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Show Ramblin' On slide show I saw Sunday night left absolutely no doubt in my mind that technology has shrunk the world. A The slides were taken by an old high school friend now who lives in Bessel,If Alaska. youve never heard of it, youre alone. not Before ex- how technology fits into the pic-- t u r e , a description of plaining River in north central Alaska. To At Magna Center Its more like imagining yourself to be in the middle of North Dakota in the winter. Not the stuff that dreams are made of. Nothing but cold and wind all about. Not cold like weve been by Jan. 7. The cost is $2 per person for the transportation. The group will eat dinner at Rainbow Gardens in - MAGNA. Although numerous ple. In addition, they claim they also need to have at least one well balanced meal a day in order to maintain good nutrition, which is a safeguard against development of aageBBseKssysf OVER STOCKED SALE REBUILT KIRBYS We makes all of vacuums. Specializing in Kirby, Hoover, Eureka & Bison. Genuine parts, bags, belts, brush rolls. repair A 9I ENTERPRISES VACUUM 4081 W. 5415 So. Tel. 966-141- 6 pbbbbbb ailments that are incident to age, including senility. In keeping with this thinking, Ogden. The bus will leave the Magna stimulate better culation and pool Center at 9 a.m. and return at 3 p.m. cir- tables where seniors Pat Nageli, Wednesday and day for small Frifood prizes. Dinner is served at itage Center in Murray. Mary Wasden, captain, will conduct the will celebrate the beginning of the new year. The center will be session. The lesson, The Handcart Migration - The Journal of Fanny Fry Simons will be given by Mar- closed on Monday, but ceramics classes Tuesday the Wednes- main course will offer ham stake, turkey a la king with noodles on women. In Wednesday, swiss steak on Thursday and pork paprikash on FriMrs. Nageli said that on Jan. 10, which is the first Monday of the month, there will be a birthday celebration for all those whose birthdays fall within the month. That day, Salisbury steak will be served. Among activities planned is a performance by the Draper Kitcheneers addition, equipment available to Hi Neighbors ! Welcome Capital Citys West Valley Office... Band on Jan. 7, an accordion program on Jan. 14, a trip to Hardware Ranch on Jan. 13 and a Mardi Gras dinner on Jan. 21. Reservations for the (Formerly Holladay Bank and Trust) Help Us Celebrate All Week Long Starting Tuesday, January 4th trip to Hardware Treasure Chest Drawing TV Gift Try rudimentary of tools, the audacious forms of American pop culture can be called to the screen by fingertip. What sort of ideas come to mind, do you suppose, when Fantasy Island is on in the frigid north? A Want Ad! Bennion adults older. The New Years Eve dance is for single - age 40 Ranch must be made and Stake BENNION. The annual Salt Lake valleywide Special Interest New Years Eve dance will be held tomorrow (Friday), beginning at oclock. The dance will be held in the Bennion stake center, 6200 So. 2200 West. A buffet and noisemakers will be included and the Hutchings orchestra will provide music. The suggested donation is $6 per person. The social is being sponsored by the Salt Lake southwest area regions, with Morris P. Bennion and Buelah L. Wittenbach as 9 Other members of the e com-mitte- are Fae Hacker, Jean Oake-soMr. and Mrs. Stanley Dimond, Mr. and Mrs. Orr Hill. n, fa Becomes day. there is exercise garet Slack. Jex Youth subsisted using the most most Dance Set At The Eisenhower junior high student plays trumpet in cadet band. He was a member of the safety patrol and the Bugle Corps at Fremont elementary. glish Fort DUP Camp will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Her- group every day but day and a craft class on Friday. On Wednesday and Friday, Lori Mace, an instructor for the county, offers special activities for both men and In the Arrow and earned the Arrow of Light in cubbing. TAYLORSVILLE. Members of the En- chicken tomorrow (Friday) when the flourishing in the Alaskan back. Thats a vivid example of how dramatically modern technology is transforming the world. Near the top of the world, where a century ago Eskimos - Handcart Story Set For Seniors noon Monday through Friday. Those who intend to participate are to make reservations one day in advance. The cost is $1. This weeks menu will feature oven fried are video games. Theyre out- Most dwellings have cable. I The Eskimos are watching HBO and Showtime and ESPN and dozens of other stations (no mention was made of the Bessel City Council there is oldest son of three children, completed his requirements at age 12. He has the Duty to God trail award. His hobbies include basketball and baseball. For those who like to play cards, there is space available and bingo is offered on Most people, Tim