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Show Home of The Mormon Miracle Pageant 1997 Dates: June 50 Cents VOLUME 111 NUMBER 37 Restoration of old City Hall underway By Karen II. Buchanan There were big kids and little kids, moms and dads and even grandmas and grandpas, every size and shape and every level of strength. People came to help, to be involved, to do what they could to clear the Manti City waterways of growth and debris. There must have been close to 200 people eager to do their part Zoning Commission Chairman. Vern Buchanan asked them to review the document and give the Commission further instructions. He reviewed with them the changes that the Planning Commission has made on the animal ordinance after the public hearing Manti City Hall are continuing with great energy. Manti City Council member Barbara Wintch informed the council in its March 19, meeting that the City has received a grant of $4,200 to assist with the work. Mrs. Wintch also said that a group of high school students have worked at the building every Saturday for several weeks. The latest grant, as with most, is a match- ing grant with either donated money or work in kind and so these Saturday work sessions serve not only to provide much needed labor but also help toward matching the grant. Building preservation training will be available through Snow College and it is anticipated that some individuals working on the old City Hall w ill be able to take advantage of this training. The latest zoning ordinance revisions through Section 14 have now been provided to the Mayor and Council and Planning and Manti LDS Temple 24-2- 8 MANTI, UTAH 84642, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1997 Let the spring floods come! Manti City Council News By Karen H. Buchanan Efforts on restoration of the old 19-2- 1, Many had pruners, some had chain last month. These changes, as well as the other sections will be considered in a City Council work Now that the council has renewed its contract with the County Sheriff, the members are looking for ways to beef up community law enforcement. The most effective way seems to be to adopt citizen volunteer activities. The Manti Youth Council has expressed interest in a Neighborhood Watch program and would like to be involved in setting up such a pro- saws and shovels. It took three to four hours. Some stayed until the job was finished, some could only work an hour or two. Most met at the li- brary steps promptly at nine o'clock, but those who couldn't gel there at that hour came later and looked around until they found a place where they were of the city creeks are cleared project spokesman Jay Clutf. of willows, weeds and branches There will be a lot less concern that would surly cause water about future flooding now. We backup resulting in flooding of can't begin to thank those who 90 low areas as the high water flows. It is heartwarming to see this kind of cooperation and willingness in our community, said worked so hard, both in the actual effort and the ones who helped organize and superv ise. Thanks to you all. needed and then went to work. As a result of this effort, at least Government infringing on farms, says Farm Bureau Karen II. Buchanan Manti is the elected president of The biggest cost in farming the count) organization, w ith John and its related fields is not bu) ing Keeler, also of Manti, as the reseed and feed and irrigation ex- gional manager for ten southwestpenses. It is in complying with ern Utah counties, including government regulations, said Sanpete. Booth Wallentine, speaker at the Boyd and Joy Sunderland of annual Farm Bureau banquet last Chester were awarded the Farm gram. Bureau Distinguished Service Thursday night at the Ephraim CoThe city will schedule its anfor their many )ears of inAward nual spring cleanup for the second op. State Mr. Utah in promoting the idevolvement Wallentine, week in April with all items to be Farm Bureau Federation Execuals of Farm Bureau. In accepting street side by April 12. The city AdVice and tive Chief President the award for herself and her dew ill begin pick up April 4. There ministrative Officer w ent on to say ceased husband, Mrs. Sunderland will be future public announcethat the 4.5 million members naexpressed her concern that the ments in this regard. tionwide are citizens first and farm message get into the schools farmers and ranchers second. The) so that the next generation will are concerned about federal enknow where their food comes croachment on their property from. Mrs. Sunderland expressed rights. The average age of farmers in how she and her husband have althe United States is 57. Because ways loved the land and have was assigned as an LDSProtestant of inheritance taxes and other costs taught their children to lov e it also. in Air U.S. the Force farm fewer fewer and involved, Chaplain They have established a legacy of Bill Thompson begins task of clearing during the Korean War. Later he properties are being turned o er to farm families and want it to con- last Saturdays work project served as an LDS bishop and in a succeeding generations. tinue into the future. stake presidency in Richfield. The Bureau has active lobbyParticipants at the banquet w ere After serving in the Air Force ing groups at state and federal lev- entertained by last ) ear's Farm two years, the couple returned to els to do what they can to enlighten Bureau Talent Find winners. Erica Richfield where Maridell briefly legislators and and Frischknecht government offiJacob taught second grade at Ashman cials regarding the needs of its Christensen performed two musiElementary School. Her love of members.. cal selections from Le Miz and theatre led her to establish the There are 22,000 active memPhantom of the Opera, and Readers Theatre in Richfield that bers of the Farm Bureau in Utah Cody Sunderland sang his winevolved into the Richfield Comwith 700 families in Sanpete ning song, a number from the rock munity Theatre. It continued for a County. Steven Frischknecht of and roll era. few years. By 1 Sterling Scholar award dinner will be April 3 of the Deseret News-KSSterling Scholars of Central Founders L Utah Program will be honorary guests at the 25th anniversary awards program in Bicknell. Ranal and Maridell Pearson, Orem, established the program in Central Utah 25 years ago. The couple has been invited to comment about their role in Sterling Scholars during the anniversary awards program on Thursday, April 3, at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of Wayne High School, Bicknell. The public is invited to attend. Raynal and Maridell Pearson, former residents of Richfield, established the Central Utah program in 1972. The first awards program was held April 26, 1973, at Richfield High School. The couple set about establishing the program with the assistance of educators and others. The rest is history. Some 3,000 high school seniors in the Central Utah region have participated in the program. Maridell was also involved in church productions and children's theatres. She continued performshows that she ing began performing in college. She has continued to perform Steve Bennion named as head of SUU one-wom- Steven D. Bennion, current president of Ricks College, was named president of Southern Utah University on Friday. The announcement was made at the Cedar City campus by the Utah State Board of Regents. Dr. Bennion will replace Dr. Gerald R. Sherratt, who is retiring after 15 years of scrv ice at SUU. an one-wom- shows, and this month she performed Eliza R. Snow both in New Mexico and in Sevier County. Ranal has established a family-o- business consisting of half dozen tire outlets from Salt Lake City to St. George owned by Pearson United. The family also owns the Quality Inn, Richfield. Both Raynal and Maridell say they are excited that the Sterling Scholar program in Central Utah has continued and that its still growing. They say they feel it's a wonderful opportunity for the young people of the Central Utah wned a Raynal is a graduate of Richfield High School. He attended Brigham Young University where he met Maridell who was also a student at BYU. The couple was married and both graduated from BYU; Raynal in business and Maridell in theatre. After graduation, the couple lived in Richfield briefly and then moved to California where Raynal streambed banks at Dr. Bennion has served since 989 as President of Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho. Prior to that he was the president of Snow College in Ephraim, Utah from 1982-8We are very pleased to welcome President Bennion back to the Utah System of Higher Edu- 1 9. Steven D. Bennion " " region. (Sce "Steven Bennion named" on page 8) i. jjiuiiiiijiiiiii in iiphuii in lj mi ii jii i.n A short time later, the area looked like this. Over 200 participants helped in the project designed to reduce the flood threat this spring. ii iiiiiii.ji.. WEATHER J2 for the Manti area Reported by Lee J. Anderson Series of articles on abuse begins. see page New business "Cowboy Collection" opens 2 in Manti. see page 4 "Mind your own business," Cannon tells colleague. see page 8 on 20th (old record was 69). |