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Show L0TC-OO- 7 3f-- 7 - ' w 2' L A riD-Tr-i- Children at Fountain Green Elementary recently participated in a Gingerbread House Contest Winners were chosen for two categories, Kindergarten to third grad and fourth through sixth. The winners of the K-- 3 were Jan and Jacey Bailey and Seth Cowley. Winners of the 6 were Nathan Beck and Brylee Madsen. There were many wonderful houses made by the students. The stafT felt all students who participated were winners. Pictured with their winning houses are Nathan Beck, Jacey and Jane Bailey, and Brylee Madsen. Not pictured is Seth Cowley. - r, c F r fT,r -- j 3 06 UT riir 84101-12- 77 u- p- ' - In V 4-- & r i '. ' kp- If If 'll - - "II m , XZ II :&Xlj j 7Z3 j ' MT. PLEASANT, UT Volumne 111 jr T fpruwr cVA- b 84647 - December 11, 2003 - Price 500 V. Number Forty-Nin- e Gingerbread houses on display at Becks MT. PLEASAN- T- Downtown Mt. Pleasant has once again been transformed into a gingerbread land. Gingerbread houses made by children from five local el- will be awarded for the best houses in two categories later this month. ementary schools are being showcased at Becks Home Fur- newer Christmas traditions in the area. There is just something about a gingerbread house and Christmas, says Christy nishings, 15 West Main Street. The annual gingerbread house competition has become one of the most beloved , They will remain in the large display windows throughout the holiday season. Prizes Johansen, of Mt. Pleasants Main Street Program, who is coordinating this years event. People are excited to come by and see what the children made. The houses are always amazing. Its fun to get the children involved this way, and to see what themes the children pick every year, she said. In past years, entries have included castles built out of graham crackers, houses built from homemade gingerbread, horses made from gum drops and pretzels, people skiing down candy mountains and even Harry Potter themes, Johansen said. Weve had brothers and sisters work together on houses and entries built by two and three children, and they are all very creative. The gingerbread houses were made by children from elementary schools in Fountain Green, Mt. Pleasant, Fairview and Spring' City. Those on display were chosen as the best houses from each school in We try to have about four houses from each school. Sometimes the judges have a hard time making up their minds so we have a few more, Johansen said. Every year, support for the program increases. The schools have been incredible, and weve had so many children interested in taking part. two categories: kindergarten The houses on display will be judged by a committee of five people on Dec. 16, and prizes awaided Dec. 20. There will be a first, second and third-plac- e awards in each division, through grade three, and grades four to six. with $70 awarded for first place, $35 for second place and $20 for third place. In addition, the elementary schools that produced the first-plac- e winners each receive $50 for use in the school. The judges are looking for creativity, originality, and most importantly, for houses that were worked on entirely by children, without any help from mom or dad, Johansen said. That is always part of the cnteria: did the child do this on his or her own? For more information about SC planning, zoning vote in favor NS recognizes of light businesses by Phyllis Yardley SPRING CIT- The Spring Y- City Council held its regularly scheduled meeting Dec. 4, to discuss zoning issues, recycling and a county joint library project. Zoning Zoning Administrator David Allred appeared before the council and informed them that the Planning and Zoning Committee had met Dec. 3 and had related verbally (Allred pointed out to council members that there was no written agreement in place at this time) that they were in favor of recommending what the city council members had sent back to them regarding the designation of light business areas and allowing employment outside of family members. At this point, Lawrence Gardner, Planning and Zoning Committee, addressed the council members and reiterated what Allred had said. Gardner noted that parameters would need to be put in place for employment, as well as parking restrictions, in businesses designated as light business and that each permit would need to be analyzed on a case by case basis. Regarding splitting lots, Allred noted that there are approximately 700 building lots in Spring City (this includes lots already built on), stating approximately 47 lots are less than 14 acre, approximately 109 lots consist of .56 to 1.06 acres, 138 lots are approximately 13 to 12 acres and approximately 348 lots consist of at least one acre. Gardner distributed a memo from Gloria Black, Planning and Zoning Chairperson, which Gardner discussed point by point with council members. He discussed building lot sizes, noting that the Planning and Zoning