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Show UTAH "U" 467 PRESS SALT ASSN 31 Dec 99 300 S E LAKE UT CITY, 84111- A - V Avrin Brothersen Philip Johnson The Voice of Sanpete County MT. PLEASANT, Volume tI s v- A' -- North MT. PLEASANT Sanpete School District named two new elementary school principals and two other administrators at a special school board meeting held Monday. was Brothersen Avrin named Spring City Elementary Reed Miller $2.8 million loan Principal City coordinator Vern Fis- 20-ye- hydro-electr- line Mountain Resort on a prothree-pha- power con- se nection and other power needs, approved a $225 bid for sheep grazing at the sewer lagoon ponds, agreed to repair hydraulic leaks as cheaply as possible on the citys cemetery backhoe rather than purchase a new one at this time, recognized the need to connect the Sam Cox property to the sewer system, and verified a May 22 public meeting to dis- cuss new liquor laws. Public hearing No patrons responded during a public hearing that would change the use of property in the citys Industrial Park manufacturingpublicfacilities -- m" -1, ed hydro-electr- meat-packi- six-mo- business for many years. He attended Snow College and received his Bachelors Degree in Industrial Arts with a math minor from Utah State University. He received his Masters Degree in 1986 from Brigham Young University. He taught math in Tooele tfor three years and in Nephi Tor one year, before coming to North Sanpete. He taught industrial arts at North Sanpete Middle School for 15 years and has most recently taught math. He served as vice principal of under the middle school Syme. Courtney Johnson and his wife, the former Sandra Nielson, have tions. zone. erating plants. A The city adopted Ordinance plant will be built on the citys pressurized irrigation permitting manusystem, on 500 West, to operate facture of meat and fish proyear round. A "peaking" plant ducts, and grazing of animals, and surge pond will be built on was within a Pleasant Creek below the flood provided grazing area at least 300 dam diversion structure. feet from the runway Fisher explained that or taxi ways; airport and specifying FmHA understood the citys that conditional use permits ic project was a would be required on all uses, "phase" project, and with the including primary uses, in the funding for the first phase zone. approved, second phase fundConditional use permits ing was "all but guaranteed". were approved for Ted Draper, Funding for the second for a plant at phase, a $2.2 million renova600 South State; a pet supply tion of two existing hydrostore, proposed for downtown; electric facilities in Pleasant grazing near the airport for Creek, is being been submitted Dean Johansen, and to Cervus to FmHA, Fisher said. Corp. for a meat manufacturHe said he would contact ing plant in the Industrial Smith Capital Marketing, the Park. financial firm that is handling The council also approved the projects funding mechan$3.5 million Industrial Reveism, to arrange for funding the nue Bond inducements for remaining 2(T percent cost, and Cervus Corp., to build a 14,000 to confirm tentative construcfoot manufacturing square tion dates. First phase design operation on 10.023 acres in and planning should be com- the Industrial Park. According time leted within a to Gordon Farmer, vice presiframe. i dent of production, the operaThe city will also contact tion proposed southwest of town between the new armory Sunrise Engineering for design e. and the airport will be a furdocuments. Licensing is ther meat processing facility Ultimately city officials, for a variety of meat products believe it will be possible to with state of the art technology. The proposed plant will supply 2700 kilowatts, nearly access Highway 89. all the citys power needs, for about 6.2 cents per kilowatt Farmer, President Paul hour. The city currently uses Hamilton, and Rick Burten-shavice president of Smith about 2800 kilowatts of power during its winter peak. Of that Capital Marketing attended the amount, 1800 kilowatts are meeting, being purchased through the Recreation River Storage citys Colorado allocations Fisher reviewed the conand Project (CRSP) tract of Ron Winegar recreaemergency CRSP power. The tion director; and discussed from city also buys power,needed with Skyline negotiations Idaho Power and as Mountain Resort for a proof Association from the Utah le golf course, Systems posed Municipal Power meetings with