape for the shape it's As far as the in" said Stewart trees being sold by the city Stew art had no guarantees that they would her tree of size the be to grow f! JUliO each had one runner-uSev ier School District had tw o w inners and four runners-uWay ne High School had one runner-uBeth Peterson in Music Juab netMillard ted four winners and five runners-uand had four winners and four runners-uDelta had one winner and eight runners-uManti had two winners and three runners-uDerek Spriggs Brigham Young University serv ed as master of ceremonies at the program held in the auditorium of Millard High School Several music nominees were invited to perform as part of the program: Beth Peterson Wayne piano solo Cicily Brienholt Richfield vocal solo Lucille Christensen Gunnison piano solo and Don Markland Juab vocal and sax solo Chanty Gardner 998 General Sterl ing Scholar winner in the General Seholarshipcat-egorManti High School gave a tribute to teachers and parents Winners w ill receive a $200 cash aw ard and will receive a $ OOcash aw ard plus a distinctive Sterling Scholar pin key chain and certificate They are eligible to apply for scholarships from 5 universities and colleges in the Trade Judges selected three runners-uand Technical Education category this year runners-u- runners-uand their parents follow Foreign Language: Brad Castle South Sevier Mr and Mrs Russ Okerlund Monroe Lisa Broderick North Sanpete Mr and Mrs La von Broderick Spring City and Meghan Shipp Winners (See Scholars on Page 9) |