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Show A little town with a big by Penny Hamilton SPRING CITY Mark Anders has a lot to be grateful for even though it will take another 10 months to recover from an accidental shooting. Mark and his family live in the biggest little town in Utah, Spring City, and, since his accident three months ago, have been the recipients of countless acts of the anonymous gifts from the greatest friends and neighbors anyone could ask for." From his hospital bed, set up in the Anders' living room, Mark related the details of his accident, then told how the people of this rural community rallied around his family, even though they were new comers and had only lived there a little over a year. Their home is modest, but comfortable. and located on the southwest side of a town noted for its old, historic buildings and quiet lifestyle Mark is softspoken and gentle. As he talks, his five young daughters gather around him, some climb up on his bed, and his youngest, Maritza, age 5, lays her head on his shoulder. Mark was shot in the leg opening morning of the deer hunt, Oct. 10, 1984, about 15 minutes after the hunt began, by a member of his hunting party who mistook him for a deer. He was wearing an orange hat, hunting vest, and blue pants and was one of 15 in his party making a drive through some cedars about three blocks from his home, when a member of his party about 50 yards from him fired a shot. I thought 1 tripped and I quickly tried to get up to see where the deer was." Mark remembered. He couldnt get up but said he didn't feel any pain and didn't know hed been shot even though the cartridge from the shattered five inches of his femur in his right thigh. 30-3- 0 Mark is quick to point out the seriousness of a gunshot wound. Its not like they portray on television, he said. J.R. Ewing on Dallas was shot in the same place and he walked out of the hospital." Mark has been in the hospital three times with his injury for a total of 16 days, has undergone five surgeries, is confined to a body cast, and gets around slowly. Even at that, Mark considers himself lucky because the bullet missed the artery in his leg; and he will recover from his injuries, although he has been told by his doctor not to expect to go back to work until October. Work for Mark is a job he waited two years to get. His company. AMAX of Grantsville, is willing to wait another year until he recovers even though Mark has never worked for them. Ironically, Mark and his lamily got the call that his job was heart pour in. The truck was just the beginning. The Anders family found themselves recipients of food and money. As Christmas drew near, gifts also began to arrive. We never knew who brought Mrs. them, or who sent them, Anders said. Sometimes, a member of their LDS Ward representing the Relief Society, packages and sometimes we would just find them on our doorstep. The Anders are overcome when they speak of the generosity of those who helped and want to thank them personally, but it's difficult when you don't know who they are. Theyve all been so great. 1 just don't know what we would have done without them, Mark concluded. Gifted students topic of PTA meeting tonight MT. PLEASAN- T- Keith Steck, a member of the State Board of Education will address a parent-teache- r meeting set for tonight at 7 m. in Pleasant Elementary theMt. p supplied them with help during his recovery. Pictured with Mark are his wife, Lillis, and their five daughters, Tiana, Leih, Brandi, Tabatha, and Maritza. school Steck will discuss education for the gifted and talented students. Patrons from all communities in the district are invited to hear the Can Sandy & Pete renew old tradition? MT. PLEASANT the yet to be established image of Although there carrot eaters. This loyal fan has proposed that in the spirit of the cabbage patch era, two dolls of the Carrot Patch" variety be created and that these two dolls be named Sandy and Pete. This fan proposes that Sandy and Pete be established as basketball supremacy between North Sanpete basketball game Sanpete-Mant- i twice each year, a fan has come up with a new idea that can make it possible to carry on the tradition without the ethnic overtones of the old dolls. He has suggested new dolls could lie created locally by carrrot eaters" for carrot eaters and in EPHRAIM Sanpete mayors and commissioners held their monthly meeting on Thursday, Jan. 10, at the Embers Cafe in Ephraim. Mt. Pleasant Mayor Amoir Deuel was elected to represent Sanpete on the County Community Development Block Grant committee. Ephraim Mayor Halbert Jensen reported that the Sanpete Search and Rescue has received a $44,000 grant for a snow cat from the Community Impact Board, several Sanpete police officers made a request of the group, Manti Mayor Robert Bessey, Chairman of the group, proposed raising the dues of the organization which will be billed to the cities and county, and Mayor Jensen reported on the county land program, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Their Effects, Legally. Socially, and Physically, will be presented at 7 p.m., Jan. 30, at the North Sanpete Middle School. Guest speakers are Linda Bench, Central Utah Mental Health; Dr. J. Bruce Harless, prominent local physician, and Deputy Bruce Tidwell, Sanpete Sheriff's Department. The program for parents and youth 10 years of age and older is being sponsored