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Show Page Fourteen May 3, 1979 The Pyramid students earn state drama awards NS Lambs in litters Mt Pleasant woman raises rare sheep chasing a Dorset ewe for crossbreeding purposes. The is Finnsheep lambs in' Twenty-seve- n seven years from the same ewe is a record to shoot at, and one set by a Finnish Landrace ewe, or Finnsheep, a native of Finland, according to a recent book on sheep raising her to ad- vertisers of the breed. Last July she purchased her small flock from two different breeders. The ewes came from Junction, and the buck was purchased from a northern California breeder. Mrs. Poulsen plans to keep raising a few for to in- crossbreeding troduce its prolificacy and is often called the sheep that "lambs in litters." Up to fc Finnsheep cross will increase various and breeds. ewe The record-settin- g had quintuplets in the last pregnancy of her 27, and raised the five without assistance. The breed is fairly new to this country, but is a fast growing one, acto Colleen cording Poulsen of Mt. Pleasant, owner of five of the unusual sheep and six lambs, two sets of triplets. Mrs. Poulsen read about the sheep and wrote to a breeder in Canada who sent her some information about them and referred valuable studies show. A Finnsheep typically produce's two to four lambs per semi-lustro- kilograms. Ewes have neat feet. Both sexes are usually hornless, but a few rams d might have light horns. The Finnsheep is also used in the being of the development Polypay, which is initially a cross between a Targhee and Dorset, and purebred bucks for a Rambouillet and Finnreplacement stock and a sheep. The Polypay is giving few to sell. She is pur- - ye BEDDING PLANTS superior twice-a-ye- ar when lambing compared with other breeds or crosses, acto cording Experiment Station Duboi , Ida. 427-340- plays Debbie Hope and MORONI GREENHOUSE Corner Main & Center Streets next to Moroni City Hall -- Bowling Team Five vein- old Clint Poulsen, son of Wayne and Colleen Poulsen of Mt. Pleasant steadys a new lim n lamb, one of quadruplets born to a Finnsheep ewe owned by his mother. Mrs. Poulsen purchased live ewes and one buck of the unusual breed last July and is planning to raise a few purebred bucks lor sale. The newborn lamb, prematurely with the three others weighed two n for their pounds. Finnsheep are multiple births. Mrs. Poulsen has one ewe which recently had triplets weighing four, five and seven pounds. - The pyramids themselves, doting with age, have forgottern the names of their founders. Fuller well-know- W 43 32 Snappy Service Cow Palace II Rollettes Nell's Craft House 24 25 31 27' 26' Strikettes KMTI Owen's Sport Cen- ter 2 a 28' 29' the cast, Shanna Olsen and 2 25 31 23 33 16 40 Wild Bunch High Team Game Snappy Service, 833; Wild Rollettes, 827; Bunch, 822. Individual High Julie Kennedy. Gilgen. Iliiniorous reading: Scenes Irani plays, excellent Tammy excellent, Shanna Olsen Debbie Hope in Madsen, Linda Norman; and Debbie Hope; good qualified "Scenes from plays", good - Maria Christensen Jude Brewer, Todd Charm Lauritzen for and Brenda Woolsey. Hanks, Evan Jacobsen, dramatic reading and Retold stories: ex Jeff Hunter, Addam Ronald Nielsen and Chris cellent - Jody Nelson, Swapp, Ruth Ann KinJoAnn Crisp, and Hally sman, and Rosemary Nielsen, pantomime. Other categories and Miner; good - Doreen Stewart who 2 -- -- s: L 13 -- SPECIALS Series Plants to beautify valley the warm spring-lik- e days will mean the end of their growing and gardening chores. When the last of the bedding plants are sold around the later part of June, other than caring for their personal plots, the big gardening chores are over. Planting of most of the Deniece Blackham ratings were; Dramatic Johnson and Dianna best actor for per- reading excellent - Lili Richhart. Dianna Pantomime: superior Dahl, Roundy, t formances in a Ronald Shanna Nielsen and Chris Connie Brady, A play, Marriage Huffman Nielsen; Betty excellent, Shelly, Proposal". Also earning a berth at and Charm Lauritzen. Dawna Lee Anderson and Mono-actexcellent Sandy Osborn; good the state meet were Kelly Susie Hatch, Michelle Dye and Jody Dana Dahl, lauritzen, a member of one-ac- Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mower, Grantsville, had their infant son blessed in the North Ward. He was named Karl Rees and is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Mower. A family dinner attended by all members of the Mower family along with Faye's family was held in the afternoon. Greenhouse, SPECIAL DAY Shop early and avoid disappointment; n Shanna Olsen received an excellent rating for their 8 For the Blackhams, of owners Moroni PLANTS ON HER Eight North Sanpete students earned the right to compete in the State Speech and Drama meet and two of that number won Snow College scholarships at the Region 7 mmefc- - April 21 in Ephraim. Nancy Rees ol Wales and Aron Marsh, Fair-viewere the scholarship winners and were named best actress and receivedsuperior ratings for their performance of "The New Baby." In scenes from Betty ftoMMy Glass Dramatic Readings. The students are under the direction of Linda Newton. Nielsen Foiwieut scenes Charm Menagrie." Lauritzen received an excellent rating in rating, one of two given in that category. In pantomine Chris Ronald Nielsen and in mid-mont- GIVE YOUR MOTHER performance of The from Sanpete presented a play A Marriage Proposal" which received a superior information h or planting in around Memorial day. For Donnell Blackham and his mother Deneice, of Moroni, planting time is long