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Show Tens best North Sanpete High School Concert Volume Ninety-thre- MT. PLEASANT, UTAH e 84647 - May 8, 198S blaze destroys old theatre Early-mornin- g By Betty FAIRVIEW Ramsey An extremely people hot fire of undetermined origin swept through the old Fairview Laurel i heatre on Main Street at 2:45 a m. Monday and left only the shell of the r facility. The building has not been used as a theati ior nearly 40 years and has !een vacant since that time. The (lames quickly consumed the interior and roof of the hetweeq Nielsons Buy Way Market and a smaller building to the south. The structures had for many years belonged to the North Sanpete School District and were used for storage. Sometime ago Iven Cox had purchased them with a view of making a senior citizen center. He said he had intended to tear down the back part of the building which burned, but was going to use the stronger front structure. His wife Cleone, said there was nothing of value in the building and that her husband had been tearing some old theater seats apart there. No damage estimate Cox gave no estimate of the damages but said the loss was not covered by insurance. The fire was reported by several nee-popula- two-stor- y one-stor- y Diabetes aid offered at hospital ('ire broke out about 2:45 a. in. in the old Fairview Laurel Theatre Monday, and firemen worked several hours to bring the blaze under control and prevent flames from spreading to Nielson's Buy Way. The abandoned building was owned by Iven Cox who reported the state fire marshal could not determine the cause of the flames. Congressmans aides tour Sanpete MT. PLEASAN- T- Two representatives from U.S. Congressman Howard Nielsons office visited the area Monday. Kathryn J. Frandsen, press secretary from the Congressmans Provo office and Ruth Webb, staff assistant to the Washington Press Aide in Washington, DC., reported on the Congressman's activities and solicited comments and suggestions. Fairview sets dance revue The elementary FAIRVIEW will present their annual dance review this Friday night, May 10 starting at 7:30 p.m. The theme for this years review is Everyone is invited. May Day. A small admission will be charged with the proceeds going towards the purchase of needed school school Number Nineteen Price 30' They said Congressman Nielson was still actively working toward the restoral of the Marysvale branch line of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and was Western representing Sanpete agriculture Congressman Nielson works in the following areas: budget and accounting measures other than appropriations; overall economy and efficiency of Government The representatives said they would forward local concerns to the Congressman, including the Forest Service-Sanpetdeadlock on the government; interests in Congress. e proposed Project. Gooseberry-Narrow- s Congressman Nielson is on two and four subcommittees committees. As a member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, he has input on interstate and foreign commerce, and the national energy policy in general. Under this committee he has jurisdiction on three subcommittees: Energy Conservation and Power, Health and the EnTelecom-municatonand vironment, Consumer Protection and Finance. As a member of the Committee on s, Government Operations, operations and activities including federal procurement; reorganization in the executive branch of the intergovernmental relationships between the United States and the states and municipalities, and general revenue sharing. Congressman Nielson is also on of Employment the subcommittee and Housing. As the ranking minority member of this subcommittee, he has oversight responsibility over the Department of Labor, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Federal Labor Relations Authority, National Labor Relations Board, Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, Office of Personnel Management, Railroad Retirement Board, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. MT. PLEASAN- T- The Sanpete Valley Hospital in cooperation with the Central Utah Public Health Rural Diabetes Program is going to present a fifth lecture in its ongoing Diabetes Lecture Series. On May 22, at 7 p.m., Dr. Kent Linton, a practicing ophthalmologist serving Sanpete Valley Hospital will and be speaking on Knowing with Diane Peterson listed officially Fairview of on COMSAN. Shooting flames so high they were visible to motorists at Hilltop and clearly visible in Mt. Pleasant six miles away, thn fire could easily have destroyed the two adjacent buildings if it had not been for the efforts of the Fire Department furnace caused smoke damage to Nielsons Grocery. On New Years Day, an electrical shortage in the