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Show t b Mai Call Last Sunday I put on my fancy shoes (no cowboy boots or tennis shoes permitted), cinched up my Sunday tie and hied myself off to Utah Valley Hospital for an shift of emergency room experience. It was an First, I should say that I was by far the best dressed person there. Even the doctors didnt wear ties (although Ill admit they didn't wear cowboy boots either). I felt silly, but the State Board of Health had made it quite clear that we couldnt be certified as an EMT if we didnt wear ties. So I swallowed my and left the tie on. Im going to feel even more ridiculous next Sunday when I join a Salt Lake fire crew and appear in a tie. But enough of the mundane. The experience of working there was enlightening, but, according to the crew on duty, it was unusually slow. On duty were one doctor, three registered nurses, four emergency center technicians, a couple of secretaries, and insignificant me. Mostly the doctor looked at sick babies. There were a couple of broken legs from skiing accidents, a few sprains, one person who had taken 42 Dristan tablets, one boy whose friend bet him he couldnt break a pop bottle by it took 17 stomping on it (he could stitches), and a young man who had second degree burns on his arm and hand from picking up a pan of burning grease. Oh yes. a lady came in with labor pains only two minutes apart. I didnt see her, because they whisked her away so fast. Five minutes later word came back that she delivered in the elevator. eye-open- ' But it was a quiet night ... so they said. I took a couple dozen blood pressures, and mostly talked soothingly to the patients while the doctor worked on them. I also held a young lads hand who had suspected appendicitis and held the pan while the doctor rinsed a mans ear out. In I all seriousness, was impressed to be grateful that such competent people are standing by to help in an emergency. It would do everyone good to spend a shift there. I almost went to an X rated movie a short time ago. I was going to go to one oat of curiosity, because I never had seen one. Then I found out that if I went it would cause me severe respiratory problems , . , Beth threatened to strangle me if I did. Who says everything about inflation is bad? Here's a positive effect. According to the Newspaper Advertising Bureau, inflation has people reading newspaper ads like never before. A record 89 percent of a large group of interviewees said they usually read display ads in newspapers. This constantly-increasin- g figure indicates that as inflation makes it ever more important to shop wisely, newspaper ads are being used more and more. g If that sounds like a commercial, thats just what it is intended to be. self-servin- A Manti High School teacher was watching his class take a true-fals- e test. He noticed a student flipping a coin before writing each answer. What are you doing? he asked the student. Taking a test, the pretty young thing answered. Heads is true and tails is false." Following the test the teacher collected the papers but noted the student frantically flipping the coin and staring at the exam. And what are you doing now? asks the teacher. Checking the answers, INI M Nl l Airport Improvements Under Consideration airport Fencing of the perimeters is nearly complete. Mayor Halbert K. Jensen told the Ephraim City Council last Wednesday evening. The fencing of the airport is one of a series of improvements planned for the facility. By August it is hoped that a new 10,000-gallo- n gas tank will be installed on the site to provide fuel to fliers using Manti-Ephrai- m the airport. The present gas tank sometimes remains empty for several days at a time, Councilman Don Thompson said, due to the difficulty of persuading the oil companies to make runs for the smaller amounts of gas which can presently be stored at the site. The Department of Transportation has also apparently indicated a need for resurfacing of the runway areas at the airport. For the past year and a half the airport has been leased. At the time that the lease was signed, according to Mayor Jensen, the lessees made verbal commitments to improve the airport in the following areas: . Improvement of present hangar facilities and construction of an additional hangar. . Establishment of a shuttle service from the airport to other cities. . Repair facilities and repairmen onsite full time. On the adivce of Ephraim City Attorney Paul Frischknecht, the city entered into a lease agreement, which also stipulates that the lessees will carry liability and indemnity insurance. At the March 19 meeting of the Ephraim City Council, that body expressed a desire to hasten improvements at the airport and to generally see to the immediate upgrading of the facility in certain areas, noting the likelihood of increasing population in the area and the necessity of maintaining a quality facility for the convenience of both residents and visitors. The Council appeared to feel that the airport should be a facility, with a repairman and a person to gas and perform routine servicing of planes on call around the clock. They also noted that one of the strong appeals of the lease arrangement was the commitment of the lessee to provide liability and indemnity insurance for the facility. The present improvements planned for the airport are funded by both Manti and Ephraim. Ephraim City has in addition provided the labor for the fence construction. ar 24-ho- n i , The Sanpete County Sheriff's Department has a new set of wheels: a drive vehicle replaces a sedan. bright