FAIRVIEW — The Fairview Museum will open a new artist exhibit featuring Ephraim photographer Savannah Withers on Friday, March 13.An open house is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. at the museum. The exhibit will remain on display through May 29, according to Celeste Curtis of the Fairview Museum. Withers, a Snow College student pursuing…
My wife and I have a newfound joy: Riding our bikes side-by-side from Spring City to Mt. Pleasant, along a lovely new pathway. I’ve been making that same short trip via bicycle since we moved here, 12 years ago, pedaling up S.R. 117, which was fine, if a bit unnerving, having cars and trucks go…
MANTI—For the Bradley family, whose roots in Sanpete County stretch back to George Washington Bradley, one of the founding pioneers of Manti, endurance is not just a hobby but a way of life. Nathan Bradley was 7 years old the first time he finished a 50-mile horse endurance race. Bradley, alongside four of his five…
Sanpete Theater Company, our area’s has launched its Summer Youth Theater Camp, a two-week intensive program designed to give Sanpete County youth a full production experience while building life skills through the performing arts. The nonprofit organization states that it provides high-quality theatrical experiences for residents of Sanpete County, with a special emphasis on youth…
SPRING CITY — Spring City will resume its community concert series Friday, Feb. 20, with a 7 p.m. performance in the ballroom of the Spring City Community Center, 45 South 100 East. The opening concert will feature tenor Brian Stucki, a Spring City resident, along with several of his vocal students from Snow College. Tickets…
It’s been decades now, but the memory is still as vivid as if it happened yesterday… The least likely kid the whole 8th Grade metal shop class was awarded the only perfect score for the most challenging assignment of the semester—a metal riveting hammer; eight inches in length with a four inch handle and a…
EPHRAIM—The latest Snow College theatre production features something audiences probably won’t expect: a 27-foot hand-built prop plane with movable wings, a cockpit and a working propeller, built to approximate the actual size of the biplanes flown by the Soviet Union’s all-female 588th Night Bomber Regiment during World War II. The Night Witches, written by University…
EPHRAIM—When Nancy Bean first started collecting clothes for foster children in 2012, she stored everything in her garage. More than a decade later, that small act of compassion has grown into the Resource Clothing Bank, a community lifeline serving hundreds of Sanpete County residents each month.“We’ve been able to get clothes now and feel better…
However it happens, we all tend to fall into our own comfortable and familiar routines over time. And are these routines the result of any conscious planning or deliberation? Not typically; certainly not in my case. They just tend to gradually develop, and before I’ve even realized it, I have some new thing in my…
SPRING CITY—On Oct. 9, Spring City Mayor Chris Anderson presented Kaye Watson with a Certificate of Achievement recognizing 45 years of service as Spring City’s volunteer town historian.Spring City is one of only two places in the entire United States where the whole town is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The designation…
FAIRVIEW—The Fairview Shining Star Award is reserved for individuals whose lives reflect extraordinary service, generosity, and commitment to others.This year, the honor belongs to Gayle Jensen—a woman whose tireless dedication has left an indelible mark on Fairview and the surrounding community.Mayor Brad Welch presented the award, which is sponsored by Fairview City, at the December…
A boardwalk leads to Finnish saunas heated by burning wood at Mumma’s Sauna Village in Mt. Pleasant. (Inset): Tina Geddes, a native Finn, stands in the doorway of one of the saunas at a new recreation development in Mt. Pleasant. MT. PLEASANT—Time in a hot, dry sauna, followed by dumping a bucket of cold water…
Cast members in the summer production of Honk! practice in-costume before the big show. EPHRAIM—A cast of 80 youth actors capped a two-week theater camp with full houses at Manti High School on Friday and Monday, presenting the one-hour musical “Honk! Jr.,” a retelling of “The Ugly Duckling.” The camp, run by Ephraim Recreation Events…
One of the legendary figures in the Rocky Mountain sheep industry is Hank Vogler, who runs the “Needsmore Sheep Ranch” in Spring Valley south of Las Vegas. He spoke during the storytelling session at the 2025 gathering. FILLMORE—Ah, 22 years. Twenty-two winters, that is. That’s how many years the Old Sheepherder’s Gathering, which brings together…
An image of the original cover page to the manuscript of Henryk Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People,” which Snow College is producing this week and next. Henryk Ibsyn, Norwegian playwright and author of “An Enemy of the People.” EPHRAIM—The Snow College theatre season ends this week and next with a production of Norwegian playwright…