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Show Daylight Savings Time Ends Home of The Mormon Miracle Pageant "Fall back" one hour 1997 Attendance 145,000 Sunday morning. MANTI, UTAH 50 CENTS VOLUME 112 NUMBER 15 84642 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1997 as Reports on water, finances should distinguished alumni allow residents to sleep well at night 7 will be honored from Snow College The Snow College Alumni Council will honor 1997 Distinguished Alumni on Saturday, November in the new Greenwood Student Center. Everyone is invited to attend the ceremony beginning at 8:30 a.m. Those being honored are: Dee F. Anderson (Class of 1924) - Distinguished Alumni, Salt Lake City, Utah. Always one step ahead in the fast food business, Dee sold his first hamburger at age 6. He built a successful chain of 53 Dees 1 1 (later Hamburgers and Drive-in- s sold to Hardees). Currently he owns 12 Dees Family Restaurants. At 91, he still goes to the corporate office on a daily basis to help manage the empire he built. L. Robert & Madge Greaves Anderson (Class of 1948) Alumni, Monticcllo, Utah. Robert continues his 43rd y ear practicing law. Madge earned a teaching certificate but opted to (See "Distinguished alumni" Neighborhood Watch is a program endorsed by the City Youth Coun- Manti City. Council News By Karen II. Buchanan Ten years ago Manti City was trouble financially. Auditors felt that financial stability was impossible. Today, through careful planning and management, records show that the city is fiscally sound in real and functioning well. Mr. Gary Keddington, partner in the firm of Jensen and dilemma that existed then. Other equally important news was reported by Public Works Superintendent Dale Nielson. City culinary water is tested annually. Mr. Nielson said, They test it so thoroughly that I think they wear out the sample before they are through. The water passed with Keddington, auditors for Manti flying colors. Another good reason to sleep well tonight, said the City and internal financial opera- mayor. tion advisors, reported at City Council meeting, October 15, on the results of a recent audit which he conducted. He was impressed w ith the substantial improvement. Mayor Kent Larsen said that it has taken time but that one of the best things the City has done was to hire Jensen and Keddington to help them resolve the financial Manti continues to grow. Nielson reported that six new ser- cellular phones for the use of COP volunteers will likely be provided by a local company at no cost. They will feature a single button for immediate response from local law enforcement authorities. Several pine trees at the City Cemetery have been inadvertently damaged by a soil sterilant used to control weeds. There is some question as to their survival. Vandals have destroyed or removed electrical plug outlets at the City Park. Efforts will be made to outlets are discover if vandal-proavailable. Light bulbs in the rest rooms are also targets for vandalism activities. Council member Nita Madsen asked if the Neighborhood Watch vices are scheduled for hookup within the next three weeks. Council member Brent Wade reported that the initial meeting with COP volunteers was held prior to the city council meeting. He said that attendance was good signs could be installed on city utiland enthusiasm high. He said that ity poles. This was approved. of cil. They are planning, along w ith other interested citizen committees, a Citizen Supporting Citizens program to be presented on Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. at the high school auditorium. The COP, Neighborhood Watch, Emergency Communications and CERT (Community-EmergencResponse Team) probe will introduced and exgrams plained. Personal Neighborhood Watch decals to place in home windows, will be available for purchase that self-adhesi- ve evening. The hours for City Council meeting will change to 7 p.m. w ith the return to standard time on Oct. 26. However, they will meet at 7:30 p.m. on November 5, in order to accommodate council member attendance (at least for a short time) at the Citizens Supporting Citizens meeting. Sanpete man named as new CUCF warden Dee Anderson A new warden of the Central Utah Correctional Facility was announced on Monday, Oct. 20 by' Fred Van Der Veur, Director of Institutional Operations, Utah State Department of Corrections. The new warden is E. Earle Hobby of Mountain ille, Utah. Mr. Hobby has been a resident of Sanpete County for 2 y ears. 1 le is currently the secretarytreasurer of the MantiLaSal Woolgrowers Association. He is married to Kathleen Hobby and they are the parents of seven children, three of whom are currently at home. Warden Hobby has a B.S. in psychologyyouth leadership from 1 August 1994. He was Programming Correctional Administrator, Executive Officer at CUCF from June 1990 to October 1991. Hobby