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Show Pioneer Valley offers classes, support groups for community 8 The Magna Times, Thursday, July 26, 1990 Memories Pioneer Valley Hospital, West health Valley Citys largest care facility, offers community classes and support groups. The classes and support groups are available to Salt Lake and West Valley City residents. full-servi- ce it was the evening 1776. of September 23, REACHING THE INDIAN CAMP At daybreak, the band of Spaniards and their guides set out for the Indian camp that Silvestre assured them was Childbirth Preparation, a four-weless that a days march ahead. . course in relaxation and breathing . In the middle part of the day they iv techniques, labor and delivery, and v-fentered a narrow canyon and, after a other information on childbirth, will I-lengthy march along the edge of the begin Tuesday, August 7 at 7 p.m. at Aguas Calientes River, they reached Pioneer Valley Hospital, 3460 South the canyons mouth. Climbing a slope 4155 West Pioneer Parkway. The class just beyond, they first beheld the valley is designed for women in their seventh of Nuestra Senora de la Merced de or eighth month of pregnancy.' The fee los Timpanogotzis having marched for the class is $25. nearly six leagues (about 18 miles). That evening, Silvestre, Joaquin, Father Francisco Atanasio, and interA Boy Scout merit badge class on preter Andres Muniz made their way communications will be offered Tuesto the Indian encampment at the rivers day, July 31, from 6 to 9 p.m. at on the shore Here lake. the of Pioneer Valley Hospitals Education edge Silvestre persuaded his people to put Center, 3449 South 4155 West Pioneer down their weapons and receive the Parkway. The cost for the class is $7. visitors in peace. Most classes require additional work outside of the classroom. THE CELEBRATION is required. To register, call The next day, the Spaniards and their Indian guides were treated to a festive welcome. Hundreds of Lagunas gathered to see them and to hear their words. Tarunianchi, mayor of the Lagunas village, greeted diem, flankIn 1 977, Evelyn Goble obtained these photos of Indian paintings found on red sand- ed and by Cuitzapatnuchi stone in Coons Canyon. The figure at the left apparently depicts the fortification Panchucumquibiran. built in the canyon. The figure at the bottom Is believed to be a headdress and Father Dominguez then spoke The appointments of seven new a mountain goat or big homed sheep Is at the top. The headdress may suggest the that to gathering stating eamesdy members of the general board of the a tie or link with the cultures of Central America, the Aztecs of Mexico. the Franciscan monks had come to Relief Society, the organization for Courtesy Heritage of the Abraham Coon Family seek the salvation of their souls. women 18 years and older in the Coonville CV The Indians seemed pleased and Church of Jesus Christ of Jesus Christ welcomed Iheif newfound fhends open- SainB were of ly. Dominguez then presented the recently. genteel mayor with a knife and Elaine L. Jack, general president of strings of glass beads and a small ax. the 2.7 million member organization, Other braves were also given beads. said the new board members are Carol PROLOGUE more ancient? In return, Tarunianchi presented the L. Clark of Salt Lake City, Mary Ellen The last lingering rays of sunlight The Lagunas, Timpanois, and Yutas Spaniards with buckskins painted with Edmunds of Mapleton, Carol Lee fled up the mountainside, reluctant to Sabauganas called them the red earth depicting their battles against Hawkins of Provo, Kate L. Kirkham be left behind as the blazing summer Puaguampe, meaning the bewit- the hated Comanche. of Springville, Carol Burdett Thomas sun slid down behind the north slope chers, and their haunt and habitat ! THE OTHER LAKE of Holladay, Barbara Thompson of Peak. of was the shores of the Great Salt Lake Not long afterward, the Spaniards West Valley City, and MarJean Clark For a moment, the peak and surroun- and nearby canyons ... including our were told of another lakerto the norWilcoX of Salt Lake City. ding ridgetops seemed to be framed by canyon of. mystery, Coon s Canyon. thwest which several These women bring a great diveroccupies a band of gold ... then it was gone ... SILVESTRE this waters The of lake, leagues. they sity of skills and experience to their replaced by shadows against a crimson The young Indian could scarcely were informed, were injurious or exnew assignments, said President Jack. sky. conceal his excitement. The valley tremely salty and anyone wet by the Many of the new board members On a hilltop close by, two elk browswhich the small band of ex- waters of the lake immediately felt have lived outside of Utah, which will through ed undisturbed, their regal outlines now traveled was familiar to much itching on the part (of the body) give them greater churchwide perspecsilhouetted against the slopes of the dis- plorers him. With certainty he knew that he which was wet. tive in the work theyll be doing. tant Wasatch. was now within the borders of his peoSome of them are married, some Thick shadows crept inexorably up THE BEWITCHERS he his quickened It was during this conversation that single, some with professional skills, the right hand fork of Coon s Canyon ples country. Eagerly