Show November 2000 1 Gunnison High School Gunnison Middle School Gunnison Elementary Schools team places FFA Gunnison High School FFA recently participated in the FFA Convention This year's FFA Convention was held in Louisville Kentucky There were over 50000 FFA members in In the dairy Cattle Conattendance tests which the GVHS team particiin most of the 50 states were The team annual pated represented Utah has 3500 FFA members They were competing against states with as many as 56000 FFA mem- bers In the contest there wereapproxi-matel200 participants The Gunnison team consisting of Jaden Sheldon Sorensen Tyler Sorensen finished Otten and Matt Dyreng in the nation Tyler in top 20 at National Convention e in Sorensen finished in the nation and received a gold award for his accomplishments Tyler earned a $500 scholarship with this award Jaden Sorenson earned a silver and Sheldon Otten and Matt Dyreng earned a Bronze The national contest is similar to It consists of the state competition eight placing classes of different breeds of Dairy cattle There are 5 cattle to place based on Linear classifications There is a pedigree class two sire selection classes an individual test about dairy management and a team test on a dairy herd Ihese students have of time and have done the national level put in a lot very well at Jesse Burrell an 11th Place Advisor and Matt Dyreng Award (right) Tyler Sorensen and Sheldon Otten attended the National FFA Contests (left) Tyler Sorensen was awarded Thunderbird pilot speaks at GVHS by Tia Westlund Doug Larsen came to Gunnison Thunder bird's from the to speak during Red Ribbon Week He grew up in Manti and graduated in 1982 He is the brother of GVHS's Talent Search leader Kris He came and talked to the kids about n hat it's like working in the Air Force The Thunder Birds are Flft planes that are hiehlv advanced warplanes They take off the guns and fly them in air shows They fly as close as eighteen inches apart He says to fly that close you have to trust all the men you are Students make 'Deans List' A total of four students from this area are among the approximately 140000 students included in the 23rd Annual Fdition of The National Dean's List Jennie A Brown from Utah State University Darin K Frandsen from Utah Valley State College' Jessica Miller from Southern Utah University and Christopher A Tryba from Utah State University are included in the publication The National Dean's List published by Educational Communications Inc is the largest recogniand publication in tion honoring high achievstudents Students are selected for this honor by their college deans registrars or honor society advisors and the nation ing college of must be in the upper their class on their school's "Dean's List" or have earned a comparable honor Listed students are eligible to compete for $50000 in scholarship awards funded by the publisher and may also use a referral service for future employment opportuni- flying with because if one begins to fall all of you begin to fall The Thunder Birds also travel America when talking to kids to promote staying in schixil He says that if you want to be in the Air Force you must have a High School degree You must also havea record of never getting into drugs and alcohol because that can affect the way you fly He says that whyn you are up their pulling nine G's you have to have excellent health For nine G's you are also required to wear special equipment That special equipment keeps all the blood from rushing to your head He brought the equipment with him and Jake Mellor was the volunteer to put it all on The equipment you attach to the plane when you're flying That equipment can force blood into your head They also have special breathing techniques To fly as a luinder Bird you are also restricted on things you are able to do You are not able to go skiing or ride motor bikes etc I he Thunder Birds also have very special training 1 hey also spend a lot ot money on training per student He figures they spent anywhere from 6 to 8 million dollars training him The F 16 can get 3()()(X) pounds of thrust in 30 seconds asked him a After the assembly few questions Tia What's your favorite thing about working in the An force7 Doug: Talking to kids Tia What do your kids think7 Doug I hey ust think it's dad's ob Tia- How many vears hae you been doing this7 Doug: 12 Tia Do any of your kidssav they might want to do this? Doug: Both of my boys but my daughter about hasn't said anything Doug Larsen GVHS Talent a Thunderbird Search leader (right) is pictured with his sister Kris it ties program SANPETE COUNTY VOTER INFORMATION Sanpete County Referendum No Shall the 1998 Sanpete County Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No and selective enforcement has many sections copied from ordinances applicable to other areas and in many cases of Sanpete County at this do not fit the requirements time or in the immediate future 3 The County officials have ignored the input of the citizens and have not acted on citizen input in for- creative interpretation 2 This ordinance mulating the ordinance 4 Certain conditions relative to zoning ownership of property and the rights of property owners infringe on the said rights mandates conditions relative to 5 The ordinance the county vulnerproperty rights which could leave able to legal remedies on the part of property owners 6 Certain aspects of the ordinance ie the requirement for a Disclaimer affidavit which virtually denies fire police ambulance and other emergency services and are badly worded and open to misinterpretation could potentially affect insurance coverage too are the in 7 Powers vested building inspector broad The enforcing authority