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Easter Musical Offering set March 25 MT. PLEASANT — The Easter Musical Offering will be performed by a choir of local community members plus accomplished soloists on Sunday, March 25, at 7 p.m., in the Mt. Pleasant LDS Stake Center, 295 South State. This concert has been a favorite Easter tradition for music lovers in the Sanpete area for 33 years. Under the direction of Dr. Roy Ellefsen and accompanied by Anna Aagard and Doreen Brugger, this all-volunteer choir consistently surprises and delights audiences. Those who attend can expect to experience powerful and well rendered music by composers such as Bach, Mozart, Rutter and Faure. The ever-popular Hallelujah Chorus is always featured, and a new piece this year titled “Let There be Light” by Gilbert M. Martin. Choir members can attest to the effort that goes into preparing for this concert. All music is performed,
CHERYL K. BREWER
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To experience powerful and well rendered music by composers such as Bach, Mozart, Rutter, Faure and the everpopular Hallelujah Chorus, everyone is encouraged to attend the Easter Musical Offering, which will be performed on Sunday, March 25, at 7 p.m., in the Mt. Pleasant LDS Stake Center, 295 South State. as originally written, never simplified arrangements. This adds to the richness of the music and a rewarding experience for all. Attendees this year will also hear the beautiful baritone voice of solo-
ist, Brian Stucki, who teaches voice at Snow College. He is always most generous with his talent as a singer and cellist. It is wonderful to have Stucki perform again this year. It is equally exciting to have vio-
linist Amy Krzymowski return, she wowed the audience last year with her playing of Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise. Krzymowski will be accompanied by two of her children, Athina and Edward.
Trevor Olson
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son, who played his saxophone for his musical piece. Joining Olson as a first place recipient was Hannah Ostraff who was outstanding in visual arts and had several of her pieces on display. Runners-up for the Hawks were
Wes Madsen in trade and technology, Kailee Burgess in dance, Madisyn Allred in computer technology, Makade Talbot in English, Christian Sanchez in world languages, Trevor Ence in mathematics, and Thomas DeGroff in science.
Best high school scholars spotlighted at competition BRAD BENTLEY
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RICHFIELD — Once again, Sterling Scholar representatives of North Sanpete High School (NSHS) placed quite well in the competition hosted in Richfield, which put the best high school scholars in the spotlight. The NSHS Hawks, under the tutelage of Ben Cox and Jori Turpin, saw two students receive the top nod in their category, and seven more be declared runners-up, out of the 15 different categories. Fifteen students from North Sanpete traveled to the Sevier Valley Center, Richfield, early in the day on
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March 15, to meet with judges for each category. The students normally spent about 15 minutes in front of typically three judges. The judges asked questions of the contestants and in certain categories were able to also see or hear the talents of the students. After all of the students from the high schools in central Utah had presented or had been questioned about their talents, judges met together to award the winners and the runners-up. Decisions were then announced during a pleasant, formal ceremony that evening. Winning in the music category for North Sanpete was Trevor Ol-
2018 MISS LAMB DAY CROWNED
MT. PLEASANT — A large crowd of residents attended the March 13 regular council meeting to address the possibility of hiring a new city administrator. With the resignation of City Recorder Jane Banks, some council members think this is the opportune time to fill her position with a dual job of city administrator and recorder. Mayor Sandra Bigler opened the discussion with a prepared statement which stated that she didn’t think the city could afford a city administrator. Councilman Kevin Stallings indicated to those attending which areas each council person and mayor were responsible for. He implied that the city is seeing tremendous development and that all these new projects need oversight. Stallings said the public works department, with a workforce of five people, is stretched to their limit. He said the solution to that problem is to hire an administrator to oversee the department and the new growth. Stallings then read a lengthy job description, which included a bachelor degree in civil engineering or equivalent, which was met with strong disapproval from the audience. Resident Randy Wooton expressed his concern that the department isn’t in need of another “boss” but more boots on the ground-meaning more personnel to get the work done. He also said the city would never be able to Please see COUNCIL, Page A8
Caring for peers, theme of NSHS student walkout BRAD BENTLEY
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Denisha Ivory, daughter of Brandon and Amy Ivory, was crowned Miss Lamb Day 2018 and Ann Oldroyd, daughter of Darrell and Collette Oldroyd and the late Calli Oldroyd; and Sarah Oldroyd, daughter of Ron and Holly Oldroyd, attendants. The royalty will reign over activities in Fountain Green and participate in others throughout the county. In addition to selecting a new royalty, J. Wade Beck was honored for his 34 years of service he has given to the Miss Lamb Day Pageant and Teresa Larsen was given the Miss Lamb Day Legacy Award for her service to the community. (Photo courtesy of Cami Allsen/Allsen Photography)
Easter egg hunt for special kids FAIRVIEW—A special Easter Egg Citizens building, 160 North 100 Hunt for children with special needs West. will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, The event is hosted by Nikki ChrisMarch 24, at the Fairview Senior tensen and Robin Anderson.
MT. PLEASANT — Wednesday, March 14, at more than 3,000 schools, students walked out of class in an effort to raise awareness for school and student safety. In numerous locations, the protest had an agenda of gun control. In others, students wanted government to hear student voices. At North Sanpete High School (NSHS), around four dozen people gathered and their talk was about caring for peers. When word of the national student protest reached students at North Sanpete, Principal Nan Ault was approached about her thoughts on the subject, and what she would do if students decided they wanted to participate in what had become an international day to walk out. In part she said, “North Sanpete kids should know, through our help, what it means to support each other, what it means to affect positive change, and how to be part of the complicated conversations that exist in our society.” Ault went on to say that, “children need a voice and we as adults need to assist in giving them that voice. . . mostly we need to focus our attention on the connections we make
At NSHS around four dozen people participated in the student walkout held March 14. Out on the football field, student body officers (left to right): Cooper Rosenlund, Makade Talbot, and Ty Bailey talked to students about caring for peers during the walk out. with each other.” In her response, Principal Ault, who most of the students just call Nan, went on to say that “we need to not fear doing good things, talk about potential problems and bring the right people together. No one should face life alone.” In talking with the student body officers, it was decided that the administration would be fine with
allowing the students to express themselves and exercise their First Amendment rights, but that it needed to be in a safe place. Please see WALKOUT, Page A8
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