since past and the day of selling off their crop has arrived. Vegetables Perennials Flowers are for everyone especially moms Donnell Blackham in 4,000 dozen bedding the plants is done by Sanpete Valley arrival of the month of February l. Pansies are May means it is time to planted in the fall as are start planning the family the geranium cuttings. garden with the actual Throughout the long SANPETE GROWN Aisnuds giving performance To many people in the Our plants are grown exclusively in Sanpete and hardened off for this area. Flowers lambing range conditions and is while pregnancy domestic breeds usually produce one or two lambs per pregnancy. The sheep have a white head and legs free of wool. The tail is short and grows only short fibers. The breast is narrow and the body poorly muscled. The wool is usually of medium fineness (50-- , and 54"s), free of kemp. Fleeces two about weigh well-shape- under percentages, from the U.S. Sheep lambing , outstanding performance in conventional once-a-ye- also North Two High School students, Aron Marsh and Nancy state Rees attained honors last week in drama when Aron took the Best Actor Award and Actress Nancy Best runner up. Assisted by Kelly Lauritzen, North Sanpete cold winter months the seedlings grow in two d greenhouses. March the During coal-heate- transplanting from seedling flats to cell packs is done, and by the first of April the plants are moved into cold frames to harden off so they will withstand the change in temperature when placed in the garden. Family garden The Eari Blackhams have always had a family garden, and Donnell and one of his sisters, Kathleen Bodell, who will graduate this year from lAirdue with a degree as a Bette Jensen, Renon Daniels, Cathy Jensen, 40 LB. 562; 504; Grove, aren't interested in as the other gardening two. Donnell and Deneice started about ten years ago when a friend asked them to take some plants and sell them. The next year, they planted their own seeds and business volume has been increasing every year since that time. The Blackhams raise a range of flowers and of vegetables early maturing strains which can best be raised at this wide 60 LB. ASSORTED 501. Individual High lb. chuck steak 10 lb. pot roast 10 lb. ground beef 10 lb. fryers 10 Game Bette Jensen, 199, 191; scape architect, have the landscape architect, have Mary Jean Daniels, 188; the same keen interest Gail B. Renon D., 181. Games Over IK0 their mother has for SNAPPY SERVICE with and plants working Renon Daniels, 181,174; the soil. Another sister, Beverly Jerrelyn Blankenship, Karinen of Salt Lake City 160; Cathy Jensen, 167, and a brother, Max of 169, 165; Bette Jensen, Pleasant quite as BEEF Only 199, 172, 191. COW PALACE II Vicky Smith. 164, 162. NELL'S CRAFT IIOl'SE Vickie Thompson, 167; Margaret Brunson, 165. 0 EYS SPORTCEN-TK- Gloria Johnson, Slab Bacon, sliced Whole lamb legs ROLLETTES Johnson, Mary Jean Daniels, KMTI Gail Buchanan, 181, All for $99.95 $1.19 LB. $1 .79 LB. free R CALL US FOR ALL CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING LOCKERS CUTTING WRAPPING 165, 180. I,a Rue $59.95 Steak Roast Lean ground beef fresh fryers pure pork sausage pork chops QUALITY 160; 188. VeVs 163. WILD lil M il I,aRee Nielson, 169. KMMS FAIRVIEW STRIKETTES Nancy Wemz, 161. AND LOCKE 427-335- 6 high elevation. of all About plants the Blackhams raise are vegetables, and the rest are flowers, with petunias being the most popular item. They pore over the seed catalogs and buy new varieties each year as well as the h one-fift- THhie ualfone quit Dniiim33 jjansfc Esoqps gjmmgj faster TLQjp it built homes. That may surprise you. But not us. homes are Ws know Predslon-Bil- t most to conventional In superior quality hornet. And superior In quality to all other manufactured hornet. See for yourself. At your authorized Precislon-Bl- lt dealer. Today. NOTE: Th national rata of appreciation lor alnglo family homaa avaragaa 1 to 10 annually. Dick Ruiz 409 North State Mi Pleasant, Utah 84647 462-239- 3 AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR PRECISION-DIL- T HOMES Ogden, Utah Pre-BI- tt Wo build will days, they here." homo appreciate In value than many conventionally Precision-Bl- ff old iamiliar varieties their customers like. New varities "We try to introduce new varieties to this area," Donnell said, "and have sold the Madam Butterfly snapdragons as well as others." They also have and do sell many huckleberries each year. Mrs. Blackham says they are her "special baby" and are excellent with a large number of fruit for pies or canning. "People just about gave up on growing tomatoes around here," Blackham said, "until we started selling the very early varieties." "Now with some maturing at 65 Division groat Amorlcan homo for groat American famNlei. ..like youn. Pl iers mind bogling Prices for the seed are mind bogling and range from about $5 for oz. of seed to $314.50 oz. of double hybrid petunias. Many hours of watering, and transplanting go into the job, but "Its a labor of love, Deneice said. "You could cabbage for 4 never be compensated for the many hours of labor you put in unless you enjoyed the work. So while home gardeners do other things through the cold winter, the Blackhams are doing the thing they enjoy, and when it all comes together home gardeners have the plants and the Blackhams have the feeling of knowing they are making available to the residents of Sanpete, plants which will grow here and provide beauty for all to enjoy In the gardens and yards of their many customers. 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