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Show Home of: Moroni Feed Company to celebrate The Mormon Miracle Pageant 60th June 18, 19, 20 Anniversary. 23-2- 7, - see pages 1998 VOLUME 112 NUMBER 32 50 CENTS MANTI, UTAH 84642 6. 7 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1998 What is a county government, anyway? By Karen H. Buchanan (Editors Note: This is the first in a scries of articles explaining the offices and services of the County Government). County government is the government that runs the county. They interface with the city and state governments. They collect our property taxes. I think they do something with roads. As exhibited by these answers to questions asked of people on the street, most of us don't understand the responsibilities of county government. According to Dan Jones and Associates, Inc., about three in five respondents say they are very unfamiliar or somewhat unfamiliar with the elected officials who run their county government. Only one in 12 interviewees describe themselves as very familiar with their selected county officials. Halfof Utah residents report that they have never called or visited their county government offices. Some of us arent really concerned about what they do. Results of the poll clearly show that Utahns tend to have no idea how many elected officials represent their specific county. We mail or go into the offices and pay our auto and property taxes. We know thats where we buy a marriage license. And we hope that we never have to go into the Sheriffs part of the county building. We hear from them periodically when they want our money (only 19 percent of the property taxes Utahns pay goes to county government) and then most of us ignore w hat goes on the rest of the y ear and let them get on w ith their jobs. Robert Bcssey, Eddie Cox and Keller Christenson are our County Commission- above-mention- ers. They were elected to serve four-yeterms to supervise and ov ersee the County offices. A lengthy list of other responsibilities least (at 30) includes direct supervision over the County' Road Department as well as responsibility for County Planning and Zoning and the Fire Department. They encourage economic development and have an organization lor that purpose. And they belong to the group and y work vv ith that body to ensure The Commissioners superv ise the v vv ith the County County offices. There are sev en: SherCommissioners, Commissioner Robert iff, Assessor, Clerk. Recorder 'Survey or. Bessey commented that he feels their most Treasurer. Attorney, and Auditor. Voters important function is as a Court of Ap- of the county elect these officers. Are y ou one of those voters? peals. They serve as a Board of Equalization and hav e the authority to adjust propThe next article will feature the tax assessments. They are concerned Sheriff's office. Do you know who the erty that because many citizens are not aware County Sheriff is? Do you know what his of this important function of the County specific duties are? Do you know w hy the Commission, some adjustments that could County Sheriff is of particular importance be made, are not. to Manti? cooperation. In a recent interv iew ar ty inter-count- ari-o- Babies get head start on reading skills Janey Ann Petersen, Miss Manti, wants to make sure that babies these like Johnson elected to Steven Johnson, Manti City councilmcmbcr, w ill be serving on the Utah Municipal Power Associations (UMPA) Board of Directors, following an election on Jan. 28. Reid Nelson, Salem City Council member, will be the new Chairman. Richard Paman,Nephi City Council member. UMPA Board 0 will be the new Vice President and Lew is Billings, Provo City Mayor, w ill be the new SecrctaryTreasurcr for the Agency in 1988. Others serv ing on the board, in addition to Steven Johnson, will be Andrew Robinson, Mayor of Levan, and Rex Woodhousc, Spanish Fork City Power 1 Board. r f i ft r 7. begin their reading education early. Shown with Janey are: V & i Marlie ; Meacham, Sydney Hansen, Morgan Hess, Channing vCTXftV" Jackson, Utah Heritage Foundation appoints June Crane to Trustee Board Jaxon Warr, Brooklyn Hatch. ii'h'inimr- - June Crane, chairman of the Sanpete Council on joint projects. Crane was appointed to the state's former and Council County Heritage foundation based on her skills and talents has been Council member, Ephraim City in preservation issues. She is manager of appointed to the Utah Heritage the Sanpete Sampler, located in the hisFoundations Board of Trustees. Crane is the only representative of the toric Ephraim Coop Building. Crane was involved in the renovation of the 1906 board from rural Utah. The Utah Heritage Foundation is a Bishop's Storehouse in Ephraim and the nonprofit, statewide organization dedicated restoration of the Pioneer Cemetery. She to preserving and promoting Utah's his- serves on the boards of the Utah Arts Centorical environment. ter and is a member of the Snow College The Utah Heritage Foundation works Traditional Skills Institute and Sanpete closely with the Sanpete County Heritage Trade Association. If you live in Manti or Sterling and have