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Show State holds surplus commodity hearing BY JOANNE BOCK Bill Walker, Administrative Hearing Officer from the Utah Administrative Hearings Office, chaired a hearing June 23 from 6 to 9 p.m. in served is so large it is difficult for an abuser to get from one distribution center to another quickly. There are 25 distribution sites in six counties covering 17,000 miles. What is more, she continued, volunteers who hand out the commodities usually know everyone who goes through the line, and they check signatures on the sign-usheet later for problems. In one instance, a man picked up commodities shortly after his wife did. A volunteer over the checking signatures caught the double distribution, but before he could call the family the husband returned the extra portion to the distribution center. the First Presbyterian Church of Mt. Pleasant, regulation regarding changes for the surplus commodities food distribution program. The primary change proposed was that every food recipient would be required to register for the commodities and present the registration card whenever he received any supplies. Utah state officials believe that this step is needed because they say people who don't need the commodities are getting them. A Ed Painter, Spring City member of Board of Commisrepresentative from Utahns Against the Hunger, which is based in Salt Lake sioners, reminded the group of City, said that the state hasnt been Sanpete Countys economic plight, able to document abuse. Spenys gone, the railroads gone. Ronna Leyba, Director of the A lot of people wouldnt have any Retired Senior Volunteer Program of butter or cheese if they couldnt get them this way. Board of Commisthe been have there that stated The representative from Utahns sioners, very few problems because the area Against Hunger said that in rural p areas abuse is not the problem. The problem is letting people know whos eligible, what guidelines there are to get the commodities, and where the commodity outlets are. A Department of Health survey found that only 29 of the people eligible for the program are using it. The Utah Against Hunger said that her representative organization had estimated the costs involved in setting up the new program, which the state has declined to do. Utahns Against Hunger estimates that registration will cost the state over $25,000. of Utahns Against Hunger, quoted the federal government regulations concerning commodities distribuThe purpose of the program tion. is to provide assistance to low income and unemployed. It is not the intention of the United States Department of Agriculture that these regulations would put any more burden on volunteers . . . They would not be required to handle any further paperwork. He pointed out that the Utah State Department of Social Services did not consult any other group in making up its own regulations distribution of federal regarding Ronny Lebya pointed out that even with a registration card applied for commodities. Federal regulations ahead of time the person must still state that a copy of the regulations must be sent out to participating sign a sheet for commodities, just as he does now. What is more, a regis- agencies, but nothing was. tration card would not guarantee Written comments from conthat there would be commodities cerned persons should be directed to available. the Utah State Social Services Opinion gathered Paul Noble didnt like registration Department. It because would be an through public hearings and private written comments will be assessed intimidating factor to fill out a form. and final considered before It would hurt a lot of pride. decisions are made. Steve Johnson, Executive Director ... Edna Anderson, 95, recalls past events BY JOANNE BOCK Edna Anderson of Ephraim will celebrate her 95th birthday July 3 with her son Robert and his family in Salt Lake City. Edna was born in Ephraim in a house a block north and a block west of today's drugstore, grew up there, attended Snow, married and raised her family in Ephraim. She has been active all her life in the LDS Church and attends regularly still, with help from her ward friends. She remembers with fondness her work as a Mutual counselor and most particularly the sleigh rides that were part of their g activities during the winter. Her grandparents were converts from Denmark who came to Utah in one of the handcart companies, bringing what goods they could afford and Edna's mother, who was then four years old. Brigham Young sent them to the Sanpete Valley to colonize the area. When her parents decided to marry, they drove a team and wagon to Salt Lake City, a hard five-datrip, to have the ceremony in the Endowment House there. y Her father worked his fathers farm for some years and bought land for himself as he could. He was very proud of the fact that he acted as Brigham Young's driver when Brigham Young came to stay in man to display sculpture items Manti-raise- d A Manti-raise- boy, Jercy Anderson, has become a famous sculptor. Bom in Las Vegas, Jerry moved to Manti at the age of six, and spent his childhood in Manti attending local schools. He married Fawn Olsen of Axtell. They have two sons, and two granddaughters. Jerry had little contact with art as a child, but developed a great interest in the beauty of the Old West while traveling with his father, a water well driller. d Jerry was 18 years old before he embraced art, and had little formal training. At 46, he retired from a successful ornamental iron business to live in a Utah ghost town. Now, at 51, he is considered among the top sculptors of Western bronzes. Jerrys wife. Fawn, recalls when his artistic ability first surfaced. Married only a short time, she gave him a Christmas gift of a set. Intending to do it with him, it soon became apparent that she had no artistry in her soul while paint-bynumbe- Jerry's ability had been waiting to be