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Show IHIII r TjTil Harbingers of spring by Bruce Jennings outburst of Spring, in a four-da- y sunshine and rising temperatures, arrived for a brief stay in the Sanpete Valley over the weekend. i - 9 Temperatures reached into the low 80s and the high 30s during springs visit, but weather fore casters were predicting more stor m rain and snow showers, wind, and for the descending temperatures Easter holiday. But the weather people aLpredict better weather a few da's away. v' Springs visit helped the sheepmen, who were able to get on wi h the shearing. It also helped farmers, who managed to do some plowing ai d planting, get barley and wheat ino - New lambs in the field . . . r the ground and move their cattle onto the pastures. Turkeymen who put in January poults turned their young birds out into the open. High school track, tennis and baseball teams managed to get back on schedule. And a few avid gardeners planted spinach, radishes and peas. All in all, the week was a time for rejoicing although brown water was beginning to appear out of the snow on the canyons, the foothills was starting to melt, the Sanpitch was beginning to rise and the work of clearing creek channels was speeding up. The week was a breathing spell, one man said, between what was and what seems likely to come. i low-lyin- g ... High water in ditches Home of the Mormon Miracle Pageant July 12, 13, 14, 17-2- 1984 1, 30 Easter is... hunting for eggs v jrrvn: r Career Ladder Committee submits recommendations - ' f C'v ' Y . - - , ; ' v yv -- , f4 ' by Bruce Jennings A committee appointed by the South Sanpete School District to on the make recommendations establishment of a career ladder has now made its report. The committee included administrators, teachers and lay people, committees, organized into two-su- b which met several times before agreeing on the recommendations that would be submitted to the board of education. Leona Wintch, chairman of the on finance, said that ' ft- y , i L'jf r l the committee had been concerned w ith excellence and had worked hard with student progress in mind. The South Sanpete District will receive $92,000 in state funds appropriated by the Legislature for career ladder purposes. The 4 , 'V- k - committee f t recommended that $20,000 of this amount be distributed as incentive pay to about a - third of the teachers. K-v-f 4r- - .. - - V w ' 1 V . ., The incentive pay is intended to CVWl"' s. I recognize outstanding performance. An evaluation committee will choose the recipients. Another $42,000 will be paid to kachcrs for additional assignments, 'ihesu assignments can include conducting enrichment programs, summer classes and other activities that will expand the school offering. The recommendations of the career ladder committees were submitted by Mrs. Wintch, by Principal Rodney Anderson of the Gunnison Valley Elementary School, chairman of the evaluation sub committee, and bv Dr. Dwight Inouye, a member of the finance The remaining $30,000 will be used to extend the school year for teachers by three days. Inservice training will be a major activity that the district will conduct during the still school year Although the 1983-8has a few weeks to go. school preparations for the 1984-8well are underway. already year Those preparations include the proposed calendar. It has teachers returning for inscrvice training on August 21 and then reporting to their schools for faculty meetings and other preparations on August 22. Registration of secondary students will have been completed even before teachers are back on the job. Thats because most high school students signed up this spring. Classwork is scheduled to begin on August 23. There will soon be the Labor Day first of several holidays 4 extra three days. recommendations of the career ladder committee are subject to refinement and to approval by the board of education, Supt. Scott Bean said. The districts career ladder have the final must program approval of the State Office of Public Education before it can be implemented, Superintendent Bean explained. And the 5 on Sept. 3. 1 he annual Utah Education Day is and October will set for Oct. Oct. 22 also have another and the deer hunt. 11-1- 2 off-da- y The thanksgiving recess comes Nov. and Christmas vacation Dec. 22 to Jan. 1. The to actually includes New Years Day school will resume Jan. 2. on 22-2- 3 Presidents Day will be observed Feb. 18 and after more weeks of winter the spring break April 4-- The last day of school for students be May 23 and for teachers, May w ill 24. The first quarter will end on Oct. and have 46 days; the second quarter Jan. 22. with 43 days; the third quarter March 15, 44 days, and the fourth quarter, 47 days. 1 he proposed calendar is subject to change, Supt. Scott Bean says. And patrons who desire input are invited to call the district office or their school board member. 