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Show Home of The Mormon Miracle Pageant 1996 Attendance: 142,000 50 Cents VOLUME 111 NUMBER 11 MANTI, UTAH 84642. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 26, 1996 Contractors plan to finish Phase of Streets Project Moroni Feed Company I expand its production capacity will by middle of October. lEphraim City Council News By Lynn Schiffman The Streets Project remained the dominant topic of discussion in last weeks city council meeting and in council activities. In the weekly construction meeting, contractors announced that they anticipate completing Phase I of the project by mid October. In a public hearing held prior to last weeks council meeting, discussion focused on changing the zoning in two blocks and language in the Zoning Ordinance. Then, in Council meeting, action Fire restrictions on Utahs state, federal an4 private lands were lifted Wednesday, September 18, 1996. Because of recent precipitation and cooler temperatures the state forester, officials of the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service are lifting the ban on open fires. People throughout the state may once again build campfires and smoke in the states wildlands. Its likely our recent weather does not signal the end of the fire attention to Phase III. Contractors expressed concern about about the traffic losing survey pegs and conrepresentative struction stakes. Along one street anMain and an on Street, light the made that the nouncement was survey pegs had been removed home shopping network will be or stolen two times, requiring that broadcasting from Ephraim in late the street be surveyed three times'. October. Recently the stakes that guide road Streets Project graders and the curb and gutter indicated have Contractors that machine have also been taken. they expect to complete Phase 1 This activity delays the project and will make it more costly for the by October 15. Phase I includes the northeast sector of town along city. Citizens are asked to be vigiwith a few streets in the west seclant, to watch for those who are tor. Then they will turn their full causing this havoc, and to report taken on the public hearing, a report was made from a UDOT season, but it does reduce the threat to jpat level wherei we, feel iu comfortable lifting the restrictions, says State Forester Art DuFault. We appreciate the cooperation of everyone who took v -- m m extra precaution with fire and ask that backcountry travelers and hunters remain aware of the potential for wildland fire. Most potential fuels are still very dry and the possibility of wildland fire will remain significant for several weeks. Program receives $552,932 in federal grant money School-to-Wor- k The Sanpete Opportunities School-to-Wor- k program in Ephraim, Utah, this week received a $552,932 School-to-WoOpportunities grant to provide academic and job skills plus labor market information students will need to succeed in school and rk work. Funds were provided by the U.S. Department of Labor and Education. The Sanpete system will establish and staff career centers in high, middle and elementary schools, said Karie Jean Larson, Director of Outreach Services. She added that the centers will offer assessments and exploration ma- terials in addition to arranging d experiences like job shadowing, mentoring, cooperative education, job placement and summer job opportunities. Summer courses for students at work-base- Bv Tricia Call A 3.2 million dollar expansion proposal went to Moroni Feed Companys board of directors last Thursday for approval. The board voted overwhelmingly to go ahead and approve the expenditure. The expansion will bring additional freezing capacity to the processing plant, and expand the Moroni Feed service station. Moroni Feed Company is currently operating g at the point of capacity on their units. The expansion is needed to maintain the quality of the Norbest products. While the plant is able to process 30,000 turkeys per day, the freezer capacity is measured by pounds rather than individual birds. This year, the quality of turkeys we are processing is above average, states Moroni Feed Company President David Bailey. This is due to improved nutrition, increased numbers of confined grow ing operations, poult quality coming in from the breeder farms and hatchery, and improved biosecurity. These factors have led to a lack of w as Recent precipitation allows State Forester to lift fire restrictions the Sanpete Academy site will be offered in six target areas: general business, education, public safety, agriculture, construction, and students will health care. All K-have a Student Education Occu-- . 12 pational Plan that will include work experience opportunities that extend into the classroom. Key partners in the system include Snow College, North and South Sanpete School Districts, Technology College, Moroni Feed Company, Gunnison Valley Hospital, Female Occupational Therapist Bank, Stallings Sheet Metal, Wasatch Technology Corp., Utah Department of Employment Security, Sanpete County Office of Economic Development and the Sanpete County Chamber of Com- merce. For further local information on the new system, call Larson at Ext. 605. quick-freezin- suspicious activity to the pity. Other concerns were expressed about citizens prematurely driving over their driveway entrances and removing and driving through bar-(S- Manti LDS Temple ee d's-eas- "Ephraim Citj" on page 6) and decreased mortalities, while - LDS Church schedules.i October Conference Thousands of people will descend upon the Utah capital the first week in