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Show ''s'Zf S',- Wasatch Academy National Honor Society student representatives Sung Jun Lee, South Korea; and Tiffany Thompson, Vernal; along with Tom Rhodes, advisor; donated a check for $1,500 to the Food Bank. Gary Gee accepted the check on behalf of the Food Bank. In addition, students delivered about 15 large boxes of food gathered from dinners and a dance held as part of the annual Christmas project. The project is planned to be continued after Christmas to help the more than 650 needy families in the county. Volume 111 JS 1 LOTC-QvCAR-R- T PVhAtllDGUr UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION 307 W COO 3 STE 4006 ealt MT. PLEASANT, UT 84647 - December 1 8, 2003 Terrels Marketplace will give away two $200 gift certificates; Country Squire will give one $100 and two $50 certificates; Becks will give two $100 certificates and Skyline Pharmacy will give one $100 certificate. Big O Tires will give one $100 certificate; Ron Greene Sports Center will give one $100 certificate; Evans Antiques will give two $50 certificates and Horseshoe Mountain Hardware will give two $50 certificates. Farmers Country Floral will give one $100 certificate; Bank of Ephraim will give one $100 savings bond; Tuckers Emporium will give one $50 certificate and Hub City Pizza will give one $50 certificate. Vondas Gifts will give one $50 certificate; Christiansen Glass and Paint will give one $50 certificate; Heart of Utah Antiques will give one $50 certificate and Flix Video will give two $25 certificates. There are still two days to shop and get tickets into the containers at the sponsors. You could be one of the big winners in the drawing this year. Door prizes will also be awarded to those attending the drawing. Best of all, Santa Claus will arrive on the fire truck with treats for the kids. Merry Christmas from the Mt. Pleasant Main Street Committee. Wasatch Academy donates over $1, 500 to food bank MT. PLEASAN- T- In the past three weeks, the Wasatch Academy National Honor Society (NHS) Service Project has raised more than $1500 -all of which has been donated to the local Food Bank. NHS delivered 14 large boxes of food to the Food Bank as well. The Food Bank is presently serving more than 600 families in the Sanpete County area, and is in direct need of support to keep the shelves stocked with food for the winter. The Wasatch Academy NHS encourages everyone in the county to get involved in supporting local families in need by donating foods and money to the Food Bank. Food Goodwin, Mary Bank representative, is thrilled with the service being provided by the Wasatch NHS. Its hard to believe that only 13 teens and their advisors could accomplish this much, she said. We appreciate all that the Wasatch Academy NHS is doing to serve the families in Sanpete County. Most of these kids arent even from le Deadline The next two editions of the The Pyramid and The Pyramid Shopper will be published a day early, Wednesday, Dec. 24, and Wednesday, Dec. 31, due to the Christmas and New Years holidays. Deadlines for both of those papers will be Friday by Noon. Please submit advertisements and articles by Friday, Dec. 19, or Friday, Dec. 26. The newspapers will be delivered December 24 and December 31, 2003. this area; yet their concern is real, and their desire to help is genuine. NHS advisors Tom and Keri Rhodes, along with Jason Mischel, attended the Mt. recently Pleasant City Council meeting to explain their annual Christmas Service Project and to encourage council members to support the project by getting the word out about die Food Banks urgent need for more food. Mt. Pleasant Mayor Ches-le- y Christensen commented that it is vital that people in the community become aware of those not as fortunate as others and that they share what they can with those in need. He also said, It is good to see the youth of the Wasatch community so involved in supporting local citizens. They are doing an excellent job! Wasatch Academy NHS members include: Amy Bush, Mt. Pleasant; and Jason Mischel, Las Vegas, NV; Dara Mintz, Park City; secretary Eli King, Mt. Pleasant; Kunga Choden, Katmandu, Nepal; Adam Gockley, Houston, TX; Atsunori Ito, Tokyo, Japan; Ainsley McLaughlin, Santa Fe, NM; Tsering Dolma, Pokara, Nepal; Hudson Shirer, Garden Valley, ID; Sung Jun Lee, Daegu, Korea; Sariah Spencer, Mt. Pleasant; and Tiffany Thompson, Vernal. A number of local businesses have supported the Wasatch Service Project so far, they include Horseshoe Mountain Becks Lodge, Home Furnishings, Norms Auto Repair, Ephraim Family Dentistry, Mt. Pleasant Lions o Club, Variety, and Skyline Pharmacy. JD Fox, local DJ for 97.5 FM Radio, also donated his DJ fee to the Food Bank after he worked at the NHS Christmas nt Bi-L- dance on Saturday, Dec. 6. Other businesses and citizens in the community are encouraged to support