31 - Middle School construction behind schedule rXX&XLLX tom story about a rabbit who lays ggs, then with a basket and said h hid thm . . ." m hr S', s' ' w V, 'A-- X , y. ; r 'iSiizV- Ik ? I i -- - '' ' : r , The new Ephraim Middle School, under construction of a site on the south side of Ephraim by Valley Builders, the general contractor, is about three months behind schedule, but should be ready for occupancy by Dec. 1, 1984. thy . . .- 7. i . . , O-.- That news was given the South Sanpete School district board of education at its regular April meeting last week. Ken Naylor, of Silver & Naylor, architects for the facility, said that work on the building had been delayed because of the severe and prolonged winter. - ' - Mr. Naylor reported that workmanship on the building has been excellent, with no problem with the mortar in the bricks that were laid during the winter months. He recommended and the board approved four change orders on It an Eastr bunny Thr I -- 1.-X- ' I ' n ' it X X , iJ v x ; t - . V The Manti Utah Stake is sponsoring a choir festival in commemoration of the resurrection of the Savior. This special event will take 7 place Easter Sunday, April 22, at d Manti p.m. in the Ward. First-Secon- ' - ! ' -- - ..vxw, L i , f'b f "How many did you .. gtf " -- ' v tLwJ Supt. Scott Bean said that the district and Manti City have agreed to participate in a contract that will make the old Manti High School building on Main Street available for city use as soon as it is vacated. In other action, Superintendent Bean recommended that the following probationary teachers still in their first three years of teaching be offered contracts for the 1984-8school year: Heidi Goode, Ephraim Elementary; Caylene Coats. Sylvia M. Duke, Kathy Hansen, Lynn Willard-son- , Kristy Young, Gunnison Valley Elementary; Jacklyn P. Bartholomew, Paul N. Childs, Jeanette Hatch, Jolene Prestwick and Melba Lynn Swenson, Manti Elementary; Mary Goodwin, Ephraim Middle School; Shcrrin Gensen and Chris V. Church, Manti High School, and Steven R. Lambertsen and Kelly 5 Choir Festival planned 3 7 totaling $7,814.00. The change orders include clearing the remains of an old house on the northwest comer of the site and filling the site with compacted soil, making elec trical changes in the kitchen, rewiring the dark room and making several fire code improvements. . , j t pf copy t A : i J - A choir from each of the wards in the stake will sing individually and will then join to sing four numbers as a combined choir under the direction of McLoyd Ericksen, with Norma Olson as accompanist. The ward choirs will perform such O Divine favorite numbers as Still with Still, Redeemer, Thee," The and "The Lords Prayer. combined choirs will sing a number from The Messiah and will be joined by two trumpets for the final number. President Lee Barton, president of the stake will deliver an Easter message. The program will last approximately one hour and will contribute to the spirituality of the day. Shannon, Gunnison Valley High. The board also: conference Accepted the $48,174.00 bid of Bluebird for a new bus. modular Agreed to provide $640.00 of the total cost of $ 140.00 for a stereo system for Gunnison Valley High 1 School. Agreed to provide transportation for participation at the Special Olympics regional and state meets in April and May. Authorized Richard Kjar, a High School to attend a vocational Gunnison Valley teacher, in Reno, Nev. Approved calling for bids for a classroom unit to be Valley Elementary School in July. The unit will increase the number of temporary classrooms at the school to six. Their use has been made necessary because of increasing enrollments. delivered to Gunnison m Discussed with Ivan Rowley, president; Bcrdcan Jarman, board member, and Marion Tree, executive secretary, Utah High School Activities Assn., possible changes in the regional alignment of (Continued on Page 2) vice Candidates file for county political offices by Bruce Jennings An incumbent and three newcomers to county political office have filed for the two vacancies that w ill occur on the Sanpete County Commission as of Jan. 1, 1985. term on the Filing for a four-yea- r commission were Ed Painter, Spring City, a retired postal worker, and Dr. Wendell H. McGarry, Ephraim, who practiced dentistry in Manti for a number of years. Mr. Painter filed as a Democratic and Mr. McGarry as a Republican. Willis Candland, Mt. Pleasant, a Republican who was first appointed to fill the unexpired term of the late Keith Jorgensen and later was r term on the elected to a Commission, and Keller Christen two-yea- sen, Gunnison, who has been active in the Farm Bureau and served on the South Sanpete School District board of education, have filed for the two year seat. Both Mr. Candland and Mr. Christensen are Republicans. Ned Madsen, Manti, whose four-teron the Commission expires this year and who had also previously served on the Commission, did not m file for Because there were two Republican filings for the two-yeseat, the Republican candidate in the November general election will be decided at the primary election on Aug. 21. Newton Donaldson, Moroni, is the hold over member of the Sanpete County Commission. |