stores furnace caused flames that damaged the store. The fire was brought under control before extensive damage occurred, however. In the wee Monday morning hours, sleepy eyed residents gathered in little knots along the city street talking in low tones and expressing their relief that the fire was not in the grocery store - While Fairview City Marshal Raymond Nelson and Mt. Pleasant Police Chief John Christensen btocked Traffic along IM street, Fife J"''STowry, as the flames" were Chief Odell Cox placed men and brought under control, they drifted off by ones and twos leaving firemen equipment at both the front and back to keep their lonely vigil over the of the building. Steady streams of water were poured directly on the smouldering building. Ruins still smoked well after dawn fire and along the common brick and firemen cordoned off the area so wall between the burning building the shaky facade standing in front and the towns only grocery store. would not fall. The intense heat buckled some of the Later the walls were toppled steel beams running through the roof of the building and into the eliminating the hazard. The last major fire to level a store adjoining grocery. s on Fairviews Main Street was in Thefire was the third on Main Street since last fall 1977 when the old Fairview Merc burned. when an explosion from a faulty Fair-view- Sperry lays off 45 more employees at Ephraim plant EPHRAIM additional 45 were idled Friday, May 3, bringing the total number of furloughed workers to An Sperry employees 205. they are having the same problems and many have had reductions, he said. We are just adjusting to the market." Shepherd said he had no reason to anticipate any more layoffs, and all recent layoffs at the plant have been described as temporary. Sperry opened its Ephraim plant in 1979 with 125 employees assembling harness and cable and expanded its operation in 1982 to include printed circuit assemblies. The harness, cables, and assemblies are shipped to the Sperry plant at Salt Lake City where thev are assembled into a high quality computer product. Problems. The lecture will be in the Sanpete Valley Hospital classroom. Diabetes is a condition which impairs the bodys ability to use and store sugar. This disease may affect the blood vessels of the body. Diabetes may cause serious changes in the eyes as well. The layoffs, which have literally cut Sperrys work force in half began in March when 50 employees were laid off. An additional 110 employees found themselves unemployed in April. One of Sanpetes leading employers, Sperry had as many as 430 employees at the height of its production. force Following Fridays reduction, 220 Sanpete workers maintained their positions at the facility. All layoffs are contributed to a soft market in the computer terminal area, according to Dick Shepherd, manager of the Ephraim plant. If you look a1! related industries. glaucoma, blurring and most importantly, changes in the blood vessels at the back of the eye all may affect the sight of a person with diabetes. This is a free seminar, open to anyone interested, but especially for diabetics and their families, a hospital spokesman said. Beautification days planned in Fairview Controlling Diabetic Eye Conditions such as cataracts, Both the Salt Lake and Ephraim facilities have been impacted by the inventory reductions with 30 employees being laid off in the Salt Lake plant in March. FAIRVIEW Hearing set on phone rate FAIRVIE- W- A hearing will be held in Salt Lake City, June 3, 4, and 5, before the Public Service Commission on the application of Central Utah Telephone Co., for an increase in rates and charges, and for approval of related tariff revisions. The public is invited to be present at the meeting at 10 a.m. in the Fourth Floor Hearing Room, Heber M. Wells Building, 160 East 300 South, Salt Lake City. City cleanup days have been set the last four Fridays Fairview. Anyone having any large items to be disposed of should contact City in May in Hall. The cleanup days are a part of the Beautification program under committee members Kristy Jensen and Mary Mackay. Beautification prizes will be awarded during the DUP program on July 24, and last years winners are not eligible to win this year. Pickup days and areas include: May to, west of Highway 89 and north of Center Street; May 17, east of Highway 89 and north of Center Street; May 24 east of Highway 89 and south of Center Street; and May 31, west of Highway 89 and south of Center Street. Mayor Eddie Cox and the city council urge all residents to clean up their yards and lots and to place all materials in boxes or bags beside the street on the day of pickup. Anyone needing further information should call city hall or one of the Beautification committee members. |