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Show Two Page The Pyramid May 2, 1990 Dr. Gerald Day accepts charge as 13th president Of SllOW College PyramidEditorials !PflftDDRfl Letters to the Editor ' Museum Working together Last weeks work on a water line crossing Ml. Pleasants Main Street temporarily halted traffic in the busy intersection giving residents a taste of minor inconveniences they will experience this summer with that citys Main Street Re- development Project. Both city crews who worked in the rain to connect the water line and motorists who cheerfully detoured around the two-dconstruction should be commended. Although traffic was somewhat less during construction, lending belief that many stayed home rather than deal with a change in driving habits, no traffic jams were noticed, and business was conducted as usual in the downtown district. Once all utilities are properly connected on Main Street and contracts are awarded, the actual Main Street construction will begin. It will affect both sides of a portion of the Main Street business district and will impact both motorist and pedestrian traffic. The hum of equipment, barricades, and an influx of construction workers will be common place as the city gets its face lift". This may mean customers will be detoured and routed to rear entrances or face other "minor inconveniences" during the project. But in the end, it will be worth it. Mt. Pleasant is a beautiful city and its residents are for cooperation. We urge all to continue working together as the city moves through this redevelopment project. two-blo- ck well-kno- wn New business can open with existing underground tanks Ida O. Donaldson by MORONI A new service station owner will open his business with existing underground fuel storage tanks the Moroni City Council was advised at the last council meeting. Don Thompson and Steve Peterson told the council that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has lifted the underground regulations until July 1991 and they have decided to use the existing tanks rather than pursue above ground tanks. A Moroni City ordinance prohibits above-groustorage tanks within the city limits. The council decided to study the matter further and, at the next meeting, draft a time schedule for revising the ordinance regarding the aboveground tanks. ' In other business the council approved a request from North Sanpete High School Principal Mark Bezzant to help four Moroni students attend the Philo T. Farnsworth Statue dedication in Washington D.C. A total of $500, or $125 per student was approved. It was also suggested that private donations be solicited in the city newsletter. Mr. Bezzant also discussed having a Youth Council and offered the high schools help to organize youth council elecnd tions. He told the council that he is working on getting displays of the surrounding councils in the high school Liberty Square and requested a picture of each councilman and mayor. The council also approved a bid $12,627 from Rick Bartholomew, city insurance agent, for the annual property, liability, and auto insurance and approved spending up to $5,000 for purchasing a truck at state surplus. Council Lamar Beardall reported that Donnell Black-ha- m had accepted a position on the Economic Development Committee, and that a meeting was held with the County Economic Development Director Chris Schoppe April 3. Beardall also reported that Gayle Blackham and Jean Guyman have accepted positions on the Beautification Committee. Mayor Larry Freeman told. Sanpete's Leading Newspaper THE PYRAMID Published Weekly at Mt. Pleasant Utah 84647 49 West Main Street (U.P.S.S. MARTIN CONOVER KOLEEN PETERSON j 365-58- Telephone: ( 462-213- 4 Publisher .Managing Editor. PENNY HAMILTON LOIS BYNUM SUBSCRIPTION Editor' Office Manager RATES (In advance) $15.00 per year 50' per copy $18.00 per year Outside Sanpete Co. CORRESPONDENTS Mt. Pleasant Hollee Anderson Spring City Kathy Jackman Moroni, Ida O. Donaldson . Ftn. Green, Jessie Oldroyd Woles Mark Soderborg Snow College 462-3)3- 1 462-328- 0 .436-831- 2 .445-342- 2 462-213- 4 POASTMASTER Sand change 'ol addrasi to The1 pyramid 49 West Main Street, Mt. Pleasant, loh, $4647. Second class postage Mt. Pleasant, Utah and additional mailing otffan. , .. ss the council that when the citys historical committee was organized, a committee member should be on the county museum committee. Councilman Reed Christensen asked the council to have their respective department budgets ready by the next . meeting. Mayor Freeman told the council that County Commissioner Leonard Blackham has asked them to be thinking about the possibility of the county trading 300 West with the state road department. Councilman Alan Morley reported that Terry Irons has agreed to be over Moronis boys baseball program. Delinquent sidewalk and street assessments were dis- City project Continued from page 1 in materials for the Main Street project to save from $15,000 to $20,000 specifying the purchasing agreement be part of the bid docuin-ho- use ments. Also approved was the struction of a bridge to Pleasant Creek west of Street that was to have purchased outright to even more expense. Councilwoman con- span State ; EPHRAIM-- College - The Small Business-Developmen- i He noted that while tuition and board are more now the.! operative phrase for Snow Col- lege today is the same, "access to quality education for all ; people." He alluded again to Keys-.