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Show Manti Inn is part of history Kate MANTI Armstrong does not consider herself the owner of the historic Manti House Inn. She bought the bed and breakfast, located on Mantis Main Street, about 18 months ago after moving from Houston, TX with her husband, Richard. Armstrong spends each day at the inn, looking after guests home staying in the seven-rooand serving luncheon parties. But she still does not refer to herself as its owner. "I look at myself as its caretaker. I dont look at it as mine," she says. "The inn has too much history tied up in it for Armstrong to claim it as her own. It belongs to the community and the descendants of the family who once lived there," she explained. The home was purchased in 1880 by the Mormon Church and expanded using the same local oolite stone, used on the Manti LDS Temple. During the temworkers ples construction, stayed in the home while building the temple, she says. In 1896, 100 years before the Armstrong family took it over, the home was purchased by a man named John D.T. McAllister, the third president of the Manti Temple, for his eighth wife, Ann Eliza Wells, who was 40 years his junior Armstrong says that McAllister had wives living throughout Utah. He died much earlier than his wife, and Ann Eliza took in borders and guests visiting Manti. The inn housed presidents, apostles and other leaders of the Mormon Church. The rooms at the inn are named after Mormon Church leaders who were once guests. m Armstrong loves the history of the place, which is what inspired her to buy the inn. She and her husband were looking for a home in rural Utah. "I came to Manti on a scoutmission," she said. While flipping through the Horseshoe Trader, where people sell tractors and lawn mowers, Armstrong found an announcement that the inn was for sale. "I went over to talk to the owners and just had such a strong feeling for the ing place," she commented. She continues, "I stood in the entry way of the inn and it just took my breath away. I felt the people who had been there before needed their stories told. " The Armstrongs have had to do few improvements on the property, as it had been restored 14 years ago. All of the furniture and furnishings are authentic to Skyline Mine sale under negotiations DENVER ARCO announced on March 2 that it has entered into exclusive discussions with Alliance Coal Corporation, an affiliate of The Beacon Group, for the sale of ARCOs coal assets in the United States, according to an ARCO press release. ARCO owns three mines in Utah, Skyline Mine, SUFCO and Soldier Creek; Black Thunder and Coal Creek mines in Wyoming; and West Elk Mine in Colorado. ITOCHU Corp. of Japan has partial ownership in the three Utah mines. As a result of the acquisition, Alliance will become the second largest coal producer in the United States. In addition to The Beacon Group, an affiliate of Texas Pacitic Group will become an investor in the combined entity as a result of the transaction. All principal terms and conditions have been agreed upon, but a binding agreement has not been executed. Terms and conditions were not disclosed. No final decision related to ARCOs coal assets in Australia has been made. Alliance, through its subsidiary MAPCO Coal Inc., owns and operates eight mining com- the period, from dishes to hand- made quilts. The family did add a player piano and pump organ. The home also has a gazebo, ice cream parlor, lots of windows and a huge yard and trees "with thousands and thousands of leaves". Today, most of the inns guests are in town to be wed in the Manti LDS Temple, attend the annual pageant or just to have a look around. Armstrong does much of the work at the inn herself, with help e from some workers, two teenage children and advice from her husband. She plans to hold on to it until she feels ready to sell. "Ill know when its time," she declared. After she purchased the home, she went to Brigham Young Universitys archives and looked up John McAllisters journals. She read all about him, his wives and the home, Many of McAllisters descendants have stopped by to visit in the past 18 months. They just want to have a look around, see where their ancestors lived and chat about their history. Armstrong hopes when it is time for her to let go, one of the descendants would want to take over her role. The inn has too much history to let a stranger have it. "I think it needs to be in their family," she expresses. MP Pioneer Historical Association to honor contribution of family After high school he worked during the summer in the lettuce and celery fields in California. He met and married Evelyne Whitman on Dec. 22, 1937. Shortly after that, they moved to Salt Lake City to find work, and lived there for about one year. They returned to Mt. Pleasant where their first son, Alden Leon Johansen was born in April. One year later, Rodger Dean Johansen was born in July and the following year George Wilford Johansen arrived in August. For the following years, Dean worked west of Moroni for Doc Winters on his farms and then for Burt Peterson on his ranch east of Mt. Pleasant, where they also part-tim- UHP report SANPETE CO- .Minor injuries were sustained in an accident on Highway 89 near Sterling on Thursday, Feb. 26 at 4:51 p.m. A vehicle driven by Bryan Fredrickson, Gunnison, slowed for a dog in the roadway, and his vehicle was struck from behind by a vehicle driven by Mindee Jenkins, 25, Manti. Seat belts were worn. Fredricksons vehicle was towed from the scene. On Feb. 28, at 7:44 p.m. a car-coaccident occurred at the junction of SR 132 and SR 117. The vehicle which was driven by Jennifer Atkinson, 25, Moroni, collided with a cow, killing the cow. Atkinson was not wearing a seat belt. w plexes in Illinois, Kentucky, At 10:06 p.m. on Feb. 28, Maryland and Virginia. The Beacon Group is a private invest- UHP stopped a vehicle on Highment and advisory firm headquarway 89 for weaving. Investigatered in New York City. Texas tion revealed the driver, Juan Pacific Group is a private invest- Vasquez, 20, Provo, to be drivment firm based in Fort Worth ing under the influence of and San Francisco. 