by the North Sanpete Middle School PTA. PTA representative Glenda Seely advised that adults must accompany youth to the program. A fill. Mayor Deuel was unable Come Join the Horseshoe Mountain Boys Cloggers and Girls Join the Fun Clogging Camps Clinics Competitions Classes held in Mt. Pleasant Civic Center Instructor: Alice Wilkey U.C.A. certified CALL Both studentbodies have been invited to consider this suggestion or to modify it or even offer their own suggestion. But let's not let the tradition of Rastus, Pep and Victory die in the hearts of Sanpeters when they could go on in the tradition of Sandy and Pete from the Carrot Patch," he said. Mayors, commissioners hear need for more control of pawn shops Drug abuse program set at NS MORONI and Manti High School and that their residency be determined on the hardwoods by the victorious basketball team between the two schools. This fan believes the dolls could link the old tradition of Rastus and Pep to a new doll tradition and that new excitement might be created for the tradition of the new dolls. 436-878- 8 Family Rates Also classes in tap and Jazz to attend the meeting because of illness. She was, however, elected unanimously to represent Sanpete cities this year on the Community Development Block Grant committee. It was reported that Sanpete would receive approximately $96,000 this year in Community Development Block Grants. The committee will determine how the money will be allocated according to those cities who have applied for funds for a particular project. Mayor Halbert Jensen reported that he and several members of the Sanpete Search and Rescue had gone to the Community Impact Board for money to purchase a snow cat for use in locating missing persons who are lost in the mountains. According to Jensen, when the Board learned that most of the missing persons come from outside the area, they gave the total amount of $44,000 for a wide-trac- k Snow Cat and trailer. Police officers including John Cox of Manti, Kay Larsen of Moroni, Greg Johnson of Fountain Green, and Chris Larsen of Mt. Pleasant, met with the mayors and commissioners to ask for a county-wid- e ordinance to control second-hanstores and pawn shops within the County. Cox told the group that stolen goods often go through this type of store and that the police officers need some way of checking for stolen items. The police officers also asked the cities and county to combine their resources in order to purchase a set of road block spikes for the Mt. Pleasant-Fairviearea and one for Green area, a the Moroni-Fountaiconcealable transmitter for use in undercover operations and a video camera and recorder. The officers reported that the two sets of road block spikes which they currently are using in the Ephraim and Gunnison areas will effectively stop a fleeing vehicle with a minimum of damage, injury, and civil liability. Officer Cox said there have been several incidents recently involving chases that have gone for many miles and through several d n high-spee- d Moroni City Counciluonian Ida (). Donaldson named Garth Anderson as Volunteer of the Month for December at City Council meeting which was held on Wednesday, January 9. Garth Anderson named as Moroni volunteer MORONI Garth Anderson was named Volunteer of the Month for the month of December at the Moroni City Council meeting held on Wednesday, Jan. 9. Anderson was presented with a certificate of appreciation and received a spoken tribute from Councilwoman Ida O. Donaldson. She praised Anderson as a person who is always willing to share his talents and expertise in improving the quality of life in Moroni. She said Anderson, and sometimes his wife Aleta. have been Santas helpers during the City Christmas celebrations for many years. They always take the time necessary to hear requests from each child. Mrs. Donaldson said. "Last year he made a special trip to visit the Cambodian families who to our city, she were said. "Garth, dressed as Santa new-come- Claus, has also surprised and delighted many individual families as he has unexpectedly appeared at their door on Christmas Eve. The joy and happiness he has brought to all both young and old will never be forgotten and we all hope he will continue this service." Mrs. Donaldson also remarked that it was Garth Anderson who mapped out Moroni and allocated each home a house number. "That not only took a lot of time and effort but took a lot of knowhow," she said. Garths home and yard are neat and clean always well-kepwith beautiful flower gardens," Mrs. Donaldson stated. "At Christmas time, his home is one of the first to be decorated with colored lights. "Garth, we appreciate all you do and we name you the Volunteer of the month for December 1984." t, message according to Valerie Stewart. PTA Coordinator. Carrot patch kids was and still is alot of resistance to losing the Rastus, Pep and Victory dolls which were the traditional reward for the winner of the North age Three vramit l'.W.T Hi, available the day he got home from the hospital after the accident. Not being able to work for an entire year brought its own share of problems to Mark, his wife, Lillis, and their five daughters, Tiana, 12; Leih. 10; Brandi, 8; Tabatha, 6; and Maritza. Even without an income there were obligations and necessities. Mark's truck broke down the day after the accident and the first of a long series of anonymous services began to