Show r"r The Gunnison VaKey News Tues December 2 1S8S AXTELL NEWS GUNNISON NEWS ha Thanksgiving come and had a one and I hope everyone nappy holiday Many folk came home and -any traveled elsewhere for the big dinner Connie and Eugene Funk and family from Salt Lake City came home to be with Connie’s parents to Earl and Maysie Willardsen share the turkey and trimmings with Mr and Mrs David Thompwere son and family seated to the feast with Mrs Venice Westenskow and Westenskow and Patty Hay family Ray and Norma Perry and family from Richfield Rod and Barbara Bumgardner and family of Salma all traveled to Holladay to with Helen and have Thanksgiving Everyone enjoyed Harry McCoy a very special day together It was Loretta MeUor’s birthday on Thanksgiving day Her parents A cel and Amy Thompson and Carrol and DeAnn Mellor their sons Cory and Cary of and Ruby Peterson from Fayette Salma were seated to dinner for That evening the double holiday many dropped in to wish Loretta a Rilla Dee Sorenson - 5287806 Amy Thompson and Arilla Bouvang traveled to Salt Lake City to meet at a niece’s borne for the big day Lynn and Phyllis McArthur and family journeyed to Fish Lake where they joined Phyllis' brothers and sisters (the Morrison family) to dine at the lodge Errol and Linda Hammond and family from Deer Lodge Montana came home to have dinner with her parents Eugene and Bernetta Nay They spent about Five days in the valley before returning to Montana Amy Thompson dropped in at Earl and Clare Elmont’s on W and you'll never guess who was in a lovely bright yellow apron making dressing salad preparing the pies and the entire NEW STAMPS: The first waterfowl conservation stamp issued by the state of Utah depicts a pair of majestic Tundra Swans in flight works It was Earl! Clare said Earl loves to cook and he does it often That’s nice! Rodney and Kathie Anderson traveled to Cedar City to be with their son Ryan and his family Royal and Jerry Whitlock went to their daughter Kathie’s home to be with her and her family for the birthday Forrest and Lucille Hill and Dennis and Stella and family traveled to Sunset to meet at Marion Hill’s home for dinner toThey spent a pleasant time gether were present All of Forest and Lucille’s children and grandchildren were there except one grandson who is servhappy day of thanks These are only a few of the valley folks and how they spent this special day And it’s safe to say most of all the other valley folks spent it in the same manner Lavona Bradley has recently returned home from an extensive tour to New Zealand Australia and Fiji She was accompanied by Mrs her missionary companion Merle Dowl and ten other friends ing an LDS mission in Florida who went on the tour They were Rilla Rosenlund was in Salt Lake jokingly called the twelve golden City with her daughter Beth AnIn New Zealand they went girls derson and family for the holiday to the Glow Worm Caves to Bessie Frandsen and her son Rotura Parks LDS Temple and Chad and his family spent the big Temple view In Aukland the day with Lyle Ann Shepherd in' Maori people presented a cereElsinore mony and they were served a Etta and Mariel Hansen were Maori dinner They toured the overjoyed to have their children all home for Thanksgiving They came from Salt Lake City and city of Hamilton also About fifty In Australia here in the valley they went on a cruise in Sidney around the harfamily members were seated to Hall the festive meal at the Legion bor visited the famous opera in Centerfield house dined on the top on a tower LaRell Hansen was injured a revolving showing a magfew days before Thanksgiving but nificent view of the city From not so bad he couldn’t join the there they were taken to the Waratak sanctuary where they family for dinner saw koala bears kangaroos Allen and Rita Willardsen’s s exotic birds and dingies family were home for the holiday (wild dogs) They were Danette Tammy and In Fiji they were taken on her daughter of Salt Lake City Ivan and Dee from Orem Debbie another cruise to Mana Island where they spent time on the and Arron Prescott of Helper beautiful beach and rode in a Everyone went to Richfield to be with Rita’s parents Joe and Merle glass bottom boat to view the reef Fry where the turkey was carved They were entertained by the Fijian village folks in Nadi While Phyllis and James Gregerson prepared the dinner for their on this tour they met the former Frankie Salmon of Centerfield Larry family Jimmy and Carma and her husband It really is a and Leslie and grandchildren small