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Show Moroni takes action to pay penalty, join with county landfill by C.R. Truitt MORON- I- Council members passed a motion for Mayor Cook to present county landfill authorities a $12,000 check for a retroactive penalty for not belonging to the landfill, in a April 9 meeting. Mayor Cook stated that he hopes the county can see that this payment will show Moronis seriousness about joining the landfill. Cook reported the county may let the city pay the th six-mon- th penalty of $12,000 instead of $5 per $120,000 for the five-yehousehold collection. It was reported that if the county allows this, Moroni citizens will start paying $5 per month on May 1 for a period of one year and then drop back to the $3.50 per month rate which is the same amount as other municipalities. Otherwise, patrons will be paying $5 per household per month for five years before dropping back to the going rate at the time. ar The money used to pay the penalty is funds the citys auditors told council members needed to be spent to bring the city within acceptable state overbudget laws. Recorder Barbara Gordon suggested using the overage to join the landfill. Most council members expressed feelings that there is no other option, but to join the landfill because of federal and state regulations. Former Sanpete resident to perform at Pioneer Pageant MT. PLEASAN- T- A former Sanpete County man should find himself at home during the upcoming Pioneer Pageant, July 17, 18 and 19, at North Sanpete High Schools football field. Richard McAllister, son of Jack and Joan McAllister, of Mt. Pleasant, and former North Sanpete High School quarterback, will be performing with the popular entertaining group. Voice Male, during the pageant preshow. McAllister sings first tenor and is one of the groups six vocalists. He also adds humor to the group with good stage lines he thinks up while traveling between work and home and Voice Male. Richard grew up working on his familys sheep ranch and still spends many weekends "on the mountain. " He graduated from North Sanpete and Snow College and served an LDS Mission to Southern California before completing his degree in animal science from Utah State University. He is currently building houses along the Wasatch Front and has started a recreational snowmobile business in Mt. Pleasant. .Richard credits his high school music teacher, Roy Ellefson, as having had a significant impact on him. His hobbies include playing the guitar, country dancing, and "singing higher than " your sister. Voice Males other vocalists include Mike Bearden, tenor, a seasoned vocalist who has also performed with Boys II Men and Take 6; John Huff,' tenor and baritone, who also plays trumpet in USUs jazz band; and Phil Kesler, baritone, former member of the Mormon Youth Chorus and the Logan Institutes New Horizons show choir. The groups two bass singers include John Luthy, who also adds percussion, and Mike Willson. Luthy was the lead organizer of Voice Male and manages the groups business; Willson, a music major, has sung with the Snow College Ascension show choir, Logan Institute New zons choir, and Utah State Universitys Chorale. Wilson also plays the trumpet. The group performs an exciting blend of traditional a capella harmonies, lively vocal percussions and humor. Their repertoire, which is designed to please audiences from elementary school kids to senior citizens, includes popular favor off-the-w-all ites from the 50s to the jazz, country, and barbershop. In addition to public appearances, Voice Male has recorded an album with 13 of their favorite songs. Two more albums are planned before the Pioneer Pageant performance in July. 90s-roc- k, Billie Mellor is crowned dairy princess GUNNISO- Billie K. Mellor, daughter of Randy and Tracy Mellor, Fayette, was crowned Sanpete County Dairy Princess April 11 at the annual pageant held at Gunnison Valley High School. Attendants N- are Karalyn Thor-sedaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Thorsen; Nanette Sorensen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Sorensen, all of Manti. n, Kristy Harmer, daughter of Dean Harmer, Salina, and Sherry Berry, Spring City, was named Miss Congeniality. Contestants were judged on interview, evening gown, onstage question and production number. Four Snow College students recently scored in 99th percentile in the nation on the Phar- macy College Admission Test (PC AT). Liz Somsen, Phil Papenfuss, David McKnight and Ben Semadini, all sophomores, have earned the Snow College students score in ninety-nint- h percentile on pharmacy college admit test By Dean ODriscoll EPHRAI- Four students have M- recently scored in the 99th percentile in the nation on the Phar- macy College Admission Test(PCAT). The PCAT is known as one of the toughest entrance exams in any subject and it is rare if one student can rank in the top one percent in the country. Liz Somsen, Phil Papenfuss, David McKnight and Ben Semadini, all sophomores at Snow, took the test with over 100 students at the University of Utah. The score indicates that for every 100 students around the country attempting to enter a pharmacy school, 99 of them fared worse on the exam than the Snow College students. Dr. Boyd Beck, a chemistry professor and the students advisor said, "This is really a reflection on the whole school. They need a good education to accomplish something like that." "I really hope this will do one thing for us," he said. "I hope it will allow us to attract even more outstanding pharmacy students like this. I believe this is a good I X right to virtually choose any school in the coun-th- e try. Snow College has an excellent academic reputation and places an average of three students a year in the Pharmacy School at the University of Utah. recruiting tool for Snow Col- lege." Phil Papenfuss, previously from Salt Lake City, is happy that he came to Snow College. "This score is really not me," he said. "All I did is show what I have learned in class at Snow. I have attended BYU, so I can definitely make a direct comparison and Snow gave me the better educa- tion." David McKnight, a graduate of Wasatch High School in Heber City, said, "I wouldve just been lost in a crowd somewhere else; and I believe I would have just been an average student. " Semadini, a graduate of Monti-cell- o High School, is one of many family members to do extremely well in Ephraim. "All of my family members have gone to Snow," he said. "What I cant understand is how we can get such good teaching at Snow for such an affordable price." Liz Somsen, a graduate of Brighton High School in Sandy, gave all of the credit for the brilliant test score to the teachers at Snow. "Everything we needed to know for the test we were taught in our classes. All we had to do was pay attention and study," she said. The four students have more in common than just excellent test results. They all work for a professor in die chemistry department; they all want to be pharmacists; and they all plan to continue their education at the University of Utah. Two of the students have something else in common. Liz and Phil are engaged to be married. They havent set a date yet but expect to make final plans after being accepted to the school at Utah. "Although none of the students have been accepted yet," Dr. Beck said, "with their test scores, its merely a formality." Snow College has an excellent academic reputation and places an average of three students a year in the Pharmacy School at the University of Utah. This year eight have applied and four of those have earned the right to choose virtually any school in the country. I W&am r rfti it rt 7 |