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Show a l Manti Messenger, Thursday, October 21, 1982 Editorials, Opinions Manti needs a sewer r'-'- - $: fe S& ih ir. , I v ? 4 W Winner of 3rd place in national competition for "Most Humorous Column" 1981. -- Bloopers Results of private survey that mandate. As for the project itself: Opponents have justifiable concerns. The project will be costly. We are already in the throes of a deep recession, and money is hard to come by.' In such a setting we need to look at the overall picture to see if what we will get for our money is worth that cost. We believe the project meets that criterion. Although all will not agree, we believe that it is a foregone conclusion that one day soon Manti will have to have a sewer system. It is one of the facts of municipal life that a sewer is one of the necessities that a community has to have to insure continued growth. There are also some who do not want to see the community grow. Although I'm sure none of us would want the kind of growth (and problems) experienced by Evanston and Rock Springs, Wyoming, or even the Uinta Basin, it is still vital that a community continue to grow and progress if a viable atmosphere for business and industry is to be maintained. If the community does not grow in an orderly manner, our investments deteriorate, business activity drops, real estate doesn't sell, etc. For many years that has been the case in Manti. Now we have a chance to take at least one step to turn that around. Right now, this writer doesn't need a sewer. The system at my home is ony seven years old and the one at my business seems to be doing the job at least for the time being. But the fact remains that even if an individual doesn't need a sewer, Manti does. Given the fact that Manti needs and eventually will be forced to have a sewer, right now seems to us to be the most propitious time. Several years ago we could have had the project much cheaper. We blew that opportunity. Today we can get it much cheaper than we can get it next year, two years from now, or five to ten years down the road. Never again will we have the opportunity to get this benefit as inexpensively as now. We have confidence that the Gty Council can effectuate a sewer ordinance that will minimize the inconvenience, hardship and expense to make it a reality. But whatever the cost, it's cheaper now than it will be later. To us, that in itself seems enough justification to proceed with the project. We join others in commending the City Council in going ahead with this project. If they waited to get 100 approval from the citizenry, nothing would ever be accomplished. In summary we need it let's get on with it. T ru- - Trivia by Max E. Call cise r ::! Most people can make a mistake here and there and get away with it. Most of these bloopers are either made in private with only the perpetrator, or his immediate family, knowing about it. Not so with us. 1 know of no other business where on sewer announced from which water is piped high in the of mountains, and general precautions to survey Manti City citizens indicates, in its avoid contamination of those springs by preliminary stages, that over half the vegetation, livestock and rodents. residents feel they have not been given Mr. Henretty said he had conversed the information with concerning George Johansen, now the agent adequate proposed city sewer system, and 71 of for the Health Department in this area, those polled by Tuesday morning who told him the culinary water is piped believe the city cannot afford the off the mountains to Manti City and expenditure involved in sewer installa- stands very little chance of contamination at this time. tion. It's one of the best culinary Seventy-seve- n Henretty alleged. percent of those polled systems around, by Tuesday said they did not need a Henretty also stated he had been sewer system at present. informed that no septic tank is a problem And 90 said they felt they had a if it is properly installed, and that those whose installation had been approved by right to vote on its installation. If the city government feels like a the Health Department could not pose a mandate has been issued (in favor of the problem to the water. sewer system), the survey results point If there were a real cause for otherwise." said one of the survey concern, we would be for it, Mr. authors, Roy Hatch. Maynes said of the proposed sewer Hatch, Roy Maynes, and Tom system, but we just dont believe there Henretty said Tuesday that their is. privately-conducteRegarding the attraction of industry to study showed the the area by installing a sewer, Maynes following results from the approximately 23 of the geographical area of the city said his investigation had shown that which had been surveyed, and the half of industry was not generally using a sewer that group which had been tallied: as a criterion for the site selection. The 1 . Are you a property owner in Manti primary concerns were location, and City? 226 (88) Yes, 30 (12) No. availability of facilities, and the cost of 2. Have you been given adequate power and utilities, Maynes stated. information concerning the proposed Mr. Hatch said a number of comments sewer system, or modified versions to had been received on the backs of the . the system? 104 (42) yes, 143 (58) surveys. Do one job at a time, one no. 'comment, ad vised, .CoBnct jthose in 3. Given the cost of upgrading our need now, others later, another Urged. ' One observed the sewer is needed power system and installing a pressurized irrigation program, can we now, before the costs go up and were afford a sewer system at this time? 68 forced to connect." Henretty said another concern is that (29) yes, 163 (73) no. 4. Do you need a sewer system now? a flat rate has been set for all hookups, 57 (23) yes. 190 (77) no. rather than measuring sewer use by 5. Do we have the right to vote on the flowage. This means a senior citizen is sewer system? 