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Show Outgoing City Officials Honored for Long Service With the taking of office this month of newly elected city officials, three outgoing individuals, each with eight years of community service in their respective offices, were honored by the City of Panguitch. Presented with wall plaques, featuring a thermometer and barometer set were former Mayor Wallace G. Lee and councilmen Charlie Allen and Art Crosby. Each was personally thanked by other councilmen in attendance and praised for selfless efforts in behalf of Panguitch City. Queried about some of the accomplishments while the three were in elected office, Mayor Lee was quick to note that all projects completed during their administrations were collective efforts of all those who had served as council members and not the acts or efforts of any one individual. Lee spoke highly of the individuals he had served with in governing Panguitch City and stated it had been his "pleasure to work with such concerned and dedicated community workers." In addition he stated that in reviewing the efforts of the administrations of the past eight years, he felt that as mayor and council they had struggled and "tried earnestly to make the very best decisions for the good of the whole community," Mayor Lee was born and reared in Panguitch and had been groomed since his early married years to work in behalf of progress for Panguitch City. Following graduation from Panguitch High School he attended the College of Southern Utah in Cedar City, currently known as Southern Utah State College (SUSC). His three years in pre-dentistry at SUSC were then followed with further education at Northwestern University in. Chicago where he'graduated in 1958. He immediately took up private dental pracUcejn Panguitchand heand - college bride7ioan Adele" Adams, "' began slowly building dental practice along with their young family. Joan had been reared in Parowan and worked those early years as a secretary while Wallace finished schooling. She too attended college studying in education field. When asked his reasons for initially seeking the office of mayor of Panguitch, tee recalled his prime interests or concerns were twofold. First, Panguitch was on the verge of losing Garfield Memorial Hospital and he noted that although the city had to bond for $100,000 to save that institution, that this was the only time during his eight years that taxes had to be raised. His second concern was for Panguitch to change to a city manager form of government. He explained that Jay Proctor was at that time retiring and that he and many others felt that an individaul was needed on a full time basis to properly operate the city government, and enhance its growth and development. Charlie Allen, retiring councilman, noted that his primary concern in originally running for office was to see progress made on the city park as well as to promote more recreation for the (Continued on Page 2) City Officials Honored (Continued from Page 1) youth of the area. He remembered that old brick from the cheese factory was incorporated into the design of the covered area of the park. Additional improvement was made during the Bicentennial Beautification efforts of the state of Utah. Another tremendous effort of city councils over his eight years.in service noted Art Crosby was the upgrading of Panguitch City streets. He noted "the streets" as the initial reason he ran for public office and was proud to note that when he began eight years ago only three streets in Panguitch were even paved and now all are. All three men commended the efforts of park caretaker Brown Sanford whpm they noted has gone above and beyond the call of duty year after year in managing and caring for the city monument. |