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Show T -- rrjr r- - tfsass - T4XJ3iJ323ii222sJ2iffS!;2S pi.0TC UUZ? s; IfL .l44Uiimmi ,T' li 3M:im AfcSflSJI 4 " - A0 in The North Sanpete FFA chapter competed at the Snow College Field Day, Oct. 14, coming home with great results. The Range Judging Team won first place over all and the members of that team won the three highest individuals: Travis Olsen, first place; Colby Mower, second; and Kyle Arnoldsen, third. This team will have the opportunity to go to the national contest in Oklahoma in May. -- 00 ei Zl7 -- w '4 s ki J if , i' j ' a h K', r 'l- '0 f . ' - 1 l i 1' t 4 t'i; i f f L j MT. PLEASANT, UT 84647 - November 20, 2003 Volume 111 Price 500 Number Forty-Seve- n New look for old things at FY imeseem by Rian B. Anderson FAIRV1E- W- Under the strong quiet leadership of Ron Staker, president of the museums board of directors, the Fairview Museum of History and Art continues to move forward in its pursuit of the past. This years many projects were highlighted with the restoration and installation of three of the original lamp posts from Fairviews main street. At night, they now light the museum complex with a warm welcoming glow from era. a The lamps were originally placed on Fairviews Main Street in about 1929, where they lighted the downtown area of town for nearly 30 years. Part of this project was also the installation of the Fairview Founders Monument which was originally constructed on the comer of the school lot at 100 East Center in 1909 to celebrate Fairviews anniversary. It lists the names of Fairviews original founders and fits nicely with the old street lamps. by-go- 50-ye- ar The third phase of this project was the construction of a disability access ramp into the east entrance of the Heritage Building (the old Rock School) and a walkway connecting it to the Horizon Building (where the Mammoth is housed). This project was made possible by a generous donation from Branch and Eddie Cox and the Central Utah Telephone Company. Herald Vance, Mike Cox and Rolf Dean directed the construction of the ramp and walkway and brought it to completion. Ron Staker and Paul Rosenlund worked on the restoration, rewiring and placing the street lamps. A new building that will house a Blacksmith display is presently under construction behind the Hertiage Building. For his Eagle Scout project, Michael Howell, assisted by his father Wayne Howell, and two of his fellow Scouts, Jared and Jeremy Garlick, built and hung two sets of massive doors on this building. this When completed, building will also house Buford Christensens historic chuck wagon, which the museum recently acquired. Also, this summer, the art galleries in the Horizon Building were freshly painted, using Utah Earth Colors, giving them an inviting warmth and enhancing the aesthetic presentation of the museums growing collection and the special exhibitions; 35 new works ofTSft have this year, been acquired including 26 works into the museunvs extensive Theodore Milton Wassmer Collection. Currently hanging, is a handsomely framed collection of beautiful photographs (many from Fairview, Spring City and other north Sanpete sites) by photographer-geographe- r, Gary B. Peterson. The museum, for the summer months, loaned two sculptures from its extensive collection by Avard Fairbanks to the Frye Museum, Seattle, WA, where they were displayed in an exhibit of Mr. Fairbanks work. An exhibit of art by local Sanpete artists is always on display, and during the months school is in session, the museum displays, on-goi- in their KIDS GALLERY, clnldi ens art work from the local elementary school. This yeai, the museum, in conjunction with it author. Dr. Roland Mower, facilitated the publishing of Education In the T.urview Region of Utah: An Historical Perspective. The musepni also boasts a g tfrvWprfu IMtf unique gifts that you wouldnt find anywhere else, including biographies and family history collections from some of the areas original citizens. It is a great place to shop for the holidays, birthdays, anniversaries and other special occasions. The museum is dependent on donations to carry on the great public service it provides and encourages everyone to visit regularly and donate generously. If you havent been for awhile, you will be pleasantly surprised with all that has transpired there. As family members gather for the holidays, make it a point to visit the Fairview Museum of History and Art. It will be a highlight of the holidays for the whole