224 (90) yes, 26 (10) being charged monthly the same rate as no. a large family, Henretty noted. Mr. Henretty said proponents of the The three men said perhaps one sewer system had alleged the water in alternative would be to construct a sewer Manti City could not pass muster with for the parts of town which need better the Board of Health due to pollution drainage and disposal, rather than from private septic tanks and cesspools, hooking up the entire city. sticks, apples, milk. Hamburgers, catsup, but the December 1981 annual report Mr. Hatch said the remainder of the Monday, October 25s mustard, onions, lettuce, issued would be conducted and by the Central Utah District survey Deer Hunt! french fries, applesauce, Health Department, signed by Richard tabulated throughout this week, and Tueaday, October 26s milk. Anderson, includes recommendations that most of the results should be Pork - turnovers, gravy, only regarding the fencing of springs available early next week. r x .r one's mistakes are made as public as Our the newspaper business. damnable in mistakes are print for all to see. We cant deny them. Most of the time we can't correct them. In every paper we print we print the names of perhaps 500 different people (more or less). Some weeks we get them all right (although that would be very unusual). Other weeks we miss a few. Now if you think I get 500 letters a week congratulating me on getting 500 names right, youre wrong. But rest assured that if I get a name wrong, I get a couple of letters calling it forcefully to my attention, and demanding that I print a correction. Given the Petersons, Petersens, Olsens, Olsons, Hansons, Hansens, etc. it would be impossible to get them all correct. But no one notices the ones we get right, only the few byPatMellor A privately-conducte- d . d we get wrong. . -- produced headline. We home-stat- e In . V f ' - cr . , 4 i.tV 4 ,v 4 $ V , .. - 'TC4K ' f tVV t 4 1 -- V s X $ w Js f , , ( ' t ,, V1 . - j. " J ' , x , a '' '$' ' ,N.' J S . r-- s . .. O ' . t ' ' , t '' ''It?1' ? V'V?-,:- s , .a :,vv v J - M 4 I s equally startling wont identify the paper but you can courtesy was, too. s, pie-pota- to an grasp its locale by the geographical terminology, The strange headline read, Virgin Receives Restoration Funds. . Here, for your morning chuckle are a few others which have caused a blush in the newsroom: Dr. Torgenson said he was convinced the man was drunk, reported the Edmonton Journal. The magistrate nodded and said he NOTICE carrot The Manti Third-Fourt- h Ward special . interest Wednesday, October group will meet conjointly 27s Roast beef, potatoes, October 25 at 5:30 p.m. at gravy, broccoli, celery the home of Vera Wintch, East 3rd South. All Friday, October 22s sticks, chilled pears, crust, whole wheat rolls, milk. . ladies are encouraged to Meat lettuce wedge, bread Thursday, October 28s come. sticks, pineapple-apricotmilk. .4- . Misspelling a name isn't the only way we make mistakes. My friend Jim Cornwell in his column in the Murray Eagle lists some of the more famous bloopers. As Jim says: Not all errors in print are the fault of the paper. Some are simply coincidence. Like that oldie about .' f the neighboring Midwest towns ? named Normal and Oblong. ..Which set the stage for the headline that read, Normal Boy Marries Oblong Girl. However, a Utah newspaper a few years back of its own volition - waldorf salad, 2 i hf lorry McWJftomi Citizens of Manti are presently trying to sort out in their minds the pros and cons of the new Manti sewer system. Much verbal Jousting is going on (as evidenced by this week's Letters to the Editor section). As is the case with most controversial Issues, facts, figures, surveys, etc. can usually be so construed and interpreted to favor the particular point of view which advocates of that point of view hold. It's hard to sort it all out. . Inevitably, emotionalism and personalities enter into the picture, which should not be allowed to happen. We believe that those who are taking pot shots at the City Council are exercising poor taste in so doing. It's perfectly all right to disagree with what they propose to do, but personalities should be omitted. These council members, are doing their best to do what they feel is right for Manti. In taking action on the sewer system, they are merely fulfilling an obligation they made to the electorate when they were elected. All ran on a platform of getting a sewer for Manti, and they have an obligation to exer- ::i - - - j Page Preliminary plans complete for Ephraim Middle School by Brace Jennings Naylor & Silver, architects employed by the South Sanpete School District, have completed preliminary plans for the new Ephraim Middle School. At the October meeting of the board of education, Mr. Naylor and Mr. Silver went over the drawings with the board and requested that recommendations for modifications of the plans be made before they proceed with their work. The architects said that in order to stay within the projected budget for the building they would have to keep the costs to about $42 per square foot for a 45,000 square foot building. The building will probably be unit masonry and brick veneer construction, depending on engineering studies, they told the board. The overall estimated cost of the new school is $2,225,000. The district presently has on hand about $1,000,000 of this amount and hopes to receive a similar amount for the project in State Critical Building funds this year. If this sum is received, construction could begin in the spring of 1983. : Supt. Scott Bean reported that fall enrollment on the official reporting date was 2,150 this year as compared with 2,038 on the same date last year. The difference represents a 5.5 percent increase in the number of students attending the district's six schools, In other action: Detroit, the Free Press printed: The famous botanist will conduct The board discussed the two percent budget cut requested by Gov. Scott Matheson because of a shortfall in tax revenues. The reduction. Superintendent Bean said, can be met through the purchases of equipment and supplies. Authorized the attendance of Manti High School and Gunnison Valley High School students and a Gunnison High School teacher at the national FFA convention in Kansas City. The Manti FFA chapter will be