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Show Home of The Mormon Miracle Pageant 1991 Dates: July 11, 12, 13 and 16 thru 20 Manti LDS Temple i 50 a copy Volume 105 Number 48 MANTI, UTAH 84642, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1991 Three young ladies selected as Sanpete County Royalty Stacey Tree, Mt. Pleasant, was selected as the 1991 Sanpete County Cowboy Sweetheart and will reign over the Sanpete County Fair Rodeo. She is the daughter of Richard and Tammy Tree. Selected as her first attendant was Jamie Myrup, Manti, daughter of Sam and Scott DeLeeuw, and Gary Myrup of Gunnison. Gena Oberg, daughter of Craig and Diane Oberg, Ephraim, was named second attendant and Miss Congeniality. The trio was judged on poise, appearance, public speaking, skills horsemanship and at knowledge. They will appear all parades and rodeos held during the summer in Sanpete County, and will reign over the rodeo and fair events in August They received their Sweetheart buckles and crowns from thi' 1990 Sweetheart, Kendra Jensen. The SweetheaH committee chairmen were Jolene i, Nielsen and Lori Bown. students will get 450 Snow diplomas Saturday BY BRUCE JENNINGS Ninety-si- x Sanpete County residents will graduate from Snow College at exercises Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Activity Center. They will be members ofthe colleges largest graduating class of 450, that also includes students from nearly every Utah county, several states and a number of foreign countries. Dr. Rodney II. Brady, of Bonneville president International and formerly president of Weber State University, will give the address to the graduates and also be awarded a Snow College honorary degree. Monica Renee Timothy, American Fork, will represent the graduating class as valedictorian. Dr. Richard R. White, Snow College vice president for instruction, will recommend the graduates and the diplomas will be awarded by Dr. Gary L. Carlston, chairman of the Snow College board of regents. The commencement program Saturday morning will be preceded by baccalaureate services Friday at 6:30 p.m. in the Activity Center. Deseret News publisher, Wm. James Mortimer, will the baccalaureate sermon. He has been associated with several LDS Church publishing enterprises during his career. Musical numbers during both programs will be provided by college music groups and high honors graduates will offer the prayers. Pres. Gerald J. Day will conduct the program. They will be preceded by the traditional cap and gown procession of regents, administrators, faculty and graduates from the Noyes Buildingto the Activity Center. d of those More than students will be graduating with some type of high honor. Students who have achieved a cum ulative gra de poi nt average of 3.50 - 3.74 will graduate Cum Laude and will be designated with a (CL). A grade point average of 3.75 - 3.89 earns the student the honor of Magna Cum Laude and will be designated with an (MCL). one-thir- The highest honor is Summa Cum Laude and is given to students with a grade point average of 3.90 - 4.00. These students will be designated with an (SCL). A list of Sanpete County students who will be among this years graduates follows: Axtell: is Nancy Denise Bertelson (CL). Centerfield: Rachel E. Nielson and Gayle Irene Sorenson (CL). Ephraim: J. Kirk Andrus (SCL), Jeffrey Garth Birrell, Anthony Henry Blauer, Kelly C. Bolli, Dean J. Bressler, Michael D. Buchanan, Sabona R. Crowther, Kurt James Dean, Julie R. Draper (CL), Merilee Francks, Cory B. Gordon Melissa I lamm, Marc L. I laslam, Carl Lee Hermansen (MCL), Rodney Earl Hodson, Nathan Andrew Jackson (CL), Jill B. Johnson, Holly Jorgensen (MCL), Sharon Gayle Larson, Stacie Marie Madsen, Mary L. Martell (SCL), Rebecca Meade (SCL), Casey Richard Nielson (CL), Tyler Roger Nielson, Kenneth Orr Owens, Laurie Packingham (MCL), Eucelia Peres Samuelson, Janice Kathryn Marie L Scow, Stevens, Stevens, Andrea Stephanie (SCL), Thompson Courtney R. White (CL), Linda Willmore, Michelle Wright (CL). A. Fairview: Lori A. Christ- ensen, Karen Coates, David A. Madsen (MCL), Sarah L. Ramsey, Kelly Jo Sidwell. Fairview: Danielle Christensen. Ftn. Green: Angela Marie Cook, Amy M. Ivie, Isaac Warren Jacobson. Gunnison: Julianne Anderson, Jodi E. Goble, Barbara Dawn Wm. James Mortimer Sugar n' Dr. (Continued on Page 2) Rodney H. Brady Spice to perform Sweetheart royalty: 1 st attendant Jamie Myrup, Sweetheart Stacey T ree, 2nd attendant Gena Oberg. Commissioners wrestle with assessment, tax sale problems Taxable values in Sanpete County they bounce around from year to year, according to charts presented to the Sanpete County Commission this week by Yvonne Howell, County Assessor. For example, the taxable value of residential improvements in Sanpete have increase by $1,885,820 from 1990 to 1991, value of agricultural improvements has decreased by $1,249,250. Non primary residential improvement values have also increased, by around while commercial improvement taxable values have decreased by a third, all during the same period. Overall, the taxable value of land in Sanpete has decreased and the taxable value of improvements has increased. And so far as the