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Show Page The Two Pyramid May 24, 1989 THE VIEW FROM HERE PDMO Flags fly for vets Dear Editor: flag-line- entrance. American Legion Area 4 Commander Leslie E. Nelson headed the committee that laid the ground work for the memorial. He also dedicated Memorial Drive, formerly part of 100 East. Today, maintaining Memorial Drive is a joint project of American Legion Post 4 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9276. Members must begin the monumentous task early Saturday morning to have all flags and plaques in place for Memorial weekend visitors. The flags must be taken down when Memorial Day is ended and carefully stored. The process is repeated in the fall for Veterans Day. Because of the growing number of flags each year, the awe inspiring memorial can only be appreciated on these two holidays. This year no program is planned, but a salute will be fired at noon Memorial Day to honor veterans. Those who view the flags unfurled while visiting the cemetery on Memorial weekend should be repaid greatly for their efforts. Not only are the flags to remember specific veterans, they also pay tribute to those responsible for the memorial and those who continue the tradition as well as countless other veterans who remain anonymous. The Veterans Memorial on State and Main Street in downtown Mt. Pleasant, is also there to remember great sacrifices, from those who served, and as in the case of the late Ruel Mower, whose dedication brought this memorial to be, from those families who lost loved ones for freedoms cause. We salute those great veterans and add our appreciation to the men and women responsible for these two beautiful memorials. Your efforts are solemn reminders of our important heritage. Fairview plans meeting to discuss sewer plans - The date for a public hearing to discuss possible sewer needs was set at the May 16 council meeting. A hearing to receive public input eoneerningbuildinga sewer system will be held June 6 at 8 p.m. A survey on the issue will be distributed by the council and city employees prior to the meeting. Two bids were received for the M purchase of a new city back-ho& R Equipment placed a bid of 523,997 for a Case 580 K back hoe. Scott Machinery Company placed a bid of S25,965 for a John Deere 310 Cbackhoe. Both bids included the trade-i- n for the old backhoe. The matter will be discussed further when the two backhocs can be e. compared. The council voted to authorize the sale of 200 KW of Hunter II power to St. George. It was brought to the councils attention that the city hall, old and new fire stations need to be lied to natural gas by Aug. orlhecity will be required to pay installation charges for having the lines run to these buildings. Council members felt it would be a greater expense to 1 Sanpetes Leading Newspaper THE PYRAMID Published Weekly at Mt Pleasant Utah 84647 ( U PS) 49 West Main Street Telephone: MARTIN CONOVER KOLEEN PETERSON PENNY HAMILTON 462-213- Publisher Managing Editor Editor Office Manager . LOIS BYNUM SUBSCRIPTION J65 580) 4 . . RATES (In advance) $15.00 par Year 50' par copy $18.00 par yaar Outtida Sanpata Co. CORRESPONDENTS Mt. Pleasant Hollee Anderson Spring City Kathy Jackman Moroni, Ida O Donaldson Ftn. Green, Jessie Oldroyd Wales Fairview. Nancy Miner Snow College Mark Soderborg 462-313- . 462-328- 436-831- 445-342462-213- Send change of address lo Pyramid. 90 West Mam Slreel Ml Pleasant Utah 46647 Second class postage paid at Ml Pleasant Utah and additional moiling offices POSTMASTER The Pyramid concerning the decision of the FairvicwCity Council to remove the stately old lombardv poplar trees near the Lions Bow-crSince that time a council member has told me the citys insurance company claims the trees are a liability hazard and must be removed. Kids climb them and get on the bowery roof. The insurance company will not cover the situation as it now exists. During parts of two council meetings discussion of every possible way to save the trees took place, but no solution was found, so the decision for removal was made. The council well realizes all the expressed reasons for saving the trees, but said they feel there is no Fountain Green Lions plan auction FOUNTAIN GREE- N- The Lions Club will hold its second fundraising auction at 6 p.m. Saturday. June 3, at the City Park Pavilion. Auction proceeds are used by the club for various community improvement projects, according to Glen Zumwalt, chan man of this ation party. The admission charge for the Miss Fairview Pageant w ill be on a volunteer donation basis this year. The council also discussed delinquent utility accounts, business licenses, and repairs needed in the dance hall rest rooms. The meeting was conducted by Mayor Gerald Hansen with council members Eddie Cox, Kristy Jensen, and Ronald Giles present. Also present were two city employees and one other citizen. at rec center MAY 27 North Mr. and Mrs. Neal Peacock and children spent the weekend visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Cook and other family members. 7. 