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Show zr A fUl nJ The Voice of Volume Ninety-tw- o MT. PLEASANT, UTAH 84647 - 9, 1984 May Sanpete County Number Nineteen Price 30 A'wmm memmu Damaged waterlines repaired;cities recover MT. PLEASANT Three Sanpete cities are installing new culinary waterlines and one is having to buy outside power after mud slides devastated their water systems. All three have issued emergency declarations. Ephraim Ephraim, hardest hit by a series of slides that destroyed the citys only source of culinary water, was without water from Thursday, May 3, until Sunday, May 6. The water from the citys springs was finally reconnected to the water h tank after a plastic line was successfully connected over the top of the slide. The city originally diverted the water from the severed main line into an old line in the same area which was ultimately severed also by the slide. The plastic water line now carrying the citys Water is just a temporary measure. Sharon Sevy, six-inc- New student body officers at North Sanpete High School are president, Kim Wilkey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mack Wilkey, Mt. Pleasant; Dan Mickel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mickel, Spring City, vice president; Shannan Shelley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Shelley, Mountainvilie, secretary; and Lisa Hall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Hall of Fairview, assembly manager. Kim Wilkey elected president of NS student council By Ann Larsen MT. PLEASAN- T- Kim Wilkey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mack Wilkey of Mt. Pleasant was elected president of the North Sanpete High School Student Council at elections held last week. The results of the election-wee- k campaign were announced Friday night at the Inaugural Ball. Also announced were other student council posts, yearbook and newspaper editors and head cheerleader. Elected were, Dan Mickel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mickel, Spring City; Vice President. Shannon Shelley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Shelley, Mountainvilie; emergency preparedness officer explained. The concept of running the flexible pipe across the slide was the suggestion of one of the state geologists who had visited Ephraim to study the problem. The geologists confirmed that there are a number of new cracks indicating further unstability in the area. Mrs. Sevy, advised that the city was still filling tanks and still boiling water Monday but that the critical period seemed to be over. Ephraim residents are cautioned to continue boiling their water however, until George Johansen County Health Officer, who is taking water samples, advises the city their water is free from contaminants. Some residents on the west and north side had water during the cirisis, Mrs. Sevy said, but the majority of the city including Snow College was without. Snow College President Steven Bennion closed the junior college at Secretary. Lisa Hall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hall, Fairview; Activity Agent. The new yearbook editors are: Cindy Johansen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Johansen, Mt. Pleasant; and Ann Larsen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Larsen, Fairview. The new newspaper editors are Angela Strate, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Strate and Jennifer Paulsen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Craig Paulsen, both of Spring City. The new head cheerleader is Teresa Sorensen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Sorensen, Spring City. Democrats will hold MANTI Wilkey headed the S Team ticket. Cindy Johansen was cam- their 1984 convention Thursday, May 10 at 7 p.m. in the Sanpete County paign manager. Courthouse according to Glen Hardwick, county party chairman. candidates, Wayne Owens and Kern Gardner would be among the leading party candidates to address convention goers. Other candidates expected to be in attendance include Bruce Baird, candidate for Utahs Third Congressional District seat; Brian Moss, state treasurer candidate; Sterret Neal, State Auditor candidate and Sanpetes representative in the Utah House of Represen- tatives, Ray Nielsen, Fairview. The Partys nominee for the four-yecounty commission post, Ed Painter of Spring City is also expected to attend. Newly elected VFW commander, John McCune, center, senior vice Max Pohl, right, and Junior commander Ray Nielsen, left, assumed leadership of the local VFW chapter. chairman. VFW elects officers their annual elections last Tuesday, May 1 and selectedtheir officers for 1985. These officers will take over in July at he same time the new state officers are installed. Elected were, John McCune of Mt. Pleasant as Pohl of Mt. Pleasant as senior Vice commander; Ray Nielson of Fairview as Junior Vice Commander: Earl Ursenback of Mt. Pleasant, quartermaster; Earl Ramsey of commander; Max Closing the school did not disrupt