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Show The Voice of Sanpete County Volume Ninety-fiv- MT. PLEASANT, UTAH e 84647 - March Number Twelve Price 50C 25, 1987 NS teacher salaries fall behind nearby districts Teachers MT. PLEASANT- salaries in the North Sanpete School District start out higher than their contemporaries in South Sanpete, Juab and Sevier, but they are surpassed on the seventh level in Sevier and on the ninth level in Juab and South Sanpete. According to data obtained from the National Education Association, a beginning teacher in North Sanpete will make $15,060 his first year. A beginning South Sanpete teacher will start $14,984, a Juab teacher $14,693 and a Sevier teacher $14,836. Mountain Fuel Supply officials, community and state pipeline project which will serve Sanpete, Sev ier. Piute leaders met Monday morning for ground breaking and Iron Counties, ceremonies in Indianola for the company's 41 million By the eighth year, a Sevier teacher will be making $19,524 and after 12 years will be earning $22,836. A North Sanpete teacher with a bachelor degree will earn $19,487 his eighth year and $22,698 after 12 years. MFS breaks ground for new pipeline A teacher in the Juab district will earn $20,263 his ninth year compared Fuel broke transmission ground for the pipeline that will deliver natural gas to central and southwestern Utah. The and INDIANOLA- - Mountain Supply Co. Monday officially 204-mil- to $20,218 for a teacher in North Sanpete. After 11 years a Juab teacher will earn $21,958 which is the top of the pay scale. A South Sanpete teacher will reach $20,528 in his ninth year which is the top pay for a bachelor degree in that district. The Emery School District with its revenues from coal mines and power plants starts teachers with bachelor degrees at $17,480 and at step 12 an Emery teacher will earn e ground-breakin- g dedication ceremony began at 11 a.m. here where Mountain Fuels new line will tap into an interstate pipeline owned by Mountain Fuel Resources. The $41 million project will make natural gas available for the first time to 33 communities in Sanpete, Sevier, Piute and Iron counties. In additon to the transmission line, Mountain Fuel will construct some 350 miles of distribution facilities to provide service within the communities. Company and state officials in- $26,180. Emery teachers are also paid higher for advance degrees. For example, a teacher with a bachelor degree with 55 extra hours will earn $18,300 his first year and will climb to $27,430 after 12 years. A teacher with a masters will earn $19,090 his first year and climb to $28,640 after 12 years. The highest paid Emery teacher will earn $29,860 if he has a masters and 60 extra credit hours. North Sanpete teachers with extra training fall behind teachers in and cluding Gov. Bangerter representatives from the cities and coqnties to be served participated in the ceremony. 8- - and steel pipe will be built in two segments, with the first beginning at Indianola and ending at Monroe, and the second going from Monroe to Cedar City. Construction of the distribution systems will progress simultaneously so that all communities will have natural gas service in time for the 1987-8- 8 winter ground-breakin- g The 204 miles of season. Headquarters 10-in- for the companys new system will be in Richfield, with area offices located in Ephraim and Cedar City. Governor N'orman Bangerter addressed a crowd of local and state officials and representatives from Mountain Fuel Supply at the ground breaking held Monday in Indianola. In his comments, the governor said the new pipeline is expected to improve the economic growth of Sanpete County. Mountain Fuel representatives reported that since canvas began in February, 77 percent of those the have signed up for the service. con-acte- door-to-do- Thelma Olsens resignation, resumed her duties as coun-cilwoma- Mayor Max Olsen, who retired from Pacific Fruit Express Railroad and moved to Spring City from Sacramento, CA seven years ago, was born and reared in Ephraim. A veteran, he served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II. career Prior to beginning his with the railroad, he farmed in Sanpete County. Following his retirement, he returned to Sanpete, settling in Spring City where he returned to farming. Mayor Olsen was optimistic his experience as railroad foreman and through previous LDS Church callings, he could provide the stability needed to lead Spring Citys church Former government. leadership callings include, bishop, Elders