world! Lavona spent a Crystal Robyn Justin Bodie and Clint wonderful fifteen days on this tour Darrell and Bernice Fullmer meal Wedon Lamar and Adaline Larson have enjoyed their big returned home after spending two nesday the 26th with their daughter Carolyn and her husband Jay weeks in Corpus Christi Texas Bernice Clayton from Mayfield They flew down to visit with had to work on the 27 th so they Adaline’s brother and sister While there they took time out of' jumped ahead to celebrate the day a busy schedule to visit some of of thanks the sights there They went to Cherry Patterson had her mother Ruth Olsen and sister Nellie Padre Island Port Aransas Arand uncle in addition to ansas Pass Rock Port and MusCampbell tang Island They spent time many guests from Salt Lake City to partake of the dinner she prepartending to the business at hand ed the death of Adaline’s enjoyed the entire following Everyone mother They enjoyed the deliday Mr and Mrs Melvin Mills cious Mexican and Texas foods on the and the joined their family in Sandy climate 27 th They enjoyed the day and They also attended the LDS church at Corpus Christi where arrived home very happy Mr and Mrs Lavoy Sorenson met they many friends and old Mistletoe is taking over Utah forests Utah kissing but a close relative— is probably the No 1 cause of disease loss among forest trees in Utah’’ says Fred Baker Utah State University Extension forester If not controlled the mistletoe parasite can eventually kill its tree host bristlecone While mistletoe can be a problem for Utah trees Baker says it does not pose an economic threat The parasite to the state’s forests creates a bigger economic loss in areas where timber is harvested stays for lumber and wood products In acquaintances Adaline said the time went too quickly but they are happy to be home again Maude Hone accompanied her daughter Grace and her husband to see Evan Peterson to Blanding the Peterson’s daughter Elaine The threesome and Jim Nelson spent the night returning home the next day and they all had a nice trip Mitzi Pickett and Danny Cald- well both returned missionaries attended seminary to tell the stu- while dents of their experiences serving on their missions On November 24th Acel and rode to Holden to Amy Thompson visit with Mr and Mrs Bud and her lovely 90 year old mother Marie Powell from St Anthony ID an old friend of many years It was a great day for the Thompsons to see and be able to be with Marie and daughter Copping Venna Floyd and Julia Jensen and Jensen of Salina Preston and children Shawn and Mary were Sheryl Steiger Leticia and Derek visitors at the and Dennis Larson also attended p home of Floyd’s brother Jay and Rex and LaPreal Olsen took his father Newell and Aileen Olsen On Sunday Stella Lee Jensen their sisters Beth Kennedy of out to a restaurant to eat their Aurora and Thelma and Neldon dinner Thanksgiving Rilla Dee and Sharee Jensen of Gunnison joined them Lynn for dinner and visiting Sorenson Mark and along with her sister Lael Thalman (of Sigurd) and her Charmaine Lewis and children Jamie and Dexter of Redmond and family and mother Faye and Louie Detro of Spanish Fork were at her Kendall and Catherine Bartholobrother’s Joe and Janette Detro’s mew and children Rhonda and Chris of Mayfield joined the get in Sandy for family dinner together in celebration of CatJoining them there were Todd herine's birthday Garth and Jacque Sorenson of Kurt Vest of Mayfield who Logan Kerry and Kim Sorenson served a mission in the New York and family of Orem visited SaturRochester Mission was the Sacraday in Axtell ment Meeting speaker The muDoug and Joan Gillies and sical number was presented by daughter Shannon traveled to DuMarie and Lorie Hyatt accomrango Colorado to enjoy the holitheir sister panied by day with their daughter Tracey Trudy They sang “I’ll Find You My and Joan’s parents Ross and Friend’’ Their parents Gene Ethel McCausland and Carol Hyatt and their youngDon and Eunice Despain enjoyer brother also attended the meeted having daughter Jerrae and Scott Lee and family of Salina and The full time ing with them son Gail with them to share missionaries in our area serving who are stationed in Salina were dinner Thanksgiving also in attendance and were called Margie and Howard Jensen journeyed to the Salt Lake area to upon to share their testimonies be with their family at their They are Elder Ascione of Alberta s and Elder Corbridge of are Canada daughter Merle and Barry that industry is small Four varieties of mistletoe