Show Salina SunGunnison Valley News Wednesday Mav 26 1999 Page 7 Commissioners release Building Inspector following Executive session by Shirley Bahlmann Staff writer met Sanpete County Commissioners in an executive session May 18 that ended in a decision to release Dale Nicholls from his position as county Details of this building inspector decision are unavailable at this time The Church of Jesus Christ of Saints Representative Carl Cook came before the commission seeking approval to build additional shelters at Shalom LDS girl’s camp located on roughly 500 acres north of Electric Lake in the North Sanpete area The camp is used by youth from the Provo and Orem areas The planning and zoning committee had ready approved conditional use for the project and the commissioners agreed with that ruling County Assessor Steve Kjar told the commissioners that he is working through some tax issues among them putting the old bishop’s storehouse Ephraim back on the tax rolls since it isbeingcurrently leased forcommer-cia- l use He also stated that the tax concerns Mayor Gary Anderson had presented at an earlier commission meeting have for the most part been addressed and solved by Kjar The in commissioners approved acomputer-izemultiple listing service for the assessor’s office Jim and Jan Purkey sought final Fairview approval forasubdivisionby When the commissioners questioned right of way it was mentioned that a neighbor of the Purkeys had within the last 30 or 40 days purchased some old railroad property that contains part of the access road and was asking for payment to grant the Purkeys right of way The issue was resolved when the Purkeys talked to County Recorder Reed Hatch and found a document from the railroad that stated that the right of way went with the property when it was sold so was still in effect The Purkeys received final approval Sheriff Claude Pickett received approval for a salary raise for Blaine Jensen and a raise for Tony Petersen Pickett also presented the annual forest service contract for $5500 which is paid to the for police patrols of forestthe contract had Previously only covered about five months of the year Now it will be year- - round because of the snowmobile traffic in the winter The iast issue Pickett had for the county lands department budget Daniel Cook was granted a conditional use permit to build a bowery at Miller's Flat Reservoir in the mountains by Fairview This permit specifies that it is for family use only not for rental also the permit goes with the family not the land If the land is sold the permit would be void Keziah May Hancock received nal approval on her subdivision just north of Sterling Matt and Sarah Mitchell and Chris and Katie Young received final approval on their subdivision of Chester northwest Summer School plans “This elite tor David K Sorensen repregroup of Utah manufacturers sent the kind of innovative practices s that Utah’s manufacturers are implementing to positively impact the state and national economy” Theotherwinnersofthe in Utah Manufacturing Award are: Technology infusion: RM Precision Swiss Inc La Verkin Value added innovation: Rowley’s South Ridge Farms Santaquin Environmental consciousness: Laboratories Synergy Production Moab Electronic commerce: Company Salt Lake City Outstanding manufacturer of the year: Keele Johnson a Utah legislator from Moab received the 1999 Manufacturing Champion Award Representatives of the Utah MEP by Diane Engberson StaffWriter Over 00 schoolchildren in Gunnison are hopping for joy at the prospect of more school this summer Summer school at Gunnison Valley Elementary is a annual community event Not only are there great activities for kids but parents all over town avoid the typical summer break ‘T bored” remarks Special ized classes this summer include Western Heritage Cooking Computers and Planting an Outdoor Garden (with a focus on bird habitat) Regular subjects such as reading math and PE will also be stressed with focuses on the specialized classes for which children signed up All of the subjects will be taught on level although all an ages will integrate in the special classes Several great teachers have signed up for summer session duty They include Robyn Hendrickson Elizabe th Jensen Vicki Ludvigson Jan local government and civic organizations first presented awards to the recipient companies and theiremploy-ee- s at their respective corporate ties on May 17 18 and 19 All the winners as well as finalist nominees were then invited to the awards banquet to be formally recognized for their facili- accomplishments Hon Lane Beattie President of the Utah State Senate was the keynote speaker of the evening and he exto Utah’s pressed his appreciation small manufacturers for helping employment that prevents Utah residents from having to leave the state to find ing jobs Numerous business education and government leaders joined Beattie in helping to honor the award recipients The Excellence in Utah Manufacturing Awards were presented as part of Manufacturer Day in conjunction with “Celebrating Utah Business Week” observed May throughout the state The objective of Manufacturer Day was to recognize the tremendous impact manufacturing has on Utah's economy According to Utah MEP director of marketing Jim Greer “Small manufacturer’s pursuit of excellence encourages the applica- tion of innovative and practices resulting in increased production and sales product innovation and an increase in the availability of jobs” The national impact of manufacturing on the economy was emphasized with US Department of Commerce Secretary William Daley designating 1999 as “Year of the Small Manufacturer” The May 3 1999 edition of Industry Week magazine stated “No other sector has done as much to create innovation genet al prosperity and increased productivity than manufacturing" National statistics recently Don’t Put our Baby’s Health On The Line ' y-'- - 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COPY 7 c i -7 Roper Virginia Christensen Brown and Beth Delene Bartholomew Buses will pick