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Show Page 2 The Gunnison Valley Gazette Fayette Town has budget increase By JOHN HALES FAYETTE — Fayette Town's general-fund budget is up 16 percent for the fiscal year that started last week on July 1. Nearly all of that increase is coming from a single, one-time infusion of money into the town's general fund. Other changes in the budget are relatively small. On paper, the budget shows a $10,000 increase, from $61,730 to $71,800. But Fayette's taxpaying residents don't need to be concerned that tax rates will be raised to bring in that extra revenue. Rather, the town is taking $10,000 from specialized reserve funds for street maintenance. Those funds will be spent to pay for work done on Center Street from 100 East to 200 East to install new water lines running from the town's new water well. The street was completely torn up, the water lines installed, and the road rebuilt, Mayor Scott Bartholomew said. That project itself was completed earlier this year, said Fayette Mayor Scott Bartholomew, "But we haven't been billed for it." The fund transfer will make money available to pay those bills once the town receives them, probably in August, Bartholomew said. "We [the Fayette Town Council] had already voted on that, to transfer from one CANDIDATES Continued from Page 1 Mayfield Two seats on Mayfield's Town Council are up for grabs. Richard Bjerregaard and Johnny Anderson hold those council positions now. Mayfield Town Clerk Catherine Bartholomew requested that citizens intending to run for office contact her to arrange to file. Bartholomew can be reached at (435) 528703 1, or at the town office at Thursday, July 7, 2011 Former POW gives patriotic address by ANITA LYONS Former Vietnam POW Jay Hess spoke to a crowd that filled the Stake Center chapel Sunday night at the patriotic fireside in Gunnison. One of five or six Vietnam POWs living in Utah, he said there were only 771 Vietnam POWs altogether. "I attended the best school available for learning to appreciate America," he said. His plane was shot down over Vietnam. Though he had vowed he would never be a prisoner of war, he said "The closer my plane got to the ground, the more I thought I might try it," he said. He pulled the eject switch. Hess spent a little over five years in the Hanoi Hilton prison, where, "the days were a week long, and the nights were two weeks long." He spent his first two months in solitary confinement. He commented, "You become very humble. You pray a lot." Hess was then moved to a room with three other roommates, after suffering through torture one night, his roommate said, "Hey, it's Sunday. Let's repeat the Lord's prayer." They stood up and repeated the prayer, "Our Father, Which art in Heaven. Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever, amen." Then they repeated the fund to the other," he said. The next-biggest change in the town's budget for 2012 is a nearly $2,000 decrease in what the town plans to spend on administration. Town officials believe the town can save money by e-filing forms and documents required by the state and other agencies, rather than filling out those forms by hand. Also, there are no foreseen purchases of significant equipment this year. Purchases of a new computer and a fax/copy machine over the last couple of years should allow the town to avoid expenses of that type for some time. The town also budgeted a one-time item of an extra $200 to go toward helping the Gunnison City Police Department establish a D.A.R.E. [Drug Abuse Resistance Education] program in the schools. Fayette already gives $600 to Gunnison as the town's share of the cost of providing the valley's school resource officer. Beyond the generalfund, which is the town's basic operating money, the town also has a water fund to provide water service. The water fund's budget anticipates saving a little more than $8,000 in material and supplies for maintenance. With the new water project completed, Mayor Bartholomew said, there should be less maintenance to do on the town's water system for a time. (435) 528-5061. Fayette Two council seats currently held by Kimberly Mellor and Lamar Bartholomew are up for election this year. Anyone interested in filing as a candidate should contact the town clerk at (435) 528-3883 or (435) 528-5882. Axtell Axtell also has an election, even though the area is not an incorporated municipality. The area is part of an ourtesy oto March 17, 1973; Heidi Hess, 9, runs to greet her father, Jay C. Hess after being held