Show Phone books are here The Gunnison Valley News hopes you enjoy the new 1999 Telephone Books You should find one in today's newspaper! Extra copies can he purchased for only $ at the Gunnison Valley News office 47 S Main Gunnison If we have made a mistake please notify us so we can publish corrections! Remember mistakes arc out responsibility not that of the Gunnison Telephone Company Jr Prom is Saturday Gunnison ValLj High School will hold its Junior Prom Saturday March 28 The Promenade will beat 10pm and the theme is “Miss You In A Heartbeat" Cost is $8 per couple $5 single $3 per person Promenade Rebroadcast of the General Young Women Meeting will be on Sunday March 28lh at 6 pm at the Guntiison Stake Center Young women 12 to 8 years and their mothers are invited to attend Refreshments will be served If you need more information call Nora Ann Peterson at Gunnison Librarian resigns by Anita Lyons Staff riter Gunnison City needs a new librarian Gloria librarian for the past five years Worthington resigned last week “I want to be home before 6:00 pm every night of the week” Worthington commented Adjusting library hours isn’t the answer for Some of the heaviest usage of Worthington hours the library comes in the between 4 and 6 pm Often Worthington stays later keeping the library open fora patron A public library should serve the public by being open when the public- can come So she quit “You can believes Worthington just feel it You know when you need to be home” she said Library usage has grown steadily since Worthington began work in thesprjng of 1994 Then there were 500 individual names on the list of people who had library Cards Since then Worthington instituted the “family card" which isonecard per family The number of families holding cards topped 500 this year During her time as librarian Worthington checkhas switched all the books from out to a computer checking system enforced fine paying on overdue books (increasing the library’s new book purchasing power) encollection to nearly larged the 500 volumes created a computer center with three patron computers and a card catalogue and sorted through thousands of computer old books stored in city hall’s attic Worthington has been actively applying for and winning grant money When she saw that New Middle School library by Anita Lyons Stuff writer The bid came in high but Gunnison High School will still get a new competition gym and wrestling room decided the South Sanpete School Board in a meeting March 7 Lanwood Construction made the lowest bid at $3 082 6 but the board had only budgeted 27 million for the project based on architect estimates South Sanpete Financial Administrator Paul Gottfredson believes he can find the additional $408 (XX) to bu ild the gy m n ne x t year’ s budget But "We’ve really got to cut back” he said “With bids as high as they are there’s no way we can do all we wanted” Architect Ken Nailor pointed outtothe board that there are “allowances” within the bid such as a $50000 contingency fund and a $20000 landscaping fund This money could be used tighter bidding" bid Valley Builders made the at $3 90480 about $82000 above Lan wood's lowest bid Currently Lanwood Construction is building an auditorium and a gymnasium for Provo School District reported the company’s representative who was at the bid opening A school's need for money neverends was apparent from other items on the board's meetPrincipal Donald Hill reported ing agenda about a Y2K upgrade project at Gunnison High School Teacher Lars Johnson has evaluated every computer in the school with plans to upgrade them to Y2K compliancy in his class if the district will buy the in 1995 I want to be home" Hansen at EES -- ynsH R copy W GVyf iMJ? 0'lfflt -- i: BillThompson MantiHigh'scomputerexpert was also at the meeting and told the board that $ 3 (XX) to replace the 27 PS2 model computers that cannot be upgraded Lewis Mullins commented Superintendent that the district won't get computers from the prison’s upgrade program for a long time and then it will only be 30 at a time Gunnison Middle School Principal Alan Peterson presented the board with cost esti- - cents f n A mates for stocking the new school’s library and band room Peterson based his estimates on state accreditation standards and on what is available for students at Ephraim Middle School The library will need 25(X) books 10 books per student) an estimated cost of $4()(XX) the computcried card catalogue system and the computers will cost another $ K)(XX) Audio Visual Equipment (such as an opaque projector tvs vers slide projectors etc) will cost about $7000 and other expenses such as (See School Board on Page 10) Sanpete y O t o GOP Roth to re-ele- ct post 1999 the Sanpete County Republican Party under the direction of Ilene Roth Chairman held their organizing convention at the Sanpete County Courthouse Ilene Roth of Manti was elected as Chairman for another tw ear term w ith Mark Anderson On March iXb- 17 of Ephraim elected as along with Bonn ieMellor of Spring City as Recognized for excellent service to Jim the party w as the outgoing Noorlander of Indiamola Also elected as a central committee member for Sanpete County was Carolyn Bessey of Manti In attendance were Utah State Senator Leonard Blackhamof Moroni State Representative Michael Sty ler of Delta and the State Republican Party Chairman Rob Bishop Each I've Discovered America! shared the patriotic spirit with song Gunnison Elementary March 18 The dance and costume during an assembly Thursday program was under the direction of Loreen Sorenson tem especially at the local level Jim Olsen The corner of (X) West and 1(X) South will be the future home of the Gunnison City Post Office The measure was passed by a three to two vote during the Gunnison City Council meeting held March 15 Exactly how the facility w ill be allowed in the 0000 zone is still up in the air The motion as proposed by councilman Rodney Taylor