total taxable property values are concerned, the county is somewhat poorer in 1991 than it was in 1990. The 1990 total, $258,115,982; the 1991 total, $257,427,881. but the taxable two-third- one-ye- s, ar After digesting these figures, the Commission agreed to a recommendation by Mrs. Howell that the minimum taxable value of a parcel of land, now $350, be raised to $500. That means a few land owners will pay a couple of dollars more in their property taxes in November. It costs around $4 to assess and collect the taxes on a piece of property, Mrs. Howell said, so that the county, with the $ 150 minimum increase to $500, will now about break even on small parcels of land. The Sanpete County all three Commissioners realists who usually spend their time dealing with practical - matters nevertheless, confronted a philosophical matter at their Tuesday meeting: Should traffic fines have mqjor use as a revenue producing device? Sugar n' Spice, (above), a Junior dance team sponsored by Snow College Continuing Education will be holding their first Spring Recital on Thursday, June 6, at 6 p.m. In the Snow College Old Gym. Admission is free. Sugar n Spice has been performing at and drill team reviews the are of Pili. under Kathleen year. direction the throughout They half-tim- t es Not so, said Commission Chairman Keller Christensen. We want the safety factor to be the main factor, not the revenue. Judge Ned Jensen agreed: Money should not be the standard for justice," he said. The meeting became philosophical when the matter of radar guns came up. They are expensive, around $2,500 each, and effective in traffic management Should they be paid for by a stepped-ulevying p of fines, as some neighboring entities are suspected of doing? Fines mainly fines for traffic offenses - are a principal source of county revenue. Ive - -- been busy, said Judge Jensen of the new Sanpete Justice Court that became operative January 1. During the firstfivemonths the two Sanpete precinct courts were still of 1990, when operative, $36,535.60 was earned in fine money. For the first five months of 1991 the new justice court collected $43,096.20. Judge Jensen thinks the difference reflects an enhanced law enforcement system that provides more deterrence, more safety and more justice. The Commissioners also took another stance in support of equity Tuesday when several residents attempted to dicker on property purchases. They offered to buy the property at around 20 percent less than owed the county in the way of back taxes, interest and penalties. But the Commissioners in effect said: no way. Our policy is not to accept less than the amount owned the county," Commissioner Robert Bessey explained. The up-sh- ot was a decision the would-b- e purchasers to pay the full amount due the by county and incidentally have another piece ofland to pay taxes on. May weather mixed bag The May weather was a mixed bag. It was generous in its delivery of water to the Sanpete Valley. The may storms produced around 160 percent of the e months average. But the temperatures, by contrast, were several degrees long-tim- below average. The precipitation - in the form of snow, rain, hail; and sleet - has befitted the already planted grain, but it has also delayed some of the spring work. The unusually cold temperatures have impeded the growth of alfalfa. Farmers say that harvesting the first crop of alfalfa will be around ten days later than usual. -- -- Overall, for Sanpete Valley, this is the first year since 1986 that precipitation for the water year is normal. At Sorensen Field, a mile southeast of Ephraim, Gary Jorgensen measured 1.35 inches of water for May. Average for May at Sorensen Field is 1.01 inches. For the 1990-9- 1 water year, Mr. Jorgensen has recorded 7.73 inches. Thats 98 percent of the 7.89 inches average. May was even more generous in its delivery of moisture in Manti. Cooperative weather observer Lee J. Anderson reported 2.15 inches for May. The long-tim- e average for May is 1.30 inches. And for the water year in Manti, according to Mr. Anderson, the total is 9.40 inches. 1 Thats percent of average. Mays big storm occurred on May 30 and 31 for a total of .71 inch. In fact, storms were pretty well scattered throughout the month. 101 If May brought precipitation up to average for the valley weather stations, the water content of the snow pack at the higher locations is, nevertheless, still below average. The most recent sno-tdata has the Seeley Creek Ranger Station at 88 percent of average and the Mammoth-Cottonwoo- d site in Fairview Canyon at 78 percent. In the Sevier River drainage, two stations are now above average; Pickle Key Springs, 101 percent, and Gooseberry Ranger Station, 107 percent. el Suspected arsonist arrested Sheriff Wallace S. Buchanan and the Sanpete County Sheriffs Department, Sanpete County Attorneys Office, Chief Ron Rasmussen and Ephraim City have collectively filed charges with the Sanpete County Clerks Office on the fires in Sanpete County on May 3 and 4, 1991. Clark G. Reynolds is being charged with three third degree felony arson, three second degree felonies; placement of an infernal machine, and arson, a class B misdemeanor. |