red Ford Bronco. The to not only drives and hanBruce Bronco the Tidwell, According Deputy dles well but is much more practical for the terrain of Sanpete County than a sedan-typ- e car. four-whe- el Census Takers Headed Your Way this Friday Your household, and all others across the nation, will receive something in the mail this Friday a questionnaire from the U.S. Bureau of the Census for the 1980 Census of Population and Housing. Karla K. Bergeson, manager of the office for this census district, urges that you watch for the package. It will be white with blue lettering. With it will be an instruction guide. In Sanpete County, the questionnaires will have no address and no return envelope. Householders who receive these questionnaires are to fill them out and hold them for census takers who will begin picking them up receive the Householders who questionnaires are asked to get them in the mail April 1, Census Day, the day of the official U.S. mail-bac- ' These gas tanks at the airport are inadequate and the hangar is to be complemented with an additional one when proposed improvements are completed at the facility. Public Discussion Tonight Costly Fire Erupts at Jensen Hog F arm The establishment of a middle school present Manti High School to serve until a new middle building school can be constructed in Ephraim will be discussed at a public meeing tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 in the Ephraim Elementary and Junior High School multipurpose room. We would especially like to have the parents of third, fourth and fifth grade students attend this meeting, Superintendent Ron Everett said, because they will be most involved in the move. We want to discuss with them the reasons for the transfer and the middle school concept. In other action at school board Number 39 March 31. Will Be Topic of in the ft MANTI, UTAH 84642, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1980 Volume 94 Not so trivial: If you had it to do over, would you fall in love with yourself again? Middle School Concept by Brace Jeaalnga M meeting, Superintendent Everett reported on a revised capital outlay projection for the years through 1985. Included in the projection are the construction of a middle school on a site already acquired in Ephraim and the construction of an elementary school in Manti. In other action the board: Approved complying with a request from the Utah State Board of Education School District have a team of lay people and district personel attend a June workshop at Brigham Young University which will be held by the Small Schools Rural Advisory Committee. (Continued on Page 3) that the South Sanpete fire at the Jensen Hog Farm near Sterling on March 19 resulted in the death by suffocation of 13 purebred sows and 55 baby pigs as well as extensive damage to the farrowing house. A Raymond Jensen discovered the fire, apparently caused by a ruptured propane gas line, w'hen he went out to the farrowing house about 8:30 that morning. He opened the windows and doors of the structure and managed to save 11 purebred sows and most of their offspring, which were struggling for air. Insurance will cover only a small part of the loss, Mr. Jensen said. Ten of the dead sows had already farrowed and the other three were due to farrow in a day or two. We lost some of our best breeding stock in the fire," Mr. Jensen said. Fortunately, the 11 sows we saved were also some of our best so that we are still in business. k population count. It is essential, the manager said, that every questionnaire list all persons living in the household on that day, and does not list anyone who moved away or who died a day or so before, but does include anyone who just moved in or a baby born on that day. The mother and baby are to be listed even if they are in the hospital. The manager suggests that filling out the census questionnaire be made a family project, with everyone supplying the correct information about themselves. She adds a word of caution: Dont pick up a pencil and start marking until you have read the yellow instruction guide carefully. And be sure to use a black lead pencil, so if you make a mistake, you can easily erase it. Old Folks to Be Hosted at Annual Party The annual Manti Old Folks party 29 at the Manti Ward cultural hall with dinner to be served at 12:00 noon. Hosting are Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Stilson, chairmen of this years event. A program has been planned by the committee to the theme of Easter. All Manti residents 65 years of age and their partners, plus widows and widowers are invited to attend. Please bring your own silverware. Committee members from the four Manti wards who are planning the social are: First Ward: Mr. and Mrs. Gary Sorensen. Mr. and Mrs. Lorin Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Nielson, Mr. and Mrs. Donnell Anderson. Second Ward: Mr. and Mrs. Greg Maylett, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Stilson, Mr. and Mrs. will be held March First-Secon- d Blaine Allred, Mr. and Mrs. Kim Anderson. Third Ward: Mrs. Ethel Ahlstrom, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bessey, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Alder, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mickelson. Fourth Ward: Mr. and Mrs. Erick Nieholls, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Alder, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Squire, Mr, and Mrs. Bruce Bown, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Lund, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Denison, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bown. School