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Show Page Six - The Pyramid - June 16, 1999 Hub City Days theme is Make a Difference MT. PLEASANT This years theme for the 1999 Hub City Days Fourth of July Celebration will be "Make a Difference". Activities will focus on citizens making a difference individually, in homes, schools, churches and the community. Children from Mt. Pleasant Elementary have been busy writing essays on the theme and three winners will present papers at the annual Freedom Rally on Sunday, July 4. Jack and Joan McAllister, known for their "Make a Difference" contributions to the community, are the guest speakers for the evening. Along with musical numbers and other recognitions. Other activities surrounding Hub City Days will include a return of the Slash C Rodeo on Friday, June 25, and Saturday, June 36, in the evening. A womans softball tournament and tennis tournament will also be held on Saturday, June 26. Beginning Monday, June 28, and continuing until Saturday, July 3, will be a Heritage Quilt Display at the library. enters is a winner and will receive a free ice cream cone certificate courtesy of Jim Shaw Homes. The main parade will start at 11:30 a.m., and looks to be as big or better than last year. The VFW will have a hamburger lunches at the park, at 12:30 p.m., and park activities should be in full swing by 1 p.m. Horseshoe tournaments, carnival, live fish pond, fast pitch contests and live entertainment will entertain visitors at the park, followed by the Little Buckaroo Rodeo and fireworks at 10 p.m. Rounding out the celebration will be a golf tournament on Monday, July 5. An 18 and under Co-e- d Softball Tournament will be held on Friday, July 9, softball tournament and a co-e- d on Saturday, July 10. Interested parties should contact City Hall at 462-245- 6. Fifteen states had already passed womens suffrage laws when the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, was passed in 1920. For culmination of the quilt display a presentation July 3, at 3:30 p.m., in the library, by author Kae Covington, "Gathered in Time-Ut- ah Quilts and Their Quilt Makers". On Friday, July 2, barrel racing contents will be held at the rodeo area at 6 p.m. Admission is free. On Saturday, July 3, the second annual Little Buckaroo Rodeo will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 3, will be the main celebration for this years Hub City Days. Activities start with a 3K Family Fun Run or Walk starting at Terrels parking lot at 7 a.m. There will be a small charge this year but all participants will receive a and a drink for completing the course. Sponsors of the 3K event include G. W. Johansen Construction, Coca Cola, Cedar West Construction, Sanpete Valley Hospital and Foundation, Express Auto, Terrels Thriftway, First Security Bank and Morris by Murphy Martin MT. PLEASANT During the May council meeting a proposal to purchase the depot was presented to the city and Bonnie Mellor gave a report on the financial outlook of the library. MT. PLEASAN- T- Members of the community met with shovels, rakes, weedeaters, tractors, welders and scrapers last Monday project on evening for a clean-u- p the rodeo arena. volunteered City employees their time and equipment, moving additional bleachers to add 600 more seats to accommodate spectators. A local group served hot dogs to all who helped. Trees were pruned, bleachers were scraped, signs were made, and the ground was worked to get the arena ready for up coming rodeo events. Mt. Pleasant is hosting two rodeos this summer, CRC Slash C produced rodeo, on June 25, and June 26; and Mt. Pleasants own Buckaroo Rodeo and Barrel-a-ram- a on July 2, and July 3. Depot The council unanimously accepted a proposal from Great Western Heritage Foundation of Central Utah to purchase the depot. Purchase price for the depot and property in the area is around $18,000 and the area will be rezoned as Commercial Modified (CM) at a later date. 4-- H The information center will be kept open and the group hopes to lease part of the depot out to other businesses. They are looking for an ice cream shop and other small businesses to join the operation. Eric Sorensen, who gave the presentation, admitted that the VA benefits for veterans, widows MT. PLEASAN- T- The Lions Club would like to express appreciation to those who helped make the Seventh Annual fund raiser ball games a success. Appreciation goes out to Sanpete Valley Hospital employees and families who help man concessions wagons; Stephanie Blain, director of recreation; the city crew of Mt. Pleasant for their assistance in getting ball fields ready for games. Pre-seas- Appreciation goes out to girls on the softball teams, boys on the baseball teams and coaches, for from participation Ephraim, Fairview, Fountain Green, Moroni and Mt. Pleasant and to youth and adults who umpired ball games. The Lions Club shows appreciation for businesses who donated to fund raiser, Pepsi Cola of Salina, Black Ice Company of CPA. Also beginning at 7 a.m., will be the Sanpete Valley Hospital Foundation sponsored breakfast at the city park. The childrens parade will begin at 11 a.m., at 700 South State. Every child who A,.v.v.'