Show 1109 h'fSTFRN sJlT V"" H)( i2i MI('RO(RiirK AKh (I'n UT IT 841 ns coi 9n() 84107-37- I ) Vol Clerk elected to UAC post Kristine F Anderson Sanpete County Clerk has been elected as First Vice President of the Utah Association of Counties and will serve as its President in 1999 Ms Anderson and four other executive officers will lead a board who will determine policies and direct activities for the Association UAC is a voluntary statewide organization operated by Utah’s 29 counties The organization was formed 75 years ago to help counties provide effective county government to the people of Utah Other new officers include: Sheldon D Richins Summit County Commissioner President: Dannie R McConkie Davis County and Brent Treasurer Overson Salt Lake County Commissioner Immediate Past President “Kristine has worked in the assessor’s office as well as in her present capacity as an elected official so she has broad experience thatwill be invaluable to the association” said L Brent Gardner UAC Executive Director Ms Anderson has worked in county and state government for some 20 years 13 years of that as a deputy assessor having received her credential as aCertified Appraiser She has earned certification from the National Association of County recorders and Clerks was appointed Sanpete County Clerk in 1989 in 1994 She elected in 1990 and serves as Sanpete County records manager is a member of the Sixth District Coordination Team for Six Court Locations and is of the Administrative Office of the Courts Contract Sites Committee She has served thipast year as President of the Utah Association of Clerks and Auditors is active in community affairs and has worked with the Sanpete County Fair for 8 years Basket Winners The second drawing for the Gunnison ValAssociation was held at ley Businessmen's Hometown Foods This week's winners clude: Helen Hill Valley Furniture Troy Birch Ace Hardware Lori Beck Gunnison Implement Jean Wiles Hometown Foods Shirley Horrigan Valley Furniture Ashlee Anderson Ace Hardware Tamra Johnson Gunnison Implement Ed Whitaker Valley Builders Catheryn Edwards Gunnison ValGarald Peterson Gunnison Impleley News ment Ray Limb Gunnison Implement Mary Foods Ann Bullock Hometown Kaye Sorensen Ace Hardware Evelyn Pitcher Lois Hammond Gunnison Implement Thriftway Kathy Anderson Thriftway Tiffanie Jackson Thriftway LaPreal Olsen Thriftway There is still another drawing planned for December 18 and 24 Be sure to visit the stores listed on Page 9 in today's Gunnison Valley News Congratulations to Jodi Anderson the the Shopping Spree at Hometown Foods Another Shopping Spree will be held Friday December 19 at Gunnison Thriftway The activity will begin at 4:30 pm Holiday Deadline In an effort to meet early holiday deadlines the Gunnison Valley News must enforce a DecemFriday December 9 deadline for the misber 24 issue All society related news sionaries weddings birthdays thank you's as must be well as classified advertisments ceived at the Gunnison Valley News before 5 - pm A similar deadline will be in place for the December 3 issue with Friday December 26 being the cutoff date The Gunnison Valley News will be closed Christmas Eve at 2 noon Gunnison 76 Number 50 Utah 84634 Wednesday December 17 1997 50 cents District approves 56000 sq ft Gmsaison Middle School by Anita Lyons Staff writer every period of the day there will be some will have 15 students in classes all day long big enough to teach 30 kids at once A small TLC teacher (who is shared Some adjustments weie made South Sanpete School Board members have periods when twelve classrooms are required but a Board members asked if TLC (Technology with the high school) will occupy the classteacher preparation room will be enlarged into approved plans for the Gunnison Middle School to enter the stage Life Careers) classrooms could be used to rooms half of the day and the class sie will he a keyboarding room he classroom next to it will be changed into the 1 LC business classIn a meeting December 10 Architect Ken teach the core classes during some periods 30 students per period Naylor presented the latest plan for the school The plan for the middle school included class Superintendent Mullins commented that the room areas for the three components of the TLC district cannot afford to hire The space where the former business classTLC which includes eleven classrooms plus room was will be used to enlarge the Home source room program: Home Economics Industrial Arts teachers at the new middle school and Business The plan contains two alternatives: Donaldson pointed out that in classes such Economics room into two definite spaces: one That depends on whether the 1 LC classes as Home Economics or Woodworking the to be a work area with stoves sinks and Kitchen equipment (stoves etc) to complete teachers or not said Boyd students need enough space to work in a safe sewing machines and one to be a classroom will have the kitchen instead of leaving it a Donaldson environment Architect Naylor agreed with with tables kitchen 2 Two extra classrooms Applied Technology TLC teacher Donaldson that the rooms as planned were not Education Director A Board Member Jim Braith waite was con(See School Board on Page 11) cerned about listing alternatives because if they ended up being cut when Manti’s were added Gunnison people would be angry “We’ve got to do what we think is wisdom and not worry about it” commented Superintendent Lewis Mullins Naylor recommended alternatives because builders who are bidding “want you to accept more work so they bid low” He told the story of a school in Spring City which bid the entire project the board wanted The bid came in higher than budget The board