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Show TTGOG Complete BoOGM TV Listings Home of the Mormon Miracle Pageant 1982 Dates: Volume 96 Number 44 MANTI, UTAH 84642, THURSDAY, July 8, 9, 10, 13 thru 17 APRIL 29, 1982 2S per copy Manti foeanitiffication i prime target of committee by Pt Mellor keep at it. Residents are urged to once again this 'Keep up with the cleanup, Beauti- year to go the extra mile and clean fication Committee Chairman Janet from their lot lines to the street, and to Lund urged Manti citizens this week. maintain these strips of property along Mrs. Lund observed that many with their own. residents had begun cleaning up their The Beautification Committee has an on several projects this year. and taken after excepproperties yards tionally hard winter. They are very Library property One of the main projects, she said, enthusiastic people, and we appreciate was to spearhead, in conjunction with them, she noted. Mrs. Lund said the Beautification the Library Board and local clubs and Committee would like to concentrate on civic groups, the cleaning and improveareas that provide a habitat for rodents ment of the city library property. The and skunks. It cant all be done in one brick will be cleaned, necessary painting year, she observed, but we want to will be done, old shrubbery will be in a rather dangerous spot. It is almost impossible for people to slow down or stop at its present location safely, to read the inscription. We are hopeful we can obfain permission to move it into the . little park south of the cemetery. Some of the rocks in the monument are loose, ' and it needs some repair and restoration work. would to do that, and also like We Cemetery park Another project underway is the start plant the park with some trees we won in the beautification contest last year. of landscaping just south of the Mrs. Lund said the group had a choice where several trees were cemetery of several types of trees. "We will select removed due to disease and rot this hardy trees best for this type of year. Hopefully, this area may include Mrs. Lund assured. environment, an added attraction, Mrs. Lund said. "The DUP monument north of town is "Nothing that will take a lot of care of removed and trees with dead wood and dry rot will be replaced with trees won in last years beautification contest.' An architectural landscape engineer has been retained to design an rest spot on the north side of the building. with loads of trash too big to be lifted onto the truck by a crew should call the city hall and arrange to have the loader brought down to load the trash onto the truck. Residents arc asked to have their items to be picked up out on the front of their property by early Friday morning. "We would also encourage people to think about the numerous contests which can be entered this year on an individual level as well as a city level, and work toward some of these goals by two-ma- n ; ' A v ' : v . keeping before during-and-after pictures of any projects they complete," Mrs. Lund concluded ;' . J vh-- pampering." City Council action: City complex grounds ! Inasmuch as the citys proposed business complex is not yet underway, Mrs. Lund said, for this year, the Beautification Committee has recommended that the property adjacent to the city hall be leveled and planted in grass. This project is already well underway. "We were in hopes we could complete one of these projects this year, but we have a good start, and it looks as if we will be able to complete all of them," Mrs. Lund added. Mrs. Lund pointed out that the city has no budget allotted for beautification, but the City and its employees have been tremendously cooperative. Volunteer volunteers "Another project we are considering is to ask people to volunteer their .volunteers. Around this time of year, many people have lilacs and copper roses, etc. which spread, and are dug - out of lawns. We would appreciate people providing these plants to be .T placed along the floodwater ditch fence on the city hall block. This will provide some privacy for the people whose lawns back onto the ditch area, and also provide a natural barrier to discourage children from playing around the fence. Tips for trash pickup Friday Mrs. Lund added that on the special trash pickup day this Friday, anyone iw-- - jjl 1 l Subdivision of City property possibility investigated by Pat Mellor The Manti City Council authorized a committee to study the feasibility of subdividing and developing 109 acres of property east of the Manti Temple Hill at its regular Wednesday meeting on April 21. Advisory council chairman May Peterson suggested the city look into the possibility of developing the property, complete with water and power, and the council after some discussion authorized the formation of a committee to study ' the proposal. Maybr Bob Bessey was named to work in conjunction with the citizens group. The property lies to the east of the Temple Hill and includes 109 acres, primarily along a level approximately the height of the Temple grounds itself. city-own- 1 Beautification efforts Council member Natasha Madsen requested city cooperation with the cleanup of the areas near City Hall and the library property, and the council endorsed the efforts of the Beautification Committee to get these areas improved by Pageant time in July, when so many out of town visitors come to Manti. City recorder Bill Mickelsen was asked to call scout groups to assist with the cleanup efforts. It was the decision of the City Council to plant grass in the areas south of the City Hall and on the south end of the cemetefy where the pine trees have been removed. This will be done in the near future so that grass will be well established before the influx of people for the Mormon Miracle which begins on July 8th this year. Scandinavian Jubilee plan being readied Ephraim City announces that the annual Scandinavian Jubilee will be held Saturday, May 29. Now in its seventh year, the Jubilee is fast becoming a tradition which Sanpeters look forward to. "Although many of our residents are not of Scandinavian descent, the festival is a celebration for those early pioneers stated Jubilee who settled Ephraim, general Chairman, Roseann Higham. The committee is looking for iwlunteers to help with the Jubilee. The day will be filled with music, dancing. , ( crafts, and, of course, food. A program will be held in the park behind the Ephraim Library as part of the celebration. Were looking for volunteers who are willing to work hard and long with very little reward for their efforts, continued Mrs. Higham. People who are interested in sponsoring a booth, sharing a skill, setting up tables, in the