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Show rny Messenger-Enterpris- 'generous' water month, but back of drought not broken April is n FAPTiji rrii Pag 6 Thursday, May 3, 1090 e, -- Vy '; t - j IV .j . ; v y j: vfi totals, however, don't indicate figures for Sanpete mountain I J lit that the back of the continuing watersheds. The Mammoth drought has been broken. It Ranger Station course in hasn't Fairview Canyon has 23 inches X ' The May 1 snow surveys of snow containing 9.1 inches of made by the Soil Conservation water, 44 percent, and the Mt show more water in the snow Baldy Ranger Station course pack than at this time last year, high in Twelve Mile Canyon, 50 but still far short of the averages inches of snow, containing 17.9 'x4 The long-tim-e for inches of water, 67 percent average for May 1. t Manti is 1.30 inches. And April's The snow cover at the lower And it is the water in storage last week. Front: Heather in generosity means that the water in the snow drifts that is elevations, as at the Beaver This mock trial team from MHS won over East High School competition Elizabeth Kristie Anderson, back Carrie Shore, Penrod, Hansen, Kami Frischknecht, Brandy Shand, year is now 102 percent of for the summertime Dams, is already gone. Lori Barrett, Tawyna significant Brenda Mickelson, row: Dixie Bond, coach, Meredith Tarhovicky, Crystal Cox, average for Manti The big storms season. The Chadwick. watering more apparently Gardner, Duane Campbell. Not present for picture: Janet occurred on April 23 and 24 -.favorable situation on the LaMar SCS technicians inches of 74 water, according to Jorgensen and Ralph Mickelson watersheds this year than last Mr. Anderson. have assembled the data may be sue in part Mickelson Gary Jorgenson, who gathered by a helicopter borne in the two-hosays, to the earlier April runoff competition. Manti High Schools new state playoffs. gathers the weather data for crew: survey runoff is This a ago. years year U.S. the Forest Service, has The sitting judges for Mantfs Mock Trial team met East, one Acting as the Plantiff team, At the Meadows course high just getting underway. similar data for Sorensen Field; were two professors of the top academic schools in the Manti team - three student competition And if the survey data does a mile southeast of Ephraim: in Ephraim Canyon there are the state, at the Orem Circuit attorneys, bailiff, and witnesses from the J. Rueben Clark Law 1.20 inches for April, 116 percent 19 inches of water in 51 inches contain some good news for water Courthouse to compete in the won the victory over East High School at Brigham Young of average for the month and of snow. That's about 7.5 inches users, there is also an element University and the past acting 104 percent of average for the more than at this time last year, of bad news for Gunnison Valley State Superintendent of Public i but still only 69 percent of irrigators. water year. Instruction, Dr. Walter Talbot average. time this the Last year at The water delivered on the The students appreciate the Lower in the canyon at the Gunnison Reservoir was near watersheds above the Sanpete efforts of their attorney coach, w? L Headquarters course the snow its 18.600 acre feet capacity. This Paul Frischknecht, Justice of Valley was even more impressive: 34 is inches and contains deep . 4.6 inches at the Headquarters V year it has in storage 7.600 acre the Peace, Vaun Mickelson, and and 5.2 inches at the Meadows 13.6 inches of water. Thats 77 feet. And in April the Gunnison Dixie Bond, their advisor in the courses in Ephraim Canyon; 2.6 percent of average. Irrigation Co. drew off 2,000 acre Mock Trial Competition. Lower in the canyon at the feet to bring on the spring growth inches at the Mammoth Ranger Station east of Fairview: 3.36 Headquarters course the snow despite April storms. t The SCS snow surveys inches at the Mt. Baldy Ranger is 34 inches deep and contains s station high in Twelve Mile 13.6 inches of water. Thats 77 confirm that the drought is not 4 confined to Sanpete County. At percent of average. Canyon. These, however, are the best Reeces Flat, east of Levan in These April precipitation 4 Juab County, the snow cover is snowdrifts in water The the gone. that drain into Emery County is CJ, under 50 percent And in the critical Salina Canyon watershed, the Pickle Keg Springs course has 13 inches of snow, contai ning 3.6 inches of ' water, 23 percent of average; The Gooseberry Ranger Station Catherine Jackson V. course 10 inches of water, ' jA inches t containing the same 3.6 e of water, 36 percent, and the Catherine K - a Farnsworth Lake course 46 initiated into inches of snow, containing 15.5 inches of water, 67 percent Kendra Jensen Phi Phi BY BRUCE JENNINGS April was a wet, even a soggy month, in the Sanpete Valley. The April storms delivered more than the usual amount of moisture: 1.87 inches at Manti, according to cooperative weather observer, Lee J. Anderson. 9 tr r MHS team wins mock trial competition ur Si ny .