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Show I V Utah Tress Association k67 E. 300 So. LC, UT 1111 TV Listing Inside The Voice of Sanpete County VoIwm iifhty-Eigl- it Number Fifty Pries 25 leads police suspects MILBURN- - The headlong flight of , The Vances dressed and went to the of the barn and nearby fields by Vance three suspects in the robbery of an ,,door as the two women knocked and showed no sign of the male suspect Albertsons Store in Provo the night asked if they could come in and use the except in the field there were two before Thanksgiving was stopped bathroom. One was shaking in the cold places where he had fallen in the snow. abruptly and the three jailed when their nightairand the Vances asked them to No weapon was found. When officers arrived and a plan was escape plans went awry near this small come in and get warm. North Sanpete Valley community. being devised to fan out and search for the man, Vance and some of the officers The pair wanted to know if there was The Provo Detective in charge of the ; a bus station near and said they had looked up from a site near the garage to case was unable to be reached, so money to get back to California if they see the man pounding on the door of the Vance home, and he was arrested. ; could get to a bus station. Finallv it was suspects names were unavailable. Officers said he appeared to be doped decided that they would go to a motel in Officers said the chase began after Fairview and Vance prepared to get his up. a man walked into the Albertson store car and take them into town. Meanwhile, inside the house one of tbe at 500 West Center in Provo and women asked if she could smoke and The Vances had earlier questioned when Mrs. Vance told her no, the pretended to buy some groceries. When the clerk opened the cash drawer at the them and about how they got out there women said they would go outside checkout counter the man pulled a gun and were told they had been picked up where they too were immediately and demanded the money. by a man who had dumped them out arrested. He then left in a small sports car Mrs. Vance reported that while ofcloseby when they refused his request for sexual favors. ficers were arriving one of the women with two women passengers. Twq store When Vance went to the garage to get employees gave chase but as the the car out, he found a sports car down headed at of suspects speeds parked along side his with plastic torn up to 90 miles per hour, the employees from his garage wrapped around the were unable to keep up. California license plate. Law enforcement agencies had been Returning to the house he questioned notified and began to follow down Highthe women as to what was reaiiy going on and the Vances called COMSAN and way 89 as the suspects turned off at Hustle Junction and headed south. notified authorities. The women denied By this time the Utah Highway any knowledge of the car and said neither had a drivers license. A search Patrol, Provo Police, Utah County MT. PLEASANT- - The report of the Sheriffs Department and officers in sighting of a pickup truck allegedly Sanpete County had been alerted and stolen from Springville has led to the were looking for the suspects. recovery of five snowmobiles and trailer apparently stolen from a An officer of the Division of Wildlife Fairview snowmobile dealer and two Resources spotted the suspect's vehicle Springville men. and gave chase from near Thistle to as Three persons were arrested in far as Indianola. There the auto sports connection with the thefts last weekend another roadblock and car ran a according to- - Fairview Marshal farther down at Fairview and law Raymond Nelson. enforcement officers lost the car as thd Arrested in connection with the thefts driver sometimes drove without lights were Brett Sorenson, 21, Jeff Hunter, in an attempt to elude his pursuers. MANTI- - Michael Lee Sorensen, age 18, and Anthony Kelso, 21, all Mt. and city not given, appeared for Pleasant. Officers from Fairview, Moroni, Mt. Sorenson is in the Utah County Jail on a second-degre- e felony Pleasant, Manti, the Utah County arraignment of burglary in the Tenth Circuit a trial by Springville pending charge Sheriffs Department and the Sheriffs Court on authorities for the alleged thefts of a Monday. Jeep Posse had all become involved truck from David W. Tanner, The case was continued until 10 a.m. and the only mishap of the evening for December 5, when he will appear for a Springville and two Snowmobiles from the officers occured during the attempt John C. Swenson, also Springville, to find the suspects car when Officer preliminary hearing. Public Defender Ross Blackham has been appointed as according to Mt. Pleasant Chief of Lynn Shelley from Mt. Pleasant, his Police John Christensen who made the attorney. searching along the Mountainville arrest on Saturday. was Sorensen 22 November arrested Road hit a deer and damaged the police when Sanpete County Sheriff Kennard The truck owned by Tanner was car in the amount of $1,000. Shelley was Anderson and Deputy Wally Buchanan, discovered by him Saturday while he