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Show m &m w m urn urn v ' ft 467 SALT MT. PLEASANT, UTAH Volume 10 MT. PLEASAN-T- billboard announcing Mt. Pleas- ants historic Main Street District has been installed south of town at the airport entrance to High- way 89. The 12 x 30 sign is one of several projects being funded through a Utah State History, Certified Local Government (CLG) grant administered by the Mt. Pleasant to organize Rotary Club MT. PLEASAN- T- Efforts are underway to organize a Rotary Club, and those interested in joining are invited to attend weekly meetings held at Circle Bar E. The meetings are held on Wednesdays at 7:30 a.m. To date die organization has six people who have indicated they want to get the club going.; Twenty are needed to have a club. Members are to be of good character and have good business or professional reputations. The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy, enterprise and to promote high ethical business and professional standards. - March 10, 1993 tion Commission. The historic sign project, which is under the direction of Mayor Chesley Christensen, is the second informational sign to be placed at a city entrance. A similar sign was installed last year north of town on Highway 89. A third sign is planned for the citys west (Highway 116) entrance next year. Ben Jenkins of Jenkins Signs, Mt. Pleasant, painted the sign which depicts several historic buildings on the north side of Main Street between State Street and 100 West. City crews and equipment were used for the actual installation. Other projects completed during the 1992-9- 3 budget year, which ends March 31, include a restorationpreservation plan for the Relic Home at 120 South State; intensive level surveys (historic research) on three structures (a fourth survey was completed at the owners expense), ' and the purchase of research materials and periodicals to assist people in the maintenance, preservation and documentation of their historic buildings. The HPC also listed the Relic Home on the National Historic Register and obtained additional grant money which is being used for restoration work on that building. CEDAR CIT- Y- For the fourth consecutive year and for the last time, North Sanpetes Drill Spiriteers won the State Team Tournament. Next year, to the relief of nearby schools, the Spiriteers will be competing with tougher and schools. The Spiritbigger eers also took the Region Nine Championship for the sixth con 2-- A 3-- A vSitHistonc MSUI! CITY, 84111- UT - Number Ten Price $.50 Some of those agencies have room for improvement, however, and may be carrying more than their share of the law enforcement burden for the county. Those conclusions were drawn as part of a statewide poll of 1015 people polled by Dan Jones & Associates, Inc. eighty-fiv- e of those respondents were from rural Utah; 10 were from Sanpete. Statewide, 78 percent of those polled have had a positive experience with police. Two-hundr- . 'Mi ) , secutive year at the tournament held at North Summit High School last week in Coalville. In an y event Saturday, the Spiriteers took first place in all four categories, military, dance, props and novelty which made them the undefeated overall winners. Millard High School took second place. all-da- SALT LAKE CIT- Y- Sanpetes citizens generally have highly favorable opinions of Sanpete law enforcement agencies and the work they do to protect the public and their property, according to a survey commissioned by the Utah Strategic Planning Committee for Law Enforcement. 7 f4j LAKE Camie North Sanpetes n Church, who was the winner in Region Nine, also took the state honor. Camie, Nichole Rawlings and Jennifer Blain were named to the Maggie Barker, Jennifer Blain, Cami Church, Cook, Cyndi Emily Cook, Marie Cook, Melina Dispain, Laura Finlinson, states t, ell, Nicole Howell, Tiffany Catherine Morley, Mary Nicole Rawlings, Christa Lee Sorensen, Sara Vincent and Jessica Wilkey. drill-dow- team. Lauri Canales is the drill team advisor. Members of the Spiriteers include: Megan Anderson, Kristina Bailey, Melissa Bailey, Kay Lynn Hansen, Alesah How- Jar-ret- Poll says citizens feel police do good job ed That figure was slightly lower in Sanpete where 70 percent of polled said their experiencI those es were positive. Ten percent of Sanpete residents polled said their experience was negative and 20 percent didnt know. The poll, taken from Novem13 to 18, 1992, has an error ber fcf factor of three IA percent. According to the survey, 95 of Utahns believe Utah percent t vV ) law enforcement officers are . y ; ,'Tl either "very concerned" or "somewhat concerned" about the f safety of local citizens and businesses. In