a baby bom since January, 1997, you will be visited by Miss Manti, Janey Ann Petersen, and Manti Elementary School Principal Barbara Eliason. As part of her Miss Manti service project, Janey will be bringing you a packet of materials informing you how to start your child on a lifetime of learning. Your baby will also receive a book of hisher own to begin hisher reading experience. Recent research suggests that early experiences have tremendous impact on die later intellectual growth and development of children. Its never too soon to begin reading to your child. Babies enjoy hearing a parent's voice, even if they can't understand the words. They soak up the language and attention. They focus on pictures, but they are learning some of the basics about reading. They get used to print, phonemic sounds and rhyming. They are also learning to love it. Be fore a child enters kindergarten, heshe should have been read to approximately 1,000 hours. Early childhood books are at the Manti available to be checked-ou- t Public Library and also at the Elementary School library. Please call Janey Ann Petersen at 1 if you have any questions about this program or if she docs not v isit you and your baby within the next couple of weeks. 835-681- MHS wrestling Jesse Strickland wins State Championship Monticello to bring him up against Millard opponent. a Jesse was not about to be intimidated by anyone as he walked to the mat again, countering a deep single leg attempt by Millard and spinning behind for two points. 49 seconds into the match, Jesse had his opponent on his back and the ref called the pin. The win would put Jesse into the championship finals. Riley Anderson pulled off a 2 vv in over Beaver, putting him in the medal rounds. Riley lost both to South Summit 0 and then to Millard placing him sixth. Follow ing the parade of champions, Mantis Clint Kjar receiv ed an Academic Plaque for his performance in the classroom with a 3.9 GPA. The championship finals were exciting and the tension rose high until Jesse would face off against Rich Hales, at 171 lbs., also picked up a first round win over Parowan by a pin. Rich then lost to the eventual state champion, Beaver, by a pin, and then a win over Duchesne put Mantis fifth wrestler into Saturdays action. Matt Grindstafif lost matches to Kanab and San Juan, as well as Jared Buchanan at heavyweight, who lost to Millard and South Summit. Saturdays results were not as good to the Manti grapplers, as Luke Denton lost to North Summit, Gedeon Jarvis lost to Duchesne, victory over and Rich Hales lost to Grantsville. John Jenkins from Altamont. Jenkins stood six inches taller and Jesse Strickland, Sterling, became the ninth wrestling state champion from Manti I ligh School last Saturday. The wrestling state championstate classificaships for all tions were held in the new E Center over the weekend. Manti qualified seven wrestlers to compete in bracket format. a 5-- A 12-m- shows the change machine at the car wash which was vandalized last Thursday night (Inset) Vandals pryed the bottoms open at both coin boxes stealing Larry Lund approximately $400. Thieves destroy equipment at Lunds CarWash in Manti Thievesvandals struck a boxes where customers deposit reiterated his request for more Manti business establishment their quarters, and stole them. Lund sometime on the night of Feb. 12. estimated that about $400 in quarDale Lunds Car Wash at st ters was stolen. A dollar bill changer machine North and Main Street in Manti 1 was the victim. The perpetrators wreaked havoc on the equipment and stole money. Owner Dale Lund said the culprits tore out the two change was also damaged in an unsuccessful attempt to gain access. Damage to the machine was estimated at $2,000. A noticeably upset Mr. Lund law enforcement in Manti. Just add us to the list of victims due to a lack of police protection in Manti, he said. The crime was investigated by the Sanpete County Sheriffs Department. At press time, no progress was reported with investigation continuing. The team wrestled well on Friday, advancing five wrestlers. AT 103 lbs. Luke Denton defeated Parovvan by a pin; he then lost to San Juan by a pin, and then came back to beat South Summit Riley Anderson, at 125 lbs., defeated Monticello 4 in overtime, lost to Juab by a pin, and then came back to beat South Sevier Gedeon Jarvis drew a bye the first round at 135 lbs to set him up against a tough Millard opponent, which turned out to be a tough 4 loss. Gedeon fought back to beat North Sevier 12-At 160 lbs., Jesse Strickland also drew a first round bye, but he 8-- 0. 6-- 4-- 2. 0-- 3. pulled of an t 11-- 3 i 4-- 9-- 9-- 6, All-Sta- te seemed as tough an opponent as Jesse would face all year. Jesses record coming into the match was 27-One of his losses was to the same Jenkins back in December by a score of This meeting would have a different result as Jesse scored a takedown in the first round, a reversal in the second, and a two-poinear fall in the third before giving Jenkins one point with just seconds remaining. A 1 score put a smile on Jesses face, knowing he is now a state champion. 2. 3-- 2. nt 6-- |