any major activities and only a few afternoon classes had to be cancelled. instance, spent all day boiling water before he had enough for a bath, she said. In spite of the inconvenience the Approximately 1200 students water shortage has created for the attend Snow College, and those who citys residents it has brought the could either went home or make people of the city together, Mrs. provisions to spend the weekend Sevy noted. Those residents who had where water was available. private wells were generous with During the water crisis, residents their water and everyone has united used what they had saved, carried their efforts to pull together during water from other towns, or obtained the crisis, she concluded. water from the few private wells Manti within the city. Mantis water problems were not The water shortage also changed as serious as Ephraims although plans of some area residents but it Manti residents were still being did not dampen the Golden Wedding cautioned Monday to boil their celebration of Vertis and LaRue water. The slide, however, which Nielson. The couple celebrated their damaged the citys water lines, fifty years together, as planned, Friday, also took out the citys upper with friends and relatives at a gala power plant reducing the citys Polynesian feast - complete with power capacity. Reserve power has exotic food and flowers flown in had to be purchased to make up the from Hawaii. Water was hauled in deficit. with a container. In a news release prepared People really made do, com- Monday by William Mickelsen, city mented Ephraim resident Doris recorder, for Lee J. Anderson, Manti Larsen. When the problem became emergency preparedness officer, from the status of the pipeline on the evident, representatives Ephraim LDS Wards made mountain was reported essentially with residents unchanged, the boil order remained arrangements through visiting teachers who in effect, and an adequate water checked to see who needed water supply was being maintained. - and bishops located sources of water Travel in Manti Canyon was for them. discouraged due to road conditions Mrs. Sevy said she was out of town attending an EMT convention when the water supply ran out, and that DeVon Mower old son who has been her washed instructed to keep the dishes when she is away used the familys water storage to wash dishes and ran out. Fortunately, Mrs. Sevy kept a second supply in another location in the home, and once she instructed her son where it was, he was very n commander, was elected as a three year trustee. elected as a three year trustee. These officers will be installed at the regular VFW meeting to be held on Tuesday, June 5. Commander elect McCune has invited the Department Commander, Lorraine Robinson, to be the installing officer. Commander Robinson has been the installing officer for the past two years. The local po6t has had a very successful year this year. They grown in membership from 43 in 1983 to 59 at the present time, and are in second place in the state in membership. ar storage. I cant say that the road wont be flooded at any time this year," Commissioner Lunnin stressed, but a couple things have been done to make the road more secure. Fairview, advocate; Lyle Klotz of The post holds its meetings at the First, the old track rack that acted Mt. Pleasant, Chaplain; Ray E. Cox of Mt. Pleasant, surgeon and Robert Mt. Pleasant Armory on the first as a debris catcher has been removed from the mouth of the inlet Leffert of Mt. Pleasant, the outgoing Tuesday of each month. p severed water line, emergency measures are being taken to drill a well to replace the damaged water supply, according to Mayor Eddie Cox. Residents affected, those in the Fairview Heights subdivision anc Fairview Canyon, have been in structed to use their water sparingly and to boil all drinking water. There is sufficient water in the tank which supplies those homes to last them until the well can be drilled in about three weeks but the water will be stale with no fresh water feeding into it. Thursday, May 4 the Disaster Relief Board granted a match, $2400 up to $3000 to drill a test hole. The test hole will be drilled to verify the water is there, although everyone seems to believe the area Continued to page 2 50-5- 0 officer assigned MT. PLEASAN- T- A former Fountain Green resident has been appointed the North Sanpete District Fish and Game Officer replacing Harold Blackburn who recently retired. DeVon Mower, ar Democrats will select 20 delegates attend the state convention said Hardwick. to Resources and currently residing in Charleston (Near Heber) officially accepted his assignment Sunday, April 29. Mower is the son of Clarence and Leona Mower (both deceased) of veteran of Fountain Green. Mower spent six years at the fish hatchery in Fountain Green and was serving as the assistant hatchery supervisor at Midway, a position he had held for 14 years, before the transfer. David Allred named mayor SPRING David children, CIT- Y- Councilman Allred was