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Show Utah Press Association tO Box 1327 Salt Lake City, Utah 84110 WEATHER Friday, 35 percent chance of precipitation through Saturday, partly cloudy and hazy with patches of fog night and morning. Entertainment Qalde Volume Eighty-Si- Mt. PLEASANT, UTAH 84647 x - February nee 2, 1978 I'll? Number Five District judge dismisses Judge Don V. Tibbs has dismissed a $2,588,000 slander suit filed by former North Sanpete School District Superintendent, Royal N. Allred, against three members of the board of education and a patron. The suit was filed in late September and charged Tom Mower, a Fairview patron, and the three board members, Mark Cook, Moroni; Bryant Madsen, Fairview and Kenneth Strate, Spring City; with scheming and attacking the plaintiffs character and qualifications as superintendent. Among other charges, the complaint alleged that the three defendents with the assistance of Mower sought and obtained election to the school board. On October 25, Judge Tibbs ordered Allreds attorney, Gerald Nielsen, to submit additional memoraanda within document was redays. A filed by the attorney later. In the action taken Tuesday, January 24, in the Sixth Judicial Court in Manti, Judge Tibbs granted the motion made by the defendents and their attorneys to dismiss the Allred complaint The defendent Tom Mower stating, has a conutitutional right to participate in the election process wherein the other defendents were elected as members of the school board. The complaint does noet set forth any basis for recovery against him. Statements not liable The official court record continued The statements alleged to stating, have been made by the defendent school board members do not amount to publication of actionable slander or liable. The statements were made while 30 they were performing their duUes and Patricia Mellor. James White, Nedra deputy superintendent position at a Allred, Jay Seely, Thomas Pirtle and June board meeting. The action was The judgement stated further that Tonia Pirtle and is expected to charge taken in a controversial decision The three school board members are the three board members with alleged with the three board members voting immune from the action as set forth in malfeasance in office and violations of for the reassignment and also naming the plaintiffs pleadings. the state's orderly dismissal law. Jerold Simons as superintendent and The Allred lawsuit was one of three The court official said the patrons other men to district positions. The filed against the three members of the have 40 days to submit their records to action was opposed by Board board following action taken last the high court. President, David Peterson and Board summer which resulted in the In the previous court action, Judge Vice President, Calvin Allred. Simons reassignment of Allred to another Tibbs dismissed all six counts in the did not accept the position. position and his later resignation. In connection with the issue, another complaint filed by Mrs. Mellor, a Regarding a patron suit, a court Spring City mother, and her group. In a complaint filed in the Sixth Judicial official said Tuesday that the Utah major decision, Judge Tibbs ruled that Court by Walter D. Talbot, State Supreme Court had received an appeal the school district superintendent did Superintendent of Public Instruction from six North Sanpete School District not come under the states orderly and Thomas C. Anderson, Assistant patrons who are asking that the dismissal law. The alleged violation ot Attorney General, asking the court to decision made on Occtober 25 by Judge this law was the basis of the Mellor suit substantiate his legal authority to inTibbs be heard by the state judicial which contended that the three board of wrongdoing in allegations vestigate body and be overturned. The appeal members had violated the law when the reassignment of Allred would be was filed on January 18 by patrons, they dismissed with prejudice if the board reassigned Royal N. Allred to a are privileged. 3-- 2 would sign affidavits stating they may have held workshops or meetings wherein school board business was transacted, a source said Tuesday. Judge Tibbs ruled in the same October 25 hearing that the plaintiffs should file briefs and ammended complaints m this case before January 1 According to Douglas Jorgensen, Sanpete County Clerk, no additional memoranda is on file in his office as of Tuesday. In another 3 2 decision on September 22, the three board members defied a restraining order requested by Mrs. Mellor and her group prohibiting the board to take action in naming a superintendent and named Lloyd Smith to fill the vacancy. The judge ruled the three and their attorney, Thomas Blonquist were in contempt of court, $120,000 project Fairview voters approve bonds Fairview voters turned out in large numbers on Tuesday to vote overwhelmingly in favor of the $120,000 water revenue bond issue and insure a better water system throughout the city. The unofficial count made after the polls closed showed the measure passing by 187 to 19. Ninety one percent of the voters favored the measure and only nine percent were opposed. The issue needed only a majority of those voting in order to pass. City officials were pleased with the results and voice optimism about the future water development of the city. Fairview Mayor Ray Eicher said, I feel really good about it. I think it was a wise decision and feel it will result in much better service and quite a large savings to the town in the long run. Council member Don Kinsman who is in charge of the water department was equally pleased Tm really, pleased that people are in favor of progress