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Show 6 wm The Two Page Pyramid May 1, a 1991 Pyramid Editorials Commonts Letters to the Editor SC council Make NS shine Is Hawk Pride dead? When you see litter in the halls and on the grounds, we : wonder. Six years ago North Sanpete High School students were : given a new, beautiful educational facility which cost taxpayers over $6 million. Why then do those who use the school and benefit from it allow it to become dirty and ill kept? Who is doing it, is it a custodial problem? Students, why are you dropping trash in the parking lot and in the halls instead of in garbage cans that can be found in convenient places both inside and outside of the building? Where is your Hawk pride, students? Are teachers and custodians concerned enough to 'make a kid pick up a pop can if he secs him toss it. Do they care, we wonder. Parents, do you care? Its your kids dumping trash all over the place, and some of them are the "good kids" who' "never" do anything wrong. What are you teaching them at home? What kind of examples are you setting? North Sanpete can be proud of its fine traditions, Sterling Scholars, honor students, Spiriteers, winning teams, some excellent programs and educators, and many other accomplishments. But none of the accomplishments look good spattered when the buildings and grounds are spattered with garbage. Students and teachers need to pick the trash up and the custodians need to see that its kept up. Everyone needs to get tough on those who are careless. Most of all a change of attitude is needed. Its time to renew Hawk Pride, time for control and not excuses. Its time to make NS shine again. - ; 97 North Sanpete students join national honor society Editors Note: The following letter was prepared to report to North Sanpete Board of Edu- cation members on local membership in the National Honor Society. It is being shared with our readers by the school district as a public service. . Dear Editor: North Sanpete High Schools National Honor Society is an affiliate of the National Association of Secondary School Principals Division of Student Activities. The local Chapter, chartered by this group, maintains regular contact with the national headquarters. At the end of the first semester each year, every student with sophomore standing (nine credits or more) and a 3.5' grade point average (GPA), is invited to apply for membership in the chapter. The student must respond to the invitation by filling out an application form that asks for past service and leadership activities before being inducted into the chapter. Students are required to maintain a 3.5 GPA. If it drops, they are notified and given a semester to bring the GPA back to the 3.5 or above level. If the GPA does not return to the required level, they are dropped from membership and may not join the society again. (These are char ter rules established by the national organization). North Sanpetes NHS stresses service. A tutoring service .has been running for three year and each year it serves more students. NHS also sponsors a dance to raise funds which have been used the last couple of years to benefit the school library. Members pay dues each year to help offset the cost of the induction ceremony (certificates, pins, refreshments, pendants to be worn at graduation by members). The group has at least one social activity annually, such as attending a cultural event, designed to be educational as well as social. I have been the NHS advisor for four years. During that time the number of students eligible has grown to its largest number. This year we inducted 42 students. There were about 10 more who were eligible, but chose not to apply .for membership. We make no distinctions, all students who are eligible are invited to participate. However, each student must make the choice to application and participation. Today, our membership stands at 97. I think that is a good representation of the student body. Virginia Mower, advisor National Honor Society Many parents concerned Dear Editor: There are many parents concerned with teacher absenteeism, classroom instruction. Sanpete Leading Newspaper THE PYRAMID (USPS 365-58-0) Published Weekly at Mt. Pleasant Utah 84647 49 West Main Street Telephone: 462-213- 4 lack of discipline, and other practices occurring in North Sanpete schools. As taxpayers and parents we have a right to see that our children and grandchildren receive the best education possible, not only through the public schools system, but throughout the school of life. In addition to proper formal instruction, children need encouragement to insure confim in this' dence and world we now live high-teself-estee- Publisher MARTIN CONOVER KOLEEN PETERSON .Managing Editor Editor PENNY HAMILTON Office