Show Volume 72 Your Number 45 Hometown Newspaper for over 72 years November 17 1994 Darin Roberts becomes Local Hero when he saves the life of Manti resident Darin Roberts of Gunnison was working at Big T’s in Gunnison Monday November 14 when Julie Christensen of Manti was at the drive-uwindow and started choking on a particle of food Christensen made Drive-I- her way inside the building looking for help Debbie Roberts one of the waitresses at Big T’s called for someone to help Christy Schugk called 911 Meanwhile cook Darin Roberts jumped over the counter and started the Heimlich maneuver Julie Julie grabbed was going out of consciousness Darin continued to try to clear her air way She started breathing again Gunnison Valley Ambulance arrived and EMT’s Connie Rasmussen John Wagner Jennifer Squires Julie Southwick They checked out Julie and encouraged her to go to the hospital but she did not feel the need to go Darin said he learned the heimlich maneuver in his High School health class at GVHS Darin is a Senior at Gunnison Valley High School He said he was scared but it felt good to be able to help He hopes he never has to do it again 068 raised for South Sanpete School District during TCI's "Education Project" $1 TCI Cablevision Darin Roberts became a hero on Monday November 14 1994 He saved the life of Julie Christensen of Manti at Big Ts Drive Inn in Gunnison Julie was choking on a particle offood when Darin help her Darin is the son of Greg and Debra Roberts Deadline change for next weeks edition the Thanksgiving Holiday The Gunnison Valley News will change deadlines so that our employees can spend time with their families Classified ads need to be in our office by Friday at 12:00 noon display ads Friday 5:00 pm and news articles Friday at 12:00 noon You will receive s your Gunnison Valley on Wednesday November 23 1994: Have a Happy Thanksgiving! Due to it’s of Utah Inc raised $1068 for South Sanpete School District during the recent “TCI Education TCI donated $500 for Customers who signed Project” up for cable or added to their service during this special project TCI’s donations were used toward the purchase of 2 TV’s VCR and world globes for the school district Teachers can recordand use educational commercial-frc- Xj concerned citizens about ordinance Because of a city ordinance that requires land to have two sources of water before it can be developed owners of land within Gunnison city limits that do not have any shares of pressurized irrigation for their property may not it w'as this issue that brought J oseph and Dolly Ferrari to the city councilmeeting last Monday November 7 The Ferrari’s are unable to purchase the share of water 'they need from the city and believe the ordinance is unfair to require something that is impossible to attain i W i I tV") Local Youth receive Eagle Scout Awards ever Gunnison S take Eagle Court of Honor scouts received their eagle awards last Sunday They are as follows Wade Anderson and Marsha Anderson His project was curbs on main street by the designating painting them red In the first four local The council were not were concerned that potential land buyers of the ordinance before making their aware purchase They discussed ways of letting the buyers know including writing the water rights into the deed for Council member Rodney Taylor will work the property and Zoning Commission for the city have two sources landwater requirements With many lots that Kent Westover leads four newly commissioned eagle scouts in the eagle charge They are LtoR: Craig Andersen Jesse Jensen Shawn Sorensen and Wade Anderson November 13 son of Curtis The council referred the Ferrari’s to the Farmer’ s irrigation system They might be able to buy the one or two shares they need from a farmer with the Planning i Shawn Sorensen son of Sherwin and Debra Sorensen built and painted a tennis backboard (pinging board) at the park Jesse David Jensen son of Mike and Mary Jensen created a ward map Craig Andersen son of Robert and Jeanette Andersen painted the baseball park announcer’s to see the response from our customers as well” TCI is the nation’s largest cable television company 109 million US subscribers in 48 states with operations in nine foreign countries serving Gunnison City Council hear from build on oV- - programming resources and data services provided free of charge by the TCI Education Project Ron Kline TCI’s System General Manager stated “I wish to thank the various educational organizations and media who rallied in support of this cause I was thrilled to clarify the of hosting a Junior Miss Gunnison year old girls Valley Pageant for “Arts are what separate us from ordinary people and help us thrive” said Bagnall “We want to help Will you let us?” Elizabeth Jensen who is over city hall as part of her duties as council member will work with the volunteers to list some specific goals and plans to be presented to the city council The Utah State Centennial Committee has awarded $ 16 000 in grant money to be divided among nine Sanpete County libraries The funding will be added to the Legacy effort to improve libraries Gunnison project a library’s share of $1700 will purchase the hardware for the library computer system Veterans Day is observed by Gunnison residents water still within the city the current city council would like to encourage building on those lots first “It isn’t fair to people who put money up 10 years ago for us to let people into the system (SID) now for less money” said council member Elizabeth Jensen Vivian Bagnall ballet instructor and several willing Flags were flying on main street in Gunnison last Veterans Day and local citizens Friday to commemorate took part in an assembly at Gunnison Valley High School Members of the American Legion posted the colors Dr Archie Brugger retired Colonel and Cardial Thoracic citizens attended the council meeting to offer their services for improvement of the room in city hall Bagnall listed several ideas for promoting the arts and Surgeon inspired listeners to remember America’s greatness and Boyd Goble and Joan Mortenson contributed musical numbers beautifying city hall Among them were refinishing the wood floor and improving acoustics in the room and Liby Peterson was the lucky winner of the quilt that was made by the ladies of the American Legion Auxiliary available stand Santa Claus is coming to town on Friday Novemberj25 e Santa Claus is coming to town Following a tradition Santa will visit with kids and parents in Gunnison the day after Thanksgiving Thanks to the Lion’s Club and the Gunnison Business Association Santa will ride into town on the fire tnrfk at noon on November 25 He’ll spend several hours at the fire statical giving out candy and making his list while talking to the children Hot chocolate and donuts will be provided for parents Don’t miss this official initiation of the Christmas season in Gunnison Scholarship Prestigious Coca-Col- a awarded to Jared Jorgensen Richfield Fred Christensen has just made a big difference in another young persons ’s life by awarding a full ride scholarship to Snow College Jared Jorgensen Gunnison is th recipient of the Prestigious Scholarship The award will provide Jared with full tuition and fees as well as books for two years of college education “This is one of the nicest scholarships available at Snow” said Alumni Director Paula Brewer Christensen made the final selection for the award and said that it was Jared’s civic responsibilities that made a difference in the decision “He had a lot of community work and has been someone who reaches out to others and that played a big part in my choice” Jared’s High School principal Don Hill was nearby when Fred told the former Bulldog that he was receiving the award Hill said “Jared did a tot of good things He deserved the award” Although this is tiie first scholarship with this new name Fred has been giving scholarships to high school students in his central Utah service area for years now The difference is dial this award includes fees and money to pay for books Most importantly this scholarship is good for two years at Snow “I wanted to make sure this was a two year award” said Christensen ‘T always feel like Sophomores get left out That’s why we did this for two years” Fred will be awarding one of die scholarships each year so beginning next year that will be two students walking around the Ephraim campus each year thanks to the The of Richfield's own Fred Christensen generosity winner is selected from a field of candidates in Fred’s service area who are planning on attending college Jared is the son of Nancy Lemon of Gunnison and Jerry Jorgensen of Manti a Jared Jorgensen Gunnison Center is the proud recipient of the first-evPrestigious Fred Christensen and Snow College Scholarship Jared is standing between Richfield Alumni Director Paula Brewer Jared will receive full tuition fees and books to complete two years of school at Snow College |