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Show Page The Two Pyramid January 17, 1990 Pyramid Editorials Comments Letters to the Editor Beware of gift horse trances. The property has been vacant for some time as have other historic buildings, owned by private individuals, in the defined Historic Main Street District. The open empty windows reflect the problems facing property owners. Viable businesses are few. Within the last year, however, two empty Main Street buildings purchased by the private sector, have been reno- ated, and are now housing successful businesses. The property recently acquired by the city, however, emained unoccupied and unwanted, until now. With the city willing to provide space and repairs, suddenly there is interest in this property. Not because the building offers anything special, but because it is now considered a good deal The city can rent out buildings. That practice has shown to be a successful tool in establishing new industry such as Sew Fantastic in the Industrial Park. Offering a building to an existing retail business, however, by undercutting the private sector, is wrong and will draw outrage from property owners and competing retail businesses alike. City officials need to sit down and prepare detailed criteria for incubator-typ- e buildings. The city doesnt need to be in the rental business, but it should do everything possible to generate economic development which this property can do. If new industry is not beating down the citys door for a start-u- p operation, and the city must resort to renting, it needs to work with the private sector and set its rent comparable to the going rate so noone can say the city is competing unfairly with private enterprise. criteria on who will pay for needed renova1 city-own- city-owne- ed d, Pre-arrang- ed tion should also apply. The city is completing renovation on the old Post Office building which will be the home of the County, Health Department and Judge Wilfred Warrens court. Th'e cost of renovation is being passed on to the tenants as part of the monthly rent payment. This should apply to d other rentals as well if tenants are not financially able to pay their own way up front. The city should also establish guidelines dealing with employment opportunities. If a business is trying to expand, will the new facilities also mean more jobs? Perhaps the city should require the business to generate new and additional jobs to qualify for rental status. Will the city ask tenants to commit to certain performance goals and then follow up with periodic assessment interviews as milestones are reached? Most government contracts are put out on bid with Request for Proposals (RFPs) which must be submitted and then followed as Koleen Peterson What a way to get launched Snow College students on Never look a gift horse in the mouth, a wise man once said. And he probably had good reason. Mt. Pleasants prime Main Street real estate recently acquired from the private sector for the citys redevelopment plan may well fall into the gift horse category. Charitable donation made the property acquisition possible, and Mt. Pleasant officials are now faced with a decision of what to do with it. The property is in need of repairs and once the citys Main Street project is underway, will require extensive remodeling to conform with plans for uniform rear en- THE VIEW FROM HERE honor roll We have done several over the hilFads, so I knew they had something up their sleeves for me last week. But the big question was how were they going to pull it off when I usually get to see everything that gets in the paper first? I should have suspected that Martin would use hi.s advantage in laying out the Sanpete Shopper to get the job done even to the fine details of picking the reverse souvenir type and an old yearbook picture. Of course he had just a little help from Pam and Tricia in getting the stuff together. All of them took great delight in telling the whole county that I had finally made it to the big - - Names 'of Snow EPHRAIMstudents attaining Ihe honor College roll for Fall Quarter have been released by the colleges Registrars Office. Students achieving honor roll status must haveearned 15 or more credits with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher during the quarter. Students from this area include: Moroni: Daniel Raymond Bradley, Jennifer Ann Christensen, Heidi Keisel, and Nick Wilcox. Mt. Pleasant: Theresa L. Bushman, Kristy J. Johansen, Joyce M. Booth, Glenn O. Danner, E. Kay A) Johansen, Janiel B. Sego, and Elder Chad Brady, son of Mr. and Mrs. Iurain Brady, Rangely, Colo., and former Mt, Pleasant resident, has accepted a call to serve an LDS Mission to the California Anaheim Spanish Mission. lie will speak Sunday, Jan. 21, 9 a.m. in the Rangely LDS Ward. lie attended Mt. Pleasant schools through the sixth grade and graduated from Rangely High School. Grandpar- ents are Ixiwell and Verda Brady, of Manti. Dawn B. Syme. . Spring City: Mark Boyd Allred, Shcrenc Beck, Erick Canfield, and Wayne E. Clark. Sterling: John D. Hales, and Doris F. Marx. Ephraim: Mark E. Anderson, Austin L. Bertelson, Jeff G. Birrell, Jason T. Cherry, Danny H. Christensen, Kayla Christensen, Patricia H. Clark, Jennette H. Cota, Sabone R. Crowther, Steven E. Fchr, Ted W. Hadley, Melissa Hamm, Tammy