Manager LOtS BYNUM SUBSCRIPTION RATES (In advance) $11.18 pur yew SI ysr wpy $21.88 ytr yew OstsUe Semite Ce. Mt. Pleasant Hollee Anderson 4623131 Folrview, Ginnie Riches . . . .4273373 Moroni, Ida O. Donaldson . .436-8312 Ftn. Green, Jessie Oldroyd 4368808 Woles, Colleen lamb Snow College Dean O'Driscoll 2 .443-342- POSTMASTER Send chonya of addraw to TW Mt. Pleeoonl, Otofi paid ot Ml. Pteeaanf, Hr, Ppi ribbU, 4 Wort Motw 0647, Second ctooo postage Utah ch in. As our school board admin-iste- rs the education for all children enrolled in the district, it is our responsibility to make our concerns known to them, and expect them to respond to those concerns by taking appropriate action. Parent or interested citizens r who would like to voice concerns should attend the next school board meeting at 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 14. Thank you for supporting the parents and students of North Sanpete. Diana Gibbons Moroni should reconsider Editors Note: The following' letter was sent to the Pyramid for publication and to Spring City Mayor Ron Christensen. .Kathy Slack, realty specialist, U.S. Forest Service and Tom Shore, district ranger Manti-LaS- al National Forest, present a check to Snow College President Gerald Day for 5.62 acres of the Snow Field Station to construct a Dear Mayor Christensen: I understand that the Spring City Council has approved a transaction. beautification ordinance that will result in the destruction of 16 historic structures in Spring City. strongly urge the City Council to reconsider this deI cision. Spring City is a town with a valuable history, not just to the State of Utah, but also to the nation. v It contains a chapter in the history of westward expansion and settlement in the last century, and it is unique in preserving the flavor of a Nineteenth Century rural town in the West. Long-ter- m historic preservation considerations should take priority over short-ter"beautification" efforts. Peter H. DeLafosse Salt Lake City m Fairviews dance revue commended Dear Editor: Fairview Elementary School Principal Larry Seely and his teachers should be commended for the excellent dance program presented Friday, April se 26. The room was filled for both perfotfe A mances at 6 and 8 p.m. As a member of VFW Post 9276 that posted the colors and led the Pledge of Allegiance at both performances we were very much impressed with the quality of the performance and the hard work that had gone into the production. We thank those who are responsible for the fine dance' numbers performed by those students. . Past Post Commander Lyle Klotz multi-purpo- . Press fails to understand Presbyterian people Dear Editor: would like to respond to the April 22 Tribune article, "Report on Sex Shakes Presbyterian Church" due to the negative impression that has been portrayed concerning Presbyterian folk as a whole. The article may give the impression that Presbyterians are moving in a direction counter to the traditional values of family and fidelity and that the average church member is thus leaning to the liberal side of this and other issues. A polling of the average church member would give a very different picture. I believe that the report paints a negative picture mainly because the press fails to fairly represent our process of church government. The Presbyterian Church believes in the democratic process and a shared power of clergy and laity. This representative form of government allows the average church member to be heard on any and every issue and allows .for prayer, study and debate on all matters affecting our faith compared, to a church, with a hierarchy that decides for the whole. I This Sexuality Report is only a report from a special committee that is in no way speaking for the whole church. The processpeople will decide what it plans to do with this report and what authority it will hold. Like our own national gov- -, ernment, this process is often messy and misunderstood. But we believe that God works in each of us and calls each of us as members of the church to participate in the life and direction of the church. It was reported that the Sexuality Report has been a best seller in our church for the last number of weeks. What the article fails to explain is that our members on all levels are purchasing the report and becoming involved in prayer, Bible discussion groups, and speaking to their throughout our denomination. article in Then a front-pathe April 29 Tribune, "Churchs Liberal Sex Report Doomed" proceeds to quote one side of the debate this time portraying the average church member as narrow and unloving in holding outdated positions of faith. It is unfortunate that the other side of the debated issue was not questioned or quoted. It is obvious that the press in this