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These girls were singing Christmas Carols during Santa's regular visit to the Gunnison Valley Hot Chocolate and Donuts were served to all in attendance at the City Hall Although the weather was bad it did not put a damper on the Children sitting on Santa’s knee Sanpete County organizes a County Fire Department A more equitable distribution of state funds and belter fire training are expected to result through the organization of a Sanpete County Fire Department The county department will prioritize the distribution of CommuBlock Grant nity Development money to upgrade municipal fire department equipment and correlate training programs The Sanpete Fire Department will be managed by a board that will include two representatives from each city that has a fire department The representatives will include the fire chief and either the mayor or a city councilman The county department has been into four districts for organized training purposes One district will include Moroni and the other communities in the northwest part of the county another district the Gunnison Valley area a third district Mt Pleasant and the neighboring towns and the fourth district will be Manti Ephraim Sterling Jack Steck Ephraim fire chief will serve as chairman of the district reSanpete County currently ceived $70000 annually in ComDurmunity Block Grant money ing the next three years $40000 of the grant will finance the county economic development program and the other $30000 will be used to upgrade local fire departments on a prioritized basis Manti by decision of the county board has been given the top prior- Backyard Bird Feeding (Item free) and Homes for Birds (Item 572X free) tell not only npw to get birds to come to your yafd but also how to keep them happy with food water shelter and landThese illustrated bookscaping lets are packed with tips and make stuffers stocking great The children on your list will enjoy learning about nature as they color in the bears eagles and butterflies on the pages of the Department of Interior’s coloring book 558X Take Pride in America with Mark Trail (Item 457X 50 cents) IN the book the famous comic strip charter Mark Trail shows kids some of our National Wildlife Refuges and other public lands and tails about how they can take care of these lands to keep America beautiful People of all ages enjoy stamp and its’ never too early collecting or late to start this exciting hobby If you know someone who might be interested why not give them a guide? 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It s Itmay not be nice to fool mother nature but the sight of bright tulips or narcissus on a grey day in February is very nice indeed Now is the time to plant bulbs in containers to enjoy indoors - once you’ve fooled the bulbs into thinking they’ve weathered winter and should begin to grow Larry Rupp USU plant scientist says getting bulbs to grow in pots - known as ‘forcing’ - is really fairly easy if you follow a few basic rules First select bulbs that have been He says paper bred for forcing white narcissus are the easiest bulbs to force but tulips and hyacinths can also be made to bloom early indoors with a sterile Fill containers potting mix Plant the bulbs with the pointed end up and let it protrude slightly from the soil Water well Keep containers at temperatures between 36 and 40 degrees fa1 about 10 weeks watering occasionally You can keep them in the refrigerator unless someone objects to having flower pots next to their food After the chilling period bring the containers in and set them in a warm sunny spot Once they begin to grow and especially when the blossoms begin to open Rupp recommends keeping them in a fairly cool place Sometimes you can watch your or nursery sales and greenhouse find bulbs that have been chilled and just waiting to be warmed up and enjoyed The Sanpete Water Conservancy District has proposed to increase its property tax revenue by 1 6 and to increase its total budget by 1 6 All concerned citizens are invited to attend a public hearing on the tax increase on December 12 1991 at 7:00 pm at the Sanpete County Courthouse in the Commission room |
