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Show Thursday, May 7,1998 MHS Girls softball team captures Region 12 title By Greg Dettinger Manti takes the region title for the 4th year in a row with victo- ries over Rowland Hall and Gunnison. Manti will have hosted a first round playoff game on Wednesday at 4 p.m. with Milford. A victory would give them a quarterfinal home game on Saturday, May 9 at p.m. 1 Manti girls Gunnisons world in a Page 7 Messenger - Enterprise rocked 22-- 0 romp this last Tuesday here in Manti. Nearly everyone played and everybody hit in this four inning spectacle of great offense, backed EMS athletes participate in tourney up by tough defense and pitching three for four that sealed Gunnisons fate. by Kim Dalene. Manti started off slow as they Manti now has only two reguscored only one run in the 1st and lar season games remaining which three in the 2nd, but turned up the will have been played Monday in heat in the 3rd with a n rally Salt Lake City against Rowland 17-0 lead. They Hall. They will have also.hosted a giving them a came through with five more in the home first round playoff game on 4th to finish it as the game was Wednesday. A win there will give them another home game on Satcalled. Kim Dalene faced 19 batters giving up only three hits while urday, May 9 against the winner striking out six. The defense stood of the ParowanAltamont game. its ground as well, giving u only The finals will be played on Fritwo errors. But it was the offense day and Saturday, May 15 and 16 at the Snow College fields in lead by Haylee Maylett and Andrea Buchanan who each went Ephraim. 13-ru- Templar track team competes The Templar track team comschools last peted against week at the Old Capitol Invitational held in Fillmore. For Manti it was the underclassmen who placed well in this meet. For the girls, Nina Madsen continued with her winning ways by placing 2nd in the 100 meters, 3rd in the 200 meters, 4th in the long jump and tied for 6th in the high jump. Jamie Luster scored onds. 3rd place finishes in both the 400 Other medal w inners included and 800 meter runs. Cody Braithwaite (2nd - 1600 m, The boys team found gold 3rd - 3200m) and Adam Sanchez with Jason Madsen in the 400 (2nd - shot put, 3rd - discus). meter run with a time of 52.5 and The next major competition in for the 300 meter the Templars is Friday at the Brady Nielson hurdles with a time of 41.65. Ja- BYU Invitational as they gear up son was nosed out of another gold for the Region 12 championships at the finish line and finished the to be held at North Summit High 200 meter dash in 2nd place with School on Friday, May 8th. an impressive time of 23.58 sec Sanpete Rotary Club explains named dyslexic correctional reading program Bowling winners at state The prize list for the 1998 Utah State Womens Bowling Championship Tournament held in March in Salt Lake City has been received and the following Sanpete Lady Bowlers placed: Out of 639 entered in the doubles event, Mitzi Gibb and of 1278 entries in the singles event Lois Shepherd Darlene Blackham and Connie Wilcox, and Donna llclstcn and Carrie Allsop tied for 41st; and Jcrrelyn Blankenship and Tara Monk placed 35th; Doris Brunson placed 77th; Lois Shepherd placed 1 06th; LaRee Nielson 123rd; May Thomas 134th; Gloria Johnson 137th; and Diane Lund 156th. Out of 698 entries in the All Out placed 3rd; LaRce Nielson placed 73rd; Tyra Breaux placed 10th; Diane Lund placed 150th; May Thomas and Majorie Decker tied for 169th place. Out of 1 138 entries in the All 1 Gloria Johnson placed 16th; Events Handicap event Bobbe Daniels placed 69th. Events Scratch event Gloria Johnson placed 27th and Renon Daniels placed 81st. 200 Pins were also awarded to: Lisa Black, Lolly Holden, Renon Daniels (2), VaNea Bown, Gloria Johnson (3), Lois Shep- herd, Tyra Breaux and Bette Jensen. Those also receiving pins for bowling a 500 series with an average of 50 or less were: LaRee 1 Nielson, Tyra Breaux, Tara Daniels, Bobbe Monk, Lolly Holden, and Lois Shepherd. Bowlerettes end their season Monday Night Bowlerettes ended their 1997-9- 8 bowling season on May 4 with an awards banquet and fun bowling at the Snp-Ca- p Lancs in Ephraim. Trophies j Rickctte, Kathy Shelley, Larue Johnson, Renon Daniels. Second Place Team: Snow Nancy Wernz, Cap Lanes: Becky Kjar, Dorothy Duncan, and awards were presented by May Thomas, Ireta Schuring. Jerry Nunley, League President; Denise Thomas, Vice President; VaNac J. Bown, League Secre- - Third Place Team: KMTI: Myrle Dean Bown, Darlene