SPRING CITY—After only four months, a rancher who lost his right arm has made remarkable progress after a terrible farm accident. Mike Black, deputy treasurer for Spring City municipal government, sheep herder and retired teacher, is able to walk, drive and return to work. “He is a farmer who was raised by farmers,” said daughter…
EDITORS NOTE: The interviewer, Sonja Brown, worked several years in the film and entertainment industry as a publicist before moving to Spring City. She was personally acquainted with Jerry Bruckheimer, Producer and director of Top Gun – Maverick, and his wife, from her previous work in Hollywood. She was driving in Mt. Pleasant one evening…
MT. PLEASANT—A line of cars trying to get into the Basin Drive-in to watch “Top Gun- Maverick” that extended all the way into town has been noticed as far away as Hollywood. It’s not unusual to see a few cars lined up around sundown outside the Basin Drive-in at the north end of Mt. Pleasant…
PROVO— Sixteen young ladies from Sanpete County participated as Stadium of Fire dancers at the America’s Freedom Festival in Provo on Saturday, July 2. The girls signed up to be a part of this amazing experience as part of Just Dance in Mt. Pleasant, owned and operated by Brittany Dyches. Five of the girls, Maddie…
INDIANOLA—Neighbors in North Sanpete and representatives of Sanpete County fire and EMT companies gathered on Wednesday June 15 at dusk at the Indianola Valley Fire Station to honor the memory of Kari Foster, a member of the Indianola Fire Department. Foster passed away unexpectedly at her home in Fairview Ranchos on Saturday, June 11. The…
MT. PLEASANT—The North Sanpete Quilting Guild has presented an American Flag quilt, which many of the organization’s members worked on, to Mt. Pleasant City. The group presented the quilt to Mayor Mike Olsen during city council meeting in mid-June. The local group is assoiated with the Utah Quilt Guild and has approximately 30 members. They…
NAVAJO NATION, Arizona—What started as a simple fundraiser in the Moroni Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints turned into much more, including building a home for a needy, 89-year-old Navajo woman in just six and a half days. During COVID, the Moroni Stake conducted a fundraiser to ship basic living supplies…
Ever since moving to Spring City (nearly nine years ago), I have heard fanciful tales of a waterfall up our nearby canyon. And not some dribbling, piddling little thing that’s hardly worth a mention, but a roaring, honest-to-goodness fall that would take your breath away if you were to behold its majesty. So many neighbors…
EPHRAIM—A video created by Jane Stucki, 14, of Spring City was selected as the statewide winner of Zions Bank’s “Lights, Camera, Save!” contest. For creating the winning video, Jane was awarded a $500 cash prize at Zions Bank’s Ephraim branch on Wednesday, June 15. Jane’s video, titled “A Few Easy Ways to Save Money,” features…
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MANTI—The Manti High School Cheer Team has adopted the highway between Manti and Ephraim and each summer they clean it for their team service project. This is something that their coach, Trisha Hyde, does as a team bonding experience. It’s a way to give back to the community and get to know their teammates on…
The Fairview Museum of History and Art will be hosting the fifth annual Utah’s Beauty and Heritage Art Walk July through August. Registration for the walk will be on July 15 and 16 at the Horizon Building of the Fairview Museum, 85 N. 100 East, between 12 and 4 p.m. The art must represent an…
GUNNISON—After a lifetime of challenges, Claudia Sanborn of Gunnison tackled yet another challenge by writing and publishing a book about her experiences in the nursing profession. Her book chronicles experiences dealing with abusive administrators and difficult co-workers, and the illegal and discriminatory practices she encountered during her 25-year-plus career. Sanborn was raised in the Salt…
Field Day is June 25 and 26th. What is Field Day you may ask? Field Day is the opportunity for thousands of amateur radio enthusiasts throughout the United States and Canada to set up temporary communications stations and make contacts with like-minded people. Licensed radio operators (often called “hams”) spend the weekend practicing community outreach,…
WALES—A couple who decided American Fork was getting too big and moved to Wales before the birth of their last child will be honored as grand marshals of Welsh Days this week. The designation will go to Raymond H. and Dorothy Anderson Miller, who have lived in and served the community since 1983. Raymond was…