Quorum president, Seventies president and High Priest d group We behind leader. hope to put everything us and work tor the bet- terment of this community, he said following swearing in ceremonies last week. Mayor Olsen will be available for public input at City Hall the first Monday of each month from 9 a.m. to noon and the last Tuesday of the month from 7 to 8 pm. He said he hopes by being available prior to council meeting scheduled the first Wednesday of MT. PLEASANT- - The 128th anof the founding of Mt. niversary Pleasant will be celebrated Saturday, March 28, at the annual Pioneer Day and Homecoming Celebration. The Mt. Pleasant Pioneer Historical Association, sponsoring the event has scheduled a reception at 'll a m. followed by a dinner at noon at the Mt. Pleasant LDS Stake Center. Following the dinner a program will be presented by the LD Singers of Snow College. each month, more year teachers with masters degrees on step one but starts them out the same as beginning teachers with a bachelor degree plus 60 hours which is $15,960. After three years, the salary for a teacher with a masters degree is $17,450. On level 13 the salary is $25,493. Beginning teachers with masters degrees start at $16,782 in South Sanpete and climb to $25,024. However, the district offers a salary schedule for teachers with masters and 45 hours and a program. The highrat paid teacher in South Sanpete will earn $27,121 after 14 years on the plan. Juab starts teachers with masters degrees at $16,194 and offers them $25,248 after 13 years. It does not offer higher schedules for teachers with additional training. Teachers with masters degrees start at $16,494 and climb to $25,356 after 12 years. If they have an additional 30 hours credit they will start at $16,908 and climb to $26,040 on step 12. six-ye- six-ye- The above figures were based on salaries effective in September of 1986. The report also shows that the North Sanpete District had an enrollment 2,178 and 106 teachers; South Sanpete's enrollment was and 120 teachers; Juabs 2,365 enrollment was 1,515 with 69 teachers; Seviers enrollment was 4,548 with 210 teachers and the Emery enrollment was 3,430 with 167 teachers. In addition to salaries, North Sanpete School District employees can have up to $2,959 in annual benefits. The districts benefit package includes health, life, long-ter- disability, and dental insurance. Health and dental benefits are the same for the employee and his dependents. However, the employees life insurance benefits covers him for $18,000, each dependent $3,000, and the long-ter- disability is for the employee only, according to Tracy Olsen, district clerk. A single employees benefits would amount to $1,100 annually with $161 of those benefits for dental insurance. An employee with one dependent would receive $2,146 in annual benefits including $305 in dental insurance. Family benefits would run $2,959 yearly with $568 included for dental insurance. Olsen said dollar figure comparisons with benefits in other districts vary because insurance premiums are based on coverage and claims. However, of the other Utah school districts with between 1,000 and 2,999 students, only Beaver, Kane and Millard school districts have any sort of dental policy. Beaver pays two thirds of the insurance premium; Kane pays dental benefits for employees only, and Millard has a dental policy comparable to North Sanpetes but this is the first year it has been offered. South Sanpetes benefits are the same as North Sanpetes with the exception of the dental plan which South Sanpete does not offer. Olsen said North Sanpete's dental premiums are expected to increase by at least 10 percent for next year due to the number of claims filed on the plan. He said that through December 1986 there was more money paid out in claims than collected by the district's premium. The next years premium would include an annual increase plus an adjustment to compensate for the number of claims. City to celebrate founding Max Olsen takes wifes as Spring City mayor SPRING CITY- - Max Olsen, husband of former Spring City Mayor Thelma Olsen, was sworn in as the citys new mayor March 18, by city recorder Earl Clark. Mayor Olsen was appointed by the city council March 17. Acting mayor Jean Nielsen, appointed to fill the interim position following Mayor other surrounding districts according to the NEA data. The district does not start first of the councils time could be spent on city business and problems. Mayor Thelma Olsen resigned Feb. 10 after 13 