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Show Home of The Mormon Miracle Pageant 1991 Attendance Manti LDS Temple 166,000 Volume 106 Number 12 50 a copy MANTI, UTAH 84642, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 199f City Council hears proposal to make Central Utah Ballet a organization non-prof- it BY BRUCE JENNINGS If the Central Utah Ballet status as a nonprofit organization, then the School achieves Manti City Council will consider proposals presented by members of the Sanpete County Arts Council. That was the decision of the Council last week after hearing from Ron Christiansen, Spring City mayor and an Arts Council board member. Mr. Christiansen said an board now being formed will govern the business affairs of the ballet school, that it will operate as a organization, and that its purpose will be the cultural enrichment of the area. Mr. Christiansen said that the board will attempt to establish a fund to be used in upgrading and maintaining the building which the Ballet school now occupies; Mantis old City Hall, and asked for consideration as to past rent and utilities fees. eight-memb- er non-prof- it In other matters, the Council: Promised.,. to. undertake improvements on First North past the new home belonging to Lauritz Peterson as time and funds permit. - Heard a presentation by Ron Staker, a member of the Mt. Pleasant Historical Commission, and Carl Curley Swensen, director of the Fairview Museum of History and Art. Their presentation involved the preservation of the Manti Grocery building by converting a half block of Union Street into a downtown parking area that would benefit the new grocery store under construction. Mayor Kent Larsen and Council members suggested they contact Joe Schrotz and other individuals who might be interested in the plan. -- Mayor Larsen stressed that the city is not interested in owning the building, and the matter should be addressed to private individuals who might be interested in initiating actioa - Was informed by Joe Blain, Sanpete County economic development director, that the -- Manti City dump would be closed November. Garbage is now delivered to the Sanpete Sanitary Landfill, but the dump has continued to receive limbs, concrete, and similar debris. After October, other arrangements will have to be made for the disposal of this type of material. - Regarding the proposed development on the north side of Manti, beyond the present city limits, Mayor Larsen noted that the developers propose to install some reconstructed housing that would be upgrade! -- Governor Norman Bangerter visits with Jane Braithwaite In Manti Grocery store. The Governor is in Sanpete as part of his "Capital for a day" program. He went through Sanpete visiting businesses and citizens, sat in on County Commissioner deliberations, and visited notable sites. and have made inquiries relative to obtaining Manti services. Customer relations is vital key to business success, Dyreng tells Sanpete County businessmen The Council determined that the extension of services beyond the present city limits would be the responsibility of the developers. The city recorder was instructed to furnish copies of subdivision and Profits follow customer water service, Doug Dyreng, chairman ordinances to the developers, represented by Lorin Eastman, in order to avoid any misunderstandings. of the MarketingManagement Department, Snow College, told about 60 Sanpete County businessmen Thursday at the first meeting of the newly-organiz- Parties choose candidates Candidates for election to city council positions in Manti, Ephraim and Sterling were determined this week. Partisan nomination conventions were held in Manti and Ephraim. Named as Democratic candidates for the Ephraim City Council were Donna Bailey, Cliff Birell and Martha Olsen. Ephraim Republicans 'Let's Talk', is forum topic for County Chamber The Sanpete County Chamber of Commerce will hold a Forum Discussion meeting on Thursday, October 3rd at 7:30 p.m. in the Manti City Auditorium, 50 S. Main, Manti, Utah. The Forum Discussion is billed as Lets Talk. Panelists representing major institutional buyers in Sanpete County, such as cities, the county, the correctional facility, the hospitals, the school districts, Snow College, and others will inform the local business community of the procedures which must be followed in order to business with them. The Sanpete County business community is encouraged to attend, to learn how they can expand their share of this important Sanpete market. The program is just the beginning of the Sanpete County Chamber of Commerce efforts to strengthen local businesses and encourage spending within the county. It is through local support of our local economy and business that Sanpete County will be able to turn around this low per capita income and high unemployment, said Koleen Peterson, Chamber chairman. A strong Sanpete County business community means a better quality of life for all residents of our county, she concluded. The Chamber will be educational and informative. All interested businessmen and citizens are encouraged to attend. of Commerce. The meeting was directed Chamber President Dr. Alvin by Green, Snow College and Joe Blain, Sanpete County Economic Development Director. Dyreng said that in order for businesses to be successful, owners and