instance does not know or understand our church, its people or its processes. So to make things perfectly clear, the average Pfesbyterian is a loving and person who desires to faithfully follow Jesus Christ and serve others in the community and throughout the world Rev. J. Scott Anthony First Presbyterian Church ge Bible-believi- ng Editors Note: The following Courtesy should rule letter was sent to Spring City Mayor Ron Christensen and to The Pyramid for publication. Dear Mayor Christensen: It was with dismay that news was received by me that you are considering demolishing 16 of the historic buildings within Spring City. I do not own any buildings or property there, but have made frequent visits to Spring City because I enjoy its uniqueness and beauty. It is unlike any other small town in Utah and its uniqueness should be preserved. Dear Editor: Recently my wife made a phone call to Lizs Floral, in Mt. Pleasant, to have flowers delivered tp her sister. The flowers were delivered in good faith and the sister commented on their beauty. The florist was also trusting enough to say, "Just mail a check," which was promptly done. However, it was not long before the postal department returned the letter marked, "Moved, left no address." A phone call was made to the florist who gave us a second address to try. For the second time the letter was returned by the postal department. We are wondering if we will have to drive to Mt. Pleasant to pay an honest debt. Our concern is that Mt. Pleasant does not have hundreds of florists to whom mail has to be delivered. Surely postal employees know something of what is going on in the community they earn a living. There may be circumstances of which we are unaware, but common courtesy suggests that the post office could have delivered the letter and then notified the florist if there were other problems. Wherever the problem, it is frustrating to the patron and detrimental to Mt. Pleasants business activity. Graat &MareJIe Sanderson Tooele There are too many historic pioneer towns in Utah that have been turned into just another, ugly, plebeian, uninteresting place as a result of "beautification." Such a lack of historical perspective and narrow vision are tragic. Surely you and the residents of Spring City have a better aesthetic sense than to allow this to occur. I do feel that absentee property owners have an obligation to keep their properties free from trash, clutter and weeds, but why not give them citations if they fail to comply rather than resorting to something as drastic as wholesale destruction of historic property in the name of "beautification?" Erik J. Bergeson, son of Travis Bergeson and Rae Luckey, both Washington, and grand; son of Lola and Boyd Johanj sen, Mt. Pleasant, has been; accepted into medical school a Stanford University, Palo AItor Calif. He is currently attend- -, ing medical school at Sam Houston University, Texas. Scout-A-Ram- a set May 4 EPHRAIM The 199F Sanpete District will be held May 4 at Ephraim Memorial Park, Main and Center Street. ; This years theme is "Scouting is a Useful Adventure." Cubs, Blazers, Scouts, Varsity and Explorers will be involved. The days schedule begins at 9 a.m. with the parade; 9:20 a.m., flag ceremony and Scoutmaster minute; 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., booths; 10:30 a.m. contests; 11 a.m.,PinewoodDerby 1 and 2:30 p.m., awards. Scout-A-Ra- i Chamber to hear speaker to see it transformed into just another ordinary place. Carolyn B. Carpenter Salt Lake City MT. PLEASANT Marion Bentley, Utah State University, will be the guest speaker at the next Chamber of Commerce meeting to be held May 9 at 12:30 p.m. at the Circle Bar E. Former Moroni man r? named LDS bishop MIDVALE Former Moroni man, Edgel Dyches, has been sustained as Bishop of the Midvale Fourth LDS Ward. The son of Joseph and Leah Dyches, Moroni, he has served as counselor under two bishops and has held other church positions. He was born and raised in Moroni, but has lived in Midvale since starting a barber business in 1958. He is married to Marie Nel- -' son, daughter of Jay and Lucille Nelson, also Moroni. ' They have four children so-cal- led Please reconsider any decisions to destroy any properties and recognize the historic beauty and value of Spring City as the wonderful, unique, his- torical, interesting town that it is. I, for one, would just hate rt t t8i ma Co-pas- tor Spring Citys uniqueness should be preserved I 1 new office building and warehouse complex for the U.S. Forest Service. Ephraim Mayor Bob Warnick was also Instrumental in the Edgel Dyches MT MORONI TOWN MEETING WED., MAY 8 - 7 to 8 PH Moroni City Hall The meeting is to select a historical project for the 1996 Utah Centennial. The general public is invited to attend. |