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Show 1. f; I ' c j I j f V- fT 4 i $ :y H f i :) ( R n J 4 6 7 t Number 113 Volume 71 Wednesday, March 31 , 1 'iAHI L SAL 1 I n l A LAKE ' : ' ' COIl ' I c See Story on page '. r fJ; I:'- -' t V H I Price 50 Cents 993 Meet the new publisher of the Salina Sun - Jim Olsen Post Publishing owner Todd Newton, recently announced the appointment of Jim Olsen as the new publisher for the Salina S un and Gunnison Valley News. Olsen will replace Kevin Ashby as the publisher of the two weekly newspapers. Olsen has had a long career in newspapers. He started as managing editor of the Emery County Progress. He has worked with the Times - News, Twin Falls, Idaho, the Mesa Tribune, Mesa Arizona, and recently the Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City. I sometimes think I have printers ink running through my veins. I enjoy working with newspapers, especially small community newspapers, said Olsen Olsen was also the owner of the Arizona Latter Day Sun, a regional newspaper in Mesa. It was this experience that reinforced my love for small newspapers. I believe that a newspaper is important to a community. It helps to define itself as a community. As far as what I will bring to the newspapers, I expect I will bring a different personality to the paper. I think Kevin Ashby has produced an excellent newspaper and I know the community will miss his influence. However, I hope to get as involved with what is important to the area as much as he has. Olsen, and his wife, Lori, have four children; Bret, 14, Cody, 12, Artimesia, 8 and Holland, 7. They enjoy camping, especially backpacking, gardening, basketball, baseball, softball and other team sports. My family looks forward to living in a small community. We loved Ferron, Utah, and look forward to getting involved here. His family will join him in Salina as soon as their home in Salt Lake City is sold. Kevin Ashby, former publisher, last days at Salina Sun If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone; one should keep his friendships in constant repair. Samuel Johnson For the past nine years the Ashby family has been publishing die Salina SUN and Gunnison Valley NEWS. The start was based more on excitement for publishing and maintaining a hometown newspaper rather than monetary returns. In fact, the papers were on the verge of a merger with the Richfield Reaper, a merger based on financial merits not hometown news preservation. This was the setting when we came to town. In 1984 Sandra and I made one of the hardest decisions in our lives, to move away from life long family and friends and move to a new area of the state to start over. Just for the record the past nine years have flown by. The people here have truly become friends. Your concerns and dreams quickly became ours and it was not long before we felt we had been accepted by the communities we have tried to serve. As Sandra and I now make another major decision we have come to realize that this move, in some respects, is harder than the one we made nine years ago. But what makes the decision easier is looking over the past nine years and seeing the good people we know and have worked with and we expect the same for our future. I remember the anxiety felt by the communities when a new publisher moved to town. I was drilled pretty hard by some wanting to make sure that I would be good for their community. This pleased me. It showed that people cared about their community and I feel this newspaper partnership has been strengthened over the years. These newspapers are really yours. You - the readers and subscribers, are king. No other business in the area represents publicly the ideals, standards, expectations and dreams of the community more than your newspaper. And hopefully these concepts are indicative of the readers and not just images conjured up in Kevin Ashbys mind. We have tried to make sound editorial decisions even though at times these decisions meant changes in per sonnel and families moving from the area. We have also tried to emphasize the positive, the future, the good points of the area rather than all the negative forms of news including police blotters, court reports and other constant forms of negative news. There is a very fine line between gossip and news and this distinction is hard to make at times and we are the first to admit that we have not always been right but we have tried to be consistent We have tried to take our responsibility of preserving the history of this area seriously. We thank the advertisers and subscribers that has made this effort possible. The readers and advertisers really do control the future of their newspaper. No newspaper owner will be successful without the input of their readers. With the onset of a new publisher and owner of your newspaper I hope that you give them the same kind of opportunity for success that you gave