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Show Page 2 Messenger-Enterpris- Top Templars with his reading skills. This year 1) Scout award at 13 and has helped she has been on the Seminary as a leader at two Timberline Council and Historian of the Honor camps. He served on the Ephraim Society. She has a job with the Snow College Summer Program City Youth Council. Named as Top Templars w ere working with Youth. Takesha Cox and Kenny Cox. Kenny Cox is the son of Reid Takesha Cox is the daughter and Claire Cox of Manti. He has of Sandra and the late Ke in Cox maintained a high grade point avof Ephraim. As a senior at Manti erage and recently received an acaHigh School, she has been very demic letter. Kenny has been a invoh ed in her education, sports three sport athlete for all four and clubs. Takesha has maintained years. As a sophomore he became a high grade point average all the starting quarterback and conthrough school while being ery tinued through his senior year. He invoh ed in sports and taking col- w as named to the All Region footlege credit classes. She has played ball team as a junior and senior. four years of vollevball and bas- He lettered in basketball and baseketball, was a team captain of both ball as a freshman, his junior year teams this year, show ing her lead- he was selected to the All Region ership abilities. She showed sports- and the All State baseball teams manship in all her sports as she en- and as a senior he received All couraged her team mates to be all Region and All State honors for basketball and was recently named they could be. and to the All Region baseball team. She was voted in volleyball for the 1998-9- 9 Kenny has also served on the season. Takesha has been in the Seminary council as a sophomore Work Study program where she and was the president of the Counwas placed at the Manti Elemen- cil this ear. Kenny has many hobtary School and has been involved bies outside of school. He plans to sen e an LDS miswith a with working child who needed a lot of extra help sion in the fall. (Continued from page All-Sta- All-St- one-on-o- County Building Inspector Conference fired by Commissioners By David Call Follow ing an Executive Session Tuesday, May 1 8, the Sanpete County Commissioners terminated County Building Inspector Dale Nicholls' employment with the county. Nicholls had been placed on an administrative leave with pay in April. A new Building Inspector will now be called by the Commissioners. During their regular commission meeting the Sanpete County Commissioners: Approved subdi-- ; visions, Heard plans for new cabin shelters, Had certain issues about tax revenues clarified by the county assessor and approved raises for Sheriffs Dept, person- te ar ne Thursday, May 20, 1999 e nel. Final approval was given to Jim and Jan Purkey for a subdivision north of Fairview. Approval was also given to Kazaiah Hancock for the Sweetwater Subdivision north of Sterling and Matt and Sarah (Continued from page 1) education, said Mitchell Meyers. He explained that the first and County Assessor Steve Kjar is how we leam to met with the commissioners to most important, after that come then and behave clarify items relating to taxable use of our talents. and academics real estate. In a previous meeting, President Hugh Gregson and Ephraim Mayor Gary Anderson love for the stated that he had concerns about his wife spoke of their Mrs. missionaries. Gregson said the towns, the school district and in Utah mission the county losing money by not that serving a so many members can be a having properties taxed in a timely among unique experience. She described manner. Mr. Kjar had clarified these a situation where missionaries concerns with Mayor Anderson in brought a prospective member to a a private meeting earlier and church building for his baptism only to find the building locked. w anted to ensure the CommissionThey were able to gain access but ers had the same information. the font had not been filled. They Many of the buildings with rewhich Mayor Anderson had con- immediately called 911 and local The their problem. ported cerns were not finished by JanuFire Department was dispatched were and not therefore 1998 ary taxed. Also, some buildings be- to the scene where they put their hose through an available window longed to tax exempt entities. Mr. and filled the font in four minutes. Kjar assured Mayor Anderson and Where else could this happen but the Commissioners that his office will get all the buildings on the