pulled the plans reworked them cutting classrooms and put the new plans up for bid again Construction costs rose in the time between the two plans and the second bid came in at the same price as the first with less classrooms South Sanpete Board Members were surprised to hear the new bidding date on May “We as a group have been waffling about What’S being done” said Naylor He assured the board “We’ll go as fast as we can” which could mean a bid date in April But he warned “The faster you push the more prone we are to miss things If a job is well described it’s less work for the builder and it gets lower bids” The “drop dead” date for beginning construction is June if the school is going to be ready in the fall of 1999 Two problems with the proposed plan were worked out during the meeting Principal Donald Hill commented that the plan without Gunnison Valley Firemen responded to a burning automobile call on Monday the alternative classrooms wouldn’t leave December 5 According to Gunnison Police Chief Joe L Christianson Dr Tom hlSk enough space for four grades to have four core DVM was warming this car parked at 105 South 200 West when the Anderson classes: Math Science History and English engine caught fire The car belongs to Virgina Roselund Although all the classrooms won’t be used III GVH creates 'Community Council' Staff writer Six citizens were invited to attend Thursday’s (December 1) hospital board meeting as members of the newly formed Gunnison Valley Hospital Community Council The idea of a community council Bruce came from Board Member Blackham who explained three reasons for starting the council: to oversee the hospital’s scholarship and volunteer programs and to review requests for hospital donations “The last donation request came to the said hospital from the communities” Blackham to the council members “We’d like to have people out there to gather facts and give input” Blackham would also like help “tackling” the scholarship program which grew this year from solely a high school award to include a cash scholarship for college students studying in a medical field As yet the hospital does not have a volunteer or “pink lady” program The board would like to start one and the newly formed council will be in charge of forming it' Members of the newly formed council a? Administrator is "Champion of Sanpete needy" directing 'Sub for Santa’ effort by Anita Lyons by Anita Lyons Staff writer (See Council on Page Sanpete food bank opens 2) Mary Goodwin is a champion of the needy in Sanpete County Armed with the question “Why should they have to do without?” she has seen support of the food bank grow since it was started eight years ago Two months ago a food bank was opened in Centerfield to better serve the south end of the county and in 1998 the food bank in Mount Pleasant will be moved from borrowed office building space into it’s own warehouseoffice Goodwin Administrator of the Sanpete Branch of the Central Utah Food Bank has worked as a fu lltime volunteer at the pantry for seven years The food bank started with FEMA funding as an emergency relief system for struggling families Goodwin commented “We’ve all come to accept the fact that we’re an addition Some family’s to their getting along” comes don’t cover the cost of all the necessities “Its just impossible to get by” she said Goodwin challenged the common belief that most people who come to the pantry are welfare families “Both parents work in most of1 the families we serve” she explained and added “We do a lot of seniors sheepherders and farmers - whose Social Security is not - enough” The main yardstick examined to see if a family qualifies for help is a chart based on income per number in household The application for help is one sheet and asks for number in household income social security number and the date of birth of everyone in the house Goodwin explained that the social security number is required because it’s entered into the state food bank's computer and is used to prevent swindlers from applying at every food bank in the state “We have had some go to every county” she said Goodwin works hard to help families maintain dignity She has seen men weep as they face the fact that they are not able to provide “We make it as easy as for their family possible on parents” she said “It’s hard enough to have to go and ask” She spoke of visiting elderly people’s houses “who quietly suffer and do without because they think they are taking it away from someone” She helps buy coal to heat their houses or finds help for plumbing or heating problems One widow Goodwin visited was totally out of coal and asked for help to pay her light bill but wouldn’t take any more “She didn't want to ask too much” said Goodwin Sometimes Goodwin’s job becomes to protect the families from overly curious Some people come in and want to shop for a family but when they are provided with ages and sizes but not the name of the family they leave Said Goodwin “I don't think the people If a we’re assisting need to be spectacles person needs to see suffering to help they are need to All the for reason they wrong helping know is that suffering is there” The food bank serves 200 families a month and each family served by the pantry is given one allotment of food and supplies every other month (because there isn't enough food for more visits) The allotment is prepared for families according to a list written by the Food Bank Board A standard order includes: flour sugar (See Food Bank on page 11) Festival of Carols Don't miss the Festival of Carols this Sunday evening December 21 The program begins at 7 pm at the GVHS auditorium Everyone is invited and the program is free of charge OG i |