family. Local citizen takes Moroni City to task by Benton Petersen A Moroni resident threatened to sue the city if they would not protect him, during the regular city council meeting, Nov. 12. Wallace Mooney told the council and mayor that he had an attorney ready to sue the city for Taxation without defrauding Representation, the elderly and disabled, filling his home with sewage. MORONI-- - lack of concern for enforcing city ordinances and the councils effect of property values. Mooneys home was evidently flooded three times in the past few years, with the most recent being when the toilet shot out sewage into his bathroom, causing $10,000 in damage. Mooney stated that the toilet is the only thing that can be put on a sewer line to prevent backup but that by putting pressure on the sewer line to clean the city system, Twin D, forced raw sewage to shoot into his bathroom. At the public meeting, Mooney claimed that Mayor Robertson refused to speak to him about the situation under direction of the city insurance company and David Church, the city attorney. t jt f tj ' A f h Mooney said, Im after no one. I just want to talk to someone. My drains are clear. The toilet is six feet above the street. The state told me I am in compliance with applicable laws. If Im in compliance, there is no problem. Id hate to see others become a victim of Twin D. People could become sick or killed. These guys are always telling people the problem is not the companys. You cant let run roughshod contractors over the people. Mayor Scott Robertson responded by saying that the city engineers, Jones and had told him Twin D was the only game in town who does sewer cleaning. The state now requires cities to clean their sewer systems every two years. I called our insurance company and they said they would not pay for the clean up, Robertson continued. Councilman Rick Fredrickson interjected that Twin D had told him they would pay for Mooneys damage. I think we should check that out. See MORONI CITY, Page 8 De-Mil- ,r j 1 11, L 4 Vp' 4 Perry and Carolyn Christensens home, 43 South 200 West, Fountain Green, will be featured in the Christmas Home Tour sponsored by the Sanpete Valley Health Care Foundation to be held Saturday, Dec. 6, from 2 to 8 p.m. Proceeds will be used to buy equipment for Sanpete Valley Hospital. life-savi- ng The original lamposts that lit Fairviews Main Street in about 1929 have been restored and installed at the Fairview Museum of History and Art as part of an ongoing project. Sanpete Valley Hospital receives critical access MT. PLEASAN- T- Sanpete Valley Hospital Administrator, Warren L. Benincosa, presented to city council members that the hospital just received Critical Access status from Center for Medicare and medicaid Services (CMS). This will be basically a transparent move for the hospital4, Benincosa said, as it now makes it possible for a small rural hospital to be reimbursed on a cost basis from Medicare. Right now the hospital is reimbursed from medicare on a perspective payment system that looks at specific diagnoses that a patient may come to the hospital for like pneumonia and medicare will allow only so much money to be paid to the hospital. Often times, the expense the hospital incurs in providing care for that kind of patient is higher than what medicare will reimburse the hospital. Under this new status, the hospital will bill for what it does and that is what medicare will reimburse, it is as simple as that. Certain requirements are necessary to receive this Critical Access status. The hospital must have a bed capacity of 25 beds or less, bet must not fill to over 15 patients on the average at one time. The hospital must be 30 miles away from another hospital, the average length of stay must be less than four days. Sanpete Valley Hospital meets all these requirements and hopes that this will allow the hospital to be more financially viable to continue in its and expansion remodeling projects slated over the next several years. This year they will have two band new labor and delivery and postpartum birthing rooms. Next year a biggei and better emergency room is on the agenda. It is our mission to provide excellent health care services to all of our communities and this is one way oi helping us to do just that, said Warren Benincosa. Deadline change MT. PLEASANT-D- ue to the Thanksgiving holiday, the deadline for the Nov. 26 Pyramid Shopper and the Nov. 27 Pyramid will be Friday, Nov. 19 at noon. All articles and advertising will be due at that time. |