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Show i Page 4 Messenger-Enterpris- J. Keller Christenson honored for dedicated leadership in Utah's Weed Control Program 32 Utah wrestlers represent state in national tournament Utah sent 32 wrestlers to the Manti High School's Jesse National High School Wrestling Strickland competed in the 171 Tournament held recently in pound weight division with 55 other athletes. Jesse lost two very Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. deJesse Strickland, of Sterling, close matches, the first an who won the Utah State Champicision to California and then a 3 loss to Delaware. onship in his weight class, represented Manti High School and This was a very tough tournaUtah in the meet. ment, with 780 wrestlers from 48 Leading the Utah wrestlers states. Jesse had the opportunity were Juab's Andy Messersnnth to meet with college coaches and and Heber City's Steve Cordova, mingle with the best wrestlers in 8-- 5 4-- both placing 5th and gaining status. Utah placed 1th overall, behind 1st place California and second place Ohio. 1 the cquntry Other local competitors were from North Sevier, who sent Charles Chappell, w ith a record of two w ins and two losses, and Kade Wasden, who won one and lost two. Delta's Sam Edwards won five and lost two and was one match short of placing in the top eight in his weight class. We would like to thank those who helped Jesse attend this tournament, said Coach Mark Olson. We would like to encourage any young man interested in wrestling to attend one of the wrestling camps to be held this summer, one of which will be a team camp to be held at Heber City with Iowa State College Coach Bobby DouFor more inglas, on July formation contact Coach Mark Olson at Manti Uigh School. streak broken Badgers' red-hby 3 out of 4 losses last week ot The recent spring chill cooled off Snow College's red-h- ot baseball team last weekend as the Badgers dropped three of four games to Ricks College. The frigid four-gam- e series in Rexburg, Idaho left the Badgers at 0 in the SWAC, good enough for a fourth place tie with CS1. With the early April temperatures dropping to uncomfortable lev els, it w as obv ious that the 10-1- con-ditio- favored the pitchers. Snow 's Josh Park took the mound in game one and allow ed only tw o earned runs. yet. losing the game Park's efforts couldn't be matched by Badger hitters, who seemed to struggle in the elements. 3-- 1. runs, but the same result. Ricks College claimed a 4 v ictory before the darkness began to settle 9-- in, finishing Friday with a sweep of the Badgers. With the winter-lik- e conditwo-gam- e leading the Badgers to a 0 victory'. Lewis struck out 12 batters, w inning his fourth game in a row. The series' final game saw the Badgers jump out to an early 0 lead, only to have the Vikings come back and win the finale, 2-- tions refusing to diminish on Saturday, Jon Lew is took the mound for the Badgers, hoping to conSnow College will now host tinue his recent dominance of North Idaho College this Friday SWAC hitting. Lewis was unand Saturday in Epluaim, for a touchable in the first inning, but e series with the Cardihe could not master the elements. nals. This weekend's pair of A snow storm temporarily susw ill mark the first pended the game for an hour, forctime NIC's baseball team has v the campus of Snow College. ing Lew is off the mound. When the storm relented. Friday's games are scheduled to Lew is returned to the rubber and begin at pm. Saturday's twin-bithrew a complete-gam- e shut out. will at noon. 7-- 3. four-gam- double-heade- rs is-it- ed 1 ll begin Lady Badgers return from Idaho with league record of College at Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, last week, commencing their quet for the conference title w ith a 2-- league record. The four-gam- e series started out promising for Snow College, as the Lady Badgers took game one 6-- 3. Tracy Evans scattered eight hits and struck out three, going the distance for the w in. Game two was a different story. After the Lady Badgers had led for the entire game, NIC came 3-- 2. to a The Lady Badgers committed seven errors in the game, leading 7-- 0 The Lady Badgers finally loss, despite allowing only two earned runs. On Saturday, the Lady Badgers woke up to a snow storm that woke up for the series finale, C 12-Bringhurst