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Show n mT' 0" Page Two - The Pyramid - March 12, 1997 MENTARY Merrill Ogden Fruit production subject of gardening class is Signs of Spring Some cf you may think that a little early for a "signs of Spring column. I admit that there is still snow on the shady side of the woodshed. Despite the snow and in the face of astronomical reckoning of the seasons, I hereby declare that winter is over. The signs of spring have appeared; so put your woollies away. Here is my list of the 10 Sanpete signs of spring which I have observed: 1. My kids are wearing shorts again. (I believe they quit for about three weeks) 2. The yellow crocuses (croci?) have poked up and bloomed on the south side of the hacienda. 3. Three words: Mud, Mud, Mud. 4. The red, red robin has come bob bob bobbin along. 5. The price of gas has been edging up. 6. The Swimsuit Edition of Sports Illustrated has arrived. 7. The girl scout cookies have been delivered. 8. I have been solicited for contributions for the Elk FounDucks Unlimited, dation, various beautyscholarship pageants, etc. Etc. And I know that the Search and Rescue guys will be at my door any day now for their Radio Day deal. 9. Newborn calves. 10. Nobody is praying for more moisture. of moisture, Speaking people in the know are comparing the snowpack in the its mountains to what conditions were like before the 1983 spring flooding. Its a little scary. If youre in a low lying area near a creek, you may want to put your priceless pictures, diaries, etc. in a big garbage bag for grabbing and running purposes. I had an aunt who kept all her years of diaries in a big garbage bag so that if the house caught fire, she could just grab and run. My kid says the snow is good and deep up Fairview Canyon where they snowboard. He and his buddies had to help a pal with a broken leg down the hill through three feet of powder. It took them 45 minutes to make it down to the road. Hopefully we wont have runoff flooding problems here. Its been a miserable time for those people in the Ohio River valley. Spring should be a time for new hope and renewal, not crisis. Its a time to get or bolster the feeling that life is worth living. Just as nature shakes off the winters sleep, its time for us to rouse out of the winter doldrums. It wont be long before the new greenery buds out on the trees and colorful tulips and daffodils pop up. While mother nature changes wardrobes, so can we. Im tired of wearing clodhoppers and long sleeves. Im ready to trade flannel for seersucker, arent you? Take time to notice the change of seasons. Its one of the great benefits of Sanpete living.... Merrill. Reader responds to use of honey to grease wheels of slow government Editors note: The following is a I MT. PLEASAN-T- "Small fruit production" is the topic of the next Master Gardener class which will be held Tuesday, March 18, at 8 p.m. in the Mt. Pleasant Library. The class will be taught by guest instructor. Bill Varga, a USU plants, soils and biometeorology specialist. He is also director of the Utah Botanical Gardens in Farmington. He will describe different types of trees and which trees grow best in the area. The trees growth cycle, fruiting habit, and blossom and fruit development will be part of the discussion. Also discussed, will be pruning, how to prevent winter injury, and harvesting. The classes are by the Sanpete County Extension Service and the Mt. Pleasant Public Library. For more information call Sanpete County Ex1 tension Office at or Mt. Pleasant Library at 462-324- a business video tapes now at Snow 2. 2, 835-215- 835-215- FAX: Thelma Barentsen Martin Mt, Pleasant 462-245- 9 Publisher Craig Conover Penny Hamilton Managing Editor Cheryl Brewer Office Manager Andrea Lloyd Staff Writer SUBSCRIPTION RATES (In Advance) $20 per year-50- C per copy $23 per year outside Sanpete County CORRESPONDENTS Monti, Bruce Jennings 4 Wales, Chester Mathel Anderson 436-857- 0 Fairview, Sabrina Haycock 427-350- 6 Moroni, Barbara Gordon 436-876- 0 Ftn Green, Jessie Oldroyd 445-342- 2 North Sanpete, Leah Freeman Snow College Reporter, Ray Truitt Dean O'Driscoll 6 Send change of address to The Pyramid, 49We$tMam Street, Mt Pleasant, UT 84647 Periodical postage paid at Mt Pleasant, UT and odditionol moiling offices POSTMASTER Loran S. Jim and Moroni, serve in Christensen, son of Leslee Christensen, has been called to the Eugene Oregon LDS Mission. He will speak at 9:30 a.m., Sunday, March 16, in the Moroni Third LDS Ward. Grandparents are Willis and Margaret Petersen,' Riverton; and Mary Christensen, Moroni. He will enter the MTC -- March 19. Reader says dance hall, theater should be torn down Teen council meeting to be held 462-213- During the public participation portion of the Mt. Pleasant City Council meeting of Feb. 11, we asked the city government to provide definitive answers as to Starting, running 283-737- Green should pay attention. There are two buildings on Main Street that need to be demolished. The old theater