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Show 4f' VU; y J -l i f T jK-- , - C V cr " - ' f v? V' C u:v t. ' : 500 ' V V SERVING PAYSON. SANTAQUIN. ELK RIDGE. WEST MOUNTAIN. SPRING LAKE. GOSHEN. GENOLA. ELBERTA Wednesday, April 28, 1999, Number 17 Volume 112 USP 424-16- 0 Santaquin City Manager Hands Letter Of Resignation To Council PHONE Commemoration Of New Daniel Stark Memorial This Saturday Council Tables Matter Till April 27 Work Session Carrying out the jobs of both city manager and police chief for a small but rapidly growing town would be an arduous task. For the past five years in Santaquin, though, these two positions have been held by one person, Tom Austin. Now Austin says it is time o make a reduction in his obligations. He submitted a letter of resignation as city manager to Santaquins city council last week. Not able to conclude the issue of Austins intent to resign, councilors there tabled discussion over it until April 27, when they hold their next work session. The work session starts at 7:30 pan. in the Council Chambers; it is open to the public. After fifteen years of service with the police force in Blanding, Utah, Austin came to Santaquin in 1994 to assume the capacity of police chief. Six months later, Santaquin City handed the new chief the additional job of city manager. Since that time, the southern Utah County city has seen phenomenal residential growth. As if his busy schedule is not enough, Austin has also found time to fulfill his writing ambitions. He has two published books under his belt; the most recent of them came out last September. Upon resignation, Tom will still be called Chief Austin. He plans to remain on as chief of police for the SantaquinGenola Police Department, "Until they fire me," he joked. Austin lives in Santaquin with his wife, Karalee. Hundreds of descendants along the Wasatch Front of prominent Ship Brooklyn pioneer Daniel Stark should circle the date of Saturday, May 1, 1999, as the day they are all invited to commemorate the setting of a beautiful, new, large memorial stone which will honor Mormon colonizer Stark, his three wives (Ann Cook Stark, Elizabeth Baldwin Stark, and Priscilla Birkenhead Stark) and their children. The event will take place at the family plot in the Payson City Cemetery, 805 East 400 North, Payson, Utah, at 1 1 :00 aon. The gathering will be casual and lively- -a short program with time to swap stories and family memories special Celtic music from Starks native Scotland and Nova Scotia the new Thomas Wride biography of Daniel Stark available for purchase-a- nd plenty of time for meeting new family members. A copy of a newly-foun- d picture of Stark mounted on a horse will be given to all who are attending as a memento of the occasion. Family members are urged to bring the whole family, where possible, get into the spirit, and look forward to meeting new cousins and friends. The imposing gray granite memorial stone was donated by of Daniel Stark, who own the Rocky Mountain Monument and Vault Company and Larkin Mortuary of Salt Lake City, to further unify the immense posterity of Stark and provide family history information for generations yet to come. It brings together on one large single monument the names of Stark, his three wives and all 23 of their children, and features a handsome engraving of the great-grandso- Russell Hillman Named Lion Of The Year Russell Hillman, former mayor of Payson, was named Lion of the Year by the Payson Lions Club. He was honored at a recent meeting of die club and presented a beautiful plaque by the club. Lion Hillman was general chairman of the Diamond Jubilee program and banquet He is a third generation of Lion Club members in his family. His father, Eugene Hillman, was a member of the and his grandfather. Dr. L. N. Ellsworth, was a charter club and served as president the year 1961-6member of the club when it was organized in 1924. Russell has been a member of the club a number of years and served as president the year 1994-9He is a native of Payson and graduated from Payson High School where he was very active in sports and other activities. He lettered in five sports (basketball, football, baseball, track and tennis). Hillman received the Bigler Medal for outstanding scholastics and athletic achievement After graduation from Payson High School, he attended the Brigham Young University and played basketball and was a star forward on the basketball team. He played on the BYU-NXchampionship team of 195 1. After graduation from BYU he taught school and coached basketball. He later moved to California where he took a position in the Beverly Hills School District as a Physical Education Specialist. He was an assistant principal of the Beverly Hills Adult Night School and also worked in the Recreation Department. He was a teacher for 36 years. In 1988 he retired and the Hillmans moved to Payson. Since living here, Russell served for two years on the City Council and four years as Payson City mayor. While mayor, he was chosen Utahs Outstanding Elected Official of the Year. Presently, he is working for Congressman Chris Cannon as Field Representative over Utah, Summit and Wasatch counties. Active in his church, he served as bishop of the Mar Vista Ward in California, stake Scoutmaster, Young Mens president. High Priest group leader. High Council member, and Sunday School teacher. Also attending the awards dinner were his wife Lorraine, her mother Dorothy Nielsen, their daughter Lorie, 2, 5. T. and three of their eight grandchildren, Jonathan, Christian, and Emily Has- kins. Their son, Russell Hillman, Jr., and the other five grandchildren were un- able to attend. I Russell Hillman, right, was congratulated and presented a beautiful plaque as the Payson Lions club Man of the Year. Dick Moore, past president gnd mem5er 0f the Honor Committee, presented the award. Lion Hillman was general chairman of the clubs 75th birthday held the end of March. 500 465-922- 1 ns Ship Brooklyn. The voyage of the Ship Brooklyn, with passengers Daniel Stark, his wife Ann, infant son John Daniel (4 months) and foster daughter Elizabeth Wallace Bird (1 month), was perhaps the longest continuous sea journey of any religious group in history. It sailed in February 1846 from New York City and was the first ship (and last) to use Brigham Youngs plan for members of the Church living on the east coast of America to sail around Cape Horn in South America for California, then join the saints in Zion. These Pacific Pilgrims (mostly Mormons except for the ere w) crossed the equator on both tie Atlantic and Pacific oceans, went from icy Antarctic to tropic Hawaiian Islands, and then sailed into Yerba Buena (San Francisco) Bay in California, a voyage of six months and 24,000 miles. Largely made up of young families with small children, they numbered 238 people, and upon their landing on July 31, 1846, they doubled the size of San Francisco. Their journey was eight times longer than the Pilgrims on the Mayflower. Daniel Starks adventure seme life is one to celebrate. His journal charted the course of the Brooklyn. He was surveyor of the St. George Temple, Utah County surveyor, bishop and high councilman. He was a carpenter and farmer, and colonized Yerba Buena (San Francisco), Fremont, and San Bernardino, California; SL Joseph, Nevada; and Parowan, ML Carmel, and Payson, Utah. or Linda G ashler at (801) Questions may be directed to Carol Gibson at (801) in the Association also will be available to anyone interested. Membership Ship Brooklyn 377-242- 5, 225-507- 1. For Your Information TV' Show Shot In Payson Airs Sunday The episode of "Touched by an Angel shot in Payson last week, featuring Rosa Parks, is scheduled to air this Sunday, May 2nd. The show stats at 7 pan. and appears locally on Channel 2. Strawberry Electric Crew Recognized For Safety Performance The American Public Power Association has recognized Strawberry Electric Service District (SESD), Payson, Utah, with an Electric Utility Safety Award. The SESD electric line crew was recognized for meritorious achievement in attaining a low accident frequency during the year 1998. |