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Show jfffll ly'b By CAROL LEMON J "Valpariso, Chile, one of the most prominent and beautiful beau-tiful ports in the long, narrow nar-row country between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean, was my home for many years," said Pilar Brienholt, Brien-holt, of Beaver. "M.y mother, sisterand two brothers broth-ers are still there. We loved to go to the beaches for picnics, but the coastline was so rugged and the ocean so rough that I never did learn to swim. We hunted for shells, rode bicycles and just enjoyed the beauty of it all." "I particularly liked going to the large open-air market, mar-ket, where you could buy al-most al-most anything imaginable. It stretched thirteen blocks on both sides of the street. Clothes, baskets, fresh fies, vegetables and fruits, and so much more, plus people elbow el-bow to elbow made it exciting. ex-citing. When I took my children chil-dren home to visit, it was one of the highlights of the trip for them." "Yes, we did have a lot of earth tremors, but I never was afraid of them until the time we were home visiting visit-ing the family and the BIG earthquake hit. I remember my mother telling me about a very bad earthquake In 1930. Ever since that time she has been afraid of every quake, calling us to get out of the house and Into the street for safety." Mike served a two year LDS mission to Chile one year as a regular missionary mission-ary and one year on a work m ission. "I probably got to see more of Chile than Pilar did," he said. "It was all great, but I like the Southern part best. It was very green, had more lakes and beautiful scenery. And talk about fishing! Here we think a four pound trout is good why it's nothing to catch ten to fifteen pound trout there!" "Most of the older dwellings dwel-lings in Chile are adobe and that may be why they suffer so much dam age when earthquakes earth-quakes do occur. The new modern buildings are mostly concrete. The chapel we worked on was concrete, reinforced re-inforced with steel." The climate in Valpariso is mild, in fact San Francisco Fran-cisco is called H's Twin C ity as they are alike in m any ways. "The population is pretty well centered in the main cities," said Mike. egg. Fold over and seal the edges. You can bake it until done, or deep fry It till golden brown. Either way its a tasty dish I hope you will enjoy." White's third grade class Spanish. They loved it. I know because our daughter, Lisa, was there and thought it was great to come home and try out her Spanish on us. "I worked for awhile when I first came to this country, then went to college in St. George I thought it was such a small place compared to Valpariso's 200,000 people. We later lived In Junction which is VERY small Beaver seemed big to me after that. We enjoy living here very much. People Peo-ple are so friendly and we find it a pleasant place to live." "One of the favorite dishes in my country that is as popular pop-ular as the hamburger is here, is a meat turnover called Em panadas." EM PANADAS Make a pie dough. Cut it in circles. Make ameatmix-ture ameatmix-ture of: 1 lb. ground beef, plenty of onions, salt and seasonings to taste. While it simmers add 12 C raisins. Spoon onto the circles of dough. Add sliced olives and a slice of hard boiled "There are about 9 million people in Chile 3.5 million mil-lion live in the Capitol, Santiago. While on my mission, mis-sion, I spent some time In a tiny town called Concepclon. It had cobblestone streets and was almost always having hav-ing a tremor of some kind. Many times I couldn't tell the difference between a m ild quake and the rattle and racket of the wooden wheeled wagons as they bumped down the cobblestone street." Mike and Pilar are proud parents of three sons and one daughter. "We lived in m any different places while Mike was working for his degree. Music is his life," said Pilar. "He plays many musical instruments his favorite is the electric guitar and teaches Music, Band and Chorus to the students stu-dents of Beaver Elementary and High schools. Our children chil-dren love music, too, but they must have inherited it all from their father," she laughed. Pilar loves to sew, knit and crochet. When we visited, she was in the process of completing a beautiful double wedding ring quilt. "I like making things of plaster of paris and painting them, etc. Then I enjoy my church work very much. I teach S unday School and am a visit -ing teacher." Last year Pilar took time out of her busy days to teach Mr. |