Show 'tfr- V1't - ’ I fr J- t Yffi iV V : v'r-'-'V RESS ASSOCIATION 1521 E 3900 S 100 SALT LAKE CITY UT 84124-- i UTAH !L' - k tf r'rfL Tihi i? II 5 !MUI!f!ll!lll!!lllMlllllLllllli 1111 "A'ir j rWTiW M ' p: - 4l CD NoVol Bf 2004 ‘sFi4 -- T y pjuly lt HI 073004 E y-- s - i 7i 'r -- "yf f Lt f- -- n 'vt ' Jt r j ryrjt W t1 2704 05 841011051 UTAH! 07 ± a- - ’ e krt A' ’ 1: ? ?r si '£5 00 (7 xr j iv f Vlf a — J y to& 6 t i t“ l’i J t 2 a $ V t --VIr- - ?Si 'K 'f £’4IS?s£5 c 3w W The July 24th celebrations in Mayfield and Centerfield featured fun lots of food parades kids games and fund raising Thanks to those who participated in the planning as well as the actual participants Congratulations to Duck 26’s owner Margaret Amy the winner of the Mayfield Lions’ Duck Race She won the Yahama Bruin ATV! ' -V (w c D frunnison Bulldog Volleyball TryoutsTiaveTeen set for August 11 and 12 from 4 — 6 PM at the GVHS gym High school girls wanting to tryout are encouraged to attend! The Gunnison LDS Stake is sponsoring a potluck Dutch oven dinner with fireside at 12 mile Flat campground on Friday July 30 This is for all men boys dads sons and grandpas to honor the Aaromc Priesthood Commemoration It will begin at 7 PM and a testimony meeting is planned for Saturday morning x ' § I ir'V ! Gunnispn Library Will be Hosting the Wacky Summer Olympics Gunnison Valley Library Comcer With the Summer 01nipics coming up in Athens Greece the Gunnison Chic Library will be holdOn Auing their own Ohmpics gust 3 2004 Opening Ceremonies :00 am at the Liwill be held at brary Linda Christensen will be Guest Reader She will our Special read some stones about the Olympics and she is bnngmg a Special Guest along Heidi Beck She went to the Special Olympics this year and helped out She will tell of her experiences and what a difference imade in her life After Story Time the Children w ill participate in their w on Wacky Olympics They will haye competitions to see who is the most proficient in all dhisions of competition The children need to come in their work out cloths and ready to compete Before they come if they want to pick a country to root for they may Also they can make a flag of any country they choose Snow Cones will be seryed as treats Yesterday at Story Time the children leaned about from our fine EMT's We want to thank all those EMT's that helped out in any way We appreciate their time and effort in teaching our children to learn to be safe Our Special Reader yesterday was Meri Lynn Sorenson We want lo thank her and tell her how much we appreciate her for coming place of our original reader Thanks also goes out to Tina Clark for taking oyer this week while our Reading rector is out of town We want all the children coming to Story Time to think ot something special they remember about Stephanie Prisbrey Then write it down on a small note We will it to a balloon during the last Story Time on August 10 We will haye a Balloon in memory ot Stephanie with these notes tached lo honor her tor her to the Library She always Imed children and she Uned to read Bring your notes to our Awards Parly Balloons will be furnished The Library has some great pnaes this year for those participating in our summer reading program Keep track of all of your reading time The end is also near so keep reading Turn your minutes in before August 5 2004 Centerfield’s Rock Church just one of many preservation projects in Sanpete County It has often been said that traveling through Sanpete County and along US Highw ay S9 is like stepping back in time One of the reasons is that many of the historical buildings in the cities and tow ns along the scenic route have been lovingly preserved restored and renovated Most of the preservation efforts have been spearheaded by local citi7ens’ groups and supported by grants from private and state and federal government agencies with assistance SanpeteCounty from Travel and tage Council Here are highlights the Heri- torieal Moroni Opera house has been under restoration on and off since 1991 It is now complete thanks to the efforts of a r-run Moroni Heritage Development Commission with support from the George S And Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation National Utah State Heritage Foundation Historical Society and Community Impact Board The building has an interesting history It was built in 1891 after the town's residents realized that people had talents and no place to perform them In the 1930s it was converted into a feed processing plant for the turkey industry A mill was later built on the of some of the many important preservation site projects that have been completed or initialed in the region: The city eventually made restorFairv iew Museum of History ing the opera house its Centenand Art The building was con- nial Project and a volunteer group structed as a school in 1900 of began applying for grants to help It burned down fund the effort The opera house is used for dinner theaters in 1916 and was rebuilt m 1917 However the roof design was sigchildren's theatrical performances dance performances and communificantly changed during the reconstruction nity events The Fain iew Museum Manti City Hall: One of the oldrestored the building to its est city halls remaining in Utah former glory There w as a complete Manti's City Hall building was built structural reconstruction and in the late 870s The building fearestoration of the roof tures Italianate details such as a in 1999 which brought it back to hipped roof and decoits original appearance The interative bracketed eves It is the only rior has also been refurbished as surviving example of this style of galleries Contributors to the architecture in the county It had project