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Show Ai r I Page 1C South Edition Lakeside Review March 23, 1983 Wednesday, . - i i Interest in Fantasy Gives Student Start in Business s "s ' By CAROLE COLE 4V Rviw Correspondent BOUNTIFUL Dungeons and Dragons, Tunnels & Trolls, Stormbringer, Swordbearer, 4 Chivalry and Sorcery fantasy games have captured the imaginations of thousands of young and occasionally their people parents as well. Seeing an opportunity to capitalize on the popularity of fantasy and role-playin- g games, Bountiful High School student Chris Bigelow has be- MAGAZINE publisher Chris Bigelow at work in his office corner in the basement of his home using computerized equipment to produce fantasy game magazine. come the publisher of his own magazine, The Oracle. Chris, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Bigelow of Bountiful, is an ardent fan of Dungeons and Dragons and said he was surprised at the quality of most of the magazines that are available for fantasy game fans. He was sure he could do a better job himself. Working for three hours per night for a good 30 days, Chris published his first issue of The Oracle in July 1982. Issue num ber followed in September and number 3 in October. His next issue has been delayed but will be out in June of 1983. 2 1982, The Oracle boasts some 300 currently subscribers, is distributed to retail outlets through an Illinois company, and Chris himself distributes to an additional 40 stores scattered throughout the United States. A subscription costs $8 for eight issues, $14 for 16 issues, or $18 for 24 issues. Single copies sell in the stores for $1.50 each. Chris does 90 percent of the editing, formatting, typesetting, and distributing himself. He deals directly with writers and artists to purchase fiction pieces and illustrations that magazine a give the surprisingly professional quality. Rated by other magazines, The Oracle has been classed as and near the top of that ranking. The Oracle features regular columns covering reader ideas, book reviews, play-b- y 30-pa- semi-profession- mail gaming, reviews of gam-- ! ing publications, fantasy; movies, and new games. Spe- cial features deal with new characters for various fantasy' and games, fiction,; and an adventure comic strip. Each issue also invites reader; ; feedback. role-playin- g Chris puts his magazine to-gether in the basement of his. home where he uses com- puterized word processing equipment to typeset and format The Oracle. A printer in Layton turns out the 800 to 1000 copies of each issue. The Oracle is advertised in a national publication called The Dragon which has a circulation of 100,000. Direct mail-- . ings to fans of fantasy games soliciting subscribers are also made. The Oracle has recently broken into the black ink area. Ive reached just slightly beyond the break-evepoint, Chris says, and Im beginning to see a little profit. -' n Phone Service Additions Planned for 7 Communities ' Telephone service additions in Bountiful, Clearfield, Roy, Farmington, Centerville and the KaysvilleLayton areas will be made in 1983 at a cost of more than $3.5 million, according to Ken Hill, Mountain Bell public relations manager in Utah. The new Clearfield ESS (Electronic Switching System) office will be cut into service April 17 and will serve approximately 20,000 customers in Clearfield, Sunset, West Point, Syracuse and parts of Roy and Layton, Hill explained. ;He said the new ESS office will make it possible for the first time for all Davis County residents to have access to custom calling features. The optional features include call waiting, call forwarding, three-wacalling and speed calling, Hill said. There are numerous projects planned in these cities to install buried cable and additional central office equipment needed for local and long distance calling. Some of the areas where cable will be buried include: Willow Farm Estates, Porter Lane and Main Street in Bountiful; Lakeview Estates, Melanie Acres, Lakeland Subdivision, Meadow Lane, Bluff Subdivision, Yorkshire Place and the Freeport Center in Clearfield; Clark Lane and Shepherd Lane in Farmington and Cherry Lane, Fort Lane to Rainbow Dr., Gentile y Street, Emerald Street and Flint Street in Kaysville. W. Mack Lawrence, Utah vice president for Mountain Bell, said the next few years will be an exciting time for the telecommunications industry. We are entering a new era that is full of challenges and opportunities. Our customers have more choices available to them and our industry has been given the latitude to try its wings in a competitive world, Lawrence said.. The telephone industry in Utah feels that there is strong evidence that the economic recovery is at hand. Lawrence said Mountain Bell plans to proceed with its construction projects this year with a positive outlook as it prepares to spend $128.6 million throughout the state. The money allocated in the 1983 con long-awaite- struction budget is divided among four basic categories. Those categories, and the amount that will be spent for $86.0 million; each, include: growth modernization $23.6 million; customer movement $14.4 million; reof obsolete equipment placement $4.6 million. Included in the $128.6 million budget this year is more than $7.5 million to provide Electronic Switching (ESS) offices for customers in Clearfield, East Layton, Roy and South Salt Lake. When we entered the 1970s, there were no ESS offices in service in Utah. At the end of this year, approximately 61 percent of our customers will be served by this modern equipment. d We feel this is very significant because ESS service is the most reliable, e convenient and flexible telephone ser-vic- Electronic Switching equipment makes it possible for customers to have optional features such as call , calwaiting, speed calling, three-waling and call forwarding. Because the system is electronic, as opposed to electromechanical, calls are connected rapidly, with some calls ringing even as the last number is being depressed, Lawrence said. y The ESS conversion in our South Salt Lake central office will take place in July. r WIDE OPEN HOUSE DAYS MARCH 20-APRIL- THE ONLY SHAFT 17 Reg. 599.00 vKVW On Sale DRIVEN THREE WHEELER ON THE MARKET! , Come In and Sign Up 49cc engine with induction system Autolube automatically premixes fuel and oil Capacitor Discharge Ignition with primary kick start tear wheel and front provide smooth handling Teardrop tank, chrome pipes and Maxim styling reed-valv- h two-strok- e e 19-inc- h For Drawings Yamaha HATS o SHIRTS o GLOVES 0 TIRE GAUGES Powerful 223cc engine with gear-drivebalancer Fully enclosed, maintenance-fre- e shaft drive n Convenient, reliable electric start with Capacitor Discharge Ignition Telescopic front fork and adjustable monocross rear suspension HOURS M-- F THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. SAT. 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