up and drop off the children at the LDS churches in each town on June 7 the first day of summer school Bus routes for the rest of the session will be announced iaexplana-tornote Children need to remember a few things to prepare for the summer session The first is to attend school ready to learn According to Merrilynn Sorenson who has helped plan the children also need summerexperience to remember that “It’s a privilege not a right to attend summer school Kids need to be on their best behavior to keep the privilege" More information on summerschcx)! will come from the elementary this week Field trips and bus schedules are in the planning stages For more information on summer school contact Gunnison Valley Elementary at a On Saturday May 1 5 the Sanpete District was held in the Mt Pleasant City It was an event that youth would be attracted to and would enjoy A hive of activity went on during the day with such projects as gold panning fire starting paper airplane construction whistle making pioneering monkey bridge bean bag throws animal tracking puddle jumping potato press model camp and balloon tosses pioneer an obstacle course Participants who were interviewed indicated that they had had fun and had enjoyed the day Appreciation is extended to those who make such activities happen Park Fayette Town The Fayette Town held their town cleanup during the week of May 10 to 14 Many hours were spent by working on individual homes and lots Also many citizens donated their time and equipment to serve their The neighbors and the community Young Men and Young Women did a great job of picking up garbage around town and cleaning up the cemetery A gift certificate to Skyview Nurs- Wn 1 On May 999 the Sanpete Sevier and Millard Child Abuse Prevention Team joined with BACA (Bikers Against Child Abuse) for their annual The w alk is held to raise awareness of child abuse and ways that each individual can help to prevent it The walk started in Salina and ended in Manti Child Abuse Prevention Team members were escorted by BACA members as they tied blue ribbons on car antennas along Main streets Following the walk a turkey barbeque was held for those participating At the dinner three members honored for their efforts in the pre of child abuse Justin Walker of Manti was named Youth Advocate of the Year Natalie Simonsof Mt Pleasant was named Child Advocate of the Year Lewis Mullinsuperintendant of the South Sanpetfe School District was named Business Advocate of the Year The Child Abuse Prevention Team would like to thank all those w ho participated They would also like to vite anyone interested tojoin the team For information contact Kay Jensan at were 835-- 7 or Natalie Simons at 'ivrn '4l tj ' ’ 75 k (M i J ! 1 4 I Terilee Hammond and son Robert their beautifully landscaped yard Joseph Hammond enjoy Tired of hum drum mums for Memorial Day? a success BACAWalk-a-tho- n H U i ery was presented to John and Terilee Hammond and family lor the “Most Beautiful Lot” for the month of May John and Terilee have spent hours landscaping theiryard They have built fences several storage sheds and an attractive patio area in the back of their yard Terilee enjoys planting and maintaining flowers and shrubs of all varieties and her yard reflects her hard work and talent The town cleanup committee would like to congratulate John and Terilee for making the Tow n of Fayette a more beautiful place to live The cleanup committee would also like to encourage all families to continue to work on their homes and lots because future awards will be given during the months of June July and winner named Clean-u- p Skyview Nursery has an excellent assortment of beautiful plants for decoration Skyview Landscape Nursery 285 North Main Con ter field 528-367- 9 be open Memorial for your summer gardening needsl We'll Day The downed power linesuddenh slammed with the force of 7200 volts against the pa ement " Vui could teel the ground shake clear a ross tour lams 0( highway" remembered firefighter Pn e illson feeder Only moments before the line - a primal that had been brought down bv a tree limb - as just lying across a roadside hedge It linked like a harmless old garden hose no wonder the man from the neighborhood thought it would be sate to mo e it had seen him reach tor the Happily CaptainWillson line and acted quickly to stop him The firefighter had recently taken part m a Utah Tower safety training session here he learned to treat all downed lines a deadh Vho can snap back to lite in an instant They 're not sate - period " With the passerby now out of harm's way Capt Willson dispatched his fire trucks to block ott the highw a and sidew alks until Utah Tower 'screw arriv ed on the scene Capt Willson is modest about taking the credit for averting a tragedy "I'd rather sa thanks to lessons learned from Utah Tower " We sav we're a good team It felt like a small earthquake $ UTAH POWER A PaciuCorp Cm Tmt Ctrr 74yd Vvy1-- ' 3kJ:l August revealed that manufacturing conducts 90 percent of all private research and accounts for 74 percent development of all information technology expenditures offers 89 percent higher salaries and 45 times more jobs than retailing and represents 80 percent of all world trade The Utah MEP wasjoined by Parvus Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank in sponsoring this event The Utah MEP is part of the National W S t sheriff s given 1) I' v funds which are supplemented by federal dollars to provide Medicaid for If Pickett has an emerthe public gency he can call on the mental health department Fora general evaluation he needs to hire someone out of the GVES announces Page t - - health program the sheriff thought they should come in when needed Bessey explained that the money that is paid in is a match for state Awards (Continued from ( commissioners was a dissatisfaction with the mental health department He said he has called mental health workers to come in and treat an inmate and they said it w as not part of their job Since the county pays into the mental Company Making it happen I! |