North Sanpete power pool. School District for a proposed The citys two existing four-ple- x softball complex, power plants in Pleasant Creek for new backstops and requests Canyon are currently producbatting cages, and installation ing less than 10 percent of the of a miniature golf facility at The needs. city the recreation center. citys power has been pursuing its hydroThe council also reviewed electric project for nearly six existing ball fields and summer years. ball programs, now under city The city sold its expensive administration, noting an up"take or pay" Hunter II power coming womens softball tourlast year to reduce its power costs and recently reduced nament. Main Street, estiretail power rates by an The council apprc?vH purmated $112,000. Patrons are chasing the estimated $2? 7,000 now paying 6.75 cents per kilowatt hour. Continued ok page 2 well-fenc- Arlea District Director of Federal and At Risk Programs. ,Karen Kowalski was named North Sanpete High School Director of At Risk Programs. Richard Tree, Principal of the alternate high school, Pleasant Valley that is closing after this school year, will be a counselor at North Sanpete Middle School. Other Pleasant Valley staff, Joe Daley, teacher; Chris Peacock, secretary, and Patty Jenkins, teachers assistant, will move to North Sanpete High School in their respective posi- In other matters the council discussed a meeting May 2 with representatives from Skyposed replacing in Manti, the son of Evan and Mildred Johnson. He worked with his father in the turkey Howell who is retiring this year, and Philip Johnson will be Principal at Mt. Pleasant Elementary School replacing Reed Miller who was named City to begin power project , May 2, 1990 Number Eighteen Price 504 Board makes major changes in administrative positions J Karen Kowalski her said he had been in contact with Utahs congressmen since December, and he attributed Mt. Pleasants success to their assistance. ar loan will pay The for about 80 percent of the $3.15 million cost to construct ic two new gen- - 'H tA . i ic S4647 ; I 1 The MT. PLEASANT city is "up and moving" on the first phase of a proposed $5.5 million hydro-electrproject following FmHA approval of a $2.8 million loan, councilmem-ber- s were told at the April 24 council meeting. Only $9 million was available nationwide in the FmHA pool during the current funding process and Mt. Pleasant was fortunate to get its project funded, officials were told. UTAH Ninety-Seve- n ng Avrin Brothersen Avrin Brothersen, of Mt. Pleasant, was born in tiun nison, the daughter of Verge Mt. and Amoir Deuel, and attended school Pleasant, in ' Sanpete County. She received her Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education from Brigham Young University and will receive her Masters in Educational Leadership in June. She taught in the Uintah School District for four years before coming to the North Sanpete School District in 1981. She taught second-thir- d at third, and third-fourFairview Elementary for seven th years. She became an administrative intern in 1988, working with Principal Larry Seely at Fairview Elementary and later Principal Courtney Syme at North Sanpete Middle School. She also worked as an administrative intern for the North Sanpete District under Superintendent Brent Thorne and as for a mentor teacher-coac- h grades kindergarten through sixth grade. She and her husband, Boyd, have four children, Melody, who is graduating from SUSC this year; Tiffany, graduating from North Sanpete, Kristin and Adam. five LuCinda children, Brotherson and Carma White, both Mt. Pleasant; Chad Johnson, Fairview; Cherri DeMill both and Craig Johnson, Ephraim, and 16 grand- children. Karen Kowalski Karen Kowalski, of Oak Creek, received her Bachelors Degree from State University of California at San Francisco and her Masters in Educational Psychology, from University of Utah. She received her Specialist in Psychology Degree taught grades one through six for 12 years in Oakland, Calif. Public Schools and spend two years as a science supervisor for kindergarten through twelfth grade. She taught kindergarten through second grade for eight years at North Sanpete and has spent three years as a school psychologist and special education coordinator for through twelfth grades. She has been the coordinator of many district programs. She at Mt. Pleasant Elementary For the past 1 1 years where he has been instrumental in administering