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Gunnison City Dump will soon be closed The Gunnison City Dump will be closing soon According to Mayor Bruce Blackham they hope to have the dump closed by December If the city maintains a landfill after December they will be responsible to monitor it for the next 30 years This is why they are in hurry to take care of this matter before December the city is interested However landfill This in a construction would take care of limbs and concrete debris but no household garbage will be allowed Also the city will be asking for bids on mandatory garbage pickup soon This will be billed through the city with utilities bills Phone News Items 9 1 or's Corner ITayor Bruce It is great to have so many fine candidates running for City Council this year I deeply appreciate all of those who have served and who continue to serve in our community We owe a great thanks to Mark Pickett as he enters his last month of employment for the city before Also I want to thank he retires Valcnc King for her dedicated service to the city There will be some changes and new faces at Gunnison City in the We will be fillnext few months ing Mark’s position and also we are the creating position of City Admin islratorTresurer and will be rr A Blackham liling that position urger you all to take notice of Advithe efforts of a Community the buildsory Board concerning in the ing of a Community Center They have done a lot of Valley work and plan on having some public meetings int he near future Please take the time to get formed about this and let your city officials know how you feel about this Remember to vote and look for the Sunday lot Sincerely Beer Sales on the Senior Citizen News To the Senior Citizens: We are looking for new blood at When you the Gunnison Center turn 60 you are considered a senior ciuzen and have merited the privilege to get reduced prices attend wonderful acuviues associate with a group of great people and arc invited to come to lunches each day at 12:00 noon We need volunteers to help our center run a lot smoother and new ideas that you might have Here are the services we have at our center Transportation - we have a good service provided for transporting to seniors to doctor appointments pay bills and ect get groceries Call for this service Health Clinics - We provide Hu Shots and pneumonia which will be October 23 at 9:00 am to bal- Bruce A Blackham jj am costing $500 for flu andS800forpneumonia Wehave :00 hearing clinics every month on the 4th Tuesday from 10:30 to 1:00 pm We have a blood pressure clinic every other month Recreational activities - These activities are held the first Monday of every month A program and every third Monday we have dinner with potluck or catered - a Educational opportunities service to help keep seniors formed Legal Services - If you need legal advice they come once a year This year they will be and help here November 12th from 9:00 to 11:30 am We have referral or information and outreach if you need to know about these services call us at SIM©® Redistricting will make big changes in Sanpete County A proposed plan to reshape congressional and legislative boundaries that was approved by the Legislature’s Redistricting Committee Friday will cut Sanpete County into three pieces and will eliminiate the 69th Legislative District as it is known today to Distrtict 69’s According Representative Ray Nielsen only three committee members (including Rep Nielsen) voted against the proposal that was disigned during a closed Republican caucus Wednesday The propsal all but guarantees inthe seats of three Republican cumbents who will inherit portions of Sanpete County if the prop-sis passed during the Oct 28 Special Lcgisaltive Session Jim Wright Alberta (District 67) now representing Utah County would get the north end of the Fairview Ml Pleasant county Moroni and Spring City Brandley Johnson Aurora (District 70) now Sevier county would representing access Mayfield Centerfield Axtell and Gunnison areas Joe Moody Delta (District 68) representing Juab and Millard County would acqure the centarl portion of Sanpete Manti cinluding Wales Ephraim and Fayette Rep Neilsen who said he has no intentions of running for reelction in 1992 says he is concnemed not for himself but for what the proposal would do to Sanpete County’s 16 259 residents He also stressed that the propsal was not the pplan drawn up by the state reapportionment commitee that had the reof dividing the state sponsibility into 75 legislative districts with about 23000 people in each What makes the pain so critical according to Rep Nielsen is that the public must live with the legislature’s approved plan for 0 years The Legislature district ont he every taken is required to rebasis of population 10 years after the census is Sanpete County Commissioners Republicans Leonard Blackham and Bob Bessey who have been working with lawmakers on the redistricting issue expressed on the plan Mondisappointment Commission Republican day Chairman Keller Christensen was and not available for hospitalized comment “The three way split is it is hard to acdisturbing Commissioner Blackham said “It’s unfortuante that a county of 6000 pepoel shoudl be divided into three districts It’s like the state is trying to make three smaller cept” John Deere's rugged StrongBox batteries feature: construction to handle heavy equipment punishment plates to give an added reserve of power grid design to provide more cranking amps and resistance to corrosion Envelope separators to virtually eliminate electrical shorts lifetime trade-i- offer GUNNISON IMPLEMENT 62 South Main - Gunnison - 1 PSAC counties “We would like every county to have its own representative but that’s not possible We knew some splitting up would be necessary but had expressed concern that the county be kept as whole as possible Blackham said Commissioner Bessey said that the split was “about what we expected” and expressed optimism Sanpete residesnts in the north part of the county could have a representative if they “stick together” The propsed district covering that area would include a rural part of Utah County Besseyd escribed putting part of Sanpete with SevieiGounty i the south and Millard and Juab in the center as “a waste” He said he and Commissioner Blackham who had said he spent the last three days on the telephone were still lobbying forabetterplan He also expressed hope taht Sanpete’s senatorial district owuld encompass the six county area that Sanpete is part of Subject to the Utah Constitution the Senate will not exceed 29 members and the number of house district will be no greater than three times the number of senate districts Redistricting efforst are supposed to maintain communities of interest and geographical boundaries and to respect existing policial subdivisions as far as possible Other plans studied by the had included committee leaving Sapete County in one unit and adding small sections of North Sevier and West Emery counties Anotehr plan have retained