Show FWfWWW I Wednesday September 29 2004 Sanpete Messenger®'’ Miss Snow crowned Off the Wasatch By Fox EPHRAIM — And the new Michelle reigning Miss Snow is Mecham from Fountain Green With an appropriate “The Way You Look Tonight” theme the annual Miss Snow Pageant held at the Snow College Eccles building on Friday Sept 24 was By Roger Baker The good flush It only took one flush of a toilet on the Wasatch Front to remind me why life is so good here in Sanpete It isn’t that the gravitational pull of the earth shifts on the Wasatch Front causinstead of the ing toilet bowl swirls to go customary clockwise we are used to in Sanpete The reminding flush was really unspectacular at first I have no sense of where things go that disappear in a but I do know where things go in Wasatch Front commode Sanpete I also remember where things used to go before we had a sewer system in Ephraim and believe me there is no better feeling in the world than pulling the toilet chain and knowing that you will never see things again — ever The down side is that the things never seen again can include children’s toys hair curlers and small animals But this is a small price to pay to board up the outdoor privy for the luxury of indoor plumbing The offending Wasatch Front flush was at an house The offending toilet was in a basement bathroom that hadn’t been used since Roosevelt was president (He didn’t personally use it) The time was 2:15 am better known as the of the night After my usual visit the toilet wouldn’t stop comflushing It just kept on going and going an mode fully charged from lack of use I lifted the tank lid to do some manhandling of the secret toilet works The valve in the tank was broken Not to worry Toilets have backup systems in case of catastrophic valve failure The tap on the wall was the next option It's never in a convenient place tucked behind the throne as if it’s an embarrassment that must be hidden It was too loose for its age Valves should corrode from and be difficult to turn but this one turned easily between one finger and thumb It turned and turned Ever turning but never coming to a knowledge of the stop This was the season turn turn a time for flooding The valve was broken middle Two options were left There was either a main valve in the house or a valve at the meter hidden away under the lawn outside the house I sent my w ife on the difficult errand: wake Grandma from a sound sleep and make her tell you where the main water valve is hidden I’m not after the family jewels just the water valve In the meantime I checked basement closets the furnace room the food storage and the spider hole She wouldn’t wake up She must When the mystery valve was located I feared the worst It was corroded Would it break? Would it actually shut off the water? It was 90 percent effective The toilet would now dribble the rest of the night instead of run and I could try to go to sleep with the pleasant thought of a repair project as soon as hardware stores opened in the morning Now toilets anywhere can go bad They get in with the wrong crowd and are softened up by peer pressure But in Sanpete they can be fixed A quick trip to Hermansen’s or some small place in n small town where there are people who know what you need make even an unpleasant job at least doable But on the front it is not easy I fought the traffic for 30 minutes to get to Lowe’s and found that there are 79 kinds of valves: straight L sweat threaded 34 inch 58 inch 12 inch and all combinations and permutations of color kinds and And the sales guy doesn’t know squat — someconfigurations who someone in a plumbing department should works thing absolutely know So I bought the internal toilet parts that I knew I’d need and a small assortment of valves that I might need In any Sanpete hardware store if I said that the house was plumbed with copper I would have been sold the correct valve or at the least given a couple and told to bring back what I didn’t need And when I would go back they would recognize me and take back the unused valve On the Wasatch Front it meant a Saturday afternoon drive back to the store and a long wait in a line at the counter Ben Staff writer a discussion about how it was only this morning that I had purchased the valve a notarized ceipt a lengthy form asking my nameaddressphonedate-of-birt- re- a showcase of talent as 2 young ladies competed for the title A large number of students family and friends of the contesmembers tants and community were in attendance Members of Club Noyes thrilled listeners with jazz rhythm before the show and the audience enjoyed the pageant decorations