A. Hansen, David John Meade, Rebecca Meade, Erik W. Nelson, Shane O. Obray. David C, That really blew my cover as I thought I could hang in their like Jack Benny and stay 39 five-- Dear Editor: Recently I read an open letter in The Pyramid by Dr. Ralph Olsen from Bozeman, Mont., why Evolutionists and Creationists should not well-meani- well-meani- Faii-vie- Benjamin D. Miner, Jessica Seely, Ras- mussen. Manti: Jeff D. Adams, Bonnie Bishop, Tim W. Black, Michael S. Frischknecht, Suzanne Fris-chknec- Val D. Hill, Russell W. Mickclson, Steven A. Mickclson, Jennifer J. Petersen, Charles Susan Sanderson and r Susan W. Williams. Shane Peter Mortenson, son of Karma and Peter Mortenson, West Jordan, and grandson of Reed and LaVoen Rueseh, Mt. Pleasant, and . the late Mae Mortenson, Ephraim, has been called to serve a mission in the South Carolina Georgia LDS Mission. He will enter the Training Center Jan. 17. He spoke in the West Jordan Nineteenth Ward Jan. 14. city-owne- approved. A gift horse is better than no horse at all, but if the animal does nothing more than eat and creates more trotfble than its worth, it could be a great liability. The same holds true for the citys new buildings. Mt. Pleasant council assignments listed MT. PLEASAN- T- Individual council responsibilities were assigned at the first meeting of the newly sworn in. mayor and council Jan. 9. Councilman Steven Rosenlund will be in charge of power, the hydro development, streets, municipal Sanpete's Leading Newspaper THE PYRAMID Published Weekly at Mt. Pleasant Utah 84647 49 West Main Street (U P.S.S. Telephone: MARTIN CONOVER KOIEEN PETERSON PENNY HAMILTON LOIS BYNUM 365-580- ) 462-213- 4 Publisher Managing Editor Editor Off ice Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES (In advance) $15.00 per year 50' per copy $18.00 per year Outside Sanpete Co. CORRESPONDENTS Mt. Pleasant Hallee Anderson Spring City Kathy Jackman 462-313- 1 . 462-328- Moroni, IdaO. Donaldson . Ftn. Green, Jessie Oldroyd ). . Wales Snow College Mark Soderborg .436-831- POASTMASTER Send change ot Pyramid. 49 West Mam Street Mt .445-342- 2 .462-213- 4 oddress to The Pleat ont Utah 84647 Second doss postoge paid at Mt Pleasant Utoh and oddtttonal mgihng oHictt airport, and economic development with secondary responsibilities, tourism, the airport, celebrations and Hub City Days. Councilman Lyle Klotz, who was excused from the meeting, will preside over water, sewer, irrigation, buildings and grounds, and the Industrial Park with secondary assignments in planning and zoning, parks, cemetery, celebrations and Hub City Days. Councilwoman Carol Gundry will Aversee public safety, budget and business, personnel, cultural arts and tourism. Her secondary duties are buildings and grounds, building inspections, economic opment.celebrationsandHubCity Days. Councilwoman Shauna Brother-son- s duties include parks, beautification, celebrations, city cleanup and planning and zoning. Secondary assignments are recreation, rodeo grounds, celebrations and Hub City Days. Councilman Paul Madsen is in charge of recreation, the swimming pool, library, cemetery, and rodeo grounds with secondary assignments of power, streets, celebrations and Hub City Days. The average American household watches TV for seven hours and two minutes a day according to AG Nielson reports. meeting. Councilman LaMar Beardall reported that it costs the city S83 to send a water sample to Salt Lake City to be tested. He suggested looking at several express companies and their costs to find the best way of sending the samples. Beardall also told the council that Mark Poulson had approached him with his road grader that was for sale. The council voted to pu rchasc the grader for S4,500 and let Poulson lake the citys old grader. Councilman Kay Nelson reported that he had attended an ambulance meeting in November and that the ambulance association has given the old ambulance to the Moroni Fire Department. The fire depart- - ment plans to install an automatic-doo- r opener for the ambulance dexir. The council voted to purchase a new computer software system for the city office at a cost of $5,000. Councilman Craig Hilton talked about covering the city dump site. He said not much could be done with the $1800 that had been allocated for this project. He said the National Guard has been to visit each dump site in the county and has given estimates of how much it will cost to cover each site. Hilton said the county economic development office is workingon a proposal to get grant money for the project. The beautification of Main Street was discussed. The council agreed to have letters sent to several property owners to clean up tires and old cars on their property. It was reported that Ray Dodge, the owner of a homein town that had caught fire, has agreed to have the fire department burn down the home as soon as permission is given by his attorney. Regarding the drain by Wanda Curtis home, the council agreed to open it to the corner and get it laid correctly. - : Thanks also to those who called and sent cards. What a way to be launched into the second half century. be bitterly arguing with each other. I disagree with Dr. Olsen from the opening sentence of the second paragraph of his letter. Creationists do not believe A Creator played a role in crea- tion. We state