I I I ' V V i y--J - Micf, XrJM o r 1 ss m adit WWi .. Mere Suggestion Say the word hypnosis and it coqjures up images of everything to acting Bum levitating in mid-ai- r, like you're an alien spelling in your "native tongue," to having been be- stowed with an almost supernatu-bi- t ral power to break a bad Hyp- notism shows have been making the rounds at area high schools for years now. At Union High, the annual performance by hypnotist Jack Lythgoe brings kids and adults out to stand in line a good hour before ticket sales begin. Professional hypnotist Blaine Mikeeell, or Mystic as he is known on stage, recently performed for the student body at Altamont High. That evening, students brought their friends mid parents to be entertained by the form of "magic that never foils to bring large doses of laughter. Mikeeell became interested in hypnosis at the age of 7 when a magician Bum India came to his hometown in Blending. 1 bought this guys book and tried to hypnotise anybody who would talk tot.,Mikoll related following the ahow at Altamont le was so serious about the craft that as an adult he became a certified clinical hypnotherapist after successfully completing courses offered through the American Council of Hypnotist Examiners in Salt Lake. After two years though, he ve up his private practice, in part cauae'he found it wasi "more fun to entertain" with his skills. Now he appear at school assemblies, family reunions, Christmas parties and 5 -- - i-- Ai t 5 a y seeks a rollback on gas tax Tribe cost the state about 8300,000 e year Haiya said the governors office in lost gas tax revenues and generis negotiating n rrooiution, which ate that much for the tribe. would be subject to approval when hypnotist Mystic, (left) has his subjects making the same movements Arizona allows tribe members to of a at of could the even tickled the Legislature convenes in Buying connected it feel he when were gallon any gas by strings. They they the five gae stations on the Utah keep their receipts and file far a portion of the Navqjo Nation is a refund. InNew Mexico, the distributor is required to pay the gas tax, RrpnMtrd pricey proposition. aukptrmuiionaflkf Dnrrvf On Oct T, the tribe instituted an while American Indian distributors .Vn receive a ctedX gas tax throughout the sprawling reservation, which covers parts of Arizona, New Mexice and Utah. The tribes tax is in addition to A A O , i - r rr'-- a Utahs gallon gas tax, raising the total tax to 42.5 cents a gallon and meaning a gallon of gas sold in Montezuma Crock, which is on the reservation, costa 18 cents more than in Bluff, 15 miles away. business gatherings. caused the students to become exLast Thursday, representatives Private practice can get really tremely and eager to Uintah School District will offer the GED Test Friday and Saturday, Dec. of the Navqjo Nation asked memhe related. seclude fiom the themselves other sometimes," painful 3 and 4, at the Uintah School District Office, 635 W. 200 S. The test will bers of Native the American is a think Legismagical "People hypnosis subjects my whatever means neceeat 6 p.m. Friday. Thoae interested in taking the test need to fill out begin lative Liaison Committee to help cure, but only motivated people do an application by 5 p.m. Friday. There is a fee to take the lecreta For queetama resolve of double the taxawell." from problem for parents kept call Elaine at condia sleep-lik- e Hypnotism years come to the surface when teens tion. John Haria, a staff member with tion that is psychically induced, creold are told they are now and get to ait on Santa's lap. The the governorsofficeof resource planating a state of altered consciousinfluences subjects to act confessions of course, are minor ning, recommended sc ness tax credit for the reservac "I upon suggestions made by the hyppeed in my moms plant," Union HighSchool has scheduled Parent Teacher Conferences for Monday notist. But,says Mikeeell, he doesn't one burly teenager admitted in tion, meaning the state would get Dec. 6 from 9 p.m. in the commons. For more information please rail 6.5 cents from a sales on old it was a just gallon actually hypnotize anyone, you tears, but to a Union High it all cornea truly enormous of guilt the reservation. hypnotize yourself from within you. for which be should receive no preHaija estimated the credit would And, he says, when vouYe hyp- - sents. The scene on Santa's lap alao noticed, you would notI do anything that would go against yw moral had an interesting twist the subvalues and theres no lose of free jects were told that when they gave will. Santa their wish list they would What sort of person makes a actually blurt out something they would never want in a million years. subject for the hypnotist? to Mikeeell, it depends a great i Boys wen asking for Barbies and "on the way you were brought up." dolls, and in horror realizing what People who received immediate conthey said. One little girl asked sequences for wrongdoing as a child, Santa for a root canal. those who have fewer inhibitions, Mikesell haa no trouble distinand "intelligent people," tend to rebetween those just faking guishing lax more easily under commands to as though they are under his spell breathe deeply and let their subconbecause they want to get on stage scious mind take over. and those who are genuinely hypInterestingly, the ever present notized. Subjects who are deeply music jvhich plays quietly, in ihe background during the time subjects art falling under hypnosis; is really for the benefit ofthe audience exception of having a warm, comand not the subject, he revealed. fortable feeling and being comThe suggestion from Mystic that pletely relaxed. the chairs half a dozen Altamont He always ends his routine by High students were sitting on were his subjects they will fed telling suddenly chickens that needed tend- about themadves when their the kida scrambling to get Sod give them a hard time about injhad the creatures to stop them aome of the antics they pulled while from wandering off. He alao placed under hypnosis. Just like everything in his subjects minds the suggesdse he docs with them, the suggestion that they had extremely foul tion works, they say. body odor, and that others around them were able to smell it This Take a deep breath, relax, close your eyes & travel out of this world Amanda Jenkint and Ledet E. kiting i shA r Dye's 5th grade class recited Thanksgiving Choral reading to several classes THAN KSGI VING READING-M- r. at Neds Elementary. lew NO STRINGS ATTACHEI-Profession- al as die puppet in his hand as though puppet's face with a feather. EwT : 7 i $L t. rs r-- :: 24.5-cent-- -- GED Testing tet 781-310- 0. UHS Parent Teacher Conference ar - 5-- "" 722-247- - lSStiSS r sr'fef '"' . FEET ON FIRE At the suggestion that their feet were burning hot Altsmont students under the spell of hypnosis tty to cool down their feet by blowing on their shoes. 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