Show Vol 78 o i Thursday September ST© la 197 15 cents Enrollment Gunnison Stake Quarterly Increases In Sanpete COHjCrCHCC Enrollment figures turned into the School District Office September 7th shows an increase of 61 students Every school in the district shows an increase With a to'al enrollment of 1672 this is the largest student body since 1972 conference Quarterly for the Gunnison Utah Stake will be held SaturSepday and Sunday tember 17th and 18th The Saturday evening session will begin at 7 00 P M AND THOSE INTO ATTEND VITED ARE: Stake Presidency npi illS U66rC6IlU Executive Secretary Clerks ncil and High CouMe che z edek Priesthood Quorum group leaders Presidencies and Secretaries of Ward and Stake Relief Societies Ward and Stake and Secretary Sunday School Ward and Stake Husbands Presidencies and wives of those mentioned are also invited to attend Theme for the conference is “Sustaining Those Called” The Sunday morning session will begin at 10:00 A M All members nonmembers visitors and friends are invited to attend this session The conference will be over by Paul P Dyreng presided President Gunnison the largest additional New Centerfield Ward Bishopric — L R: Jack Siinkins 1st Counselor Mardell Jensen Bishop Grant Mogle 2nd Counselor Back How L to K: Jay Allred Financial Clerk Kurt Soren-tYernile Draper son Ward Clerk Executive Secretary Manti Bishop of the Centerfield Ward last Sunday September 11 1977 Also sustained were Jack Simkins 1st Counselor and Grant Mogle 2nd Counselor with Vernile Draper as Executive Kurt SorenSecretary son Ward Clerk ana Jay Allred Financial Clerk Released with a vote of thanks for their years of service in the Centerfield Ward were Bishop Neil Nielson Counselors Keith Sorenson and Val Jean Hansen and Clerks and Frank Christensen Robert Edwards and Executive Robert Secretary Sorenson President P Paul Dyreng presided over the meeting Bishop Mardell Jensen was born March 4 1931 in Centerfield Utah to and Willard Ellen Elizabeth (Bessie) Jensen He attended Center-fielElementary and Gunnison Valley High School also Utah State University He owns and operates a farm and has held many responsible positions in the Church He was a counselor to Bishop Allen Frandsen several years ago was Stake M l A President for eight years has been a High Councilman in the Gunnison Stake for the past four years He was Stake B i C e n t e n n i a Chairman during 1970 Jensen is Bishop married to the former Elva Jensen and the Jensens are parents of two daughters and two sons Marcia LaRee Keith and McKay Jack Leland Simkins was born December 21 Utah 1917 in Circleville He was raised in Clover and Nevada Valley Panaca and graduated Lincoln from Valley High He married Delora Jonnson in St George 1948 later June solemnized in the St Elder Jerry Jackson Jerry Jackson Called To Serve In Pennsylvania Dale Elder Jerry Jackson son ot Mr and Mrs Edward S Mum n has been calk'd to ihe PhiladelPennsylvania phia Mission He will on ter the Mission Home )e tobor 8th Elder Jackson atten ded the school hero in lie Valley and then went on to Sevier Valley Tech m Richfield His family will present the Sacrament Meeting Sunday September inth at MOO P M in the Gun nison First Ward George Temple He is the father ot Douglas Jack Center field Mrs Ralph (Carol Knapp Salt Lake City Willard Carl Center and has three field Jack is a grandchildren farmer and rancher loves camping the out doors Ins family and doing temple work he served In Nevada as Superintendent of the School President Sunday of the Genealogy Board in the and Counselor Stake Sunday School SuperinteiKiency The family moved to Centerfield in June 1909 itcrfield Ward In the as Elders he sc ‘resident and Guo tan President of tin' Sunday School He was ordained a High Priest m October of 1975 Grant Mogle a teacher at Gunnison Elementary School and his wile the former Marjorie My nip are the parents ot seven children Grant has been m the Stake Mission Piesiden cy and has taught and has held other Priesthood Si hool and S'"' teaching assignments Vernile Draper Schools was a counSecretary selor in the High Priest Group Leadership prior to his new calling He was also the Young Men's Aaronic Priesthood Secretary Bro Draper has also served in numerous Elementary Farmers in Sanpete who plan to apply Hr federal emergency loans to help them recover from