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Show The Gunnison Valley Gazette Page 6 Wednesday, September 17, 2014 Gunnison tennis to play three matches this week Do Your Best by MITCH PETERSON The Gunnison Valley High School girls tennis team is busy with three matches this week. The Lady Bulldogs host Delta early in the week, then they'll be in Mount Pleasant for a match against Wasatch Academy on Wednesday, September 17th. The day after that, the Bulldogs travel to Monroe to tangle with the South Sevier Lady Rams in their final divisional competition before the state-qualifying tournament. Then, if everything goes as scheduled, the team will head to St. George this Friday and Saturday for a teaching/ training tournament. The Lady Bulldogs have faced off against Grand, San Juan, and Manti in divisional action so far this year. The team has put up a spirited effort, and they're still working for their first team victory. They also took on Juab in a friendly last week and played well. The Bulldogs are enjoying the season, according to first year head coach Keith Erickson. "We've got a very young team," Erickson said. "About half the team is still working through fundamental skills. As a beginning coach, I'm working on my fundamental skills, too. It's a first for me." In addition to his coaching duties, Erickson, who grew up in Ephraim and attended Manti High School, also teaches French, Spanish, and ESL classes at GVHS. Your 2014 Gunnison Valley High School girls tennis team features Kalyce Bastian, Rebecca Buckland, Korie Catmull, Ineke Durer, K'leigh Halliday, Kaylee Hill, Adreanna Judd, Esther Lyons, Hannah Miller, Kylie Nay, Samantha Peterson, and Alyssa Worthington. Worthington, Peterson, Lyons, Judd, Bastian, and Catmull are returning players, while everyone else is new to the team. Durer is an exchange student from Germany, and she's playing first singles. Worthington and Catmull have been teaming up at first doubles, while the other positions have varied quite a bit. (Girls tennis competitions feature first, second, and third singles, and first and second doubles.) The Bulldogs compete in the 2A South Division, which also features Manti, Delta, San Juan, Grand, South Sevier, and Wasatch Academy. The 2A North Division features Emery, Maeser Prep, Rowland Hall, St. Joseph, Summit Academy, and Waterford. Seth Parsons does his best by playing with and helping Kynlee Kjar. Seth is a member of Troop 566. He is the son of Mike and Sarah Parsons. Do Your Best is sponsored by: Peterson Refrigeration is Mechanical Volleyball keeps it close in Juab by MAX SANDERS The Lady Bulldogs traveled to Juab last Thursday to take on the Wasps, each team still seeking their first varsity win of the 2014 season. The girls had a rough first set, losing 25-12, but came back with solid defense from Kennedy Jensen in the middle, preventing the attackers from scoring. Gunnison was strong on offense, with several assists by Lynzee Bartholomew. Gunnison battled hard to win the set 25-19. Juab came back to win the third set, but not without a challenge from the Bulldogs. The HERMANSEN'S Continued from Page 1 make the feed. Nels had a great knack at coming up with the right formula to give the turkeys all the necessary vitamins and minerals they needed to become large and healthy birds. After he had perfected his formula, he began to contract with the owners of large turkey farms to feed their birds. Some of the contracts were written for a year's supply of feed. The turkey mash created new business for the mill and at one point Hermansen's supplied the feed for most of the turkey farms from St. George to Lehi. In 1939, Nels had to keep expanding the mill and he built a new cinder block warehouse to the west of the cement elevators. Its purpose was to store all the feed ingredients that were needed to make up all the different feed rations. This warehouse is the main warehouse the mill uses today to store most of its seed and feed. During this time Nels also added a steam roller so they could start to roll their grains and then in 1941 he added a machine that would turn feed into pellets. In 1942, the mill almost saw a complete disaster. On the night of January 19, 1942 a fire started in the rolling room at the mill. The Gunnison Fire Department, as well as the Salina and Manti departments, were called to help put out the blaze. It took the three fire departments six hours to finally put it out. The estimated damage was over $20,000. Nels knew that he had to rebuild and keep going so that is what he did. In 1954, Nels needed a bigger set of scales to weigh all the trucks coming into the mill to deliver grain. He bought a set of used scales from a coal mine in Salina Canyon and they were installed on the east side of the mill. The scale deck Wasps fought a more successful battle than the Bulldogs, winning the third set 25-17. However, Gunnison stepped it up again in the fourth set, not making Juab's job easy. The Bulldogs quickly resolved the issues that led them to defeat in the last set, and came back firing. Shalece Sorenson played an important role as outside hitter to help the Bulldogs tally up the required 25 points to push the game to a fifth and final set. Unfortunately for the Lady Bulldogs, Juab came back to win the final set 15-9. The girls continue to search for their first win, but are showing significant growth as a team. The JV squad also took squad, but each girl continues the loss while in Nephi. This to contribute to a developing is the first loss for the young Gunnison team. was made of lumber. This is the same scale that used today to weigh all the trucks coming into the mill. In 1957, the turkey mash was discontinued due to the low price for domestic turkeys. In 1958 Nels bought a new steam roller, which was the largest in the state at the time and ran it full capacity. On July 27, 1962 Nels turned the mill over to his son Ray Hermansen. Nels loved the mill and that was evident because Hermansen's