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Show Home of The Mormon Miracle Pageant 1 993 Dates: July 8,9,10, VOLUME 107 NUMBER 44 Moire BY BRUCE JENNINGS The good news for Mantd High School is that by next fall it will have more than double the current parking. That will take the overflow of about40 faculty and student cars off busy Fifth North. 50 a copy Sanpete County is permit-tingth- e school district use ofland on the terms of a e lease with the provision that the county have the right to the use of the high school parking lot for special occasions, such as the fair. An architect will now prepare the plans for the new parking. The South Sanpete School District has the funds in its accumulated capital outlay reserves. The County Commissionhas also taken the following additional actions: Approved the publication and distributionby theEconomic Development Office of three brochures. One will list and provide information of bed and break fasts, motels and similar housing available in Sanpete County. This brochure, in 2,000 copies, will be distributed mainly along the Wasatch Front. Another brochure will provide an index with addresses, phone numbers and other information on all Sanpete County long-tim- ' tennis court area north of the main building. businesses. The third brochure lists and describes summertime activities throughout Sanpete. This brochure will be printed in 30,000 copies and distributed throughout the west - -- The Commission approved contracts with eight Sanpete cities covering fire protection ser- vices to the unincorporated areas in their localities. TJL Bell will be speaking at the annual Tanner Lecture seThe week of May 9 through ries. The Tanner Lecture will be 14 has been designated as Huheld at 7:00 p.m. in the Crane manities and Arts Week at Snow Theatre and free to the is public. College, and will thus be filled beMusic The Department with events and activities which the Sungins lomay interest members of the day evening, May 9, with an encal communities. core performance of Faures ReThe highlight of the week quiem. The Snow College A will be the official dedication of Choir and Orchestra the new Humanities and Arts Cappella will present the show in the MuBuilding with Governor Michael sic building at 8 p.m. ThroughO. Leavitt on Thursday, May 13 out the week, groups from the at 3:00 p.m. Later that evening, Music Department will provide former U.S. Secretary of Educa-afternoon concerts from 3:30 to 4:30 in the patio areas around the Humanities Building. They will feature the Student String Quartet, the Womens Vocal Ensemble and the Jazz Band. All of the afternoon concerts are free of charge. Thursdays Convocation will feature the Music Department Faculty in a recital. The Art Department has invited potter Joe Bennion and filmmaker Steve Olpin to spend all day Monday in and around the department During the 12:30 hour, they will screen the film Steve made about Joe and his tdon featured Tuesday, with both a Convocation and an eveningper-formanc- e by Kinetic Cafe, a modem dance group. The Utah Arts Council is contributing to this event through its Performing Aitj Tour. The convocation performance at 12:30 p.m. in the Crane Theater is free. The evening performance on the same stage at 8 p.m. es received $3,450;Ephraim, $3,450; Fairview, $4,224; Spring City, $1,209; Ftn. Green, $1,990; Gunnison, $7,050; Mt Pleasant, $2,967, and Moroni $5,480. The amountofthe contractis based partly on the size of the area the city is committed to pro- Wednesday, Frank W. Fox, a UtahHumanities Council Speakers Bureau scholar, will speak at 12:30 in the Music Building. He will speak on Top cultures Real Message is What It Doesnt Say. In the evening, Connie Borup, a Utah Artist, will talk in the Gallery about her paintings that will be displayed there. The Gallery will also have an exhibit from the Utah Arts Council of works by Utah Artists 1992. A reception in the Gallery will follow Borups presentation. Once - The Commission approved the request of Karen Barton, the current Miss Mantd, that she be allowed to install a native stone monument on Sanpete Comity property in Mantd. Miss Barton will confer with Dale Nicholls, director of the countys Building Inspection and The spring runoff is now underway in the Sanpete Valley. One evidence of that is the diminishing snow cover in the lower elevations; another evidence is the rising streamflow of murky water coming down the canyons. The snow survey conducted by the Soil Conservation Service as of May 1 shows two of the low- lying courses have a far less than average watercontentin the snow pack; two of the courses slightly under average, but the other nine courses are above average for Ephraim Stampede joins Scandinavian Festival The Laplanders had their rodeos, by all accounts, although they called them by another name. Bringing a male reindeer to the ground was apparently much like the rodeo event called feature some of the toughest stock to come out of the Kamas area, according to Bill Crittenden, the producer. this time of year. In Ephraim Canyon there are bulldogging. And so having the Ephraim Stampede alongside the Scandinavian Festival seems appropri- 78 inchesof snow, containing 30.7 inches of water at the Meadows course; 49 inches of snow containing 20.2 inches of water at the Headquarters course; and 63 inches of snow containing 23.8 inches of water at the Seeley ate. At any rate, the Slash C Ro- deo will be back on May 28 and 29 for performances at the Ephraim Arena. There will be the usual bull riding, steer roping, barrel racing, clowns and good food. The good food will, of course, include hamburgers --- the Western kind, a beef concoction, rather than theLaplandervariety.builtfrom a hunk of reindeer flank. The Ephraim Stampede will i Z3 I Creek Ranger Station. No measurements were taken in Mantd Canyon. The ML Baldy Ranger Station course high in Twelve-Mil- e Canyon has 29.4 inches of water in the snow banks, 112 of normal, and the Beaver Dams, low in the canyon, only 4.6 inches of water, 68 of average for this Carl Nielson, local rancher and farmer, rodeo committee. ,l Utah Pageant. - The Commission approved the request of Robert Warnick, director of the Snow Field Stae tract adjation, that a cent to the station be returned to Greenbelt status. The tract, Warnick explained, is leased from Steve Noyes and its rollback to Greenbelt would aid the state five-acr- financially, since it is largely sup- ported