anxious to hasten the moment of pace, like eager tendrils offog, seeping into Father Escalante records the existence some with skills acquired in the home his reunion with his famior through extensive service. We feel of the Puaguampe ... or bewitchers. craggy fissures until every detail was ly and loved ones. that this diversity will help them to These Indians spoke the Comanche erased by darkness. A CAPTIVE RETURNS represent LDS women of various The sky turned black as the sunset (meaning enemy) language and ocMany moons ago, he could not now cupied several springs or good water lifestyles, President Jack added. was swallowed up by nightfalls Our purpose is to help bless the inhe been cap- holds which are roundabout the lake. ascendency, as one by one remember how many, had dividual woman, help her develop and tured by the warlike Comanche during . the stars flickered on like the lights of They were also informed that these his and a raid taken upon village away Indians lived in houses of grass and exercise charity, strengthen families, a distant city, silvery bright against the far the south. to earth built with earthen roofs. They enjoy a unified sisterhood, and develop blackness beyond. in exwhite with the Now, company were considered to be separate in faith in God. Evidence of a rising moon traced the he was at home last returning culture and language from all of the InCarol L. Clark is the administrative upper reaches of the still visible plorers, their as ... guide. and were its surrounded them who in dians assistant to the Relief Society general Wasatch, bathing jagged peaks his knowledge, no white man had believed to be somewhat hostile To phosphorescent glow. presidency. She earned a Ph.D. from ever visited his peoples country. No towards the Lagunas after having the University of Utah, and has held Carefully, we picked our way the Lagunas, or people of the diverse assignments in education and recently killed one of the Lagunas through the thick stand of burdock and doubt, 5 thistle until we found the edge of the lake, would be surprised to meet these warriors. government, including senior aide to The Pauguampe were considered to the Governor of Utah, and founder and road which led into the woods beyond. strangers from a distant land. And, he, We were explorers ... Kim Folsom, Silvestre, would interpret their words be mystics, shaman, or priests who director of the State of Utahs Womens Lou Panopulos, and I, returning from ... telling his people that the strangers seemed to have the power to bewitch Business Development Office. She a daylong adventure that had led us to had come in peace. others, hence their name. The springs served as consumer education specialist that the Pauguampe lived by can be for the Utah Attorney Generals Office, the top of Coon s Peak in search of the THE ROYAL CLOAK found from the mouth of Coons Cais an arbitrator for the New York Stock The little company of twelve, inmany mysteries concealed there midst the tumble of rock and stone and gnarl- cluding Sylvestre and his friend Joanyon to what is now Magna and the Exchange, has been an instructor at ed trees that adorns the mountains quin, camped for the night in the valley former site of the town of Garfield. Brigham Young University, and author the was reinactment Valle of a weekly newspaper column. The it had named de la Purisina For of me, face. they POSTSCRIPT rite tradition author of four books and numerous ar ... held the most a a long (valley of pure). Throughout family When Abraham Coon and sons his observed die day, they had smoke from tides, Carol Clark served as a member of passage ... and belief. Six generations of my people have fires ahead of their advance. Silvestre began opening a road into Coons Caof the Relief Society General Board been captivated by the mystery and indicated to the leader of the expedinyon in 1852, they found the Indian from 1973-8romance of Coon s Canyon and its tion, Father Dominguez, that his peoglyphs and evidence that a large Indian with walls of timber as a sentinel-lik- e the to others that Mary Ellen Edmunds has worked as were encampment by ple signalling peak; intrigued evidence of earlier visitors ... Indians strangers had been sighted. They were fortification had once existed on the director of the Thrasher Intema- must being observed carefully from a Soldiers Bench in the upper reaches of tional Program for Children in Nigeria, . . . who, from time immemorial, West Africa. She has also worked in the canyon, have explored the canyon s remote cor- distance to determine whether their inhealth welfare programs in Hong tentions were hostile or friendly. ners as well. Puaguampe. Kong, the Philippines, and Indonesia. On this day, we had searched in vain After dinner, another member of the Indians still frequented the canyon, She presently works as assistant direcfor the glyphs (Indian writings), known party. Father Escalante, invited tor of training at the Missionary Trainto be visible on rocky cliffs and tumbl- Silvestre and Joaquin to come forward. hunting and gathering pinenuts and cain the some of the stone the areas down ed of By flickering light wood. They crossed from Tooele ing Center for her church, a popular campfire, she has lectured at womens with both were presented special gifts nyon. Pictures