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Utahns Against Hunger visits Sanpete County

BY GLORIA ALBRECHT

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What are the barriers facing people needing food assistance in Sanpete County? Language barriers, logistics, Food Pantry hours and social stigma have been identified as major roadblocks in food distribution. This year funding and storage are also concerns for the Sanpete Pantry, the county’s largest source for food assistance.

On Aug. 23, an executive contingent from Utahns Against Hunger visited Sanpete County to meet with stakeholders from the Sanpete Pantry and the Six County CSBG Region (which includes Juab, Millard, Piute, Severe, Wayne and Sanpete) as part of UAH’s community engagement plan for 2020-21. Utahns Against Hunger is touring the state and hosting a series of stakeholder meetings with organizations that work to address food insecurity and

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The interior of the Sanpete Pantry mobile food truck has been retrofitted with new shelving, lighting, a refrigerator/freezer, a conveyor belt and a generator to assist in the quick delivery of a wide variety of food choices. provide direct services around food. ing their storage facilities, outreach The Aug. 23 meeting started with food delivery truck and the pantry a tour of the Sanpete Pantry includ- itself, which has been reimagined

to better serve people while keeping everyone safe during the pandemic. Executives of the Sanpete Pantry hosted the tour.

Led by Gina Cornia, Executive Director of Utahns Against Hunger, UAH then presented information to the Sanpete Pantry stakeholders, including recent survey results from 2021.

The survey was aimed at understanding four major issues within food pantries statewide: Funding and funding gaps.

The impact of the COVID pandemic on food insecurity.

Barriers for groups most likely to experience food insecurity.

Client choice – culturally relevant food choices for immigrant and refugee families.

Utahns Against Hunger is Utah’s only state-wide anti-hunger nonprofit organization working on public policy and advocation for federal

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nutrition programs.

According to the USDA’s official definition of “food insecurity,” 14.7% of Sanpete County’s population qualify as food insecure, with 15% of the population existing at the poverty level or below, often an indicator of food insecurity. North Sanpete’s free and reduced-cost meal eligibility among students has been estimated as high as 51%, while South Sanpete has 41% of school-age kids eligible. Meanwhile, food assistance programs such as SNAP or WIC generally have an online qualifying process which makes access difficult for those without a computer or for those with language barriers, putting an additional strain on the services of the Sanpete Pantry.

Donating to the Sanpete Pantry is easier than ever. Check out its web page at http://sanpetepantry.org for more information on how to get involved.

MANTI-LA SAL NATIONAL FOREST

Forest’s draft plan for land management available for public input

BY SAMANTHA STOFFREGEN

Special to The Pyramid

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In this undated photo, Utah firefighters gather in California as part of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact to assist with control of the Dixie Fire.

State sends 4 emergency missions to California to fight Dixie Fire

BY SARAH HARRIS

Special to The Pyramid

Utah has organized four missions to help fight the Dixie Fire in California.

The Dixie Fire has burned 750,672 acres in five counties since it started July 14 and was 46% contained as of Friday morning, according to the Cal

Fire website. It is the largest single wildfire in California’s history, according to the Utah Division of Emergency Management.

“I’ve never seen a three-quarters-of-a-million-acre fire before, and that’s what this thing’s basically at, and so it’s a challenge, but it’s also educational for us,” said Clint Mecham, state

agency representative. “It’s not only just helping California, but indirectly, it’s helping Utah as well.”

The missions have included members of the Provo, Orem, Lehi, Draper, North Fork (Sundance), Park City, Salt Lake City, West Valley City, Murray, Sandy, Cedar City and North Tooele fire

departments as well as the Unified Fire Authority and Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office.

The missions were deployed under the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, a governor-to-governor request for resources, according to Mecham.

PRICE — The Manti-La Sal National Forest is continuing the forest plan revision process by publishing the draft land management plan for public review and comment on August 25, 2021.