occur. Someone fixed the vehicle, and Mark still doesnt know who it was, but after their LDS Bishop, Earl Clark, found out about their predicament, the help began to National or other Guard, organization would deliver the Mark Anders still spends a lot of his time in his hospital bed at home confined to a body cast since a hunting accident Oct. 20, 1984. Mark and his family have been overwhelmed by the love and generosity of their friends and neighbors in Spring City who have January towns endangering lives and property. Officers said the concealable transmitter, sometimes called a body wire, is essential in the conduct of investigations of the use or sale of illegal drugs. They went on to say that a video camera would be a profitable tool for use in the booking room of the new jail. It would be used primarily to video-tap- e alcohol and drug offenders. It has been shown in other areas of the state and nation that such video tapes have reduced the number of not guilty pleas in the court systems, according to the officers. The reduction in court time is a reduction of expenses to the courts and law enforcement. Officers said the cost of the equipment they would like to see purchased is approximately $2,200 for the concealable transmitter body wire), approximately $1,350 for the roadblock spikes, and approximately $1,600 for a video camera, recorder.and monitor. This is a total of approximately $5,150, or a cost of approximately $573 per law enforcement department in the county. and other city Mayors representatives were asked to take this information back to their city councils for approval. In other business, Chairman Robert Bessey told the group that it is time to assess the county and the various cities for this groups meetings for the coming year. Bessey said the assesssment needs to be raised since they are now completely out of money. The group i agreed Moroni changes law on mobile homes MORONI After several years of having a moratorium on single-wid- e mobile homes in Moroni City, the council voted to adopt an ordinance regulating mobile home use in the future at their regular City Council meeting held on Wednesday. Jan. 9, at the Moroni City Hall. Prior to City Council meeting, a public meeting was held at which fifteen people attended and voiced their approval of allowing singlewide mobile homes on city lots. In the regular City Council meeting which followed the public hearing, after much discussion and debate, the Council voted to lift the moratorium and adopt an ordinance which allows only mobile homes to be located on city mobile homes lots with single-wid- e to be restricted to mobile home parks and for temporary use. The ordinance can be found in the half over. A copy of the completed audit report was given to each member to examine. It will be discussed in detail at the next meeting to be held on Wednesday, Jan. 23, at in the Moroni City Hail. 7:30 p.m. Prior to the City Council meeting a public hearing will be held at 7 p.m. for the purpose of discussing whether to apply for Community Development Block Grant funds to repair the city streets. NS seniors score above national ACT average MT. PLEASAN- T- North Sanpete High School seniors are scoring well above the national average in the American College Test, Principal James Thornton. said The test is given nationwide to high school seniors who are planning to further their education. Thirty-eigh- t North Sanpete students took the test which is about 35 percent of the class. All scored higher than the national average in the four subject areas given in the test. In English students scored 18.33 or 13 percent higher than the national average; in math students scored 18.81 or six percent higher; in social studies North Sanpete seniors scored 18.75 or eight percent higher than the national average and in natural sciences the students scored a high 22.33 or 14 percent high than the average nationwide. In the composite scoring North Sanpete students scored 20.0 or 12 percent above the national average. The high scores speak well for our students and for their teachers, said Principal Thornton who was quite pleased with the results. Mobile Resorts Arizona Park (Near Quartzsite) Hawaii Park (Near Kona) Pre-openin- Specials g Good Thru Only $70.00 a month on a 2 year prepaid lease $90.00 a month on a 1 year prepaid lease $115.00 a month on a month to month basis For a 45 x 70 space (larger sizes available) to this. Mayor Halbert Jensen reported that he is continuing to work on the county landfill and has located some land north of the junction of Pigeon notices of todays Pyramid printed in it's entirety. In other business. Garth Anderson was named Volunteer of the Month for December and the Council discussed replacing the city grader. The Council went over the quarterly report of the budget and Councilman David Crosland cautioned the other Council members that some departments are overspending and the year is only legal Total Refund If Not 100 Satisfied After Staying Up To One Month BONDS: Free Microwave On All 2 Year Leases YOURS TO KEEP WHETHER YOU STAY OR NOT Hollow Correction The parents of Joseph Shelley, who presented two clocks to Sanpete Valley Hospital last week for his Eagle project were listed incorrectly in the Jan. 9 Pyramid. His patents are Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Shelley, of Fairview and not Mr. and Mrs. Blain Shelley as reported. .1 |