carefully painted upon Valley over the muddies in the top of speaker, conferences and youth conferences disas to be worn the following day red sandstone . . . messages from a the canyon. they United around the States. She has made their triumphal entry into the tant past ... from another time. articles in various magazines But other generations of my people village of the Lagunas. For many years, they camped around published have seen the paintings and marveled the Coon ranchhouse adjacent to and books, and is the recipient of Records Escalante, We ... gave at their detail and beauty. And they each one a vara of shalloon and another Oakbrush Flats. The Coon family several awards for humanitarian have knelt before the stones and sought of ribbon dyes flesh color. The vara would kill a beef and feed them as well service. Carol Lee Hawkins is chairperson their and to decipher as trade whatever items were available meaning. was a measure and the shalloon (or purpose for the annual BYU Womens ConWho were these cyphers who etched citalon) was a twilled woolen fabric. for buckskins and robes. and an administrator for the ference, their messages upon the stones . . . and With the large piece of cloth about their Research Institute at Brigham Womens The family has recorded many what became of them? Were they shoulders, the two young men would Born in stories of their association with the' Young University. Anasazi as some of their symbolism appear regal in their countenance and in she lived has Washington, D.C., Indians. might suggest, or is their origin even dress. According to Father Escalante, ek 3L '. 9 1 on 964-310- 9. Prenatal' Water Fitness Classes, for women in any stage of pregnancy, are held weekly on Monday .Wednesday, and Friday from 5 to 6 p.m. The classes are designed for pregnant women to exercise in a pool, which reduces gravitys pull on lower back muscles. Classes cost $35 per month and are held at Pioneer Valley Hospital, 3460 South 4155 West Pioneer Parkway. For more information, call 964-310- 9. The following is a list of support groups meeting at Pioneer Valley Hospital, 3460 South 4155 West Pioneer Parkway, July 29 through August 2. The support groups are provided at no cost. BereavementGrief Support will meet Sunday, July 29, at 2 p.m. Alanon, for the family members of alcoholics, will meet Monday, July 30, at 7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous will meet Tuesday, July 31, at 7 p.m. Overeaters Anonymous will meet Thursday, August 2 at 7 p.m. For more information regarding any support groups, call 964-310- 9. Relief Society organization designates new members of general board The Bewitchers Coon-Famswor- . th long-await- ed ve . 4. Guatemala, Mexico, Spain, and Ger- many. She holds an M.Ed. from Brigham Young University, and has done additional graduate study in history and anthropology. She and her husbaid John p prfeSSor anthropology at Brigham Young University, are the parents of four children. Kate L. Kirkham is an associate professor of organizational behavior at Brigham Young University, and is associate director of the Womens Research Institute at BYU. She receiv- ed a Fh.D. in organizational behavior the Union Graduate School, of Experimenting Colleges and Universities. She worked in training and development for the National Education Association for 10 years in Washington, D.C. and for three years as of Resources for Change. Her research is focused on race and gender diversity in organizations, particularly on the behavior and perceptions of majority group members. She was written numerous training and From Union education materials for programs on institutional racism and discrimination. She is active in church and community service, and has received several awards for her work. Carol Burdett Thomas has lived in California, Washington, and Kansas as her husbands assignments changed in the U.S. Army. She and her husband Dr. D. Ray Thomas, pediatrician, are the parents of seven children and grandparents to five children. She has given extensive service in the Relief Society, Primary, and Young Women organizations of her church, and has served as a tour guide for a local touring and convention company. Barbara Thompson is director of the Division of Family Services in the Utah State Department of Social Services. She received a M.A. in social work from University of Utah, and has been director of the Salt Lake County Child Abuse Coordinating Council, as well as coordinator for the Governors Conference on Strengthening the Family. She has taught classes at the YWCA Women in Jeopardy program on the topic of crisis intervention for spouse abuse and family violence. She has been extensively involved in church work and has served in numerous community task force and committee assignments. She lived in Germany for two years. MarJean Clark Wilcox has taught in various public schools in Illinois and Utah, and is a graduate of the University of Utah. She and her husband, Blaine H. Wilcox, are the parents of six children. She has been vice president of the Utah Symphony Guide, coauthor and director of the educational Outreach Program in five counties to bring students to Symphony Hall and initiate docent classroom presentations. She has been involved in church work as well as professional organizations. |