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Show f i v4-- ' ,l t If Members of the Child Abuse Prevention Team recently attended the Governors Youth Conference in Sail Lake City. Back row 0 to r): Kay Jensen, Dana Winch, Misty Brooks, Heather Anderson, Congressman Merrill Cook, Stacy Otten and Heather Oveno. Front row: Tanath Cox, Amber Nielsen and Randi Livingston. The conference discussed youth problems and issues, child abuse prevention and the problems that result from child abuse. 4 O t i , r 55 - I. Aij ih MT. PLEASANT, UTAH Volume 105 5 84647 - October 8, 1997 Price 500 Commemoration to honor George Washington Bradley MANTI The 10th annual commemoration of the "Settlement of Sanpete" will be held Saturday, Oct. 11, featuring the George Washington Bradley family. For further information or to make luncheon reservations, call Helen Wilson at The George Washington Bradley family arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in the fall of 1848. One year later, at the October conference, they were called to settle Sanpete Valley, with Manti the initial site. Chief Wakaras brother, Ammon, lived with the family the first winter and taught Bradley the Ute language. Hence, Bradley participated in many tense moments but remained an important liaison and peacemaker with the Native Americans. Bradley, Ammon and Tabinaw, another brother of Chief Wakara were among those who played crucial roles in the survival of this fledgling colony. 835-350- 2. . Later, Bradley was called to help settle Nephi. He served as counselor to President Joseph as probate judge, Heywood, commander of the military post, and helped obtain Nephi s charter from the Territorial Legislature. After six years in Nephi, Bradley was called to pioneer Moroni. He served many years there as bishop and in other capacities. "Events this year will commence in Moroni and conclude in Manti," stated Carol Braithwaite, captain of Manti Camp of Daughters of Utah Pioneers (DUP). Activities a.m. to will begin at 8:30 a.m, with registration and a tour of graves at the Moroni Cemetery, located north of Moroni on Highway 132, and a tour of homesites. 10 Action will shift to Manti and the Pioneer Monument just below the Manti LDS Temple on Highway 89. At 11 a.m., a wreath will be placed in memory of the pioneers and a prayer of thanks giving will be given. The ceremony will be particularly meaningful as the sesquicentennial year draws to a close honoring pioneers who trekked west to the Salt Lake Valley. Tours of graves, homesites and the History House, 402 North Main, will add to the story of the Bradley George Washington legacy. A number of related families are among those of special interest, which include Henrie, Morley, Stringham, Olsen, Funk, Otteson, Cox, Kilpack, Bruno, Lowry, Draper, Woolf, Johnson, Westenskow and Petty. An inspirational and historic program is being prepared by family members for presentation at 1 p.m., in the chapel of the Manti LDS Stake Center, 300 South Main. The program climaxes the day and follows the fundraising luncheon and bake sale sponsored by the local DUP during the lunch hour. Daves VCR, Camcorder repair opens new business in Ephraim - EPHRAIM A new area busig Another dream of ness that offers electronic repair theirs has been to move to the is Daves VCR and Camcorder country to live. Now that their Repair on the south side of the children are all married with old medical clinic building, 3 families of their own, it seemed East 100 South, Ephraim. Their like the perfect time to pursue that dream. Having customers store number is from this area coming to their Dave and Jane Jackson, owners of the repair service, were both Provo shop helped them to realborn and raised in Provo. They ize there is a need in Sanpete are the parents of three daughters County for their service. They and one son. They also have 15 moved to the county and opened their shop in Ephraim. grandchildren. Dave has been interested in Dave specializes in repair of electronics all of his life, starting VCRs, camcorders, remotes, with crystal radios in scouts and broken tapes and more. There are free estimates on VRC repair and working in telephone communications in the Army. After their a small diagnostic fee on camcorders, TV VCR combo units, and marriage he repaired photocopy machines for 20 years, then went other repairs. All work is guaranteed with 30 days on labor and on to repair computers. In 1988, his g dream 90 days on parts. came true to own and operate his Cleanings take only one day. own repair business in Provo. He Most minor repairs can be comhas been successful in repair of pleted in less than a week with VCRs and camcorders since that major repairs taking a little lontime. ger depending on availability of life-lon- life-lon- the parts