- , pleading to place ourselves as freemen between our homes.: and the desolations of war. "Clearly, our homes, our loved ones and those relationships we hold most dear must be protected at any cost from such desolations," said the 13th president adding, "Our society cannot exist otherwise." to historys Referring "shooting wars" and the devas- tation and horror which lasts ? well beyond the conflict, he pointed out that wars of con- - " J Diets, desolations of hate, pre- judice, ignorance, intolerance t J and misunderstanding were even more ravaging to societies I and continue on for gen s erations and centuries. "These moral wars are Dr. Douglas Foxley, Chairman of the Utah Board of Regents, fastens Presidential Medallion on President Gerald Day at the end of ceremonies Friday. Mrs. Day looks on. City adopts fire code MT. PLEASANT City officials adopted a new fire code allowing above-groufuel storage,, tanks in some areas- of the city at the April 24 council meeting, but the decision did not come easily. i The divided ,coupciLs- - tie had to be broken by Mayor Chesley Christensens affirmative vote. Council persons Steven Rosenlund and Carol Gundry voted against the code; Lyle Klotz and Shauna Brothersen supported the issue. Councilman Paul Madsen was action on above-groufuel tanks, said he is now "taking a second look", noting that increased technology and price were factors affecting his decision. He pointed out that a nd nd - cement retaining wall by the new fire code to contain above-groutanks, would be comparable to pouring a basement for a house and 10-fo- nd was j excused. The new fire code replaces a 1965 city ordinance that prohibited above-groufuel storage. It adopted the states 1985 Uniform Fire Code and established specific guidelines for above-groustorage tanks. The lone patron attending Tuesdays meeting, Steve Peterson, who initiated council nd ! infor-- ; nd been save Carol Gundry presented a drawing for a proposed bronze plaque that will be installed at the from entry of a Main Street to the rear parking area behind the north side of walk-throu- gh businesses. The proposed diameter plaque, which will designate the spot as "the exact center of the state" is being designed by Ron Staker, wjll be constructed of half-inc- h cast bronze, and will cost about 42-in- ch $400. Gundry said Staker also suggested having O.C. Tanner donate a fountain for the Main Street Project. Main Street Project plans-werapproved April 17 by the city council, planning commission, historical preservation commission and Main Street' businessmen. Work began last Tuesday with the installation of a water line across Main Street. When completed, additional parking, lighted and landscaped, will be provided behind businesses on the north side of the street, all utilities will be underground, sidewalks on both sides of Main Street will be widened, new curb and gutters installed, a walk through will be constructed for access to rear parking areas, and the street will be adorned with period lighting, benches, ornamental trees, paved walkways, and a drinking fountain. The council also approved donating $100 to two Mt. Pleasant students to attend the Philo Farnsworth statue dedication in Washington DC. Wasatch Academy presented the city with a plaque expressing their appreciation of city support during recent vantages were becoming "less and less". He also pointed out the inequity of current underground rulings that targeted entities like cities and school districts and businesses but exempted farmers. County strike force to be y team part of four-count- MANTI-- - The Sanpete County Strike Force which is responsible for drug control in the county, will be combined with Sevier, Piute and Wayne' Counties next year following-actiotaken by Sanpete Counat their ty Commissioners April 24 meeting. Richfield will be the head- quarters and John Ellis will be! the program director. John Cox, Manti, who has been the' director of the Sanpete County-uniwill be an agent with San- pete County his major respon-- j sibility. Sanpete County will contribute $855.60 per officer for a total of $5752 for six officers. Each county will to the Strike Force with-th- e remainder of the $188,905; budget coming from a federal grant. Commissioners te NS music students take honors