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Show Mssngr-Entrprls- Mother s Day Ks - by Pat Mellor Letters We Invite Letters to the Editor from our readers. Letters must be brief (we reserve the right to edit to 500 words), not libelous, and in good taste. Letters must be signed and names will be withheld only for justifiable reason. Any one writer may not submit a letter more than once a month. Letters must be submitted to the Messenger-Enterpris- exclusively. e Squash wards Know-it-aWith the federal government altering or abolishing many farm programs, 1 can see my idea for getting rich in Sanpete swirling down the irrigation canal of my dreams. Until this latest economy move the part of the Reagan administration, I had hopes of getting on some farm program that would pay me not to raise on zucchini. a lot of other gardeners around here who could benefit from this same program, and I think maybe we ought to form a political action committee and look into this further. The amount of money such a program could generate in Sanpete might very well turn the countys economy I know around. With the upcoming November elections, we might be able to get this issue off the ground. If nothing else, the Zucchini Issue could sure spark up an election campaign. Why elect some politician who only wants to build up the national defense system and balance the budget? Why not elect a person who is actually going to do something for us, right here? Here is where the Zucchini Issue could weed out a few candidates, at least on the national level. We could attend "grass-root- s nights these are usually held in Provo, Nephi or Richfield, and when it comes time for questions from the audience, we could collectively raise our hands and ask, "Where do you stand on price supports for zucchini?" "How do you feel about the establishment of quotas for kucchini?" or, n)ore to' the point. How much would you be willing to appropriate not to have us raise it?" Then all of us from Sanpete could glower at the candidate like malevolent gnomes while he hemmed and hawed and said. "Uh. zucchini?" Right away we could sort out those who are going to be of no use to rural voters. Anybody who fidgeted nervously with his silk tie and shrank inside his three-piec- e suit while he said, "Whats a zucchini? could be crossed off the ballot. A person who considers zucchini only a side dish from an Italian restaurant is going to be of no use to those of us more agriculturally-oriente- Other candidates could probably be sufficiently flustered to turn to an aide and whisper hoarsely, "Where are they from? Sanpete? Is that in my district? whose campaign Candidates staffs could be seen hurriedly consulting maps of Utah could likewise be eliminated. After we got the remaining candidates suckered into a debate on zucchini and the establishment of a program to purchase the surplus, etc., we could throw them another curve and suggest that perhaps paying gardeners not to grow zucchini is a Commie plot, designed to lure us into seeking something for nothing, to make us fprget how to grow things, work with our hands, and members of be productive society. Never let it be said that we in Sanpete aren't willing to study all sides of an issue. A certain amount of international diplomacy is required here. If we can persuade the Russians to offer to purchase zucchini instead of wheat, we have it made. In no time the feds will be filling storehouses everywhere with zucchini, and we can send millions of tons of it abroad, not to mention giving one to the senior citizens every four months when .fractions .such .urplus American crops are parceled out to our own people. Eventually, if we managed to bring zucchini into a position of prominence, we might be able to win the cold war. The day might come w hen the Russians would be willing to negotiate with us, if we would promise to not deliver any more zucchini. Quack , quack I need a home for four pet ducks whose only fault my sidewalk, which doesnt need it, instead of my garden, which does. Ideal for a farm that needs fertilizing. They also would make a delicious dinner (if you were so inclined). No charge, just come and get them. I is fertilizing Max Call, Mantl 835-424- 1, 835-403- 1 Published Weekly by Messenger-EnterprisInc. 35 S. Main, Manti, Utah 84642 Phone: e, 835-424- 1 Lloyd E. Max E. Call Call Jennings, Pat Mellor Joanne Bock Office, Messenger Eleanor Madsen, Bruce 835-424- 1 283-444- 3 Lloyd E. Call Pat Mellor, Bruce Jennings, Joanne Bock, Lloyd Call Deadline: MONDAY NOON for all ads, Including Classified News Deadline is Tuesday Noon Subscription Rates: $12.00year inside Sanpete County $14.00year outside Sanpete County . Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mon., Tue., Thurs., Fri. Closed Early Weds, at 2:00 p.m. iOuu About one minute after reading Dr. Lunds mostly know-it-aletter, I picked up my local newspaper and ll You O Fair booth? County Agent Tom Reeve asked the commission whether Sanpete County was planning a booth at the ' Utah State Fair, and was advised that the project had been delegated to Gordon Sorenson, Ephraim, two months ago. The commissioners asked if Mr. Sorenson had been in touch with Mr. Reeve, as they had suggested, and the agent said that he had not been contacted by anyone. Mr. Sorenson was scheduled to be present at the Sanpete County Commission meeting and had requested a spot on the agenda, but failed to arrive at the appointed time. The commissioners said they were not aware of any of Mr. Sorenson's arrangements, but felt that the booth probably had not been done, as they had seen no plans, etc. We probably cant get anything together by now, Mr. Reeve told the commissioners. "We were supposed to have all the construction done today in Salt Lake, because the Fair opens Thursday. Four seasons resort Panoramaland Evan Hansen, Director, told the commission that his organization would probably be able' to contribute $500 toward the; feasibility study currently underway; n for construction of a resort on the Skyline Drive in the area of Tent Mountain above Spring City. The commission advised Mr. Hansen that Emery County was spearheading the feasibility study phase of this project, and that Sanpete, Emery and the State Division of Economic Development had each contributed $6,000 toward the project. Sanpetes share had been contributed primarily by cities within the county. Mr. Hansen asked who the potential developers of the resort would be, and the commission advised him that to their knowledge, no developers had yet been found, and that this was the purpose for the study, to have statistical backing to persuade a developer to consider construction of such a resort in this area. four-seaso- One of the drawbacks to tourism in Sanpete, Commissioner Donaldson said, is the fact that the nearest airports of any size are at Mt. Pleasant and Provo. Mr. Hansen asked the commissioners if Sanpete County had formulated any plans to upgrade the various facilities throughout the county, and they said that to their knowledge, there were no plans for this type of work in the near future. The commissioners suggested that at the Panoramaland Board meeting later this month, Mr. Hansen try to make this a priority item for bringing tourism and industry into the area, and determine whether funding would be available through the Federal Aviation Agency to improve facilities within the county. Richfield improved its airport with such funding, the commissioners recalled, but that was before recent cutbacks in such programs. The commissioners spent some time debating the details of developing a resort iri the mountains east of Sanpete and discussed the problem of snow removal and road maintenance if such a resort were to be constructed, noting that such work would be expensive and would require longer . Four limes Best Editor's Column by Utah Press Association including 1985 On the road again we had with the owners, Peter Despite pleadings from the Utah Travel Council to "take your vacation in Utah, Beth and I took a pleasure trip through We the northwest recently. reasoned that we had already seen all of Utahs parks at least four or five times, so we might be for forgiven by going our vacation. and Irene Snell. They were gracious, friendly, and we enjoyed learning thoroughly about one another. They had moved from England four years ago and were very happy in their new home. two-wee- k Richard J. Armstrong Belmont, California elevations. Commissioner McGarry observed that visitation at such a facility might be higher than anticipated, adding that overall, Utahs state parks had experienced a jump in attendance this year ranging from 35 to 300 percent, above previous records. Accommodation of visitors is one of Sanpetes biggest problems, Mr. Hansen stated: the county has accommodation facilities but nothing to handle convention-siz- e groups overnight in one place. Railroad loss wont try to give you a boring travelogue, but you might be interested in a few experiences and thoughts we had. I Our only "rip off" came in Nevada. Being as chintzy (that means frugal) as I am, I was always looking for the cheapest gas to be found. Most stations but advertise only "regular weve all learned that you can add maybe four cents to that price to of unleaded. So we get just pick out the station that advertises the lowest price on regular and go there. At Battle Mountain, Nevada, we saw this 89c". sign that said "Regular That was a few cents lower than any of the other stations in town, so I buzzed in, filled the tank with unleaded and looked at the price. Only then did I make the horrible discovery that the price for unleaded was $1.19. I'd already filled my tank so I could do nothing but pay. I did complain to the operator, but she just gave me the brush-off- . Advertising regular for two cents lower than anyone else and then charging 20c more than the rest of them for unleaded, to my way of thinking, is nothing but a f. Rest assured that if I ever go to Nevada again, I'll always make sure I have a full tank of gas. While on Vancouver Island we couldn't find a motel one