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Show THE WEST MOUNTAIN TIMES, DECEMBER 3, 1981, PAGE FOUR Community News Local libraries to offer many family activities SALT LAKE CITY The Salt Lake County Library System is offering many family activities throughout the holiday season. Programs planned for December at the Magna, Kearns and Granger branches are listed below. Information on programs offered at other branches in the Salt Lake County Library System is available at any branch library or by calling (4336). 973-INF- O KEARNS BRANCH 5350 South 4220 West KEARNS HIGH MADRIGALS. Mon., Dec. 7 at 7:30 p.m. Kick off the holiday season by bringing the entire family to this annual concert by the Kearns High Madrigals. CHRISTMAS FILMS. FAMILY "Nut-c- r Thurs., Dec. 17 at 7 p.m. acker" and "Little Drummer Boy." ' VACATION Tires.. FILM FUN. Dec. 29 at 2 p.m. Enjoy Christmas vacation even more by attending this free Film festival at the library. MAGNA BRANCH 1339 West 3500 South SALT LAKE CITY-T- he Hansen Planetarium has been awarded a 533,400 grant by the Institute of Museum Services (IMS). The funds will be used to maintain the variety and Hansen of Planetarium quality educational services, especially the outreach a program, AstroVan, demonstration traveling show now visiting schools throughout Utah. The Hansen Planetarium was one of 573 museums selected to receive grants by IMS from a field of 1,311 applicants. The Institute of Museum Services, an agency of the U. S. Department of Education, was established in 1977 to assist and encourage museums. IMS provides funds to a variety of museums, including art, history, and natural museums, This weeks activities at Salt Lake zoos, history County Senior Citizen Centers include a botanical gardens, science technology childrens aquariums, birthday dinner, celebrated for all who centers, have December birthdays. Call in meal museums, and planetariums. According to Roberta Faul of the Inreservations by noon, Dec. 4, for the stitute of Museum Services, the IMS dinner on Dec. 7. This Saturday, the Friendly Neighgrants program is uniquely designed to borhood Center, 1992 South 200 East, help museums meet the financial will host a Christmas Bazaar from 10 pressures brought about by escalating a.m. to 2 p.m., at which participants operating costs and increased public can buy handmade gifts for friends and demand for museums programs and cancer. Contributions received by the Utah Division of the ACS will be spent in Utah to help support continuing research and the education, service and rehabilitation programs aimed at saving lives and relieving the suffering of cancer patients. Utahns are invited to share in giving the greatest gifts of all Hope" and "Life by sending a very special greeting card to friends and relatives during this holiday season. Cards are available at the American Cancer Society office at 610 East South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84102. CHRISTMAS CARTOONS. Sat., Get into the 3 at 10:30 a.m. holiday spirit by watching "Littlest Angel," Story of King Midas, "Hansel and Gretel" and "How the Animals Discovered Christmas." Dec. CHRISTMAS SONGFEST. Sat., Dec. 19 at II a.m. Visit the library and let Jed Clark entertain you with guitar music, songs of Christmas and holiday stories. FESTIVAL. HOLIDAY FILM Wed. Dec. 30 from 11 a.m. to noon. School-ag- e children are especially invited to spend a holiday morning at the library watching "Old Yeller" and "Olympic Elk." space-scien- Seniors list activities family. Local Senior Citizen Centers are the Redwood Center, at 3050 S. Lester, and the Magna Center, at 8962 West 2700 South. SANTAS HEADQUARTERS. Sat., Dec. 23. Santa has once Nov. again selected Magna Branch Library as his December headquarters. Children of all ages are invited to bring their Christmas requests and visit with the jolly gent. Call the library for exact times and dates. Planetarium gets educational grant grants. Holiday advice given Driving course offered The Utah Safety Council is sponsoring a continuing campaign of defensive driving courses, hoping to reduce highway deaths, injuries and property damage by educating every Utah driver in defensive driving techniques. The courses involve eight hours of classroom work on professional techniques for crash avoidance. People interested in lessening the possibility of becoming a traffic victim may enroll in the classes by calling the The Utah Safety Council at 533-585- fee is S14. services. The 533,400 award to the Hansen Planetarium is the largest amount IMS Holidays can be the best of times; but they can also be the worst of times. and a lot of tact when children are shared" by separated parents. To make these transitions as smooth as possible, the December issue of Families magazine offers a number of suggestions from family experts. Parents Without Partners advocates so advance planning with your that there are no surprises, no confusion. PWP also recommends that youngsters have plenty of time with both parents every Christmas. Custody on alternate holidays may work well for some parents, but to a child a year is a They require special consideration long way off. Make use of your extended family, if you have one. If not, make one up! John Kinnane, a Washington, D.C., psychologist, said "Having other people around is absolutely essential. The worst eventuality is to wake up Christmas morning in a little apartment just you, your