informed me, of a video disk cartridge club. Disks are relayed from village to village so that people can keep up with the more recent movies coming out of the warmer climes of Hollywood. The newest rage, particularly among the kids that Tim teaches, are members cant get it yet. Scout, skills. director of the Magna Senior Citizen Center here, has announced that the center will not only retain the programs that have been developed in the past, but also include new ones during the coming year. It is her intention to introduce an exercise program for seniors, as well as a beginning ceramics class, which will complement the series of activities now being carried out on a weekly basis. There is quilting instruction on Monday, melodica band practice on Tuesday, Qprvpc Rpc.spl They can even receive programs that I cant get at my apartment on 3900 South. The new Eagle can perfect their one - During that short span when the river is free of ice, they fish for salmon huge salmon. Their catch is cut up and hung out to dry. Then it is prepared in different fashions so that the family will have fish to eat all winter. I dont know that I could go for that. Fish for breakfast, lunch and dinner, day in and day out. I would if the alternative was starving to death, but my taste buds would surely rebel. One of the years highlights is a long dog sled race from Bessel to some other Alaskan town and back, about 150 miles total. The whole town celebrates the occasion. But dog sled races are not the three-quarter- Plans Made For Seniors many people believe that senior citizen centers are strictly for those who are over the hill, most experts say that older people need the stimulation of contact with other peo For the most part, subsistence fishing is the main occupation of the villagers and the people of Bessel. sub-zer- o trying to censor programming like the Roy City Council). Theres even a PBS channel that main source of entertainment. Television is. In Bessel, Alaska, virtually out in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by hundreds and hundreds of miles of tundra, its rare to find a dwelling without television. At first, I wasnt sure that what I thought I saw was really what it antennas. turned out to be Slides showing fish hanging out to dry and the start of the dog sled race had dwellings in the background that would be best described as your basic shack. But they all had antennas. Sure enough, televisions are the rage of the Alaskan tundra. vides books, by small plane, to about two dozen villages between Bessel and the Bering Sea. Some villages have only 50 people. experiencing the last few days. By comparison, thats sultry weather. Adding to the discomfort would be the wind storms. They occur fairly frequently, sending the wind chill factor plunging to even more unbearable temperatures. To say nothing of the way persistent winds pick away at the nervous system. At Bessel, the Koyukuk River is s of a mile about wide. It starts to freeze sometime in September; the thaw usually begins in late May. There are no roads outside of the town. Those few people who have cars drive on the river when they need to go somewhere during winter. Its frozen so thick they dont worry about breaking through the ice. About half the people in Bessel are Eskimos. There are two churches, one Moravian, the other Russian Eastern Orthodox. There is a school, where my friend teaches fourth grade. His wife is a librarian and pro frozen tundra. The tundra. The term has an adventurous ring to it. Only the sturdiest of men can survive the rigors of the tundra, and then only if they have the sturdiest of sled dogs (or, now, snowmobiles). And a good supply of sturdy beverages. To say the least, the terrain is stark and barren. Not the type of area that comes to my mind in daydreams about adventures that will never be undertaken. give you an idea how far north it ' 1982 by Mike Gorrell is, the Koyukuk flows south into the Yukon. To go to Fairbanks from Bessel, Tim and his wife Ann have to travel south. Same with Nome. Bessel is in Artie Circle country, in the midst of the flat, Bessel is in order. Lower 48 By standards, Bessel is a small town. By Alaskan standards, its a bigger small town. Maybe 3,000 to 4,000 people. Its located on the Koyukuk Thursday, Dec. 30, WEST VALLEY VIEW 6B 1982 An Eagle TAYLORSVILLE. Eighty-fiv- hymn e books have been placed in the Taylorsville ward chapel by a Eagle Scout. Richard Jex, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Jex, earned the money through a sales project, to purchase the hymnals which he donated to his ward. A member of troop 591 with Milt Jenkins as scoutmaster, he has been patrol leader and 3rd-15t- h newly-name- d FINAL 2 DAYS MICROWAVE OVEN COUNTERTOP second counselor in his deacons quorom. 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