THE WEST MOUNTAIN TIMES. OCTOBER 29. 1961 PAGE TWO , Opinion and Commentary Pleasure's problems a horde of orange-cla- d Hemingways will march up the mountains and take their shots. It is also assumed that a few of them wont come back standing up. We dont have any problem with hunters who pursue their sports with a modicum of sobriety and who use what they catch for practical purposes. We do have a problem with hunters who find their way up the mountain not quite with both feet touching the ground and unnecessarily endanger the lives of the other hunters as well as the hunted. For those who simply like the thrill of killing for its own sake, we dont have the problem. They do. The onset of hunting season inevitably brings that d argument nipping at its tails: whether hunting game is moral or immoral. And although the argument persists each year, there never seems to be any new approaches for or against. The argument usually ends up a stalemate. Those for hunting argue that almost everyone, eats meat. Those against including seem fathom how people can find to cant hunting pleasure in killing helpless animals. This stalemate is getting pretty stale. In the mountain states, hunting is pretty much taken for granted. It is expected that when season begins, age-ol- non-hunter- s, Farewell Its not easy to say goodbye, particularly when leaving something that has meant so much in ones life and those whom one has grown to love. But I find it necessary to move on to other endeavors. After a absence, a move back to the Seattle, Washington, area is being planned, where I will be closer to family and friends. Twenty-seve- n months have elapsed since early July 1979, when I was hired by J. Howard Stahle to manage the Magna Times office and assume the editorship of the Valley View News. Eight months later, Mr. Stahle sold the VVN and offered me the position of assistant publisher of the Magna Times. Rebecca Dicken was editor, and we worked together for approximately five months before she fulfilled her commitment and left. I then assumed total responsibility for the paper. Its been a time of devoting all resources to the job. That included being on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week; working 40 hours sometimes in order to meet deadlines; and juggling income and expenses. But the parts 1 remember most were the countless joys and satisfactions. Taking the picture of a could lift the spirits like wiggling nothing else. Covering a special school program was exhilirating. Interviewing a couple who had lived together in marital harmony for SO years was heartwarming. Listening to a council meeting strengthened ones belief in the power of a people united. You brought me, by way of your newspaper, into your home every week. The responsibility of giving you good, factual, and objective reporting was awesome. Most of the time 1 think I was on target; at least I have the satisfaction of knowing that I did the best I could at the time with what I had. 12-ye- ar non-sto- p, By Lois Knutsen one-year-o- ld The old Magna Times had an illustrious past, one filled with pride and accomplishment. During my stay I had the honor of accepting 26 awards for what you saw and read each week. Those cer- tificates joined many more the paper had earned down through the years. A part of me will stay in the community. Those who have been on my staff will always be remembered with appreciation. Others who have worked with me on stories will not be forgotten. You readers have been wonderful. My gratitude is with you all. Thanks for your love and support. Letters . . they are spotting more this year that Recently I had to take my son to the hospital emergency room. While we were waiting to be seen a young boy was brought in. He was having difficulty just trvinc to breathe. He also seemed to be in terrible pain. He was also having muscle spasms in his arms, legs, back. It seems he had been bitten by a black widow spider. The bite seemed similar to that of a bee sting. After questioning the doctor, I found out that it was even worse if the elderly, young infants, or anyone with a medical problem were to be bitten. Only weeks before this incident, my d son had picked one up. It must have already been dead because fortunately he had not been bitten. A few nights later my husband came in from the garage, when he started to take off his jeans, one fell to the floor. 1 have heard many people say that 20-ol- ever before that the problem seems to be worse on the west side of town. We have sprayed our home many times, still the day I decided to check around the house in the garage 1 was able to find and kill about 13 of them. After witnessing that dreadful hospital scene with the boy, and having an infant son as well as someone with a medical problem in my home, I became totally obsessed with worry. I started making my children shake their clothing before getting dressed, made them check inside their shoes (the encyclopedia said they like to hide in shoes and old newspapers), made them wear heavier night clothes to bed, and forbid them to go out in the garage. Then, to top things off, after many nights of not sleeping very well 1 came up with what 1 thought to be a brilliant plan. I decided to put on their hands, faces, and feet, hoping its strong smell would ward off those would-b- e attackers. men-tholatu- m Serving Kearns, Hunter, end Magna USPS I2$-$- WEST MOUNTAIN TIMES Publisher JOHN RANDOLPH SENG Assistent Publisher DEBRA CURRY Acting Editor RONALD J. DESJARLAIS Advertising Ueneger DOUG LINCOLN Published on Thursdays, with offices a! 4140 West, 5415 South in Kearns. Utah 64118 Telephone 