kids and the separation papers in the bureau drawer." If your parents arent available, are. Even if maybe your you may fed things are a bit strained, you neednt deprive your children of their grandparents company. Friends help, and many organizations plan special events around the Christmas season PWP, church groups and other Santas mailbag NORTH POLE The annual flood of Christmas mail is already beginning to pour into this arctic community, most of it addressed to Santa Claus. Usually reliable sources report that even though this is an especially busy time of year and Santa finds it necessary to delegate much of the work to be done to his thousands of helpers, he still in- - Id like a dolly, a little strawberry shortcake one, and a fuzzy animal. Could you see if I could have that little Jenny doll? Id like that little thing that looks like a little Santa Claus thats red and blue. Thank you for the toys and for your letter last year. d activities. Father James Young, founder of the of Conference American North Separated and Divorced Catholics, cautions that it is risky to spring such a friend on your youngsters for the first time at Christmas, but the warmth of the celebration can be enhanced by the presence of a known friend with whom you exchange gifts. As time goes by, the holidays get betis something you g ter. improve at," said June Karger, a Boston you will, too. Dear Santa, organizations offer activities so you wont have to go it alone. If you have a friend whom the kids like, include him or her in the holiday single-oriente- sists on reading personally every letter sent to him. Santa gave the West Mountain Times permission to print below some of the letters he received from children in the west Salt Lake Valley. Santa enjoyed reading them, and the staff at the West Mountain Tunes thinks Love, Candy "Single-parentin- mother of three. She recalls that her first holiday season as a single parent was her worst, "and as far as I know, thats the case for almost everybody. But you learn; you improve by practicing." Kruse graduates SALT LAKE CITY-S- taff Sgt. Daniel T. Kruse, son of Clifford D. Kruse of 312 Adams, Anaconda, Mont., and Mrs. Cal Paulson of 5453 Capitol Reef Drive, Salt Lake City, has graduated from the U.S. Air Force course for cable splicing specialists at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. Graduates of the course learned how to test, seal, install and maintain comunications cable systems. They also earned credits toward an associate degree in applied science through the Community College of the Air Force. Kruse will now serve at Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo. This Christmas I think I would like... a girls Pink Panther bike a Hungry Hungry Hippos game some water colors a Coloring Book a C-b- from the Artie circle more Underoos a Puzzele a cookie monster a stool I want a picture a plant and a few surprises from Debra Lynn Bair Dear SANTA. I have been GOOD. How are you? I WANT a Dukes of HAZZARD Bam Buster. This picture was draws for Santa by Candace Hayden, whose letter appears above. three-year-o- ld Glen Anderson Fiirst Security wants to help you save and play Santa . . . GRANGER BRANCH 2880 West 3650 South Wed., LAMAZE CHILDBIRTH. Dec. 0 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Learn to better cope with and enjoy the childbirth experience by taking this course from A.S.P.O. certified instructor Judi Rausch. For information on registration 5 and fees, call 466-124- MA GOOS CHRIS fMAS CAROL. Thurs., Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. Family film. CLOSED FOR REMODELING. Jan. 9. Granger Mon., Dec. Branch will be closed for remodeling for The "new" library will two weeks. open for business on Monday, January II at 10 a.m. Be sure to stock up on your reading material before the library Kearns and Magna Branch closes. libraries will be happy to serve you during remodeling. 28-S- Pearl Harbor survivors meet The Utah chapter of Pearl Harbor Survivors Association meets Monday, Dec. 7 for a memorial service in honor of American servicemen who died during the Pearl Harbor attack on Dec. 7, 1941. The gathering will meet at 7:30 a m. at the Belgian Waffle and Omelet Inn. The service will include a minute ot silence at 7:55 a.m., the time when the Pearl Harbor attack began. The meeting will be chaired by Brent Erickson. Speakers include Roy Gibson and Father Meersman. A history of the chapter will be presented by Ross Fullmer. The Associations members were on the island of Oahu, or less than three miles offshore at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack, and were members of the U.S. armed forces at that time. Their motto is, "Keep America Alert. Just over half of the more than 12,000 survivors of Pearl Harbor belong to PHSA. For more information, contact PHSA Chaplain John Howard at P.O. Box 7111, Salt Lake City. UT 84107. Cancer Society offers greeting card package SALT LAKE CITY In keeping with a local tradition, the Utah Division of the American Cancer Society is once Christmas cards making again available. For the past four years Valoy Eaton, a noted Utah artist, has prepared original oil paintings for the cards and this year his new "River Bottom Horfavorite. ses" promises to be an Packages of 20 greeting cards with matching envelopes can be obtained for contribution to the a 56 American Cancer Society (ACS). 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