released. When he finished it, he took the extra paint from the set and painted some cactus on their wall. Then he painted a scene on his mother's wall. This painting can still be seen in the Mayo Sorensen home. Jerry never considered sculpting. Instead he applied his talent to his ornamental iron business and to painting in his spare time. But his painting never reached the standard of quality he desired. Then one day he discovered clay and a whole new world of artistic possibilities opened up to him. The clay was like magic. Suddenly it all fell together. His hands knew just what to do to create what he wanted. As his confidence grew, Jerry realized something had been a total missing from his art commitment and it was time. So he quit his business and devoted all of his time to sculpting. After completing a number of pieces, Jerry and Fawn set out to establish Jerry as a credible sculptor. They traveled extensively in their motor home, displaying at numerous art shows as far away as Alaska. All this hard work paid off May 9 when his monument Old Sorrel was dedicated on the SUSC campus. The monument stands 13 feet above the ground and is 1 2 feet wide and 20 feet in length. Jerry spent over six months and sculpting this major piece which was commissioned by the university. A showing of Jerry's sculpturing will be held in the old Manti City Hall on July 10, 11, 12. Everyone is invited to attend. Sanpete Community Theatre choosing cast The cast is being chosen and practices will be underway during the month of July for a melodrama sponsored by the Sanpete Community Theater. The production will be a dinner theater with square dancing to follow according to Gay Lauritzen, who is directing the old time melodrama. "Curse You, Jack Dalton, will be presented in the Ephraim City three nights in early Building August with the definite dates and names of the seven members of the cast to be announced later. Miss Lauritzen and the Community Theater organization invite to become anyone interested involved with assisting with this summer entertainment. Help is needed with lighting, costuming, food and other physical facilities in the building. Interested persons may contact Miss Lauritzen, Sharon Andreason or Helen Thurston. The Community Theater group is well known for its entertaining per- - formances in the past and this years production promises to be a highlight of the summer. Miss Lauritzen is presently completing her master's degree in art education at BYU and has gained recognition in many fields of endeavor. She has recently completed a program of art curriculum for a Roman Catholic school district in Canada. Her art interests have also led her to present sculpture at a craft ow in Oakland, California, and exhibits in galleries in Park City and Scottsdale, Arizona. She has won awards in Utah shows in Springville and Sunstone and a piece of her soft sculpture was accepted for exhibit at the LDS Church Museum in Salt Lake City. Gay has done costumes for Promised Valley Playhouse and participated in plays in University Stake. She has also directed winning road shows and directed "Blythe at North Sanpete High Spirit School. Ephraim with Edna's grandfather, and Edna cherishes stories of Brigham Young that her father told her. Ednas memories of her youth are very clear. She remembers the grade school, an old building that used to be where the Third-FourtWard chapel is now. It was used as a school during the week and as a chapel evenings and on Sunday. She can also remember the hard work she and her 10 brothers and sisters did. The most vivid memory was that she and her sisters had to scrub the rock doorstep with another rock every Saturday, to make it clean and white for Sunday. Her mother also set them to tie lengths of scrap cloth together, in preparation for rug weaving done by a neighbor. Edna says that they were required to tie enough cloth to make a ball of a certain size before their mother would let them play. Then there were the kerosene lamps to clean and fill every weekend, the ironing done with flatirons warmed on the kitchen: wood stove, the knives and forks that ,j were scoured with saleratus every week. h t- Her father filled one mission, when he had two children and another on the way, for two years. Before he left, he cut enough wood for heating and cooking to last the family the entire two years. A neighbor, who went on a mission at the same time and also left a family to wait his return, worked with him. When Edna married at 25, she chose Henry Anderson, the son of the neighbor who had worked with her father. She had three sons, all of whom served in the World War 1. She admits that that time was a nervous one for her, with all the children in the way of danger. However, all three lived to marry and give her grandchildren. She now has nine grandchildren and seven n. Her sons are Talmage, retired in Newport Beach, California, Moyle, teaching high school in Walnut Creek, California and Robert, teaching in the LDS Business College in Salt Lake City. Edna lives summers in Ephraim, in the house her husband was born and where they spent their married life, and winters with Robert in Salt Lake C,,' .. .14 - It is very clear, however, that Edna would prefer to spend all her time in Ephraim, which has been at the center of her life. Health Service lists immunization clinics It's the law! Children must be adequately immunized before attending Utah schools and child care facilities. The Utah School Immunization Act, enacted in 1982, requires that all students through 12th grade and children attending licensed child care facilities must be immunized against seven childhood diseases before attendance. Exemptions may be allowed for medical, religious or personal reasons. All 50 states require immunientry. The zations for school adoption of school immunization laws, probably more than any other factor, has been responsible for the dramatic improvement in immunization levels and decline in childhood diseases. Although 93.8 of Utah's kindergarten students were fully immunithis represents a zed in 1985-8decline from the previous school years 94.3 level. The minimum goal nationally is Recent adverse publicity regarding reactions associated with DTP (Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis) vaccine may have contributed to the lower immunization levels and the outbreak of pertussis largest (whooping cough) in Utah since 1964. In 1985, 60 cases of pertussis were reported in Utah, compared with only 7 cases in 1984. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the U.S. Public Health Services Immunization Practices Advisory Committee have reemphasized that the risk from pertussis disease Is much greater than any risk from the vaccine. 95. All medical groups continue to strongly recommend DTP vaccine for all children under seven years of age who have no valid medical reason for not receiving the vaccine. Christensen (center), Sanpete County Cowboy Sweetheart Carol Dana Watson, 1st attendant (left) and Rachel Nielsen, 2nd phot y Dave's Studio attendant. Sweetheart Royalty will be busy this summer BY BRENDA DELEEUW The Sanpete County Cowboy Sweetheart Royalty consisting of Carol Christensen, Sweetheart Dana Moroni and attendants Watson, Spring City, and Rachel Nielsen, Centerfield, have a full summers agenda. They have already been involved in a clinic working with young girls ages preparing them for the Sweethearts Pee Wee Princess Contest to be held July 7 at the Ephraim Arena. The lovely trio will be seen during the 4th of July activities throughout Sanpete County, riding in parades and participating in rodeo grand entries. Selected May 29th from a field of six accomplished horsewomen, the Sweetheart Royalty has been busy selecting apparel to be worn at their summer appearances. Aided by one time Miss Rodeo America, Connie DeLuccia, the girls Handicapped camp held The second installment of this Day Camp at Palisade State Park Saturday had more than twice the attendance of the first installment, Bill Peterson, president of the Palisade Handicapped Childrens Foundation, said. years About 240 people sat down to breakfast, prepared and served by the Mt. Pleasant unit of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, according to Mr. Peterson. immunization clinics will be held in In addition to the usual activities Ephraim on the first Tuesday of each swimming, canoeing, fishing, hay month from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the there Ward. (Please enter wagon and horseback rides Ephraim lst-5t- h was an attraction that the gave the northwest door.) through children a special thrill, Mr. Manti immunization clinic will be Peterson said. held on the fourth Tuesday of each The special visitor was Smokey the month in the Health Dept, offices at Bear, courtesy of the U.S. Forest 57 South Main, from 5 p.m. In Gunnison, immunization clinics will be held on the third Tuesday of each month from a.m. at the Gunnison Stake Building. (Enter through the west entrance). Health Dept, personnel added a note of caution to those planning to The annual Manti City doubles travel to Canada, advising that there tennis tournament is scheduled to is an outbreak of measles in Canada begin at 4 p.m. on July 4. and those planning to attend the Players are invited to meet at the Worlds Fair might want to be sure their measles immunizations are old high school courts, as usual for the draw, and then matches will be updated. assigned to the courts at the new 3-- 1 (835-2231- ). The Dentons provided horses that the children seemed to feel secure on, and the Sheriffs Search and Rescue Team took them on canoe rides that gave them a lot of pleasure, Mr. Peterson reported. Owen Braithwaite and Dan Thomas wore chefs caps for the noon meal and had a lot of assistant chefs helping with the hamburgers, he added. This was by, far the largest attendance weve had," Mr. Peterson said, and were already making plans for next year." Several groups and individuals provided financial support for this activity. high school and the old courts. A draw will be made pairing experienced with less experienced players. Trophies will be awarded to winners and runners-up- . No entrance fee is required. Smith's Chiropractic The Following Conditions have Responded to Care: GUNNISON South of Theatre Tues. and Thurs. Noon to 9 p.m. Sat. 9 a.m. to Noon Family Plan (Discount for Cash) Dr. Doc Smith Remember, Time is Chiropractor a Friend to Disease! MANTI officials Locally, the Health Department has moved from its Snow College campus site to new quarters at 57 South Main in Manti The Service. Smokey took time out from his regular duties to chat with the children. Annual Manti tennis tourney on tap July 4 Utah Department of Health strongly urge parents to comply with the law and protect their children from the debilitating effects of vaccine preventable diseases. have chosen pasten colors to work with in assembling their outfits. Miss DeLuccia was a finalist in appearance and has kept up with the trends of fashion in the queen competitions. The trend now, she explains, is toward color; mixing and matching between attendants to coordinate with the queen. The Royalty has also dates at the Ute Stampede, Lamb Days, 24th of July Celebration in Fairview as well as the riding the Days of '47 Parade in Salt Lake City. The Sweetheart Royalty will, of course, reign over the Sanpete County Fair Rodeo and lead the county fair parade down Main Street the last night of the fair. Carol, Dana and Rachel will also present the colors at the demolition derby. As you see them this summer at all the activities and celebrations in Sanpete County, give them a hand, they'U appreciate it. 492 S. Main Now by Appointment Only. Thank You. (On Call 24 Hrs. a Day) All Insurance Accepted Mon.-Wed.-F- Noon to 6 p.m. ! Family Plan (Discount for Cash) |