the Districts Migrant Program. He received his Bachelors degree from Brigham Young University, his masters from State at Los California Angeles, and his Doctorate from University of Utah. He taught for five years in Utah and California and was a reading specialist in California. He served as principal of the American School in Buenos Aires, Argentina for five Reed Miller years, and for seven years in of Mt. Anaheim, Calif, before coming Reed Miller, Pleasant, has been the principal to North Sanpete. pre-scho- ol at-ri- sk voted leeway to raise $120,000 for schools Two-mi- ll MT. PLEASAN- T- North Sanpete School District apboard voted proved a two-mi- ll will raise that $120,000 leeway to reduce class room sizes, during a special board meeting from BYU in 1985. She is certified in elementary teaching, kindergarten through eighth grade; early childhood, counseling, school administration -psychology, supervision, and special education teaching kindergarten through twelfth grade. Monday. According to Superintendent Brent Thorne, the voting was unanimous. time There will be a limit for referendum petitions if taxpayers object to the tax increase. Under Legislative guidelines that took effect April 23, should taxpayers oppose North Sanpetes tax increase and collect petition signatures, a public vote will be 60-d- ay held in the Nov. 6, 1990, general elections. According to Darin Johansen, District Business Administrator, Sanpete taxpayers will contribute $65,485 and the state will pay $54,137. The $119,622 raised will be earmarked to reduce classroom size with anything left over set s. aside for technology and class-book- The tax increase will change North Sanpete School Districts taxable rate from .009177 to .009577, or for a $30,000 home, increase annual taxes $7.20. Taxes for a $40,000 home will be increased $9.60; $60,000 home, $14.40, and an $80,000 home, $19.20. p. L c nth Philip Johnson Mt. Johnson, Pleasant, was born and raised Philip com-plet- w, 18-ho- 4 WA choir gets first The MT. PLEASANT Wasatch Academy choir took first place at the Region 11 Large Group competition April 26, at North Summit High School. The group sang two selections, "Kyrie" by Andrea Klouse, and "Now is the Month of Maying", by Thomas Morely. . The choir and soloists performed in the Region 1 1 Small Group Contest on the Wasatch 29, Academy campus, March exreceiving an excellent, an cellent plus, five superior minuses and two superior ratings. Individuals competing included John Boyer, saxaphone solo; Susan Graham and Yuko Kinoshita, piano solos; Gina Limon, Laura Smyrl and Tracy Rice, vocal solos. The girls ensemble, mixed ensembles and a madrigal also performed. A v Diane Christensen, center, daughter of David and Linda Christensen was named 1990 Lamb Day Queen at the annual pageant held recently at North Sanpete Middle School. Stephanie Collard, left, daughter of Ronald and Sharon Collard, was named first attendant and Brenda Ivory, right, daughter of James E. and Dorothy Ivory, second Lamb Day Queen Diane Christensen chosen FOUNTAIN GREEN Diane Christensen, daughter of David and Linda Christensen, was crowned as 1990 Lamb Day Queen, at the Annual Lamb Day Pageant, April 21, in the North Sanpete Middle School Auditorium. Stephanie Collard, daughter of Ronald and Sharon Collard, was chosen as first attendant, and Brenda Ivory, daughter of James E. and Dorothy Ivory, was named second attendant. The pageant theme was Making Memories. Contestants te were judged on a interview, evening gown, and five-minu- talent. Judges were Robert and Rae Ann Tibbs, Manti, and Debbie Trythall, Ephraim. Stephanie Collard, who performed a dramatic reading, was the recipient of the talent award and a trophy. Diane Christensen played a piano solo, "Toccato in D Minor" by Bach, and Brenda Ivory sang a solo, "God Bless The U.S.A." Other numbers were presented by 1989 queen Min- dy Bailey who played a piano solo, "Norwegian Concerto" by Edvard Grieg; vocal trio, Ellen Aagard, Susan Hansen and Al ta Lynne Rasmussen, "Fascination" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", accompanied by Betty Aagard, and a vocal solo, "Unchained Melody", Joni Olsen. A production number and slide presentation, "The Greatest Love of All" was performed by contestants. The royalty was crowned by last years queen Mindy Bailey, and 1989 second attendant, Melinda Walker. The pageant was under the direction of Brenda Aagard and Sandra Johnson. |