widespread in Utah They plague Mistletoe the cupid of Christmas is putting arrows through the hearts of Utah forests “Dwarf mistletoe— not the kind for Christmas hung in doorways 528-794- 8 Yakima home Coming from Calif or nia to join them were LaRee and Merle’s Glen Greener and family daughter Teresa came from Seattle to be with family and will be going to Hawaii from there Washington Doug Gillies and Dan Mayer such trees as lodgepole pine ponderosa pine Douglas fir and returned from a recently Oklahoma City where they ed the W orld Championship ter Horse Show November They enjoyed the show and enter a horse of their own pine Baker says fire is the most effective natural means of controlClear cutting ling dwarf mistletoe is another effective means but dear cutting is seldom used beconcerns cause of environmental trip to attendQuar-- ' Sharon and Andy Hekking and Joshua of Salt Lake were also there Miles and LaPriel Jensen were in Sandy at the home of their granddaughter Tammy Manas Her parents Harvey and Lola Jensen came from California to be plan to in the Their competition next year wives Joan Gillies and Betty Mayer kept the home fires burning and took care of the livestock Partial cutting works poorly Baker says because the mistletoe on the remaining trees and infests new ones by shooting off seeds which have a sticky substance that attaches the seeds to the new trees’ needles Baker says mistletoe pesky in campgrounds because trees in them cannot be removed while they were gone Thanksgiving weekend found He says the answer to controlling mistletoe may lie in breeding genetically resistant trees But that’s a slow process that will require several years before genetically resistant stands can mature foresters are In the meantime using computer models to determine the level and rate of spread of mistletoe and the best time to cut a stand of timber to achieve maximum wood protection with the family for the holidays Larry and Lisa Bessendorfer many families traveling away from Axtell to enjoy the traditional turkey dinner while many others stayed at home and had others join them It was a beautiful sunny Thanksgiving day that everybody could really enjoy whether they traveled or stayed at home Kaye and Marius Despain and to Logan to be Marcie journeyed with their son Greg Nanette and Brandon Despain while their son Kerry Nannette and Christi stayed at home and entertained and children joined Lisa’s parents Bemon and Janice Neal and Melissa and Justin for dinner Leo Anderson went to Salina to be with his son Kent and family for Thanksgiving Debra and Karl Humphrey hosted the celebration for the Humphrey family as weU as Arva Lee Nancy Kirby and Kirtley and Linda and Kendall Bertelson and has been boys George Bertelson transferred to the Veteran’s HosWe wish him pital in Salt Lake well Donna Sue and Reed Sorenson parents Dan and Pat who also helped them vith more remodeling work in their Fannin home had Donna’s parents Mr and Mrs LeRoy Childs her brother David and Alison Childs and sister Judy and John Jacobsen and family join with them and their daughters Kimberly and Crystal for the big day " Leah and Keith Bird and daughters Shonnie and Tammy Sittre were at Ivan and Edith Sorenson’s to enjoy the special occasion Julie and Elwood Sorenson were Wayne County to be with Julie’s parents and all of her and sisters They also brothers I attended a family wedding in tell us the effect of “Computers County on Saturday our actions and help us choose the (ayne Phyllis and Richard Cowley Baker best action for each stand hosted Thanksgiving dinner at ays “Sometimes it makes sense their home for Trent and Raylene to harvest an infested str nd 30 to Cowley and family of Gillette 40 years before it matures” Phllis’ mother Vera Wyoming in once more December 2nd is the Christmas party for the Gunnison Valley A program is Hospital staff planned a catered dinner and exchange of gifts will be held Harold and Bene Jensen attended the funeral of Virginia Ditleven Mecham of Bountiful on NovemMecham Mrs was a ber 25th former resident of Salina and a friend of Dene’s She died November 22nd Dale and Nedra Peterson have a new baby boy FORDMERCURY "4 & a t ' A i"ii'i born Monday name shall be November 24th His Ross Levi Peterson Syu f i 4 y FOR ALL YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS i'0-LEAvm- np AGENCY Part of the Leavitt Group Representing Allstate Home American Auto Commerical Boats American States MillbankRoyal ' 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