the city will seek a legal opinion on whether current language in the city’s Planning and by Kent Larsen will come from Ephraim Middle School to be new Assistant Principal at Gunnison High Lynn Willardsen will replace Larsen as Assistant Principal at Ephraim Middle School MHS football coach Brenan Jackson w ill replace Tim MillerasManti’s Assistant Principal The staff at the new Gunnison Middle School will include Denise Hill as librarian Diane Dy reng and Marsha Milleras secretaries Diane (See New Hires on Page spoke to party members for a brief time giv ing Sesa report on the recently held Legislative sion members of Approximately 40delegatesand the Republican Party attended All were encouraged to get involved in the political sys- Post Office location approved by Council School Board shuffles deck as new year assignments take shape replaced by Grant Hansen current Ephraim Elementary School (EES) Principal In a meeti ng March 7 the board chose current Manti High Assistant Principal Tim Miller to replace Grant grant application the establishment group improved status she worked towards of such a group in Gunnison supplies The cost to upgrade all the computers w as estimated at $37000 Upgrading the computers using student manpower to do the work is the cheapest way to prepare for Y2K on the building with plans to do landscaping later Of the twelve bids C&A Construction w as the highest at 36 million which isonly$500tXX) higher than the low bid “This is the best bid climate I’ve seen in a long time” commented Nailor “I don’t know that you can get much “I love it to death" said Worthington about her work at the library “I am going to miss it but Friends $ request presented by Peterson of the Library a proposal looked accurate According to Johnson’s report it will cost (XX) to upgrade the 28 IBM PS model computers the school has $ 2 (XX) to upgrade the 44 386486sx computers the school has and Johnson’s by Anita Lyons Stuff riter The list of names the South Sanpete School Board has approved for new positions in the district is grow ing Retiring Gunnison Elementary (GES) Principal Rodney Anderson w ill be having 50 Wednesday March 24 1999 Gym bid over but Board gives nod YW conference to be rebroadcast Gunnison Utah 84634 Vol 78 Number 12 10) The Gunnison High Cheerleaders have worked hard all year adding spirit to football volleyball wrestling and basketball Third Row L to R: Kristin Avery Kera Dyreng Marci Malmgren Lacey Stewart Shanelle Olsen Ashley Christensen Michelle Larsen Second Row L to R: Kayla Sorenson Emily Mecham Kassie Topham Letitia Steiger Audra Davis First Row L to R: Jaylene Dailey Katie Limb Sandy Anderson Mekesha Malmgren Front Row Desirae Ball ()(XX) Zoning Ordinance book describing zones needs to be changed to allow a Post Office in the zone If this was not feasible the city would go through the process of changing the zoning for the area around the parcel “If we change the zone we need to do it w ith in mind” said councilman Brian a Jensen one of the dissenting votes Jensen and councilman Mark Pickett voted against locating the Post Office at that site They cited traffic safety concerns "Wecan discourage traffic from (low ing into the residential area by the way we allow the Post Office to place their building on that site" said Taylor He stated that the Post Office was very from the Planning and open to suggestions Zoning Commission Paul Dyreng and Kerry Blood isited with the council and gave an update on how the Gunnison Valley Hospital was doing According to a handout Dyreng gave to council members the hospital isconsidering adding a new operating room to accommodate an orthopedic surgeon Dyreng stated that one of the problems the hospital has had in attracting an orthopedic surgeon has been the fact that the hospital only has one surgery room and one recovery room This expansion was part of a short list of growth plans included: Other needs on the short listed - The hospital currently Delivery rooms has 2 delivery rooms and averages 15 OB growth estipatients per day Conservative mates indicated a need for an additional delivery room and possibly an OB waning area Patient Rixmi HeatingCooling Currently all patient room temperatures are controlled by a central thermostat For patient comfort the hospital will investigate how to equip each patient room w ith a thermostat Patient Room four patients are required to share one bathroom The hospital would like to have each room have its own bathroom Dyreng also noted that Dr Keith Willmore w ill be opening his ow n office during the next month and that Therapy West w ill be opening its new' facility soon “The hospital serv ices an area much larger than Gunnison Valley The hospital is very sound financially” said Dyreng In other business discussed at the council meeting: Construction on the new sewer lagoons will begin very soon according to councilman Pickett “The draw ings are nearly completed and the project ought to be out forbidding very soon” he said City Manager Ray Limb said that he was working on a w ay to get the state to take out the Central LTtjh Correctional Facility inmates from the total population count He said that the count has been affecting the city’s numbers w hen it comes to grants and other projects He said that Gunnison City has 1450 residents (See Gunnison on Page 10) fr Parentteacher Conference set Gunnison Valley High School will have their Parent Conference on Friday March 26 from 10 am to 3 pm in the Girls’ Gym As parents come to Parent Conference this day they w ill need to stop in the office and pick up their son’sdaughter’s Grades (Report Card) Then they w ill have the opportunity to talk to those teachers about those grades Students are welcome to accompany their parents to this Parent Conference Parents w ho are unable to attend this day may call the school to schedule indi idual times with teachers for another day There w ill be no school for students this day |