by grants and contributions. - The Commission autho- rized, and May Peterson, former Manta Mayor, accepted, an appointment as chairperson of Sanpete Countys Centennial Committee. The Commission will now again the Snow College Music Department will feature one or more of their groups. Dedication day is Thursday, May 13. Governor Leavitt will dedicate the Humanities and Arts Building at 3:00 p.m. Chairman of the Snow College Board of Trustees, Gary Carlston, will also participate, as will other state and local dignitaries. A tour of the building will follow the dedication, and guests are invited to a reception on the southeast patio near the sculpture. Music and refreshments will be provided for those in attendance. The Tanner Lecture, featuring former Secretary Bell, will begin at 7 :00 p.m. onThursday in the Crane Theater. Dr. Bells experience as the nationsforemosteducatormakes him a strong choice as speaker on behalf of the humanities in ed on Page 2) Receding snowline, filling reservoirs are signs of spring runoff season Monday night the Crane Theater will be the site of Ascensions Spring Concert The music will start at 8 p.m. The Dance Department is moo proposal. Miss Barton explained that she hoped to install three of the se monuments, locating and commemorating the three forts constructed in Manta in the 1950s, as a service project in connection withher participation in the Miss tect. activities. Former Secretary of Education, is the speaker for the Tanner Lecture series at Snow College this year. 84642, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1993 1 ZoningDepartmentonhermonu-men- t Under the contracts, Mantd New Humanities and Arts Building will be dedicated as highlight of week-lon- g events T.H. Bell Mantl LDS Temple MANTI, UTAH Former Education Secretary will be featured speaker at Humanities Week BY DEAN ODRISCOLL 7 parking for M&ntl Hiah us which is owned by the South Sanpete School District and the other 30 feet by Sanpete County will provide the space for the new parking. It will be located on the east side of a chain link fence and extend from Fifth North to the 13-1- time ofyear, in 10 inches of snow. In Fairview Canyon, data were gathered for two courses. There are 57 inches of snow, with 24.8 inches ofwater at the Mammoth Ranger Station, and 77 inches of snow with 30.9 inches of proceed with completingappoint-ment- s to the committee, acting upon the advice of the mayors and other citizens. We want a representative committee, Commission chairman Robert Bessey said. He added that the Sanpete Centennial will have several thousands of dollars, much of it derived from special license sales, to spend on the Sanpete observance. t -- The Commission agreed to ask the County Road Department to clear the Ephraim Canyon Road of snow to provide access to the Great Basin Research Center if that action is feasible. Ted Olson, a Snow College faculty member who is chairman of a committee which will administer the Great Basin Environmental Education Center, now being developed at the Research Center, said early access to the Research Center isdesirable since groups will be attending classes and seminars at it by late summer. . We have two of the buildings ready to go," Mr. Olson said, but still have a lot ofwork to do." Ephraim City, he added, has agreed to bring the culinary water system up to code. How much of the Ephraim Canyon Road needs to be cleared of snow to provide early access? Around two and a half miles, according to Mr. Olson. Three persons arrested on narcotics charges Three ML Pleasant residents were arrested this week and charged with narcotics violations. On April 27, the Quad County Narcotics Task Force concluded a seven month narcotics investigation with the execution of a search warrant at 30 South 300 East, ML PleasanL Utah. The warrant was served by officers of the Task Force, Mt Pleasant Police Department, Fairview Police Department and Sanpete County Sheriff s Depart-menGunnison Prison assisted on the search with two drug dogs. It is alleged that occupants of this residence have been selling narcotics for quite some time. L The narcotics sold were, marijuana, methamphetamine, mushrooms and pills. Arrested were: Soncerae Allen, 29 years of age, of ML Pleasant, for two counts of distribution of marijuana and one count of possession with the intent to distribute marijuana; Cindy Allen, 26 years of age, of ML Pleasant, for one count of distribution of maryuana; and Charles Belk, of ML Pleasant, for one count distribution of marijuana and one count distribution of methamphetamine. Seized were approximately mary uana, miscellaneous pills, scales, and miscellaneous narcotic paraphernalia. V2 oz. Manti High will install new student body officers Manti High School will install next years student body officers at the awards assembly on May 23, following the water at the Huntington-Horse-sho- e election results at site. a dance Friday nighL A similar situation is true for Next years officers are: Justwo neighboring counties. At1 tin Luster, president; Chris Reeces Flat east ofLevan in Juab vice president; Starr Nilsson, 14 there inches remain County, of snow containing 5.1 inches of Peterson, activity agent; and Wesley Thompson, secretary. water, 46 of average. All four participate in school The survey crew also measured three courses in Salina Canyon, Sevier Countys mqjor watershed. AtPickleKegSprings there are 39 inches of snow, containing 16.1 inches of water, 102 percent; at the Gooseberry activities and have high grade point averages. In an involved process, can- didates are nominated by petition, and are then eliminated to two for each office in a primary election. The new officers succeed Jeremy Peterson, president; Eric Peterson, vice president; Robin Walk, secretary; and MattBaker, activity agenL Ranger Station, 22 inches of snow, with 9.4 inches of water, 94 percent; and at Farnsworth Lake, 63 inches of snow, with 22.8 inches of water, 99 percent of the longtime average. At all courses the water content, however, is higher than for the same time in 1992, 1991 and 1990. The Gunnison Reservoir now contains 13,170 acre feet of wa- ter, a third indication that the run-of- f is well underway. V' X i , ?' e - jLJ ' , oV-- -'' tjf k I 1 trf New studentbody officers at Manti High School who will be Installed on May 25th. Justin Luster, president; Chris Nilsson, Wesley Thompson, secretary; Starr Peterson, vice-presiden- t; activity agent. |