Michelle, 22, and an LDS Mission to DeWayne, 19, on Hawaii. approved unanimously and sworn in as mayor of Spring City at the May 2 city council meeting. Mayor Allred succeeds Craig Paulsen who resigned April 4 due to work conflicts. Councilman Dennis Watson has been acting mayor since Mayor Paulsens resignation. Paulsen was named to the city council to replace Mayor Allred. Anyone wishing to contact the new fish and game officer can reach him at The North Sanpete District extends north above Indianola to the county line; south to Pigeon Creek, Junction; west to the Sanpete- - Juab line; and as far east as the westside Skyline watershed. DeVon Mower at Thistle US-8- 9 tunnel and replaced with a log boom. This increased the flow of water through the tunnel, Lunnin explained. Secondly, a new channel for Thistle Creek which diverted the creek water away from Highway 89 was dug and relieves the flooding which occurred there earlier this season. Commissioner Lunnin reported that three experts who evaluated the stability of the slide earlier this year declined to be pinned down about the possibility of the dam being used for water storage. They did comment, however, that if they had to say anything, the bottom line would be that the state could not and should not use the dam for holding water. They advised that further testing at the damsite should be made before any action was taken to use the area for a reservoir even on a short-terbasis. No new reDorts of another slide on Wildlife He, his wife, the former, Roma Jensen, of Moroni, and three of the couples five children, Laurel Jean, 16; Kevin, 11; and Dan, 7, will be moving to the North Sanpete area soon. Until a home can be located, Mower is staying with his wifes mother, Pearl Jensen, in Moroni. The Mowers have two older In Spring City UDOT secures MT. PLEASAN- T- Highway 89 through Thistle is now fairly secure according to Utah Public Safety Commissioner Larry Lunnen who also commented that no one need to worry about Thistle Lake coming back. However, the proposed high bridge route that was to insure the accessibility of that road appears doomed. Lunnen based his comments on recent action taken at Thistle to minimize the flooding hazard to Highway 89 and to recent findings which indicate that the natural earthen dam is unsuitable for water and to prevent traffic tie ups for work crews moving materials to the point where the line is ruptured. well and pump system A back-uwas expected to be in service by Tuesday. Tests of the water source will be taken until it is determined the water is safe. Until then residents are asked to continue to boil their water. Manti residents are also being urged to stay tuned to their local radio station for further updates on the situation. Fairview In Fairview, where only 16 to 20 homes have been affected by the New Fish and Game Demos plan county convention, May 10 Hardwick said gubernatorial MT. PLEASAN- T- The local post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars held 1 p.m. because of potential careful to use it only for drinking. Some residents did not understand sanitary and other problems, He said the water supply began to taper the boil order either, Mrs. Sevy off late Thursday and, after a brief continued, and some were boiling resurgency Friday morning, slowed water for other than drinking puralmost completely. poses. One of her sons friends for Highway 6 toward Soldier Summit have reached the commissioners office since the slide was originally discovered recently, and Lunnin felt there been no new movement in that area. Road doomed Instability of Billies Mountain causing escalating cost estimates for the proposed high bridge route may have altered that plan according to Utah Department of Transportation Director William B. Hurley. Hurley explained that Billies Mountain was too unstable and the originally called high bridge route for connecting the bridge to the mountain. However, after the experience UDOT has had with US 6 and the unstable mountain, they have assertained that the cost and e route as risk of the high-bridg- originally designed makes it unacceptable. An alternate route being proposed at this time entails raising the elevation of the current road above the flood retention basin. This route, according to Hurley would be compatible with the type of connection also being considered by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. State water engineers are studying the situation before making a recommendation to the UDOT. Should the DOT decide to go with this route, they would need to install a new bridge at the old US 6 and Highway 89 Junction and raise the total elevation of the highway. We would get a better grade separation at the railroad crossing with this route, also, " Hurley commented. Commissioner Lunnin and a representative from the Department of Transportation are scheduled to meet with Sanpete Mayors and Commissioners, Thursday, May 10 at 7 pm. at the Embers Cafe in Ephraim to discuss the matter further. |