“We want to invite the public to review the current draft products and maps to help the forest identify key issues,” said Autumn Ela, Manti-La Sal forest plan revision team leader. “Received comments will aid in the development of alternatives as the next step of forest plan revision, which will include the development of the proposed action and accompanying draft environmental impact statement.”

Included in the draft plan are the following: Preliminary Need to Change, Initial Draft Forest Plan, Wilderness Evaluation Report, the Wild and Scenic Rivers Eligibility Report, Timber Suitability Report, Priority Watershed Report, Coal Unsuitability Report, and Species of Conservation Concern List.

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Alden Johansen 1939 – 2021

Gerald Theron Marx 1932 – 2021

Lifetime resident of Mt Pleasant, UT, Gerald Theron Marx, passed away peacefully in his sleep, on the morning of August 25, 2021.

He was born on September 27, 1932 to Theron P. And Jetta R. Marx. He was preceded in death by his father Theron, mother Jetta and his only sibling, a brother, Max B Marx. He will be laid to rest in the Mt Pleasant cemetery, alongside his family, at a later date.

Ellen Lucille Harmon Brower

Ellen Lucille Harmon Brower passed away on Sunday, August 29th, at her home in Wales, Utah.

She was born in Oakley, Idaho to Mozelle Hale and Henry A. Harmon. She grew up with 3 sisters: Judy, Betty Lou, and Sheila.

In 1957 Ellen married her high school sweetheart, Thayne G. Brower, in the Idaho Falls Temple.

Together they raised 11 children, one of whom returned to his Heavenly Father soon after birth.

These children are Carrie, Cathy, Bryan, Barbara, Susan, Bill, Mike, Jennie, Tracy, Johnathon, and James.

Ellen was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She loved to sew and made many beautiful creations for both family and friends. She was a beautiful, kind, and classy lady.

Ellen’s life was blessed with 25 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren. She is beloved by her entire family who will truly miss her wisdom, her incredibly strong heart, and her loving presence here on earth.

Among those who have been awaiting her arrival on the other side of the veil are her parents, her sisters Judy and Betty Lou, and son Johnathon.

Ellen’s testimony of Jesus Christ, and of eternal families carries on in her posterity today.

We love you Mom! Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 4, 2021 in the Sanpitch Ward Chapel in Wales, Utah with a viewing from 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. prior to services at the church.

Interment in the Wales Town Cemetery. Online condolences at rasmussenmortuary.com.

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Our Loving Husband, Father, Grandfather, Great Grandfather passed away August 27, 2021 of Cancer at the age of 82 Born April 12, 1939.

Oldest of 3 sons of Dean N and Evelyne Whitman Johansen.

Alden went to school in Mt. Pleasant and graduated in 1957. Alden was very active in football, basketball, and track. He set a record in summer sports competition that took place at BYU. During that competition Alden set a record in the 4/40 race, which stood for many years.

After Graduation Alden moved to Salt Lake City to find work. He was working construction for MH Cook Construction Company when he met his sweetheart and wife to be Martha (Marty) Waters.

Alden and Marty were married the following spring on April 9th 1961 a few days before his 22nd birthday.

Alden took a job in South Dakota and worked on the military underground missile silo. This job took nearly a year. Within the same year Alden and Marty welcomed their first child Steven.

After heading back to Utah in 1964 Alden went to work for Tempest Company, a gas pipeline installation company. Alden operated equipment, eventually becoming a foreman then superintendent for Tempest Company.

During these years his daughter Annette was born. Alden and Marty bought a home in Cottownwood Heights. Over the next few years the 4 of them did a lot of camping and fishing at Strawberry Lake, and wherever the fish were. During the winter Alden also snowmobiled and Skied at Brighton.

In 1976 Alden had the chance to move back to his home town of Mt Pleasant, which he loved, and work with his father and brother in Johansen Construction Company. The company grew and thrived in the field of underground utilities working in all areas of the state of Utah.

In 1983 Dean Johansen retired leaving Alden to run the company. Again the company thrived giving Alden the chance to move into Arizona, Wyoming and Idaho for work.