tax in 'Mormon Country' ? she asked. Concluding the conference. rolls as soon as possible. Elder Holland said that the LDS The Commissioners also apChurch is now in 165 nations, g proved a subscription to a even Armenia where there are 600 company for the County Assessor's office to aid in tracking new buildings. The Commissioners approved pay raises for Blaine Jensen and Tony Petersen in the Sheriffs Demulit-listin- Mitchells subdivision northwest of Chester. Carl Cook, who operates the MIA Shalom Camp east of Fairview was approved to build 26 partment. The Commissioners then held new cabins on that property, which an Executive Session. w ill be used in his program. declares zero tolerance for the unbuckled this month The Utah Highway Patrol, as part of Operation CARE (Combined Accident Reduction Effort), is joining their law enforcement colleagues in all 50 states in the next wave of the Operation ABC Kenny Cox Takesha Cox Sanpete Sheriff Booking Report The following information was received from the Sanpete County Booking Report. May 12: Edwin Bruce Anderson, Fountain Green, was arrested in Manti by the Sanpete County-Sheriff- . Charges: Booked and released for court on the charge of Threatening with or using a dangerous weapon in fight or quarrel. May 8: Jeanette Bronson, Mt. Pleasant, was arrested in Spring City by the Spring City Police and charged with Possession of Dangerous Weapon, parole violation. May 9: Pablo Burgos, Redmond, was arrested in Gunnison by the Gunnison Police and charged with Two Warrants; one Gunnison Justice Court and Millard County Justice Court. Bail: $4,850. WEATHER for the Manti area Reported by Lee J. Anderson Date Max. Min. Mon, Tue., Wed., May 10 May 1 Mayl2 Thur., May Fri., Sat., Sun., THE fill ANTI 3284-000- THE 31 55 67 66 59 54 52 30 33 42 39 38 32 Prec. 0.21 0.50 tr. rPHRAIM Enterprise USPS 0 13 May 14 May 15 May 16 IVlESSENGER USPS 1 48 1777-200- properly restrain their children when riding in a motor vehicle, Utley reports. Because adults are breaking the law, children are being crippled and killed in car crashes Mobilization: America Buckles every day, said Janet Dewey, Executive Director of the Air Bag Up Children - declaring zero tol& Seat Belt Safety Campaign. erance for drivers with unbuckled kids in the car.'Beginning May 24, Every child in the nation should be and 1999, protected by being properly recontinuing throughout the week leading up to Memorial strained. Thats why we are callDay, drivers who dont buckle up ing for zero tolerance for drivers with unbuckled kids. children will be stopped and enforcement action will be taken. Utahs child passenger reIts time for zero tolerance straint law requires that a driver because, despite laws requiring provide for the protection of a paschildren to ride buckled up in Utah senger younger than two years of and in every other state, six out of age by using a child safety seat. A ten children killed in crashes are driver must protect passengers unbuckled, said Lt. Colonel between the ages of two and ten by using an approved child safety James E. Utley, Assistant Superintendent of the Utah Highway seat or safety belt. A drivers failPatrol. Tragically 22 children ure to comply with this law can under the age of 10 died and 1,794 result in a $75 fine. Utah law also were injured in motor vehicle requires the driver and all front crashes in Utah during 1997. seat passengers of a motor vehicle to be properly restrained with a Many of these deaths and injuries could have been prevented if the safety belt. Our troopers will also be driver had just seen to it that the child was properly buckled up. stepping up enforcement of adult More than 2,000 children die safety belt laws, because its a in traffic crashes nationwide each proven fact that most adults who year, making it the leading cause dont buckle up themselves, dont of death for children. Another buckle up kids, said Colonel 300,000 children are injured in Greenwood. Recently compiled national and state data support the crashes. Colonels assertion. A recent crash Lt. Colonel Utley says he freasks Is there study by the University of Caliquently people, anything you wouldnt do to save the fornia, Irvine, reported in the jourlife of your child? People al- nal Pediatrics found, Driver reways say they would do anything straint use was the strongest prethey could to protect their children dictor of child restraint use. A refrom harm and yet these same strained driver was three times people are the ones who wont more likely to restrain a child. full-tim- Ag. Dept, will conduct annual Farmers Survey Nearly 500 Utah farmers and ranchers will be part of a national sample of 0,000 producers who will be contacted for the United States Agriculture Departments annual June survey. 