include the George S And been neglected and deteriorated Dolores Dorc Eccles Foundation over the years but was restored Glenn Olson Branch Cox and the by the Manti Histone Preservation Centra Utah Telephone Co Larry Commission and Mann Destiny Hansen and Hansen Lumber and Committee w ith support from the Utah Division of State History' many volunteers who gave thousands of sen icc hours The building is being used as a Moroni Opera HouseThe his- - I visitor’s centre 1006 The building is now used by the DUP for its meetings and as a museum ML Pleasant Illusion cademy Illusion Academy is a high tech center that houses a computer lustration business It is located in Ml Pleasant City’s old industrial arts building that was once part of Sanpete County's high school Owner Dean Kleven a who has worked for Disney and Dream computer illustrator VNorks creates designs that are used in children's books He also produces digital imaggraphing and ics such as the kind used to produce movies such as Toy Story The building also double as a community classroom where free courses are oifered on compuier illustration web design and the Internet — COPY museum and ception hall Fountain Green Theatre & DIP theatre Building The and dance hall restored for use as a community center where local artisans and craft makers can display their talents and wares The structure is really two buildings: one side was used as a theater the other as a dance hall and later a cultural hall by the LDS church The project was supported by the Founiain Green Heritage Committee the Eccles Foundation and local volunteers Local volunteers also helped restore the Daughters of the Utah Pioneer Building A former Bishop's warehouse the structure was built in Spring City Historical Old Schixil The Historical Old School on Centre Street has proudly stood in downtown Spring City for more than (X) years It graces the city council’s letterhead and is prominently displayed on the city's logo Built in 1899 it once housed both elementary and secondary students It has not been used as a teaching institution since the 1950s Most recently it has served mainly as a storage facility for the school district and has deteriorated ov er the ears story structure is now being restored and rehabilitated by the Friends of Histone Spnng City with support from the National Parks Service's Save Amenca's Treasures program North Sanpete High School The old high school Gymnasium gymnasium lixated on US Highway 89 was turned into a community recreational and cultural center that is enjoyed by people siding in the North Sanpete School district and the entire county The facility is used for athletic functions family reunions cultural exhibits and shows banquets and other events The project came to fruition thanks to the cooperation of the community North Sanpete School district North Sanpete High School alumni Ml Pleasant Main Street Program Sanpete County Heritage Council and Eccles Foundation This project was among several initiatives that are part of a master plan to revamp historical Main Street in Ml Pleasant for the benefit of the community and county Histone Railroad Depot and Caboose An 89()s Denver Rio Grand Depot was restored and moved to the Hcntage Village on US Highway 89 in Mt Deasant It serves as an information tenter for the Utah Hcntage Highway Alliance and is also ihe cornerstone of the Hcntage Village The Utah Hentage Foundation recognized the restoration with an award last year The depot is also an antique and hcntage products store The Heritage Village is also home to a htstoneal caboose that doubles as a restaurant The caboose was donated by the Hogle Family through the Garfield Western Railway Company Centerfield’s LDS Meeting House Restoration is ongoing on the LDS meeting house built in 1886 The structure is built of oolite stone and wood It has a was remodelled m 894 The date ol us erection is unknown structure Icaturcs unique bnck woik an! side piciure win- l The dows The opened in the 1890 and operated successfully until 1968 li has not been used extensively since then Local volunteers are woiking to restore the building for possible use as a brary The Noyes Building Snow College I phraim The Noyes Building was buiU between 1899 and 1908 as the Sanpete Stake Acadone of several academics he DS church The by labs building houses classrooms and ol fiees and administrative offices for Snow College The exterior of ihe building consisis of handmade brick and local oolite emy built limestone The building's restoration cluded framing the historical formal entiance slairway by a new sione platform that continues floor plan and consists of around the base of the building to create abasement consisting of ihe two sections classrooms The structure's steep pikhed Snow College's Traditional sloping rool is us distinguishing Skills Building Institute has also feature and also boasts it design been working wuh the Sanpete panel doors wainscot-tmCounty Travel and Hentage Counand unique moulding Atower cil and other hentage groups w as laier added in 897 The meetcluding the Daughters ol the Utah ing house has stood vacant and Pioneers to restore a historical has been neglected for years CC A Christensen cabin in I phraim The hentage council and and the I phraim Building council are woiking toThe protect has received gether to restore it to its former ongoing grams from the U S Torglory foi use as a community and es! Service and Utah Division of vocational training center State History I ot more informaMales Store In Males a tion on these and other preservarestoration pioiect is underway to tion efforts contact the Sanpete store which County Travel and Hentage Counpreserve the cil 435) S 44 |