Thursday, June 11, 2020

David Howard Blackham ~~~~Mayor of the Month ~ Jun2020


David Howard Blackham 
David Blackham is the son of the late John Howard and Bertha Jensen Blackham. He was born in Mt. Pleasant and raised in Moroni. He graduated from North Sanpete High School, Snow College and the University of Utah College of Pharmacy, Summa Cum Laude.



David married Dianne Andrus Blackham, Spanish Fork. They have raised their six children in Mt. Pleasant and all of them have attended the public schools here.  He owns and operates Skyline Pharmacy on the corner of State and Main Street in Mt. Pleasant. Blackham has served as a Community Pharmacist in Mt. Pleasant for 29 years and served as president of the Utah Pharmacy Association.


Blackham served two terms on the Mt. Pleasant city council, serving six of eight years. He asked to be replaced as a city councilman, when he was called to be a student ward bishop. At that time, he also served on the Utah State Board of Pharmacy, as president and as a past president for two years.


David Blackham served as mayor of Mt. Pleasant from Jan. 6, 2014 to May 31, 2017,




Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Mayor Sandra Lee Seeley Bigler

Sandra Lee Seeley Bigler

I was born in the Madsen Hospital on Main Street in Mt. Pleasant on March 22, 1945 to my wonderful parents Hyrum Carlton Seeley and Elverda Elizabeth Smith.  I have lived in Mt. Pleasant for my entire life with the exception of 1 1/2 years spent in Salt Lake City.  I married John A. Bigler from Indianola, Utah on June 10, 1963.  We have been married over 50 years.  I graduated from North Sanpete High School in 1963; we were the first class who went through the consolidation from the sixth grade.

My husband and I have been self-employed our whole married life.  We ran a tire business and in 1976 we built Big Pine Sports in Fairview, Utah, which we later sold in 1989.  We are now in the agriculture business in Indianola raising alfalfa and livestock.  This farm has been in the Bigler name for 100 years.  I also worked for H and R Block for 11 years preparing taxes.

We are the proud parents of two daughters, JoAnn (Ted) Mollinet of Fairview, Utah and Tammy (Mark) Jorgensen of Mt. Pleasant, Utah.  We have 6 grandchildren: Natalie (Preston) Burnside, Jammie (Rusty) Hansen, Michelle (Devin) Mackey, Kolton (Alexa) Jorgensen, Kaden (Meagan) Jorgensen, and Keisha Jorgensen and 7 great grandchildren:  Mashaylie, MaCoy, Makinley, and Mersadie Burnside, Caybrie and Chesnie Hansen and Trace Mackey.

In 1995 I ran for a seat with the Mt.Pleasant City Council and was delighted to be elected.  I served on the council from 1995 until May 2009, in which I was appointed Mayor to fill the 6 month term of Chesley Christensen upon his untimely death.  In November of 2009 I ran for Mayor of Mt. Pleasant and was elected to a four year term, which I completed in 2013.  In 2007 I was given the position of Sexton of the Mt. Pleasant City Cemetery.  I have loved this position and I am currently continuing in this capacity.

It has been a pleasure to work for such a great city for 18years and to serve the great citizens of Mt. Pleasant City.  It is a City that is rich in a lot of history, and I am proud of my ancestors who have served in elected positions in Mt. Pleasant City/


Monday, October 15, 2012

Chesley Ray Christensen, Mayor of the Month, October 2012




Mayor Chesley Ray Christensen died on the 25th of May, 2009 while still in office.  He died at his home.  It was Memorial Day. He had returned home after visiting several cemeteries as part of an annual Veteran's program given at local cemeteries.  He was found sitting in his chair.