October and millions more worldwide will witness by satellite as the 166th Semiannual Saints gets underway. The gathering of leaders and members of the Church is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, October 5 and 6, in the Tabernacle on historic Temple Square. Under the direction of the First Presidency, top governing body in the Church, general sessions will be conducted at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. each day, and the General Priesthood Meeting is set for Saturday at 6 p.m. (All times Mountain By Karen 1L Buchanan Sanpete County will be on national TV, Thursday, October 24. In an announcement made through Church. The conference sessions are broadcast on commercial television and radio stations and cable systems on a public service basis. They will also be carried live on the Churchs satellite television network, which reaches more than 3,000 locations throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, nnit thn Pnrihhpnn er or (includes replacing underground tanks and pumps). Both projects are expected to be comr, 1997.The cost reflects pleted by about two percent of the overall annual production for the cooperative. The upgrade will lealizc a seven percent increase in the value of the $40 million complex. mid-summe- QVCHome Shopping channel will broadcast from Sanpete County on Oct. 24 iManti City Council Nezvs the First Presidency, President Thomas S. Monson and President James E. Faust; members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, plus other general officers of the ocnli strength and weight gains have increased. Next years planned production reflects a four or five percent increase in numbers of turkey s. That could reflect a weieht increase of more than double General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Daylight). Messages of hope and inspiration will be delivered by President Gordon B. Hinckley, world leader of the Church, his counselors in e those percentages, which means the quick-freezcapacity must be increased to accommodate the expected numberspounds. Quick-freez- e reflects a quality and safety control measure used in the production of turkey products. A live turkeys body temperature is near 1 1 0 through the graddegrees. From the kill-floand to ing gutting process chilling tanks takes less 15 than minutes; within 90 minutes the body temperature is taken from 1 1 0 to 40 degrees, where the graded turkeys are then processed into whole turkeys or any of the other 200 turkey products marketed by Norbest. Once that processing is completed, less than two hours total time lapse from kill to wrap, the turkey goes into deep freeze. The time to zero degrees is critical in the preservation of a safe quality product that growers have put so much work into growing. The expansion on the service station involves new service center bays and new fueling system the various containers have to be policed everyday for trash that is put in the wrong place, he feels that this is a matter of public education and hopes that the practice the county Economic Development Office, Councilman Doug Dyreng advised the City Council that the QVCHome Shopping cational opportunities. The city recycling program is well underway. Public NVoiks Director Dale Nielson reported that the public seems to appreciate the opportunity to recycle their trash in order to protect the landfill from overuse. le did say, however, that Channel will be broadcasting from Sanpete County that day. This will give an opportunity for local entrepreneurs to display their products nationwide. An article on the history of Manti and its development and unique aspects will be County Commission names Joe Blain Sesquicentennial Ambassador for County Pioneer prepared and forwarded to the Development Office by October 1, for possible inclusion in the QVC presentation In other City Council business, Nadean Nielson, a specialist with the computer programs in the South Sanpete School District, asked that the City Council give both permission and assistance in the installation of fiberoptic lines from Manti Elementary School to the school district office. This would allow the elementary school to participate on the internet and give the children ac- 1 The Utah Sesquicentennial Celebration Coordinating Council announces that Joe Blain, a resident of Ephraim, has been appointed by the county commission to serve as Sanpete Countys Sesquicentennial Ambassador. The Council is thrilled with the response of people statewide who are willing to assist, says Rhonda Greenwood, coordinator for the council. Through this program, we have provided a local resource for people within the county to help with sesquicentennial projects. Joe is taking steps so that county celebrations will reflect the pioneer spirit. cess to information worldwide. The council enthusiastically supeffort to celA kinds edu of these ebrate contributions Ihe of Utahs positive ports grass-roo- ts will discontinue as people are (See "Manti City" on page 2) pioneers is underway, supported by many volunteers and the council. Many Utahns throughout the state are freely giving their time, efforts, and energy in organizing local celebrations, activities, programs, and events for the 1997 commemoration of the 150 year anniversary of Utah's settlement. If a group or organization needs assistance in the planning, organizing, finding resources, or publicizing of their sesquicentennial event, the county ambassador is a local resource, says Greenwood. If further assistance is needed, county ambassadors can put them in touch with the sesquicentennial council office. |