Committee recommended keeping the 1.06 lot size for the following reasons: First, if the lots are made smaller but livestock restrictions are not reduced, and the committee does not want them reduced, residents will be too close to the livestock and could end up in neighbor complaints and unsafe or unhealthy conditions; Second, the committee feels Continued on page 8 Choir to present third annual Christmas program MT. PLEASAN- T- The annual community Christmas concert, performed by the Sanpete Valley Singers, will be held Sunday, Dec. 14, at the Mt. Pleasant LDS North Stake Center at 7:30 p.m. This concert has become a real community tradition, remarked Steve Clark, the groups director. Clark says the group will be introducing a number of new songs to the established program and will be introducing several new of soloists. Weve really changed the flavor and presentation of soloists, Clark stated. We have more men this year and weve shuffled some of the music previously performed by men to women and visa-vers- a. Its created a very interesting and appealing new musical mix. This is the third year the group has performed their Christmas conceit in Mt. Pleasant The group was started by Clark in 2001 and has quickly become recognized as a fixture in the local area music culture. Were building a rich musical tradition in Sanpete Valley, Clark stated. In addition to their annual Christmas concert here, the group will perform Christmas concerts at the Gunnison State Prison, two concerts at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, and a large concert in Payson. The group is active year round. This past year the Sanpete Valley Singers performed for the Freedom Rally and staged five sold-operformances of Les Miserables at the Moroni House. Opera This Sundays concert will feature soloists, Blaine Lee, Brian Spencer, Christene Smith, Sue LaFollette, Steve Clark, and Cheryl Spencer. The Ml Pleasant IDS North Stake Center is located at the comer of 500 North and 300 West, ML Pleasant ut the gingerbread competition, contact Mt. Pleasant City at students of month MT. PLEASAN- T- Jamie Earl, Mt. Pleasant, and Rendall Seely, Fairview, have been chosen Students of the Month for this past month at North Sanpete High School (NSHS), according to Principal John Ericksen. Both students are honor roll students and both have been very active in high school music and drama during their four years at NSHS. Jamie Earl Jamie is the daughter of Larry and Dixie Earl, Mt. Pleasant. She has been a member of the tennis team for four years and was the number one singles player for the Hawks during this past season. Jamie was also honored as an Academic Player in tennis. She is a member of the National Honor Society and is of that serving as this year. group Jamie is also a member of Upward Bound at the school. She is the senator for her local Upward Bound group, and as such, represents North Sanpete in the Region. She attended Snow College, completing several college courses this past summer as a part of her Upward Bound experience. She is also a member of the LDS Seminary council, a member of the concert choir, and has participated in three school musicals. All-Sta- te vice-preside- nt Rendall Seely Rendall is the son of Larry and Monalee Seely, Fairview. He recently had a lead roll as Levi in this years production of Joseph and the Amaz- ing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Lmi Rendall Seely This was Rendalls fourth musical and his second lead roll. In addition, he has served as president of the Drama Club and has taken honors with su- perior ratings in the state drama competition. Last spring he was chosen as Best Supporting Actor in the region competition and followed that with a Best Actor award in the state competition. Rendall has earned his Eagle Award in the Boy Scouts of America and has maintained a grade point average of 3.4 throughout high school. Both Jamie and Rendall will graduate from the LDS Seminary this spring. Jamie plans to go to Snow College and begin a program in nursing. Rendall is considering education as his major and plans to attend Southern Utah University. Other seniors nominated for Student of the Month honors were Brett Madsen, Carl Crosland, Trevor Johnson, Tyson JarretL Andrew Gardner, Stephen Larsen, Kali Larsen, Amy Washburn, Melanie Zabriskie, Emilee Blackham and Megan Morin. Far West Bank sponsors children with cancer MT. PLEASAN- T- Far West Bank, a proud corporate sponsor, is teaming up with the Children with Cancer Christmas Foundation in making a childs Christmas brighter. Far West Bank, with loca- tions in Mt. Pleasant and Fairview, is looking for donations of new, unwrapped toys to be given to children with cancer and their siblings. Donations will be accepted until Monday, Dec. 15. Cash donations are also acceptable and can be mailed to Children with Cancer Christmas Foundation, 3275 Mohican Way, Provo, Ut 84604. For more information about the program, call |