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Show d .w 1 HMD A?7 j r . a big weekend at the Little It'll be -- . ;m, . T S0UT5 i" , jiN nil Sahara Recreation Area, BLM says Its time to head for the dimes! With Easter only days away, recreationists throughout Juh County and Utah are gearing up for their annual trek to the Little Sahara Recreation Area in Juab County. ; Managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the Little Sahara Recreation Area is located west of Nephi on U.S. Highway 6. The area offers 60,000 acres of moving sand dunes, sagebrush flats, and juniper hills. The varied terrain provides a haven not only d for the drivers of vehicles, but also for nature Seekers, campers, and picnickers. Children, especially, delight in the d sandbox. According to Tom Jensen, manager of the BLMs House Range Resource Area, the area is designed to maximize the publics enjoyment of these desert lands. He mentioned that this year visitors will find a new atraction. The popular White Sands campground now offers drinking water, restrooms, and three graveled loops with 99 individual .'camping units. White Sands continues to be one of the most vefavored spots for fenced hicles, but also offers a area for other sand activities. Other facilities within the recreation area include the Oasis campground with an adjacent trailer dump station, and the Jericho picnic area. Both places offer drinking water, picnic tables, charcoal grills, paved roads, and protective fences. In addition, Jericho features a large, enclosed sand play area. Adjacent to the Jericho picnic area is an exd vehicles. cellent area for the to is It comparable popular White Sands area. Parking loops near Sand Mounvertical tain, with its 600-foface, may fit the needs of the camper who prefers undeveloped :areas. Miles of desert solitude are also available throughout Little Sahara for campers who want to . get away from it all,! Jensen reported that all camping in the recreation area is on a served basis. first come-firs- t Because the few trees in the desert area are needed by recreationists for shade, visitors are requested to bring their own fire- er, located one mile from the main entrance on Highway 6, will be open daily during the Easter weekend activities. BLM personnel will be stationed at the visitors center to provide public assistance and information. In addition, the West and East Juab Ambulance Associations will opfirst aid station at erate a the visitors center, and will pro- : 24-ho- vide first aid checkpoints throughout the recreation area. According to Jensen, the BLM is planning a safe and fun weekend at Little Sahara. Law enforcement personnel from Juab County and the State of Utah will provide assistance at the area again this year. Jensen mentioned that over the last few years, law enforcement problems have been greatly minimized. He welcomes the public to enjoy Little Sahara on Easter weekend and throughout the rest of the year. Serving East fuab County Near over-size- off-roa- - million. The cheapest system, according to McKnight, would just get us by and just prolong the agony by putting off the need for a dependable, long-terfacility. The most expensive project would change the entire method of sewage treatment with an oxidation ditch or carrousel. It would have a yearly operating cost of at least $15,000. The council favored a more moderate plan which would cost about $960,000. This plan would continue to use the sewer lagoon treatment method, but would feature lines taking waste away from problem pumping stations and old lagoons to a new lagoon system in the vicinity of the air- girls will be among several hundred children to participate in the nual Chamber of Commerce Easter egg hunt Saturday. an- Nephi Chamber plans Saturday Easter egg hunt The Nephi Chamber of Commerce and Nephi merchants will , hold their annual easter egg hunt this Saturday- The event will begin at 12 noon at the Nephi baseball park. The hunt is free to all children 12' years of age and younger. There will be four age groups. . $150 in gift certifications will be given away. At Mona, Levan, Nephi LDS plan port. The new lagoons would take up about 94 acres of land, and would handle the sewage for a town of 8,000 persons. Although the lagoons would require no mechanical devices, their capacity could almost be doubled with the installation of aerators. The plan also has an option of constructing annual roadshows The Nephi LDS Stakes annual roadshows will be presented this Tuesday, April 13. The shows will be presented at at the Mona and Levan 6 p.m. LDS Churches, and at 8 p.m. at the Nephi LDS Stake Center. The public is invited to attend. The theme for this years shows is What would the world be like if. . . : At SUSC Ingram, Whimp- ey honored Asian lectures Troy F. Ingram and Bert L. Whimpey have been named to the winter quarter honor roll at Southern Utah State College. Ingram is majoring in physical science, and Whimpey is studying psychology. Both are natives of Nephi. To be named to the SUSC honor roll, a student must be enrolled full time, take 15 or more credit hours, and earn a quarterly of 3.6 or higher, S. Ward Robb, college says registrar. SUSC grades on a plus and minus system," Robb said. A 4.0 GPA is a straight A average, and a 3.6 GPA is approximately a A average. grade-point-avera- Two local men win Snow College honor roll status Two local men have been named to the Snow College winter quarter honor roll by Ross P. Findlay, the schools registrar. They are Douglas S. Anderson of Nephi and Blair M. Kay of Mona. In order to qualify for honor roll, students must have a of between 3.5 and 3.75, says Findlay. grade-point-avera- ap-prove- d m ot off-roa-d million sewer system by Nephi City Council their April 6 meeting. City manager Randy McKnight presented blue prints of the systems that ranged in cost from approximately $550,000 to over $1 off-roa- In addition to the challenges available for drivers. Little Sahara presents endless other recreation opportunities. Day hikes through the Rockwell Natural Area can provide a glimpse of desert wildlife and unique plants. The dunes are a sunbathers paradise, and those who are creatively inclined may want to try castlebuilding. Photographers enjoy the interesting shadows and sand dune patterns. The Little Sahara visitors cent- - $1 The Nephi City Council studied several sewer system options at d wood. Nice Place to Live! April 8, 1982 off-roa- I A Icy road conditions caused this