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Show A x "V n IjNJ: L vJ Why Mormons Build Temples L3 See Special Section Home of the Mormon Miracle Pageant U Volume 104 Number OQ'r'''ll"lf byMMn9.rlr.l.rp.l.. Int jit Main Monti UT .t.? ind doll poHo; po'd o Mo-- li Po.lmotl.. S.nd odd.p., chpnq. to Umh 50c a copy 1 MANTI, UTAH Mont. Moi.onoo. ii S Mom Monti UT Pages 1047 6, 7 84642, THURSDAY. JULY 13. 1989 n E3 11 managers; Sheriff Wallace Buchanan, chairman, traffic management. R. Morgan Dyreng is the pageants general chairman; his assistants are Don Olsen and LeMar Hanson. Manti city has adopted an ordinance concerning the location and fees charged for booths during the pageant. Information on this matter can be obtained by calling the city offices. The ordinance establishes regulation regarding the loca-- ; tion of booths in the Temple Hill area that have as their purpose better traffic control, crowd management and the extrusion of noise during performances. The Manti Stake will serve roast beef and barbecued tur- -' key at both the Manti Tabernacle and Stake Center on Main Street preceding performances. BY BRUCE JENNINGS The Mormon Miracle Pageant will have the opening perform- ance of its 23rd season tonight (Thursday) at 9:15 on Temple Hill. . J udging by past opening night audiences 6,000 - 7,000 will be in attendance. The audiences are expected to increase by several thousands for the Friday and Saturday night performances: The pageant will also be presented July v - , i 18-2- " week culminated months of preparation for a production that has over the years brought more than two million people to MantL 2. Two , dress rehearsals this The 1989 edition continues the familiar format with a few : . s : I minor changes in costuming, lighting and sound effects. And the script will again tell the story, in music, dance and narration of a boy who had a vision, became the founder of a church that endured persecutions, sought a new home in the American West and built upon that foundation a world-sid- e institution. The story is told in a series of vignettes that have dramatic power and touch on several themes: patriotism, faith, commitment, endurance aM vision. The Boy Scouts still offer breakfasts at several locations on mornings, except on Sundays, following performances. The Ephraim Stake will op- erate several booths within a short distance of Temple Hill, that sell hamburgers, Hot dogs, pop and other items. People are not permitted to take food and drinks onto the temple grounds. The sale of souvenir programs the principal source of The stake Relief Societies have charge of this is The j f opening performance tonight will have its usual introduction, the presentation of the colors, a prayer and the singing of the National Anthem. The Manti unit of the Utah National Guard will present the colors for each performance. Offering the prayer tonight will be Pres. D. Jay ClufT. Robert M. Tibbs will sing the Star Spangled Banner." Pres. David Willmore will give i the prayer and Doreen Kurr will be the vocalist July 14; Pres. Howard Knight and David Willmore, July 14; Pres. Earl Olsen and Clayne Robison, July 18; Mayor Marjorie M. Peterson and Boyd Goble, July 19; Elder All-da- y functions. Ten thousand folding chairs are now in place below the stage fund-raisin- g C. Max Caldwell and Barbara F. Barton, July 20; Pres. Lowell Curtis and Dr. Merrill Wilson, July 21, and Pres. Stephen D. Nadauld and Evelyn Harris, July 22. The cast of around 300 has had 10 rehearsals in preparation for the opening. Some members have been with the pageant since its performance as a 24th of July observance in 1967. But most of the cast are new. Several have been double cast and even at least once triple cast to relieve the heavy burden of rehearsals and performances and also give more individuals the opportunity to participate. Another 300 or more are involved in unseen but nevertheless important roles as members of the production staff, but some of them have been involved with preparations for several months. Not all production personnel can be named in this article. Here is a list of some who are involved in major phases of the production. Ronald D. Hall, director; Helen Dyreng, Jane Braithwaite and Don Ray Olsen, assistant directors; Colleen Nielson, chairman, Marion Lee and Ann Barton, assistants, costumes; Ther- essa Alder, chairman, Joyce M. Cox, assistant, makeup; Dorothy Stoddard and Barbara Sue Barton, program Bartholomew, programs; R. Lynn and Shirley Nielson, language translation Richard sales; services; session held Commission agenda long, varied The Sanpete County Commission has given the county organization permission to park trailers and campers for a $5 a night fee in the fairgrounds as a 4-- H fund-raisin- g 4-- H project will be required to make a $100 deposit, refundable if the parking has been properly monitored and the grounds, after the pageant, returned in a satisfactory condition. The project will not only raise funds in support of a worthwhile cause but also help ease the parking situation during the pageant, the commissioners agreed. He said that the program, in its seventh year, provided weekend activities for around 200 handicapped children this year. The program is funded by