Show ris V$fe377 nn Volume 76 Santa Claus will be visiting the Gunnison area on Friday November 28 He will arrive by Fire truck at the Gunnison City Fire House at 12 noon The Gunnison Lion’s Club will be providing hot chocolate and donuts The Gunnison Businessmen Associate will be supplying bags of treats for the children All are invited Gunnison has new boiler lights Tuesday morning November 25 Prison Officials met with Gunnison City officials to work out the infrastructure plans that will go along with future additions at the prison See next week’s issue for more information Friday after Thanksgiving Gunnison Main street will be lit up in a new way thanks to local businessmen and city funds Businessmen have donated lights to decorate all the trees on Main and Gunnison City will foot the power bill City workers spent the beginning of November supplying power to the base of each tree City Hall isa warm and cozy place to be with the new boiler finally installed and working Number 47 Gunnison Utah 84634 November 26 1997 50 cents Gunnison may get new Post Office in’98 a rural delivery Mail is not delivered to houses in that case only to boxes along streets Currently Gunnison Post Office has 680 boxes in use which is up thirty in the last five months “We’re getting close to meeting the regulation on our own” said Stout Stout knows a few people who regularly request mail delivery but how many people would prefer it He doisn’t know but he He comwould be interested in knowing mented that Beaver city has 1300 post office boxes but still no mail delivery “It depends on what people want” he said Stout believes that many older people in town enjoy a daily visit at the post office “Some retired people come here three or four times a day and know it's not for the mail” he said A postal administration decision last June may sway people against switching to mail routes Anyone who has a post office box as their only way of receiving mail will no longer be charged to keep the box “The theory behind this is that everyone in the country should have one form of free delivery” explained Stout At the same time post office box rates have been raised from eight twelve and twenty four dollars (depending on box size) to twelve twenty and thirty six dollars Box rates have been raised to delay the time before the price valley “The mayors of both towns would have to of the stamp is raised again Stout no longer has to col lect postal fees but write a letter petitioning for routes to be estabhis job now involves more bookkeeping belished” explained Stout Because city delivhe is required to certify once a year that cause so are routes regulamany governed by ery tions GunnisonCenterfield would likely have every post office box renter is a legitimate resident in town by Anita Lyons Staff writer new Gunnison Post Office by September 1998? “I wouldn't be too optimistic but that’s what they’re projecting” said Postmaster Wesley Stout Last week postal administrators visited Gunnison to collect data on how much mail is going through the post office The data will then be entered into a computer program that will estimate the square footage for the new building in Gunnison “We don’t have enough land on this site” commented Stout “The new building will at least double if not triple the size of this one” According to Stout Gunnison has been on the waiting list to get a new building for five years “They are building six post offices this year and we’ve finally moved up” he said At a recent Postmaster's meeting Stout was assured that building projects were right on schedule Stout displayed his anticipation for a spacious new building “I didn’t think I’d live long enough” Stout discussed the possibility of switching from post office box to direct route delivery A post office has to have 750 delivery points to qualify all streets have to have signs and the houses have to have numbers If Centerfield were willing to combine with Gunnison it would be possible to have street del very in the A King and State grant awarded Nelson (left) gives Sam Satterwhite (center) a check for in grant funds while Gunnison City Manager Ray Limb The grant was part of an incentive program sponsored by the Utah State Industrial Assistance Funds The funds are designed to help businesses locate in rural Utah communities The state funds will assist Satterwhite in its relocation from Colorado Satterwhite currently employs nearly 25 people It is expected that the lumber planing facility will employ 35 individuals by the end of Richard $50000 (right) Wednesday WU”5 looks on 1998 I Steve Polanchek is hanging new lights in the trees downtown The lights are a new addition to Gunnison's Christmas decorations More than ten sets of lights are being put into each tree The lights were donated by the Gunnison Valley Businessman's Association makes Gunnison debut by Allison Hill GVHS student The Gunnison Valley High School Drama Department is presenting The King and It is the first production of The King and tin the school’s history The community orchestra will be playing for this wonderful production In the play an English schoolteacher Anna (played by Shawnie Holyoak) comes to the country of Siam to teach the King (played by Dustin Brown) and his many children The King wants to improve himself by changing and learning Throughout the play the King struggles to change and he is learning important lessons from Anna But he realizes that he is caught in h is culture and it is very hard for him to change The King’s young son (played by Sam Inouye) watches the changes around him and he knows that when he becomes king he will need to make changes for the kingdom Anna is also faced with a decision to stay or go Other leads include: Lady Thiang (head wife) Allison Hill Tuptim Mei Li Inouye: Lun Tha Ben Brown Louis (Anna’s son) Andy Bartholomew Artistic Director Mr Mark Lyons Music rector Mr Jbdi Allred Choreographer Mrs Stella Hill Guest Choreographer Ms Vivian Bagnall Kosan Lyons fee Is that “The songs in The King and I are among the most famous in musical theater It’s long past time to produce this endearing classic A top rate cast great singing and magnificent costumes will make this one of our most memorable performances and an exciting spectacle” If you like musicals you will love The King and and even if you don’t like musicals this one will change your mind It will be great entertainment for all ages and families The It will performance will be November 28 29 and December begin at 7 pm each night Tickets are $2 for children and $3 for those 12 years and older Area homes open for Scott and Wendy Reid's brand new home is on the list for the 997 Holiday Home Show The show features many homes in the Gunnison Valley area and is a fund raising project for the Gunnison High by Anita Lyons Staff writer Scott and Wendy Reid aren’t nervous about the fact that hundreds of people will tour their house in two weeks “I just hope everyone will take their shoes off that’s all” said Wendy In the construction business the Reids have frequented home shows enjoying the opportunity to pick up neat ideas that they might use someday It’s only fair that their dream home (which they moved into last week) would become a source of ideas for others So when Wendy was asked by the GVHS her two sisters Charmaine and Kelley Follett who are on the team-- to show her house in the team’s Holiday Home Show fundraiser she said yes Wendy keeps her cool perspective “It’s better to do it this year than next clean already” Wendy doesn’t plan to break her budget buying new Christmas decorations to decorate her home for the holidays “I’m just going to use what I have” she declared Her decorations include a collection of old Santas “I enjoy my home and I like doing stuff for it” she said “I’m excited to show it We built it ourselves just Scott and I working at night and on Saturdays” Wendy likes the home show idea “It’s a good fundraiser because they’re not out any on it” she commented This year is the second year the drill team has hosted the home show “We had a good turn out last year so we thought we’d do it again” explained Charlotte Follett who is in charge of planning this year If the home show earns enough this may be the only fundraiser the drill team will do this year The funds are used to pay for costumes Christmas Tour and props the girls use in their dance routines “This year we’re doing four dances so we need four sets of costumes” explained Follett are slated for their first competThe ition against other regional teams on December 4 The Holiday Home Show will run from tickets pm on December 9 and 10 cost $500 and tickets at the door will cost $600 Tickets may be purchase from any drill team member or at Valley Furniture Ace Hardware or Gift Finder Cottage The nine homeowners participating are: Mike and Sherrie Crandall Carlyleand Louise Sorenson Blake and Karen Donaldson Ron and Kenna Marrelli Kim and Julie Lund Mike and Jill Jensen David and Lorie Beck Kelly and Kathy Frandsen and Scott and Wendy Reid Remember to wear easily movable shoes the night you take the tour V |