and improvement. Now we will proceed as fast as we can to get the engineering work finisheed, the bids out and the work done, he said. The vote on Tuesday was the culmination of months of work and the city limits are paymg a minimum of per month. special meeting was held this month and city officials explained preparation. Last February when planned uses of the money. Also a sheet Mayor Henry Wheeler was still in office of printed information was distributed first application was made to the Water to most of the citys residences so that Resources Board for a loan, and they might know what the money was to throughout the months since that time be used for, and how the officials felt work has gone forward on making it about the opportunity for the city to avail itself of this interest free money. possible. On January 1 of this year, water rates Plans call for the city system to be were raised and brought into line with updated, some new water lines to be what the State Board considered installed, the equipping of the new well necessary so that the City would be able which will be drilled with money from to repay the loan which is for 19 years the bond issue of a few years ago, and interest free. Provisions of the loan piping of water from the new well to the demand that all money repaid be from large storage tank on the bench, and water revenues alone, and the rates other improvements. , now set whould handle it as far as it is It is expected that these impossible to see into the future, city provements will forestall any reoccurrence of the situation the city faced officials said. Minimum rates now stand at $7 for last summer when the pump burned out the first 7,000 . gallons -- used with a and water users were relying solely charge of 25 cents being assessed for the springs which were running lower each thousand gallons over the than usual because of the drought minimum. All city water users outside conditions. An oversight in the formulation of the $10 A Governors water budget almost Ralph S. Blackham retires from Moroni Feed Co. S. Blackham, General Manager of Moroni Feed Company for Ralph years, retired January 1, 1978. He was born in Moroni, a son of Alma and Anna Stephenson Blackham. He graduated from Moroni High School and Snow College where he was active in sports and other activities. He was student body president of both schools. He later attended BYU and Utah State University, graduating from Utah State with a B.S. degree in Poultry 40 extra-curricul- Husbandry and ar Agricultural Economics. Mr. Blackham has been interested and active in the turkey industry in the community, state, and nation. He was a turkey grower from 1932 to 1976. In 1935, he was employed as the manager of the Utah Poultry Turkey Processing Plant located in Moroni. He became manager of Moroni Feed Company in 1938 and has instrumental in seeing the company grow from a $35,000 per year business to a $50,000,000 per year business in 1977. The leadership of Mr. Blackham has been felt by many different groups. He wq one of the organizers and the first vs , , '4, y v '" & Ralphs. Blackham president of the Utah Turkey Growers Federation in 1945; He was one of the original organizers and first president of the Utah Feed Dealers and Manufacturers Association, Mr. Blackham has been president and member of the Board of the Utah Poultry Council. He was president and director of the Utah Council of Fanner he served on' the first Stockholders Advisory Committee for as well as on Berkeley Bank for the First Board of Directors on the U tah Turkey Marketing Board. He has also served as a member of the Pacific Egg and Poultry Association Board of Directors. He was director and twice chairman of the Norbest Turkey Growers Board and is continuing to serve on this Board. In addition to his many responsibilities in the turkey industry, Mr. Blackham has found time to serve in church and community positions. He was Stake President of the Moroni Utah Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints for 13 years having been released just last year. He served for eight years as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Utah State University and four years as a member Alumni Association of the U.S.U. Council. He was a member of the Snow College Institutional Council for 6 years, most of the time as chairman of this group. He was awarded the distinguished service award by Utah State University and Snow College. He served five years as Sanpete County Commissioner. He has been active in the Moroni Lions Club for 35 years. Presently, Mr. Blackham is serving as Moroni Utah Stake Patriarch. He is also a member of the Board of Intermountain Heath Care, Incorporated which serves 20 hospitals. He was a trustee and chairman of the Sanpete Valley Hospital Board. Mr. Blackham is a recognized leader in business circles. He is presently serving on the Board of Directors of Utah Power and Light Company. He continues to be dedicated to the growth of the turkey industry in Sanpete County and in the State of Utah He is married to the framer DeOra Anderson. They are parents of three .children: Debra Ann Gibbons, San Diego, California; R. .Stephen, Portland, Oregon; and Carl A., a student a BYU. They have ten grandchildren. They will continue to make their home in Moroni. Co-op- s; Co-op- s, ' f caused the election to be all in vain at least for another year. Only hours before the adjournment of the state legislature, Rep. Ray Nielsen and Sen. Thorpe Waddingham both realized that provision had not been made for funds for expected loans to Fairview and Gunnison. They brought the matter to the attention of Governor Matheson who assured them that it was an oversight, and