required. The Jacksons will buy, sell or trade used VCRs and camcorders. They also sell refurbished equipment as well as some accessories. They look forward to getting acquainted with the people and the area. They are anxious to provide for Sanpetes electronic service needs. Palisade State Park lists Oct. activities STERLIN- G- Palisade State Park recently released activities for the month of October. Columbus Day Cross Country Excursion will be held on Saturday, Oct. 11, and the Haunted Fairways Glow Ball Golf Night will be held on Saturday, Oct. 25. For more information for either event, contact Dave DeSantis at (435) 835-465- 3. Number Forty One Pre-scho- ol activities sponsored by library MT. PLEASAN- T- The Public Library is sponsoring an eight-wee- k children's hour that will be held each Wednesday, beginning Oct. 15, at 11 a.m. and continuing until Dec. 3., for children ages three to five. The program is free of charge. For more information call Mt. Pleasant Library at 462-324The annual program is designed to introduce children to a wide variety of books. Gailene Hooper, a Spring City storyteller, has created an assortment of themes for the eight-wee- k program. Schools are for teaching children to read but libraries introduce the world of possibilities to them. The library is a creative thread to be woven into their lives to be used as they develop their own abilities and grown at their own speed, according to a library press release. This weeks them, "New Childrens Books", will feature a book-makiexperience filled with the childs personal activities. Games about books are also on the agenda. Activities are created to increase the appreciation of good books and creative abilities using everyday items around the children. pre-scho- ol 0. The family of George Washington Bradley, who helped to settle Manti, will be featured during the 10th annual commemoration of the "Settlement of Sanpete" on Saturday, Oct. 11. Ceremonies will begin in Moroni at 8:30 a.m., followed by a tour of graves, homes and then move to Manti at the Pioneer Monument which also includes a lunch and program. Child abuse prevention team to help write book MANTI Several members of the child abuse prevention team attended the Governors Youth Conference Sept. 12, in Salt Lake City. Hundreds of young people, ages 14 to 22, from across the state met to discuss youth problems and issues, child abuse prevention and problems resulting from child abuse. At this conference, Shawn Covey sat in on the meetings. Then the Franklin Covey Organization called to ask if the group would help write a book on the "Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teenagers." On Friday, Oct. 24, the Covey staff will attend an assembly at Manti High School and spend the day with the child abuse prevention team. This team has been asked to speak all over the state and last year made nearly 100 presentations reaching about 4,000 people. Some of the members of the team from Sanpete County are Kay Jensen, Dana Winch, Misty Brooks, Heather Anderson, Stacy Otten, Heather Oveno, Tanath Cox, Amber Nielsen, and Randi Livingston. Meetings of the Child Abuse Prevention Team are held the second Wednesday of each month at 12 noon. For further information or location of the meetings, call 835-817- 1. Goss to present historic tradition and preservation EPHRAI- M- Dr. Peter L. Goss, professor of architectural history and director of the Center of Architectural Studies at the University of Utah, will be the speaker at Snow Colleges convocation on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 12:30 p.m. in the Crane Theatre. He will be speaking on "Heritage Building: Historic Tradition and Preservation" with special attention to Sanpete County buildings. Goss has been active in developing the new Traditional Building Skills Institute at Snow College, whose goal is to perpetuate traditional skills through training programs for students, tradespeople and interested public. The institute is focusing on traditional masomystone skills for October and will continue to millwork, plaster, painting and timber skills Gross received the Utah HeriFoundations tage Lucybeth Rampton Award for "a lifetime commitment to historic preservation". Other awards include a from the faculty fellowship Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University, a Utah Humanities Council Merit Award, and an Award of Merit from the American Association of State and Local History for research in and promotion of architectural history and historic preservation. He is currently Chair of the Board of State History. Next Thursdays convocation will be presented by Douglas H. Baker, who portrays "Merlin" in King Arthurs feast at the Excali-bu- r Hotel in Las Vegas. Baker will demonstrate "The Power of Expression". |