and dance hall are safety, fire and health hazards. Dont suggest I go to the council meeting because I have and everything I say goes over their heads, if it is not something they all agree with. Evelyn Hamilton Fountain Green Never invest your money in anything that eats or needs repairing. The fine lace for which Paraguay is justly famous is called nanduti, the Guarani Indian word for "spider web." Two Wasatch Academy students honored for art work by Governor Leavitt visual art works by Governor Michael Leavitt, in a ceremony held at the Governors Mansion. of form milder is a Gratitude City; In honor of the winning artrevenge. WA; Governor Leavitt declared ists, Nietzsche their Feb. 21, as Utah Young Artists Day. Jurors from Utah Arts Council, Southern Utah University, Cedar City Middle School and Brigham Young University chose 310 works from a field of 867 to be shown in the 25th Annual High School Art Show sponsored by Springville Museum of Art. Utah House of Representatives and Utah Senate also honored the high school artists this year. Many of the winning works were displayed in the rotunda of the Utah State Capitol. The Springville Museum of Art will sponsor Portfolio Day, Saturday, March 8, for high school artists to meet with art department representatives from Utah Valley State College, Brigham Two senior Wasatch Academy students Marta Davis 0), Tacoma, 1 Young University, University of WA; pose with Governor Michael Leavitt (center) and Zina' Utah, Utah State University, Bennion (r), Spring City. They were Southern Utah University, Colrecently honored for their, visual art works in a ceremony held at the Governors Mansion. lege of Eastern Utah and others. MT. PLEASAN- Tsenior Wasatch Academy dents, Zina Bennion, Spring and Marta Davis, Tacoma, were recently honored for Two Stu- te Dear Editor: 0. EPHRAIM Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Snow College recently announced they have a supply of video tapes available free to the public with information about starting and running a small business. Viewing times may be scheduled weekdays, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., by calling Snow College SBDC, located on the west campus, at Subjects of the 30 minute tapes are: The Fire Within, Getting Started, Finding Financing, Up and Running, Marketing and Sales, Market and Product Expansion, Financing Growth, Managing Growth, The Human Challenge, Managing Adversity, Agricultural Entrepreneurs, The Personal Side and innovators. film points per game. Mrs. Bench asked for clas-oi-to d make and work childrens the personalize sroom books about activities. As entries were screened for the drawing, company executives realized they could grant the school s request without the grant system. Since film is a stan-Stadard product in the insurance business, State Farm Agent Danny Dyches donated the film from his office supply, What good is city code book, if laws are ignored? 835-215- and owned the first drug store in Spring City. You can find his grave there. Andrew My Marcus Berentsen Sr. fought in Dear Editor: Well Jim, here comes some the Indian Wars, Grandpa and I have a complaint to make more entertainment for you. I Grandma Barentsen and my and I think people of Sanpete hope it is as entertaining to you father, sister and brother were County and especially Fountain as your letter was to us. What bom in Fountain Green. I started my education in part of California are you from? You cant possibly be referring to Sanpete. At the age of 14, we us. moved from Mt. Pleasant to the First of all, my family helped great big "Salt Lake City." Our settle this valley. My children were bom in Utah. Our MANT- I- A Robert L. Johnson, grandchildren were educated in Utah State staff memUniversity was the First bishop in Fountain Utah. ber will be working with youth, It is unfortunate that so many Green; his wife, president of the on planning and Relief Society. They are buried people do not realize that, "The grades a community activity promoting in Fountain Green. are that be" as the preampowers at the Sanpete County Teen Let-ullble to the Constitution states, My Council meeting on March 25. "We the people". Burdick was the first doctor Those planning to attend Our elected officials should be should call the Sanpete County we All of are one but us, they? Sanpala's Landing Nawspapar Extension Office at 1 by have asked is for our city offiTHE PBRflflllD cials to uphold the law. After March 21. Call the extension 1 for more over eight years of attempting the office, 365-58- 0) use of "honey" and knowing that (USPS complacency is the partner of Published Weekly at Mt. Pleasant ignorance, we could no longer remain complacent. Utah, 84647 My grandmother also had 49 West Main Street some sayings, one in particular 4 was, "Find the facts, engage Telephone: brain and then open mouth." to the letter to the editor published in The Pyramid, March 5 from Jim Berlin. Dear Editor: response Mrs. Benchs Kindergarten class at Fairview Elementary will