represented by Janell Allred, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Allred, and Traci Shand, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Shand. Approved the attendance of Lynn Shiffman, South Sanpete School District DECA advisor, and several students at a national DECA conference in Portland, Oregon. The travel will be made at no cost to the district. Approved, in cooperation with the North Sanpete School District, a new e vocational position, that of two school for the districts. The director, new position will be financed by a three-yea- r decreasing basic grant. The position will allow the South Sanpete School District to reduce the e staff by one administrator, Superintendent Bean said. Applications for the vocational director are now invited and the position should be filled In a month. the ladies on a short walk through the park, identifying them by their shapes and characteristics. Weve got the bull by the tail and weve got to look him straight in the the Dallas Morning News face, a quoted military leader's speech. In Pittsburgh, the Press explained. This means Americans still would have to obtain special validation of their passports to travel to Communist China, North ' Vietnam, North Korea or Alabama. The - Journal In Antlgo, WI UTAH Remember political advertising in local newspapers? Ten years ago you could hardly find the news for all the , 4 Two Ephraim ladies were aboard an airliner for their first flight. One asked the cabin attendant if they would be flying faster than sound. No, smiled the attendant. Not this flight. Oh, Im so glad, said one of the ladies. We want to talk. Not so trivial: One of the biggest thrills in life comet from doing a Job well. ' ASSOCIATION'S BjDmJCfmln full-tim- LITTERS TO THE EDITOR RULES: s, CAPITAL NOTEBOOK full-tim- We encourage our readers to express their opinions in our letters to the Editor forum. Published letters must meet the following criteria: 1 . Letters submitted to this paper exclusively. 2. Not libelous or slanderous. 3. Lirpitcd to 500 words (we will edit letters to meet this requirement if necessary). 4. Must be in good taste. 5. Limit of one letter per month per person. PRESS reported, The maid of honor and bridesmaid wore similar gowns of nylon net over taffeta. Their strapless bodies were concealed by brief lace bolero Jackets.' News-TribuIL the In LaSalle, warned, All profits will go toward spraying the community with mosquitoes." And in Charlotte, NC, the Observer said, The brides only garment was a pearl pin of her mother's.". In Muskogee, OK, the Times Democrat related, Mrs. Martinson hobbled into the doctors office and told him she hurt all over more than anywhere else. A typographical error in the Henderson, NC PRESS made for exciting reading: The Governor flew here from Raleigh today to make his speech and drown the Apple Blossom Queen. The Covington, KY Post reported It was also explained that he was not well known in the Butler section and therefore had no enemies there. In Cincinnati, the Enquirer The baby has two divulged: aged 59 and 57, and all several . older than he is. The Buffalo, NY Post reported: Mrs. Perry said she was very happy to learn her nephew was now a leading thespian in New York. For years she had worried he might become an actor. Blushes at the Grand Forks, ND The Herald, when this broke: .YWCA has opened its doors to all men serving in the nation's armed forces. The Niagara Fad, NY Gazette divulged, Prof. S.A. Mitchell left yesterday for Nuiafou to join the expedition there, where he will direct the suns eclipse. Even the Los Angeles Times blunders, to wit: The assistant pastor will be in complete charge of the services of the church and pastoral cuties. The Arlington, VA Son reported, A withholding tax will simply ensure that all Virginians pay their frightful share for the services they enjoy." And in Chesteron, IN, the Tribune said, Miss Margaret Cassidy and Charles Serrick were married Saturday. More details will be given next week when they return from their honeymoon." So it goes in the journalistic world . candidate endorsements covering page after page. Sometimes it was a little overwhelming. While I was always glad when election day passed and my newspaper returned to normal, I was grateful for the information newspaper advertising supplied. After reading the scores of ads 1 felt I knew enough about the candidates' background and their stands on the issues to make an intelligent decision. Candidates don't schedule much newspaper advertising these days. Oh, the local candidates do those running for county sheriff or state legislature. But you won't find much this year from those seeking your vote for the U.S. Senate or Congress. This is no accident. It's part of a new election strategy on the part of so called political experts. Facts and issues have been replaced with smiles and fluff. Thirty-secon- d television commercials showing candidates feeding popcorn to their dogs and climbing mountains hope to woo our support without ever offering the viewer any food for thought. This year theyre betting millions of campaign dollars that youre too busy, lazy or stupid to notice. Using television, they hope that a handsome smile will be their ticket to an all expense paid trip to Washington, D.C. on your tax dollars. 1 know I'm prejudiced, but I think Its a darn shame. A half minute of television nonsense will never replace a well written, fact filled newspaper ad. Most experts agree that newspapers are the most respected vehicle for getting information to the public. I know the politicians haven't lost their respect for newspapers. They have lost their respect for the very citizens they seek to represent. Perhaps that is why average Americans now have Only slightly mote confidence in their elected officials than they do in used car salesmen. (If youre listening candidates); Many taxpayers would appreciate a little less entertainment and a lot more solid communication. We might be forced to take a long hard look at how youre spending your campaign dollars. This year we may just vote with more than our hearts. We may vote with our minds. 8 |