night so we signed on with a bed and breakfast home. It was delightful. The price was reasonable, the room immaculute, the bed was excellent, and the breakfast was bounteous and delicious. But the best part was the two-hovisit the-pric- s Whatever the problem with the sale of the line to a bona fide operator, the commissioners conceded, the issue is now a moot one, and in all probability the next issue will be the railroads divestiture of the real estate on which the line was constructed. Unless a deed specifically states y that the reverts to the owner original upon the cessation of operations by the railroad, Mr. Blackham said, the railroad can probably sell the privately-owne- d land on which the tracks now lie, and has already announced its intention to do so. i Well theres really no difference in you old ... I mean . . there's no difference between old and young goats, she went on. "Listen, they don't mean my kind of goat. Theyre talking about mountain goats that live up there in the rocks, I explained. But she persisted. There are probably all kinds of old goats all over this trail, who are all ogling all us pretty girls. Thata the kind Im looking out for." It was a great trip. I believe I enjoyed it even more than having lunch with Ronnie. right-of-wa- Some of the land on which the line land-graland, or belongs to the Bureau of Land Management, etc., the commissioners noted, which will probably leave the Denver and Rio Grande owning a patchwork of pieces of property throughout the county. Commissioner Christenson said he believed the stretch of railroad Remembering Beths pet name for me, I braced for an onslaught of verbal abuse. "Did you see that sign?" she queried innocently. "Im afraid I did," I answered meekly. "But youll notice is says just goats not old goats Yellowstone. County Attorney Ross Blackham said he felt to some extent the States own requirements for bidders on the line had sounded its death knell: "The State wanted the first mortgage on the line, and whos going to lend out $1.3 million for a second mortgage? Nobody in their right mind is going to lend that kind of money for someone else to hold the first mortgage. Commissioner Christenson pointed out, however, that anyone who had difficulty raising $1.3 million for the was purchase of the line "as-i- s to be to unable probably going estimated at produce the capital $30 to $40 million to repair the line and construct new line over to tie into purchased another railroad. is located is I were taking this nature walk, when we came to a sign which said, "Watch out for goats." the California coast. When we got to the ocean, we headed north and stayed on US 1 all along the coast through Oregon and W ashington. We looped the Olympic peninsula in Washington, took the ferry to Victoria, hit a few spots on Vancouver Island, took the ferry to Anacortes, Washington, then slowly wandered back through Washington, Idaho, Montana, Glacier National Park and finally The commissioners also discussed briefly the loss of the Marysvale Line of the Denver and Rio Grande, which was sold last week to a salvage firm for approximately $1.1 million. Impact on Moroni Feed Company has been lessened, Commissioner Donaldson said, because of the willingness of the Denver and Rio Grande to transport feed at a lower rate than previously, enabling the turkey operators to bring feed into the area by train and then by truck from the terminus, at a rate just slightly higher than when the feed was shipped straight to Moroni by train. right-of-wa- An interesting thing happened in Glacier National Park. Beth and We headed west out of Salt Lake, taking in the "beauties" of the salt flats, crossed barren Nevada, and headed directly for snow removal periods than the lower said,-firm- 2 3rd place in Nalion for Editor's Column in 1981 cant please everybody. Commissioner Christenson said he personally felt the railroad loss1 had impacted the economics of several communities severely, but noted that the economic realities came down to the fact that most companies that were shipping out of the county at present had worked out viable alternatives and were reluctant to commit themselves to returning to rail transport. This, he said, was what had created a "bottom-line- " problem in when companies interested operating the line found themselves trying to get companies producing goods and raw materials in Sanpete to agree to ship on the railroad if it were rebuilt. Without the ability to show that they definitely had firms willing to heavily utilize the railroad, he seeking to buy the rail line and operate it were unable to show where their projected revenues would come from. Pag by Max E. Call Personnel problems (Continued from Page I) funds for the landfill. Sptmbr4, 1986 Thursdoy, Trivia . . From time to time I go to a chiropractor for minor adjustments. You can have the pills and the antibiotics. One important thing about chiropractic, it has no side effects." read the attached complimentary letter about results by going to the The increased use of private and