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Show School District Approves ""jp jj E $2,250,000 Bond Sale The South Sanpete School District approved the final details for a $2,250,000 bond sale and learned about the progress of the districts strings program at a special board meeting last week. The board agreed to sell $2,250,000 in bonds, instead of the originally planned $2,500,000, with the money raised by means of the sale to be used in the construction of the new Gunnison Valley High School. Bids for the purchase of the bonds will be opened at the South Sanpete School District office in Mantion Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. We expect to have to pay interest at around six to seven percent on the Tom Willardson, district bonds, said. He explained that the money raised will be invested in bank time certificates, at a substantially higher rate of interest, to the advantage of district tax payers, and that the funds will be spent only at various stages in the buildings construction. clerk-audito- r, bv Mu Call Its not unusual for a teacher to send a pupil home from school for illness. But how often does a principal have to send a teacher home? understand that last week Principal Jim Peterson had to do just that. The stricken teacher was Arlea Howell . . , and the affliction . . . chicken pox. Cmon Arlea, Ive heard of students getting sick just to miss school. But a teacher?? Get well soon, Arlea. Im sure the kids miss you. I publication crossed our desk this week about the Iranian crisis. Guess how they had spelled the Shah of Iran? That's right . . . Shaw, not onec but three times. To their credit however, they did have Khomeini spelled right. Its a good thing they didn't talk about (I think). I cant spell that one or pronounce it either. A Ghot-b.ade- h ... With new industries coming into our area there are going to be quite a few people seeking jobs. Heres a suggested checklist for you if you have a job interview coming up: 1. Ask for at least $374 a month, plus room and board, and a raise if you get married. 2. Insist on 30 days vacation for the first year. 3. Demand $300 for new clothes. 4. Be sure full, free recreational facilities are available theaters, swimming, horseback riding. 5. Scream for a free medical and dental plan with unlimited sick golf, tennis, leave. 6. Announce that you expect to learn a skill at company expense, with full pay. 7. Insist on the option of quitting after three years so that you can go to college, with the company contributing two thirds of the more than $8000 necessary for your educational fund. If an employer agrees to all these terms, youre in the U.S. Army! A girl I know is trying to make it through college by holding down three jobs. She works mornings at a bank, afternoons at the cafe and nights at the motel. One day some tourists came into the bank to cash a check. Later they ate at the cafe, and that night they went to the motel to register. As they walked out, the man said, You can sure tell this is a Mormon town. Everyone looks alike! The bonds will be dated March 1, The first payment on the obligation, $90,000 plus interest, will be made in 1981 and the final payment in 1980. 1996. The district expects to receive about $875,000 from the states continuing critical building fund and this money will also be used in financing the construction of the new high school. Its overall cosf is estimated at around $3,375,000. The district is now making payments on an earlier bond issue to provide for the financing of the new high school in Manti. The final payment on this issue will be made in 1990. This issue, dated April 1, 1978, was for $1 .240,000, and the first payment on it was made in 1980. Both bond issues were authorized in a special election held for that purpose on Oct. 11. 1977. In this election the voters approved the sale of $3,990,000 in school building bonds. Another item considered by the board at its special meeting was a report on the district's strings program by Don Findlay, the strings instructor. Mr. Findlay reported that 37 students are enrolled in the program at Gunnison Elementary School, 26 students at Ephraim Elementary and Junior High School, 15 at the Manti Elementary School and six at Manti High School. The strings students include beginners, advanced beginners, an Ephraim Junior High School honor orchestra and a Manti High School string ensemble, Mr. Findlay told the board. Manti Sheepman Cited for Conference Range Conservation Practices Stake Kay Frischknecht, one of Utahs prominent sheepmen, has been named Rancher of the Year by the Utah Section of the national Society for Range Management. Ranger Ben Black of the Sanpete National Ranger District, Manti-LaSan Forest, made the presentation to Mr. Frischknecht attractive plaque on behalf of the Society for Range Management. Each year, Ranger Black explained, the Society presents this award to a Utah rancher who is progressive in his ranching operation and improves rangeland through practices such as developing water, reseeding, fencing and applying effective rotation grazing systems." Ranger Black said that candidates for the Rancher of the Year award are nominated by members of the Society for Range Management. The nominations are reviewed by a selection committee and the man considered the outstanding candidate receives the award. Mr. Frischknecht and his wife Jean were guests of honor at the State Society for Range Management awards banquet SAtJPET R OF10Ejj Scout Dinner Beckons Dr. LaMar Stewart, Gunnison, a Regional Representative for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints, will be the featured speaker at the annual Sanpete Scout District recognition dinner on Feb. