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Show DEADLINE NOTICE I The Mormon The deadline for all news and ads for the Manti Messenger is Monday at 5 p.m. All items received after the deadline will be held until the following week. Miracle Pageant Thank you for your contin- ued support. 1997 Attendance: 145,000 VOLUME 111 NUMBER 52 MANTI, UTAH 50 CENTS 84642 THURSDAY, JULY 1 0, 1997 Office Job Service, council Big splash meeting of Family Support centers around swimming pool now under one roof in can be in use as soon as possible, although that may not be a reality for this season. The discussion then turned to councilmember Steve Johnson that the ditch is holding and is in moved that Manti City work to- very good shape. 1 le noted that the building a new pool. Mayor Kent ward having the signs installed not area south of Jets Reservoir has Larsen reminded the council that later than June 15, 1998. This was been fenced offbecause it was be- they have long desired to construct ing used as a by pass for the Jets new recreational facilities for Manti agreed upon by the council. As part of its sesquicentennial dugway. This improved road pre- City. He added that w ith the new celebration of the pioneers arrival sents a real danger to those using stadium being built at the high in Utah, the LDS Church has desit, he said, as well as creating school and the new track and base-ba- ll facilities there now, a new ignated July 19 as Community possible damage to the pipeline Project Day. The Manti City' Coun- The Forest Service has been noti- swimming pool does not seem to cil is committed to support this ef- fied of the trespass and is taking be out of the picture. He suggested action. fort and has compiled a list of sugthat a committee be called to adesMr. in list that This Nielson stated also dress the several issues that will gested projects the city'. can be obtained at the city offices. timates for the swimming pool re- arise as a new pool is contemplated. A bid in the amount of $7,800 Councilmember Madsen asked that pairs are running about $4,000 to and Duane been has Blake received to install a new DeMill monuments of $5,000. straightening grave in the cemetery be added to that list. of DeMill Contracting have volunroof on the Senior Citizen Center. Public Works Superintendent teered to assist w ith work at the The council voted that this bid be Dale Nielson reported that he and pool at no cost to the city. accepted and that the roof installaKim Squire have ridden their horses The council agreed that the tion be made. along the Jets Reservoir Ditch and pool should be repaired so that it iManti City Council News By Karen II. Buchanan Manti's annual running of the cows which means trailing cattle through a portion of town to get to their summer range, has pretty much finished, according to councilmemberNita Madsen. She reported to the City Council at its regular meeting July 2 that the cattle hae been moed to the Manti Mountain and the new plantings at the cemetery monument were adequately protected. The grass is grow ing well at the monument site and will soon be established well enough to accommodate installation of the memorial benches. New entrance signs to the city are still an issue. Stating that he felt that the council needs to make a commitment to the people, Independence Day truck rollover leaves one dead, two injured A woman was killed and two road. The vehicle rolled down a men injured in a tragic 4th of July steep hill about 250 feet. The pasauto accident near Sky line Resort, sengers, none of whom were wearsoutheast of Fairvicw, on Friday. ing seat belts, were ejected. The three people, Gary Forgy, People at a nearby cabin heard 5 , his wife Lynette, 39, and Terry the commotion and rushed to help, S tucker, 43, all from Cheyenne, but estimates indicate that the first were their 911 call didn't come in until 25 Wy oming, driving to cabin up Fairvicw canyon to watch minutes after the accident octhe Mt. Pleasant fireworks show at curred. Responders from the about 5 p.m. when the front lire of Fairview Fire Department and their 9 Chevy Blazer went off the Ambulance, Sanpete County 1 1 Sheriff's Department and Search Alcohol was involved in the and Rescue arrived to help the accident and charges are pending people already at the accident on the driver. A Sheriffs Departscene. ment deputy indicated that if die All three victims were in critivictims had been wearing scat cal condition when they arrived at belts, the injuries they sustained Sanpete Valley Hospital. The two would probably not hav e been as men were stabilized and taken via serious. There is an attitude that life flight helicopter to Salt Lake in the event of an accident, being area hospitals. The woman was thrown from the car is preferable. pronounced dead at Sanpete Val- That is simply not the case, he said. ley Hospital. Radio operators practice emergency skills station in the mountains, using gasoline generators and solar power to operate short wave radio equipment. Simulated emergency messages were exchanged with over 2200 similar stations located all over the United States and Canada. Each state (including Alaska and services during emergencies. The County; and the LDS Church all Hawaii) and each Canadian prov- purpose of this exercise was to test cooperate with and sponsor amaince was contacted many times dur- the readiness of amateurs and their teur emcigency services. Deputy ing the operating period. equipment for disaster work. (See Ham Radio The event is sponsored by the The State of Utah, Sanpete on page 2) American Radio Relay League, the national amateur radio organization. Telephone sen ices are imme24-ho- ur diately overwhelmed whenever there is an earthquake or flood, Armstrong explained. Licensed amateur radio operators have always provided vital communication ranked highly in cutting-edg- e technology by computer magazine IHC A national publication says In- termountain Health Care (IHC) is d the top company to and use adopt computer and information technology. In a study in the June 27 issue of PC Week. IHC w as listed highest (224 nationally) of all Utah companies in a list of 500 organizations that are using cutting-edg- e Utah-base- technology. II IC was included primarily for its success in building a system-wid- e information network that links IHC facility, is part of that computer and information