drought losses should file applications no later than September 30 1977 at their county office of the Farmers Home Administration FmllA County Supervisor Clyde K Cox issued this reminder that terms of the special other assistant Scoutmaster and Scoutmaster He was in the Ward and Stake Sunday School Presidency serving both as counselor and as superintendent He is married to the former Bessie Christof-fersoand they are the parents of five children: Max Clair California Ilene Murray Sandy and Wellsville Gary Barbara Ephraim They also have 11 grandchildren Vernile is re t red s e in after operating the Sorensen Service Station for many Drought Emergency Impact Loan for program which Congress appropriated extra loan funds this year carry the September 30th deadline for loan application The rule applies in Janet Beck Called To Oklahoma years Clerk Ward Kurt Sorenson was born and raised in Centerfield He served as financial clerk to both Bishop Allen Frandsen and Bishop Roland Beck He is a farmer and rancher Kurt and his wife Lois are the parents of four Douglas Stacy Sister Janet Beck Beck daughter of Dies and Mrs Roland Beck of Centerfield leaes Thur15th sday September for the (today) Oklahoma Tulsa Mission for the Church of Jesus The Utah Department ComTransportation mission w ill hold a Public Meeting Friday September 16th at the Sanpete County Courthouse in Maul at 9:00 AM A- Latter-da- Kith Janet graduated from Gunnison Valley High School and has attended Snow and BYU She was emCollege in Phoenix ployed Arizona during the past summer Janet and her family presented the Sacrament Meeting program on August 28th in- the meeting troduction will be open to questions discussion and All interested citizens are invited to attend iin of Saints She entered the Mission Home in Salt Lake City September of preliminary Janet Sister Christ UDOT Meeting a Re Assessment And Property Taxes For School Purposes of The the last areas to be done in Sanpete one Follow case County will undoubtedly hypothetical take place within the through to see how renext two years and un- assessment and school taxes would affect a parderstanding what effects 528-724- 6 this will have on property ticular homeowner taxes is important to all Assume you own a citizens in the South Sanhome that you could sell pete School District This on the open market for is true $25000 If the 635 rate especially because of the proposed applied to this case the building program and the assessed value on this home would be $1593 upcoming bond election The goal of the Board Your tax bill to operate of Education in underthe schools would be counties where farmers’ mills (28 for loans is taking a program to $4460 eligibility eliminate critical multiplied by $1593) and based on Drought Impact in the mills $3060 times (192 building problems designations made by the district is to adopt a plan $1593) for capital outlay federal Interagency that will cause NO INand insurance purposes Drought Emergency CREASE IN THE MILL or a total for school purCoordination Committee be This LEVY can goal poses of $7520 is under Sanpete County Now assume that this but the taxachieved that type of designation to are still home same is repayers going Cox said estimates Mr see a larger property tax assessed at the 20 of loan amounts needed rebill of because This home $25000 figure under applications filed assessment Let’s see now appears on the tax by September 30th can be inat valued rolls $5000 why if in revised necessary The “Sales Analysis stead of $1593 or would the course of loan of the Utah Tax 213 have increased Report" In some processing cases production loss Commission reported Does this mean that your this year may not be that in 1976 property in taxes will also go up was 213? No because of finally determined until Sanpete County later than September assessed at 637 of its limits placed on counties fair market value This and cities and 30th cont on page 2 637 figure is an on the school taxes the established average of all property by and means that any parlegislature For schools ticular piece of property the effects on the mill could be above or below levy and the taxpayer this figure would be approximately In Utah a massive atas shown below for our tempt has been underhypothetical case: Before assessment way for the past several to years ($1593) 28 mills 192 property at 