the Food Bank with cash contributions and donations of food items. You may either contact Tom and Keri Rhodes at or deliver your le 462-337- 7, CITY, UT 64101-17- Price 500 MP shopping spree drawing to be held Sat MT. PLEASAN- T- The Mt. Pleasant 2003 Christmas Shopping Spree drawing will be held Saturday, Dec. 20, at the Recreation Center on State Street at 2 p.m. receive one Shoppers ticket for every $5 spent at Mt. Pleasant area merchants. Enter your name and phone number on tickets and deposit at any of the participating sponsors. LA! donations directly to the Food Bank. If you make your donation in the name of the Wasatch Academy Service Project, we will acknowledge your contributions. The Wasatch Academy NHS expresses sincere gratitude to all those who support this worthy project. 7 3 7 Number Fifty-On- e County may take bite out of residents wallets SANPETE COUNTY--Fou- r rural counties plan to raise property taxes in 2004 to cover budget deficits, including Sanpete, where citizens will likely see about a 85 percent increase. Utah Association of Counties Executive Director Brent Gardner says it is no surprise that there will be an increase and believes they are probably inevitable. Most counties in the state are keeping taxes where they are by cutting back, putting a freeze on hiring and using their savings. Four counties, Wasatch, Grand, Box Elder and Sanpete commissioners say there is nothing else they can do. Sanpete County commissioners say the increase would make up for revenue losses, help with capital improvements and replace federal funding. The increase would be approximately $59 on a $182,000 home. Its a pretty hefty insaid Commission crease, Chairman Bruce Blackham. My guts are still churning. Its really hard. Im sick about it. There has not been an increase in property taxes since 1988, but that does not make a tax hike any easier. I dont see why we need to have this big of an increase, said Terri Morris, Wales. It just doesnt make sense. Glen Morris added, Thats a lot because the economy here hasnt been doing too well. Ron Lamb, English professor at Snow College and of the Sanpete County Democratic Party, comsays the mission should have anticipated the need in previous years so taxpayers werent hit so hard all at once. Thats pretty extreme, It sounds Lamb stated. Thats nearly double nutty. what were paying. Blackham counters that the commission would be glad to listen to all proposals for cuts, but there isnt much more the county can do. Its kind of like a family trying to live off from 20 years ago," Blackham stated. vice-chairm- an pay-chec- ks North Sanpete School District releases yearly progress report MT. PLEASANT-Und- er the accountability provisions in die No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, all schools are evaluated for Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). Schools and districts are required to meet AYP criteria on three indicators - (1) participation in testing (2) language arts and mathematics Core CRT Test scores, and (3) either graduation rate for high school and districts or attendance rate for elementary and middlejunior high schools. This current report of AYP is based on student scores for tests taken in the spring of 2003. Note: Attendance and rate data for graduation school districts will not be used this year. There may be school results that seem confusing. A school may be doing a good job as a whole but miss the mark for a particular subgroup of students. Schools may also not make AYP because of numbers of students tested or not having acceptable levels on attendance or graduation rates. These and other factors determine if schools are making AYP. In North Sanpete School District, the following schools V made AYP as determined by student performance in all subgroups in the reported indicators: Mt. Pleasant Elementary School; Spring City Elementary School; Moroni Elementary School; Fountain Green Elementary School; Fairview Elementary School and North Sanpete Middle School. North Sanpete High School was deemed to have not made AYP according to NCLB only because the number of students participating in the testing was less than the 95 percent required, however, CRT test scores in math and language arts were above the required levels. Participation rate did exceed 90 percent. NCLB requires that Title 1 schools not making AYP offer additional options to parents and students. All Title 1 schools in North Sanpete School District made Adequate Yearly Progress. Fountain Green resident Myrth Oldroyd (front row far right), 88, has real cause for celebration with four all born in one year. Celebrating with her is her daughter, Myrna Nunley, (middle front row); Staci and Trenten Stephensen, (front row left) and back row: Lola Stewart, Kaelynn and Rylen Randall; Karen Hansen, Karol and Braxton Anderson; Reba Jensen and Jamie and Shalyce Cook. en |
