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Show -- THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Sunday, February A4 Page 16, 1992 tudent body presidents overcome odds - ' PROVO - Jason Hall and (AP) Tamara Taylor overcame some obstacles on their way to head of j, the class. For Hall it was the con-- . fines a of wheelchair; in Taylor's ; racism. Pn Thursday, both left the bar- ; idrs behind with their elections as student body presidents at Brigham , .YOung University and the Univer-;- I shy ofUtah. Taylor, 25, is only the second black woman president of the Associated Students of the University of Utah. Hall is the first quadriplegic to head the student body at - . - BYU. and was student body president in ninth grade. That summer, while vacationing with his family at Lake Powell, he dove into the water. "They think I hit the water wrong or hit a sandbar, but I broke my neck and the fifth and sixth vertebrae," Hall said. "I have no use of my hands and only partial glish at BYU, Hall said his friends with helped him get social and school activities. "They never asked me if I was going anywhere. They always called to find out when I was going and when they could pick me up," he said. urging us to move out because we're Taylor said. "Things are good there now, though." Taylor headed the Progress '92 Party ticket for president. Out of 1,580 votes cast, she and running mate Kyle Leishman won the elec"A lot of people have inspired tion by 299 votes. Their campaign was based on me to do things just because they did it," Hall said. "From the reforming student registration prowheelchair angle, I hope I can in- cedures and improving financial spire somebody to do something aid services. Taylor had chaired the university's Multicultural like that." Board, and her family has been Up north at the U. of U., stu- active in Ogden's black communidents accepted Taylor others ty for three generations. sometimes did not. Her family was The U.'s first black student once the object of a petition drive body president was Grover seeking to run them out of town Thompson, a write-i- n candidate in when they moved to the Salt Lake 1972. Jacquline Morgan was the suburb of Magna 15 years ago. first black woman president in "Neighbors circulated a petition 1977. of my arms." In 1987, he was elected president of his junior class at Borah High School in Boise, Idaho. The following year he was elected sen- use ior class representative to the school board. Student government had been in Hall's blood for years. Before the 1985 accident that left him paralyzed, he had been president of his e seventh- - and classes -- eight-grad- Saritaquitffarmer disputes mayor's words about him In Thursday's election, he won the BYU presidency in a landslide, defeating opponent Trevor Rosenberg 64 percent to 36 percent. Now a junior majoring in En , African-American- ," yon Farley, who owns prime orchard land adjacent to his One Santa-qui- n property. SANTAQUIN "Kenyon said he told them area farmer who is fighting that he would not emphatically Santaquin City's efforts to build sell his land. So, they went west a sewage lagoon system on part to open ground and to our orof his property, is challenging chard." statements made by Santaquin Rowley said he will admit Mayor Lynn Crook at last the orchard in question that week's City Council meeting. Crook was quoted as saying needs to be replaced, "but if that J. Reed Rowley, when first they want to check with the nurseries, they will find that contacted, agreed to go along we have tried to buy trees tp with Santaquin City on the lagoon system, then later replace them, but there are no trees available." changed his mind. He said he learned that no "He has never said that to been We face. have replacement trees would be always my until 1993 or 1994. available is not that our ground emphatic for sale and didn't want a sew"I won't try to argue that it ijs age system there," Rowley the best orchard I have on my said. place. It is part of the oldest "However, if Saunders were orchards we have, one of the going to sell their ground to first we planted. But we had intended to recycle it just as fas! Santaquin and we would be battling alone; if it was inevitable as we could. That is what our that there was going to be a intentions were. If we could obcondemnation and I was in it all tain! trees, the bottom part of alone, I could see no reason to that orchard would have been fight it." replanted this year and z "I have never said my sprinkling system installed. ' ' He said, "My position on the ground was for sale for a