was a FounderExecu-tiv- e Director of Project Reality 1991 to Substance Abuse Treatment Program; Chief Social Worker, Forensic Unit, Utah State Hospital; Mendocino State Hospital, Forensic Unit Supervisor of Assessments for Mentally 111 Offenders; Peace Officer w ith the Los Angeles Police Department and w ith the US Army Military Police; graduate of US Army Provost Marshal Generals School at Fort Gordon, Georgia. Property issues discussed in exceptionally short meeting Ephraim City Council News with employment, job training, and By Lynn SchifTman A short agenda made for a supported living. Discussion inBrigham Young University. He has short meeting for last weeks volved the appropriate acreage and a Masters Degree in Social Work Ephraim City Council meeting. location needed. The council is from the University of Utah, w here There were only two agenda items, happy to have Sanpete Community he was class valedictorian. He is a one dealing with zoning issues and Training in Ephraim and encour- 'I POST Certified Correctional Officer from the Fred House Academy. Robert and Carol Warnick The new warden has been serving as Deputy Warden of Security at CUCF from August 1994 to the present. Prior to that, he w as Deputy Bureau Chief of Support Services at CUCF from October to ask about the zoning on some property he previously intended to subdivide and sell building lots. It has been a number of years since his initial plan had been proposed. Nothing has taken place since then, the other about property acquisi- aged Don to further pursue his other than zoning changes. There tion. search. It was concluded that an- was no action on the part of the A request to purchase property other area in town would be more Council because no specific rein the Industrial Park was ad- appropriate for the agency and fur- quest was made. dressed by Don Nielson, Director ther research will be done to inof the Sanpete Community Trai- vestigate those options. Council meeting closed after emment organ ization A local property owner came about an hour and 15 minutes. nings that works mostly with handicapped persons tri-g- develop-mental- ly Halloween Carnival dated Masters concert to feature local musicians The first in a scries of classical music, performed by professional local community musicians, w ill be held Saturday, Oct. 25 from 3 p.m. upstairs in the Ephraim Co-o- p. Refreshments will be served following the concert. There is no charge for 2-- The Ephraim Elementary Hal- p m. Cost for the dinner will be low ecn Carnival will be held on $2.00 per person or $10.00 per Oct. 31 at Ephraim Elementary' family. Games start from 6 to 8 School. p m. Tickets arc 25 cents each. All A dinner of taco salad or com proceeds help the PTA. There will also be door prizes. dogs will be served from 5:30-7.0- 0 UHP reports on accidents Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Doug Tenney inv esOct. 17, 3.25 p m.:Trooper tigated a property-damag- e Gene Opcnshaw investigated an accident in Manti. A dump eight miles north of truck driver by Bart Malstrom, age Gunnison on State Road 28. 38 of Fairview, was backing into Raymond Farrington, age 43 of the roadway and was stopped when Redmond, was pulling two trailers a vehicle driven by with his pickup when one of the Korilane Fucntcs of Manti did not trailers started whipping. This stop in time and hit into the dump caused the driver to lose control of truck. Miss Fucntcs was wearing the vehicle. The pickup came to a scat belt, Mr. Malstrom was not. rest upside down, the camping October 18, 9:14 pm.: trailer came to rest on its side, and Trooper Gene Opcnshaw investithe OHV trailer remained upright. gated a property-damag- e accident Mr. Farrington and three pas- involving a cow three miles cast of Gunnison on SRI 37. Miranda sengers were uninjured. Raidean Farrington susChristenson, age 16 of Gunnison, tained a broken ankle and was collided with the cow, causing an transported to the Gunnison Val- estimated $1,400 in damage to her ley Hospital for treatment. Dam- vehicle. She was wearing a scat age was estimated to be $15,000. belt and was not injured. She reOctober 18, 11:42 am. tained possession of the vehicle. two-vehic- Special meetings for Manti residents to be held Nov. 5 Citizens Supporting Citi- zens, Manti City, the Sanpete County Sheriffs Department, and the Manti City' Youth Coun- cil are sponsoring a kickoff Response Team (CERT) These four programs will be presented and discussed at the Manti High School auditorium on Nov. 5 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The entire community will be meeting for: 1 . Citizens on Patrol (COP) involved and everyone should 2. Neighborhood Watch plan to attend. 3. Emergency Communica- Neighborhood Watch decals 4. Community Emergency 4 will be available at the meeting for $1.00 each. POORiCOPY injury-accide- nt Sixteen-year-o- ld le |