During the next 15 years the Johansen family traveled and cruised to many special and beauti-

A COVID-19 ‘Staycation’ ful places. Alden enjoyed showing , especially the younger members of his family, the special places such as Hawaii and Pearl Harbor.

Alden realized many of the needs in Mt Pleasant and built a motel and restaurant in 1994. For entertainment a chuckwagon ride and Dutch oven dinner became a big part of the motel and restaurant.

The resort was sold in 2004 as Alden slowly started to retire and start the next chapter in his life. As his family grew including 4 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.

Alden was passionate about helping his home town of Mt Pleasant. Using his spare time beautifying the area such as the “Welcome to Mt Pleasant” greeting signs at the North and South ends of Mt Pleasant. Many other small projects around the area were completed.

In the spring of 2021 with all his family around them, Alden and Marty celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary, such an amazing accomplishment for an amazing couple.

Family was everything to Alden and Marty.

Alden is survived by his wife Marty Johansen.

His kids Steve (Tracy-deceased) Johansen, Annette (Kelly) Johansen.

Grandchildren Jaclyn (Jeff ) Lewis, Chelsea (Mallori) Oliverson, Justin (Josee) Johansen, Mallory (Chris) Hall The family also includes 9 Great grandchildren Graveside Funeral Services will be held Thursday September 2nd 2021 at 11:00am at Mt Pleasant Cemetery 115 West Main Street. A viewing will be held at 10:00am before the service, also at Mt Pleasant Cemetery. Online condolence rasmussenmortuary. com.

In lieu of flowers the family asks you to donate to any Cancer Awareness Foundation.

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To provide the public an opportunity to safely discuss current draft products with subject matter experts from the Manti-La Sal National Forest, virtual engagements will be scheduled throughout September 2021.

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us,” Mecham said.

The first mission departed Aug. 9 and returned home Wednesday. The second mission, which left Aug. 13, is expected to return Saturday.

The third mission arrived to the base camp in Susanville, California, on Friday, and the fourth mission is set to arrive there Sunday.

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Comments may best be submitted from the forest website as well and following the link to the comment page.

Alternatively, comments may be submitted via the forest plan revision email address at mlnfplanrevision@usda.gov or by mail to Manti-La Sal National Forest, Forest Plan Revision Team, 599 West Price River Drive, Price, UT 84501.

The firefighters are tired, but in good spirits, according to Mecham. He said California repeatedly noted their efforts.

“They’ve been highly involved in some very critical areas of the fire, helping their California brothers and sisters fight that fire and keep it out of communities like Janesville to the south of Susanville and also out of some big natural resource areas, but trying to prevent any more loss to structures or economic loss to the state of California,” Mecham said.

Northern California’s fire season started early and South-

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ern California’s is expected to start in four to six weeks, so Utah could see requests for help coming from California into November, according to Mecham.

“Traditionally, the Utah fire community, the fire chiefs, have been absolutely outstanding in providing whatever help they can when those requests come in,” Mecham said. “I would anticipate that Utah fire resources will be involved here in California for as long as California needs it, and too, as long as Utah has the capacity to send.”

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f you read last week’s installment of “Inside Sanpete,” you learned about my diagnosis with COVID-19. I did have a couple of miserable days, but my isolation time is done. I seem no worse for the wear at this point. My wife, by Utah Health Department direction, had to quarantine with me. She never had any symptoms.

When I say that Diane was “with me,” what I mean is that we shared the same address. In keeping with Health Department guidelines, we were to be separated as much as possible.

Therefore, she was upstairs. I was in the basement.

She had her bathroom. I had my bathroom. She had her TV. I had mine.

In the meantime, Archer, the wonder Sheltie dog, went a little bit crazy. He didn’t know what to do with himself. Reading his mind, I heard: “Where should I be right now? Where do I sleep? What’s wrong with these people? Can’t they ever be in the same place at the same time?”

We’ve been calling our quarantine time our “trial separation.” We’ve also been calling it a “staycation.” It’s been pretty much the “stay” part and not too much of the “vacation” part.