-- A r I : S' , m Si h vrf Jackson Kappa ip r T"Z it )t s' V Is - ' yf , L The Manti Beautification Committee picked out the home of Woody and Ada Halford on Union Street as its good example this week. Many hours have been spent scraping, painting and repairing their home, repairing the picket fence and cleaning up the yard. 1 Kendra Jensen named queen of high school rodeo club s '! t Kendra Jensen, a freshman School and a i tyr if ' member of the Sanpete Longriders High School Rodeo Club was chosen as the 1990 High School Rodeo Queen. Kendra also won the Saturday, May 5 designated clean-u- p day in Manti City The Manti City and Beautification Committee is asking all residents to show a united effort in cleaning-u- p and beautifying their property. This Saturday, May 5th, is the day for all citizens of Manti to take advantage ofthis special Clean-u- p pick-u- p day. City crews will pick up "all that stuff you have trimmed off, dug up and clean-u-p, pulled out, said Elaine Mortensen, Beautification branches and other materials need to be put by the roadside for easy pickup by the trucks. Remember that they will not pick up garbage. Plan to participate in this special day. Remember that is this Saturday, May 5th, the committee said. chairman. AD PLANT A TREE. In connection with beautification efforts in Manti the committee asks the citizens to consider planting a tree." This program ties in with the national effort to save the earth on Earth Day. Statistics report that of the 82 billion gallons of water consumed each day in the U.S., just 7.3 billion gallons are for domestic u&e. Of that amount, only one percent is utilized in irrigating landscape plants. of one Thus only is water the of nations percent devoted to maintaining environmental quality through green, growing plants. Research shows that plants help purify the air, conserve energy and contribute to our mental and emotional well being nine-tent- h Only about five percent of the water taken in by roots of trees and other outdoor woody plants is used for growth. The remainder is transpired into the atmosphere. It has been estimated that a single mature tree can equal the atmospheric cooling effects of five average room air conditioners operating 24 hours per day. Lets all get excited about this program and have an 'emotional high, urges Elaine Mortensen. Beautify your yard and plant a trcel" Horsemanship professor of photography at Arizona State University and the author of nine books on the history of photography said he sought to create an exhibition that reflected the dominant lines in the spectrum of Utah the exhibition 16 works by 15 photographers to be part of the photography. State Fine Art Collection. They It was with great surprise of finest some work the and represent gratification that I discovered Utahs photographers. among photography was alive and healthy in Utah," he The juror, Bill Jay, a and two-minu- te Miss f i . Jeremy Baker is honored by Dairy Commission Jeremy Baker, a Manti High School senior, has been selected by the Utah Dairy Commission for one of the eight Cream of the Crop Commission f 4 w n M, Jeremy Baker rV-v:3J- : fcq & is 17 : the awards makes outstanding high students. Stephanie Buchanan, Roberto LaToree, Kristi Mickelson and The awards are made to one Mike Sprague hold globe to symbolize observance of Earth Week male student and one female at Manti High School. student in the Class classifications. Jeremy, and of course, was the male . winner from all of the states 2-- 1-- 3-- A 4-- A 2-- A 2-- A schools. Manti High School observes Earth Week activities At Manti High School Earth Week has been Jeremy is the Sterling Scholar celebrated at Manti High School. in a member of the science, National Honor Society; was a member of the varsity football and basketball teams. He was also named to the academic teams. all-sta- te 2-- A wrote. Indeed, within its limited spectrum, much of the work accomplished by the states photographers is of national, and in some cases, of international stature." The Traveling Exhibition Program is a statewide outreach service of the Utah Arts Council. The public is invited to view this exhibit at the school. the recognition and encouragement of superior scholarship in all academic disciplines. The society is convinced that in recognizing and honoring those persons of good character who have excelled in scholarship, in whatever field, it will stimulate others to strive for excellence. to school Photography on exhibit at Ephraim Elementary The Utah Arts Councils statewide exhibition, Utah 88: Photography, will be on display at the Ephraim Elementary from May 1 to May 30th, 1990. The Council purchased from Congeniality titles. There were 480 entries from throughout the state. The contestants were judged in horsemanship, a prepared speech, an impromptu speech, an interview, and a test on rodeo knowledge. at Manti High i a Outstanding students at Utah State University were recently initiated into the USU Chapter of the National Honor Society of Phi Kappa PhL and scholarship Fellowship were announced at recipients the same time. One of the 231 outstanding scholars being honored at this years ceremony was Catherine Jackson, an English major with a GPA of 3.7. Catherine is the daughter of Ken and Patty Jackson of Ephraim. The objective of the National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Students from Mr. Mark Taylors class have been making posters emphasizing recycling, conserving energy, curbing waste, halting pollution, saving the rain forests, etc. The Library Media Center has also been celebrating Earths birthday along with National Library Week. The theme for National Library Week has been, Travel j the World: Read." We are hoping that reading wont soon be the only way that our future generations can experience the wonders of our world. Reading is a wonderful way to travel, when one cant afford the real thing. This is especially true if you know that the real thing is really out there and you can go to visit the place of your dreams some day, said Ms. Voni Rivas, Library Media Director. Membership in the society is by invitation only and is open to junior, senior and graduate students. Catherine plans to vacation in Europe and then move to Los Angeles after receivingher BA in English in June 1990. Scratch Pads O N S A L E Manti Messenger Office 835-424- 1 |