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Show Pagc2 Manti Messenger, Thursday, January IS, 1979 Petersons End Long Milk Distributing Career Snow CcI!:qo aQ by ctltfi ysvr csamwity J. Mania Hlgbec Last week, this column detailed the role of the Board of Regents in establishing institutional policy and directing higher education in the State of Utah. The Student Representative on the Board of Regents was incorrect. During 1977-7Paul Watterson was the student representative on the Board. Timothy Zoph was selected to represent school year. The the students for the 1978-7- 9 student member of the Board of Regents is recommended by the Student Body Presidents of all institutions in the state, who nominate three candidates. The Governor then selects from these three one student to serve as a member of the Board of Regents. Student groups play a significant role at Snow College in determining institutional policy. First of all. Snow College student body president Steve Wilson serves on the Snow College Institutional Council. The 1977 session of the legislature enacted a law which means that the council, which formulates institutional policy for the college, has student representation. Dear Editor: by Randa Black On the front page of your Dec. 28 issue of The Wayne Petersons car- Enterprise was a picture of eer as a milkman began the Great Basin Experi- around 1958. He and his ment Station up Ephraim Canyon. The picture accompanied an article written by Bruce Jennings. Under the picture was the caption, Ephraim Canyon in 1951 set a December record for wife Ardith were living in opening up with Provo at the time. Wayne He applied for the job, got had just graduated from it and began working in vocational school when he September of 1958. heard of a job that was .. At that time the route Hi-lan- d. wholesale deliveries, snowfall. According to my dad, Paul E. Hansen, who was Student government is also a very constructive part of the Snow College program. Elected student leaders are advised by AI Green, dean of students, and continually give constructive input to the institution. This year's elected student body officers are Steve Wilson, Ephraim; Roland Phillips, Ephraim; Doug Christiansen, Redmond; Janet Beacham, Ephraim; Kari Einffeldt, Salt Lake City; Gary Chidester, American Fork; Patricia McNeal, Buzzards Bay, Mass. This group composes the Snow College Executive Council. They in turn appoint officers for various clubs and organizations and also serve a primary function in directing the social activities of Snow College students. One of the strengths of the institution is the strength of our student officers from year to year in providing a viable social program. School and & by Dr. Daryl J. McCarty Executive Secretary Utah Education Association What effect ry . e. LIFT ING DOES NT do stu- policies enabling students to earn the money to pay from for these activities. school activi- ties ranging membership in the chess club to dunking basketballs for the varsity team have on Utah students? The State Board of Education recently released some findings on that subject after taking a year-lon- g survey. According to an article on the survey, most respondents believed that student participation in school activities has a positive effect on the students' academic success. Stu- dents, parents and educa- tors expressed the belief that avoiding school activities tends to have a negative impact on the students attitudes toward themselves and school success. However, educators and parents voiced some concern about too much student participation in so much that activities students are losing out in other important areas. Then again, an earlier report showed large numbers of students are not joining in these activities. Some persons who were surveyed expressed concern about costs to the One recomstudents. mendation of the survey committee is adoption of While recommending that activities should be recognized as a valuable and legitimate part of the school program, the committee suggested that interscholastic activities cease to proliferate. The committee also concluded that high should have intramural programs that include a full sports program for boys and girls and such activities as debate, speech, music, drama and chess. Another recommendation: That schools limit the number of activities in which a student may participate. School boards should adopt a uniform policy on make-u- p work for lessons missed when students are absent because of school activities, the report said. If youre interested in the number of these activities your local high school offers, youll get a good idea by looking through a high school yearbook. schools I Ax YOU Ztas o SetssI tfuDUS ooo o ; PLUS Chekable Savings which gives your savings interest on money you would ordinarily have in your checking account, so you may receive as much interest as before.. in addition free servicesr ?7 h Dear Editor: I am writing to you to inform you of my new address which is Box 2083 Palmer, Alaska 99605, and would like to thank you for taking the time and effort to send me the Manti Messenger. I really get