went the distance as she received plenty of runs from her teammates. Snow College will now host CNCC this Friday and Saturday for a four-gam- e series. Friday s r of Saturday's three hours. However, when start double-heade- Saturdays first game began, the only thing colder than the weather stock Association, Mayfield-Gunniso- n Cattle Association. Former member of the Board of Education of the South Sanpete School District. hard-drivin- Sanpete County Farm Bureau. President of the Federal Land Bank Association of Past President of the Gunnison Valley Lions Club. Due to adverse health, he decided not to seek another term as County Commissioner. He has been lauded for his weed control work by Utah State University, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Land Management, and other state and federal agencies. Local musicians participate in Central Utah Jr. High Honor Band Musicians from several junior high school bands participated in the 4th Annual Central Utah Junior High Honor Band, held at Snow College on March Band students from Juab Middle, North Sanpete Middle, Ephraim Middle, Gunnison Valley Middle, Red Hills Middle, Canyon View Junior High and San Rafael Junior High gathered together for those two days to form this concert band. Each year a guest conductor js brought in to work w ith the students. This years director was Dr. Thomas Root, director of bands at Weber State University. Dr. Root has an extensive background in 26-2- 6. 1 conjunction w ith the Honor Band, a solo and ensemble contest was held. This offered students of this age the rare opportunity to focus on individual and small group work. Several awards were given to local students. Melody Whitaker was direcand tor coordinator of the event. She said', It is important for band students of this age to get a taste of what it is like to be involved with a great musical perfor- In mance. Local students involved were: Brittany Thompson, Mary Armstrong, Shaylene Bird, Amy Grindstaff. Jessica Tripp, Dana Frame, Tiffany Hansen. Mark Fuentes, David Armstrong. Kirk Hedelius. Mitch Oliver, Tyler Carr, Cameron Clark, Dallin Olsen, Paul Kirk, Quinton Madsen, Tricia Anderson, Matt Mason, and Kenley Steck. Ephraim soldier reports for duty in Grafenwuehr, Germany Army Sgt. Jay T. Beatty arrived for duty at the Military Commuin nity Germany. Beatty is a team leader assigned to the 4th Cavalry. He is a son of Cameron and Jean Beatty Vilseck-Grafenwoe- hr of Ephraim. His w ife. Gay le, is a daughter of Harold and Irene Baldwin of Colorado Springs, Colo. The sergeant is a graduate of Manti ligh School. 1 Reading Problems? loss. Candace Bringhurst took the besieged the Pacific Northwest. w inter conditions delay ed the Cooperative Association. Vice President of Gunnison Valley Development Corporation. Member of Wool Marketing Association, Intermountain Farmers Association, Producers Live- He served 14 years as Sanpete County Commissioner, where one of his main assignments was the J. Keller Christenson State Noxious Weed Control ProOver the years he has been g gram. He has been a involved in numerous agricultural force in promoting good weed and civic organizations, including: control programs in the county, President of the and his own farming operations, operated by his two sons, Kim and Bruce, have set a good example. of Directors of Utah 2-- 2 was Snow Colleges performance. The Board Association Committee. music and is well known throughout the country for his compositions for band. The Honor Band performed two of his back to score two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to claim their first ev er v ictory ov er Snow , 2 Richfield. J. Keller Christenson was recently honored at the State Annual Weed Control Conference held in Moab, Utah, and was presented with an Honorary Citation and Plaque for his dedicated leadership and expertise concerning noxious weed control in Utah. Christenson has been active and supportive of the State Weed Committee and the Utah Agricultural Commissioner Representative on the Utah Weed Control 9-- Game two produced more The Lady Badgers split their SWAC opener with North Idaho Thursday, April 8, 1999 e blast-ingNl- 3. games will begin at Saturdays get under way at noon. double-head- er 1 p.m. to is set "Reach more customers!" 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