be receiving a supply of Polar- film from State Farm Insurance. While attending the fall UEA Convention, Mrs. Bench filled out an entry form for the $100 Education- al Grant. This grant is offered annually by Farm Insurance. Last year State Farm donated over $14,000 to Utah classrooms as a result of this program. One name is drawn each time the JAZZ Basketball team scores 50 the status of between 22 and 28 criminal complaints submitted to the police department between Sept. 17, and Nov. 28, 1996. We could not expect answers at this meeting, even though six months had passed from the time the first complaint was filed. Instead we requested answers at the city council meeting scheduled for Feb. 25. Immediately following the meeting of Feb. 1 1 , we discussed the probability of answers and collectively came to the conclusion that we would receive nothing "definitive". During the time period following the meeting of the 17th, discussions with other local citizens t produced some disturbing information. It seems that Mayor Chesley Christensen made the statement, "the complaints made by Jack Martin and his cohorts are frivolous". This was extremely discomforting as it seemed to verify that there had been no intention to follow the dictates of criminal law which governs social behavior. The chief of police had told Jack Martin previously that he had sent two officers into the subdivision to investigate the criminal complaints. When "requests for investigation and prosecution" are filed with the police department in writing as these were, the police department is required to confirm or deny the allegation(s). When confirmation is established, the police are legally empowered to make an arrest or issue a citation. The complaints as written were misdemeanors and as such, had citations been written they could have been adjudicated within our local court. We understand that our local court has the authority to adjudicate misdemeanors and establish fines andor jail sentences of up to one year within the limits established by the municipal ordinances. Had' our city government responded to the complaint presented to the Mt. Pleasant City Council on Jan. 25, 1996, signed by seven resident property owners, the formal written complaints to the police department would not exist. Had City Ordinances been observed, the violatorviolators would have had clear-cdirections that Mt. Pleasant City Ordinances are not to be taken lightly. Property values of the resident owners would not have been reduced to approximately one half, an estimate established by two real estate agents. No one enjoys having property values destroyed by someone trying to make a "quick buck." When the police department the investigated complaints, apparently they were verified. Someone in city government circumvented the law by having the complaints forwarded to the City Attorney, Ken Chamberlain, thus taking them from the authority of our local adjudicator. Mr. Chamberlain prepared documentation for an injunction and a cease and desist order. Within days, Mr. Chamber-lai- n removed these from the docket, after a threat of a law ut suit against the city by Mr. Glau- ser. We were told that the city attorney charged or was paid $10,000 and would require $20,-00- 0 more to continue this service. Had the complaints been cited and prosecuted within the municipality, it would have cost the city only a few meager dollars of wages. At the meeting of Feb. 25, the question was again asked, "Why were the complaints given to Mr. Chamberlain?" The mayor, city council members and recorder all responded with statements that the complaints were not given to the city attorney, they were given to the county attorney. If this was so, why would the city be obligated to pay Mr. Chamberlain? During the meeting of Feb. 25, the Mayor stated, "that even the Mayor and Council occasionally needed legal advice". Why in this case did the. mayor and city council need legal advice? They were in no way involved in the criminal matter, as they are legislative not judicial. Was it a flagrant misuse of taxpayer money? With nothing definitive being offered by city government, it was better to let the discussion stop, at this time, as nothing was WHAT being accomplished. GOOD ARE THE WRITINGS IN THE MT. PLEASANT CITY MUNICIPAL CODE BOOK IF THEY ARE IGNORED? Mr. & Mrs. George Jack Smith Mr. Mrs. Jack Martin Mt. Pleasant & Randy LaVem Spens, son of Stacy and Brooke Spens, Moroni; and Aaron and Deborah Huffman, Ogden, has been called to serve in the Houston Texas LDS Mission. He will speak at 3:50 p.m., Sunday, March 16, in the Ogden Uintah Eighth LDS Ward. Grandparents are Fairel and Edna Spens, Moroni; Ruth Barrow, Ogden; and the late LaVern Barrow. He will enter the MTC March 19. Mouthbreeding fish hold their eggs in their mouths during much of the time before hatching. The first savings bank in the country were opened in Philadelphia and Boston in 1816. The smallest known amphibian is the Cuban frog, which is less than 12 inch long. |