1801) 9664444. Secondelass postage at Magna, Utah. All rights reserved. Yearly subscriptions are S8. HO outside Utah. Advertising deadline 5 p m Monday for the following Thursday edition. For rates call 1801) 9664444. Send correspondence to Bos 248, Magna Utah 84044 News items from duba churches, and other organizations are welcome. The deadline is 5 p m. Monday for the following Thursday edition. Call 4801) 966 4414 for freelance pay rates. No! responsible for unsolicited pictures and news. After getting my children all nice and smelly, 1 realized I was cracking up because then I started to worry that the black widow spiders might like the smell of meniholatum. (After all, they do have strange habits like killing their mates). I even feared they could read my mind. My obsession was getting the best of me; 1 even imagined that the shin-- y black widow was a thinking spider, out to mastermind a plan of revenge to get us all. 1 even imagined that they would get to me somehow, before I could write this letter to try to find out what, in this day and age of space travel, can we do about getting rid of them, and why with all our modern technology do we even have to live under the same roof with them, and how do we go about getting everyone to pitch in and wage an war against them? Do we need to be d, more educated, or what? What will it take to make them so extinct that even the enviromentalists will start to worry? bite vicBy the way, the tim had been lying on his floor watching television. He was not curled up in a dark corner where black widows are supposed to be. Just thinking about them makes my skin crawl, and my scalp itch and tingle. My body has become so sensitive to touch that I even jump if a piece of lint touches me. 1 cannot stand sitting on the couch next to the wall for fear they are crawling up the back of it. (I sympathize with the alcoholic having DTs; I know what he is going through.) I dare not let my hands dangle over the bed at night for fear they are extra hungry due to the shortage of flies this time of year. I am affraid that I have reached the point that if one of my children colored himself with a red pin I do panic and dial 911. If there is a solution, please leO me. Even if it were to be in purchasing a snake, I think Id do it. Most snakes I Lke even some spiders, believe it or not but not the dangerous, strange, g black widow. all-o- ut live within 700 yards of Three-Mil- e Island. The pleasure of pregnancy is knowing that these pains are just temporary. The excitement is knowing you are a part of the creation process. It is th Q-ti- ps bathtub. If you are lucky and have a bathtub big enough to submerge, dont worry, you will not sink. Instead, youll bob like a large cork. It has been said that some women glow during pregnancy. 1 have found this only to be true if they By Debbie Curry a thrill indeed when little kicks and nudges tickle your tummya mother cant help but smile. Being pregnant may be a pain, but motherhood can be glorious. As my favorite school teacher once told me, Nothing good comes easy. I remember that through the morning sickness, through the weight gain, through the water retention, and 1 eagerly anticipate the little kicks and nudges. 1 know after nine months are up and the discomforts have subsided 1 will have a child to love and cherish, a person who I, myself helped create. From Page One better-informe- mate-killin- Mrs. L. Elizondo 4 Pregnancy is not a state of mind, its a state of body. With it comes pains and pleasures in equal or unequal amounts, depending on the woman. Unfortunately, I must deal with several pains gestation period. Some of these during my minor discomforts include: morning sickness, weight gain, midday sickness, stretch marks, afternoon sickness, varicose veins, evening sickness, loss of hair, bedtime sickness, backaches, midnight sickness, and water retention. Being an optimist, however, 1 listed a few of the positive aspects of pregnancy. It cant be all bad. 1. You never have to wear restrictive clothing. Say good-by- e to waistbands, belts, form-fittin- g pants, and girdles. Say hello to tent dresses, gunnysack dresses, and a wide variety of horseblanket dresses. 2. You never have to clean your bellybutton. By some freak law of nature it completely disappears during the last trimester. (You save a fortune on alone!) 3. You never have to worry about drowning in the nine-mon- A tangled web. Dear Editor: Pregnancy isn't all bad Magic RM: 1 find it hard to bring it into the conversation. WMT: Do yoa feel yoa can become as successful here la magic as ia other cities? RM: No. Utah is not now a prime area for entertainment. It is necessary to be innovative in ideas and And places to do magic here. Anybody can go in the store and buy a trick; anybody can go in the music store and buy an instrument. Knowing how its done combined with showmanship and presentation make a magician. B.C., 1 appeared on stage at the Queen Elizabeth Theater. 1 lived in Los Angeles and worked at Forest Lawn to prepare for my job now as a funeral director (Larkin Mortuary). In Los Angeles, 1 had the opportunity to study at the Academy of Magical Arts, a private dub for magicians with admittance by appointment only. L.A. is a mecca of magic. WMT: Your wife tells me that few of your friends know that yoa do magic? Why? Let us know what you're doing The Times welcomes news items about people and businesses in the communities. double-spacePlease type them on standard-siz- e paper, and send them to the Editor, West Mountain Tunes, Box 248, Magna, Utah 84044. Accompanying photos are Keams-Magna-Hunt- er d, also welcome.