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Show Page 12 Manti Messenger Thursday May 26, 1994 Veterans Graves Decorated bv Ephraim Family by Bruce Jennings For two decades, one man and his Jerry Dahl and Sharon Hinckley family have been responsible for giving honor to the deceased veterans buried in both Ephraim cemeteries. When Steve Hall finished his service in Vietnam and returned to are coming home. The beckoning light is the Scandinavian Festival Jerry, a native son and an operatic tenor who performs on die international stage, will present a concert of his Scandinavian repertoire. He made his debut in Italy this year as Fenton in Verdis FalstafF and foQowed that with a private concert for Pope John Paul II in the Ephraim, he joined his father, Clifford, a veteran of World War II as a member of the American Legion Post Steve was appointed Service Officer for the post and one of the duties of that appointment was plac- Vatican. In the United States, hes recently performed with the Dallas Opera, ing an American flag on the graves of every veteran buried in Ephraim. About five years ago, the Ameri- can Legion Pest in Ephraim was disbanded. Steve just kept doing it because of the way he feels about them," said Steves wife, Gloria. For the past five years Steve, his wife, and their four children have been honoring the veterans each Memorial Day at their own expense and on their own initiative. Each year the flags ar in place before the weekend starts. Then they are gathered, sorted to remove damaged flags, and stored until the following May. Any flags that need to be replaced have been paid for by Steve. We have our own list and maps," said Gloria. We listen to the funeral announcements every morning to keep it up to date." If anyone is aware of any veterans Michael O. Leavitt the Fort Worth Opera Company, and the Shreveport Opera. His Scandinavian Festival concert win be repeated in several other cities. Jerrys accompanist wiU be Sharon Hinckley, a former Ephraim resident who taught, coached and accompanied for several years in Sanpete County. Shes based in Portland and The Ephraim City Council started their Governor Declaration meeting reading the whereases and thercfores of an official proclamation from Governor Mike Leavitt. The Whereas, since the early Scandinavian pioneers came West with Brigham Young and settled in proclamation declares Memorial Day weekend as a time to reflect upon Utah Scandinavian Heritage." (See Sanpete County; and reprint of entire proclamation). The council was pleased to have the recognition and support of the Governor. Whereas, a Scandinavian Festival is held in The balance of the meeting was spent in discussing Ephraim each year to recognize the many sacrithe proposed city budget and the new zoning plan. fices, hardships, and accomplishments of the early Alan Grindstaff fielded questions from the council repioneers; and garding the proposed budget One of the major expenditures that has been anticiWhereas, in recognition of die numerous citiis will new This the ambulance. $6300 cost per zens of Utah with Scandinavian Heritage that depated sire to return to Ephraim and Sanpete County to year if the grant being sought is not approved. A lease purchase agreement is being sought to acquire renew their ties to their ancestors; three specially equipped police cars. The cars currently in use are having electrical problems due to the inNow, therefore, I, Michael O. Leavitt, Govercreased power drains from lights and radios. This has nor of the State of Utah, do hereby declare Meresulted in several incidents with dead batteries that remorial Day weekend as Scandinavian Heritage Weekend in Utah. quired jump starts to get officers back on the road. The possibility of grants to the city for trees was disSigned, Governor Michael O. Leavitt cussed with optimism. According to Mayor Anderson, the state department of forestry should be a good source for up to a couple of thousand dollars worth of trees. It was recommended that the library budget be increased. Basically, the library needs to be doubled in size," said Grindstaff when he was asked what kind of renovation was needed. The city is working on getting a design for the addition prior to applying for grant money. The zoning dan was briefly discussed and, with a couple of miner amendments, approved by the council The plan has been in the works for two and a half years," said Mayor Anderson. We really need to commend the ; Planning and Zoning Committee for all the work theyve done on Once the amendments have been made, copies of the new zoning plan will be available. Copies will be kept at' j the library and the city office for public use and copies will be for sale at the City Building. will be performing in Europe this summer. The concert will be Friday evening at 8:00 in the Crane Theater and tickets can be purchased at the docs'. Graduation Gift Both Honors and Fills a Need A Unique In honor of your graduate, give a gift to the community where he or she received his or her education. Donate a book to Ephraim Public Library. The library has a list of books that are needed to enhance its collection. A lovely book plate with your students name and the date of graduation will be placed permanently inside the front cover of the book. grave that is not being honored, please contact the Halls and join the staff of the Enteiprise in telling them thank you." The staff of die Manti Messenger would like to join the Hall family in it For People Who Spend Cash Like Monopoly Money. the servicemen and women who have passed on. For a list of those who have been laid to honoring rest from the Manti area see page iU Manti Fire Heres Boardwalk- Damages Business (continued from Page - 1) the first fire truck arrived, which holds 750 gallons of water and has two foam tanks. According to John Jensen, volunteer firefighters had the grill fire extinguished in a matter of a few minutes. They then got up on the building to check for additional fire in the vent system and roof. The hole that was chopped in the roof produced a billow of smoke and flames. Firefighters worked for several minutes to extinguish all visible fire and to be certain there were no hotspots." According to Randy Winters, volunteer fireman, it was a matter of course for the 2 fire engine to x-ri- Introducing Planned Savings Plus, the disciplined way to save at a really great rate. 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