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Show Home of: Proposed legislation may destroy this weekly The Mormon Miracle ii newspaper. We need YOUR help! - see Editorial Pageant 1999 Dates: 5 June VOLUME 113 17-1-9; on page 2 22-2- 6 NUMBER 29 Wagon trek being organized in preparation for Manti City of the Manti and Sanpete County Sesquicentennial Celebration, a of this trek to Sanpete is being organized in which those throughout the city, county, and state will have an opportunity to participate. Chief Walker, the Utah Indian Chief from Sanpitch Valley, w ith 2 of his tribe, Build Zion one family at a time 1 met in council at Salt Lake City' w ith President Brigham Y oung, and other church officials on June 14, 1849. These Indians had come to request that the Mormon leader send colonists down to their land to make settlements and teach Indians to live as the white men lived. On October 28, 849, 224 pioneers left Salt Lake City enroute to Sanpete Valley and the present site of Manti for the proposed colony. The of the trek will begin on Wednesday evening July 21, 1999 at Nephi, then proceed up Salt Creek Canyon on Thursday July 22 and camp near Fountain Green. On Friday the train will travel on the west side roads to a campsite south of Wales and reach Manti on Saturday afternoon July 24 in time to participate in the city parade. 1 By Karen II. Buchanan Manti Cit Reporter The train w ill be open to all those who would like to participate with their own wagons or buggies, horseback, handcarts or hiking. A limited number of wagons will be available for those who wish to rent a seat. Deadline for applications for those w ishing to rent a seat on a w agon is The deadline for all other appliApril cations is May 1. Those wishing to rent out their wagons are asked to contact a member of the committee for details. Each night there will be a campfire program with entertainment and history given of the pioneer trek and other happenings that occurred along the original trail. Those with special talents are encouraged to participate in the firesides. The wagon train committee, Alv in D. Kilmer. Richard Macfarlane, Linda Blake, Allen Gardner, and Doug Barton, has been working on this train for the last several months and feel that those participating w ill not only experience some of what the pioneers experienced, but will gain a greater appreciation of the sacrifices made to settle Manti and the Sanpete area. Information and applications concerning the wagon train can be obtained by calling . or 1 . Snowmobiler injured in Fairview Canyon c SheriffClaude Pickett and Sanpete Search and Rescue and the Fairview Ambulance were dispatched Saturday to Fairview Canyon to assist in a snowmobile accident. At about 5 p.m. the Sheriffs Office received a call that a snowmobiler was injured up Fairview Canyon. The accident occurred near MP13. Zachary Adams, 19, of Elk Ridge, Utah had received injuries from the accident. Mr. Adams had received first aid from an EMT from the Park Service and THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1999 Manti Stake Conference: Sesquicentennial event As part MANTI, UTAH 50 CENTS Building Zion. One Family at a Time was the theme for the Manti Utah Stake Conference, January 30 and 31. With the reminder that "A Zion family begins within the individual heart. Manti Stake President Douglas M. Dyreng admonished all members to live their lives in such a way that love and service will grow and expand to create the kind of community where Zion will prosper. Speakers at the Saturday ev ening session for ward and stake leaders reminded the congregation to teach the importance of ample preparation, both spiritual and temporal, as their charges progress in the building of Zion. Bishop Dean Hailing spoke of six important areas of such preparation: 1. Spiritual. Emotional and Social, 2. Resource management. 3. Home storage. 4. Employment. 5. Physical health and 6. Education. He said that self reliance is a v ital part of this preparation, and concluded that each requires planning and diligence with its own importance in building toward Zion. Stake Primary President Karen Nuttall talked about the necessity of creating a solid family unit foi each child in Zion. She told about Justeen, a little girl who. through the influence and example of an LDS family , learned about the Gospel and taught her family Icrown father, because one of his daughters asked him to give a . 1 father's blessing, changed from inactivity in the Church to becoming the spiritual head of his home. Zion is also built vv ith phy sical labor Young Men and Women leaders. Mark Olson and Jannie Hintze, were excited to talk about the Sesquicentennial celebration plans for the y outh in the stake. They have the assignment to build a replica of the pioneer dugout homes that were created in 849 in the area near Temple Hill. The y outh vv ill build w ith hand tools just as the pioneers did. The home(s) will be built with a log front that extends into a hillside dugout just as they were then. All spoke of the stewardship eaJi oi the children of God have We must build on the foundation that was created b the pioneers. we must give sen ice and teach, the Gospel at every opportunity, thev adm President Scott Hintze told how Isaac Morley was called by Brigham 't oung to lead a group of Saints to the Sanpete alley. They left Salt Lake City October 28. 