It was a weird time. I had some weird thoughts. For example, I thought about the old leper colony on the Hawaiian island of Molokai. People with leprosy (Hansen’s Disease) were designated to be there from 1866 to 1969. I felt like a COVID-19 “leper” and my house was Molokai.

We didn’t have Father (Saint) Damien or Brother Napela to comfort and help us like the lepers in Hawaii had. We did have friends and neighbors. We had chicken soup left on our doorstep.

We had milk delivery. People called and checked on us.

Most importantly, not being able to attend the county fair, Diane had two separate deliveries of cotton candy. (one of her favorite treats) Part of the reason I mentioned Saint Damien and Jonathan Napela from the leper settlement is to “toot the horn” a little on behalf of my older brother Marshall and his wife Jolene. They were on a service mission to the Polynesian Cultural Center in Hawaii some years back. They were instrumental in bringing attention to the partnership of the Catholic priest and the Latter-Day Saint “Seventy” who gave self-less service to the lepers on Molokai. Both ended up getting leprosy and died there.

The Catholic church recognized the two men’s work in a formal way in 2010.

If you’re interested, you can read more about that in a Deseret News article at: https://www.deseret. com/2010/5/14/20382543/ catholic-church-commends-pcc-in-honor-ofnapela When I wasn’t feeling like a leper, I tried to feel like I was on vacation. Physically, I felt pretty good most of the time. There was work to be done around the house and yard, but everyone told me

not to overdo it. I also felt like perhaps God, or spirits of people who had passed on, or just the “principle of serendipity” was telling me the same thing. I’ll explain.

I had my COVID test done at Gunnison Valley Hospital.

They had a “no appointment, no referral, rapid test” situation there. After my nose was swabbed while sitting in my vehicle, I was told to call back in 15 minutes for the results.

I headed out towards Gunnison Market where I intended to get a treat from the bakery (never happened). But I decided I needed to kill a little time before going into the market because I wanted to hear what my test results were. I ended up at the Centerfield Cemetery to look around and wait out a few minutes.

Cemeteries intrigue me.

Right before I called the hospital, I saw a big headstone. On the back side of it, where many people list their children’s names, there was a large, engraved, threeword message. It read: “Take It Easy.” (Someone’s motto, I presume) Immediately following reading that, I called and got the word that I had a positive, breakthrough case of the virus. So, who am I to disregard a message etched in stone that seemed to be meant for me? I really had no choice.

How have I been taking it easy? I’ve slept more than usual. I got more than my normal 5 – 6 hours.

I read. Among other things, I read a James Patterson murder mystery (Deadly Cross). Patterson is said to be the best-selling author in the world today. He may not be the best, but he does spin a fast-paced thriller.

His position is that he wants “to prove that there is no such thing as a person who “doesn’t like to read,” only people who haven’t found the right book.”

I watched television. I watched my normal “newsy and sporty” stuff. Then my daughter asked me if I was going to “binge watch” something. Not having been a successful binge watcher before, I asked what she recommended.

Cutting to the chase, I have now watched ten episodes of “Friday Night Lights.” (A high school’ish, soap opera’ish show, set in Texas and very entertaining) I thought I might be getting close to the end of the first season when surprise, surprise, I learned that there are 22 episodes in season one! This could be a tough addiction to break. I need to pace myself.

Oh, you may be happy to know (I certainly was), that my senses of taste and smell are returning. The few pounds I lost when I couldn’t taste are probably on their way back, unless I find some discipline. Eating has been part of my “taking it easy.”

For now, we’ve come to the end of our isolation, separation, and the “staycation.” Thank goodness! Life is better now. I wish us all the best, as we each navigate through our decisions and experiences during this time ahead. Stay healthy Sanpete! — Merrill

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TABERNACLE CHOIR AT TEMPLE SQUARE

Singing group meets new presidency

BY GENELLE PUGMIRE

The Pyramid

It was supposed to have been the choir’s first Thursday rehearsal after more than 18 months on hiatus due to COVID-19. Instead, members of the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square gathered for the first time together to meet their new president and his counselors and to say goodbye to their old president.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square recently announced a restructuring of the choir presidency and announced from Utah Gov. Michael O. Leavitt as the new president, with his wife Jacalyn Leavitt as his companion, similar to a mission president’s role with his wife. Leavitt replaces Ron Jarrett, who has served as president of the choir since 2012.

