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Show tv" Sterling Scholar T - r r t v .v candidates named at Manti High C-r-fj X f. S- - t ' Manti High School has selected the 12 seniors who will represent the school in the Central Utah Sterling Scholar program. Theyll compete for college scholarships and other awards in the spring. Sterling Scholar candidates first submitted letters of intent to the faculty, according to Rodney Cox, school counsellor. They were then interviewed by faculty committees in the special categories. These committees also reviewed the scholastic and other records of the applicants. The committees then made their choices of the candidates in the categories and the entire faculty made the final decision on which students would represent Manti High. The 12 seniors chosen will now begin the preparation of portfolios and other materials that will be submitted to the Central Utah Sterling Scholar Program, Mr. Cox said. At a date still to be selected, the nominees from the various schools will be judged on the basis of interviews and the portfolios they have submitted. The judges will be from the State Dept, of Public Instruction and colleges and universities. (Continued on Page 2) Diano Bossoy Gonoral Scholarship Business Education Scionco Mathematics r I ri iU Sandra Thatcher Social Science Matthew Andreason Foreign Language Roy Simmons Vocational Education Melanie Larsen Homemaking MWT ' , V 'Ll I V; r i Steve Reid English and Literature Art and Art Crafts T .K' K4 r Lucy Blauer Speech and Drama Music 4 30C MANTI, UTAH 84642, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 15, 1983 Volume 98 Number 23 per copy Heightens the uncertainty protest Thistle decisions The Six County Commissioners Organization has outlined its arguments against a recent decision of the State Engineer office to allow control gates and bulkheads to remain at the Thistle mud slide dam. saying such action jeopardizes the reconstruction of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad through the slide site. Craig Larsen and Jeff Bradley display plaque won by the local tional Guard unit. Na- Receives trophy Local NG unit wins most improved award Battery C 2Bn 222 FA, Utah Army National Guard, located in Manti, Utah has been selected as the most improved unit in the Utah National Guard for 1983. The Manti Unit was presented 'with the Minuteman Trophy for Improved Readiness at ceremonies December 4, 1983 at the Manti Armory. This award recognizes the unit in the State of Utah which shows the most improvement in the areas of unit strength, skill qualifications, small arms qualification, and improvement in training programs. SFC Craig M. Larsen, Unit Training Technician, stated, "Most of the improvement achieved by the Manti Unit was in the area of personnel strength. In just over one year Unit manning has increased from 74 to 130. According to Sgt. Larsen, a very successful summer camp at Ft. Lewis, Washington also contributed to the award. Following the Unit Readiness Testing which was administered at Ft. Lewis, the chief evaluator commented that "This is one of the finest units in the total force." SFC Larsen said that, "This award is especially gratifying. It means that we are better able to perform our mission than ever before. This trophy is the culmination of a big effort on the part of the entire unit and we are especially proud of this accomplishment. The Manti Unit is commanded by CPT Charles R. Mangrum, and is a part of the Second Battalion, 222nd Field Artillery, with units in several communities in the southern part of the state. Manti Stake plans party and members living in the Manti Utah Stake are cordially invited to attend the gala annual New Year's party on December 31, a Saturday. This is the word from the couple in charge of this traditional event Robert and Christie Neeley. They promise a fine evening of Both non-LD- S dancing, a floor show and plenty of good food and refreshments. Everything gets underway at 9 p.m. with the floor show at about 10:15. All ages from 14 and up are invited, and it is especially recommended that families come as units. Wear your Sunday best clothes, the Neeleys suggest. 4 The Six County organization also alleges that the continued use of the bulkheads to slow the flow of w ater out of the Thistle lake area w reaks a hardship on the economic situation of Sevier and Sanpete Counties, because of the limited access into the area and the lack of rail service. Stringent opposition In a letter dated December 8, 1983, signed by Sevier County Commission Chairman Elmo N. Herring. Sanpete County Commission chairman Ned Madsen, Mayor Sue Marie Young of Richfield, and Mayor Halbert K. Jensen of organizaEphraim, the tion points out to State Engineer Dee Hansen. "1 he citizens of Sevier and Sanpete Counties are extremely distressed by your recent decision to allow the bulkheads and gates to remain in place at the Thistle mud slide. (We) have consulted with various businesses, public bodies and private persons and have failed to find any support for the action. the letter "In our opinion, continues, "any state or local action which delays the restoration of rail service to Sevier and Sanpete Counties must be met with stringent opposition. In that regard, it is only reasonable