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Show Cyan Magenta Yellow Black A2 Sanpete Messenger/Gunnison Valley Edition State jobs Wednesday, January 5, 2005 Sanpete County (Continued from A2) Compiled by John Hales THURSDAY, JAN. 6 Art Center has “Movie Night” Leonard Blackham in the county is that more and more people are participating,” he says. “I’m anticipating 100 percent of Sanpete delegates will vote [at the Jan. 15 caucus].” To achieve that goal, “every delegate will be called and notified, and we’ll have to certify they can vote,” Jacobsen adds. If any of the original delegates are ineligible or otherwise cannot attend, alternates will be selected to take their places. According to the Utah State Constitution and Republican Mike Styler Party bylaws, delegates to the caucus will vote for candidates to fill the vacancies. The names of winners will be submitted to Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert, who as lieutenant governor is the state’s chief elections official. Gov. Huntsman will then appoint those persons to the legislature. Whoever is eventually elected at the caucus will have only two days to prepare for legislative duties beginning on Jan. 17 when the state’s 2005 legislative session opens. Sanpete County Sheriff Kay Larsen (left) accepts one of the hundreds of bears collected by Skyline Sno-riders to help comfort young victims of accidents or other traumatic situations. Pictured with Larsen are Ron Linton, Coreen Linton, Darlene Mortensen and Lieutenant Braithwaite. Operation Care Bear brings comfort On Dec. 27, Ron Linton, vice president of Skyline SnoRiders Snowmobile Club along with his wife Coreen and Darlene Mortensen, secretary of the club, delivered 100 stuffed bears to the sheriff’s department for deputies to take in their patrol cars to give to children involved in accidents or traumatic situations. The club started the project after Thanksgiving and has collected nearly 300 bears. Sno-riders will continue to collect stuffed bears throughout the year for Operation Care Bear. If you would like to donate some bears or money for this project, please contact Darlene Mortensen at 427-3353, Coreen Linton at 427-3543, Brian Howarth at 427-3620, or mail your donations to Skyline Sno-riders Snowmobile Club, PO Box 418, Fairview, Utah 84629. Multiple use staging area proposed for CENTERFIELD COURIER Manti-LaSal Forest BY ELVA JENSEN 528-3382 By John Hales Staff writer MANTI—The MantiLaSal National Forest has proposed to build a multipleuse staging area at the junction of the Twelve-Mile Canyon Road, the Birch Creek Trail Road and the road leading to the Gifford Pinchot Trail to supplement the parking area at the Clear Creek trailhead. The trailhead currently has enough space for only two vehicles, and the amount of overflow parking that is occurring nearby prompted forest officials to consider building an area for more parking. The staging area would offer parking, as well as provide a place where off-highway vehicles (OHVs) could be loaded and unloaded. The area is in the middle of the Arapeen Trail System, which is very popular with OHV riders, says Bob Cochran, the forest’s recreation manager. The area would also provide safer access to TwelveMile Canyon Road, where Cochran says restricted visibility is a constant cause of concern to officials. The proposed location of the staging area is north of the canyon road and west of No. 027 approximately threequarters of a mile east of the Clear Creek trailhead. Thomas Shore, forest ranger for the Sanpete District, will accept both oral and written comments about the proposal until Jan. 21. For more information about submitting comments, or to ask questions about the C l e a r C r e e k St a g i n g A r e a Project, contact Ranger Shore at 283-4151. Sanpete News Company, Inc., publishing the GUNNISON VALLEY EDITION Member Utah Press Association Deadlines, Post Office & Contact Information UPS# 232-020 Copyright, Sanpete News Company, Inc.©2004. All rights reserved. Reproduction, re-use, or transmittal of all matter herein is prohibited without prior written permission of the publisher. Published each Wednesday for 75¢ each, $24.00 inside Sanpete County, $27.00 outside Sanpete County, by Sanpete News Company, Inc., 35 S. Main, Manti, Utah 84642 Phone 1-866-620-1935, 435-835-4241, fax 435-835-1493 E-mail publisher at: suzanne@sanpetemessenger.com E-mail sports to: sports@sanpetemessenger.com E-mail school items to: school@sanpetemessenger.com E-mail news to: news@sanpetemessenger.com ads@sanpetemessenger.com E-mail ads to: Deadline: Thursday, 5 p.m. Manti: 35 S. Main, Hours: M-F, 9 am to 6 pm Periodicals Postage Paid at Manti, Utah 84642, and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Sanpete Messenger, 35 S. Main, Manti, Utah 84642 Editor & Publisher ............................................. Suzanne Dean Associate Publisher .................................................. Lloyd Call Senior Reporter ..................................................... Sean Hales Assignment Reporter .............................................. John Hales Office Manager .................................................. Jacque Marsh Administrative Assistant ............................. Lindsay Kogianes Webmaster ........................................................ Kelly Hancock Staff Manti ................................................. Judy Chantry (835-8010) Ftn. Green, Moroni ............................... C. R. Truitt (445-3326) Gunnison ........................................ Darlene Agren (528-3922) Centerfield ......................................... Elva Jensen (528-3382) Axtell ................................................ Audrey Boore (528-3309) Mayfield .......................................... Margaret Amy (528-7076) Spring City ...................................... Holly Nicholes (462-2758) Staff Writers .......................... Erika Johnson, Kathy Eggleston Sports Writers ........................... Doug Johnson, Jeff Ericksen, Craig Cox and Coaches Photographers ........................... Sean Hales, Vern Buchanan, Peter Goss, Russ Beck Columnists ........................... Roger Baker, Corrie Lynn Player Contributing Writers Jana Wahlquist, Karen Buchanan, Anita Lyons. What a special Christmas week for families to get together. The homes have all been decorated so beautifully, the programs have been extra spiritual and have kept us thinking of the true meaning of Christmas. There is too much commercialism that creeps into our celebration. Sunday, Dec. 26, Cody Ludvigson gave a talk in the Centerfield 2nd Ward prior to leaving for the Mission Training Center in Provo. Cody is the son of Glade and Vicky Ludvigson. He will be leaving for Anchorage, AK in a couple of weeks. Rhett Holyoak was another speaker in the 2nd Ward, recently returned from a mission in Chili. He gave an excellent talk and it was great to hear him speak in the language of his mission. Everyone was sad to receive the word that Boyd Goble had passed away. Boyd and Margaret have surely been “pillars” of strength in Gunnison Valley. They have both held many different positions, but mainly in music. They have given so much of their time and talents for our benefit. We extend our sympathy to the Goble family. We will all miss Boyd’s beautiful singing voice. The celebration of the 90th Birthday of Miles Jensen of Gunnison was held at the Golden Corral in Provo. Approximately 100 people attended the celebration. All of Miles’ family was in the planning of the event and were present to wish their father a Happy Birthday. Mardell Jensen (brother of Miles) and some of his family enjoyed seeing so many of their cousins, as well as Miles’ two sisters, Berneice Manwill from Idaho Falls and Norma Nelson from Salt Lake City. Many of their Native American friends were here from Page, AZ. Miles was very instrumental in the Indian Placement program of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and they all have love and respect for the Jensens. The Arno and RaNee Jensen family enjoyed a get-together the week before Christmas. All nine of their children were there with spouses, plus all their grandchildren and great grandchildren. RaNee’s 97-yearold father was able to be with them, too. They enjoyed exchanging homemade gifts. The number of their family has reached 59. Mardell and Miles Jensen recived the word from their cousin Alice and husband Dr. Jay Jensen, former residents of Centerfield and Gunnison, that they had been released as President and Matron of the Lubbock, Texas Temple and have now been called to go on a mission to Africa. They will be leaving the first of May. Alice’s parents were Ralph and Ida Jensen, and Dr. Jay Jensens parents are Bert and Naorna Jensen. AXTELL ACTION BY AUDREY BOORE 528-3309 The community extends condolences to the family of Carrie Newkirk, who was in a fatal auto accident in New Mexico on Dec. 14. Kaye and Maruis Despain welcomed two new grandchildren into their family. Their daughter Marcie Aitken and her husband Doug have two new children, Doug and Rosa. Danny and Nancy Boore, Stephanie, Ben, Alien, Chad, and Danielle along with their Grandmother Audrey enjoyed nine days in Hawaii. The youngest daughter, Ashley stayed with her Aunt Kathy and grandparents Bert and Lois Trost in the Salt Lake area while her family was in Hawaii. Doug and Joan Gillies were excited with the birth of twin grandchildren on Dec. 16 to daughter Shannon and David McWilliams in Murray. Alex Joseph weighed in at 6 pounds 8 ounces and was 18 inches long; Emma Tracy weighed 6 pounds 3 ounces and was 19 inches long. Grandparents Doug and Joan went up to visit the family on Monday, Dec. 20 and said big-brother Ethan was very proud of his new brother and sister. The Axtell Ward Christmas party was held Dec. 22, with a dinner and program. Gay, Maruis and Beven Bastian were on the program with several Christmas musical numbers. Blaine and Claudia Nielson, Andy and Cadence Thatcher, Jodie