managers must be there to seriously help customers. The customer doesnt care if you make a profit or not; he doesnt care about you, said Dyreng who urged Sanpete businessmen to change their way of thinking and look at their businesses from another angle. He urged them to listen to their customers then give them nominated were Mark Anderson, Barry Baker and Lottie Draper. The three Ephraim councilmen whose terms expire are Don Thompson, Gwen McGarry and LeMar Hanson. Manti Republicans selected Paul Cox, Galen Christiansen and Barbara Wintch as their candidates, while Democrats named Kay Peterson and Don Cofer. A third candidate was to be selected before the deadline. In Manti, the terms of Galen Christiansen, Paul Cox and Lee J. Anderson will expire. Manti Republicans elected May Peterson as precinct chairman, Chris Church as vice chairman and Barbara Jensen, secretary. Democrats in Manti elected Jay Alder, precinct chairman, Kristine Christiansen as vice chairman and Don Cofer as what they want Only happy customers come back, he said. Dyreng said he took an unofficial" survey of people he works with at the college as to why they shopped outside the county. Some of the reasons they cited were: poor customer service and lack of variety. He said the respondents all pointed out that prices are a lot higher here. Other reasons given are that people leave for entertainment secretarytreasurer. In Sterling, four candidates have filed for town board members: Mary Hansen for the r term, Helen Thomas two-yefor a term, Berniece r Ottosen for a term, and Timothy Denton for a four-yeterm. four-yea- meeting ed and do their shopping then; it is fun to leave the county; they go for business reasons and also do their shopping; image local ar two-yea- ar - folks are out of touch especially with fashions; product quality change everyone, but we can begin somewhere. He said that customers. chamber, business owners can begin to address those problems. Members of the chamber and freshness; and that customers believe local merchants are out to get their Dyreng urged businessmen hard look at and ask business their themselves what their purpose to take a serious, is and to ask their customers for suggestions. Customer service and orientation must be sincere. If your customer service is driven or motivated only by profit it will be ineffective. You must deliver customer service using the golden rule; that is, treat customers like you would like to be treated, Dyreng concluded. In his opening remarks, Blain pointed out that agriculture is still the backbone of Sanpetes economy. Blain said there are 634 businesses in the county. Using the countys population of 16,259, he pointed out that the per capita income is about $6,250. He said that folio wing a recent survey, about 93 percent of Sanpete shoppers leave at least twice each month. He said the survey showed that shoppers will spend from $50 to $150 on each shopping trip outside the county. He said the county has about $100 million in annual revenue and of that an estimated $60 million leaves the county for purchases. He noted that we can never through the county-wid- e board reported on their programs which organizational, educational, agricultural and in public relations. Reporting on the different areas were Troy Shelley, Ephraim; Doug Johnson, Spring City; Jim Ogden, Ephraim; Betty Robbins, Spring City; Mae Thompson and Reed Miller, both Mt. Pleasant; Rolph Dean, Fairview and Tim blackham, Moroni. Leonard Blackham county represents the Ephraim; Marie commission on the board. Also serving are Rep. Ray Nielsen, Fairview; Gwen McGarry, Miller, Centerfield; May Peterson and Darrel Warren, both Manti. Membership dues are $25 for an individual and $35 per business. The chamber board has scheduled events for the upcoming months starting with a Lets Talk" meeting about doingbusiness with purchasing agents from North and South Sanpete School Districts, Snow College, Moroni Feed Company, Central Utah Correctional Facility, Wasatch Academy and Sanpete County. This meeting will be held in the Manti City auditorium October 3. Homecoming Week at Manti High underway this week, homecoming queen and attendants chosen Homecoming Week, de- veloping the theme: MIIS -Were Unbelievable will come to a climax Friday with a parade, a football game and a dance. - Manti High School Homecoming Royalty: Left to right; Julie Lanier, and first attendant Stacey Cox. second attendant Shauna Johnson, queen . The week got underway Monday with the selection of the homecoming queen and was followed with a variety of activities: volleyball, the letter lighting a powder puff football game. Reigning over it all are Julie Lanier, homecoming queen, Stacey Cox, first attendant, and Shauna Johnson, second attendant Julie, a daughter of David and Sandra Lanier, is a sophomore; Stacey, a daughter of Larry and Betty Jean Cox, a freshman and Shauna, a daughter of Glen and Kay Johnson, a junior. The eight homecoming queen candidates were chosen by their class members. The winners were chosen by a panel of judges on the basis of interviews, the modeling of evening gowns, talent number performances and three-memb- er out-of-to- spontaneous responses to questions. The votes of the judges counted for 60 percent and the votes of the studentbody the other 40 percent in the selection process. |