1 1 UHP members. He promised that there would be a mission in Armenia before the end of this year. There missione are now 60,000 world. the aries serv ing throughout He also reminded the congregation that there were two temples on the earth from Adam to Joseph Smith, one in Jerusalem and one in the Land Bountiful referred to in the Book of Mormon. There are now 120 LDS temples in the world with the promise of thousands to follow. Every good thing I have in this life, I ow e to the Church, he said. He was asked by a young member of the Church if he would be willing to die for the Gospel. He said of course he could but the greater challenge is to live for it. He left an Apostolic Blessing on the congregation that God will pour out his blessings upon them, that they will be rewarded for their faithfulness. He paid tribute to the sisters of the Church, saying that it is they who see us through, and he blessed the little children. This major surv ey will be con12 by ducted May 29-Ju- USDAs National Agricultural Statistics Service. Enumerators will visit with farmers and ranchers to collect data about crop acreage and livestock production on their operations. An aerial photograph is used to identify the farmers and ranchers for this survey. The information will be used to make state, regional, and national estimates of crop acreage, grain stocks, livestock inventories, number of farms, land in farms, and other statistics. The information collected from individual farmers and ranchers is strictly confidential and used in combination with reports from other farmers and ranchers to produce agricultural statistics for Utah and the nation. After the results of the survey are compiled and analyzed, the information will be released in a series of reports. Those w ho participate in the survey will receive a special summary of the state and national results. ;A Stopy of-Sema- I Love The Mormon Miracle Pageant lune;i7i1923-26S1999- i Free Admission Begins at dusk at the base of historic Manti Temple For more information, call toll free: (888) 255-886- 0 Manti Hill 0 Inc. 1999. All rights re Copyright, Messenger-Enterprisserved. Reproduction, reuse or transmittal of all matter herein is prohibited w ithout prior written permission by the publisher. Published each Thursday for 50c each, $16.00 a year inside Sanpete County and $19.00 outside Sanpete County, by Messenger-Enterprise Inc., 35 S. Main, Manti, Utah 84642, Ph. (435) e, 835-424- 1, Fax (435) 835-149- FOOT & ANKLE CLINIC I Certified by the American Board of Podiatric Surgery The Manti Temple and events leading to its construction are the focus of a multiple-par- t documentary scheduled to air on G KJZZ-T- 1 of the film will be held: Monday, May 24, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. at Manti High School. Ephraim City Reporter Sanpete County Reporter Manti High School Sports PROID MEMBER OF Complete Medical Surgical Foot & Ankle Care DR BLAKE Max and Beth Call Max Call David Call Tricia Call ...Karen Buchanan ... Lynn Schiffman Shirley Bahlmann Brad Barton in May. A special preview screening 3. Periodicals Postage Paid at Manti, Utah. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: e Messenger-EnterprisInc. 35 S. Main, Manti UT 84642 Publishers Editor General Manager Sales Representative Manti City Reporter V Ingrown Toe Nail (Same Day Appt for Prompt Relief) Bunions & Hammertoes Foot & Ankle Sprains & Fractures Foot & Ankle Care For Adults & Children Diabetics & General Foot Care Sports Medicine, Orthotics & Arch Supports 0. ZOBELL Hospital & Office Surgery Bone Spurs Removed Reconstructive Surgery Skin Warts & Nail Disorders ON CALL FOR EMERGENCIES Created by Dennis Lyman, a film maker for KJZZ, the documentary explores the goings on in Sanpete County prior to the temples construction in 1877, including the Walker and Blackhawk wars. It also examines how the temple was built, ranging from where builders cut the trees to make the scaffolding to the quarry where the oolite stone was made. Ephraim Health Center 525 N. Main This special preview screening is sponsored by the Manti Committee and Sanpete County Heritage Council. Call (435) 2 for further information. 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