months in office. City decides on $80,000 water bonds MT. PLEASANT- - In a city council meeting, the council voted to authorize $80,000 worth of water bonds to pay for the Twin Creek project. In a preliminary meeting, Resolution 87-- 8 was passed so that 80,000 water bonds can be purchased by Water Resource. The final meeting will be on April 20 for the bond closing. The celebration, started 78 years ago to celebrate the citys founding and offer former residents a day to come back and renew acquaintances, also keeps alive the memory of the towns pioneer ancestry. During the celebration items of antiquity will be on display at the Relic Hall, the Pioneer Historical building, on State Street. Among those items, a red stone fountain, sculptured to represent the stump of a tree with the bark and knots chisled by hand, to resemble real wood, sits on the front lawn of the Relic Hall. Originally a landmark of Mt. Pleasants cemetery, the fountain was built and donated to the city by Swiss immigrants, Adolph and Hyrum Merz, who came to Utah with their widowed mother. The mother, Susannah, was given the money to come to the United States by an elderly woman who had saved her lifes earning to come to Zion and then decided she was too old. The money was only enough to bring herself and the two youngest children, Sussie, age six, and Hyrum, four. They arrived in New York, in 1882 and came to Salt Lake City by Train. The two older children, Adolph, 10 and Emilie, eight, were placed in an orphanage in Switzerland until their mother could raise enough money to send for them. It took seven years before the mother could send for her son, Adolph, who had learned the sculpturing trade while in the orphanage. Soon after he arrived in Mt. Pleasant he set up a business known as the Mt. Pleasant marble works. He sculptured grave markers from the same kind of white oolite stone used to build the Manti, LDS Temple. When enough money was raised, the younger daughter, Emilie, joined the family. Adolph and Hyrum wanted to do something nice for their new friends in Mt. Pleasant and they came up with the idea of a drinking fountain center of the city cemetery to refresh friends or strangers. The stone for the fountain, weighing more than a ton, was located east of Moroni City Cemetery and moved by hand to the back yard of the brothers marble works business. A shelter was built over the stone to protect them as they used a single jack and chisels to fashion the fountain. The work took five months. When completed, the fountain had two compartments, one for drinking and one for washing hands. The drinking water came from a bronze lizards mouth in a continual stream and went back into the ground. The washing compartment formed three bowls with the center one for washing. The bowls were made of a separate stone and mortised into the tree stump. Water from a spring in the southeast corner of the cemetery provided good clear water for the fountain and it was surrounded by shade trees and benches. For years the stone fountain was loved and cherished by families honoring loved ones at the cemetery, especially on Memorial Day. The fountain was removed when Continued on page 2 to be placed in the petal-shape- d BYU speaker to talk at Middle School MORONI-M- ax Swenson, nationally known speaker from Brigham Young University will be the guest speaker Thursday, March 26 at 8 p.m. at North Sanpete Middle School. His topic will be Are Teenagers Really People? They are, you know. Swenson is the director of Multicultural Programs working with student counseling at BYU. He is the father of eight children and has worked extensively in youth, seminary and institute programs of the LDS Church. new Spring City Mayor by recorder Earl Clark March 18, after being appointed to the position by the Spring City City Council. Mayor Olsen is the husband of former Spring City Mayor Thelma Olsen who resigned Feb. 10 after 13 months in office. Max Olsen was sworn in as A the The event is being sponsored by Community Sanpete Education. There is no charge and parents and youth leaders are en- North couraged to attend, & Members of the Mt. Pleasant Pioneer Historical ssociation stand before a red stone fountain located on the front lawn of the Relic Hall on the city's State Street. The historic fountain sculptured out of native - red stone by Adolph and Hyrum Merz, Swiss immigrants. stood in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery until 1965 when it was removed to make way for new roadways, lawn and sprinkling systems. |