Each contestant had something unique to offer the pageant The young women danced sang recited monologues and played piano solos to display their talents It was a close competition and as the judges brought out the envelope all went quiet as participants and members of the audience crossed their fingers and held their breath Lizzie Markham Miss Snow 2003 announced the finalists: Fourth attendant is Jill Greenhalgh from Brigham City Jill’s talent was singing the song “The Prayer” and her platform was and im“Building proving Third attendant is Jennifer Watson from Fillmore Her talent from Spanish Fork Her talent was singing the song “Losing my Mind” and her platform was “Celebrating our differences” Mechamthe new Miss Snow By Margaret Amy Staff writer MAYFIELD— Mayfield resident John Hutchinson had the thrill — and chill — of a lifetime Hutchinson booked a fishing trip with his son He along in early September with 32 other fishermen includfrom some Japan Nigeria ing England and Ireland has done this for the past four years Out of the 33 fishermen who fished for albacore last year 22 returned for another adventure The usual itinerary of the fishing vessel is to sail west 100 miles off Pool Harbor at San Diego Bay then 150 miles south where albacore tuna run But on Hutchinson’s trip a hurricane forced them to go 150 miles west then 200 miles west and 350 miles south where they found good weather near Isla de off Baja Calif fered Offices In dance of yellow fin and yellowtail tuna Hutchinson his limit and won second place for a yellow fin after fighting with it for 45 minutes That was a thrill for Hutchinson but not nearly as exciting as when he realized that he had a shark on his test line Hutchinson had undergone four major surgeries in four months last year and even though he had done his best to get fit enough to haul in an albacore and a yellow fin it was indeed an effort to bring in a shark The shark stayed on his line since 1893 BITE wwwmoronifeedcuorg t t 4 4 4 ihwmw iyvisA A p A - ' vv' l' v A Mayfield resident John Hutchinson reeling In (above) an exciting but un invited guest (left) caught Moroni 4 f the and Gunnison Must be eligible for membership s fi waters ofan abun- Tell a friend! County Mecham chose the platform of paying it forward to improve the future The idea is to do something When good for someone else something good is done for you pay it forward — pay forward the guys!” the the The Sanpete Messenger of Sanpete (Greenhalgh flawlessly water and weather dictate which fish are available dill The piece she played on the piano is a passionate piece of music and demands some serious but even with a key pounding broken finger Mecham played - Because MESSENGER PHOTO good deed or pass it along Miss Snow hopes to increase goodwill and camaraderie among students as well as provide service for those in need by monthly quilting projects When asked "Do you expect guys to come and quilt?” she responded the “Especially than he bargained for out of your budget? Ephraim played the “Warsaw and her platform was foiward” “Pay Mechatn wanted to win the pageant She was determined and she was willing to push herself to the limits She broke her finger a week before the event but didn’t let that stop her it '( Ckeckm a for Concerto” A local man fishing for tuna off the coast of California hooks more The Voice Fcs2 was a dance to the song "Only Hope” and her platform was “There is ‘Snow’ place like home” Second attendant is Whitney Jordan from West Jordan Her ent was a dance to “Consistent and her platform Confinement” was “What I wish I had known in school” high First attendant is Elisa Lesuer FOX by her attendants Fish Story Guadalupe and parole date a driver’s license and the stench from working on a broken toilet that motivates clerks to get rid of you This kind of stuff just doesn’t happen in Sanpete land of the happy flush BEN Miss Snow 2004 Michelle Mecham (center) surrounded Jennifer watson Whitney Jordan and Elisa Lesuer Member NCUA and Hutchinson brought it within 20 yards of the boat where it surfaced He could see the hook was in the 'haik’s mouth but the great white had managed to get itself W’rapped up in the line as well Hutchinson consulted the captain The captain said there was no way they could bring the shark aboard — it would devour all 33 fishennen Hutchinson took a pho tograph shark cut the line and freed (he Back on land Hutchinson and his son traded some of his catch foi at a local cafd and gave some to neighbors in San Diego After he returned to Mayfield and watched the movie “Jaws” tlxi reality of his experience sunk in |