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Show Cyan Magenta Yellow Black Wednesday, January 12, 2005 A7 Sanpete Messenger-Gunnison Valley Edition LaMar Jorgensen retires after 45 years of service By Scott Bishop Compiled by Kathy Lin Eggleston EPHRAIM—Her sisters were 21 and 17 when Katie MaVae Rees Tervort was born in Wales in 1931, so she always considered herself raised by three mothers. When she was seven the family moved to Ephraim, where she says, “A childhood here was wonderful and every day seemed to merge into the next.” Tervort remembers ice skating on the frozen swamp clear to Moroni and sneaking into the movie without being caught by Nellie Doke. Other memories include getting an occasional orange or apple as part of school lunch, which came from a big pot of soup brought in a coaster wagon, and pulling vines off the pea wagons to eat the fresh peas. “Snow High School was part of Snow College back then,” says Tervort. “I was Katie Tervort a society editor at the Snowdrift.” She took first place in speech and ran for Miss Ephraim in1948. “I loved to go dancing at Dreamland,” she says, which was in the Social Hall above Fat Jacks. “There were so many proms held there with live bands.” “Roy’s parents moved next door to me,” says Tervort about her husband. She says she delivered the Deseret News riding a horse, and she asked them if they wanted to subscribe as a good excuse to go visit. “When I got there, Roy was digging a hole for their septic tank,” Tervort remembers. To this day her husband says, “I met her in a hole and I’ve never gotten out of the hole!” Roy worked for a trucking company in California and the family moved back to retire in Ephraim in 1984. They enjoy life in Ephraim. The couple has three children, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. “I love to write,” says Katie. “I had an old manual typewriter, but my son bought me a new electric one so I can make mistakes faster,” she laughs. Presently she is writing a letter to Oprah to see if she is interested in helping the Ephraim City Carnegie Library. Katie also keeps busy knitting toboggans, what she calls stocking hats, and she has donated hundreds of them over the years. Senior Activities If you need a baby quilt or another quilt tied or stitched, contact your local senior citizen center. Most centers have willing hands to help you finish your project. Spring City Senior Citizen dinners are held the third Wednesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at the city building, 150 E. Center St. To make reservations for a meal or find out more about senior citizen center services call: Ephraim, Carolyn Tidwell, 2836310; Fairview, Richard Pure, 427-9278; Gunnison, Kerri Payne, 528-3781; Manti, Lynda Bennett, 835-2041; Moroni, Betty Nichols, 436-8275; Mt. Pleasant, John Shuhmann, 462-2149; Spring City, Ray and Marilyn Christensen, 462-0111. Staff writer M A N T I — L a M a r Jorgensen, 72, retired on Monday, Jan. 3, from the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), concluding a career in government service that lasted more than 45 years. His career included two years in Korea and more than 43 years with NCRS, a USDA agency formerly known as the Soil Conservation Service. Throughout his career, Jorgensen won many state awards for his work, including being named “Mr. Conservation” on several occasions. But the accomplishment that stands out in Jorgensen’s memory is “the national award our office team received in Washington D.C. in 1978. That was for our work during the drought of the mid-70s,” he says. As a technician, Jorgensen worked with engineers and soil scientists to complete several successful projects. His team also won state awards for their work during the spring floods of 1983. “I really have had great co-workers over the years,” said Jorgensen. Awards aside, Jorgensen had a role in nearly every irrigation system, head pond and reservoir that serves the farmers and ranchers of Sanpete County. He also served Juab County and is directly responsible for the head ponds north of Nephi that can be seen from I-15. Jorgensen began working with irrigation back before the days of lasers and computers. Surveying the land and building irrigation ditches required driving stakes and checking the slope of the land without the aid of the high-tech instruments used today. Everything had to be plotted on paper, and cement ditches were widely used. All that has changed now that irrigation has moved to sprinklers. Paul Dyreng, a local farmer, stated that without Jorgensen’s work in getting the sprinkler systems in