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Show MANTI, UTAH 84642, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1989 50 a copy Volume 104NumbeM5 deer hunt opens Saturday morning 11 -- day will spend about 45 million dollars on the opening weekend alone. ; ' That weekend begins Saturday morning and the hunt continues through October 31. Conservation officer Brad 'A Bradley thinks that around 7,000 to 8,000 of the orange-clarifle bearers will look for their bucks on the South Sanpete District - a district that includes a big share of the west side of Manti Mountain, the valley and a considerable area in the h ? iwi d t v;.. ' -- v ! if,7 ' A is i . t ,i A'i s . li If mi &. Hk BY BRUCE JENNINGS The second wave of orange clad hunters the deer hunters have been arriving in Sanpete - censed hunters, plus a halfmillion spectators, will take to the field during the y hunt 11-da- Thats because the annual A good many of them will be in Sanpete, one of the states more popular areas during the fall season. In addition to the Utahns, more than 20,000 will come to Utah to try their luck and to drop considerable amounts of that green stuff in the conifers. deer hunt has become something of a family excursion. Overall, its estimated that 180,000 li Utah State University economist John Keith has estimated that hunters and their families - County this week. Many of them have already set up camps on Manti Mountain, with some of the camps resembling small villages, including such conveniences as electric lights. jt?CCr -- San-pitc- I; . i jtV tl iJkf iaa A trophy like this is the ultimate goal of many nimrods this week. . i rs Mountains. What success will the South Sanpete District hunters have? They should harvest around 2,500 bucks, Officer Bradley thinks, plus the 250 does that require a special license. There are plenty of deer," Mr. Bradley said. And theyre scattered - scattered from the valley floor to the top of the mountain. Because of the drought, theyll be close to water and in the thickets, he added. But despite the dry season, the deer are in excellent condition, Mr. Bradley said. I deer hunter's camp high on Manti Mountain vehicles. A - no tents or horses, just trailers and in -- Access will apparently be good on Manti Mountain, honeycombed with its good network of roads and trails, for the opening weekend, according to the weather forecast. occur on Forest Service land, Wildlife Resources land higher in the foothills and some private And thats the weekend when most of the hunters are in the field and the harvest is greatest. DWR conservation officers will be out in force, Mr. Bradley said. land. The first wave of orange-clahunters - the elk hunters had their season end Wednesday night. Around 25 percent of the hunters on the South Sanpete District got their yearling bull, Mr. Bradley said, but the figure on total kill isnt in yet. d -- Its our job to oversee the hunt, issue citations for violations and provide as well as we can for the safety of the people in the mountains," he added. On the South Sanpete District most of the hunting will - The elk were scattered and the elk hunters had to get off their vehicles and walk, Mr. Bradley said, but those who worked at it were successful. The best elk hunting was in the south fork of Manti Canyon and the south fork of Twelve Mile Canyon, Mr. Bradley said. And the elk hunters reported coming across lots of deer, including bucks, some in small bunches, he reported. Snow Homecoming to highlight activities from Oct. 19 to 28 Activities for Snow Colleges Homecoming in 1989 will begin Thursday, October 19 with the Miss Snow Pageant, and runs through Saturday, October 28. Homecoming activities are under the direction of Vice President for Student Life, Alvin Green and Homecoming chairman Damon Bolli. Fourteen young women will compete for the title of Miss Snow, who will reign over the weeks activities. Contestants include Verena Bolli, Ephraim; Amy Anderson, Manti; Sharrain Members of Snow Colleges Homecoming Committee include (top) Tina Pickering, Steve Reid; (standing) Jody Brady, Vicki Staker, Melissa Lowry, Robin Huish, Toni Blauer, Alvin Green; (kneeling) Verena Bolli, Damon Bolli, and Ken Gilgen. Legislators, prison officials play golf, tour prison facilities Several state legislators and Division of Corrections officers were in Sanpete County Friday to get a guided tour of Palisade State Park and the new Gunnison Regional Prison and compete in a legislative golf scramble. Among the legislators attending were Senators Chuck Peterson, Utah County and Rex Black, Salt Lake County, and Representatives Ray Nielsen, Sanpete, and Mike Dmitrick, Carbon. Ken Shulsen, assistant director of the Division of Corrections and Fred Van Deuver, who will be the warden at the Gunnison Prison, took the group on a tour of that facility. The days events included, in addition to the golf tournament and the tours, a barbecued turkey