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Show Volume 102 Home of The Mormon Number 45 November 17, 1994 Miracle Pageant Manti LDS Temple Darin Roberts becomes Local Hero when he saves the life of Manti resident Darin Roberts of Gunnison was working at Big Ts in Gunnison, Monday, November 14, when Julie Christensen of Manti, was at the drive-u- p window and started choking on a particle of food. Christensen made her way inside the building looking for help. Debbie Roberts, one of the waitresses, at Big Ts called for someone to help. Christy Schugk called 911. Meanwhile, cook, Darin Roberts jumped over the counter, grabbed Julie and started the Heimlich maneuver. Julie was going out of consciousness. Darin continued to try to Drive-I- n clear her air way. She started breathing again. Gunnison Valley Ambulance arrived and EMTs, Connie Rasmussen, John Wagner, Jennifer Squires Julie Southwick. They checked out Julie, and encouraged her to go to the hospital, but she did not feel the need to go. Darin said he learned the heimlich maneuver in his High School health class at GVHS. Darin is a Senior at Gunnison Valley High School. He said he was scared but it felt good to be able to help. He hopes he never has to do it again. raised for South Sanpete School District during TCI's "Education Project" $1 ,068 TCI Cablevision of Utah, Inc., raised SI, 068 for South Sanpete School Districtduring the rcccntTCI Education Project. TCI donated $5.00 for Customers who signed up for cable or added to their service during this special project. TCIs donations were used toward the purchase of 2 TVs, 1 VCR, and world globes for the school district. Darin Roberts became a hero on Monday, November 14, 1994. He saved the life of Julie Christensen of Manti at Big Ts Drive Inn in Gunnison. Julie was choking on a particle offood when Darin help her. Darin is the son of Greg and Debra Roberts. Teacherscan record and use commercial-fre- educational Freedom Shrine Display to be housed at Ephraim Middle School Deadline change for next weeks edition Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday, The Manti MessengerEphraim Enterprise will change its deadlines so that our employees can spend time with their families. Classified ads need to be in our office by Friday at 12:00 noon, display ads Friday, 5:00 p.m. and news articles Friday at 12:00 noon. You will receive your Manti MessengerEphraim Enterprise on Wednesday, November 23, 1994. Have a Happy Thanksgiving! Ben Kjar is honored by Manti City and Utah Municipal Power Agency WHEREAS, the citizens of Manti, Utah, acting in concert with the Citys of Levan, Nephi, Provo, Salem and Spanish Fork to form the Utah Municipal Power Agency in order to operate a community owned not for profit electric utility .and WHEREAS, the Utah Municipal Power Agency is a valuable community asset that contributes substantially to the well being of local citizens through energy efficiency, customer service, environmental protection, economical development, and safety awareness and WHEREAS, Manti City and Utah Municipal Power Agency wish to recognize individuals who have demonstrated dedicated public service towards enhancing public power within, and for, the community... NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That Manti City and Utah Municipal Power Agency recognize and publicly thank Mr. Ben Kjar as a citizen instrumental in the formulation of the Utah Municipal Power Agency and an individual dedicated to public service enhancing public power within the community of Manti and within the Utah Municipal Power Agency. R. Kent Larsen, Mayor Manti City e programming resources and data services provided free of charge by the TCI Education Project. Ron Kline, TCIs System General Manager, stated I wish to thank the various educational organizations and media who rallied in support of this cause. 1 was thrilled to see the response from our customers, as well. TCI is the nations largest cable television company. seiving 10.9 million U.S. subscribers in 48 slates, with operations in nine foreign countries. . Tom Reece from Ephraim Middle School is shown, showing students one of the framed documents the school recently received as part of The Freedom Shrine Display. This display, which will be permanently housed in the middle school, consists of over thirty reproductions of famous documents from American History. It includes such things as The Constitution, The Bill of Rights, The Mayflower Compact, The Gettysburg Address and many more. The Freedom, Shrine Display was received through the efforts of Mr. Recce. It was "provided by an organization called The Exchange Club who paid half of the cost. Plans are to cover the other portion of the cost, through a fund raising program sponsored by the social studies classes at the school.j Principal Petersen noted what a valuable educational display it was and how fortunate we are to receive it Snow College Orchestra to perform concert on Sunday, November 20th The Snow College Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Dennis Hansen, will be performing a concert on Sunday, November 20 at 8:00 p.m. in the Joseph Crane Theater on Snow College Campus. Among the selections the orchestra will perform are the Vivaldi Concerto for two violins, featuring Kelly Jeppcscn and Dennis Hansen as soloist and a premiere performance of a work by prominent Utah composer, Crawford Gates. Also featured on the program will be the theme from the movie Schindlers List. Admission will be $2.00 for students, $3.00 for adults and $1.50 for senior citizens. All proceeds will go towards the annual orchestra tour. Tickets may be purchased at the door or in advance from Kents Market or any Snow College Orchestra member. Manti City Councilman Galen Christiansen presents a plaque of recognition and thank you to Mr. Ben Kjar. Those involved in the presentation are left to right: R. Kent Larsen, mayor, Dick Lucy ofUMPC, Ben Kjar, and Galen Christiansen, city councilman. The plaque reads "Presented by the city of Manti and Utah Municipal Power Agency to Ben Kjar in sincere appreciation for outstanding service and dedicated public service towards enhancing public power within the community. Scholarship Prestigious Coca-Col- a awarded to Jared Jorgensen Richfield Coca-ColFred Christensen has just made a big difference in another young personss life by awarding a full ride scholarship to Snow College. Jared Jorgensen, Gunnison, is th recipient of the as first-ev- er Prestigious Scholarship. The award will full tuition and fees, as well as books Jared with provide for two years of college education. This is one of the nicest scholarships available at Snow, said Alumni Director Paula Brewer. Christensen made the final selection for the award and said that it was Jareds civic responsibilities that made a difference in the decision. He had a lot of community work and has been someone who reaches out to others, and that played a big part in my choice." Jareds High School principal, Don Hill was nearby when Fred told the former Bulldog that he was receiving the award. Hill said, Jared did a lot of good things. He deserved the award. Coca-Col- a Although this is the first scholarship with this new name, Fred has been giving scholarships to high school students in his central Utah service area for years now. The difference is that this award includes fees and money to pay for books. Most importantly, this scholarship is good for two years at Snow. I wanted to make sure this was a two year award, said Christensen. I always feel like Sophomores get left out Thats why we did this for two years. Fred will be awarding one of the scholarships each year, so beg inning next y eat, there will be two students walking around the Ephraim campus each year thanks to the generosity of Richfields own Fred Christensen. The winner is selected from a field of candidates in Freds service area who are planning on attending college. Jared is the son of Nancy Lemon of Gunnison, and Jerry Jorgensen, of Manti. Jared Jorgensen, Gunnison, Center, is the proud recipient of the first-ev- er Coca-Col- a Prestigious s Fred Christensen and Snow College Scholarship. Jared is standing between Richfield Alumni Director Paula Brewer. Jared will receive full tuition, fees and books to complete two years of Coca-Cola- school at Snow College |