remedied the situation so that the final appropriation included the needed funds before the budget session ended. Governor and Mrs. Scott Matheson and their young son accept a prize winning turkey from Dawna Anderson, her Snow pack looks good; but low runoff expected Water content from 112 percent above 1.7 inches of water. There was 17.6 average to 160 percent above average inches of water in 1974. This years is 160 was found in the snowpack of the six percent of average. snow courses with the longest history of Huntington Horseshoe, 67 inches of measurement on the February 1 snow snow, 21 inches of water. Last year survey, according to the Soil Conthere was 3.5 inches of water, servation Service. Officials stated that the water Ephraim Canyon G.B.R.C. Meadows, 58 inches of content of the mountain snow pack looks very good, but they1 also said snow, 16.1 inches of water. Last year, that this is not a record year for snow 4.7 inches of water. There was 21 inches pack, and it will not be an outstanding of water in 1974. The average water is year without more rain and snow or 12.3 inches. This year is 131 percent of snow the rest of the winter. average. G.B.R.C. Headquarters, 45 inches of Lorin Hunt ot the bus said that many snow, 10.9 inches of water. The average people in our area believe there is is 8.9 inches of water or 122 percent of going to be a larger amount of water average. Seely Creek Ranger Station, 41 inches produced by melting snow from the valley in the north end of the county. He of snow, 12 inches of water. Last year said that this is questionable and will there was 1.0 inches of water. depend on how rapidly the snow melts. 12 Mile Canyon In most areas the water in the valley Mt. Baldy, 62 inches of snow, 15.2 snow does not exceed the water holding capacity of the soils. There is very inches of water. Last year there was 4.5 little if any frozen ground underneath inches of water. Beaver Dams, 40 inches of snow, 9.5 the snow pack. With a slow snow melt most of the water will go into the inches of water. Last year there was 3.5 ground and be available for plant inches of water. growth, but would produce very little stream flow, he said. Salina Creek Farnsworth Lake, 46 inches of snow, Figures for this year show amounts in Fairview, Ephraim, and 12 Mile 11.8 inches of water. Last year, 4.6 inches of water. The average is 10.5 Canyons and Salina Creek and Pickle inches and this years snow pack is 112 to be the following: Springs percent of average. There was 17.2 inches of water in 1974 on this course. Fairview Canyon: Inches 57 Gooseberry Ranger Station, 35 inches Mammoth Ranger Station, of snow and 16.6 inches of water. Last of snow, 9.0 inches of water. Last year, is 6.4 year, 2.3 inches of water. In 1974, 17.5 3.5 inches of water. The average inches of water. This years snow pack inches of water and this years catch is Is 132 percent of average. Gooseberry Reservoir, 54 Inches of snow, 17.4 inches of water. Last year, percent of average. Pickle Keg Springs has 140 snow with 11.9 46 inches of inches of water, sister Julie, and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Merill (Nedra) Anderson, from Moroni. People to decide Who will be city's valentine? Who will be Mt. Pleasants special Valentine sweetheart? The Chamber of Commerce is inviting the public to choose the woman they believe is just a little extra special in a contest planned next week as part of the Valentine promotion. Ballot boxes will be placed with participating merchants and citizens wishing to vote for their favorite valentine can cast one ballot with each $5 purchased. Or, voters may choose their favorite by filling out a special coupon which will be published in next week, edition of the Pyramid and then placed in any of the boxes around town. The only criteria is that voters must choose a woman 18 years of age or older. The person receiving the most votes will be named as the Chambers special valentine. Two runners up will be chosen. The winner will receive a House and other portrait by Mansion gifts will also be given. The deadline will be at the close of business on February 11. Moroni to hold town meeting Moroni has been chosen by the Institute of Cultural Affairs in Salt Lake City as the site of a Town Meeting to be held on Saturday, February 4, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Jr. High School lunch room. This event will provide residents with an opportunity to getting community problems, needs and ambitions Moroni girls present prize turkey to Governor Matheson Dawna Anderson, 16, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Anderson, Moroni, presented her prize turkey from the Utah Turkey Show to Governor Scott M. Matheson. Dawna was accompanied by her parents and her sister, Julie. They also had the privilege of meeting and visiting with Mrs. Matheson and the Mathesons young son. Each year, the Utah Turkey Marketing Board presents the governor a champion turkey from the show and arranges for the youth who raised it to make the presentation. Randy Parker, supervisor of research and information, Department of Agriculture, Utah said the youths each select their two best turkeys to compete in the show. The show is sponsored by the Utah turkey industry, the department and Utah State University. Twenty top birds are sold at public auction. Parker said that this year, each participant agreed to donate $5 of his prize money to charity and the $100 collected was used to purchase 200 pounds of turkey for the Primary Childrens Medical Center. Dawna and her family all remarked how friendly and personable the governor was. They all felt right at home as they visited with the first family of the State of Utah. |