44-3- 43-4- 4. 46-3- 2. are left to right (back row): Hayley Palmer, Kristen Anderson, Jenny Aagard, Milly Christensen and Amy Ericksen. Front row: Becky Marx, Kati Carver, Karole Hansen, Emily Jacobson and Annie Madsen. Coaches are Cheryl Hadley, Heather Allred and Ken Miller. His son, George, worked along his father's side. In 1976, he incorporated and changed the company name to Johansen Construction Incorporated. During those years, he also built a new office and yard on the road to Spring City. In 1977, his eldest son, Alden, moved to Mt. Pleasant with his family and joined Johansen Construction. MT. PLEASAN- T- Dean N. Johansen will be recognized by he Mt. Pleasant Historical Association on March 21, when Pioneer Day and Homecoming will be celebrated at noon at the Mt. Pleasant LDS Stake Center, 300 South State Street. Johansen was selected for his many years of service on the association board and for the generous financial contributions he has given to them. Johansen was born Feb. 21, 1918. He had five brothers and five sisters. He attended school in Mt. Pleasant and helped his father on the family farm located north and west of here. George branched out and started his own construction company. Alden continued working for Dean until 1983 when Alden bought the company and Dean retired. Dean employed many local men. The two construction companies are now of considerable size in today's market and can be directly attributed to Dean and Evelyne Johansen for their hard work and expertise. lived. Dean and his family moved to Sunnyside, where he worked in the coal mine for three to four years before moving back to Mt. Pleasant. Then Dean farmed and ran the Mt. Pleasant town sheep herd. He then went to work for Trojan Powder Plant in Spanish Fork until the summer of 1955. Dean started building fence for L.A. Young Construction Company in 1955. In 1956, he bought a pickup and added a Farmall tractor with a post hole pounder and went into business for himself building fence. His formed company was newly named Johansen and Son Fence Company. Dean and Evelyne were both active on the planning committee for Pioneer Day for many years. Evelyne's table decorations were and everyone always lovely looked forward to seeing them each year. Evelyne passed away on Dec. 9, 1992. Dean was soon working in several states for several large road construction companies while Evelyne kept the company books. He then branched out into three different areas of construction such as water, sewer and Dean continues to live in the home they built on the Spring City road and continues to participate in and is still a great supporter of the Pioneer Day events. Dean has 15 grandchildren He and 18 currently raises a few sheep and helps George with some farming duties. Father, son lose life when two cars collide FOUNTAIN GREE- N- A son father and his were killed after their car skidded out of control on black ice and collided with a van Thursday, Feb. 26, near here. Bruce Henderson, 49, Fountain Green was critically injured and died enroute to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center. Skyler Henderson died instantly. Hendersons son, Sterling, was in the back seat and was hospitalized with a broken shoulder. was Henderson traveling toward home at 7:54 p.m. in a 1984 Subaru when he hit a one-ha- lf mile stretch of black ice on SR 132, causing him to loose control of his vehicle, according to a Utah Highway Patrol press release. vehicle slid Hendersons across the road and collided into The Lady Hawks basketball team took fifth place during the 3A state tournament at the Dee Events Center held at Weber State University last week. The Lady Hawks lost by one point to 8 They defeated Wasatch, Morgan Team members and Lehi by a score of storm drain installation, where he became well known in his field. a 1992 Dodge van driven by Phillip G. Leany, 20, St. George. Leany seeing Hendersons vehicle pulled over into the emergency lane and was slowing down when the vehicles collided. The area of impact on Hendersons vehicle was the front passenger side. Leany was uninjured and his passenger, Christopher Ewing, 21, received cuts on his hand. The accident is still under investigation by the Utah Highway Patrol. North Sanpete High School student Lesa Jorgenson won the High Congressional District Award at the 26th Annual School Art Show in Springville for her acrylic painting "Have A All-Sta- te Seat". Kati Winona from North Sanpete High School received Award of Merit at the 26th Annual High School Art Show in Springville for her transparent watercolor entitled "Brittany. All-Sta- te |