30 BOOKS TOYS COSMETICS old males. litters: I dont think its Somehow, same this is This work. to going group of guys who still havent learned how to clean up their bedrooms. They're a carefree lot and think if the wind doesnt take care of it, people who pick up cans for recycling will. Anyway the stale is going to spend S45(),()()() on tough guy" ad camjvaigns that are supposed to show that trashing our highways is not cool. The ads are aimed at the slobs among us. Slobs certainly arent cool. Most of them can't read and pay little attention to what is going on around their hometown, state or nation, but they can tell v ou all about their favorite rock stars. All of them are sellish and inconsiderate ol their lellowman. Kim Moiris, UDOT spokes-man.sav- s the slate sjvcnds about S50C), ()()() picking up trashing along the highways each year. He adds that the money for the campaign is to be taken from the same maintenance funds allocated for picking up trash. Morris believes it is morcsen-sibl- e lo consistently urge litterers to keep roads free from trash that to pick up after them. Any bets that what will even - May 12. Skorping, Denmaik is about in the middle, east to west, of the continuous land mass north of Germany between 9 and 10 degrees Longitude cast of Greenwich in Roger Olsen graduates Nordjylland. Mrs. Bennion w'as asked by the city in January lo follow' through on the selection with Sister Cities International. Others on the committee she has chaired include, Doris SALT LAKE CIT- S- Roger P. Olsen, son ol Doug and Doiolhy Olsen. Ml. Pleasant, w ill be graduating horn the University of Utah, College of Medicine, with a degree Larsen, Elaine Christensen, Gwen McGarry, Erlynn Nielsen, Dorothy Stoddard and Morris Sorenson. Continued contacts will formalize the arrangement and the committee looks forward to continuing contacts and exchanges, Mrs. Ben- in Medical Laboiatoiy Sciences, May 27. He is also graduating from the Salt Lake LDS Institute of Religion. He is a 1979 graduate of North Sanpete High School, and a 1983 graduate of Snow College. He has been woiking at University Hospital, employed by ARUP (Associated Regional University fiathologisLs), lor the past three years and Family Preventative Medicine for the past live years. He is married to the former Ewell. They have one daughter, Heidi Marie. Kav-Li- n 10 am to 6 pm AND MORE OFFICE SUPPLIES BABY SUPPLIES HOUSEHOLD ITEMS GIFT WARE PERFUME & JEWELRY SHOES & THONGS WEST MAIN lltah's litterers. up? Unfortunately, people throw trash out of their windows faster than we can pick it up. We could spend three times that amount of time and money cleaning roadside trash throughout the state and still not keep up with it, says Morris. Whatever happened to the S299 fine drivers must pay if they get caught littering? Is it ever en- by Evelyn McNeill EPHRAIMEphraim has a sister city in Denmark, Marjorie Bennion reported to the council Mt. Pleasant Drug 85 road it will also mean more trash for Utah Department of Transportation crews to clean up. Thats why they've launched a state-wid- e campaign targeted at tually happen during the three- year campaign is that less trash wilj get picked up because the UDOThas channeled its money into telling people to stop trashing the highways instead of sending out road crews to clean it forced? I think the UDOT might tell and retell the message to everyone in the state, but they will still find that a slob is still a slob. He will pay much better attention to the S299fine than a fancy slogan. Another thing. There needs to be more garbage cans placed along Utah's highways where motorists can dump trash. Also they need to empty them when they get full. List year trash accumulated all over the rest stop west of Milburn until the whole area was unsightly. Motorists couldnt even use it later on in the summer because all of the cans w'crc full. So far this year, no eaas have been placed at the site. Perhaps if travelers knew there would be a place aiming up vv here they could dump their pop cans, candy w'rappers, diapers and whatever else, a lot less would he scattered with the wind along the road. Hopefully, the expensive UDOT campaign Dont Waste Utah will work. But dont hold your breath. Slobs rarely change. Ephraim adopts sister city FANTASTIC SAVINGS! Sanpete Recreation Center will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the summer starting on June 5 according to director Nancy Larsen. Ms. Larsen said the center will be closed on Saturdays and Sundays but the facility is available for rental for family reunions or other group events. home June Among items alieady donated are a quilt, stuffed lambs, a snow blower, but rototiller, stereo, wood-coa- l stove, air condmonei and hay. SAT he I DS Mission. l'cuador-Quio- t He will speak Sunday, May 28, in the Mt. Pleasant Second LDS Ward at 2:50 p.m. lie enters the mission Last year's auction netted the club nearly S800, and local Lions aic hoping lo exceed that thisvear. All items auctioned aic donated b individuals and businesses. Dr. Biuee King, of Gunnison, will again donate his services as auctioneer. Anvone hav ing items thev would like to donate may contact any committee member, Lyle Vance. Neil Draper, Dancl Williams and New hours set PLEASANT-T- Nathan Palmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Palmer, Mt. Pleasant, has been called to serve in the year's auction. VFW to fly flags on Memorial Day With the welcome arrival of summer, more and more travelers