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Show The Voice of Sanpete County Volume One Hundred MT. PLEASANT, UTAH 84647 - May Sanpete Calendar of Events Wednesday, May 20 Noon Spring Art Show opens and continues through 8:30 p.m. Central Utah Arts Center, Ephraim. 6 p.m. Mt. Pleasant Senior Citizens. Thursday, May 21 7:30 p.m. Mt. Pleasant Stake Seminary Graduation, Stake Center. 8 p.m. Mt. Pleasant Planning Commission, city hall. Friday, May 22 12:30 p.m. Friday forum, LDS Institute, Ephraim. 6 p.m. Little Denmark Supper. Snow College Cafeteria. 8 p.m. Rodeo, Ephraim. 7 p.m. Moroni Senior Citizens pot luck dinner. 20, 1992 Price Number 50t Twenty-On- e Pioneer homes to be on display at Spring Citys Heritage Day Saturday SPRING CITY Some of Utah s best examples of pioneer architecture will be open to the public Saturday, May 23, during the eleventh annual Heritage Day celebration. The home and art studio tour will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Tickets may be purchased from the Daughters of Utah Pioneers at the Old City Hall, 50 North Main Street. Homes and studios to be open include Joe Bennions Pottery Shop; art studios of Lee Bennion, Osral Allred, and Randall Lake; The Old Osborn Home, currently owned by the Shriver Family; The Old Judge Johnson Mansion, currently owned by the Howard Family; the David Rosier Home; the Angus Black Home, currently owned by the Schroder Family; the home of Craig and Mlissa Paulsen, and the Spring City Chapel. The lovely stone LDS chaoel with terra cotta cherubs and a floating balcony will be open from noon to 5 p.m. as pail of the free chapel tour and ails and crafts display. Arts and crafts will be displayed in the church social Saturday, May 23 Noon Spring Citys Heritage Day begins 8 p.m. Rodeo, Ephraim. 8 a.m. Scandinavian Festival opens in Ephraim. Sunday, May 24 1 p.m. Wasatch Academy commencement exercises. MEMORIAL DAY Monday, May 25 7 a.m. Lions Club Breakfast, Fountain Green City Park. 11:55 a.m. Veterans Program, Mt. Pleasant City Cemetery. Tuesday, May 26 6 p.m. Fairview Rodeo Queen tryouts. Elementary school. 4 before 5 p.m. Fridays. List your public event: Call 462-213- hall. Because of the concentration of early pioneer buildings, the wagon tours will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. during Spring City Heritage Day Thirty-minut- Mountainville youth critical after auto-bik- e accident MOUNTAINVILL- E- A Fairview boy, who was seriously injured in an accident near his home Sunday, was listed in critical condition at Utah Valley Regional Medical Centers Intensive Care Unit Monday. Ashely Bingham, son of Robert and Jill Bingham, sustained the injuries when the bicycle he was riding collided with an 84 Chevrolet pickup, at the intersection of the Mountainville and Bingham roads about 5:10 p.m. The boy was west bound on Bingham Road and slid into the right side of the vehicle, which auto-bicy-c- le was northbound on the Mountainville Road. Young Bingham was transported to Sanpete Valley Hospital by ambulance and then transferred to Utah Valley in Provo. Neither the driver of the pickup, Henry Bryce, 64, Magna, nor his two passengers, Rulah Bryce, 67, Magna, or Breanni Vance, 2, Murray, were injured in the mishap, according to a report filed by Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Mark Topham who investigated the accident. All three in the Bryce vehicle were wearing seat belts. e entire town Saturday, May 23. viewing a wide range of respondent populations. The companys main office is in Provo and another office is located in Logan. WWC accommodates the diversified demands of a client base ranging from political consultants to Fortune 500 companies. Lynn Schiffman, Economic Development Coordinator for Snow College, was instrumental in getting WWC in its location. Ron Company President, Lindorf, met several times with Schiffman, Dr. Gerald Day, president of Snow College and the Ephraim City Council. He said he was impressed with the quality of people he met in the community and their willingness to work with him to meet the companys needs. He added that the quality of the work force in Ephraim is superior in education aspects than in other college communities. Jackson said he is excited to his position and says it is a in be MT. PLEASAN- T- Due to great opportunity for the school the Memorial Day weekend and community. He is also excited about the growth and future of advertising and news deadlines for next weeks Pyramid have Western Wats Center. been moved up to Friday. AH advertising for the Sanpete Shopper must be into the office at 49 West Main by Thursday at 5 p.m. Advertising for The Pyramid must be in by MANTI-- - The Sanpete County Friday noon. Sheriffs Department will hold an AH news items must be submitted at the office by noon administrative vehicle check over Friday. We would appreciate the Memorial Day weekend, news stories earlier, if possible. according to Sheriff Wallace The