PROVO North Sanpete High Schools Madrigal choir, received superior ratings at the .State Solo and Ensemble festival, April 28 at Brigham Young University. Individual students and ensembles winning honors were: mixed quartet, Jenny Parnell,1 Mark Parnell, April Aagard, and David McAllister, superior; soloists, Anna Beck, super--io- r, and April Aagard, superior and a medal; duet, Eita Asama and Carisa Hilton, excellent, and pianists, Mark Parnell and Ann Keisel, excellent. dis- nd Councilman Rosenlund, concerned that the city "strike a balance between the safety of the people and needs of retailers", asked to wait on council action because "higher government hadnt worked out all the problems" with underground Fair-vie- Commissioners proved using its also ap- for Tel-Amer- ica service following a presentation by James E. Forsey, the companys representative Forsey said the service is available throughout central and southern Utah and told long-distan- tanks. ce Councilman Klotz made the motion to approve the new fire with Councilwoman code, Brothersen seconding. ' The new city ordinance, adopts the state UriflormFire Code, and speccommissioners his company ifies d tanks may could save the county 30 to 40 only be use to store flammable on its or combustible liquids in the Eercent Modified General Commercial Commissioners approved Zone between 100 North and purchasing advertising in the 300 North on the east side of ninth annual Sanpete County State Street, between 100 Summer Recreation Guide for North and 200 North on the $350 following a request by west Side of State Street, betPenny Hamilton, editor of The ween 75 North and 100 North Pyramid. The county-wid- e on the east side of State Street-Guide will be published on the Modified General ComMay 23. mercial Zone between 350 South and 400 South on the east side of State Street, and in the Public Facilities Zone east of 900 East. The ordinance also adopted Planning and Zoning CommisEPHRAI- M- J. L. Richards, Executive Vice President sion recommendations that d tanks be ,and Chief Operating Officer of outside installed in a horizontal posiOlympus Capital Corporation, tion with at least 60 Salt Lake City, will be the below the ground in anpercent eight-inc- h speaker at the Friday Forum 3000 PSI conMay 4, at 12:30 p.m. at the crete reinforced vault that extends to the Ephraim LDS Institute or of the storage tank. top .Religion. , , -2, above-groun- long-distan- ; Councilwoman made her stand earlyGundry in the discussion stating that she was opposed to above-groutanks and would vote "no" to the ordinance. cussed the Enhance 911 emergency telephone number and made plans to meet with mayors and phone companies in an effort to obtain the service. w At the present time and Moroni telephone companies offer the 911 service, but it is not available in other communities. t con--tribu- also ve. Peterson said he couldnt afford to go with aboveground storage tanks according to code specifications and would wait until at least next summer to see if the Environmental Protection Agency would back off strict underground tank regulations. EPA -- mandated insurance is $250 per tank per year and Peterson said he would eventually incur more cost with monitoring equipment for underground tanks and bonding, but above-groutank ad- ce Friday forum above-groun- " ad- dressed by teaching, learning, discovery and dissemination of knowledge about and for the benefit of all people." Praising the contributions made by others at Snow Col- lege President Day said it takes the best energies of all to see "that the cause of higher edu- cation opportunity for all is established, protected and ful- filled." ' Stating that should anyone leave without a life-loor personal worth or being unprepared or unwilling to acquire and use knowledge and wisdoRWo further the cause of humanity worldwide, ng ot -- required nd 283-689- 0. He pointed out that Snow College was founded 102 years ago on the principal that all people could benefit as they' invested their time, toil and money in the institution. "Snow College was founded as a Temple of Learning and , built by local labor and con-- ., tributions. Its first classes were held on the second floor of the .; Co-o- p building now being res- -, ; , Snow! ness". od cen' turies. ; j Center is spon- -' soring a business seminar in its continuing series to help small business, May 10, at 7 p.m. at Snow College. The seminar is entitled,) "Payroll System for Small Busi- For registration mation, call - t be able to spend more time with his family. Mower took the position when Golden Sanderson re-- 1 tired. The resignation came as a surprise to the board, and a meeting has been set for May 16 to find a successor. The feasibility of a full-tipaid director was discussed if funds are available. Most of the funds to operate and maintain the museum come from contributions. At