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Show The Pyramid Page Two June 1980 12, Open letter Senior citizens oppose MX missile (UPS Editor, The Pyramid: 365-58- Youve 0) Home Newspaper Sanpete's Published Weekly at Mt. Pleasant, Utah 84647 90 West Main HARRISON CONOVER MARTIN CONOVER Street arguments about projected effects Publisher Managing Editor KOLEEN PETERSON Utahs BETTY RAMSEY Office Manager SUBSCRIPTION per copy CORRESPONDENTS Fairview Betty Ramsey Mt. Pleasant Patty Berlin Moroni Ida Donaldson Spring City Katy Parnell Fountain Green Jessie Oldroyd Wales Elona Merrill Ephraim Ephraim Evelyn McNeill Nancy McLain Buchanan Feature Writers Norita Lancaster Margaret Russell Manti-Cath- y 427-340- PC.R 8 462-241- 0 436-831- 2 462-219- 1 445-342- 2 436-879- 5 283-422- 2 v)'H 283-415- 4 835-437- 2 462-283- 3 283-628- on economy, Citizens developing on the MX? The development of the would MX have RATES (in advance) $9.00 per year 25c its environment, etc. But during the systems what about its impacts on construction, (insenior citizens? What significant anyway for a position is the Utah State 33 billion project) the Air Senior Force estimates that only of Coalition Editor Associate Editor TRESSA FRIEND undoubtedly read and heard a great deal about the proposed MX missile system, and are familiar with various by. In fact, ony a very small portion of jobs are actually filled by the the bulk of locals; labor is imported from larger cities and from outside of the state. Of the 48,000 direct and indirect jobs to be created HBt '!! Wl Uw MUMMY MM 4,000 would go to local IPOKMIK Give father your love, respect EDITORIAL This Sunday the nation celebrates Fathers Day. For some reason a lot of the fuss that is made over mothers on their special day is lacking in the observance of in Fathers Day. residents. Once operation, this, would be reduced to only 2,000 A good father is every bit as important to tremendous effects on permanent positions for a child as is a good mother and we should rural older people. These locals. Certainly, older people take an opportunity to let them know that. impacts stem primarily from energy resource will not benefit from such Because of their jobs, fathers are often development, yet the a relatively few jobs same impacts only either for themselves or their families. The costs multiplied several fold can be projected for the are projected to be much employment of the MX. much greater than the A single large power insignificant employment plant and associated coal stimulus for residents. mine might bring an Rapid growth further additional 15,000 people to limits the availability of a rural town of only a few necessary services in thousand. Older people rural areas, such as who have made up the health care. The already bulk of such communities inadequate number of (over 200 in the Rocky doctors and medical Mountain Region) facilities in small comquickly see not only an munities, for example, the seniors have to take a By Dr. Harold Johnson erosion, but a rapid becomes even more test or is it just a social of Schools destruction of their critical as the newcomers Superintendent graduation? QUESTION: cherished, rural way of heavily increase demand. In order to graduate, do Answer; When services can be life. All students who Many patterns of life received, they are even a high school complete are quickly disrupted as a more costly. It takes Open letter program that leads to a result of the influx of so longer to get a doctors high school diploma must many people. The MX appointment; longer to have successfully comalone is expected to bring see a food stamp worker, a prescribed pleted 25,000 new residents to etc. With the increased course of study. southwest Utah an area cost, stress, and comStudents are not that now has fewer than plication caused by the on the basis of graduated 35,000. This is projected to boom conditions, the need attendance alone. This increase to 80,000 by 1985. for services per inrecent graduation several Such tremendous growth dividual also expands, students were not perdirectly causes a number putting an even greater mitted to graduate on of serious community burden service because of lack of comEditor, The Pyramid: problems especially for providers. of the prescribed pletion Im sending you my older people on fixed People in these boom of course study. towns both old and new subscription order for incomes. Some students lacked of another year your from a As a result of the boom, residents undergo quarter of credit to housing becomes severe psychological and newspaper. several credits. These it We receive here up superinflated in costs and social stresses, resulting students for the most part Lake (Salt City) every in increased in short dramatically very supply. are now completing the Renters are often forced levels of mental health Friday and enjoy reading requirements that lead to out of boom communities problems, substance it very much. a high school diploma to have a Its good altogether as prices abuse, and crime. through the adult high For example: in Craig, paper such as The school skyrocket. In Rifle, Colo., program. so we kind can the average apartment Colo., with a more than Pyramid They will earn a high rental price is $375. doubling of the population of keep in touch with school diploma when the Communities in Wyoming in five years, the in- whats going on in the old work has been sucessfully hometown. have higher costs still. cidents of reported completed. Beginning Thank much. you very What happens to an older alcohol and drug abuse with the 1980-8- 1 school Gerald R. Tidwell renter on a fixed income? during the period instudents will be year, Low-reor subsidized creased 623 percent; required