Show PRESS LTAH 300 E AtE SALT ASS S : I T T P4 Mayfield Mother Makes Models in Miniature Once upon a time there was a tittle giri age five who was given a castle for Christinas The castle had even bedrooms elevator four floors a balcony grass ad tissue paper V7 o string pnd tissue paper The bridge is made from twigs and a weathered shingle while the fence is made from stones The sand box contains bread crumbs and children made from skulpy day while another child swings from a swing on one of the three trees The pond with goldfish was made in layers of plastic resin as is the running When water from the culvert ducks will swim on the complete top The sidewalk looks like concrete but is really plaster and sand A very neat vegetable garden (complete with weeds) was created from wire and more tissue paper Even red and yellow roses in the front yard are made from tissue 14 and Eight years later Re non Warner A seventh still has that castle grader at Gunnison Valley High School Renon is probably one of very few girls to have a castle Her mother Donna created the castle and everything in it miniature size The castle stands about three feet high and is mounted on wheels for moving and opens to reveal the about rooms complete with homemade from a bird cage to a furniture One of the sink to a telephone bedrooms is an exact replica of the one Renon had in Salt Lake City a replica of her and the other bedroom in Mayfield inducting the mawallpaper and terial used on the bed canopy and Even the dresser drawers cabinets open n 'ki'’"'VrrVv: VAfc-- i - f ’ 4 M M t I i i'T V H Mr r J ' " ZAP paper ‘f f J ! The home isn’t complete and have windows yet but the doors in the basement sliding work Windows will be made from plastic and panes of glass drawn with India ink doesn't The doQ figures that live in the castle are baking soda clay dolls features with Another project begun is a large home for simta which is divided to include a workshop and sleeping quarters for Santa’s elves Walls roof winding staircase and towers are all drawn and cut out on poster paper ready to be copied onto ftinch plywood Mr and Mrs Santa Claus have been made from skulpy clay and they are working on three elves of is a creator things in miniature Donna said she has always loved them and the years since the throughout castle was made her interest has Her is finely the trees have glued down brandies with leaves made of mother grown Another project is a home with a The yard Kv ' The Finishing Touches Donna Warner left helps her daughter Renon put the finishing touches on another miniature home Mrs Warner has been pursuing her hobby of scaling lifesize things such as castles houses gjjes sice Renon was a little girl people and gardens to manageable (ErmmmnsaDm W saMlcw VOLUME 80 NUMBER GUNNISON 53 UTAH THURSDAY DECEMBER 31 1981 PRICE 25c $450000 Phone Equipment Will Eliminate ‘Beep’ said they are planning to as a a portame generator case of power in device The Gunnison Valley Telephone Company will have good news or bad on your point of news (depending view) for all its customers soon purcnase - or whatever “The ‘‘beep will soon be you have named it removed from the Gunnison telephone system Goal date according to Kent Sanders is By then all the new equipment should be installed and the transition from the old equipment to the new complete Phone rates and service charges Rates have not increased since 1963 will go up after a meeting with the and a Commission Public Service public hearing to be held in the spring Sanders is not sure of the exact increase perhaps $2 per month for service and an increase in installation - Sanders failure charges The new equipment ordered over a year ago is the most sophisticated updated equipment available It is all electronic digital switch similar to a and will offer residents computer options such as touch dialing phones and other conveniences available in larger cities The equipment also has a trouble shooter tester to help with prompt repairs TTie equipment can be updated in the future with even newer devices when more modem they become available Bids were sent out for the with over a year ago equipment Northern Telecom awarded the contract Their system had been on the market long enough to get the “bugs” out and they felt it was the best system available “Up On the Roof Top A blanket displayed of snow covered Gunnison Valley last week and the reindeer on Bruce King’s roof appear to be heading out for warmer Stake Sponsors 4 Strong winds knocked the reindeer temperatures the garage roof ’ Good Home Wins Y alley New Year’s Eve Party and Dance Dancing for the Mormon Church’s New Year’s Eve party at the Gunnison Stake Center tonight will begin one hour after the church’s New Year’s Eve program which begins at 8 p m A turkey dinner will be served at 50 pm Confetti will be provided for those who wish to “do up the new year right” The fun will end at a m All Gunnison Valley residents are invited Weather Decorating Contest The home of Leslie and Heidi Good was the winner in the annual holiday decoration contest held in Mayfield to is helij annually Die contest promote a town of lights for nighttime viewing by residents and visitors The judges are from out of town and residents are informed what day they Residents will judge the decorations then turn on the lights if they want to be eligible (or the contest The winner receives a turkey Town of Mavfield purchased by the home The Goods included lights around the eves of the home and windows Also trees were decorated outside and two trees inside A were seen from the windows the front yard in scene nativity the display from his landing strip onto completed Second place winning home was the Kirk and Janet Anderson residence Cost of the new system is approxi and will increase the mately $450000 Phone lines to 1458 700 lines but a numbers will not be changed nine as the frst number following the the into be will 528 prefix incorporated along system for newer subscribers with using all the combinations for the three and seven There also will be adequate private lines for those desiring them that are now on party lines There may be a slight delay in having enough lines to right away as the cables first need Mans are to have enough be updated within six months Scott Bartholomew Kent Sanders and Jim Sanders also are installing a new cable line between ( enterfield and Axtell winch will enable those residents to have better service when making long distance calls now in use is 18 The equipment years old and when purchased was the most modem available with a cost of $55000 During the past year the equipment has been overcrowded and about 10000 overworked handling calls a day and 25000 long distance calls a month This growth was faster than expected and resulted in a phone system that didn’t always operate as No efficiently as customers wanted one is more aware of this than the phone company Sanders said The Gunnison Telephone Company has come a long way since it was incorporated in 1909 going from a few lines to over 700 At present there an 11 other independent phone company in Ltah Residents appear to have mixed the abrupt feelings concerning convenient form of ending conversa tions Long time residents appear to have grown accustomed to ending their conversations between quickly beeps or calling back immediately to finish a sentence Newer residents of the valle seem to he the most upset when cut off and should be delighted with the new system Many also have found the dead line a convenient way to end a conversa tion particularly if the phone is then taken off the hook so the taller receives a busy signal Barents of teenagers also may find regret the loss of a way of geLing chance to use the phone So whether it will he a hies mg or cause only time will tell Hit a |