corporate aircraft, and a lack of airports in Sanpete equipped to provide facilities for such travelers, makes it difficult to lure prospective businesses into the area, the commissioners said. The Manti Messenger Photographers To the Editor: We need to improve air travel into the county if were ever going to Commissioner develop this area, Christenson agreed. "Executives don't want to fly into Salt Lake and then have to rent a car and drive down here. The Ephraim Enterprise Publisher Editor Staff Writers, Manti Staff Writer, Ephraim News Briefs, Manti News Briefs, Ephraim Advertising ll chiropractor. ", . . If it had not been for chiropractic, I would have spent my entire life in pain, and very possibly become crippled as the years went by. When my second child was born, a lower vetebra was thrown out of place. I could not walk, sit or lie down without terrific pain. I went back to several times my gynecologist seeking relief. This went on for the better part of a year. He could do nothing for me and did not know what was causing it. Finally, he told me to see a chiropractor. The same day I went to the chiropractor, I walked out of his office after the adjustment without any more pain. He had worked the segment back in. , , rip-of- between Gunnison and Centerfield, which local farmers would like to use to construct a farm pccess road so they can get their combines, tractors, etc. off the fast moving traffic of Highway 89, is constructed almost entirely on private land which will probably be part of the sale. Other business In other business, the commissioners noted that at last weeks work meeting they had begun to iron out the erroneous sale of a .22 acre parcel of land which took place at the May tax sale. The land was not delinquent, the commissioners said, and should not have been sold, and, rather naturally, the original owner of the property wanted it back. The commissioners said the land, which is located in the Gunnison area, would be returned to the original owner, and the land surveyed to assure that the parcel being returned is the correct piece, and the purchasers would be compensated for the sale price of the land as well as fencing and other improvements made to the property in the recent months. The commissioners said they had not determined how the property got on the delinquent tax list, but admitted it was going to cost the county to rectify the mistake. The commission also noted that it had tabled for the present consideration of an additional appropriation of $4,600, which is what Ross Aging Services Director Bumgardener of Richfield estimates "Well, Im keeping a lookout for the other kind," I said, ogling a sweet young thing as she went tripping past. "Keep your eyes on the trail, you old goat, she snapped. All in all it was one of the nicest vacations weve ever had. Please don't tell Beth I said this and I'll deny it if I'm challenged, but the best part was just being with Beth for two weeks. She's a lovable traveling companion, in the northwest as well as in life (wasn't that philosophical?), and she makes life worthwhile for me. On our trip I taw a bumper atJcker that will have significance for all you Ephralmltes, It said: but You can always tell a Dane you cant tell him much! A visitor to one of the Aleutian Islands, where I served in World War II, broke his glasses. He was told by his guide that he couldnt get his glasses repaired without going back to a city in Alaska. "You mean there aren't any optometrists on this island?" asked the man. Well, if you see one," replied the guide, "it will just be an optical Aleutian. Not so trivial: The very first thing that many people grow In gardens Is tired. it will cost for Sanpete Countys senior citizens' nutrition program next year. The commission said it would consider this appropriation when time comes to set the budget for the coming year. Sanpete's budget isnt going to see a boost from its Federal Emergency Management Agency flood funding too soon, apparently, either: a FEMA spokesman said the remaining funds for 1983s flood might be on their way soon, but 1984s remainder apparently is still not available. The commissioners, on assurances earlier last year from FEMA personnel, budgeted for this money as part of their revenues anticipated for this year, and then found themselves with a $200,000 shortfall when the funding was delayed. The 1983 flood money would at least halve that figure, the commissioners noted, if and when it arrives. The commissioners also approved the issuing of a letter to the Sheriffs Department advising the deputies not to engage in chases drive vehicles, using their but to use their radio equipment to set up road blocks in other towns if a motorist runs on them. high-spee- four-whe- d el Commissioner McGarry reviewed he had briefly correspondence received asking him to establish a county-wid- e Bicentennial Commission to foster the observance of the 200th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution, and said he was accepting suggestions for persons to serve on this commission. f |