20 of its fair $7520 market value with SanYear of assessment 192 pete County being one of ($5000) 137 mills mills $16450 Ambulance Phone Elder Jay and Jay R Allred who will serve as the new Financial (Jerk was born in Centerfield to Glen R and Dora Allred He is a self employed barber in He and his Gunnison wife the former Mitzi Madsen are the parents of Brett 14 and Jayne 9 fter Pree property One year after assess ment: 192 ($5000) 185 mills mills $18850 2 year after assessment: ($5000) 232 mills 192 mills $21300 3rd year and thereafter: ) mills 192 ($5000 280 mills $23600 Your tax bill is going up in dollars but not because of an increased mill not and levy because of a bond elec tion The upcoming bond election is NOT perto raise OR mission lower taxes but simply to borrow money to build new school buildings Your property taxes will increase because of reassessment mandated by the Utah Legislature and no other means Several other points should be made: (1) The Board of Education can only go below 18 mill for capital purposes by approximately in State $3000000 Building aid available over the next three years (2) the minimum levy for capital is 135 mills if any state aid is to come to the district and (3) these minimums are set by Utah law and in most cases are beyond the control of the local Board of Education Next week we will look at some ideas being explored regarding the future use of the buildings that are being replaced First State Bank Merges Russell Bruce Low Loan Application positions He was on the Boy Scout Troop Committee for several years and served as both children High Deadline Near For Farmers Drought the Executive new Date students Gunnison Valley High School has the smallest with 5 Cencus data shows the class for next year to be even larger The kindergarten class is the largest class in Gunnison Ephraim and New Bishopric Sustained Mardell Jensen was sustained as the new School has gain with 25 it JR Peterson K Peterson Called To Tokyo Mission Elder Jay R Peterson has been called to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints in the Japan Tokyo Mission He is a 1976 graduate of Gunnison Valley High He attended School Snow College this past year Elder Peterson and his family will present the Sa cr a m en t Meeting SepSunday program tember 18th in liie Gunnison 2nd Ward at 3:00 PM He will report to the L I'M in Provo September 22nd He is the Mrs Frank and Peterson son of Mr G With Zions First National Rex A liristensen date organized August 7 1907 President ot First State as First State Bank ot The terms at the Salma and Bank having oiBces m opened bran a merger contemplate Salma Manti 1’angui! dies m Panguitch ill 19 5 purchase by Ziois ol not and m Kanab m 1957 In eh and Kanab and M R hut ds thu two than less NieKen President ot Manti 1968 the lormer Riehlield Commercial N w tiu h may be all ot the City Bank was merged capital stock ot each ot into First State Bank savings Bank together the other banks and each with Roy Simmons Rielil icld 'oinmercial stockholder ol both First President ot Zions First Bank was Savings State Bank and Rielil icld National Bank aiinoun organized April 19 1899 N Commercial Savings ced today that the Boards Zions First National Bank will have the oppor ot Directors ot all three Bank was organized as Banks had within the (unity to tender Zion s siv mgs Bank and tor sale at a price Trust 'ompany August 6 past two days approved ot $273 lid per stun e lor a resolution calling tor with 187’ and merged First State Bank and Utah the merger ot First State Savings Bank N and Bank Richfield $2 tit (in per spa revial or list 'ompany and First Rich! icld ’omuici National Bank ot Sa It ('oiiunereiil N Savings Sav mgs Bank Bank into Zions First Lake Tty on December Bank National The u pii In addition to being at w Inch tune its Board action to he ettee to siibecl by name w as changed to its appiovil lie Bank live must lie approved tlie stockholders ol the present into stockholders owning lie merger iv hi ee tanks has assets now ol over two hll'ds ot tile a pit a spam iKiu (Kin no liken sc sublet to ap stock ot all three Bank-aa by gov cr ei on the Commenting si 'pa a e meeting 'a n in e ii a egu a or merger ol the Banks Mr lie called by In Boai ds an' horil ies noted that Simmons Bank ol Directors Pn a lain was emit on oa ue 6 ill s' lift iiijij |