Sanpete, 90 percent gave the same comments. Christensen examines billboard installed a Mayor Chesley sign near Mt. Pleasants municipal airport on Highway 89 last week. Robberyburglarytheft and The sign depicts the citys historic Main Street District. A drugsalcohol were most fresimilar sign was installed at the citys north entrance last year. quently mentioned as the states - 300 S NS Spiriteers are No 1 Mt. Pleasant Historic Preserva- ftlii i!P E 4th consecutive title New sign focuses oh citys historic downtown A new 84647 ASSN PRESS UTAH plus-or-min- us and the countys most serious crime problems. When asked to identify the three major crime concerns in their area, Sanpete respondents first mentioned 33 percent; and 17 percent for each, drugsalcohol, juvenile and drunk driving. included: Other concerns vandalism and destruction of property. Utahns in general strongly believe that law enforcers offer adequate police protection to them and their families. The poll found that 91 percent (60 percent in Sanpete) of respondents consider police protection either "very adequate" or "fairly adequate," while seven percent (40 percent in Sanpete) rate it as "not adequate." Seventy-tw- o percent (70 percent in Sanpete) of those veyed indicated they feel "very safe" in their homes during daylight hours, and 58 percent (60 percent in Sanpete) feel "very safe" at night. The survey showed that 81 percent (83 percent in Sanpete) believe the Highway Patrol is doing a job; 71 percent (74 percent in Sanpete) say their sheriffs department is doing a job. Sixty-on- e percent of Sanpete respondents also rated their local city police as Sanpete respondents were most likely to have had contact with their sheriffs department (30 percent of those polled had contacted the sheriffs department in the past month compared with 20 percent for each the highway patrol and city police) prob-lemscrim- . good-to-excelle- nt good-to-excelle- nt good-to-excelle- However, if they had been involved in an accident or traffic violation, 100 percent of them said it was handled by the highway patrol, compared to other rural and urban areas where respondents relied most heavily on city police (47 percent in rural and 54 percent in urban). The highway patrol accounts for only 26 percent of urban and 36 percent of other rural accident or traffic violation responses. Sanpete residents unanimously gave their highway patrol officers who responded to their accidents a perfect score for being courteous. Twenty-perceof Sanpete residents polled said they had been a victim of crime in the past two years. Fifty percent of them reported the crime to their local police. Half of them did not report the crime. Those who reported their crime gave the responding officer a perfect score, but the dispatcher who took the call received a failing grade. One hundred percent said the investigating officer was courteous but that the dispatcher was discourteous. All Sanpete respondents said that the officers followed through on their investigation and checked back. Thats better than rural Utah as a whole where only 76 percent reported the officer followed through and in only 50 percent of the cases checked back with the complainant. In urban areas only 56 percent of officers followed through the investigation and 34 percent checked back. Of Sanpete residents polled, 20 percent said they had witnessed a crime in the past two nt . years, and 50 percent of them contacted their city police. On these calls the dispatcher was courteous 50 percent of the time. How do Sanpete residents rate the conduct of their police officers on and off the job? Ninety percent (91 percent statewide) believe they should have more strict standards on duty, and 80 percent (56 percent statewide) feel the same standard y should apply to their off-dut- time. of Sanpete respondents believed the number of officers in their community was adequate. Most also felt that police agencies were sensitive to needs, however the poll showed that law enforcement needed to improve its interaction with the public through greater community involvement, better public relations programs, more public Continued on page 2 Sixty-perce- nt Fairview Lions need help FAIRVIE- W- "The Fairview Lions Club needs new members if it is going to keep the citys oldest civic organization alive," said Roger Black, president. A meeting is set for tonight, March 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the basement of the city hall and is open to anyone who would like to attend. In the past the Lions Club has assisted with many civic projects that have benefitted the community. "It needs people to volunteer and help us keep these things going," said Black. |