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Show l'fliv-3 J22 ;ilt Serving East Juab County r sil Lakv- - i'iicr ofilming 30 0 East City, UT 84115 Nice Place to Live! A February 15, 1979 UDOT says no to an Is 1-- 15 plan 're-rout- e' Levan Towns recent request to near change the route of Levan has been denied by the Utah Department of Transportation. Citing the cost to road users at a minimum of $800 thousand to $1 million in lost road-use- r benefits. . . per year of the minimum of three to five years to redo freeway plans, Clem H. Church, a UDOT commissioner, Lev- said in a letter to Lane Harward, mayor of Levan, that I do not believe that anyone would endorse such a delay nor that the public would tolerate it. Church said in his letter that rerouting the freeway would require new public hearings, a supplement to the environmental impact statement, new surveys, new design, new plans, and the loss of the time and in- right-of-wa- y 20th Century Club seeks Miss Nephi contestants Spring-likweather hit the East Juab County area this week, and with it came a few Spring tulips showed their heads. So did a number of other Spring-tim- e phenomena: chuckholes. These near Second East and First North threatened to swallow up a few Nephi cars. TNPhoto e City council notes Nephi may lobby against UP&L So learned Nephi City at their recent meeting. Councilman Paul McPherson, who has charge of the electrical Nephi City will fight a proposed move by Utah Power and Light Company to raise its wholesale power rate 53 percent. coun-cilme- n Hatch blasts bureaucracy at Nephi Lincoln Day rally Senate says Orrin the by Marilyn Keyte the right to filibuster most is the important rule in Rule 22 - Senator Orrin Hatch PTA will sponsor Saturday, Monday matinees Special matinee presentations The Great Brain, starring Jimmy Osmond, will be held at the Venice Theatre this Saturday and Monday at 3 p.m. and forty-fiv- e Between twenty-fiv- e of ticket the revenue, percent will be ticket on sales, depending donated to the elementary school PTA for use in buying playof ground equipment. Tickets are being sold students by at the elementary school. The Great Brain is a film adapted from a series of novels for young people written by John D. Fitzgerald. The story, which occurs in the late 1800s, centers around the boyish schemes dreamed up and executed by Tom Fitzgerald, whose brilliant mind and conniving heart have given rise to his The Great Brain. nickname, Tom possesses the uncanny ability to help others while taking advantage of them at the same time and turning every conflict to his advantage. Tickets to the movie will be $3 for adults and $1.50 for students. twelve-year-ol- d U. S. Hatch, Utah's conservative freshman Republican senator. If it werent for this right to conduct extended educational dialogue as I call it, we senators from smaller states would get rolled right over, the senator said at a Lincoln Day rally sponsored Monday night by the Juab County Republican Womens organization. The senator and other conservative members of congress recently used a filibuster campaign to defeat the national labor reform act. Hatch touched on many major issues of the day including his opposition to wilderness status for public lands adjacent to Nephi. Please turn to page four system, told the other members of the council that he had attended a meeting of representatives from towns in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and Nevada who are organizing to protest the proposed rate increase to the Federal Trade Commission. The group is in the process of organizing a lobby against the increase. The cost of organizing the lobby is estimated at $60,000. Nephi s share of the cost would be $2,000. If the group is successful in reducing the rate increase, it will be one of the biggest services that the council could render to the citizens of Nephi. said McPherson. Nephi currently buys power from the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation and Utah Power and Light Company. If the proposed rate increase went through, the city would have no alternative but to pass on a proportional share of the cost to the citizens of Nephi. The council also agreed to pur- Please turn to page four Nephi girls are now being urged to apply to enter the Miss Nephi Scholarship Pageant, says Eileen Tolboe, chairman of the event. The pageant will be held April 7, 1979 and is sponsored jointly by the Twentieth Century Club and Nephi City. Entrants must be between the ages of 17 and 25, must be single, must be of good moral stan- - UPA pays trib- ute to former TN publisher The late Roy E. Gibson, former editor Times-New- and publisher of the was honored by the s, Utah Press Association at its annual convention held last weekend in Salt Lake City. Gibson was president of the UPA in 1955 and was the recipient of its Master Editor and Publisher Award in 1976. A tribute to Gibson was given by R. LaVaun Cox, former editor and publisher of the Manti Messenger and Ephraim Enterprise. Cox and Gibson worked very closely in the association during Gibsons presidency. Cox, now chairman of the Utah Department of Transportation, praised Gibson for his many years of service to the UPA and his accomplishments as publisher of the Mr. and Mrs. Allan R. Gibson were present for the tribute, given at the Past President's Breakfast. its Spring play, The Adding Machine next Wednesday and Tickets are $2 for adults, $1 for students, and 75 cents for They will be sold Mervin DeLoye (Andy) Andersen at the Thursday nights at the JHS auditorium. The play will begin at 8 p.m. According to Murna C. 1980. that live in todays