the present time the board is making plans to build a place to exhibit a replica of the ancient mammoth found two years ago in the Huntington Reservoir. Plans are also underway to house the Arvard Fairbanks collection and the Lyndon Graham miniatures. ..Plans are also underway to finish maintenance projects like the roof that needs to be repaired over the east side of the gymnasium in the old junior high building. Part of the building is now being used as a senior citizen center. The museum also maintains the old elementary school. The collections in the Fairview Museum are among the best in the state. Board members attending the meeting included Mower, Erma Lee Hansen, secretary; Jerry Nelson, Eathel Winkle- - f man, Kevin Anderson, Koleeni Peterson and Richard Graham. Seminar slated jail tored. . cussed. Councilman Reed Christensen asked about personnel matters. The council decjded to invite a representative of Utah Power & Light and cemetery sexton George Litteral to the next council meeting. 80-r- FAIRIVEW Reed Mower, director of the Fairview Museum of History and Art, has announced his resignation effective May 31. The announcement was made in a letter to the board at a meeting Thursday night. Mower, also a member of the Fairview City Council, said he wants to severe all ties and ay cators, family, friend and community leaders, Dr. Gerald J. Day gave credit to "chickens and sugar beets" for the motivation he and his wife, n, had to seek an education and advanced degrees. "You see, when we were young, both of our families had chickens, which meant daily feeding, casing eggs and cleaning roosts. Boys thinned and hoed sugar beets rows, with morning glory for $12 per acre. "Both chickens and sugar beets provided time and incentive to think of how we could make a living without chickens Lu-An- director resigns should have the opportunity Tor higher education regardless v of station, origin or belief. Two hundred years ago, such i an idea was an abrupt depar- ture from those ideas which had guided higher education over the preceding 40 land sugar beets. The answer was get an education." In his inaugural address he alluded to past civilizations where only the elite in societies were able to attain- an education and then referred to the fourth verse in the national anthem by Frances Scott Key for his theme, "For our cause it is just." "In the thousand years before and after Christ and in most parts of the world, opportunity for higher education was reserved for those in government, the clergy, or military high command," he said and pointed out that the inspired founders of this nation and this school believed iarg?c"owAd;;igtetgedu- - , ; ; j $ 5 1 jj con-victi- on y y It. i would mean "we nave failed". But, he continued, "through education students can become prepared for employment and a place in the technology and information societies of the present and future." Looking forward to the second century of Snow Col- lege, Dr. Day said the college would "focus .on the core of general and vocational educa-tio- n, on those subjects which make us not only a learned and capable community, but a civi- family-sustaini- ng and comlized, sensitive passionate community as well." "With the concerted and t ') J " jj J "J j f f cooperative efforts of students, t faculty and staff, the com- munity and state officials, we I can and will be even better," ; he said in accepting his charge. The presidential inaugural program was conducted by ! Gary Carlston, Chairman of , the Snow College Institutional t Council and a Fairview native, f The presidential charge was ' given by Douglas Foxley, : Chairman, Utah State Board of Regents. Dr. Foxley urged the new president to commit himself and institution to excellence in teaching, to recognize the im- - j portance of a balanced com- imitment to both external and internal needs of the college 4 and challenged him to involve his faculty and staff in adapt- ing to a constantly changing environment. He also charged President Day to be creative, resourceful and prudent in securing and ! managing finances for the col- - . lege, to be the advocate and champion of students and to ; work cooperatively with local school districts and the Sevier Valley Area Vocational Center : as well as other colleges and universities in the state. Also responding were Rolfe Kerr, Commissioner of Higher Education; Mark Stoddard, alumni president; David Lanier, professional staff rep- -, resentative; Roger . Baker, faculty representative; John Daniels, classified staff rep-- " resentative and Kyle Crump, student body president. Music was provided by the Snow College Orchestra, Dennis Hansen, Director; Snow College A cappella Choir, Judy .Morgan, director; LD Singers,. .Ascension and the Snow College Concert Winds, Vance Larsen, conductor. Dr. DeMont Howell, was chairman of the inauguration v C . icommittee. |