Mill was the only mill in the state that survived World War 1, the Great Depression and World War II under the same management. Ray was now the 3rd generation of Hermansens to take over the mill. Ray struggled the first couple of years after he became owner of the mill. After analyzing the business, he decided there needed to be some changes. Technology was beginning to grow and the demand for certain products were changing. One of the first major decisions Ray made was to reinforce all the walls in the warehouse so they could store more bulk grain. In 1966, Ray purchased the old turkey processing plant on main street. He remodeled it so he could use it store bulk fertilizer. Ray also purchased three bulk fertilizer spreaders and a front end loader to load the fertilizer into the spreaders. In 1967, he made another big decision about the mill. Ray decided to quit making flour thus ending a 53 year old tradition of making flour at the mill. The demand for flour was diminishing because people were beginning to make less homemade bread and just buying it from the store. In 1970, the scales up front needed a new surface because the wood service was beginning to rot. They resurfaced it with cement this time and it hasn't been resurfaced since. Some of the warehouse space on the south of the mill which was built in 1932, began to fall down and whenever it rained it leaked. The decision was made to tear down that part of the warehouse and put in a big cement dock on the south side of the mill. In 1977, Ray decided to stop steam rolling grain and stop using the cement elevators that had been used since 1919. All of the old equipment that was used in the mill was either sold, scrapped, or left in the mill. The inner workings of the mill had changed 180 degrees from where it began in 1914 to keep up with the demands of their customers. Ray had to make a lot of hard decisions but his vision for change was one that was needed so the mill could continue to be competitive and stay in business. On January 1, 1984, Redge Hermansen took over the ownership. This began the 4th generation of Hermansen's at the mill. Redge knew the business and wanted to see it keep growing. He had great business sense, and wanted to keep up with technology. In 1985 he purchased the mill's first forklift to help load and unload supplies. Then between 1988 and 1992 Redge built three metal granaries for more grain storage. These metal bins can hold up to 720 tons of grain. During all this time, all the paper work was done by hand. They had to keep all the records of inventory, accounts receivable, accounts payables in ledgers. In 1993, Hermansen's Mill got its first computer to help with the bookkeeping. In 1996, Redge bought a second forklift to help with the increasing business the mill was doing. He bought more fertilizer spreaders and grew his fleet of spreaders to 8. In 1999 he bought a new front end loader to help load the fertilizer spreaders and feed trucks easier. In 2005, Redge built a new commodity shed with five bays that would be used to store fertilizer, seed GVHS Auditions for 'Anything Goes' Auditions for GVHS' production of Anything Goes will be Tuesday and Thursday after school (3:15), with call backs on Friday after school (1:20). The S.S. American, sailing from New York to England, carries an unusual group of passengers. Included amongst them are a gangster, a wealthy debutante and her mother, a nightclub singer, and a wealthy New York businessman and his stowaway assistant, and Billy Crocker. It turns out that the debutante, Hope, is Billy's long-lost love. Unfortunately, she is now engaged to a wealthy Englishman. After a series of comedic happenings, Billy manages to win back Hope. Meanwhile, Billy's friend manages to seduce and win Lord Evelyn. All this happens while the gangster attempts to escape the law and Hope's mother strives to maintain her social status. or feed in them. Since then, Redge bought another big front end loader and a new forklift. Redge grew his business into a very successful one. He was well respected all over the community and state. He was very kind and loving and left a good impression on everyone he dealt with. Redge tried to treat every customer the same no matter who they were. Sadly, in January of 2012, Redge died suddenly of a heart attack. Even though he passed away, his legacy is still there at the mill. Most of the people who do business there today are in business because Redge was willing to help and work with them. Even though there were three other mill owners before Redge, he is the one everyone remembers. After Redge passed away, his wife Karalyn became the new owner of the mill. The mill is still continuing to grow and expand. In 2013 the mill bought new computers and finally got the internet. They also added a credit card machine to better serve the customers. They also brought in two 6200 gallon tanks to store liquid fertilizer and a 1000 gallon nursing trailer to haul the liquid fertilizer to the farmers. At 100 years old, the business is still keeping up with technology and trying to keep up with the new farming techniques. The mill added a new truck and new trailer to help better serve its customers. They use the truck and trailer to deliver fencing supplies, seed, feed, and fertilizer to their customers. They are also adding a new fertilizer blender so they can custom blend fertilizers to meet the need of every farmer and the crops they grow. Over the past 100 years, there has been one constant: Hermansen's Mill is there to sell quality products at a reasonable price. They pride themselves in being able to keep up with technology, and having integrity, innovation and respect for the customers. 550 South Main, Gunnison • 528-3365 TOOLS - SPORTING GOODS ELECTRONICS - GOLD - SILVER TACK AND SADDLES GUNS AND AMMUNITION 22 Winchester Magnum Ammo only $12.99 ..6Lq11-11:111;1 r .6.1•111.1.101.1bm. AI= JATOR 22 WIN. 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