Pyramid will be closed Buchanan. The check will be held in the Memorial Day, Monday, May Rock area and surroundPainted 25. ing county roads. "Nation-Continue- d on page 6 In Ephraim Scandinavian Festival opens Friday EPHRAI- M- The annual Little Denmark supper Friday, May 22, at 6 p.m., will officially open this years Scandinavian Festival. The festival will be held May 22 and 23 with most activities held around the Noyes Building on the Snow College Campus and p and Central at the Ephraim Utah Arts Center. Co-o- The Little Denmark Supper presentation of Festival Royalty will be held in the Snow College Cafeteria Friday. The Little Denmark Supper is held each year to honor citizens' who have contributed to the areas heritage. The program will feature Scandinavian music with a traditional Danish menu. a.m. on the college tennis courts. There is no entry fee for either event. The Bjorn Borg tennis tournament will include singles and doubles competition. Pairing will be arranged at the on the morning of time of sign-u- p the tournament. Winners will receive a festival Old world crafts, craft booths, and food booths will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Everything from dolls to flowered headbands Continued on page 6 9 Events begin Saturday, May 23, with a Scandinavian breakfast, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Snow College Food Area. The Ephraim Lions Club will prepare a traditional breakfast including Danish aebelskivwers. A fun run will be held at 8 a.m. west of the Noyes Building, and a tennis tournament starts at and rt. Post editor to speak at graduation Company locates new data processing center in Ephraim EPHRAIWestern Wats Center (WWC) recently opened a data collection and processing center on the Snow College West Campus. The company is operating 48 phones and is employing 98 students and others from the community. Company Manager, Art Jack-soestimates that by Sept. 1, 100 phones will be in operation and 220 people will be employed. He estimates the company will generate $700,000 in wages during its first year of business in Ephraim. Western Wats Center was founded in February of 1987. In five years it has grown into one of the four largest data collection and processing firms in the nation. WWC is a data collection center with experience in inter- - is listed as a MT. PLEASAN- T- Robyne Curry, a 1972 graduate of Was-at'- h Academy and an editor for the Washington Post, will be the guest speaker at the 1992 Baccalaureate service. Ms. Curry earned a Master of Arts degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madiso- n in 1982. Her journalism career has included such publications as Newsweek and The Wall M- V; ; ' n, r,' - v H f, 4 Vv, VI costumes, will be among those providing enter- tainment during the Scandinavian Festival Saturday, May 23 in Ephraim. Local and state folk dance groups, puppeteers, artists, story " Street Journal. I VV; v She received a National media award for excellence in newspaper reporting on communication disorders from the American vV ' ' litfi-Ni- Dancers, dressed in authentic Scandinavian . r- 7 tellers and others will perform from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Deseret String Band will also perform. For specific performance schedules check the Festival Information Booth during the celebration. 1981-8- 2. She will be addressing Wasatch graduates exactly 20 years after being valedictorian of her own graduating class. Wasatch to graduate 31 seniors Sunday MT. PLEASANT Thirty-on- e students will graduate from Wasatch Academy May 24, at 1 p.m. Deadline Vehicle check planned open for visitors from 4 to Saturday. Baccalaureate during commencement exercises on the east lawn. Students will be honored with three days of graduation activities beginning with the Jensen-Gi- ll Fine Arts Festival Friday, May 22, and Saturday, May 23, evenings in Craighead Auditorium. Examples of classroom projects, literary magazine and art will be on display in the Tigers Den following the festival Saturday evening. Special awards will be presented at the awards assembly at 1:15 p.m. Saturday. The senior tea will follow in the senior garden at 3:30 p.m. Pierce Historical Hall will be . Five Wasatch Academy seniors honored with Student League Awards are from left: back, Josh Loftin, Elton Black, James Leathers, and front, Sharon Davidson and Ashley Austin. Michelle Newcomb, center, a junior, also received the award. 10 7 p.m. will be held at a.m., Sunday, May 24, in the First Presbyterian Church. Wasatch alumna, Robyne Curry, editor for The Washington Post will be the guest speaker. Lions breakfast FOUNTAIN GREE- N- The Fountain Green Lions will hold their annual Memorial Day breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m., Monday. May 25, at the City Park. Pancakes, eggs and ham. along with juice, cocoa and cot fee will be served. The annual breakfast is a fund raiser to sup , port Lions' eomniunit projects. s,-t- |