and Alan Anderson, and Sharon and Calvon Rugg were in charge of the dinner. Santa made his appearance before dinner was served. Phyliss and Richard Cowley had several of their children home for Christmas this year. Son Wayne and his wife Connie came from California, and daughter Sheryl and husband came from Nevada. Grandchildren—Joe from Texas, Logan from Nevada and LaTisha from California—joined them for a few days. Congratulations to Stephanie Boore, who is the high school’s candidate for Sterling Scholar in Trade and Technology Education. The Sterling Scholars of Central Utah will be announced March 15 at North Sanpete High School. Joe and Sandra Heath attended the funeral services of Joe’s Uncle Jim in Salt Lake on Wednesday Dec. 29 The Community extends condolences to the families ofWetdon and Verdell Johnson and Claudia and Blaine Nielson of the loss of their daughter and sister Lynette Mcintosh due to a heart-attack. Central Utah Art Center of Ephraim will show foreign and independent films on “Movie Night,” every first and third Thursday of the month at 8 p.m. The event is free and the public is invited. This week’s movie: “Men With Guns,” a Spanish language movie with English subtitles about the conflict between the Mexican military and Chiapas rebels. FRIDAY, JAN. 7 Art Center to host reception for artists The Central Utah Art Center in Ephraim will hold a reception in honor of current exhibiting artists Jared Latimer and Bryon Draper. The reception, from 7-9 p.m., is free to the public, and refreshments will be served. The exhibit will be on display until Feb. 17. SUNDAY, JAN. 9 Rehearsals begin for “Easter Musical Offering” Choir rehearsals for the 20th annual “Easter Musical Offering,” will begin at 6:30 p.m, at the Mt. Pleasant LDS Stake Center (295 S. State Street), and will be held each Sunday from 6:308:30 p.m. until the performance on March 20. The choir will perform works by great composers such as Bach, Handel, and Rutter. THURSDAY, JAN. 13 Repertory Dance Theatre performs at Snow The Repertory Dance Theatre, “the only modern dance company to be featured on the cover of Smithsonian Magazine,” will give a performance at the Eccles Center for the Performing Arts at Snow College at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students and senior. For advance ticket information, call Dr. Diana Major Spencer at 2837410. Gunnison singles hold dinner and program Gunnison LDS Stake singles will have a dinner and program at the Centerfield Ward building at 6 p.m. Hawks enjoy close victory over Bulldogs By Doug Johnson Sports writer MT. PLEASANT—Despite approaching region play with their best record in several years, head coach Derek Farr is concerned about his North Sanpete Hawk basketball team. With a 52-43 win last Thursday over the Canyon View Falcons, the Hawks are on a three game winning streak. The North Sanpete ballers came into the game against Canyon View with a dominating 63-41 win over Park City on Dec. 21, followed by a close, 43-40 victory over the Gunnison Bulldogs on Dec. 23. North Sanpete played a flawless first half against the Falcons to take a 31-16 lead into the locker room. “At times we were excellent at attacking their zone,” said Farr. “The first half was as good a half as we’ve played all year.” Defensively the Hawks limited Canyon View to only 4 points from inside the paint in the first half, while scoring 18 of their own 31 points on layups. But the second half was a different story. North Sanpete looked tentative on offense and lethargic on defense after the break. “I don’t know how we played such good defense in the first half and then were so lackluster after halftime,” said Farr. Canyon View got to within 6 points midway through the final period as things reversed in the second half. The Falcons scored 10 second-half points from inside the paint while holding the Hawks to just two lay-ups. Farr was concerned what his team’s reluctance attacking the Canyon View zone defense will mean when they begin league play. The Hawks will see plenty of zone defenses, as Delta, Emery and Carbon all traditionally play zone almost exclusively. The other Region 8 team, Lehi, typically plays manto-man defense. “We shouldn’t be having these lapses at this point in the season,” stated Farr of his Hawks, who open Region 8 play by hosting Lehi on Friday, Jan. 14. “I never have to question their effort,” said Farr, “But sometimes I just can’t figure out where their heads are.” Sophomore Austin Jorgensen scored the game’s first 4 points and led the Hawks with 12 points. Eric Watson added 9 points. Canyon View’s Riley Holman led all scorers with 13. Farr was pleased with the play of Casey Cox and Tyler Anderson, who shared time at the guard position. “They were incredible on weak side rebounding,” said Farr of the two seniors who pulled down five boards apiece. Anderson scored 7 points and Cox added 5. North Sanpete has the best preseason record in Region 8. 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