unhurt. investigating the reported burglary of a was in the Sanpete County area. After A short time later Mack and Winona cabin belonging to a Gunnison family, seeing the truck he reported following it Vance of Milburn who had retired for followed footprints in the snow and to a destination in Mt. Pleasant and the night at about 10:30 heard the dog found the suspect in his car. The vehicle then reported the sighting to the local barking furiously and further in- allegedly contained items taken from police who were dispatched to the scene. vestigation showed two women stan- the cabin, as well as plumbing supplies taken in a Nephi burglary. ding by their front gate. The call to that location led to the ? , . Koleen Peterson, Editor of Hie Pyramid, accepted the Utah School Boards Association Journalism in Education Award presented by the Association at its annual banquet Tuesday night in Salt Lake City. The nomination for the award was made by the North Sanpete School District and the award presented by board president, Calvin Allred. USB A bestows award on Pyramid editor was aneof three weekly Utah newspapers to receive the coveted. Journalism in Education" Award presented by the Utah School Boards- - Association-SALT LAKE CITY- - The Pyramid " Tuesday night. The awards were presented at the USBA Convention Banquet held at Little America. The nomination for the annual award was made by the North Sanpete Board of Education and Board President Calvin Allred made the presentation to Koleen Peterson, Pyramid editor. In his comments President Allred said it was the feeling of the board that Mrs. Peterson has been exceptionally deligent in providing coverage of news items for the district . Commission to adopt budget MANTl- - Emergency 1980 budget increases and adoption of a 1981 Departmental and General Operational County Budget will be considered by Sanpete County Commissioners at a public hearing on Monday December 15 at 10 a m. in the County Courthouse. The proposed 1981 budget will include the proposed use of the general revenue sharing funds received for the purchase of necessary equipment and a proposed salary increase for all county employees. The salary increase will become effective January 1, 1981, if approved at the hearing, without an additional earing being held. All information and data relative to e he 1980 budget increases and a compilation of all revenue and inticipated expenditures relative to the 981 budget will be on file at the County Auditor's Office at least three days rior to the hearing. g ten-ativ- and alsocommended the newspaper for its strong support in helping the district pass a $6.9 million bond election last spring. - He noted that Mrs, Peterson attends nearly all board meetings and is willing to provide assistance to the educational programs at the high school through the journalism classes. President Allred said Mrs. Peterson has been extremely vigorous in obtaining information about the schools and has been supportive of school programs and projects. He also noted that she attended and covered many of the high school activities. "In the judgement of the North Sanpete School Board of Education, The Pyramid has been fair and objective in evaluating and commenting on school activities, President Allred said. District officials attending the convention and awards banquet were Supt. and Mrs. Harold Johnson, President and Mrs. Calvin Allred, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Ivory and Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Arnoldson. Other newspapers receiving the Snowmobiles recovered; police charge 3 men Suspect in burglary arraigned plained Chamber President Anita FARMER. .V sne said that more donations had been received and five names would be ' drawn this week. ; Winners will be posted Saturday in local stores. Santa Claus has planned his annual visit for Saturday, December 6 Kelso was charged along with Hunter count of second-degre- e felony theft. Kelso surrended himself to the police voluntarily and was released on bail. Hunter and Kelso will both be tried in Sanpete County. Detective Norm Cole was the investigating Springville police officer. on one Youth injured 664 old Manti youth, a Jeffrey Ray Dyreng, 210 South 100 East, was treated for facial lacerations following the collision of his motorcycle with a deer Saturday evening. The Sheriffs Department reported that the accident happened about one half mile south of Manti on US 89. That same day the department was notified that some boys hunting coyotes had found a skeleton between Ephraim and Spring City. A department spokesman said the human skeleton seemed to be an old one. It was sent to the State Medical Examiner for further study. MANTI- - SPRING CITY- - This community of residents nestled in the Northern half of the Sanpete Valley has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places as an historic district according to the Utah State Historical Society. Spring City is one of the best remaining examples of the Mormon village in Utah," said Tom Carter, the Historical following the movie at the Kinema Theatre which