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Show OMNIWEST, CORP. 3322 SO. 3RD. EAST SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH M Wl Volume 90 Number 20 M Ewes?sEjj MANTI, UTAH 84642, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1975 1 re- search organization. According to the Foundation report, a teacher with a bachelors degree who began teaching in the South Sanpete School District during the 1970-7school year received a starting salary of $5,750. This same teacher with five years teaching experience now would be receiving an annual salary of $9,012 during the 1975-71 Beverly Squires, LaRae Simonsen, Mrs. Henry Colby, Principal Ivan Rowley, and Henry Colby, Title committee members of Manti High School. Roy Tenney, I 6 school year. Approximately Committee Discusses Title I program in operation and then a P.A.C. meeting to consider the progress being made in the project and to discuss other items of business. Beverly Squire was selected to serve as chairman of the committee and LaRae Simonsen secretary. Kenneth M. held Graham gave a report in which FY 75 Title I project evaluation was summarized and the project application for FY 76 analyzed. Plans were made to visit Title I projects in other school districts during the year as well as to visit projects in South Sanpete. Farmers Urged to Vote for ASCS office. The candidates for the position of community comg mitteemen for the area are Lyle Alder, Bruce Bown, Douglas Cox, Arthur King, Brent Larsen and Ralph Lund. ASC election ballots will be mailed to local farmers on November 21. Eligible voters are urged to look at the ballot Ephraim-Manti-Sterlin- and decide which candidates will represent you best. Remember, ASC committeemen are responsible for managing government farm programs on the local level and their decisions can directly affect local farming operations, Mr. Nielson said. Last year there were 1,400 farmers in Sanpete who could have voted to choose the 12 committeemen. community About 500 votes were cast and some positions were decided by two or three votes. Nearly s of the farmers did not vote. two-third- Ephraim City Names Recorder-Manag-er The appointment of Earl Duffy Lewis as Ephraim City manager has by Clair Erickson, acting mayor. Mr. Lewis assumed his duties Monday. He succeeds Larry Black, who resigned so that he could devote full time to the construction business. Mr. Lewis brings to the position a background of business experience as well as recorder-busines- s been announced academic training Mr. Lewis Lewis Mini-Mar- t, established the Gas and Dry Cleaning in Ephraim last spring. He said that he will devote full time to his position with Ephraim City. Arizona University, remember that free people have the right to nominate and to vote we also have the responsibility, Mr. Nielson said. December 1st is the deadline for returning ballots to the ASCS office in Manti. Circle This Date Circle ' Saturday-Decem- concert featuring the Mesa Earl Duffy Lewis teachers in the South Sanpete School District who are not at the top bracket of the salary scale also received a normal experience increment averaging $327 this year. Thus, the total average increase for teachers with a bachelor's degree in the South Sanpete School District who have not reached the top step amounted to $1,197 in the 1975-7school 6 year. The beginning salary for teachers with a bachelors in the South Sanpete District was equal to $7,836 in 1975-7This compares with a statewide average beginning salary of $7,836. A teacher with a bachelors degree can earn $11,760 in the South Sanpete School District after 12 years of experience. Additional amounts are provided for teachers who obtain academic training beyond the bachelors degree. In most cases these annual salaries are for approximately nine months of service. Foundation analysts point out that while teacher salaries have risen sharply in Utah and the South Sanpete School District during recent years, they have also increased substantially in most of the other states. As a result, salary levels of Utah teachers still are slightly below national and regional averages. indicate Estimates for 1974-7- 5 the the average salary paid to classroom teachers in Utah last below the year was about 4.6 average of the eight Mountain degree School 9.8, ber a delightful beginning for your Christmas festivities, Mrs. Carol Braith waite, president of the Mormon Miracle Ladies Guild, said. The occasion will be the annual home show sponsored by the Guild, Mrs. Braithwaite explained. She said the show will be held in Gunnison with six beautiful homes on display. You wont want to miss the delicious turkey dinner, the luscious baked goods and the lovely sewed articles that will be on sale, Mrs. Braithwaite added. The Home Show will begin at 4 p.m. and continue until 9 p.m. on December 13. s Two Ephraim musicians