banquet. Dr. Wendell II. McGarry, who is chairman of the Utah Dept of Parks and Recreation, headed up the Friday activities. We wanted some of the leg islators to see what is going on The groups who contributed down here and understand some food for the banquet, prizes for of our needs," Dr. McGarry the golf scramble and money for other expenses were Moroni Feed explained. It was a public relations event. Co., Gunnison Valley Bank, Cox One of the topics discussed Rock Products, the Ephraim was the possible expansion of Chamber of Commerce, Manti the Palisade Golf Course to 18 City, Sanpete County, ML Pleasholes, another, the interchange ant City and the Mt. Pleasant now under construction at NephL Chamber of Commerce. Cummings, West Valley City; Erin Bagnall, Manti; Karen Wilcox, Syracuse; Loni Panhorst, Taylorsville; Jodi Jensen, Murray; Kathleen Howard, Riverton; Jennifer Jenkins, Monroe; Ima Lucambio, Venezuela; Jeanna Davis, Manti; Kim Shand, Manti; Amy Ostergaard, Salt Lake City; and Heidi Keisel, Moroni. The pageant will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Crane Theatre. The public is invited to attend. The following week, activities will include a golf tournament on Tuesday 2 p.m. at the Palisade Golf Course, a football game on Wednesday, and sidewalk painting at the campus quad on Thursday. pow-derpu- ff association will host its annual banquet at 6:30 p.m. Five distinguished alumni will be honored. A Sigma Gamma reunion will be held at 8 p.m. in the Blue Room. All former studentbody officers are invited. Finishing off the homecoming celebration at 9 p.m. will be three dances featuring music from different time periods. Music from the big band era by the Bud Hutchings Orchestra at the 1st and Ward 5th building. Music from the 60s and 70s will be featured at the City Building with Crash Pontiac and the Hubcaps. And music from the 80s will be featured in the colleges Old Gym with the band LeBon. The price of admission will admit to all three dances, giving the opportunity to sample different types of music. The community is invited. will be featured Manti native to observe 100th birthday on Oct. 21 Manti native Conrad 100 years old on October 21, still works with his computer, types letters to family members and follows the gyrations of the stock market. He lives now with two daughters in theTacoma, Washington area, but continues to maintain an abiding interest in Sanpete Fris-chknech- t, County. Mr. Frischknecht was born in Manti on Oct. 21, 1889, to Conrad and Anna E.R. Frischknecht He graduated from Manti High School and from the University of Utah, where he distinguished himself as a deOn Friday, students and bater, and then began a career alumni can look forward to the in education that had him teach Snake Dance Pep Rally, Bon- at Bicknell, teach at Salina and fire, lighting the S on the then become principal of Gunmountain, and Field House nison Valley High School. Frolics at 8 p.m. in the Activity Teaching was always very Center. important to you. Learning was ity similar to football, basketessential in life if one were to Saturis Homecoming Day ball and baseball. succeed seemed to be your polfull and schedule of events a day, The school board also apis planned. A 5 K Run will get icy. Your students say that you were the best teacher they ever the day started at 11 a.m., folproved the purchase of an bus to be used in the lowed by the homecoming pa- had," Cal and Carol Mellor wrote Gunnison Valley area. The bus rade at 11:30. A tailgate party of the man they very much rewill be purchased off the state for alumni will begin after the spected and admired. bid at no cost to the local taxparade atthe parkinglot west of Eventually Mr. Frischknecht the Activity Center, prior to the acquired land, sheep and cattle payer. The board further approved Snow vs Phoenix football game and became one of Sanpete at 1:30 p.m. County early turkey raisers. He alumni served as president and board That evening, the (Continued on Page 2) member of the Piute Irrigation Co. and thus helped bring much needed water to the Gunnison Valley. He was also for many years a board member or president of Beet Growthe Sanpete-Sevie- r ers Assn, and was a director of the National Beet Growers Assn. Mr. Frischknecht like to write as well as study and teach. His essays appeared in the Saga of the Sanpitch, the Sanpete County fairbook and other publications . At 92 he wrote his life story, I Wrestle the Economy." Active politically, he served (Continued on Page 2) Girls softball program gets District funding Manti High School and Gunnison Valley High School are each receiving $1,000 in South Sanpete School District money to take the first steps in getting a girls softball program under- school year. way in the The money will be used to 1990-199- 1 purchase uniforms, equipment and other items. The softball program will be a competitive interschool activ- - i Conrad Frischknecht |