1849, and arrived in what is now Manti November 19. It was an extremely snowy and cold w inter but they surv iv ed and in fact, prospered because they were obedient and recognized that the cause of ion of the furniture displayed vv ill also be built was more important than any of their own The congregation was told by Presiby the youth. Stev e Johnson of a Church pamphlet dent Nora Young Singles Representative Bone talked about how these particular that teaches the importance of the father members of the stake can become as a presiding in the home in righteousness family, growing and learning in the gos- President Johnson said that our children pel and in serv ice. She told vv ith enthusi- are on loan from Heavenly bather and that asm of an Institute class that is being we will have accountability to Him tor this taught for this group every Thursday most important stewardship President Dy reng concluded the conev ening by Tim Richardson, a member of ference with quotations trom various the Stake High Council. Finally the congregation was exorted scriptures reminding the people to live by President Dyreng to prepare themrighteously. He said that we must build selves in this prosperous world for the Zion one indiv idual at a time, one family time vv hen prosperity would not be a com- at a time. He quoted from Robert Ha'es mon thing. He spoke of the need to get that Zion is a process as well as a destiout of. and avoid additional, debt and to nation." Music for the conference was pro-also be modest in expenditures. ided The Sunday Conference session conby the Manti Stake Choir, directed tinued w ith the "Building Zion theme as by Joyce Henretty. Accompanists were speakers Jane Braithw aite. Kathy Cox and Gay le Nilsson. Pat Campbell and Shirley Stake Relief Society President Joy ce Cox Frischknecht. 1 v a physician's assistant, who arrived on the scene shortly after the accident oc- curred. When Search and Rescue members arrived on the scene they transported Mr. Adams via sled approximately one mile to the highway, where the Fairview Ambulance transported him to Sanpete Valley Hospital where he was treated for his injuries. Fourteen Search and Rescue hours and 100 Search and Rescue miles were logged for the mission. Steve Frischknecht appointed to National Dairy Board The Secretary of Agriculture recently appointed Utah dairy farmer Steve Frischknecht to the National Dairy Board. He will represent the interests of dairy' farmers in Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Wyoming. The National Dairy Promotion and Research Board, composed of 36 dairy farmers representing 13 regions of the contiguous United States, administers a coordinated program of promotion, research and nutrition education. The board was established by the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983. Its authorized to design programs to strengthen the dairy industrys position in domestic and foreign markets. The national program is financed by a manda- Management, Inc., which is a nonprofit organization that conducts programs in integrated marketing communications, promotion and research on behalf of America's dairy farmers. Locally, he is currently chairman of the Utah Dairy Commission. Named Farmer of the Year by the Sanpete County Soil Conservation District in 993, Frischknecht is also a member of the Utah Dairymen's Association and the Sanpete County Farm Bureau. Con-servati- 1 At Gasoline prices continue to drop tory per hundredweight assessment on milk produced in the contiguous 48 states and marketed commercially by dairy farmers. USDAs Agricultural Marketing Service monitors the operation of the board. Frischknecht and his wife, Kathy, milk 50 Holstein cows on their King Dairy farm in Ephraim. They also raise beef cattle and grow alfalfa and bar15-ce- nt 1 875-ac- the Maverik Store in Ephraim, gas prices have fallen to under $1.00 per gallon. Experts say gas prices 20 years! havent been this low for The national average pi ice self-serv-e regular unleaded gasoline has decreased 4.4 cents in one month to 97.9 cents per gallon, according to AAA. AAA's Fuel Gauge Report shows that unleaded gas prices hav en't been this low since they averaged 96.1 cents per gallon in 979. The current price is 8. cents cheaper than last January's average price of $1,159. The av erage price of e midgrade unleaded is SI .075, 4.1 cents lower re 1 ley. Nationally, Frischknecht also serves of directors for the United Dairy Industry Association (UDI A), one of the funding organizations of Dairy on the board copy of 1 self-scr- v v 1 than last month and 16.7 cents below last year. Self-serv- e dow n 3.9 cents in one month and dow n 1 7.4 cents since last y ear. Self-serv- e regular unleaded is most in expensive the west at $1,093 per gallon, dow n 8 6 cents in one month and 22 cents in one y ear. It is least expensiv e in the southeast at 90.7 cents, down 4 6 S 1 .1 33 cents in AAA's Fuel Gauge Report is based premium averages on data from Oil Price Information one month and 1 7. 1 cents in ice most comprehensiv e source of petroleum pricing information ext. 645) AAA is a federation of 93 clubs vv ith , 00 offices providing more than 41 million members in the United States and Canada w ith trav el. inone surance, financial and automotive-relate,800-929-482- 4, 1 V 1 d serv ices. year. Ser-- v - the nation's |