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the Snow College cafeteria. ft' 9 VM. During the course of the dinner, recognition will be extended to Scout leaders and units, Scott Johnson, Sanpete District Scout executive, said. Tickets are available through stake and Scout district leaders. Dr. Stewart, a former bishop and Kay Frischknecht receives a plaque from District Forest Ranger Ben Black stake president, has long been active in designating him as Rancher of the Year by the Utah Section of the Scouting on the local, district and National Society for Range Management. council levels. He was presented with the Silver Beaver Award by the Utah National Parks Council. , ... Not so trivial: Each new day is an opportunity to start all over again . . . to cleanse our minds and hearts anew and to clarify our vision. And let us not clutter up today with the leavings of other days. in Salt Lake City, where his selection as Ranger of the Year was announced. Mr. Frischknecht got started in the sheep business in 1942 with 300 head of leased ewes. Since then, he says, its been push, push, all the way. That first little flock, in the intervening years, has come to number around 3,200 head of stock sheep. And the Frischknecht land holdings have increased just as dramatically. Today the family owns about 7,600 acres that are used in the operation. In the winter about half the ewes are on an area called the Milford Bench in Beaver County. The other half are in Antelope Valley and the Clarion Bench in Sanpete County. After the spring lambing the Frischknecht sheep will summer on one herd at Ferron Manti Mountain Reservoir, another at Duck Fork and the third on Black Mountain. Mr. Frischknecht believes that sound management practices are the major key to success in the sheep business. He has built fences, developed water projects and constructed access roads to provide better utilization not only of his private lands but also of the state and fedeal lands on which his herds range. His range rehabilitation projects have also included chaining and reseeding about 1500 acres of private and state lands. Hes preparing now to revegetate some private and another 3000 acres some public land. A sheepman has to look to the future," he claims, plan, conserve and build for the future. Ami he's optimistic about that future. If I werent," he says, Id be out of the business." He acknowledges that the sheepman has, like everyone else, his problems predators, drought, storms, the escalating prices of the things he uses, like fuel. You have to keep going, he on (Continued Page 2) Ephraim Voters Will Decide Fate of Power-WatProject Mutual Age er Girls Invited Mutual age girls and their adult leaders are invited to attend a special event on January 29 at 7:30 in the Ward chapel. Ephraim Third-Fourt- h Heavenly messengers will deliver messages of wisdom and counsel, Sherrol Snow, Young Women's president, said. The program will also include numbers by six returned singing missionaries. Serving as specialists with the Manti Utah Stake Young Women leaders are Pauline Blad, chairman, Joan Mead, Sandra Lanier and Kathy Peterson, who have assisted in arranging the activity. Ephraim's voters will go to the polls on Feb. 19 to determine the fate of a proposed $2,825,000 electrical power and water revenue bond issue. If the issue is approved, the money that the bond sale raises will be used for improvements to the municipal power and water systems. Power system improvements proposed include the rebuilding of the existing hydro plant, the installation of dual turbine generators and of a new electrical transmission line from the power plant to the substation and the extension of the system as required. Improvements proposed for the water system include the development of spring areas for both culinary and irrigation water purposes and the replacement of some transmission lines and the installation of others. The bonds and the interest on them, according to the proposal, will be paid with revenues derived from the operations of the water and power systems. It is further proposed that the bonds be retired in a period not to exceed 40 years. The voting will take place at the Ephraim City Hall auditorium on Feb. 19 between the hours 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. The election officials will be Connie Schnakenburg, Sharon Sevy and Vergie Bjeregaard. Eunice Alder, Rhea Sorenson and Blodwen Olson have been named alternates. Torn UUtlU IX All members of the Sanpete County Democratic Central Committee are urged to attend a county-wid- e meeting January 30, according to Edwin Miner, county Democratic chairman. The meeting will be held in the courtroom at the Sanpete County Courthouse at 7:30 p.m. Snow to Host Annual Turkey Short Course by Bruce Jennings Governor Scott Matheson and President Stan Cazier of Utah State University will be the featured speakers at the annual Turkey Short Course on the Snow College campus January 30 and 31. Utah's chief executive will be the keynote speaker on Thursday morning at 11 in Snow Auditorium. President Cazier will speak at the short course smorgasbord banquet Wednesday night at 7:30 in the college cafeteria. The short course will bring together for two days of reports and discussions many of the states turkey producers, and some specialists people