me and my family. I encourage you to join forces to strengthen and support your newspaper. There are many communities that have lost their newspaper for one reason or another and always the results are bad. Newspapers are the worlds mirrors, so said James Ellis and your hometown news source is nothing more than a mirror of your community that is read by people living here and outside the area. Dont do anything that would threaten this important rural way of life. Washington Irving once said,There is a certain relief in change,-evethough it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in travelling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift ones position, and be bruised in a new place. I am confident the changes ahead of both my family and you will be good ones. One thing for sure, they will be different and they can be for the best. The Ashbys: Kevin, Sandra, Kyle, Jacee, Derek, Bre-an- a, Anika and Jenna, have been fortunate to have lived here. We call this place home and will think fondly of the friends we have here. We have appreciated your comments of support and love. These phrases of concern just make the move that much harder but on the other hand supports the idea that we have others out there to meet and get to know, to serve and love. As sad as we feel about moving there is some excitement in knowing that change will bring joy. New Publisher for Salina Sun Meet Jim Olsen, the new publisher of the Salina Sun. Post Publishing Co recently purchased the Sun, and have appointed Mr. Olsen to direct the Salina Sun. He replaces Kevin Ashby, who has published the SUN for the past nine years. II E2 Restaurant tax goes into effect April 1 in Sevier County 1 Residents of the North Sevier area, as well as those throughout Sevier County, will see a new tax go into effect tomorrow, April 1, 1993. The Restaurant Food Tax which was approved several months ago, will become a part of our daily lives. The 1 tax will be charged at restaurants, drive ins, or any place where the major function is preparing food for immediate consumption. Many counties around the state have had a similar ruling in effect for many years - among them, neighboring Sanpete County. According to Steve Wall, Sevier County Clerk, the biggest share of the money derived from this tax will come from tourists. It is expected that the tax will generate from $60,000 to $65,000 per year for use by Sevier County. Salinas Equestrian CenterArena is guaranteed $20,000 each year from that tax, according to Wall. The remainder can be used for other projects within the county, such as possibly upgrading the Sevier County Fairgrounds, etc. The decisions about projects getting the nod for the funding will be made by the Sevier County Commission. The tax is not expected to be a burden to residents. For example, if you take mom and the kids out for a tax hamburger and your total bill is $20.00, the 1 would add just .20 cents to your check. Board of Big Game Control will meet in Salina April 1 The Utah Board of Big Game Control is holding public meetings across the state this week to gather public input on proposed hunting rules for the 1993-9- 4 big game hunts. One of its meetings will be held in Salina. The Salina meeting will be held Thursday, April 1 , at 6 p,m. in the North Sevier High School Auditorium, and is open to the public. This will be your chance to let the Board know how you feel on various issues concerning wildlife. Two new members will join the Board on its statewide tour this yean Jerry Mason, a retired Thiokol worker from Brigham City representing sportsmen; and Paul Frishknecht, an attorney from Manti, representing the Utah Woolgrowers Association. The Board will then meet in executive session Saturday, April 3, at 8 a.m. to finalize the rules. Dont miss this chance to voice your opinions or concerns to the Utah Board of Big Game Control. Change to Daylight Savings Time this weekend 0 o Koaro sy-- w fl 3 o SPRING SPORTS UNDERWAY AT NORTH SEVIER HIGH seem to have the following that the fall and winter sports do. Boys Baseball is in full swing dont For some reason Spring Sports now, and the NSHS Track and Field events are very exciting to watch. Pictured: Hayley Wasden clears the hurdles; while Rhett Hallows warms up his pitching arm during practice. Be sure to change your clocks this Saturday night when you go to bed -- - so that you will wake up bright and early on Daylight Savings Time on Sunday morning. fall back". So The old saying is "Spring ahead this means that since this is spring - we move the clock ahead one full hour. This will make it a little darker in the mornings when we get up, but will add another hour to the daylight left to us when we get home from work to work in the garden, yard, or whatever we have in mind. You can set the clock ahead when you go to bed Saturday night, so that the clock will be current on Sunday morning. - Mr |