received special recognition at a at four Community College and Imperial Valley College. He spent most of his early years in New England. The family, which includes Mrs. Lewis and three children, moved to Ftn. Green from California in 1973. During this bicentennial as Receive Honors institutions in business administration. He has attended Boston University, Northern 5c a copy effective salary increase over five-yeperiod is equal to $3,713, or 64.6. Moreover, teachers who earned added college credit during this period might be entitled to an even greater increase. The Foundation study shows that salary schedule increases States. Utah, however, does were pay the employees share of averaging $870 or 10 provided to classroom teachers teacher retirement costs, a with a bachelors degree in the benefit not generally available South Sanpte School District' in the other states. When this this year. This compares with a special benefit is taken into statewide average increase of consideration, the average salin the teacher ary paid to Utah teachers last $889, or schedules. year was approximately equal salary In addition to the overall to that paid to the average raise in the salary level, most teacher in the Mountain States. the we honor our heritage of 200 years as a free nation, lets 13--a- $2,422 of this increase came from boosts in the overall salary schedules, with the remaining $840 coming from annual increments for added teaching experience. In addition to these direct salary increases, Utah now provides the employees share of teacher retirement costs which formerly was borne by the teacher. This special benefit adds another $451 to a teacher in the South Sanpete School District with five years of experience. Thus, the total ASC Committee Members The slates of nominees for the upcoming ASC committee elections have been developed, according to information announced by R. Lynn Nielson director of the Sanpete County t,; Sanpete Teacher Salary Increases Total 64 Foundation, the private Beverly Squire, LaRae SMr. and Mrs. Henry Colby, Principal Ivan Rowley and Roy Tenney, members of Manti High School Title I Parent Advisory Committee, met Thursday, Nov. 13, to visit the Title I reading program at Manti High. They saw the u f'A Classroom teachers who began a teaching career in the South Sanpete School District have received salary increases totaling $3,713, or 64.6 since 1970. This fact was brought out in an analysis of teacher salaries prepared by Utah imonsen, 84115 1975 Composers Guild Contest winners Wednesday evening in the Art and Architecture Auditorium on the University of Utah campus. Mrs. Robert (Nancy Lee) Oliver won second place in the popular music category and Harry Dean received one of the program awards. The winning entries were performed during the concert. Lamanite Specialist Will Address Friday Forum Howard Ranier, assistant director to the Institute of the church in the Northern Indian Mission. American Indian Services at Brigham Young University, will speak on The Lamanites in the Last Days Friday at noon in the Ephraim LDS Institute of Religion auditorium. The public is invited. Mr. Ranier is a graduate of BYU and is now working toward his masters degree at that school. He served a mission for He is chairman of the National Indian Conference at BYU and has traveled to most of the Indian Reservations in North America. He recently completed an assignment in connection with the production of a movie, The Great American Indian, which will be released next fall. High School Selects Fall Top Templars Manti High School has chosen Stacey Rasmussen and John Erickson as Top Templars for fall quarter. Selected by the faculty on the basis of leaedership, scholarship, character and service, Stacey and John are members of the senior class. Stacey, a daughter of Mr. is ready to be placed on new foundation after being RpSS FINDLAY HOME in Ephraim The Findlay home had to be removed to make way location. its former moved intact from Snow for the College area, which will be constructed on the site. for the new sports complex anti Seeks F ederal Funds for Slide Meeting at Senator Frank E. offices in Provo Monof a day, representatives local, state and federal agencies unanimously decided to seek federal funding for the diversion of Manti creek around the slide area in the Mosss half-doze- n canyon. continues to be carried in the stream in considerable quantities, the group decided that the long-rang- e solution was to the slide area, Mayor Wanlass explained. He added that because the slide is located on federal lands and the amount of money of the involved in a creek would be considerable, the decision was made to ask for federal assistance. The Monday meeting was preceded by a meeting in Senator Mosss office Saturday, attended by many of the same his full support to the efforts being made to solve