sewout there is that 23 acres said. "he ground age lagoon, Rowley said Santaquin had they want to purchase from me misinformed the orchard peo- is just as valuable for my future ple, "that the sewer plant farming as if it were an orchard would not be discussed in last right in its prime. Santaquin Tuesday's council meeting, but City is talking about.how they there apparently was a lengthy have to look out for future discussion about it." growth. We are trying to do the Rowley said that after the ini- same thing. He said he will be present at tial meeting with Crook when he thought he was fighting the next week's meeting, with his issue alone, he contacted Ken- - own attorney. By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN Herald Staff Writer - lc-c- oil service Honors Volunteer of the Year - PROVO Holly Harding, a tion Scheduling" program devel;senior at Mountain View High oped by Michigan State Universi- ,; -- School in Orem, was honored as Volunteer of the Year for the Soil Conservation Service in Utah. - She was recognized at the SCS awards banquet for her and was presented with a !pfaque by State Conservationsist Frank Holt. achieve-.-ment- s, Harding has been instrumental in helping carry out an effective . irrigation water management program in the Provo field office. She ran the Irriga "Micro-Comput- er Robert Pace - ' . ' Robert George Pace, 79, of Springville, former resident of Thistle, died Feb. 13, 1992, in Orem. He was born on Jan. 17, 1913, in Spanish Fork, the son of Alfred Lawrence Pace and Sadie Stagg Pace. He married Mildred Shirley Jones in January of .1933. Their marriage was later solemnized jn the Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Da-y Saints. They were later divorced. He attended schools in Thistle and Spanish Fork. He graduated from Spanish Fork High School. He worked for Denver Railroad as a engineer for over 40 years. He retired in 1977. He purchased his father's farm in Thistle and operated that farm for many years. He was a member of the United Transportation Union and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Union. He enjoyed woodworking with twisted cedar, gardening, the outdoors, hunting, fishing, and sports. He was a silver member of the Cougar Club. He was a active member of the IDS Church. .Survivors include one son and two 'daughters: Mrs. Robert (Shirley Roberta) 'Gourley, Orem; Evelyn Colleen Keller, California; David Joseph Pace, Spring- .lake; nine grandchildren; 14 one sister and one brother: Evelyn Gerber, Pay son; Alfred Lawrence Pace, Provo. He was preceded in death by three sons: Samuel Harvey Pace; .Robert George Pace and a baby boy; two and three brothers: John Alma Pace; Wilson Woodrow Pace; and Harvey Pace. funeral services will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the Springville Spring Creek 7th IDS Ward Chapel, 235 E. 550 North, Springville. Friends may call at the Walker Mortuary, 187 S. Main, Spanish Fork oh Monday evening from Wl or Tuesday at the ward Relief Society room one hour prior to the services. Burial will be in the Springville Evergreen Cemetery. d ., . Lily Fredericks Lfly Pace Fredericks, of Bountiful, died Feb. 14, 1992, of heart failure. Ou am a hnm March 2. 1916. in Heber. a daughter of Edward J. and Letfy Jane Pace Tree. She married William Foster Fredericks Sept 27, 1942, in Reno, Nev. Their marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake IDS Temple, Aug. 15, 1969. She lived in Orem and Bountiful. She was a member of the Bountiful 22nd Ward. She was a former Young Women's president, served in Relief Society as a teacher, an active temple worker and a member of the DUP. She is survived by Richard W. and Darlene Fredericks of Layton; Robert D. and Ann Lou Fredericks of Broomfield, Colo., and Ken E. and Marilyn Peck, of Bountiful; 16 grandchildren; two brothers and two sisters: J. Marion Tree, West Valley City; Delbert L Tree, Richfield, Idaho; Irene Carlson and Eva J. Tree, both of Provo. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Bountiful 22nd Ward, 1475 Ji. 300 West Friends may call Tuesday from 8 p.m. at the Lindquist Bountiful Chapel, 727 N. 400 East and Wednesday at the church one hour prior to services. .Interment will be at Bountiful City presi-dencie- s, ty. Each week she would call the 10 farmers she was working with to get thier irrigation information for the prior week, and then access the computer at Utah State University to obtain the weather information for the same period, which would then be entered into the program. She would then mail the 10 outs. She plans to expand the program this spring by finding farmers who After working for SCS for about a month, she developed carpal tun Harding has enough credits to graduate, but is taking two classes a day in the morning before she comes to work for SCS. She will enter USU at Logan in the fall, where she plans to obtain a degree in engineering, then work full time for SCS. Millie DeWoody Leon Dwain Peay C.W. Manhard farmers their own irrigation print- outside assistance. Millie Rebecca Fifield DeWoody, 87, of Orem, died Feb. 14, 1992, at the home of her daughter in Las Vegas. She was born May 12, 1904, in Weston, Idaho, a daughter of Albert Moroni and Sarah Susanna Price Fifield. She married ll Owen Edmond and they were later divorced. She married Ernest BenDeWoody jamin Bos-we- Navy during the n, at . 5 Orem City Cemetery. v Ko- rean conflict. He worked as a dairy farmer in Provo for 13 years. He was a ar member Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the Orem Park 5th Ward Chapel, 195 W. 300 South, Orem. Friends may call Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Sundberg-OlpiMortuary, 495 South State, Orem, and Wednesday from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at the ward chapel. Burial will be in the Orem City Cemetery. n Bruce Erb Bruce Condie Erb, 33, Grove, died Feb. 14, 1992, in Orem. He was bom May iV"' 19, 1958, in Los Angeles County, Calif., to DeVere C. and Ruth Condie Erb. He married Julia West in Los Angeles, Calif.; they were later divorced. He mar-- 1 ried Debbie Mitchell, in Provo; they were of Pleasant at a care center ' mmmmmvM wit later divorced. He was a member of the IDS Church. He was a published author, an artist and songwriter. He is survived by his children: Jared Erb and Ashley Erb of Corona, Calif.; Chelsea, Cory, and Kay C. Erb, all of Pleasant Grove; Weston Young, Cody Young and Lacey Young, all of Pleasant Grove; his parents of Placentia, Calif.; one brother and four sisters: Lyle Erb, California; DeAnn Garrison, Orem'; Anita Bunker, Missouri; Susan Hanson, Yerba Linda, Calif.; Lisa Davies, California. Funeral services will be Monday, 1 p.m. at the Pleasant Grove 7th Ward building, 1250 E. 200 South. Friends may call one hour prior at the church. Burial will be in the Springville Cemetery. William Green Eureka, Utah. He was born Sept 16, 1907, In Sheffield, England, a son of Walter and Aurelia Green. His family came from England in 1909 am settled in Nephi. They moved to Eur Jui four years later. He graduated from Tintic High School and attended the Uniw-l- ty of Utah. He ?orked in banks in Nephi and Eureka. He later bought Tintic Lumber. He served In the Army during World War II and spent four years in Japan. He enjoyed animals. He is survived by a brother and a sister, Bernard Green, Evanston, Wyo., and Louise Kurtz, Provo. Private family services will be held. ing well. C. W. (Bill) Manhard, 89, died Feb. 12, 1992, in Nephi. He was born April 1, 1902, in Kanosh, to Dennis Bryant and Mary Elizabeth Rogers Manhard. He married Marguerite Payne, July 23, 1920, in Fillmore. He was a cattleman and rancher and owned race horses for many years. Survivors include his wife of Richfield; one son, W. O. (Bill) Manhard, Hesperia, 10 Calif.; six He was preceded in death by two brothers, one sister and three grandsons. Funeral will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the Fillmore Stake Center. Friends may call Monday, p.m. at Olpin Mortuary of Fillmore, and on Tuesday one hour prior to service at the church. Burial will be in the Fillmore City Cemetery under the direction of Olpin Mortuary of Fillmore. n; 8 of the International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades Union as a structural steel painter. He worked on power projects in Delta and Huntington, Utah, North Dakota, Nebraska, Nevada and other western states. He. is survived by four children: Dwain Peay, Riverton, Wyo.; Tim Peay, West Jordan; Kristy Farnsworth, Rockie Bennett, both of Highland; brothers and sisters: Eugene Peay, Darlene Williams, Marjorie Lloyd, Delpha Zentner. Services will be Tuesday, 11 am in the East Lawn Cemetery, 4800 N. 650 East, Provo. Friends may call at the Anderson & Sons Mortuary, 49 E. 100 North, American Fork, Monday 6 to 8 p.m. and Tuesday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Full military graveside rites will be provided by Veterans of Foreign Wars, District 4. Woody. William Lloyd Green, 84, died Feb. 10, ift-4- with cancer. He was born Sept. 18, 1932, in Provo, to Edward LaMar and Verdie Slater Peay. He married Barbara Turpin Dec. 29, He served four