all of Sanpete and added a little more to Sevier County plus a comer of Emery County Either plan would have been acceptable with both Sanpete and Emery Counties The propsed plan that divided Sanpete into three pieces also dissects Emery County will also redefine Redistricting the state senate into district of about 60000 pepole and the state’s three district into regions congressional of about 575000 each Letters to the Editor We welcome letters to the Editor All letters must be Names cap be withheld OP request but the letter must We reserve the right to edit for length It contain your signature or not necessary and all letters wilt be considered as to whether ' signed content would be ot Interest to our readers City Officials help to improve city streets A special thanks goes to Councilman Hal Pickett who has been given the arduous task of overseehe has ing the streets and roads spent countless hours and personfor heal the of the taken many ally tough decisions thatgo into such an Few of us can extensive project appreciate fully his personal worry and concern to walk the fine line of keeping within a tight budget and yet meeting the needs and desire of Thanks Hal our citizens We hope that all citizens Of Gunnison will join with us in extending to our Mayor and to the members of the Gunnison City Council appreciation for the work they do in helping us improve our quality of life here in this valley They along with many other volunteers make this a great place to live Dear Editor: Many of the decisions that our Mayor and Gunnison City Councils make are subtle and go unnoticed But during the past few days any citizen who has been out of their home has been able to see and experience the results of the work We done by our elected officials are referring to the new pavement currently being installed on many of our city streets Over the past few years we have all seen our streets take a beating from the installation of the pressurized irrigation system and the natural gas lines Now those scars are being erased and many of our streets are being improved to a condition in the history of unprecedented Gunnison City It is satisfying to watch how the new and future pavement will spawn new curbs gutters and other improvements along our streets that will further enhance the beauty of our city With Sincere Appreciation Boyd and Sara Donaldson Article about Mistletoe Mall was incorrect until 4:00 pm at the Gunnison Valley High School Girls Gy m Additional information and ads will be printed during the next couple of weeks in this paper we hope everyone will be watching for them Again oursincere apologies for any inconvenience this article may have caused We also acknowledge that the Gunnison Valley News was misunaware of this unfortunate take DeKaren Prisbery Sincerely bra Wilson and Julie Wanlass am Dear Editor: We as a committee would like to apologize to your readers and our many loyal supporters for the arunauthorized and misleading ticle that appeared in last weeks newspaper concerning the “Mistletoe Mall” This well established ninth annual event will be held as usual ont he opening weekend of the Pheasant Hunt - Friday November 1st from 5:00 until 9:00 pm and Saturday November 2nd from 10:00 Thanks to all who helped with Beautification to the City Workers and the Gunnison City Youth Council and their work on the dyke Eagle Scout with that have helped projects beautification Thanks to all that have supported the clean up days Don and Ila Edwards took on a difficult task to clean up Sterling Worthen property and we thank them for that undertaking A reminder next year will be the year to enter Tidy Town again This time we should be able to win Another summer comes to an end thanks to businesses K&J the laundermat Utah Power RasMid State Jeep Valley mussens Plaza Utah State Liquor Store Jensen Drug for the use of their water Valley furniture Richfield Auto Brock insurance Gunnison Gunnison Bank J&L telephone Plaster Alice Family restaurant Clark for weeding all the flower beds in t he City Park Gunnison Lila Lee Apparel The Implement barber Shop and to all the residents on Main street who watered the new trees planted on the west side of main Also thanks to the mayor the city council for their help with in Gunnison Thanks beautification Because we loot better Thanks again to everyone and especially Gunnison Valley News for printing and reporting all the activities in Gunnison this year and every year for the Beautification program Sincerely Marilyn Hatch Rare historic photos now at LDS Church Museum A collection of rare and historic photographs is now being featured in the Museum of Church History and Art The exhibit features fascinating “slice of life” photographs which give an excellent picture of how and people lived in the 20th centuries The photos give a peek into the past showing how people dressed where they lived the conditions under which they worked and what they did for fun The display is composed of original photos copy prints recent prints from rarely seen glass negatives and early daguerreotypes A variety of themes is presented such as pioneering family life work accelebrations and recreational tivities travel rural life and religious activities Exhibit curator Robert Davis says The Church of Jesus Christ of Satins and its people have been well documented by photogphoraphy and that documentary tography gives the clearest picture of history “It’s the most direct access to the past” he says Over half the pictures are from he LDS Church Others Archives come from 1 Vote for Frank Roberts UniBrigham Young University versity of Utah Utah State University Utah Slate Historical Society the Library of Congress and private collectors More than 5000 historic photographs were inspected before choosing those to be used in the exhibit The Museum is located in downtown Salt Lake City across the street west of historic Temple Square There is no charge Hours are Monday through Friday 9 am to 9 pm and Saturday S unday and 10 am to 7 pm This holidays exhibit will run through Monday February 3 1992 11 PO Box 187 Gunnison Utah 84834 USPS The Gunnison Valley News is published each Wednesday for $15 00 per year in Utah and $15 00 in Utah and $2100 per year out oi state by the Gunnison Vatley News Gunnison Utah Second class postage is paid at Gunnison Utah 84634 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the Gunnison Valley News PO Box 187 Gunnison Utah 84634 Single copy $50 Publisher: Kevin Ashby Editor: Kevin Ashby Correspondents: Axtefl: Rifta Dee Sorenson Mayfield: Shari Malmgren Fayette: Ruby Hammond - Gunnison: Helen Rasmussen !- - i elected to the Centerfield Town Council will do my very test to help improve the town and not p ull it apart or the people in it because think that the people do not care what you may know until they know that you care about them So if you good people of Centerfield think will do a good job for you and the town please elect me Frank Roberts for Centerfield Town Council on November5 1991 If 1 |