Show T Wednesday September 29 2004 Sanpete Sanpete County t5?QC3©ojD88Qgi Countywide Expect Interest travel delays during road construction RICHFIELD — Motorists traveling through the north or south borders of Sanpete County may experience travel delays from two road construction projects UDOT has completed a project on SRl 17 from Moroni to the north county border Motorists are encouraged to drive with caution until a final coat is placed on the road On US 89 south of Manti a “hot recycling” project is underway During the process the pavement is ground heated treated and repaved in a moving operation Traffic is reduced to one lane and motorists should expect moderate delays of up to 15 minutes The project is expected to be completed by the end of October health insurance State provides John Hales Open enrollment for the Primary Care Network (PCN) a public health insurance program under the Utah Department of Health (UDOH) begins this Monday and will continue until Oct 29 The program funded jointly by the state and federal governments provides preventive medical and dental services to adults who have other health coverage or access to insurance no ages through work who are US citizens or legal residents and who meet income guidelines based on family size and household income For example a family of four earning up to $28275 may meet By AXTELL — The Axtell Young Men and Young Women held their annual fundraiser the “Li’l Buckaroo Rodeo” on Saturday Sept 18 at Tyler Blackburn’s arena The rodeo included events for all ages such as a chicken chase greased pig scramble mutton bustin’ calf riding barrel races pole races team roping boot races and timed events and of course the popular hide races Although it was a windy afternoon a large crowd attended and made it a worthwhile event for the youth Bob Durio a former resident of Axtell said that he his wife Alice and their family are doing well and enjoying living in Shelby ville Tenn Ben and Stephanie Boore attended the Utah State Fair on Saturday Sept 18 They helped the Gunnison Valley High School chapter of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) along with several other FFA chapters set up displays about different phases of agriculture Congratulations to Bailey Thatcher one of the new officers and to Cheyenne Thatcher a new officer at Gunnison Valley Middle School Elwood and Julia Sorenson's grandson Jake Hill has been called to serve in the South Dakota Rapid City Mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints Jake is the son of Don and Denise Hill of Gunnison He enters the Missionary Training Center today held in Sevier County Sevier County w ill sponsor a clinic as part of a campaign to reduce the number of unwanted pets in Utah from Oct which trip was best but she would like to go back to both places Catla is Sterling By Craig Cook STERLING — The Sterling City Council may have qualified for a place on “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” when the members voted down a raise for themselves in their September meeting Mayor Steve Thomas who also announced his intention to resign to accept a position with the BLM in Moab suited dial he believed the council members deserved a raise based on their past performance and hard work But the council concurred that they were providing community service and were “not in it for the money” thus the raise was voted down Last month's discussion about paving roads continued w nil added input from resident Einic Martinez Martinez expiessed concern about losing part of his property if the road in front of his house were widened The council clanfied that only roads that had not been previously paved would be widened initially The council is woiking toward paving all the dedicated roads Comment was made that the city should only be responsible for 'A 1100 North Main FULL-TIM- Dr Allen Dr Nakken Dr Zobell E Richfield EPHRAIM — Ephraim City has named Richard Anderson as the new city clerk following the dismissal of Wendy Hansen The city council approved Mayor Morris Casperson’s appointment of Anderson at its meeting on Sept 22 Anderson who is also the city manager had been acting as interim clerk pending the outcome of a criminal case against Hansen involv ing misuse of Ephraim City funds Earlier that day Hansen pleaded guilty in the case necessitating the selection of a new city clerk Council members questioned the legality of Anderson’s appointment at first fearing that there may be a conflict of interest betw een dual roles as city manager and city clerk The clerk is responsible for recording minutes of council meetings in which the manager also participates Howev er the council learned that city clerks may appoint others to take minutes of meetings and that many cities have managers that also serve as clerks By Geffrey Pace GUNNISON — Towering trees were the topic at the city council meeting last Wednesday Trees are overgrow ing city street comers and traffic signs The city council discussed trimming the trees or notifying the tree owners about the problem Also council member Jerolyn Young raised concerns that someone had been dumping cement near the city creek at 200 East The