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Show ffi' W : Hauling D&RGW Rail Cars g Fifty of the 234 railroad cars stranded on the Marysvale.. Branch of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad jn Sevier and Sanpete counties are being shipped by truck from Sevier County to Levan where they will be placed back into ser-vic- e. Half are coal cars and the other half box cars, according to Jack Clancy, chief mechanical officer of the railroad, in Denver. The cars are being moved along U.S. Highway 89 and Utah Highway from Salina and Sigurd by truck to Levan, some 60 miles, where they will be placed on Union Pacific Railroad tracks. 28 There has been no activity on the Marysvale Branch, which runs from Thistle to Richfield, since a mud slide in mid-Apr- il covered the railroad tracks and U.S. Highway 89. ' transport canned vegetables from California'. At the present time, railroad officials do not plan to move any of the remaining 164 cars in Sevier and Sanpete counties. Most of the coal cars are being shipped from railroad sidings near Salina and the box cars have been on tracks near the U.S. Gypsum and Georgia Pacific gypsum plants near Sigurd. Because the draining of Thistle Lake, caused by the giant mudslide, has not been completed, railroad officials refuse to indicate what the future of the Marysvale Branch will be. It is expected they will make a decision on the railroads future in Sanpete and Sevier counties after an assessment of damages caused by the slide and lake is made when the lake is drained later this fall. semi-trailFive huge low-bo- y truck units, leased by McAllister Brothers Trucking of Rock Springs, (Continued on Page 8) Piggyback er Clancy said the coal cars will be used in general service in Utah and Colorado and the box cars used to Coal cars near Salina on Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad have wheels removed, and are loaded on trucks to be trucked north. Cars stranded on Marysvale Branch will be utilized in other sections of the railroad and had to be trucked out because there was no diesel engine south of the Thistle mudslide to take them north. It is not known if or when branch will be reopened. r VOLUME 61, NUMBER 42 SALINA, UTAH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1983 Big Buck New N Bieadtaer Deadline Is Could be in By 84 Friday Friday, oct. 21 at 6 p.m. is the deadline to be registered for the Big Buck Contest this year, according to chairman John Speer. In a surprise move last Thursday, the Sevier School District Board of Education approved the purchasing of bleachers for the new North Sevier High School. Speer said he will pick up all of the registration books between 6 and 7 p.m. The board had gone into executive session and had not discussed the approval of the bleachers before that time. After the board came out of executive session, Dr. Kenneth Glover moved to authorize the administration to improve the South Sevier Media Center, the South Sevier baseball diamond, backstop, fencing and dugouts and bleachers The Big Buck Contest is an annual affair sponsored totally by merchants in the North Sevier area and organized by the Saiina Chamber of Commerce.' Instead of hunters paying a registration fee to pay for prizes,, the prizes are paid for totally by area merchants who donate toward their purchase. . We really appreciate those businesses who have contributed to this, Speer said. It not only helps their businesses, but the ' entire North Sevier business community as well. I hope those who have not contributed will do so soon. I would sure hate to deny a prize because we Laurie Jensen, left, and Jan Marshall receive a plaque for the NSHS Band at the Salt Lake Tabernacle last week when the Speer said businesses who have not contributed may do so by bringing their money to him at The Salina Sun or to the home of Lyn and Judy Christensen. Mrs. Christensen is the chambers executive secretary. At their annual all state band, orchestra and choral concert Friday night in the tabemade to a near capadty crowd, the. Utah Music FAimatinn Association presented Lynn Poulson, former NSHS band director, with a plaque designating the NSHS band as the most outstanding 1A band in the state. That means she does all the work, Speer added. Those businesses who have contributed to the Big Buck Contest this year so far are: Salina Five and Ten; Robin Mickelson-SoutheAgency; ' Paulettes Smart Shop; Butch Cass idy Campground; Zions Bank; Branding Iron; Barretts Food Town; SUFCo; Robinson Transport; Whites Western Wear; Briggs-Leavi- tt Insurance; The Salina Sun; Utah Independent Bank; Sorensen Electric; Barney Trucking; Moms Cafe; Salina Drug; Safari Restaurant and Motel; Burns Saddlery; Stigs Western Randier; FYeeway Conoco. m . The outstanding band from each region submits a tape in the spring to a panel of judges. After Ridging each band carefully, an outstanding band in each category, 1A, 2A, 3A, and 4A is chosen and honored at the annual concert. The winning 2A was Emery, 3A Orem High and 4A Skyview (Logan). This is the first year this has been done. To qualify, the band has to take first place in their region, then A The Human Resources Department of the Six County Commissioners Organization announces ' the additipn to the staff of a VISTA (Volunteers In Service to America) volunteer, Warren Ottley, Salina. VISTA Volunteers work in all areas of the United States wherever malnutrition, inadequate housing, poor education and limited op- portunities can be found. Mr. Otltey will be involved in The members of the band have auditioned for the part and are made up of the finest high school musicians throughout the state. 