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Show Page Eight Pyramid Recreation Issue May 23, 1984 Scandinavian Jubilee opens Ephraims fun summer The Scandinavian Jubilee will open a summer of fun events in Ephraim. The annual event will be held on Saturday, May 26 and will feature a touch of the Old World in the planned activities. The day will open with a breakfast sponsored by the Lions Club and a matinee movie at the Towne Theatre is planned for the afternoon. Guest artists and craftsmen from throughout the state will be on hand with arts, crafts, and baked goods. Among Scandinavian arts on display will be rosemaling, pottery, paper cutting, wood turning, weaving, food booths, folk dancing and childrens activities. There will also be historical displays and tours, and a program. July 4 th The city park on 300 North and 200 East will be the setting for July 4th events which will include the Ephraim Liberty Run, and the Anything Goes events which will include childrens games, food booths and fun activities. Participants in the Liberty Run will receive a free Other events will include a flag ceremony and a breakfast sponsored by the Rotary Club. The annual Lions Club Little League Baseball Tournament is scheduled for August. Visitors to Ephraim can also enjoy using tennis courts, swimming, racquet ball, weight lifting and other activities at the Snow College Acitivity Center. Sperry vital to Sanpete economy Over 400 people are employed at Sperry Computer Systems, a feeder plant of Sperry Communications and Terminals products division in Salt Lake City which opened in the industrial park west of Ephraim in Attired in Scandinavian dress, Sharron Andreason displays some of the handmade drafts which will be sold on Scandinavian Jubilee Day coming up in Ephraim on Saturday May 26. Ephraim and Sanpete County by employing local people to staff its production line. Slightly over 400 people are employed at the local plant. The annual payroll at the Ephraim facility is between four and five million dollars 1979. The plant manufactures com- and averages $90,000 per week. This does not include the amounts ponents for computers including vencable and harness, and printed paid out for circuit boards. ding, custodial, maintenance and Sperry launched its Salt Lake City repair, and snow removal services. Sperry has also boosted the efforts operations in 1956 with development work in the U.S. Armys Sargeant of Snow College. In the words of Snow College Missile as the first major project. Present military and defense-relate- d President Steven Bennion, Snow activities are administered College took a giant step forward in at Sperrys Defense Systems its computer programs with Division facilities at the Salt Lake donations made by Sperry. International Center. Last year, Sperry donated 22 state of the art computers and a Sperry has added to the economy of The value of the computer gift was set at $132,000 and the scholarship funds $1,600. Sperry Computer Systems has donated scholarships in the amount of $1,600 the past two years and has paid tuition for employees valued at $12,500 during that time. scholarship. The company has also loaned the college $150,000 worth of equipment for its electronics department, provided $80,000 in memory enhancement and maintenance, and the monetary value of other cooperative arrangements would being the total contributions to the school to near the $750,000 mark. Sperry also pledged $10,000 toward the construction of the Sanpete Valley Hospital in Mt. Pleasant. Thistle a natural wonder SNOW COLLEGE Utah travelers will not want to miss one of Central Utahs natural 100 EAST GUIDE HOUSE TOUR 11 100 WEST wonders, the Thistle Slide. This scenic and unique attraction, is one of the most devastating natural disasters recorded in Utahs history. Millions of dollars in damages resulted from the April 1983 disaster which inundated the tiny town of Thistle and isolated much of central Utah from the rest of the state. To reach the slide area, one must travel Highway 89 either from the south through Sanpete County, or from the north by taking the PriceManti exit off Interstate 15 and traveling Highway 6. From a vantage point high above the Spanish Fork Canyon, visitors can view the slide from Highway 6 then take the Highway 89 exit through the devastated town of Thistle. Little remains of the 20 homes in Thistle. Most were carried off by the water of the lake that formed after the slide backed up the Spanish Fork River. The lake was eventually drained through a vertical drainage tunnel also visible to the traveler, and the water from the Spanish Fork River is still being diverted through the massive natural dam created by the slide. See Utahs Thistle Slide and then enjoy the beauties of scenic Sanpete. |