the problems developed by the slide. Ned Madsen told the group an that the situation is absolute emergency to Manti ely a because of the clay which contains a few nutrient elements and, when it sets, is very impervious to water-whi- ch is now being pushed into the creek. This silt, Madsen said, if spread out over 6700 acres of irrigated land in the Manti area, could seriously reduce the productivity of the soil. Although the danger of flooding in the spring during the run-of- f appears remote, this hazard still exists, the meeting was told, because the channel in the slide area has been thrust up 60 or more feet. by-pa- silt-larg- "An attempt will be made to have funds for the project included in next fiscal years Mayor Frank Wan-las- s budget, said. He explained that the U.S. Forest Service and Coon, King & Knowlton, the engineering firm which has charge of the present reconstruction of people, during which the the culinary water line in the Senator urged immediate action to alleviate the problem created canyon, will prepare an estimate of the amount needed. by the slide. We can talk and talk and The meeting in Senator Mosss office Monday was talk so long, but that old slide attended by representatives of just keeps slipping along, Emergency Services, the Forest Senator Moss said. He pledged Service, the Soil Conservation Service, the Army Corps of Engineers, the Utah National Guard, the Utah State Geological Survey, Sanpete County and Parent-Teach- er Manti City. Mayor Frank Wanlass, Commissioner Ned Madsen, Manti-LaSParents of Manti High School National Forest Superstudents have been reminded visor Reed Christensen and by Mrs. Dorothy Hunt, PTA Ranger Dick Allred, whose president, that parent-teache- r district the slide in situated, conferences will be held today were the local representatives (Thursday) at the Manti at the meeting. Armory. After a discussion of the full Students will be dismissed at problem, including the possinoon, Mrs. Hunt explained, so bility of flooding and the that teachers will be available for consultations with parents. certainty of considerable damage to irrigated land if silt The conferences have been Manti High Schedules Meet scheduled for Thursday afternoon from 1 to 3 and again in the evening from 7 to 9. Parents may choose to attend at any time during those hours, Mrs. Hunt explained. She said that teachers will be available for individual conferences with parents. The PTA will serve refreshments during the afternoon and evening. Lynne Higbee Receives Honor Mrs. Lynne Higbee, wife of Snow College president J. and Mrs. Juel Rasmussen, Manti, is a member of the National Honor Society, Model U.N. and Radio Club. She was a delegate to Girls State last summer. She is head cheerleader, accompanist for the MHS chorus and has played flute in the school band for almost seven years. An expert horsewoman, she has participated in riding meets and with her horse Flip won trophies last summer in barrel racing. John is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Clair Erickson, Ephraim. He is a member of the National Honor Society, last year won first place in the American Legion Auxiliary essay contest and has had poems and short stories published in the school literary magazine, Write. John has had lead roles in several theater productions. He is an athlete, enjoys skiing and photography, plays the guitar and sings with the chamber choir. He is also an Eagle Scout. to County Commissioner Ned Madsen holds a gallon jug of water from Manti Creek in Manti slide to in the water due of Nearly the sediment amount Canyon. demonstrate the a full inch of clay settled to the bottom of the jug. Higbee, has been designated elect lady by Marvin Lambda John Erickson Stacey Rasmussen for Snows Division of Continuing Education winter quarter. She has a special interest in the painting and music. President and Mrs. Higbee are the parents of eight children. arts-writi- ng, Delta Sigma, Latter-da- y Saints sorority. The honor was conferred upon Mrs. Higbee by Mrs. Barbara Winder, vice president of the international organization which has 15,000 members, at ceremonies in the Lion House in Salt Lake City. Mrs. Winder, who presented Mrs. Higbee with a necklace during the ceremony, explained that Lambda Delta Sigmas is an annual Elect lady award presented to an LDS woman whose life exemplifies well the ideals of the church. Previous recipients have been the widow of Harold B. Lee, a president of the church, and members of the Relief Society presidency. Mrs. Higbee was born in Vernal, but grew up in Moses Lake, Wash. She has attended Odessa College, Brigham Young University and Snow College and will teach a class Mrs. Lynne Higbee, shown with her husband President J. Marvin Higbee, was chosen Most Outstanding Woman of the Year in the LDS Church recently. Photo Courtesy The Snowdrift -- |