network. IHC is a charitable, community-owned, nonprofit health care organization based in Salt Lake City that serves the health needs of Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming residents. The IHC system includes health insurance plans, 23 hospitals, 75 clinics, and affiliated physicians. Last year, in nearly 100,000 cases, IHC hospitals and associated clinics provided more that $26 million in charitable assistance. The mission of IHC is to hospitals, laboratories, clinics, and insurance offices, enabling them to share information in a way that fa- provide quality medical care to percilitates patient care. sons with a medical need, regardSanpete Valley Hospital, an less of ability to pay. 1 business with in most cases the same individual. The difference may be an address change. The Department of Workforce Services was created by the State Legislature to streamline employment related programs due to shrinking federal funding. This approach was illustrative by Governor Mike Leav itt in his State of the State address in 1996 when he asked former Utah Jazz center Mark Eaton to stack the mountains of federal regulat ions gov cm ing the many employment related programs in Utah. The Office of Child about sen ice, and it's a new way Care, and the Turning Point proof doing business with the newest grams, an education and training department of state government. It program for displaced homemakis called the Utah Department of ers, are included in the new departWorkforce Services, and its your ment as well. new neighbor w ith some old familThe department officially beiar faces. gan on July , and The Job Serv ice, Office of employment centers are openFamily Support and Turning Point ing across the state. In Manti the address of the new programs arc not going out of business, they are consolidating pro- Employment Center will be 50 grams into one new department. If South Main, Suite 5. In Ephraim. y ou have had business with these you can receive service at 390 will continue do to North Main. agencies, you Whats this all about? It's 1 New C.E.O. for U.S. Aggregates Ronnie Cox was made C.E.O. (Chief Executive Officer) of U.S. Aggregates, Inc. Western companies on May 1. These companies include Valley Asphalt (Spanish Fork, Park City, Wellington), Cox Rock & Transport Corporation, Western Rock Products (Cedar Hamming it up A local ham radio operator participated in the annual Field Day emergency operating test recently. Dr. Robert Armstrong, of Manti, joined four other amateur radio operators from Provo and Ogden areas. The group set up a Tuesday, July was an historic day in Utah's rich history. On that day Utah's job seekers, employ ers, and those needing family assistance could receiv e their sen ices under one roof. The Job Sen ice office in tow n w ill no longer be called Job Sen ice, neither will the Office of Family Support, and if y ou have been going to another location for job training programs, y ou will not have to go there either. If y ou hav e business w ith all three of the above, you will just have to go to an Employment Center. City, Panquitch, St. George, Mesquite, Nev ada), Southern Nev ada Aggregates (Las Vegas, Nevada) and Mohave Concrete (Bullhead City, Kingman, Lake Havasu, Arizona). Because of Ronnie's extensive knowledge and experience of 39 years in the construction and transRonnie Cox portation industries, U.S. Aggregates, Inc. feds that he has the lead- their companies to higher lev els and ership ability and knowledge to take keep them on the leading edge. Intersection study may bring stop to streets improvements interim, the garbage w ill be picked up with the help of Manti City and perhaps a Snow College truck. In order to prov ide adequate garbage service it vv ill be necessary for the city to purchase a truck. Buy ing a used truck has not been considered because the reason the recent service was so poor is be- Ephraim City Council News By Lynn SchifTman Discussions about stop signs, approval of building at the Industrial Park and setting a public hearing and appointment of board members characterized Ephraim City Council meeting last week. study with the help of a professional offices for professional staff memtraffic engineer, before the project bers and for patient visits. The is completed. This study will not agency hopes to begin construction only identify the need, or lack as early as September and plans to thereof, for the sign, not only at 1 00 occupy the building by next spring. West and 300 North, but at other Public cause of maintenance problems. Hearing Set: intersections also. A public hearing is set for Therefore the council has decided Board Members Appointed: Stop Signs: Citizens opposed to the stop John Thom and Don Nielson sign at the comer of 00 West and were approved to serve on the City 300 North presented a petition to Board of Adjustment. They are to have the council consider reversing fill the vacancies created by Lottie its decision to leave the sign in Drapers resignation and another place, until a traffic study, at the vacancy that has not been filled for completion of the streets project, a longtime. could be conducted. Industrial Park Building: The council stood on its previCentral Utah Mental Health ous action to conduct the study be- plans a new facility near Snow fore any signs would be removed. Colleges west campus in the InHowever, to speed up the project, dustrial Park. The a motion was approved to begin the stuccobrick facility w ill house 1 5,000-square-fo- POORiCOPY ot Wednesday, Aug. 6 at 6 p.m. to to buy new equipment w ith appropriate warranties. A new outfit ranges from $ 23.000 to $340,000. The council plans to amortize the purchase over a five, seven or 0 year period. discussed. The council plans to add Next Council Meeting: garbage pickup to the Public Works The next regularly scheduled Department. The council has stud- council meeting will be Wednesday , ied the purchase of a new garbage July 16 at 7 p.m. The public heartruck and will make a decision at ing (mentioned above) will be held the next council meeting on July 16. just prior to the council meeting. Delivery of the truck would prob- All citizens and interested parties ably take six to eight weeks. In the are invited to attend. discuss amendments to the zoning ordinance. Citizen input is encouraged and welcomed. Garbage Pickup: Inefficient garbage pickup was 1 1 'll |