world. Mr. Zero is played by Jeff Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Jones; Mrs. Zero is played by Cin-d- i Taylor, daughter of Kathaleen Taylor; Daisy Devore is played by Debbie Foote, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Foote; "The Boss is played by R. Clark Greenhalgh; Shralu is played by Todd Robinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Robinson; and Lieutenant Charles is played by Paula Neilsen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Neilsen. The student director is Molly Painter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Painter. Jensen is head of state auditors' organization Utah State Auditor Richard G. Jensen, a native of Nephi, was of the chosen as president-elec- t National State Auditors Association at a recent meeting of the group held in Washington, D. C. Jensen will serve as president of the newly formed organzation from August of 1979 to August of Wadsworth, the plays director, The Adding Machine is an play that exposes the minds and souls of the white-colla- r slaves. Not only does the play explore the feelings of todays mechanical man in mortal life, but also gives an interesting concept of life in the hereafter. It is a powerful story filled with the bitterness, joys, and sorrows that come to all mediocre souls on earth, in other words, to all of us Some of the members of the cast of The Adding Machine are: front, left to right: Debbie Foote and Paula Neilsen; and back, left to right, Cindi Taylor, Jeff Jones, and Todd Robinson. TNPhoto get your proposal to the same stage of development as current plans." Church said. is being acquired and design will soon be complete on the current route. We are hopeful that construction can begin in the first half of this year. the commissioner said. Right-of-wa- y Whitmore home now on register of historic places The Whitmore mansion, located 106 South Main in Nephi, has been listed in the National at Register of Historical Places, says the Utah State Historical Society. George Carter Whitmore moved to Nephi in 1872. He organized the First National Bank of Nephi, had large land holdings in Utah and Nevada, and was a member of the Utah State Senate from 1900 to 1908. The building of the mansion was begun in 1898 by Oscar Booth, a local architect and builder. The Whitmore family maintained the house until 1938, when it was passed on to Franklin Brough, who lived there with his family for 21 years. It is presently being restored by owner Donald Bendoski. Funeral services held Monday for DeLoye Andersen Times-New- s. 'The Adding Machine' to be presented at Juab High School Juab High School will present dard, and must have been residents of Nephi for a minimum of six months. Entrants will be judged in three categories: swim suit competition (to be held privately with only the judges in attendance), poise and appearance, and talent. The winner of the event will receive a scholarship and will be eligible to compete in the Miss Utah Scholarship Pageant to be held in June. She will also represent Nephi at many events. Applications may be obtained from Mrs. Tolboe and must be returned to her or to any other Twentieth Century Club member by March 1. vestment that has now been exIt is the opinion of the pended. UDOT staff that it would take a minimum of three to five years to Jensen is a son of Udell R. Jensen, former Nephi City attorney. He is a graduate of Juab High School and Brigham Young University. Before his election as Utah State Auditor, Jensen was employed by the certified public accounting firm of Peat, Marwick, and Mitchell. He was also employed by the LDS Churchs auditing division. The new association replaces the state auditors coordinating council. One goal of the association, according to Jensen, is to encourage the free exchange of information and ideas among auditors in public service. The group also hopes to promote professional auditing standards and encourage the use of effective financial management and audit techniques by governmental audit agencies. Funeral services were held Monday in the Nephi Third LDS Ward for Mervin DeLoye (Andy) Andersen, 61. Andersen died February 8, 1979 at the Juab County Hospital. He was born September 23, 1917 in Ft. Green, Utah to George Christian and Ida Anderson Andersen. He married Ruby Shaw June 23, 1937 in Nephi. The marriage was later solemnized in the Manti LDS Temple. He was a member and former chief of the Nephi City fire department. He was also a member of the Nephi Lions Club. He was a veteran of World War II and served in the U. S. Navy. He had worked at Pexton Wholesale Company for 29 years. Survivors are his wife and two daughters, Mrs. Evan (Shirley) Frampton and Mrs. Larry (Kathleen) Broadhead, all of Nephi. Also surviving are a brother, LaVird Andersen, Sandy; and two sisters, Mrs. Leota Anderson, Mt. Pleasant and Mrs. Jean Aiken, Salt Lake City. Andersen had 11 grandchildren at the time of his death. Burial at the Vine Bluff cemetery was directed by Anderson Funeral Home of Nephi. Relief Society sets leadership meeting Sunday afternoon The Relief Society leadership meeting of the Nephi LDS Stake will be held this Sunday, February 18 at the stake center. All ward and stake Relief Society leaders are expected to be in attendance, especially ward nursery and recreation leaders, says Thalia R. Mickelson, stake Relief Society president. The meeting will begin at 2 p.m. Garbagemen to take holiday There will be no garbage pickup on Monday, February 12, Presidents' Day, city officials have announced. The area of the city usually covered on Monday will be covered on Wednesday, February 14. |