Blackham, Corinne Larsen, Awards were as follows: Connie Wilcox, Laree Nielson. Other League Awards: Per League Rules: High game scratch: j First Place Team: Cliffs Girls and Curls: Joy Seely, Julie 7th and 8th grade boys from Ephraim Middle School participated in a basketball tournament in St George the weekend of April 24th and 25th. The team took 3rd place with 3 wins and 1 loss. Team members are Mark Johnson, Cameron Clark, Dan Dalene, Blake Trythall, Sean Bradley, Jason McCaul, Kevin Cox, Kyle Crouch and Kelly Moore. handicap: Nadean Nielson 275, High series scratch: Vanae J. Brown 598, High series handicap: Tara Daniels 719, High individual average: Gloria Johnson 175, Most improved average: Susan K. Aiken 13 pins. The new officers for the 998-9- 9 1 A special d dinner was held Wed., April 29 in Manti, with Rotary District Governor James M. Bromley and his wife, Lena, in attendance. A number of selected guests attended to hear a presentation about a program, sponsored by Rotary, to help dyslexic persons to learn to read. Rotarian Lloyd Smith made a detailed explanation of the scope of the problem of dyslexia and told what the program, which has been undertaken by the Sanpete Rotary Club, has accomplished thus far. Smith described the scope of the problem, and said that 1 1 of Utahns have reading deficiencies. Sanpete ranks second worst of all counties in the state, with 1 7 of its residents unable to read. San Juan County was at the bottom of Rotary-sponsore- 33. the list, with Several respondents told of the success which the program has brought about in the lives of those who have benefitted from the gram in this area, noted that the program is woefully underfunded, reading program. Governor Bromley lauded the and that contributions from all program and the Sanpete Rotary sources were desperately needed. 1 Club for undertaking such a sig- Contact Lloyd Smith at nificant community program. I for additional information as to anticipate that this program will be how you can help. An adopted statewide by Rotary, he story about the be said. will program published next Mr. Smith, who heads the pro week. 835-972- th ATTENTION ALL VETERANS, DEPENDENTS, AND WIDOWS The Service Officer from the American Legion, Salt Lake City, will be in your area to assist you in understanding and applying for VA benefits, including pension, compensation, hospitalization, education, and other benefits. This is a free service and veterans need not be a member of the American Legion to receive assistance. The Service Officer will be at the Ephraim Workforce Center on Monday, May 11, 1998 from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. season are: President, Joy Lyons; Vice President, Renon Daniels; SecretaryTreasurer, Vanae J. Bown; Sergeant At Tyra Breaux 242, High game Arms, Gloria Johnson. Snow College student participates in national forensics competition By Lisa Pickett Monica Yancey, Snow College Forensics member, recently travelled to Springfield, Illinois to compete in the Interstate Oratory to 60 competiContest. Fifty-fiv- e tors from around the United States battled it out for the title. There are only two speakers chosen from each participating state that can compete in this meet. The qualifying competition was held in January where Yancey and Kristen Kemerer, a senior at Southern Utah University, who was previously a member of Snow College's team, were the two chosen from Utah. There are many competitors that are four year students who have already taken nationals with their team, making it the best of the best coming together, as SnoV College Coach John Vitullo states. This competition is 126 years Its old. the oldest national speech contest in the country, commented Vitullo. Yancey didnt break finals, but placed 3rd and 4th in her rounds. Those who did make it to finals gave their speech in the same place where President Abraham Lincoln gave his Divided Nation speech in the old capitol building in Springfield. Vitullo explained that they hold the competition in a historical place each year. Contests be held 4-- H will 4-- H Demonstration Contests will be held May 7 at 6 p.m. in the Courthouse. Contests include: Public Speaking, Demonstration about activities. The demonstrations can be done individually or as teams. To register, call the USU Extension Office at 835-- 2 1 5 . 1 2th graders who win, will have the opportunity to go to Logan and 1 Monica Yancey proudly displays the trophy that allowed her to compete in Illinois. she won recently 4-- H 9-- compete. 1 |