“This is the moment in the choir’s history to launch a focused and magnified commitment to expand the supply and the accessibility of sacred music around the world,” Michael Leavitt said.

On Thursday, Presiding Bishop Gérald Caussé announced L. Whitney Clayton to serve as Leavitt’s first counselor and Gary B. Porter as his second counselor.

Members of the choir were asked to officially sustain the new presidency, by the traditional show of hands.

“We are so grateful that it’s a presidency because with the counselors, it makes a strong unit,” Jacalyn Leavitt said.

Clayton is an emeritus General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Porter is a senior vice president at Deseret Management Corp. Together with Leavitt, the new leaders will manage the administrative components of The Tabernacle Choir organization, including the supervision of more than 700 volunteers.

The devotional, held in the Tabernacle and via livestream, was open to all choir organization members. Remarks were given by Jarrett and his wife, Lucie; the two new counselors; President and Sister Leavitt; and Caussé, the choir’s adviser, who presided at the meeting.

“This is a great choir. It’s the best in the world, and we’re happy to be a part of it.

We’ll do everything we can to help this choir become the global choir it’s envisioned to be,” Clayton said.

“We were humbled but thrilled because of the great admiration we have for the choir, for the organists, for the directors. As we reflected back on all the times we lis-

tened to the choir, they just have such deep resonance and spirituality that it’s just been moving for us,” Porter added.

Leavitt announced that the choir will meet virtually on Thursday, Sept. 9, for orientation, followed by a practice on Sept. 21. “It is our aspiration that we once again can fill the Conference Center with live music as we begin to prepare for the choir to sing at general conference,” he said. “We need to resume performance. For nearly a year and a half, COVID-19 and its variants have interrupted our progress. Well, the time has come for us to reboot our work.”

He continued, “Live performances of ‘Music and the

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In interviews following the announcement of his calling, Leavitt said, “The objective needs to be to give a global church a global choir, and to provide a means by which the world can begin to feel the value of sacred music in a way that will give them peace and joy.”

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All wasps can sting, right?

Well, not exactly. While we tend to group them all into the stinging insect category, paper wasps, yellowjackets and aerial yellowjackets (hornets) do most of the stinging. These wasps are in a single-insect family (Vespidae) with ovipositors or egg-laying organs modified into stingers. Of all the species of wasps, over 99% of them do not have an actual stinger. Most of them are beneficial parasites of other plant-damaging insects such as grasshoppers and caterpillars, and they help keep those populations in check.

So, think twice before acting against wasps. They are more beneficial than we give them credit for! Consider this information.

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Wasps can become territorial if they feel their nests are threatened or when the availability of food is low, but most of them are not aggressive.

Simply avoiding the nest area can prevent most stings. When wasps are out and about, they are usually searching for food and do not care if humans are near. If you stand still around wasps, they will usually fly away on their own, even if they come within inches of you. They generally want nothing to do with humans. Never swing or strike at them since quick movements can provoke defensive stings.

There are no true hornets in Utah. The insects we refer to as hornets are actually aerial yellowjackets that make above-ground nests; other yellowjackets nest in the ground.

Paper wasps make nests on structures and trees above

ground. They generally build nests on the eaves of homes or other protected areas around the yard, including playground equipment, fences, sheds, etc.

Paper wasps, yellow jackets and aerial yellowjackets are social wasps that nest with other individuals. They can sting with their ovipositors, and their group causes the majority of stings to humans in North America. Stings from social wasps are not usually medically significant, other than temporary pain and swelling around the sting area. However, those who are allergic to them can experience severe reactions requiring immediate medical attention.

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