years in the U.S. Society visiting teacher in her early years. She is survived by her husband, of Globe, Ariz.; two daughters, Aris Boswell White, Globe, Ariz.; Darla Boswell Soren-seLas Vegas; a stepdaughter, Betty Lue DeWoody Areniotos, Ft Myers, Fla.; 20 grandchildren; 64 and 10 great-gregrandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Darrell Eugene Boswell; a daughter, Beverly Waunae Boswell Murphy; two infant daughters, and a stepson, Benjamin De- 1992, in ! Leon Dwain Peay, 59, died Feb. 14, Salt Lake City, after a brief battle 1992, in 1950. Jan.10, 1944, in Provo. She was educated in Malad City, Idaho. She worked as a clerk in several Provo retail stores. She also worked in some of the war plants in Ogden and Salt Lake City. She had many hobbies and loved to do handwork, especially quilts. She collected rocks and dolls. She was a member of the IDS Church and served in many positions in the Sunday School, MIA, and as a Relief (Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday tft ii;45 a.m. Interment lems. nel syndrome and had to wear braces on both wrists and hands. Despite intense pain in her hands, she was determined to complete her work. She has since had surgery on both hands and is recover- She also updated the cooperator files and the rolodex files and entered this data in the CAMPS program. She did a great deal of word processing and wrote a report for the district conservationist on irrigation water management, with no -- Edith Collins Funeral services will be held SundberTuesday 12 noon at the Orem. of g-Olpin Mortuary have their own computers, and then work with them to set up their own programs, serving as a consultant when they have any prob- Edith Collins Edith Thomas Collins, 70, of St George, and former resident of Orem, died Feb. 14, 1992, in St George. She was born Sept 5, 1921, in Varteg, South Wales, England, a daughter of Richard Charles and Naomi Forward Thomas. She married Dennis F. Collins Nov. 11, 1939, in Birmingham, England. The marriage was later solemnized in the Manti IDS Temple. She was educated in England. She came to Utah in November of 1948. She lived in Orem for 40 years before moving to St. George 2V4 years ago. She was a lifelong active member of the IDS Church and served in many positions including being called as Relief Society president at age 19. She is survived by her husband of St George; four sons and a daughter: Alvin B. Collins, Orem; Martin R. Collins, Italy; Paul D. and Jeffrey C. Collins, both of Lindon; Susan C. Long; Bisbee, Ariz; two sisters: Gladys 10 grandchildren; Pennington, Springville; and Norma At-W-n, Provo. She was preceded in death by two sons, James Collins and Michael Collins; a grandson; her parents and two brothers. Family services will be held Tuesday at noon in the Sundberg-OlpiMortuary, 495 South State, Orem. Friends may call Tuesday from 10:45 to 11:45 a.m. prior to services. Burial will be in the Orem City Cemetery. Kirsten Doxey Kirsten Doxey, daughter of Matthew Kirk and Vicki Jean Brown Doxey, died Feb. 13, 1992, at Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City. She was bom Feb. I a,Shei9oo, in ugaen. is survived by her parents of two Springville; brothers, Matthew j Kirk Jr., and Benja-- -, mm Brown Doxey, fTT3? jC 1 both Springville;! grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clark F. Doxey, Hunts ville; Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Brown, Yucaipa, Calif.? Thelma F. Doxey, Ogden; Lynn Brown, San Bernardino, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Butcher, Colton, Calif. Funeral will be Monday at 2 p.m. at Hobble Creek Stake Center, 650 E. 500 S. (Averett Ave.), Springville. Friends may 0 call Monday, p.m. at Wheeler Mortuary, 211 E. 200 South, Springville. Burial will be in the Evergreen 12:30-1:3- Obiluaiies Helen Vela Helen MANILA, Philippines (AP) Vela, one of the Philippines' most popular television hosts, died in the United States after a long illness, it was announced Saturday. She was 45. Ms. Vela died Friday at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minn., part of the Mayo Medical Center, two hours after undergoing colon surgery, according to her employer. GMA n 7-- Herald Staff Writer - sli-fie- 1 1042 S. Sute St., Orem 225-310- 0 Due to the President's Day TWGARD'S T)in-W- y ProtKon I 435 South Geneva Rd. Orem school trust lands was in interim study last year, and a task force, has been appointed to study the matter. He said nobody from Utah County is on the task force. , sfclantsl rSS A wow ABOVE C.E. "Chuck" Petersaid the matter of 225-43- 5? i ' rig Ann Better Vault! Trigard vaults feature a 50 YEAR GUARANTEE against workmanship and material detects. Each vault is SEALED Vmti State Sen. son, For Every Occasion I ""' av-in- GIVE A LIVING GIFT Flowers & Plants "If hi holi- day Monday, Provo City's garbage pickup will be one day late this week, according the the city's sanitation manager. In addition, Pete Martinez said the compost station will be opening back up to the public between the middle and end of March. 