contributions, Mr. Peterson said, and the fees required are a substantial expense. - The commission, which has approved obtaining an 8000 Motorola on a leasepurchase basis, rather than a monthly basis, as a way of saving around $2000 a year. the first of five annual payments, $26,494, will be made this month. - Ernest Rowley of Sunrise Engineering, the firm which is During a day long session the installing five towers on mouncommission also tain peaks in Sanpete County with intercede to that will tie in to the state and Agreed in and federal Recreation Utah Parks survey systems, gave a behalf ofPalisade Handicapped progress report. He said that the tower on Children, Inc. Bill Peterson, president of the Bally Mountain in the Sanpitch group, asked for the countys range, is now in place. The other help in getting fees waived or at towers will be located above Salt least reduced and reservation Creek in the Fountain Green requirements eased to facilitate area, and at Musinia, Horsethe operation of the handicapped shoe and east of Fairview on Manti Mountain. program. - The towers are 15 feet high and set on cement bases. The system will provide surveyors with fixed points from which to find corner locations. The national system will replace the pioneer surveys which were often inaccurate in fixing locations. We guarantee the accuracy that will be provided by the system were installing, Mr. Rowley said. Some people have expressed concern about their property locations when the new system goes into operation, he added. Its not intended to replace the old locations that are now in place." - Sheryl W. Mainord, owner-operat- or of Shadowbrook Farm, a developmental center located in Mapleton, Utah County, appeared before the commission to outline her proposals for establishing a similar program in Sanpete County. She said she had located a site between Fairview and Mt. Pleasant - a four-acr- e tract with ahouse for -- - that would be suitable her purposes. The property, she added, would have to be and to was advised approach the county Planning and Zoning Commission with an explanation of her plans for a developmental center. She said the center would provide both children and adults among them persons with physical andor emotional handicaps - with worthwhile activities in an agricultural setting. She said the center would also provide the public with farm experiences and opportunities d, - -- to purchase local art work, would have picnic areas, areas for group parties and would sponsor annual events like a wool fair. Grant money will provide part of the funding, Mrs. Mainord said. Shadowbrook Farm at Mapleton has proved successful in both an educational and financial sense, she added. Outfacil-it- y would make an economic contribution to Sanpete, Mrs. Mainord said. Tawnya Olsen and Marilyn Jorgensen, dancing, Merrill Ogden and Kenneth Jackson, seating and ushering, Douglas Barton, lighting, BYU Sound Services, Charles Cox, director, sound; Carol Lowry, wardrobe mistress; Lila Keller, chairman, pageant guild committee; Thomas Ilenretty, Lee J. Anderson, Ralph Mickelson and Larry Young; stage management committee; Norma W. Barton, hand props supervisor, Primary, cleanup; Gail and Pam Buchanan, upper stage cast on Temple Hill. And ample spare for audiences numbering thousands is available on the temple lawns. Last years attendance numbered an estimated 147,000, a record. They came from 18 states and several foreign countries. For its first performance on a July night in July, 1967, 2,000 were in the stands. That difference, more than anything else, is probably the best measure of the drawing power of the Mormon Miracle Pageant County names Becki Adams interim clerk The Sanpete County Commission expects to make a permanent appointment to the county clerk position vacated by the death of Wanda C. Bartholomew at its regular meeting on July 25. The Commission has asked the Sanpete Democratic Central Committee to recommend three candidates for the position and will interview the nominees before reaching a decision. The appointment will tinue through 1990. con- Becki Adams, Manti, who has been a deputy in the clerks office for seven years, has been appointed interim clerk by the commission until the permanent appointment becomes effective. Mrs. Adams is expected to be one of the candidates for the appointment. The commission passed a resolution commending Mrs. Bartholomew, who died at her home in Manti on July 4 after a short illness, for her conscientious and efficient service. She was particularly cited for having installed the new card punch voting system which has proved both cost effective and efficient in reporting election results. Mrs. Bartholomews Sanpete County employment began in 1975 as deputy county clerk. She was appointed county clerk in 1987 as the replacement for Wayne Beck, who had resigned, and was elected to the position in November, 1988. County sanitary landfill still has problems Although usage of the Sanpete Sanitary Landfill continues to build, the County Commission also continues to wrestle with a major landfill problem: collecting the $2 a month per house- - hold fee for the operation and maintenance of the facility in unincorporated areas of the county. (Continued on Page 6) |