is under virtually no make to and judgThe powers authority constraints ments provide no protection against unequal treatment of citizens in like situations Enforcing authorities should be bound by the rules as well as the public they are supposed to serve 8 Small repairs such as replacement of a doorknob could require permission from the building authority and the associated permit 9 Agricultural areas are already defined and protected under the Utah Code 10 The subject ordinance should be repealed and to replaced with a better set of guidelines acceptable The Sanpete County Commissioners adopted a new 28 1998 Zoning Ordinance for Sanpete County on July The Zoning Ordinance only applies to the unincorpoIt not does of the apply to any of rated portions County towns or cities The cities and towns the own their have zoning ordinances in Sanpete County The State Legislature has authorized counties to adopt of zoning ordinances in order to promote the prosperity the County protect property val ues foster agricultural and other industries to protect the tax base of the County and to promote good order within the County These goals are accomplished essentially by dividing the County up into different zones and regulating the uses of the land in each zone Five (5) zones were (2) Residential Agricultural created (1) Agriculture (4) Public Facili(3) ties and (5) Sensitive Lands For example business and industrial facilities should not be in a residential area and farming operations are allowed and protected in the agricultural zone These zones protect your property values and property uses The Zoning Ordinance also provides for building codes to protect the health and safety of all citizens buildwide building codes ing in the County They are State known as the Uniform Building Code Uniform Electrical Code Plumbing Code etc Do not be misled by those against the Sanpete Despite what they say Zoning Ordinance fV Sanpete County Referendum No reasons: The ordinance is vague and invites creative interof pretation which could result in different treatment similar situations Wide misunderstanding has been noted in the defi This point has been voiced by nition of "Subdivision” the public but public input has been for the most part ignored by the County Commission The powers vested in the Building Authority are too broad and do not offer proper protection to the public with respect to actual interpretation by the enforcing authoiity Certain restrictions imposed by the ordinance could result in remedy for damages being invoked against the county It is the opinion of the public that this ordinance was passed into law prematurely and should be revoked and replaced with a set of rules which are cleared of the opportunity for creative interpretation ambiguity or unequal protection of the citizen and the County THIS ORDINANCE SHOULD BE REPEALED Sponsors of the Referendum Petition: (Oidinance 10- 2 20 98) be repealed7 On October 20th 1998 a new Subdivision Ordi nance was passed by the Sanpete County Commission of land in the It applies only to the subdividing is County Subdividing of land in the ides and towns ers governed by each city or town Why does the County need a subdivision ordi in Sanpete nance7 There are over 100 subdivisions for County now Applications are made almost weekly new ones Many are large subdivisions done by piofes made? be Where can a subdivision sional developers How large7 Are roads required7 What about water and sewage disposal7 Does there need to be open spaces and recreation areas7 What about fue protection7 All these questions are answered by a subdivision ordinance Subdivision oidmances protect not only the people com ing in the sub division but also the surrounding munities and neighboring property owners in enacted Ordinance The Subdivision Sanpete Let's County addresses all the questions listed above keep growth of the undeveloped areas in Sanete County orderly and planned to protect our rural heritage and customs DO NOT repeal the Sanpete County Subdivision Ordmanc e Should the Sanpete County SuImIivisioii Ordinanc e NO1 be repealed Vole NO on the lepcd of the Sanpete Remembei County Subdivision Ordinance! A complete copy of the Sanpete County Subdivi sion Ordinanc e is available for public res iew at the Sanpete County Cletk's Offic e in Manti ROBERTO JtEL C County BRUCE COX dhdlhA £hz BRUCE RLACKHAM Publish R COPY No Argument AGAINST Repeal of County Subdivision Ordinance The Sanpete County Subdivision Ordinance is not been acceptable to the citizens of the county and has the subject of Referendum Petition for the following Sanpete County needs this Ordinance Should the 1998 Sanpete County Zoning Ordinance be repealed? VOTE NO! Let's keep Sanpete County's valgrowth and development orderly protect property ues and maintain our agricultural heritage Remember: VOTE NO on Referendum No A complete copy of the Sanpete Zoning Ordinance is available for public review at the Sanpete Clerk's Office at the Courthouse in Manti Oidinance Argument FOR Repeal of County Subdivision Ordinance County the people THIS ORDINANCE SHOULD BE REPEALED Sponsors of the Referendum Petition: IAmaL AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES Shall the 1998 Sanpete County Subdivision be repealed? AGAINST Repeal of County Argument FOR Repeal of County Zoning Argument Zoning Ordinance Ordinance The Sanpete County Zoning Ordinance accepted to the citizens of 28 August 1998 is not acceptable Sanpete County for the following reasons: The said ordinance has bee accepted in an of ambiguous and complete format containing a number obscure conditions which provide the opportunity for - ZONING 1 s Messenger-Enterpris- November 2 2000 |