Slates Spring Vacation The students of the South Sanpete School District will have their spring vacation on Thursday, April 3 and Friday, April 4, just prior to the Easter weekend. No classes will be conducted in the District on those two days. Citizens Push for Emergency Communications System in County by Pat Mcllor Were talking about people literally bleeding on the blacktop ," Mayors and councilmen in the various cities need to be i told of your concern, 99 It took 20 minutes to get a police car to the scene,99 first, Mayor Jensen noted wryly. We need this system now, EMTs, firemen and policemen noted during the evening. We needed it yesterday, last week, last year. The improved system would make it possible to dial a three or five digit toll free number from any point in Sanpete County to summon ambulances, fire or law enforcement departments, personnel. There are 43 ways to report an emergency in Sanpete County. The most commonly used is the Richfield emergency number. The Richfield system, presently dispatching fire, ambulances and law enforcement area, agencies over a 11 dial thatacaller numbers(l2 requires in Manti). The probability of a person in an emergency situation being able to dial 1 1 or 12 numbers from memory, and The radio equipment presently in the right sequence on the first try is installed in the Sanpete Co. Sheriffs office is the same as that in use in very low. Emergency Medical Technicians noted at a special County Richfield. Some communities would in Commission meeting Tuesday night. encounter expenditures slight altering equipment, but basically the More than 100 interested persons equipment in use presently all over the heard County Commissioner Newton county is adequate. The primary Donaldson of Moroni say that the expenditure for the new system lies in Commission has committed itself to hiring personnel to dispatch around the Donaldson noted establishing an improved emergency clock. Commissioner to cost be about $34,000 is this with a projected communications system dispatch for the remainder of this year up to service based in the Sheriffs office January 1. The possibility was raised that beginning January 1, 1981. Until that cities in the county might be individual be cannot funds date, however, county able to construct their new budgets, due used for the project. A committee chaired by Gene to go into effect July 1 on a fiscal year, to and composed of carry the costs of the system from July 1 Manti Williams of to January 1, at which time the County Mayor Halbert K. Jensen, Mayor Ben for the Kjar, Sheriff Kennard Anderson and assumes the responsibility been system. Commissioner Donaldson has This suggestion met with favorable working for over a year to try to get from the mayors of Manti and the for response project, energy impact funding CommuniEphraim. We (Ephraim) are willing to with little success to date. ties in debt, in big trouble, get money carry the costs of the system for one month between now and July 1, Mayor We have already Jensen noted. budgeted money for this, Mayor Kjar said the same was true of Manti. A letter supporting the immediate establishment of the system and committing the City of Mt. Pleasant to help was presented to the committee during the meeting, also. Mayors and councilmen in these various cities need to be told of your concern, so that they will provide for this in their budgets, Mayor Jensen told the packed courtroom. Representatives of ambulance crews, fire departments and law enforcement agencies were present from all over the county. Businessmen and women were also present and appeared to favor the project, which will, they feel, increase security. Vernon Kunz, representing Zions First National Bank's Manti office, noted a recent increase in bank robberies. Last year, he noted, two people were killed in a holdup in Huntington. Zions First National is supportive, and willing to help, he emphasized. Dave Larson of the Cow Palace in Ephraim noted they have been victims of robberies before. The last time the Cow Palace was robbed, the thieves were caught in the building and the emergency number in Richfield was called. It took Richfield 20 minutes to get a police car to the scene, he added. At the dose of the meeting, Commissioner Donaldson stated that the committee would hold another meeting as soon as possible to determine sources of funding to establish the system before January 1. April 1, the volunteers and law enforcement officers say, is the date they would like to begin service, and even that's two years too late. At the close of the meeting Mr. Williams began taking donations to get the system started immediately. The contributions came primarily from volunteer emergency medical technicians and firemen who are already providing their communities vital and valuable services without pay. Others who would like to contribute to get the communications system started until the county takes over its operation in January are urged to bring or Send their donations to COMSAN County), co Sanpete County Treasurers Office, Sanpete County Courthouse, Manti, Utah 84642. The treasurers office will issue receipts for contributions. "We have about 200 volunteers in Sanpete laying their lives on the line every time a beeper goes off or a siren rings, Mr. Williams notes. All wed like to do is to be able to talk to each other. A person is only as good as his tools, and under the present system, our communications tools are lousy. Were talking about people literally bleeding on the blacktop in the meantime. |