council gave Young approval to get the area cleaned And finally the council approved a business license for the Valley Fitness for Women Center Business owner Billy Coates will run the operation which he says will allow members to go at their own pace The facility will offer memberships The council also discussed the status of the Star Theatre see lead story Page A! 4 Dr Ellsworth 5 Dr Arbon 6 Dr Duerkson 7 Dr Walsh 6 Orthopedist Podiatrist 8 7 Dermatologist ENT lHljnMllilliUllBIIW)Jllll Electrocardiagnosis SLC Cardiologist (Referral Only) Dr Stephanz Brent Fox Audiologist 14 Dr Hunsaker Ophthalmologist 14 Dr Ellsworth Dermatologist 18 Dr Ellsworth Dermatologist ENT 1 9 Dr Duerkson Electrocardiagnosis 21 Dr Ellsworth Dermatologist 22 Dr Bingham Cardiologist 20 il g mm Dr Arbon Nephrologist Provo (Referral Only) 22 Dr Vincent Neurologist 26 Brent Fox Audiologist 28 Dr Ellsworth Dermatologist 29 Dr Hammond Nephrologist Dixie Rasmussen Certified Nurse Midwife Rod Hinck Speech Therapist (By Appt Only) Affiliated Health Care Providers Mon: 7 narcotics Anonymous nestings In Sonnets '' 1 SPECIALISTS Surgeon 12 11 Gunnison Fit 896-827- VISITING SPECIALISTS FOR OCTOBER Ephraim appoints new city clerk Tue: ned roads Sevier Valley Hospital Service of Intermountain Healthcare The clinic was oiganized by No More Homeless Pets in Utah a coalition of animal shelters and rescue organizations to prevent the euthanasia of homeless animals The clinic called the Sevier County Super Fix allows veterinarians from animal clinics and hospitals in Salina and Richfield to offer ‘ count prices for spayneuter surgeries lire vets are later reimbursed $25 for each operation by No More Homeless Pets in Utah Other services like vaccinations and microchip implantations w ill be offered at regular prices “We’re trying to make it as easy as possible for people to help us end the tragic killing of dogs and cats and for pet ow ners to do their pets a tremendous service” says Gregory Castle president of No More Homeless Pets in Utah Veterinarians from the Green Valley Veterinary Hospital North Valley Veterinary Clinic Richfield Veterinary Clinic and Sevier Valley Animal Clinic will participate in the program City council By John Hales are Eugene and Nancy Jensen of Centerfield and Lester and Helen Hill of Gunnison Carla Anderson recently returned from a cruise to Alaska She took her grandchildren Kay C and Kim Caldwell and Angela Tomkins with her A year ago they took a trip to Hawaii Caila said she couldn’t decide Council considers paving votes against raises changes to water ordinance privately by town residents) state that the water share can never be resold and that the water may be used only for official town purposes Crane expects the council to accept the resolution at the next town council meeting on Oct 14 person does not need to CENTERF1ELD — David and Stephanie Lambertson agents for State Farm Insurance and Marcia and Sergio Rico attended an insurance meeting at Sundance last Tuesday which they fell was beneficial to them Funeral services for Rilla Dee Beck’s mother Fay Conder Detro were held Sept 14 in Spanish Fork All of Fay’s children including Rilla Dee paid tributes to her All of the grandchildren and great grandT children sang or performed other musical numbers Niels Earlin Worthen was transferred to Gunnison Valley Hospital last week after being at Utah Valley lospital for two months and a rehabilitation hospital in Salt Lake fora month His health is improving byt he still needs therapy oxygen and special treatments We wish him wefi Eugene and Nancy Jensen and many of their family members attended the wedding of their grandson Devan Loicnsen who married Brandy Beck on Saturday Sept 8 The wedding was held at The Mead ows at Log laven in Salt Lake City David and Diane Hill are grandparents They traveled tq Las Vegas last weekend to see their new grandson Riley Dustin Hill Fayette Town discusses Pet clinic to be By John Hales a A3 Sterna Q2EEE CH2E3SD Enrollment for one year costs up to $50 and applications can be requested by calling the UDOH Health Resource Line The PCN is unique to Utah and director Michael Hales says the program “is improving access to primary health care for Utah adults” The dates and length of open enrollment are determined by the number of adults enrolling the number leaving (Ik program and available funding Pn‘ Valley Edition Messenger-Gunniso- n By John Hales FAYETTE — Fayette is changing its water ordinance to include a provision regarding municipally owned water says Mayor Shawn Crane Until recently the town did not own shares of water making such a prov ision unnecessary Last month however explains Crane the city purchased a share of “field water” which equates to four shares of culinary water After public hearings on the ordinance change in August the town council discussed the actual wording of the ordinance during a meeting held Sept 0 The new regulations upon water(as opposed to water owned come guidelines The PCN serves working Utah adults but be employed to qualify yy pm Mt Pleasant MATR Treatment Center 265 N State 7 pm ML Pleasant 896 N 500 W 7 pm Manti 450 W 600 S (Gymnasium) f c" ‘ uIv |