place, he doubts that the farmers of Sanpete County could have made it through the drought. In addition to his work on the irrigation systems, Jorgensen completed the mountain snow survey for many years. When the state moved to using helicopters to survey the snowpack, Jorgensen went along to show them where all the gauges were located. One winter, a helicopter in which he was riding went down Senior Menu Wednesday, Jan 12: Minestrone soup, peaches with cottage cheese, bread sticks, cake, milk or juice. Thursday, Jan. 13: Baked chicken, whipped potatoes with gravy, fruit salad, peas and carrots, rolls and butter, milk or juice. Friday, Jan. 14: Spaghetti and meatballs, tossed green salad, fruit pie, garlic bread, milk or juice. Tuesday, Jan. 18: Beef pot pie with vegetables, apricots, bread and butter, peanut butter bar, milk or juice. Wednesday, Jan. 19: Pork chops, dressing and gravy, corn, rolls and butter, applesauce, milk or juice. Thursday, Jan. 20: Chili, cheese sticks, carrot salad with raisins, bread stick, fruit cobbler, milk or juice. Friday, Jan. 21: Hamburger stroganoff with noodles, mixed vegetable, biscuit with butter, fruit cup, milk or juice. Tuesday, Jan. 25: Salisbury steak, scalloped potatoes, spinach, bread and butter, mixed fruit, milk or juice. Wednesday, Jan. 26: Ham and au gratin potatoes, broccoli and cauliflower, fruit, cookie, rolls with butter, milk or juice. LaMar Jorgensen looks at weather data in his office for the last time after nearly half a century of dedicated service. in a blizzard, stranding all aboard on a mountain for three days. Local farmers describe Jorgensen as a homespun, local boy who was always willing to listen and who had an amazing ability to correctly apply water to the land. He made solid decisions, and the farmers and ranchers found they could depend on his recommendations. When asked why he chose to work so long, Jorgensen replied, “I enjoyed the work of designing and building something that would help people improve and save the natural resources. And I enjoyed working with the farmers, ranchers and others whom we served. I’ll miss that a lot.” SALINA AUCTION CLASS DATE: 1/4/2005 AVG. PRICE HEAD COUNT: 977 PRICE RANGE HORSES .................................................... 19.94 ........................ 16.50 - 26.00 COWS ........................................................ 46.45 ........................ 38.75 - 54.50 HEIFERETTES ........................................... 65.76 ........................ 58.50 - 69.00 CUTTING BULLS ........................................ 59.44 ........................ 54.00 - 63.00 SLAUGHTER BULLS .................................. 63.64 ........................ 56.75 - 68.25 CHOICE STRS 200-300# .......................... 120.44 .................... 108.00 - 131.00 CHOICE STRS 300-400# .......................... 138.41 ..................... 112.00 - 150.00 CHOICE STRS 400-500# .......................... 118.42 ...................... 92.00 - 132.00 CHOICE STRS 500-600# .......................... 102.66 ....................... 90.00 - 110.50 CHOICE STRS 600-700# .......................... 103.13 ...................... 99.00 - 107.50 CHOICE STRS 700-800# ............................ 96.06 ...................... 84.50 - 101.50 CHOICE STRS 800-900# ............................ 93.35 ........................ 86.50 - 97.00 CHOICE STRS 900-1000 ............................ 86.70 ........................ 79.50 - 91.75 CHOICE STRS 1000# ................................. 81.98 ........................ 74.00 - 84.00 CHOICE HFRS 200-300# .......................... 116.46 .................... 104.50 - 131.00 CHOICE HFRS 300-400# .......................... 111.53 ...................... 99.00 - 122.00 CHOICE HFRS 400-500# .......................... 112.67 .................... 100.00 - 120.50 CHOICE HFRS 500-600# .......................... 101.70 ...................... 96.00 - 108.50 CHOICE HFRS 600-700# ............................ 98.12 ...................... 84.50 - 102.50 CHOICE HFRS 700-800# ............................ 92.92 ........................ 82.00 - 97.50 CHOICE HFRS 800-900# ............................ 85.03 ........................ 68.50 - 95.00 CHOICE HFR 900 - 1300 ............................ 81.44 ........................ 75.00 - 86.75 HOL STRS 700-800# ................................... 75.37 ........................ 70.50 - 76.00 HOL STRS 800-1000# ................................. 73.22 ........................ 66.00 - 77.00 HOL STRS OVER 1000# ............................. 72.63 ........................ 71.50 - 74.00 |
