EPHRAIM—Helicopter rides will be just one of the at- tractions at the Sanpete County Fly-in on Saturday Sept. 10 (a week from this coming Saturday) from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Ephraim-Manti Airport. Tom Herbert, flight instructor and chairman of the airport board, said most of the activities are “static” displays for educational purposes. But…
Sanpete County Fair Junior Livestock Grand champion beef, grand champion lamb, overall lamb showman: Kort Sorenson, Gunnison. Reserve champion beef, Nicole Otten, Gunnison. Grand champion swine, Baylee Denton, Mayfield. Reserve champion swine, Axton Sorenson, Centerfield. Reserve champion lamb, Bred and owned champion goat, Overall breed showman, and Overall goat showman, Bodie Wright, Fountain Green. Grand champion goat, Rylee…
MANTI—The Manti Family Dental Clinic has a new dentist, Dr. Richard Carlile. He and his wife Rose (maiden name Fife) and their family recently moved to Manti from Port Angeles, Washington to assume ownership of clinic as Dr. Leonard Aste retires. Dr. Carlile grew up in Kaneohe, Hawaii. He received a bachelor of science degree…
Jeanie Tidwell, president of the board of the Ephraim Senior Citizens, announces a raffle for two handmade quilts made by Stitchin’ Sisters of Ephraim. Their group meets on the second Wednesday of each month at the center, 90 W. 100 N. Tickets available by calling the center at 283-6310 after 4 p.m. or call 435-813-2508…
SPRING CITY–A new book by a Sanpete County author offers insight into the lives and struggles of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the late 1800s. “Grass Roots in Mexico”, written by Spring City resident Lamond Tullis, tells the story of 19 individuals, how and why they converted to the…
EPHRAIM—The Ephraim City Council voted unanimously to impose a curfew in city parks at its meeting last Wednesday, Aug. 3. Effective immediately, a curfew will be in effect from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. for all parks. The action follows numerous complaints from neighboring residents of unruly activities running late into the early morning hours….
EPHRAIM— Seventeen girls between the ages of 3 and 13 competed in four age division in the Little Miss Sanpete Pageant Friday Aug. 5 at the Snow college Eccles Theater. The pageant runs in conjunction with the Miss Sanpete Pageant. The queens and attendants from all of the pageants will serve the community alongside each other…
GUNNISON—A woman described by a fellow volunteer as “the most selfless person I’ve ever met” was named the Emily Braithwaite Woman of Service last Saturday, Aug. 6 during the Miss Sanpete pageant. “She works harder than any human being on the face of the earth,” Justen Mellor, founder of United We March, said of Kara…
EPHRAIM—The crowd rose to their feet with loud cheers and applause as the new Miss Sanpete County accepted her crown on Saturday night at the Snow College Eccles Center. Gracy Christenson, daughter of Miranda Christenson of Gunnison, became the new queen. She says she is looking forward to working with her attendants and new teen…
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…
GUNNISON— The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has built and installed two new pavilions at the Gunnison Reservoir on the west side. BLM Recreation Director Graydon Bascom said he was excited to get the structures up and ready for use after roughly four years of devel- opment. He was able to apply for and received…
CEDAR CITY— The Utah Rural School Conference (URSA) took place in Cedar City on July 6-8 where many South Sanpete teachers attended to learn about new ideas for helping their students. Educators from several rural schools enjoyed networking with other educators, learning new ways of teaching and having some fun on the side. The purpose…
FAIRVIEW— A 5K fund- raiser will take place on Saturday, Aug. 13, for the Sigrest family of Fairview to help the couple with the tragic loss of their baby last month. Tyler and Rachel Sigrest lost their 3-month-old daughter, Julia, to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) on Monday, July 11. Characteristic of the SIDS diagnosis,…
EPHRAIM—A new fran- chise opened its doors on Main St in Ephraim recently. Chat Chat Boba, located at 9 N. Main, is owned by Pam and Jared Nicolson of Spring City, who lived in Mt. Pleasant before that. Jared got the idea of getting a franchise when he got into running ultra-marathons and met Shane…