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First Miss Mt. Pleasant Legacy Award goes to Coleen Oltrogge
MT. PLEASANT—At the Miss Mt. Peasant pageant on Friday, May 13, the first ever Miss Legacy award was given to Coleen Oltrogge. The Miss Mt. Pleasant pageant committee said that the Legacy Award was created this year to honor influential women in Mt. Pleasant who live by service. The committee talked about the nominees and…
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Barbara Bradley, ‘Breakfast lady,’ throws out first pitch May 7 at Lady Badgers softball game
EPHRAIM—Barbara Bradley, known as the “Breakfast Lady” at Willow Creek Inn, was honored Saturday, May 7, by the Lady Badgers softball team by being asked to throw the first pitch. “I love being around the guests” (at the Willow Creek), Bradley said. “I learn so much about them.” Many of the guests are sports teams…
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Miss Mt. Pleasant royalty chosen
MT. PLEASANT—More than 100 people gathered in the North Sanpete High School auditorium to watch the crowning of the 68th Miss Mt. Pleasant on last Friday, May 13. Lights lit up the stage as Aubrie Stiglich, Hanna Nelson and Journey Toomey anxiously waited to see which one of them would be the titleholder. Ultimately, a…
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Ballroom dancing showcased this Saturday
MT. PLEASANT –Ballroom dancers from Brigham Young University along with ballroom dancers from Sanpete County are putting on a free showcase this Saturday, May 21 at 5 p.m. at the Mt. Pleasant North Stake Center, 461 N. 300 West. The showcase is organized by Jennifer Boekweg of Mt. Pleasant, who has been organizing dance classes…
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Understanding empathy, part 1
This month’s article will be the first of a two-part series. After pondering the word “empathy” and to what extent this word is useful in our home, schools, community and personal lives, I have wondered if more people understood empathy and applied it to relationships with others, if there would be less anger, arguing, fighting,…
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Three Mt. Pleasant ladies compete for city title
MT. PLEASANT—Miss Mt. Pleasant 2021, Hope Shelley, will pass her title on to one of three contestants at the Miss Mt. Pleasant Scholarship pageant on Friday, May 13, which starts at 7 p.m. at the North Sanpete High School auditorium. There is $3,900 in scholarship money up for grabs. The contestants are: …
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Miss Ephraim royalty named
EPHRAIM—Madison Worthington turned over the title of Miss Ephraim to Clarissa Knapp on Saturday, May 7 at the Snow College Eccles Center in Ephraim. Knapp, who introduced herself to the judges that evening with a statement saying that “Everything Happens for a Reason,” will reign over Scandinavian Days and other events in Ephraim…
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Church announces groundbreaking for Ephraim Utah Temple
EPHRAIM- Ground breaking for the Ephraim Utah Temple has been scheduled for Saturday, August 27, with Elder Walter F. Gonzalez of the Quorum of the Seventy presiding, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Tuesday. The temple will be built on a 9.16-acre site located at the intersection of 200 North and Plans…
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Andersons love turn of century Victorian house, ‘I love it because it felt like home’
FAIRVIEW—The home at 15 E. Center Street was built by Albert Christensen in 1904. He owned a coal mine east of Fairview and installed a stove-pipe coal furnace in the home, which was a sign of wealth at the time. Christensen employed several artisans to add Victorian flourishes inside the home, such as…
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(Un)health Obsession
My Slavish Devotion to a Fitness App My wristwatch—the same one I’ve worn for the past 30 years—tells me exactly two things: time and date. It doesn’t do anything else. And I have stuck with this trusty old timepiece, while friends and relatives have all made the jump to digital devices (so-called “smart…
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Positive Self-Talk…A Powerful Force
In this article, I hope to demonstrate how positive self-talk can be a force in your daily emotions, thoughts and feelings. Much has been written about positive self-talk. This article will be an overview of what it is and how it can be useful in your life. Without even realizing it, you talk…
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It begins with four ‘potatoes’
A Group of Beginning Guitar Students at Their Very First Jam I recently found myself standing in front of a group of fresh-faced young guitar students at the community recreation center in Mount Pleasant, the leather strap of my banjo slung over a shoulder, and plucking out the typical ‘four potato’ intro that kicks…
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Meet the Professor of Rock
Rock stars and music are his inspiration Were you raised listening to music on vinyl records? Do you remember carefully removing a record from its sleeve, placing it on a turntable, and hearing the scratchy sound of the needle making contact with the record before the music started? Oh, the nostalgia! “No…
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Annual Easter Offering Concert set for next Sunday
MT. PLEASANT—The Easter Offering concert, a tradition in Mt. Pleasant for more than 38 years, will be performed on Sunday after a two-year hiatus because of COVID. The concert is at 7 p.m. at the Mt. Pleasant Stake Center, 295 S. State St. It is free and open to people of all faiths….