without apology is totally of God and not simply a role played by God. As I understand, there are three main theories of creation or of the beginning of all things creation First, Atheistic Creation, where there was no creator involved and through the Big Bang or Steady State theories, all things came about Second, Theistic Evolution, where God used evolution to bring about all things, that is what Dr. Olsen wants us to compromise with. Third, Special Creation of God, for the beginning of all things. This position holds that the first few chapters of Genesis are to be taken in a literal and natural manner. Now as one who believes in the Special Creation of God and who takes the Bible literally, I find no common ground with either of the first two theories. Dr. Olsen, 1 believe, Ls wrong when he says, there is nothing in Creationism which rules out the possibility of a gradual creative process occurring through eons of time, and he asks, how long were the days of Genesis? giving us the impression that" he feels the days of Genesis were of an undermined period. The problem with accepting creation days as an eon of time is that the Scripture teaches no such length of a creation day. (I krt5w some one will point out that Peter said a day with the Lord Ls as a thousand yea is. That passage has nothing to do with creation but Gods mercy showing that he is long suffering, waiting lor; us to repent (2 Peter 3: 8&9). . The Creation Day in the Genesis is in Hebrew, the word; Yam which has always meant lay) cither daylight hours or (tt&'y V 24-ho- ur period. The creation day mentioned in Genesis One is a period and further evidenced that is seen ' when it is written, and theevennry and the morning were the first dayshowing that the evening concluded e the hours and the moi concluded the hou. S hours . (24 total). So literal Bible believers cannot compromise on the Genesis account of creation. As we cannot compromise that God is an exalted man as 24-ho- - light-tim- night-tim- e Dr. Olsen has mistakenly concluded. God, the Creator, is not an exalted man. The Scripture teaches, God is a spirit, (John 4:24). Numbers 23:19 plainly states, God is not a man neither the son of man. Hosea 11:9 says, For I am God and not man. To worship God as an exalted man is to worship the creature moi e than the Creator and there is a penalty for that. Read carefully Romans I 1:21-3- 2. dont wish to be argumentative and dont want to seem to be uncaring about the position others may take, but for it to be suggested by Dr. Olsen that Evolutionists and Creationists are at odds with one another simply because of ego is to do honest people on all sides ari injustice. Perry G. Causey, Pastor First Southern Baptist Church Mt. Pleasant Regarding the hydrant contract with Moroni Feed Company, it has brought their fire rates down. The legal contract has been signed with Moroni Feed. Regarding the irrigation company rf. aJ Denisha Brown, daughter of I,anny T. and Colleen Allred Brown, Spanish Fork, celebrated her first birthday on January 16, 1990. She is the granddaughter of Calvin M. and Rita Allred of Fountain Green and Ronald and Marilyn Brown of Spanish Fork. Great grandparents are Vic and Arvii Brown, Roosevelt, and Icon and Mary Dump, agreement the city can use the catch basin but must catch the debris before it goes in at Valera Petersons and Wallace Nunleys. The contracts between the city and irrigation company are signed. Councilman Larry Freeman reported that he had attended the Senior Citizens banquet and that the Senior Citizens had presented the city with a certificate and a four foot by six foot flag that had flown over the nations capitol. The presentations were made because of the tenth anniversary of the Senior Citizens organization in Moroni. It was reported that the Lions Club will work toward getting the old school bell mounted in the spring. 4, iAsvj Moroni council approves new computer purchase by Ida Donaldson MORON- I- A less expensive means of sending water samples will be studied, the Moroni City Council determined at its regular guys- True Bible believers cannot compromise Ogden, Bryan P. Rasmussen,' Melanie K. Rasmussen, Timothy G. Shields, Sue A. Taylor, Andrea Thompson, John W. Willmore, Linda Willmore, Michelle Wright, and Melanie Young. Sarah Brinkerhoff, GmnieG. Gahley, Debra H. Hunter, Jennifer Kelley, David A. Madsen, and Randy L. Shelley. Fountain Green: Diane A. . But that wasnt all.. Saturday Tricia had family and friends in for a party with all the black trimmings noting the demise of my first half ccntuty on this planet. The party was complete with all the balloons and other fun things saying that including a 50 isnt old, if youre a tree. I did knowabout the party, but I was pleasantly surprised when most of the Springville crew came down. Along with those of us from here, members of my family and other friends, it was a lot of fun. Someone pointed out that life is supposed to begin again at 50. I dont know about that, but the parties do get better. Thanks you Little J.P. Olson is being held by his great-gregrandfather, Lee Nunley, who celebrated his 94th birthday, Nov. 1 1, in this picture. Also pictured are from left, Jason Olson, J.P.s father; RaNae Vargas, his grandmother, and Glenna Stephenson, his greatgrandmother. All are from Moroni. at ' |