captive for over five years in a Vietnam prison. pledge of allegiance, "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." After doing that, Hess said he felt better, "Wow, I'm on a team!" Prisoners developed a way to communicate by tapping on the walls, putting the alphabet into a box with five letters across and five down. The number of taps indicated which letter. "A" was one tap followed by one tap, and "Z" was five taps for across the top of the box plus five taps for down the columns, so ten taps. Word came through tapping that they were being allowed to send letters. Hess said he started pondering what he would write in a letter if he got the chance. One day they took him and his cell mates to the interrogation room and handed them a postcard with five lines on it. They wrote letters and then were taken back to their cells and were told, "The letters need to be corrected." Two months later, they were taken again, and given a new card plus their old one and were to copy the corrected letter to the new postcard. Hess began copying his, then heard his cellmates saying that they would not write the "corrected" version. His, however, hadn't been changed in any way, so he was able to send it. It said, "Dear Marjorie, (then listed his five children), Above all I seek for eternal life with all of you. These are important: Temple marriage, mission, college. Press on. I had a slight flesh wound and last Axtell Special Service District (SSD), a governmental entity set up under the county's auspices to primarily deal with providing and the administration of municipal-type water services to Axtell residents. Travis Blackburn, Tyler Blackburn and Wade Brackett now hold three seats on the SSD's governing board. All three seats are up for election this year. To file to run as an elected SSD official, contact Sharon Mecham at (435) 5287526. Gunnison Valley Junior High School Student Body Officers 1980 DON'T MISS THE BOAT! Mark Elmont, President Kathy Bartholomew, Reporter Stephanie Prisbrey, Secretary Ronald Newman, Activity Director Jay Greenburg, Vice President • 100% Purchase Money Available Now • Refinance while rates are at AN ALL TIME LOW! •. Sponsored by teal Kenny King 801-891-4799 Willow Creek Lending HERMANSEN'S MILL 204 South 1st East • Gunnison 528-3136 Feeds • Grain Storage • Fertilizer Seeds • Farm Supplies • Chemicals HERMANSENS MILL (formerly Premier Financial) _- year -fieeed ST TES Convert your year loan even LO WEIR II TEA Purchase or refinance as low as 4.375% 30-Year Fixed* Call and get qualified NOW before it's too late! 801-891-4799 *APR of 4.92% 30-year term $125,000 loan amount 3.5% Down. Rate subject to change without notice. OAC aze e summer some sickness. All is well now. Set goals, write history, take pictures twice a year." Finally, the war ended and, when released, he and the others were taken to a plane that had an American flag painted on it. "That small flag seemed so big and beautiful to me," he said. When on the plane, they, with the pilot, said a prayer of thanksgiving that they were on their way home. Hess said he agreed with the words of his fellow prisoner, Jeremiah Denton, "We are honored to have had the opportunity to serve our country under difficult circumstances." Hess concluded his comments with encouraging words about the future of America. He quoted Gordon B. Hinckley, "Do not lose faith in the goodness, generosity and strength of this nation." GGUNNISON±AfEY WEATHER Lane Henderson, Publisher Mark Henline, Editor & Advertising Jodi Henline, Office Manager Call: (435) 528-5178 for subscription, news or advertising. FAX: (435) 528-5179 E-mail gazette@gtelco.net The Gunnison Valley Gazette is published each Thursday by Gunnison Valley Gazette, L.L.C., 328 North Valley Drive, P.O. Box 143 Gunnison, Utah 84634. Bulk rate postage (permit No. 11) is paid at Gunnison, Utah. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Gunnison Valley Gazette, P.O. Box 143 Gunnison, Utah 84634 Deadlines: News and advertising, Noon, Monday prior to publication. Subscription prices: One year, $25 in Sanpete County, one year, $30 outside Sanpete County. Single copy price 75 cents. Advertising rates available upon request. All articles and photographs submitted for publication are subject to editing and only will be used if the editor deems them newsworthy. The editor reserves the right to hold submitted news items for space reasons. Copyright Gunnison Valley Gazette, Gunnison, Utah 2005. All rights reserved. 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