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Show Home of The Mormon Miracle Pageant 1996 Dates: July 11,12, 50 VOLUME 110 NUMBER 30 Cents 13, MANTI, UTAH 16-2- 0 84642, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1996 Commissioners approve Agriculture Protection Area By T ricia Call The Sanpete County ture protected area status, the commissioners voted unanimously in Ross and attorney support of the petition. Blackham heard public comments The five criteria, summarized cons of and agthe in pros regarding question form, are: riculture protected areas on Feb- 1. Is the land currently being ruary 6th. After reviewing the five used for agricultural production? criteria set forth by the state to 2. Is the land zoned for agriculdetermine eligibility for agricul tural use? Commis-sioner- s 3. Is the land viable for agricul- tural use? 4. What is the extent and nature of existing and proposed farm improvements? Does the plan meet anticipated trends and technology in agriculture? 5. Because the issue has been so emotional for people involved, the commission chair. Bob Bcssev created some boundaries at the outset, by asking for people to keep their comments to five minutes or less, and by preventing comments and questions being bantered back and forth between parties. Commenting first was attorRi- create. I le described a nuisance as odor and smell, claiming that the farmers would be able to put m a stock yard and the city could do ney Craig Smith, representing chard and Bonnie Nielson. I le expressed his belief that the Agriculture Protection Area is a super nothing to stop it. Dick Olsen, cousin to Parry zoning ordinance that takes away and from the power county city Olson, whose land was involved. governments for 20 years to stop (See Agriculture Protection a nuisance that the ordinance can on page 10) $10 million bond election will be held next Tuesday By Bruce Jennings sessed valuation per student: The rationale for the South Sanpete School Districts Feb. 13 $62,688 in South Sanpete, the lowest in the state; the state av erage is $132,411; South Summit, at $704,431, is the highest in the state. $10 million bond election can be found in the tw o sets of four digit figures: enrollment in 1977. 1,686; in 1995,2,963. The 1,277 more students can be translated into a need for at least 40 more classrooms, over the period, and still more classrooms for projected growth. You dont build a new school in a day, Supt. Lewis Mullins says. In effect, you can't go on making do with portable classrooms and overcrowding. Other pertinent information relative to the bond election is contained in a simple bar chart: as And Sanpetes what close-b- y about South neighbors? North Sanpete, v ery similar in economic structure, which is helped along by the presence of Moroni Feed Co., is sixth from the bottom; Juab is in the middle range. But Millard, because it has the giant power generating plant, is next to the top in assessed valuation per student. Here is the stark contrast: a one-mi- ll levy in South Sanpete will produce $36,334; in Millard. $530,437. South Sanpete is now in debt $2,329,267 for past building projects and is gradually paying it off with a capital outlay levy. Its present bonding capacity is $8,500,000. It could now undertake some new building, but in any substantial amount, that would require a whopping tax increase. Long ago the State Legislature, recognizing the inequality of the districts ability to finance education, decided to do something about it. A lot of kids were being shortchanged. And so a start at equalization began. As a result, this year each (Sec $10 million bond on page 10) Ephraim couple named as Institute Sweetheart Couple Ross and Linnie Findlay, of Ephraim, Utah have been chosen to receive the annual Sweetheart Award at the Ephraim LDS Institute of Religion. The sweetheart award is presented by the Institute faculty and students to a couple who exemplify the LDS standards of marriage and who have successfully reared a good family. This is the 19th year of this special recognition and honor. Ross and Linnie have lived in Ephraim for 45 years. Ross worked for the South Sanpete School District for four y ears and for Snow College in various positions such as the Dean of Students, Registrar and as a teacher, for 27 years. Ross was born in Star Valley, Wyoming and Linnie in loaka, Utah. They are the parents of eight children (one son deceased), and they have 35 grandchildren. Their children are: Kim and Rikki Findlay, Madison, Ala- - bama; Roslyn and Craig Jackson, Salt Lake City; Don and Catherine Findlay, West Jordan; Kathleen and Fred Rees, Medford, Oregon; Scott and Deann Findlay, Everett, Washington; Charles and Penny Findlay, Smithfield; and Bruce and Linda Findlay, Salt Lake City. Ross and Linnie have given many years of service to the com-muni- ty and to the Mormon Miracle Pageant, since its early beginning. They served a mission to Hawaii for 18 months; then served at the Visitors Center in Manti for five years, prior to serving in the Manti Temple for six years. Hobbies for the couple include gardening, traveling to visit their children, writing, scouting, reading and family in general. Ross and Linnie Findlay They consider their greatest accomplishment is raising a fine family. They are very proud of them and their many accomplishments. They personify real sweethearts in word, deed and actions. The sw eetheart couple will be honored at the Sweetheart forum at the Ephraim Institute of Religion, on Friday, Feb. 9 at 12:30 p.m. An outstanding program of tributes, and music will be presented. The public is invited. All former sweetheart couples are also invited to attend and will be recognized at Sweethearts Forever. Grand Opening for IHC Health Center in Ephraim Intermountain Health Care has opened a new health centei m Ephraim and invites the public to a community open house and grand opening on February 10 from a.m. to 3 p.m. The clinic is home to three family practice physicians: Kim Bateman, MD; Bruce Burnham, MD; and Darrel Olsen, MD; as well as General Surgeon Randy Hansen, MD; Podiatrist LaMar Cook, DPM; and Physician Assistant Jan Jonson, PA. The clinic in Ephraim is the first IHC Health Center to be located in a rural area. IHC Health Centers are not only clinics for treatment, but also centers for prevention, including screenings and health education on diabetes and 1 1 prenatal care. The IHC Center in Ephraim will prov ide a w ide range of health care services such as minor sur- gery procedures, pediatric services, laboratory. obstetric, and gynecological services, and full service family care. y, We want to invite our friends and neighbors to stop by the health center next Saturday, to meet our physicians and see what this new clinic is all about, said Jacque Anderson, center manager. We have a talented, highly trained medical and support staff here. That, combined with our new facility, will allow us to provide the very best care to the residents of Sanpete County. Grand opening events include state-of-the-a- rt I brief tour of the facility . .uIuikc vv ith members ol the medical staff, as well as free blood pu.s-sur- e screenings. In addition, guests at the grand opening will be eligible for draw ings for 25 tree pi esa to visit tate 25 (PSA) tests, 25 mammograms, glucose and 25 cholesterol screenings. Also, two Cardtoglide exercise machines, valued at $ 99 will be given away. Refreshments will be served and the first 300 guests will receive a free mini first-ai- d kit. 1 The Ephraim IHC Health Centers regular business hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Appointments may be made by calling (80 The center is located at 525 North Main Street in Ephraim. 1)283-4407- 6. |