1 Tnrn-- r d, 0. ROHBOCK'S FUNERAL FLOWERS Leah Horrocks Leah Luella Giles Horrocks, 77, died Feb. 15, 1992, at her home in Heber City following a battle with cancer. She was born Oct 25, 1914, in Heber City, to Henry A. and Flossie Lake Giles. She married William Glen Horrocks May 29, 1933, in Heber City. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake IDS Temple. He died Oct. 11, 1990. She was an active member of the IDS Church having served in numerous positions. She is survived by children: Glenna and Bob Azlin, Heber City; Thomas IL and' Rae Horrocks, Midway; nine grandchildren and 11 brothers and sisters: Sherman Giles, Elizabeth Bostwick, Erma Moorman, Calvin Giles, all of Heber City; Jennie Findley, Santa Clara, Calif.; Nadine Price, Midway; Glen Giles, Salt Lake City. She la preceded in death by a lister, Laura May Giles. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the Heber 4th Ward chapel Friends may call at Olpin Mortuary from p.m. Monday and on Tuesday one hour prior at the church. Interment Heber City Cemetery. noted. "I don't know how muqn it costs to administer the lands, but the size of the board concerns LaVorn SALT LAKE CITY me. Sparks told the Utah County legis"Part of the problem lies injthe ' lative caucus Monday that changes fact that we have created a buneed to be made in the Utah Divireaucracy that is very complex md sion of State Lands and Forestry. difficult to administer. " Sparks said the division has no He recommended considering documented record of all the the development of a more sim school trust lands it supervises. streamlined program in oi der "All they have is a map furto minimize the administrative nished them by the Bureau of Land cost, and with an aggressive, si lall ' Management," he said. set po icy board, representative "The state of Utah has a huge and assist the director of s ate inventory of lands classified as lands. state lands, school trust lands and He further recommended sovereign lands, but the big inveng the existing board and tory generates very little dollars the governor appoint a state for the school system," he said. licensed surveyor to head up the "As a businessman, I think the with a real estate specialdivision, State Lands Division can and ist as an and a businessassistant, should not only generate sufficient man and school board representafunds to pay all administrative tive. The board should be small costs, but should contribute subto be efficient, but small stantial monies for the state school enough to represent the people, he enough systems, which was the original said. purpose." He said the division had "You need to determine what is sold five pieces of trust land in the most efficient means of gener1990 for $400,000, and in 1991 ating school funds. I suggest that had sold 5 properties for $240,-00an interim study by made." ,j "The state should not be in the "That's not very much money real estate development business," when you consider the millions of where lands are sold "But he said, acres mis represents. I'm not critiand then developed by the prjjyate cizing them for the way they hanfrom that point on, they sector, dle the sales; they've done a good become income producintg land job on the purchase prices," he help create a larger tax base. .J He recommended that an inyen-tor- y be made of all the trust lands, pointing out that as long as the lands are held by the state, no taxes are generated. By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN No trash pickup in Provo Monday tfJorid i Man says s nt luncis division ne ds change GROUND for Typical heavy cemetary watering won t affect these secure vaults! unwarned Hair" Removed (ores Forget waxing! Tired of Twz- - ng...anu giner contemporary ways? Still want that neat bminl line or clean upper lip? Unsightly hair Is permanently removed Jby electrolysis. FREE COMSULTATlOg PtttS 12M CFF FiSST AFf T. BEESLEY MONUMENT AND VAULT CO. 725 South State 900 East, Provo Across the street east of Provo Cemetary Phono 374-050- 0 ACCELERATED I ELECTROLYSISJ 347 East 1300 So. 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