EPHRAIM—“This is so cool. I love it.” That was one youngster’s comment at a “reveal party” Saturday marking completion of a mural to kindness at the back of the Ephraim Family Park at 210 E. 300 South. “That’s what we love, creating art that people respond to,” said Amy Jorgensen, executive director of the Granary…
MORONI—The Moroni City Council has approved a general fund budget for 2022-23 of $1.3 million, up more than $372,000 from the previous year. But the general fund, which pays for city government services, started out a lot higher. The first draft showed a police budget of $274,000, which would have funded a full-time chief and…
MANTI—Manti is in the process of replacing 1,300 water meters that have to be read manually with meters that transmit water consumption information wirelessly to city computers. “We’ve been heavily invested in our water-meter project,” Co- rey Hatch, public works director, told the Manti City Council in July. “We’d like to have a big chunk…
MANTI- The Manti City Council has voted to renew its urban deer control program which began in 2019. When the program started, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (UDWR) gave the city a three-year permit to trap and euthanize deer living in the city. At a meeting on June 29, Mayor Chuck Bigelow reported that…
MANTI—Ashtyn Childs, Miss Sanpete for 2021, visited with Sanpete County commissioners July 19 and thanked them for their support during her rein, which will end the first week in August when a new queen is chosen. Childs, daughter of Gary and Anne Childs of Centerfield, told commissioners serving as Miss Sanpete had been “the best…
MANTI—Officials from the Central Utah Water Con- servancy District (CUWCD) based in Orem dropped by the July 19 Sanpete County Commission meeting to let commissioners know the district is proposing a 2.5 percent property tax increase for the fiscal year 2023. All property owners in Sanpete County pay a CUWCD levy as part of their…
FISHLAKE NATIONAL FOREST—Service to others is part of “Pink” Shinsel’s DNA, his daughter said after he received the Axtell Walking Stick last Saturday, July 23, at a community Pioneer Day gathering in Willow Creek Canyon. “It’s who he is,” Cidney Shinsel of Salina said in an interview after her father, received the award. “We never…
MANTI—The Sanpete County Commission and officials of the Central Utah Water Conservancy District (CUWCD) talked in fairly definite terms last week about an alternative to the Narrows dam and reservoir. And the officials made clear at a county commission meeting July 19 that the Gunnison Irrigation Co. and Gunnison Reservoir would play a big part…
EPHRAIM—It’s not quite as big as Sanpete County’s budget, but the budget for July 2022 to June 2023 in the largest city in the county is coming close. The Sanpete County budget for the current calendar year is $24.6 million. The Ephraim City budget for the upcoming fiscal year is $21.3 million, up about $3…
MT PLEASANT—Do we buy gas or food this week? That is the question on some people’s minds as they try to navigate their finances during these tough times. The Sanpete Pantry in Mt. Pleasant has seen a substantial rise in clients. According to Marty McCain, fund raising director, summer is usually a slow time for…
MANTI—At the time the Manti City Council passed the city budget, it also approved increases in water and power rates, and imposed a new local sales tax. At a city council meeting, June 22, Mayor Chuck Bigelow said the new water rates would make sure people using large volumes of water pay their fair share….
Includes $2.65M for general fund, transfers $325,000 from utilities MANTI—The Manti City Council has adopted a $2.65 million general fund budget and a $6.6 million budget for all operations (including the general fund plus utilities) for the fiscal year from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. At a meeting June 22, the council also…
GUNNISON—In early February, a new manufacturing business, Future Comp, officially moved into its new facility in the Gunnison Industrial Park. The company, using the same composite technology that has been the basis for ACT Aerospace and Christensen Arms, currently employs about 100, with the promise of more to come. A lot of the technology Future…
North Sanpete population advantage helps Collard Election update – final numbers MANTI—Sanpete County Commission Chairman Scott Bartholomew has been elected to a third term while Scott Collard, former mayor of Fountain Green, has defeated Mike Bennett, Sanpete County Fair Board chairman, for an open seat on the commission, based on official primary election results released…
MANTI—Opening a physical therapy and sports medicine clinic in what was once an historic hardware store on Main Street in Manti kind of goes along with the whole philosophy of Therapy West, says co-owner Derek Overly. “Rather than giving up on things, let’s restore and rehabilitate,” he says. Overly says his physical therapy company, probably…