cooking food, participating program, or helping on the actual day of the Jubilee should contact Mrs. Higham at Snow College (283-402during the days and at 283-4- 7 1 6 during the eveings. crews were busy last week removing debris from these areas and we should soon see leveling and filling along with the planting of grass. Beautification Chairman Janet Lund expressed her appreciation for the cooperation of the Council and the city employees in getting this work done. Mayor Bessey and the Council have given full support to this first cleanup week of 1982 and are encouraged by the spirit of the citizens in making Manti more attractive. This is building on the good start .from last year. . Mortal Moroni statue Mrs. Jane Braith waite appeared before the council representing Mantis Destiny Committee, a private group working to obtain funding for the nine-foAvard Fairbanks statue of the Mortal Moroni. The statue, when paid for, will be accepted by the LDS Church (Continued on Page 12) City Mass meetings beckon politically active Mass meetings for the purpose of electing county chairmen and delegates to state and county political conventions for 1982 will be held Monday, May 3, for both Democrats and Republicans. Ephraim meetings Ephraim Democrats will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Noyes Building, Room 115 (Little Theater) on the Snow College Campus. Ephraim Republicans will meet Monday, May 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the Ephraim Elementary School auditorium. Everyone is invited to attend, says chairman Richard Olson, especially the young people of voting age. Manti meetings In Manti, Democrats w ill meet at the Manti Library club rooms in the basement at 8 p.m., according to chairman Jay Alder. Manti Republicans will gather at the county courthouse in the third-floo- r courtroom at 8 p.m. under the leadership of chairman David Cox. -- 1' fr The last of the pine tree branches are hauled away and grading has begun on the lawn next to the city hall, one of the many beautification projects slated by Manti City for the next few months. Only four file to run against incumbents commission scat sought by incumbent Republican Willis Candland; and Manti Republican Carolyn Bessey. who is seeking the County Clerk position currently held by incumbent Democrat Wayne Beck of Mt. Pleasant. as incumbents are Seeking Clerk Wavnc Beck, Assessor County Yvonne Howell. Recorder Janet Lund, Treasurer Earl Clark, Attorney Paul Frischknccht. Sheriff Kennard Anderson, and Commissioners Willis Candland and Newton Donaldson. Elective positions which may still be filed for in Sanpete include school board and North and South Sanpete precinct justice of the peace. Filing deadlines for those positions are June 30. by Pat Mellor Only four candidates have filed to run incumbent Sanpete County for the November elections, deputy county clerk Wanda Bartholomew said Tuesday. One of the four contestants to enter the race by the Monday evening filing deadline has already been disqualified, according to Mrs. Bartholomew. She said Earn Nielson, of Wales, had filed to run against incumbent Sheriff Kennard Anderson, but after Mr. Nielson had filed it was discovered that he was a registered voter in Carbon County and his name had been removed from the rolls of registered Sanpete voters prior to his filing; therefore, he is not qualified to run for office in Sanpete County. Candidates filing against the incumbents include Ross Blackham, Moroni, the Republican contender for the County Attorney post currently held by Democrat Paul Frischknccht of Manti; Ed Miner, a Fairvicw Democrat who will contest the two-yecounty against officials OUTSTANDING VALUES in area businesses are advertised in Second Section. Be sure to check it carefully before you shop. ar f W alkAmerica gleans over $5,000 in pledges i ' by Pat Mellor "WalkAmerica", the annual March hike for pledges of Dimes to fight birth defects, gleaned about $5,000 in pledges this year in Sanpete County, according to organizer Connie Hersman of Manti. . Mrs. Hersman said good weather for the third year in a row brought out 170 participants for the walk, which took place Saturday, April 24, on a route that comprised parts of Ephraim City and all of Highway 89 between Ephraim and Manti. The walk, which began at Hallman's Market in Ephraim, ended at Manti High School. "Some of the kids stopped early, but Mrs. Hersman most finished, observed. "Anyone who has a question about how much ground they actually covered should contact us for a final figure if they stopped before the final checkpoint." Collection party set May 8 at noon, there will be a collection party at the Snow College Activity Center. All participants who collected $5 or more in pledges will be eligible for an afternoon of free swimming at the center. Mrs. Hersman said that local businesses had been very generous with money and prizes for the participants who collected the most in pledges, and expressed the thanks of the March of Dimes to the participating r-T- y 1'?'' businesses of the area. The kids seemed to like the new route this year. There was more variety in it. And we had more adults actually walking this year, which we apprecia- ted." Checkpoints were occupied along the route by members of the FHA and the , for March of Dimes LDS Students' Association of Snow The Sanpete County Search and Rescue Patrol also assisted. "They were super," Mrs. Hersman said. They really patrolled the route and kept the kids safe and provided excellent security. They informed us when kids were too tired to finish the route and we went and picked them up. (The posse) was really helpful, and so many of them turned out to help us, we were really grateful for them." Why walk? One of 14 babies is bom with a birth defect: 250,000 each year. The United States currently ranks 15th in the world in preventing infant deaths, says the March of Dimes. Money collected from pledges made to walkers will go to assist w ith research into the causes and cures of birth defects in America. College. iC-f- The March of Dimes was originally formed to assist w ith research into polio. With the development of the Salk and Sabin vaccines, made possible with March of Dimes research money, the (March of Dimes has now turned its efforts to preventing birth defects. iJ V 4 s W', n V . . a .Youthful participants relax on the lawn of Manti High School at the end of the March of Dimes WalkAmerica on Saturday. Thirty kilometers doesn't affect these participants who can still age smiles at conclusion of Superwalk. man- More than 170 participants gathered pledges, money for research into causes of birth defects. L. I walked to provide |