.v.v,VAw.,.w.VAAy.v.XA,iW.,.v.w.v.sv..v.Vi.,.Vi,Wvy.NyiV.V'.Vi s f Library Bonnie Mellor gave an update on the financial outlook for the library as the new millennium approaches. County funding for residents outside of Mt. Pleasant will end on June 30 of this year and they are not interested in providing money in the future. PROVO Miss Sanpete Coun- of Jim and Janice Petersen, Manti, will be participating in the Miss Utah Scholarship Pageant at Mountain View High School, Provo. Janey will be one of 59 girls competing for the title of Miss Utah 1999. She will present a dance and tumbling routine for her talent. Janeys service project is entitled "Little Beginnings". Recent research suggests that early experiences have tremendous impact on later intellectual growth and development of children. For more information and resources regarding "Little Beginnings", Janey can be contacted through Manti Elementary ar ; by Murphy Martin MT. PLEASAN- T- The Rurat Development Agency (RDA) recently held a public meeting to get citizen input on the budget, which has fluctuated over the past few years depending on the pro-- , jects it has tackled. The proposed 2000 budget is $502,528. This reflects a $6,420 decrease in department adminis-tratio- n and no changes in transfers to the general fund. This is higher than the 1996 budget which was $205,000 and the 1997 budget of $83,000. There was no comment on the budget at the meeting and whea ! Mayor Chesley Christensen hearing a parents voice, even if they cant understand the words. They soak up the language and attention. They focus on pictures, but they are learning some of the presented the results to the RDA the budget was passed unani- basics about reading. They get mously. The RDA also agreed to pay, used to print, phonemic sounds and rhymes. They also learn to some budgeted bills. Mayor Christensen said that $40,000 in, love reading. Before a child enters kindergar- bills would need to be paid that ten, he or she should have been night, therefore a motion was read to approximately 1,000 passed to pay them. hours. NS FFA attends Angus field days worlds youth, and new books School. It is never too soon to begin reading to a child. Babies enjoy ? At an earlier meeting. ComCox indicated that missioner other libraries throughout the county did not ask for money, nor was any given. In the past. Commission members appropriated $4,000 a year that will no longer be available. It is estimated that the cost per use the library is person to around $67 per year. Some cities pay a fee for residents to use the library and residents of other cities pay a $40 fee which means Mt'. per-yePleasant City and residents are picking up $27 a year for each library patron outside Mt. Pleasant to use the library. Spring City Council is now debating whether or not it will pay the $40 per resident use rate. Some council members are in full support of paying the fee and free Spring City allowing access to the books, videos, computers, magazines and newspapers. RDA passes new budget ty, Janey Ann Petersen, daughter SALT LAKE CIT- Y- The VFW field service officer will be working out of the Utah Job Connection Office in Manti from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on July 12. C.P.A. of Ephraim, Roper Fairview; Far West Bank of Mt. Pleasant, Parker Floor Covering, Moroni Feed, Central Utah Telephone, Fairview City, Bank of Ephraim, State Farm of Moroni, Terrels, Johansen Construction Incorporated; JECs Office Supply, Craft Coop, Big O Tires, Moroni City, First Security Bank of Mt. Pleasant, The Pyramid and Ursen-bach- s Funeral Home. To all families who came out to support their kids in the games. Without community support, the Mt. Pleasant Lions Club could not be successful serving the community of Mt. Pleasant. As chairman of the games. Lions Club is looking forward to next year and with community support can increase the number of teams and raise more funds for service projects. foundation is very new and only in its formative stages, but it is also interested in acquiring the Industrial Arts Building and the Old Gym. Sorensen showed the city a two-thirscale bronze statue of a cowboy and his sheep, that they would like to place in front of the industrial arts building as a show of the foundations support of the city and area. Sorensen admitted that everything is only in the planning stages and the proposal will now go back to the foundations attorney for review. Miss Sanpete vies for title Appreciation shown to community by club Cas-perso- n, N MP city approves sale of depot MP citizens spruce up rodeo grounds MT. PLEASAN- T- North Sanpete High School Future Farmers of America, FFA, recently attended Angus Field Days in Fillmore. The event was attended by five members of the North Sanpete FFA. Among those were Mike who placed third; Sorensen, Alison Sorensen, Paul Sorensen, Jessica Kummer and Jared Janey Petersen Old books are books of the are fruits of its age. -- OlNer W. ; Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help ' create the fact. Hota 'WMiarj Jams Topkote Inc. 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