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Show Home of: Chance to see Space Shuttle will be this week. The Mormon Miracle Pageant Dates: 1 999 d June VOLUME 113 17-1-9; - see page 6 22-2-6 MANTI, UTAH 50 CENTS NUMBER 46 a JUNE 3, 1999 Festival gets good response This ears Scandinav ian Festi al w as considered a success. According to Ephraim City Councilman ClifT Birrell. between the numbers staved the same 8,000 and 10,000 people. The difference vv as that more of the e ents w ere attended by more people. There were few empt chairs at the Little Denmark Supper. And the breakfast sponsored bv the Lions Club? Well they ran out of food! Birrell said. Aside from hav ing to hold up the tent during one of the performances bv Gift Horse vv ith the vv ind blow ing in the afternoon, the day w as sunny and m i Id ly w arm The usual fans of the festial showed up. including Lars from Rierton. I lose this! I wouldn't miss it for the world! he said. Vendors are noticing that there are more people from outside of Sanpete attending this year. One noticed checks from as far north as Brigham City and Ogden and is delighted with the growing attention the e ent is receiv ing Attendance forecasters for the Scandinavian Festival thought this year's attendance counts might get skewed by the semester schedule at Snow College. Se eral people expected the attendance to be down because students would not be around for finals. -- Flags and flowers adorn cemeteries the nation over on Memorial Day as a way to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. Pageant cast members announced Commission meeting Preparations underway for 1 999 features routine items than one part. Those selected this year include: Preachers: Michael Rose, Scott Bahlmann, Michael Sanderson. Young Joseph: Tony Gunderson, Justin Bowles, Shawn Ledingham. are to that Robert: Chad Cox, Jeremy Cox, Ben rapidly coming things signals fruition. And the towers are now in place, (Michael) Rose. and other preliminary work on the hill is Mary: Hanna Bean, Shellan underway. Mendenhall, Maren Peterson. Rehearsals have started, follow ing the Lucy Mack Smith: Laura Cox, selection of most of the speaking parts. Geraldine Nielson, Shirley Frischknecht. With not much time before the opening Emma: Teresa White, Brooke date of June 17, Pageant Director Ivo Sanderson. Peterson must make every minute count. Mature Joseph: Todd Jorgensen, Scott This y ears dates for the performances Dyreng. and 9 are June Oliver Cow dery: Kris Jorgensen. Joel Inquiries indicate that attendance may even top the Cluff. 94,800 who attended last year. Angel Moroni in Bedroom: Curt Cox. Follow ing tryouts, the names of those Angel Moroni at Plates: Patrick rehas the been Bauer. taking speaking parts leased. Many of the parts have been multipSee Pageant le-cast, giv ing more people opportunity' to do one of the parts. Some ev en do more on page 6 performance; rehearsals begin Planning and preparations for the Mormon Miracle Pageant continue year round in Manti. Before each season is finished, planners have already begun to make improvements for next year, whether it be scenery, costumes, procedures, etc. One thing doesn't change, however. Thats the fervor and enthusiasm with which participants go about their assignments. With the end of school and the change of dates from July to June, that activity significantly increases. Much of the activity, tryouts for parts, preparation of the hill, repairing and making new costumes, takes place without being noticed. But when the towers go up on temple hill, it 17-1- 22-2- 6. S&R finds missing body; Most Wanted captured By Deputy Blake Edwards The body of a white male was recovered from Gooseberry Reservoir on May 29 at about 3:30 p.m. Sanpete County Sheriffs deputies and Sanpete County Search and Rescue recovered the body. On November 24, 1998, Darrel Young, of Pleasant Grove, was hunting ducks with his father on the reservoir when Darrel attempted to recover a duck they had shot. Darrels father, Larry, stated that Darrel went under the water and did not come back up. well as Search and Rescue teams from Utah County and Salt Lake County, were used in a three-da- y search for Mr. Young w ithout success, due to extremely cold weather. The recovered body w as sent to the State Medical Examiner's Office for identification. In another incident, one of Sanpete Countys most wanted was apprehended vv ithout incident on May 28 in Spring City. David A. Searle, age 29, was arrested by officers of the Sanpete County Sheriffs Office, Utah Highway Patrol, Mt. Pleasant City, and Spring City Police. Searle is wanted for assault At that time, Sanpete County and absconding supervision. Sheriff s Office personnel, and Searle was booked into Juab Sanpet- - Serch and Rescue, as County Jail. POOR COPY Routine housekeeping items dominated the County Commission meeting held Tuesday, June 1. A request from Mr. Bill Hatch to negate his bid for a piece of property w hich he bought at the tax sale was denied. Mr. Hatch said he was unaware of the nature of the property vv hich he bid on. The commissioners were concerned that approving the request would set a precedence so that others could take the same action. and Chester. His leased was approv ed by the commissioners. Seven persons were appointed to serve on the County Weed Board They were: Stan Spencer, Glen Johnson. Mont Larsen. Douglas Olsen. Miles Jensen. Doug Bjerregaard, and Nannette Despain Glen McKinney s request to purchase from the county a piece of property 2203, near Gunnison, was approv ed. Discussion as to w hether to reconsider Thus they approv ed the sales that w ere a Flat Canyon Road Closure was had The made an the tax sale w ithout rev ision. commissioners pointed out that they stood a Linda by their previous decision to vacate the They okeyed proposal by for Use for a Permit Smalley pageant park- road. Hence the county w ould hav e no over the use of the road ing. Mr. Joe Cooper, representing The commissioners approv ed asking Cimarron Operating Company , presented for bids for two new doors to be hung at a proposed lease for drilling by his comthe Exhibition Building at the pany on county property between Moroni (S Americanism essay winners announced American Legions annual contest Winners in the American Legion Essay Contest, sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary, have been announced. In the high school categoiy, Michael ddell won first place, Chad W. Cox won second, Tiffanv Baxter won third, and Jayson Cluff and Rebecca Scholes won honorable mention. The theme for the contest vv as A Privilege and ReVoting sponsibility. Winner of first place in the 8th grade at Elementary Middle School was Dav id Bierman. The two winning essays will be published next week. Winners In the American Legion essay contest are: front: Jayson Cluff, Honorable Mention; Michael Liddell, 1st place; Chad W. Cox, 2nd place; back: Rebecca Wholes, Honorable Mention; Tiffany Baxter, 3rd place. |