the that railroad company would be apprehensive about the expenditure of funds for restoration so long as the gates are in place and being contemplated for flood control uses which would, necessarily, impair the rail facilities. "Sevier and Sanpete Counties are suffering detrimental economic impact each day that the issue of restoration remains unresolved and we strenuously object to your decision which only heightens the uncertainty." Uncertainty weighs heavily The letter further charges that the Six County organization has reviewed information on the viability of the mud slide and "it appears there is a very minimal utility for such use, especially when balanced against the impact of loss of the rail facilities in Central Utah." The Six County Commissioners Organization informed the State Engineer that it is imperative that the Engineers office immediately rescind the decision to continue use of the gates for flood control, so the railroad can be made aware that corrective action can be resumed as soon as possible. The commissioners said they are aware that much of the work on the slide area and reconstruction of the railroad will have to wait for better weather, but concluded, "the apprehension with regard to future rail service is of immediate concern inasmuch as businesses are presently determining sites for exand location, and the pansion uncertainty is weighing heavily against location in Sanpete and Sevier Counties. Highway 89 to Thistle should be open today Sanpete County commissioners and mayors who attended a meeting in Nephi Monday were given some encouraging reports concerning the status of Highway 89 and the Marysvale branch of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Governor Scott M. Matheson, Vaun Cox, a member of the State Road Commission, and Caine Alder, a Utah Department of Transportation officer, assured them that Highway 89 would be open from Fairview north to Thistle by Dec. 15. This does not mean that Highway 89 west from Thistle will be usable, they said, but that people will now be able to drive to Thistle and then turn east, after crossing the bridge, to Price and other eastern Utah areas. The completion of US. the new road that bypasses Thistle Lake behind Billie's Mountain, has been delayed because of land slides, Mr. Cox said, but should be available soon. Travellers out of Sanpete County up Highway 89 will then be able to turn east after crossing the bridge at Thistle for about two miles and then into the Utah go west down U.S. Cox Mr. area, County explained. 0 He said that DOT has not yet reached a decision on whether the proposed high bridge some distance east of the present Thistle bridge will be constructed. This would involve some realignment of Highway 89 south of Thistle and provide better access to U.S. but would require several million dollars in added expense. As regards the restoration of the Marysvale branch of the D&RGW, Mr. Alder said the Interstate Commerce Commission had informed the state that the railroad could not use the damage caused by the 0 flooding as a reason for abandoning the Marysvale line. "In relaying this information to us," Mr. Alder said, "the Commission pointed out that a power company would not be permitted to abandon a transmission line because a tree had fallen over it." After the Thursday meeting, the that they 'felt somewhat mayors and commissioners said although encouraged about the restoration of rail service to Sanpete County and points south, they still felt uncertain about when this would happen. Sanpete County budget tabbed at $2Vi million The Sanpete County Commission Wednesday morning approved a budget with estimated expenditures of approximately $2,249,000 and estimated revenues of $3,4 1 4,387 for 1984. The approved budget should leave the county with a cash balance of approximately $1,165,288 on December 31, 1984. 'lhe county's budget analysts estimated tax revenues will drop in 1984 from 1983s figure (based on a actual figure and a two month estimate for November and December of this year) of $947,328 to $825,000 next year. The drop is due in part to the rise in taxes caused by the floods of 1983, a rise which will be dropped in 1984, and by an estimated $704,000 drop in assessed two-mi- ll property valuation caused by the floods and the closure of Highway 89 which resulted in lost sales revenues. The county officials noted that the expected revenue of $40,000 for the sale of the countys history book which was published during the past year had actually turned out to be only $8,269: "We thought wed sell all of them, and we have sold hardly any, Commission chairman Ned Madsen explained. A projected increase in fines and forfeitures of almost $15,000 for the next year was explained by the commission as revenue anticipated to be received when Highway 89 reopens and the Federal Govern ment begins pushing local governments to strictly enforce the 55 per mile an hour speed limit. The public defenders budget, which was $6,361 in 1982, the last year the position was held by Ross Blackham, who is now the Sanpete County attorney, was set at $16,200 for 1984 at the behest of present County Public Defender Paul Frischknecht, who said he could not work for the amount allotted in the budget, which worked out to about (Continued on Page 2) |