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Show V The VFW held a memorial service in honor of Veterans Day last Friday in the Mt. Pleasant City Cemetery where they flew over y , Y ' ' aw ' . - . ran. a MT. PLEASANT, UTAH 84647 - November 16, 1994 Volume 102 Come Home for MT. PLEASAN- T- "Come Home For Christmas" the citys annual old fashioned Christmas promotion will officially begin Nov. 25 when its historic Main Street Business District will once again be adorned with thousands of tiny white lights. Arrangements for the annual town lighting and other Christmas activities were made at a meeting directed by Main Street Promotion spokesperson Diane Jorgensen last Friday. Other Christmas events will include the arrival of Santa Dec. 3; performance by Wasatch Academys bell ringers and choir Dec. 10, and historic tours. The annual City Buck drawings will be held Dec. 10, 17 and , 24. Gunnison plans Christmas event un- derway here for the arrival of Santa Claus, according to spokespersons for the Gunnison Valley Business Association who met last week. Santa will arrive Friday, Nov. 25, with candy for children, and will again personally respond to requests for letters. Children a letter from Santa wishing should bring a stamped, envelope to give to him when he arrives. Santas arrival ushers in the holiday season for businesses here. Other events include annual Christmas baskets which will be Awarded to patrons each Friday beginning Nov. 25. Santas visit is a community service project enlisting the help of the Business Association, Lions Club, Jaycees, and Gunnison City. ed , - : Forty-si- x District enrollment down 28 students Christmas set by Mt. Pleasant GUNNISO- N- Plans are Number Price $.50 MT. PLEASAN- T- Enrollment in North Sanpete schools is down 28 students with a total of 2,398 students as of Oct. 1, from a total of 2,426 for the same time last year, according to statistics supplied by the district office. North Sanpete High School still has the most students with 771 over last years 762. The senior class remains the smallest with 166 and the sophomore class is largest with 211. Freshmen number 204 and juniors 176. , North Sanpete Middle Schools with 279 students, up from last population took a nosedive, years 257. Their kindergarten has 46 students; first grade, 40; losing 133 students, for a population of 493 from last years 626. second, 30; third, 37; fourth, 40; Sixth graders number 79; sevfifth, 43; and sixth, 40. Mt. Pleasant Elementary comes enth, 203; and eighth, 200. next with 272, down from last Of the elementary schools, Moroni is largest with 302 stuyears 289, but it has no kinder-- , dents, up from 259 last year. The garten nor sixth grade this year. kindergarten has 36 pupils; first ; There are 55 first graders; 53 second; 65, third; 46, fourth; and grade, 42; second, 34; third, 37; fourth, 42; fifth, 61; and sixth, 50, fifth. 47. Spring City Elementary has 162 Next is Fairview Elementary students, a large increase over . MP adopts an amended budget by C. R. Truitt MT. PLEASAN- T- The City Council passed a resolution adopting die amended 1994-9- 5 budget during their Nov. 9 meeting after a short public hearing. The budget had been reopened and amended to include a $20,000 increase from the sale of city property and from changes due to "administration oversights". Included in some of the changes were increasing the general fund revenue to $672,677, increasing recreation expenditures from $45,000 to $67,000, changing anticipated power fund revenues and expenditures from $911,000 to $903,000, changing the irrigation fund from $19,000 to $23,000, $2,300 in benefits to expenditures and the $40,000 city managers salary was redistributed where it was needed. Of the $40,000 savings from the vacated position, only about $3,000 is left. A problem left over from the sewer repair project was raised by a resident who said he couldnt park in front of his house because water runs into his lawn. The council will add it to the construction company s repair list. Senior Citizen representative Dorothy Jensen reported that Vern Fisher had resigned as their president and has been replaced by Jon Schuhmann. Fisher will remain a member of the new building project, however. the 116 for last year. Kindergarten consists of 44 students; first grade, 14; second, 17; third, 26; fourth, 18; fifth, 21; and sixth, 17. Fountain Green Elementarys population rose by only two students, 119 from last years 117. The kindergarten accounts for 20; first grade, 19; second, 23; third, 18; fourth, 19; fifth, 18; but there are no sixth grad- ers. The d and in included are youngsters 41 home-boun- ed the individual school totals but are not reflected in class figures. There are also 43 three- - and preschoolers whose numbers arent reflected in the total district figure. Its almost a dead heat between the 146 incoming kindergartners this year and last Mays 150 graduating seniors. The shifting of kindergartners and sixth graders to other district schools accounts for some of the rises or declines in individual school populations. four-year-o- ld City departments have put auditors recommendations into practice and all department heads know where their budgets stand, according to City Recorder Dixie Brunger. The Mayor said he had met with the citys new engineering company and they are looking into grant money for repairing Mt. Pleasants bridges. Mike Buchanan was appointed to the recreation board and Jim Carlton appointed to the irrigation advisory board. A motion was passed to purchase Christmas turkeys for city employees and for a city employee Christmas luncheon. Mayor Chesley Christensen also announced dates for the annual lighting contests: Nov. 23, Dec. 3 and Dec. 10. Discussion was held on using a Federal Justice Department program that could allow them to add a fifth officer to the police department. South Sanpete receives $1,068 in TCI monies PRICE TCI Cablevision of Inc., raised $1,068 for Sanpete School District during the recent "TCI Education Project", donating Five dollars for customers who signed up for cable or added to their service. The money was used toward the purchase of two televisions, one VCR and world globes for the district. Teachers can record Utah, South The violent crime act has set aside funds to help pay for more policemen in rural areas and will pay 75 percent of the cost for three years. Mayor Christensen explained that Ephraim set up their own fund and added a fifth officer. They are now able to cover the city 24 hours a day and the officers no longer have to work overtime. "Anything Goes" as Gunnison Valley High School performs the musical of the same name on Friday, Saturday and Monday, Nov. 18, 19 and 21 at 7:30 p.m., under the direction of Mark Lyons. For ticket information, contact the high school at educaand use commercial-fre- e tional programming resources and data services provided free of charge by the TCI Education Project. Ron Kline, TCIs System General Manager, expressed appreciation to educational organizations and media who rallied in support of the cause. r Weather news MT. PLEASAN- T- The Weather Station reports that for the week of Nov. 7 through Nov. 13 a high temperature of 58 degrees was reached on Nov. 7, 10 and 1 1 , with a low of 22 on Nov. 13. Barometric pressure recorded a high of 30. 14 on Nov. 13 and a low of 29.64 on Nov. 11. Precipitation included .01" on Nov. 8, .23" on Nov. 12 and .22" on Nov. 13, for a total of .46". Total snow accumu-- lation on Nov. 12 and 13 was 312". Peak wind gusts: Nov. 7, 14 mph, N; Nov. 8, 15 mph, NNW; Nov. 9, 16 mph, ENE; Nov. 10,28 mph, NNE; Nov. 11, 32 mph, SW; Nov. 12, 21 mph, S; and Nov. 13, 18 mph, SE. Urs-enba- . j ch -! Manti High School will perform "Hello Dolly" on Friday, Saturday and Monday, Nov. 18, 19 and 21 at 7 p.m., under the direction of Eloise Liddell. For ticket information, contact the high school at 823-228- 1. North Sanpete High School will perform Rodgers and Hammer-stein- s "South Pacific", on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., under the direction of Suzan evenings, Nov. Rasmussen. Music is being directed by Craig Clark and choreography by Melanie Eldridge and Kate Carney. For ticket information, call the high school at 17-1- 9, 462-245- 2. |