accident early Friday morning. Two Mesa, Ariz. women were injured. Friday crash injures two Arizona women Two Mesa, Ariz. women wen. injured in a collision accident ear- transferred to the Payson Hospit- ly Friday mornl..6 ooutn of Both Taylor and Westburg had no injuries. About a minute after the first accident occured, a northbound 1976 Volkswagen Rabbit came on the scene. It too went out of con- Levan. Trooper Norman Anderson of the Utah Highway Patrol reports that the accident happened at about 1:15 a.m. 11 miles south of Levan on State Road 28. A northbound 1981 Toyota Celica driven by Sheri DeLynn Westberg, 19, of Mesa, Ariz. went out of control on the icy highway and hit a southbound 1973 Ford F700 five-to- n truck driven by G. Taylor, 41, of Aurora. Roger Both the car and the truck went off the highway and rolled over. The passengers in the Toyota,' Margaret Goff, 56, of Mesa, and Sheryl Bond, 20, of Mesa, were thrown from the car. Bond had fractured ribs, internal injuries, and abrasions. Goff had multiple bruises. Both were taken to the Juab County Hospital by the East Juab County Ambulance, and Bond was later al. trol, and smashed into the Toyota. The Volkswagen was driven by Michael Frost, 21, of Pleasant Grove. Passengers in the car were Melinda Wimmer, 23, of Mesa, Ariz., and Stacy Wimmer, 21, also of Mesa. None of the occupants of the Volkswagen were injured. The Toyota was totaled, says Trooper Anderson. About $4,000 in damages were done to the truck, and the Volkswagen received 81250 in damages. Anderson was assisted in his investigation by Deputy Bill Tompkins of the Juab County Sheriffs office. will conclude Tuesday night The final lecture of the Women and Family Life in Asia series will be held at the Nephi Public Library Tuesday at 7 p.m. The public is invited to attend. There is no admission charge. The lecture will be given by Polly Harrington, who spent time in many Asian countries interviewing residents for her lecture series. Also presnet at the lecture will be Kazuko Monobe, a Japanese native who now teaches Japanese at Weber State College. Many Japanese artifacts will be d displayed, including a wedding kimono, a ceremonial kimono, a happy coat, and a samurai sword. Other persons who may have artifacts from Japan are invited to bring them to the lecture. The lecture is sponsored by the Weber County Library Development Fund and Weber State Colare the Utah lege. Federation of Womens Clubs, the gold-threade- rs Utah Congress of Parents and Teachers, and other groups. The series is funded by the Utah Endowment for the Humanities. i, ' Members of the Nephi City Council, city administrator J. Randy McKnight, and Nephi Mayor Bob Steele look over proposed sewer system plans. more outfall lines and then adding more lagoons as needed. Councilman Bob Garrett thought that the large amount of land used up in these lagoons might be a potential problem, and also made suggestions regarding the addition of a line not on the For a "while, blue print, special consideration of the water table, and sewer lagoon placement. The council directed Neff Engineering to proceeu witn cne preliminary design of the system, taking into consideration the councils suggestions. at least No Sunday beer Some of the businesses who have been annexed into Nephi recently met with failure Tuesday night in their attempt to get the city council to allow them to continue beer sales on Sunday. Joe Chappell of Chapell Oil Company (Nephi Husky), Vard and Hap White of Nephi 66, and Ken Linton of Sunset Self Service explained their problem that the county allows Sunday beer sales and Nephi City does not. With the big Easter weekend coming up, these businessmen said that they would be losing a great deal of money from Sunday beer sales. This is one of those times we need to take a look at the things that are presently in force, Chappell said. But the council was not willing to change the Sunday beer sales ordinance on such a short notice. The only other alternative was to put off annexation until after the Easter weekend, but Councilman May thought that this would be unfair. Do you think that you should sell beer on Sun- day and the other three stations should not? May asked Chappell. Hap White disagreed, saying that its unfair to cut one persons business in half and not anothers. He was referring to the fact that Rancho Trailers was granted a special use zoning permit so they could continue their business after being annexed, but the Whites business was not being allowed to continue its normal business after annexation. This is not necessarily a permanent situation. The council plans to consider allowing Sunday beer sales after getting some public comment on the matter, but the businessmen say this may be too late. They think that if customers are once turned down when they come in to buy beer on Sunday, they probably wont come back even if the question is favorably resolved. Mayor Steele thought that it was an unfortunate mistake that the council hadnt considered the Easter weekend when setting the 7 annexation date. Howcouncil also thought the ever, that putting it off for these businesses was a dangerous precedent to set. The city beer sales ordinances was updated, however, to allow beer to be sold in any size grocery store. Previously, stores selling both gasoline and beer had to be of a specific size or larger. Any further changes in the beer ordinance will await the councils April 20 meeting. April Additional county filings announced Several additional filings for Juab County elective offices have been announced by the Juab County clerk 8 office. Craig Sperry, the present county recorder, has filed his bid to continue in that job. Sperry will run on the Democratic ticket. Filing for the position of county treasurer on the Democratic ticket is Gae Sperry. Alice Newton, a Democrat, has filed for the position of county clerk-audito- r. Kindergarten registration is April 2021 at elementary Kindergarten registration for children who reach their fifth birthday by August 31 will be held at the Nephi Elementary School April 20 and 21. Parents registering a child for kindergarten should bring the childs birth certificate and im- munization record. The dates of immunizations will also be required. The children will have their hearing checked, and a readiness test will be given to the children. Those who may not have been contacted for time of appointment to register may call Thelma Reed at the school district office, 623-194- |