to complete a housing is not often family disturbances, 352 level of prescribed of are the Further, many child and available in rural com- percent; in several competency that strong social, munities, so they are behavior problems, 1000 opinion courses to the economic and prior political forced to move and all too percent. The mental structures a awarding of the high provide inhealth caseload become tripled frequently school diploma. between 76 and 78 alone! sounder basis for national stitutionalized. In our judgement, the than the Even homeowners are Hie overall impact on the security school MX high for less diploma proposed buried under the crunch. quality of life in such a needs to certify that a Maintenance and repairs community is obvious. cost and greater benefit. Lena Paulus, now 90, student has achieved a are inflated costs beyond In conclusion, the was an infant when her prescribed course of seniors budgets and the tremendous inflation in folks moved to Wyoming study at a compentency rapidly rising tax base of the cost of living and the that maintains integrity. boom towns add up to erosion of the quality of by covered wagon. What bothers most me is that living are impacts that squeeze out even the resident. are simply too great for people dont seem to care It is the beginning of the about us any more, she Moving can be very senior citizens to bear. On end. Talleyrand traumatic and in- top of the 33 billion plus said. Still living in out of our federal dollars Sheridan, Wyo., she jurious to health or life The first step, my son, for elders who have spent for the deployment of the figures, "being old in a which one makes in the town boom is a bust. their lives in these towns MX (Creating budget world, is the one on which Signed, and who call it home." reduction for the social depends the rest of our Blain Larsen, Many Seniors perceive benefit and assistance Voltaire days. Director that the bolstered programs that older Utah State Coalition people rely on), many economy will from Older Men willingly believe or Senior Citizens Americans are development provide what Julius they wish. and Area Sanpete jobs for their families and wondering whether this is Caesar Citizen Senior groups too to to great a price help pay. keep them close O Issues and Answers J 1 3, 1879. W Likes to keep in touch This is the spot along Manti City Creek where Chris Jackson fell in and was swept two blocks down stream before he was able to grab hold of a bridge. Youth escapes unharmed By Cathy Buchanan for the practicing Pageant. citizen called new COM-SAphone number alerted the Sanpete County Search Rescue who were meeting at courthouse at the time. A MANTI- - Chris Jackson, old son of Mr. and Mrs. Loren Worley, of Manti, is lucky to be alive after he narrowly missed a rendezvous with death when he was swept down city creek Wednesday night. Young Jackson, who had been at the Mormon Miracle Pageant rehearsal said he was riding his bicycle along the creek bank near the Old North Ward Chapel when his bicycle apparenUy hit a rock and he and the bike were thrown into the water. quick-thinkin- g the and and the Young Jackson was found clinging to the bridge at 5th North and Second West by Tony Braithwaite, a member of the Search and Rescue. He was taken to the Sanpete Valley Hospital in Mt. Pleasant for observation and was released the next morning. The bicycle has not been recovered. He was pulled from the water about" two blocks away after children in the area who had seen Chris fall into the water alerted citizens who were also Police Chief, Bob Lambert credited the communications system for the quick method of reaching help when needed. First Security presents the checking card that costs nothing to own or use. Good wherever Visa is welcome worldwide. 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Bigler, of Big Pine Sports, together with other area dealers, was introduced to the new 1981 lineup of Polaris Snow Mobiles which include two major engineering changes. One is an oil Injection engine which eliminates the need for gas and oil and will be available on some models. Hie other is a new from the ground-uCutlass series featuring major mechnical and design changes. pre-mixi- p hudtiu Gw k H. Dee and Mary Hansen are happy to have their grandchildren, Autumn, Nicholas, Adrian, 4tnd baby Janile visiting with them for two weeks. They are the children of Rian and Jane Anderson of Fairview. Mr. and Mrs. George (Pasty) Jarvis are delighted to have visiting with them during the week, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Garke of Welland, Ontario. Police report Your Schools Second Class postage paid at Mt. Pleasant, Utah 84647, entered at the post office in Mt. Pleasant, Utah 84647, as second class matter under the Act of Congress of March Pyramid Staff Writer able to spend less time around their children than are mothers, and this makes the time spent together that much more precious for both father and child. The love and wise counsel of a good father, just as with that of a good mother, are valuable to a person not just in the formative years but throughout a lifetime. On this special day, as throughout the year, a fathers should be honored as they deserve to be. sftko Each depositor's account Insured to$100,000byFDIC. MT. PLEASANT-Polic- e activities for the week of June 3 through 9, 1980, include: Found bike, 1; prowler, 1; animal complaints, 2 2 dog complaints, suspicious persons, disturbing the peace, 2 3 no registration, 3. Cited for driving under the influence of alcohol were: Rex L. Christensen, 33, Mt. Pleasant on June Kelly 6; Jay Nephi, on June 7; and Galeand L. Behunin, 28, Spring City. 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