a lot out of the paper, anb it keeps me well informed on the events that are happening in Manti and EphrainL I am doing well now and am enjoying my mission We are very much. working with some great people, and should have some baptisms soon. It is truly a great calling to be on a mission and I know that my Heavenly Father has blessed me and my family in many ways. I know that this church is true and know this with all of my heart. Once again thank you for sending the Messenger to me. Sincerely, Elder Kim Madsen My mother, Maggie H. Sorenson, has requested that 1 express her deep appreciation and love to her many friends and neighbors in Ephraim who have remembered her by letters, cards and personal visits while she has been in the Fay Case Nursing Home here in Salt Lake City. She is enjoying good health but, as she recently One slows remarked, down a little at the age of 90." Thanks for sending the Enterprise to her. Morris E. Sorenson WINTER VACATION TEMPLE TOUR Temple sessions in St. George, Mesa, L.A., Oakland pins one night and day In Palm Springs, Heart Castle, S.F. Harbor Cruise, Muir Woods and ranch more. FEB. 12 to 22 $325.00 Pick np In Provo, Nephl and Holden HOLY LAND TOUR: Dr. Eldin Ricks, BYU, director. Visit Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, Jordan, Israel, Athens, 4 day Greek Island tour. April 23 to May 14. Write or call: FALDMO TOURS. Inc. 88 West 500 South Bountiful, Utah 84010 MID-EAS- to ZIONS T 295-944- 3 Richfield, Salina, PAY a ym 40-pl- small putf lift flm jokes a milkman has to put up with? Will he miss being a milkman? "It will be nice to stay in bed until a decent hour, Wayne said. But Ill miss the people and I hate the price-wisUnhappily, thought of disappointing the decision or inconveniencing anyto came they to go out of the dairy one by quitting." business. Looking back, Wayne stated that it wasnt all bad. We had many fine customers over the years, he said, and we appreciated them." Some interesting things happened cm the milk route. One morning Wayne had to direct a Salt Lake cab driver back to Salt Lake. Another time some prankster put a live rattlesnake in his milk box in a paper bag. Surprisingly, his worst enemy wasnt dogs but all those sprinklers, bikes and tricycles he tripped over. He once fell into a trench, and one icy morning slid right under DO! the milk truck. And what about all those milkman a small grocery store to supplement their income. The company at first was amicable, but when it came to actually opening the store, it became harder and harder for the Petersons to compete to-thes- e Home dents' high which took from 6:30 until 10 a.m. Five years ago proposed that Wayne buy the accounts and truck and become a distributor. He accepted. In the last couple of years dairy price raises came quite frequently. Each time prices were raised, Wayne lost a couple more of his customers, even though the company absorbed some of the price raises itself without passing them on to the customer. It became increasingly difficult to make a living, so the Petersons decided to build Hi-la- there when the picture was taken, the picture was taken the first part of March in 1951, so the snow had piled up due to the heavy snowfall that winter which included Dec. of 1951. In the center of the picture are two men on skis. One man is my dad and he is waving; the other C S w'' man is Ranger Merlin Stock who used to live in Ephraim. The picture was r, taken by Lawrence milk boxes on his Wayne Peterson loads the last of the home-delivea field assistant. in the business. milk 20 his discontinued after routes truck. years Wayne All three men were on a snow survey. My dad went on periodic snow surveys throughout the winters during his years in the Forest Service. There were no snowmobiles in those days and usually my dad and other Forest Service employees would walk the ten miles up to the Experiment Station on snowshoes, cross country ski without poles, or in later years on the weasel." My dad told me that on the day the picture was taken, they spent a good amount of time shoveling snow off the houses so they would not cave in. We enjoy reading The Ephraim Enterprise and were especially happy to see our familys favorite picture of our favorite place in Utah next to our home. Sincerely yours, If you have $ 1 500 in a savings and loan, or in the Larue (Hansen) Bailey 55 North 1100 West bank, you can bring it to Zions Bank and receive nil 14 Gold Account services as shown below at no cost Vernal, Utah 84078 Mon-inge- Students directly determine the direction of Snow College just by enrolling. We are careful as an institution to continually review the entering credentials of our students, to take surveys, and to try to more adequately meet the needs of the students we serve. It is student data that to a large degree influences the other policy making councils in their decisions to add new programs, strengihen programs, or provide new services. went from Ephraim all the way to Axtell. In 1962 the route was divided and Wayne delivered to Manti and Ephraim from that time on. 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