4 This is Lauries fourth year of participation of which she was chosen this year as first chair, first clarinet in the darinet section of the band. . ; the state. He recently retired from private business in southern California and St. George, and lives with his wife, : Maurine, in Salina. To strengthen and supplement efforts to eliminate poverty and poverty-relate- d human, social, and environmental problems in the United States by encouraging and enabling persons from all walks of life and age groups, including elderly and retired Americans, to and conperform meaningful structive volunteer service . . . Dr. Glover told The Sun that the bleachers were not approved until last week because the board could not see where the money would come from until just after the previous board meeting. He said that the bleachers could be in place by Jan. 1, 1984 but said that is only a hopeful guess. Although he did not say how much money was available for the bleachers and other priority projects from the Richfield middle school funds, he said it was sufficient. . to buy doing to promote the North Sevier area for shoppers and tourists. The chamber made good its pledge to clean the streets for the upcoming deer hunt when about 20 merchants took brooms and shovels and cleaned the gutters anod streets in the downtown area. Chamber members were sweeping and (Continued on Page 8) Middle School 8th Graders Try Career in Journalism ' accepting and reviewing community services Mock grant applications for people in the Six County (Juab, Millard, Sanpete, Sevier, Piute and area . who require Wayne) emergency assistance. He will also disseminate information regarding services available both from local and national agencies. J Last spring a group of concerned North Sevier area citizens including Dale Shaheen, Jerold Johnson, Burke Johnson, Grant Stubbs, Dwaine Burr, John Speer, Mel Briggs, Glen Partridge, Vickie Nielsen and others approached the school board about approving the bleacher purchase. The board said at the time that the bleachers would be a high priority itqpi but that the money would have to be found. Committee members said any money left over from the Richfield middle school The chamber asked the council for help in getting Main and State streets and gutters cleaned out. President Wayne Sittre told the council that the city has done a good Laurie Jensen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Jensen, Redmond, and Jan Marshall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Marshall, Salina, participated in the allstate band. 6 County Human Resources Gets' Gets VISTA Volunteer, W. Ottley bonding could be used bleachers. The city council was particularly giving Monday evening when the Salina Chamber of Commerce and the Salina Volunteer Fire Department came to call. the other winning regions compete against each other for the state title. This is Jans second year of participation. She was rated fifth in School. Cleaner Salina Streets, More Fire Fighters, Council Says band was declared the Number band in the state. Lauri One was named number one, Jan number five clarinetists. Band , Miss Jensen Are Utahs Finest ran short. for the new North Sevier High Editors Note: The following stor- ies were written as a result of the visit of the Salina Sun editor to Jackie Burrs eighth grade Career Education class at the North Sevier Middle School. The editor appoint- ed reporters, editors and photogr- sphere and assigned them two stories. The stories came out great, as the reader will see. The photogr- aphs, however, by Leon Huntsman Rusty Bastian, did not fare so well It was no fault of the photog- raphere. For some, reason, the pictures came out with no top half the negatives. The editor is checking his camera for the light or other flaw. 9 On Thursday, October 13, 1983 School this question: If you could John Speer, Editor of The Salina be anything in the world, what Sun, came and spoke to the 8th would you be? grade Career Education class. He Here are their responses: Miss spoke about journalism and report- fog. (Coach) Bone-millionaire, beca- use you wouldnt have to worry John was asked many questions, about not having any money and One question asked was Is joum- - you could get anything you wanted alism exciting? John replied that it and do anything you wanted. Well, was very exciting and that you get almost anything. Mr. Lyn Christ-an- d ensen-to meet a lot of people. tramp, because theyve got it made. He had the dass do an en-o- n ent on 6th graders. While he was Principal Lamont Dansie-A- n here he had half . the class be gineer, because it is a challenging reporters for one newspaper and the career and there are more opport-lea- k other half for another paper. unities to grow. Miss Nielson-- I would like to be a secretary because ' Teachers Tell Aspirations ' Meanwhile, here are the stories there is good pay. Mr. Lynn from NSMSs future journalists. Edited by Jennifer Sorensen Reynolds- - An appliance repairman because I like to fix things and I . Some of the students in Mrs. would be able to meet lots of Speer Speaks to Career Ed. Class - Jackie Burrs 8th- - grade Career people. Mr. Craig Sorenson-. Joni Education dass decided to ask the By Reynolds ' - teachers at the North Sevier Middle and W endy Wiley (Continued on Page 9) A A |