will be hitting the roads for vacation spots around the state and nation. With more people along the Theyve named the campaign, Dont Waste Utah. It is to run three years and is specifically taigetcd toward Utahs primary Betty Ramsey Fairview MT. PLEASAN- T- Flags on Veterans' Memorial Drive at Mt. Pleasant City Cemetery will be flown from Saturday, May 27 to Monday May 29 weather permiJ ting, according to Earl Ursenbach spokesman. American Legion Post 4 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9276 members will start putting flags up at 7 a.m. Saturday. On Monday, at noon, the large flag will be raised to full staff. Veterans of Foreign Wars Burial Detail will fire a salute at that time. Not other program is planned at that time. Flags will again be flown on Veterans Day Nov. 11. Ursenbach reported there are now 82 flags and plaques for Veterans Memorial Drive. In a recent meeting it was determined that Memorial Weekend and Veterans Day are the only times these flags will be on display. County, if it is located in the Fairview area. Commissioners have expressed interest in the project and will pursue the matter of obtaining funds to move the building. The council voted lo donate $50 to the County Mental Health office for the annual high school gradu- d It is a sad commentary on our times that thccity must give up part of its heritage because of the actions of unsupervised and undisciplined children and the spector of some future lawsuit. reviewed. Concerns included whether thecity should continue to e sell pow'er to them, or meter beyond the transformer. A decision was made to eon tact ICPA engineering for their input as to the best action. In other matters, the mayor reported that Grant Nielson was willing to donate his building to Sanpete high-voltag- Elder Win Coates, son of Rod and Sherry Coates, has been called to serve in the LDS Tampa-Horid- a EDS Mission. lie will speak to the Fairview Ward, Sunday, May 28 at 1 p.m. in the Second-ThirWard Chapel, lie enters the Mission Training Center, May 31. alternative. June Garrison. 427-342- The Two weeks ago I wrote a letter lo purchase appliances or furnaces that are not needed at this time than lo pay installation charges. They decided to pay the installation charge. The council discussed the possibility of a feasibility study for common-point meteiing for Fairiew, Spring City and Ml. Pleasant power systems. The matter was tabled. The contract with Sky line Mountain Resort, formerly Sports Haven, has expired and needs to be MT. Peterson Sad commentary This year 82 flags will be raised to honor deceased veterans on Veterans Memorial Drive at the Mt. Pleasant City Cemetery. The flags have been flying each year on Memorial and Veterans days since the idea of such a memorial was first visualized over two years ago. Memorial Drive was first dedicated during Veterans Day Activities Nov. 1 1, 19867Seven flags honoring Bennie Besser, Ernest G. Brunger, Cannon P. Jensen, Emil W. Lund, Milton K. Nelson, Joseph P. Shradeja, and Cherron d tradition of a Seely began the cemetery FAIRVIEW- Koleen Pyramid Editorials Commonts Letters to the Editor & Gifts nion said. In other business, the council voted to ask again for bids on its mandatory garbage disposal after the low bidder, Jake Olsen, of Ephraim, requested the city reopen his low bid of $72,500 and grant him an increase to cover workman compensation. Olsen's bid would have amounted to about $3.95 per household. The second low bid, S4.62, was from John Bagford, Chester. More specific bid specifications will make compliance with the safety certification from the Utah Department of Transportation, among other things, mandatory. A request was received from Hilmer Peterson for clarification of a water delivery ditch on the Hansen property. The city deed shows no and research will begin to determine whether this delivery system, originally on thestreet, belongs to Ephraim Irrigation Company. Bids were awarded to L.N. Curtis and Sons, of Salt Lake City, for fire truck equipment, $16,350, and Ross Equipment Company, Inc., of Midvale for the fire truck, Si 18,410. Also discussed was the problem of manually starting the culinary water line generator when a power bump occurs. When a variation in the pow'er occurs during working hours, city power crews are immediately aw'are of the condition, however, when it happens at other hours this may not be the case. To avoid generator problems, the pow'er and water department will share the cost of a paper transmitter to alert crews when the generator shuts down. The city passed a resolution of appreciation for the work of Marjory and Steven Bennion, of Snow College, for their work in the community. The Bennions will be leaving for their new assignment at Ricks College July 1. right-of-wa- y COME TO SNOW COLLEGE SUMMER SCHOOL . . . FIRST SESSION JUNE 7 JULY 19 SECOND SESSION JULY 25 - SEPT. -- 1 High School Graduates and High School juniors and seniors with their principals permission can get a head start on their college degree. For teachers requiring recertification. For employment upgrading. Just for the fun of it. For more information or a complete summer school booklet stop by the Office of Admissions and Records in the Noyes Building or call Ext. 256, 237 or 238. 283-402- 1, |