involved in research, management and other facets of the n dollar industry. One of the visiting experts will be Dr. Rocky Terry of Texas A. & M. University, who will present two reports on turkey management. A special women's session Thursday morning at 9:30 will have Mrs. Bessie on Inouye give a demonstration Japanese cooking, using turkey. The short course will open with registration Wednesday morning at 8:30 at Snow Auditorium. Snow College Pres. J. Marvin Higbee will start the opening session off at 9:30 with welcoming remarks. Kendrick Harward will report on National Turkey Federation activities. Richard R. Olson will give the Utah Turkey Marketing Board report and Dr. Robert E. Warnick the Snow Field Station will report on research. The Wednesday afternoon session several discussions of will have on-goi- particular interest to producers. Joseph Nielsen, Moroni Feed Co. executive, 1980 Feedstuff will speak on Availability. Dr. John Ramsay, Moroni Feed Co. veterinarian, will speak on Turkey Problems in Sanpete. Four local growers, Cherron Seely, Leonard Blackham, LaVar Francks and Kayle Morley will form a panel which will discuss management problems. The turkey smorgasbord Wednesday evening at 7:30 in the college cafeteria will have, in addition to USU President Caziers address, musical numbers provided by the Snow College Program Bureau. t? Overheard in a divorce court the newly divorced lady recently stood up and said she didnt want alimony. All I want, she stated, is for my husband to leave me as he found me. And how was that? the judge asked. I was a widow. Number 30 MANTI, UTAH 84642, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1980 Volume 94 Smorgasbord te 1 multi-millio- USU President Stan Cazier tickets must be purchased by p.m. Wednesday. Thursday mornings session will open at 9:30 with reports on production problems by Dr. Rocky Terry and Dr. Marcus Jensen. Governor Mathesons keynote speech will follow at 11. The Turkey Short Course is designed to present information that will be helpful to the growers in managing Thomas and raising their turkeys, Reeve, Sanpete County extension agent, said. Everyone who is interested in turkey production is invited to attend. The Short Course gives turkey growers an opportunity to hear research reports on projects they have helped finance," Dr. Robert Warnick, who is short course general chairman, added. A special feature of the two-da- y events will be door prizes awarded by Reed Christensen and Kent Larsen. The short course is sponsored by Snow College, Utah State University and Utah turkey producers. Agenda Planned Manti Utah Stake President Lee R. Barton announces the Manti Utah Stake Conference will be held on January 26 and 27, 1980. Visiting authority. Elder Ronald E. Poelman, a member of the First Quorum of Seventies and Area Representative, will be presiding. Elder Ronald E Poelman was called to of '! e be a member of flu r:r-,- t ryt-'-rSeventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints on April 1, 1978. He graduated with high honors from the University of Utah in 1953 and received his juris doctor degree from the university's Law School in 1955. In 1965 he graduated from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration, Advanced Management Program. At the time of his call to Church service, he was vice president, corporate secretary and a director of Consolidated Freightways, Inc. in San Francisco. He is a member of the Utah State Bar Association, American Bar Association and Motor Carrier Lawyers Association. In civic life, he is a rehabilitation counselor for the American Cancer Society, active in the Boy Scouts of America and was a director of Junior Achievement of Bay Area, Inc. He is a member of the San Francisco Symphony Foundation. Commonwealth Club of California. World Trade Club and San Francisco Commercial Club. He has served his church as: counselor in the Palo Alto Stake Presidency, bishop, high councilor, seminary teacher and missionary to the Netherlands. 1945-47- . Born May 10, 1928, in Salt Lake City, Utah, he married Claire Stoddard, graduate of Brigham Young University, on March 30, 1950. She died May 5, 1979. They were the parents of three daughters and a son. Stake and ward priesthood leaders d will meet at the Manti Ward chapel from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 26, 1980. All those to be in attendance are as follows: Stake presidency, high council, bishoprics, quorum presidencies, group leadership and secretaries, stake and ward clerks, executive secretaries, and young mens presidencies. The leadership session will also be d held at the Manti Ward 7 8:30 from to chapel p.m. on Saturday evenng, January 26, 1980. The following are to be in attendance: stake presidency, high council, bishoprics, quorum presidencies, group leadership and secretaries, stake and ward clerks, execuive secretaries, stake and ward auxiliary officers, all spouses, and all other adults. On Sunday morning at 8 a.m., January 27, 1980, a youth meeting will be held at the Ephraim Third-Fourt- h Ward chapel. All youth 12 years old through high school age should be in attendance at this meeting. The Sunday general session will be held from 10 a.m. to 12 noon on January 27, 1980, at the Snow College Activity Center ir. Ephraim. Arrangements have been made tol.old Junior Sunday School at the Ephraim Third-Fourt- h Ward. President Barton commented that there would be ample seating at the Activity Center. - y full-tim- First-Secon- First-Secon- e |