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Show Presorted Standard U.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 11 Gunnison, UT ECRWSS Volume 3 • Number 4 Thursday, January 25, 2007 Copy Price • 75 cents Centerfield City passes resolution Mark Henline/Gunnison Valley Gazette High school teacher Lindy Brown, Post 105 member Dean Malmgren, Sage Lund, Sarah Southwick, John Warren and Post 104 member Mark Pickett. Legion Oratory Contest held by MARK HENLINE For over forty years now, Gunnison American Legion Post 104 and Centerfield American Legion Post 105 have hosted an annual oratory contest on the United States Constitution. This year’s local competition was held at the high school on Wednesday, January 17th. Three students competed in the competition; Sarah Southwick, John Warren and Sage Lund. To compete, each student must stand before five judges, two timers and an audience while they present an 8 to 10 minute, memorized speech on the United States Constitution. If the contestants finish under eight minutes or go over ten minutes, they are assessed a penalty by the judges. This speech constitutes the first part of the competition. For the second part, the judges pull a number out of a hat and the contestants give a 3 to 5 minute impromptu speech on whatever number amendment that was chosen. Amendment 13, Section 1 and 2 was chosen, so each student gave a speech on Amendment 13 which Charlie and Debbie Allred, former owners of the Tip Top Club. states; “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” (section 1) “Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.” (section 2) Each of the contestants gave an impressive speech and seemed to have a good knowledge of the Constitution and Amendment 13. Each participant demonstrated courage by competing in such a competition. John Warren was this year’s winner with Sarah Southwick coming in second and Sage Lund in third. John and Sarah now move onto the region competition held on January 31st. Mark Pickett, representing Post 104 and Dean Malmgren, who is now 94 and representing Post 105, would like to thank those who helped out with this year’s competition, the judges, Julie Watson, Lorie Beck, Evelyn Frandsen, Nancy Jensen and Nola Pickett, the timers, Reed Roberts and Alan Peterson Mark Henline/Gunnison Valley Gazette Centerfield City held its regularly scheduled council meeting on Thursday, January 18 in front of a full house. The first item on the agenda was planning and zoning. Earlene Christensen stated that she will remain as a member on the committee. One more alternate was needed to fill the committee. A motion was made to appoint Janell Braithwaite to planning and zoning and the motion carried. The next matter of business was a request by Travis Peterson for a business license. Mr. Peterson plans on putting a car lot on the former property of the Tip Top Club. The business will be called Sanpete Motors. The council agreed to grant the license. Mr. Darrin Roberts then approached the council with a lot split request. He requested and was granted approval to split his lot at 200 North and 200 West from one acre to two half acre lots. The next item of business was from Kim Lund. Kim and his son, Matt, would like to develop seven lots at 400 East and Cemetery Road. Lund approached the council to just get their feelings before moving on with the project. A neighboring land owner, Darrell Foster, voiced much concern over the idea. After some debate, Lund decided that further discussions with neighboring land owners was needed and tabled the proposal for another council meeting. Mayor Darwin Jensen then opened the meeting to council members for discussion or concerns. Councilman Eugene Jensen had a question on Centerfield annexing additional land into the city limits. Mayor Jensen answered by saying that at this time, Centerfield City does not have an annexation policy in place. The State of Utah requires that the city have a plan in place before any annexation can be carried out. So until the city can comply, no annexation can be considered. The water issue and the two letters to Senator Bennett’s office then came up. Many former mayors, council members and concerned citizens, including Roland Beck, Allen Frandsen, Val Hansen, Earlene Christensen, Kent Despain, Leslie Gregerson, Tom Sorensen and others, gathered to voice their opinions and concerns. The discussion began with Councilman Eugene Jensen saying that there needs to be better communication between the city workers, the mayor and the council members. He then mentioned several areas that he felt the council members had been left in the dark about. Mayor Jensen responded by saying communication was a two- Spirit Tip Top Club closes its doors Week at Oldest bar in Utah - 60 years in business GVMS The Tip Top Club, of Centerfield, closed its doors last week after being in business since 1947. With sixty years of continuous operation, the Tip Top was the oldest bar in Utah. Owners of the club, Charlie and Debbie Allred, said they closed their doors because they are tired of fighting city hall over high water rates and what they considered excessive licensing fees. There was also little community support for the Tip Top according to the Allred’s. The Allred’s moved into the county and bought the Tip Top four years ago. Since that time, they have put over $20,000 into improving the club, including new fencing, paving the parking areas and a new lawn out front. “We really worked hard to improve the club and make it a nice place,” Charlie said. The Tip Top Club was built by Aaron Jensen back in 1947. Jensen, who lived at 100 West 400 North in Centerfield, owned a lot of property in the area. When the club first opened, it featured ice cream, sandwiches, beer and a pool table. There have been several owners of the Tip Top over the past sixty years. The club has now been sold to Travis Peterson, who is an investor. Peterson plans on turning the club into a car lot called, Sanpete Motors. This will be Peterson’s third car lot. He also operates one in Ephraim and another in Utah County. As for the Allred’s, they plan on retiring and spending a lot more time riding horses on their ranch near Mayfield. Eighth grade student, Sam Hansen went the extra mile by shaving his head for Senior Citizen Day at Gunnison Valley Middle School on Tuesday. Students will be dressing up all week to go along with the theme for the day. way street and that if the council has concerns, they need to be brought up at the meetings. The council members then turned their often heated discussion to the two letters. At one time or another over the next hour, every member of the council and several citizens weighed in on the issue. There were opinions given on both sides as the meeting progressed. After much debate and discussion, cooler heads prevailed and it was proposed that Resolution 20071, supporting the water project be passed. There was a motion made and a second. The resolution was then voted on and passed by a vote of 4-1. The meeting’s last item of business was a question by Councilman Gene Bardsley to see if there is anything that the city could do to help find a crossing guard for the elementary school. City Recorder, Debra Hansen, stated that residents of Centerfield were welcome to apply for the position if they so desire. The following is a copy of Resolution 2007-1 passed by the city council. RESOLUTION NO. 2007-1 A RESOLUTION OF THE CENTERFIELD CITY COUNCIL PROCLAIMING SUPPORT FOR THE $3 MILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD A REGIONAL TREATMENT FACILITY WITH MAYFIELD CITY. WHEREAS the Centerfield City Council and Mayor of the City of Centerfield do consider the delivery of adequate, safe, high quality drinking water to be one of our most important duties; and WHEREAS Centerfield City understands that the 3 million dollar grant will be administered by Region 8 of the Environmental Protection Agency and that the Utah Department of Water Quality will have oversight of this grant and project; and WHEREAS Centerfield City will construct this project in accordance and in compliance with the directives and decisions of those aforementioned agencies; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CENTERFIELD CITY, UTAH the governing body does support the use of the $3 million dollar Federal Grant be used by Centerfield City to build filtering and treating facilities and acquire an additional source of water. BE IT ALSO RESOLVED that the governing body of Centerfield City do offer our thanks and gratitude to Senator Robert Bennett, Senator Orin Hatch and Congressman Chris Cannon and their Staffs for their tireless efforts in pursuing this grant for our communities. PASSED and APPROVED this 18th day of January 2007. |