MT. PLEASANT—The Mt. Pleasant City Council adopted new cemetery polices at a June 22 meeting. The council looked at cemetery practices being employed at other cities, including Spanish Fork, before taking action. “We’ve copied this from three or four different cemeteries,” Mt. Pleasant Mayor Michael Olsen said. Policies include the depth of graves; expectations of…
FAIRVIEW—Fairview City has finally agreed on acceptable job description to hire a new city manager. Marking the end of a quarter-year-long debate, the council came to an agreement at a meeting on Thursday. “That wasn’t so hard, was it?” Mayor Cliff Wheeler said. Councilman Brad Welch then noted that it took three months. One atypical…
SPRING CITY—“Healthy,” “consistent” and “positive cash flow” were some of the words describing Spring City’s financial situation at a public budget hearing June 16. Councilman Joe McGriff asked why the budget is holding up so well. Mayor Cynthia DeGrey replied, “It’s very conservative spending.” “In general, no extravagant expenditures,” Councilman George Kenzy added. The council…
MT. PLEASANT—Mt. Pleasant City has selected a contractor to drill a pilot culinary well. Project Manager Devan Shields of Sunrise Engineering told the council on June 8 that the company was taking on High Plains Drilling (HPD) out of Rexburg, Idaho to drill the well. The bid is $448,258 on condition of HPD meeting USDA…
FAIRVIEW—The Fairview City Council raised sewer rates $5.50 per resident per month at its Thursday, May 18 meeting. “I know it’s a hardship,” Mayor Cliff Wheeler said. The reason for the increase is to qualify for a grant and loan with the Community Impact Board to meet phosphorus requirements imposed by the state of Utah….
MT. PLEASANT—Resident Jeff McDonald expressed concern with a directive from Mt. Pleasant City to conserve water, saying, “I don’t want to see neighbors turn on neighbors” and “Let’s not make enemies out of people.” “This is a rarity, Jeff, but I agree with you,” Councilman Justin Atkinson said in the Tuesday, May 11 city council…
CHURCH WELLS, Kane County—The Kane County Attorney’s Office has charged a Page, Ariz. man with first-degree felony murder and four other charges in connection with the death of a Gunnison native last week. Matthew Wayne Young, 49, the son of Randy and Jerolyn Young of Gunnison, was found dead by a family member at property…
EPHRAIM—Madison Worthington mentioned a lot of people after being crowned Miss Ephraim at the Miss Ephraim Scholarship Pageant on Saturday night. A few of them were her middle school science teachers. She mentioned them because they are responsible for getting her to love science—to the point that Worthington’s platform is science-based. “Let’s Get Up and…
MT. PLEASANT—Despite playing the season injured, North Sanpete guard Trevin Morley was selected as an honorable mention to the Deseret News 3A All-State Basketball Team for 2021. Morley, a senior at North Sanpete, averaged 10.2 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.2 steals per game for the Hawks, according to MaxPreps. Morley required surgery on…
SPANISH FORK—The North Sanpete softball team ran out of steam, getting knocked out of the state playoffs last week. The Lady Hawks (15-11) began their 12-1 loss to Carbon in the same afternoon that they beat Morgan 11-6. Graciee Christiansen pitched in both games of the 2021 UHSAA/Mountain America Credit Union 3A State Softball Championships,…
SOUTH JORDAN—After making a monumental comeback in the waning moments of the game, the North Sanpete baseball team was eliminated from the state tournament on Thursday, May 13. The Hawks (8-17) scored eight runs in the seventh and final inning to take an 11-10 lead. But Emery scored two runs in the bottom of the…
CENTERFIELD—About seven years ago, Stanford and Kristi Jensen’s love for their daughter Samantha prompted them to dive head first into a new lifestyle. In his previous career as an engineer, Stanford, who is the son of Norman and Eliza Jensen of Centerfield, often had to spend a week at a time on business trips. His…
Eight seeds lower? No problem. The 15th-seeded North Sanpete High School baseball team beat 7th-seeded Providence Hall in a 13-12 thriller to advance in the 2021 Utah High School Activities Association/Mountain America Credit Union 3A Baseball State Championships. The Hawks (8-16) next play No. 9 seed Emery at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Bingham High School…
Twenty-one runs in a state tournament game? It wasn’t too much to ask of the North Sanpete softball team. The Lady Hawks (14-10) beat Judge Memorial 21-2 in the 2021 Utah High School Activities Association/Mountain America Credit Union 3A State Softball Championships. They did so in the loser’s bracket after falling 15-11 in the playoffs…
FAYETTE—Clair Louis Dorius was going to the Fayette Post Office when a whirlwind came down right upon the post office. The whirlwind “sucked the door right out of the frame,” Dorius said. The door would have hit Dorius, except the whirlwind spun Dorius out of the way of the door. “[The whirlwind] threw me to…