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Show Review - Wednesday, November 19, 1986 - Page 3 Vnksgiving crowd has grown f the nicest things that comes " Irrving into a large family is stic gatherings that take in. TThanksgiving. tlaCe is one time of the HfiUs wonderful to have all r! fTom you love gathered about lJlesi,and enjoy a mammoth meal itfrw up we had Dad Mom, to Jwo brothers and me. We had no rves in utah- - except a great H a,h0 lived in another town and ""ho never ventured from there that Lull H Vwe always had Thanksgiving ,J e few of us and it was k just of have fond memories our 'Sv Thanksgivings, but it is a Seal different when there is a Lefamily-if iff. alternate years, one year with '.v family and one year with my Sband's. This has been a great astern and everyone has enjoyed it, '? sfarasltaow. :l) Vthat all of us have married jen and grandchildren the Id has grown. Even on my side v L there is a much larger group Lone brother has elected to just MeThanksgiving this year with his uto family, including in-la- and jandchildren. Ourny husband's side, the group is tunongous. I mean, if everyone ame there are eight children, their ,ives and husbands, 55 grand-iildre- n and about 30 great- - mndchildren. , That is why we rent a building, 9th as one of the churches, when lis side of the family has driving dinner together. Renting a place for the get-iijeth-er has been lots of fun. The tids take games to play with the delicious dinner is over and the older to visit back and forth and it is just great. Everyone shares in bringing the Heal. Some of the wives get together ad make up a menu (it is always tesame every year) and make the sigranents. Marlene always gets 'I lit yams because she makes them u well, Jill always gets the pies tecause she makes them so well, Grandma gets the turkey because sbedoes it so well, and so forth. p.ff. blab jjK, ' MARCELLA ZJ t WALKER You noticeIionot mention myself in there. I don't make anything well, but they tolerate me and assign me something that cannot be damaged too much. On my side of the family, it is another story. I am the only girl and also the oldest child. The boys never think about whose year it is to have Thanksgiving and probably don't really give a hang anyway. So, it always falls to me to say, "Hey, how about Thanksgiving?" and they say, "Hey, what about it?" I am a sentimental fool. Not just at Thanksgiving, but all the time. I like to get everyone together to share a few precious moments but no one else really seems to care. My mother, bless her heart, always comes through with a lot of help. So do my brother's wives or else this whole thing would be a sham. This brings it down to this year and this year's situation. This is the year for my side of the family. As I said, my one brother has already said they are going to have their married kids and gran-dkid- s over and have their own Thanksgiving. That is fine and I have no objection with that. We'll miss them, but things do change as time goes by, believe it or not. My other brother can't come because his wife has to work that night and has to sleep during the day. Our married daughter may or may not be able to come. She is not sure. Other than that I think the rest of our immediate family will be there. We will not be as large a group but that just means a smaller group will be plagued with my cooking. Another problem that arises when your children marry is that there no longer are just two sides of the family for them. There are now four. This creates some difficulties and I can see that as the years go by we will be lucky to get who we can get for Thanksgiving dinner and be grateful for that. In pictures, in movies and on television they always show a family gathered around the dining table, a big, long one, and all the family is there and everyone is dressed in nice clothes, and the turkey looks per-fect, and the table is laden. It looks so homey. At ours, all the men and boys take their plates to the family room to watch the football games, the women visit and the girls talk girl stuff. The hostess flits about like a chicken with its head cut off worrying if there is enough food and how much is going to get spilled on the carpet. There is no table large enough to handle my husband's side of the family so the traditional Thanksgiving meal at one table does not apply here. Nor does it apply with my side, either, because no one would eat at it even if we did have a table large enough. Even when the Thanksgiving dinner is held at a rented chur-chhous- e, someone brings the television set to watch the football games. It doesn't make any dif-ference. The only real thing I have to complain about, which ever side it is on, is that since I am a sports fan myself, I would like to watch the games but I can't because I have to help cook the meal, serve the meal, and clean up the meal. It is the pits. However, because I like the tradition of getting everyone together for this Thanksgiving holiday, I will willingly forego the football games to enjoy the togetherness. The togetherness is what is really nice. Viewpoint : Foolishness costly By JACK HILL Why do terrorists take Americans hostage in Lebanon? First, because the Americans are there and second, because those terrorists know that the families of the hostages and some other Americans will put tremendous pressure on our government to get those hostages released. In this country we spend huge amounts of money and expend countless hours rescuing people from their foolish mistakes. Boaters who ignore warnings and go out on Utah Lake in violent storms; BYU students who go hiking and violate every known safety practice for being in the mountains such as going alone or without proper clothing, etc. Helicopter rescue teams criss-cros- s the slopes of Mt. Hood or some other dangerous mountain to locate trapped climbers who should not have been there in the first place. Sheriffs teams, planes, helicopters and hundreds of volunteers spend days searching for a lost youngster who is 16 miles from camp in the west desert and the list goes on. The stories are repeated every year with only the names changing. Everyone feels a sense of relief when the lost and stranded are found alive and safe. Weall share in the grief when the story does not have a happy ending. Most Americans have compassion for those who get in trouble because we know we, too, have made foolish mistakes. Even when the cir-cumstances that got the people in trouble show a lack of common sense we are concerned and want to help. However, these problems do not jeopardize national security or provide an explosive situation that could spark a war! But in Lebanon, or any other hostage happy country, the question must be asked: "What are Americans doing there in the first place?" Making the world a better place? Furthering their professional careers? Earning big money? Seeking intriguing adventures? Why? No one taken hostage in Lebanon has been forced to be there in the first place. Placing them-selves in that situation is stupid or foolish or stupid and foolish. The danger is there and to expect the U.S. government to prostitute itself by paying ransom to the Mideast hostage-takin-g goons is not fair to Americans who are neither stupid or foolish. There are places that Americans should not be and Lebanon is one of them. Those who choose to go there know the danger and though our hearts ache for those taken hostage, our government has no obligation to do anything to get them released if they are taken hostage. When a spoiled child's demands are given into, the demands only get greater and the tantrums more violent and frequent. For Americans to be in Lebanon at this time in history only invites terrorists acts by the lawless elements there. To pay ransom for their release compounds and escalates the problem into an en-dless cycle of kidnapping, pay, release, kidnapping, pay, release, etc. Those motivated by religious or personal zeal, those who want the big money by working at American University in Beruit or who want a job covering the news in this volatile area of the world should be told, "You're on your own, you know you shouldn't be there, we know you shouldn't be there and your government will not com-promise itself to get you released if you are taken hostage." It Americans were not there, they obviously could not be taken hostage. If the U.S. government made it clear that no ransom will be paid to free those Americans foolish enough to be there, the problem of taking hostages would quickly be eliminated. Breakfast to open 'Hometown Holiday' A breakfast sponsored by the Pleasant Grove Sportsmen will kickoff the Hometown Holiday celebration in the community on Saturday, Nov. 29. According to Norm Stott, the Sportsmen will serve an breakfast from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. in the Senior Citizen area of the Community Center. The breakfast will precede the arrival of Santa Claus and the Hometown Holiday Boutique in the Community Center beginning at 10 a.m. and continuing through 2 p.m. The breakfast will feature pan-cakes, sausage, eggs and beverage. The cost will be $2 for adults and $1.50 for those age 12 and under. All residents of the area are in-vited to attend and enjoy this tasty breakfast as well as see the arrival of Santa and visit the exciting boutique where Christmas gifts will be available to purchase or to order. mssm mum Charter Canyon Hospital has programs to treat alcohol, drug, iand prescription medication depen-dency problems. 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