starts at 1 p.m. Santa is expected to arrive aboard the city fire engine; at about 2:30 and will greet children at his house on the corner of Main and State. He will also have a treat for the children. The Young Adults are planning to have a baby sitting service to allow parents to get their Christmas shopping done. Children can be left at the LDS Church on State and Main from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas as merchants have their windows decked in holiday attire. Downtown stores also have some special sales planned for this weekend and have a large selection of merchandise you can select for those on your gift list. Societys architectural historian who researched the history of Spring City and prepared the National nomination. The town efRegister documents the pattern of fectively Mormon exploration and settlement in the West and the particular agricultural practices which ac- - TZri W Jvi companied village living, Carter explained. Originally settled in 1852 as a part of the colonization of the Great Basin planned and directed by the LDS Church, Spring City was abandoned before the end of 1853, due to Indian attacks on the settlers. At the request of Brigham Young, William Black, J.T. Ellis, and the James Allred family reestablished the settlement in the summer of 1859. Trouble between the Indians , and the settlers continued through 1869, when treaties to end hostilities were signed. In 1870 the town was incorporated as Spring City and became firmly established in the town plan common to LDS farm villages. Architecture in Spring City is well preserved, with an abundance of religious buildings, remarkably homes, and small commercial establishments which predate World War I, said Carter. In keeping with the religious nature of the town, Spring City is dominated by a large LDS meetinghouse which was built in Street, Spring City is predominantly e architecture residential. d 0 from the period is seen in of the homes, pattern book styles from the period make up another third, and approximately of the homes are built in the bungalow style. Folk-hous- one-thir- 1865-189- 1880-191- 0 one-tent- h 1900-191- 4. Other buildings in the historic district which reflect the prominent role of the LDS Church in the town are the Bishops Tithing Office, the Endowment House-SchoHouse, and the Relief Society Granary. Outside of these religious buildings and a small commercial area on Main The lack of large commercial the numerous vernestablishments, acular-style homes, the landscape setting, the pace of life, character of the residents, and the large number of buildings which appear much as they did before the First World War are the qualities which serve to distinguish Spring City from other towns in the Sanpete Valley", Carter concluded. I i,- - S aims tit?? & r'pLKs ( t V, no This farm is located in the Spring City Historic District which was recently listed in the National Register of Historic Places. According to the Utah , J Spring City listed on National Register First winners named in Chamber contest Only four winners were drawn last week instead of the five announced as the Chamber had not collected enough certificates to fill the envelopes, ex- recovery of the missing truck and snowmobiles from Springville and the trailer from Fairview. Sorenson was questioned while in custody about the Fairview thefts which occurred between November 15 and 21 from Cox Automotive and Sports. Two of the snowmobiles allegedly taken from Cox were recovered in Ephraim Canyon. Further information received by officers led to the arrest on Sunday of Hunter who was apprehended in the Springville area and transported to Sanpete County for questioning by Marshal Nelson. Information revealed led to the recovery of the third snowmobile missing from Cox Automotive, Marshal Nelson said. Hunter was charged with one count of second-degre- e felony theft and was confined to the Juab County Jail in lieu of bail. award were the Southern Utah News and the Vernal Express. I MT. PLEASANT- - The first winners of the annual Market Basket Drawing sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce were announced Friday. Winners were Don Whitman, Ferg Rosenlund, Teresa Cain and Leila ' Larsen. told her, she had married the man in California and he had told her he had married under an assumed name and she would never find out who he was because he was wanted by the law. No weapon had yet been found so two detectives from the Provo force, Fairview Reserve Officer Bill Curl, and Deputy Sheriff Bruce Tidwell searched on Saturday morning and found a fully sawed-of- f loaded shotgun near the corner of one of the Vance corrals. The car was impounded and hauled into Mt. Pleasant at about one a.m. Thanksgiving morning and the excitement was over but Mrs. Vance said it would take a while to get completely over the harrowing experience which had ultimately involved some 20 law enforcement personnel, a 120 mile chase and three hours time. Historical Societys architectural historian, Spring City is one of the best ' remaining examples of the Mormon village in Utah. . |