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Show High school, community to miss E. Mark Bezzant p.ff. blab t i when she was only a sophomore, even though the class was supposed sup-posed to be limited to juniors and seniors. Her love of that class and her respect for Mr. Jackman kept her going in the health field and today she is nearly finished with her degree as a registered nurse. Mark was always dressed in his football jersey on game days, even with his nice shirt and tie underneath. under-neath. His enthusiasm rubbed off on students and parents alike. You couldn't help be up for the games or other PGHS activities if Mark was around. I hopeNorth Sanpete High School realizes what kind of a principal it is getting. He will build those students stu-dents up until they think they can beat the 4-A schools in anything. If they lack community support, it won't be for long because Mark will take care of that. If they do not have an active PTSA, they will soon because Mark will back it all the way. If they do not have an excellent Advanced Placement program they will very quickly because Mark encourages all students to do their best. If they are not sending a high percentage of the students off to college, they will in the near future because Mark will see to that. By MARCELLA WALKER Every once in a while someone comes along who has a good influence influ-ence on a lot of young people and who the young people really look up to. Such a person is E. Mark Bezzant, Bez-zant, acounselor at Pleasant Grove High School for many years, and formerly an economics and debate teacher there. Bill Delaney, principal of Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove High School, has announced an-nounced that Mark will be leaving PGHS to become principal at North Sanpete High School in Mt. Pleasant. Pleas-ant. It is with mixed emotions that I mention this. We are all very h appy for Mark because he will be able to use the skills he has recently acquired ac-quired in graduate study at BYU to become a principal. But we will miss him greatly as the spirited staff member that he has been at PGHS. My children who had him for a counselor at the high school enjoyed en-joyed him immensely. He always had time to talk to them. He gave them good advice on their future education. He suggested classes which fit in with their interests and I will never forget what he did tohelp our nephew from Arizona who came up to go to school at UVCC and found that without a high school diploma A former City Councilman, Mark has contributed generously to civic improvement over the years. He is a landscape designer and has spent much of his spare time creating a little more beauty around for his clients. For the past few years he has written a column for the Pleasant Grove Review. It has covered a broad spectrum of subjects and given generous insight on many subjects. One of the things which has impressed im-pressed me most in his columns has been his notes of appreciation about residents of the community who have done an outstanding job in some way. He is a thoughtful person, a great teacher and an excellent counselor. Our loss is certainly Mt. Pleasant's gain. I haven't had a chance to talk to Mark as we always seem to miss each other and I don't know if he will be moving his family to Mt. Pleasant or what his plans are. Whatever the case, we will miss him around here and I hope he will always remember he is a Viking at heart. We wish him the very best and want him to know how much he was appreciated here. Good luck and God bless, Mark. (Will you still be able to send us your column each week?) he was not going to be able to get much of a job. The boy decided he needed to go back to school, and, although he was not much of a scholar to begin with, Mark worked with that kid and got him into work release and one thing and another until that guy graduated. His parents and both of us were extremely grateful. I remember when our daughter was very interested in a career in health. She talked to Mark about it and he arranged for her to take one of Mr. Jackman's health classes |