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I1 f Page 2 —The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday April 10 1996 Utah Symphony cuts summer season SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Symphony’s board has voted to cancel summer season to this year’s balance the budget The 84 musicians and more than half staff will be of the orchestra’s full-tiout of work between the May 19 end of the current season and early September when rehearsals begin for the 1996-9- 7 season The cancellation means a balanced budget for the first time in nearly a decade A full summer season would have resulted in a $11 million deficit board About half of the said “We haven’t found any significant attended the meeting Tuesday at which the decision was made Orchestra members Gary Ofenloch and Frances Darger both of whom sit on the board dissented “We’re talking about musicians losing 25 percent to 30 percent of their 90-min- ek incomes” Ofenloch told the board before the vote “We're talking about musicians losing their homes” Music Director Joseph Silverstein is covered under a separate contract and will not be affected by the layoffs Citing a lack of wealthy benefactors Harris H Simmons board chairman support for salvaging the rest of the year” He said major donors “believe it’s to necessary to put our house in order eliminate these deficits” before they will open their checkbooks “Outside borrowing is impossible (because) we have no assets to borrow against” said Simmons president of Zions Bancorporation “I don’t know anyone who would do it” He appealed to board members most of whom are prominent businesspeople to help the displaced players and staff members “find some sort of part-tim- e employment through the summer” Don L Andrews symphony president and CEO described the board's action as cut“a case of severe ever we more than anticipating deeply ted” A contract between the symphony and Local 104 of the American Federation of Musicians stipulates a three-wee- k negotiating period between management and musicians before the cancellation is final “Basically we’ll have 20 days to negotiate alternatives" bassoon player Stolen purse found after 19 years during spring cleanup Utah (AP) — Alma Hoggan attacking some rotting leaves while doing spring yard work uncovered an old purse he at first thought was only four or five years old But after the owner was tracked down Hoggan was surprised to team it had been stolen nearly 20 years ago SUNSET “It was just next door There was a stump there and whoever took it out didn’t rake the leaves and trash So I went and raked it up” Hoggan said “As I was raking it up the rake caught on what I thought was just a rag or some thing so I kept digging at it It just came out of the ground” Sandy Bybee a medical techni- - cian at McKay-De- e Hospital reported the purse stolen back in 1977 She and her husband had taken their children to a drive-i- n movie They had dressed the youngsters in their pajamas so they could put them to bed as soon as they arrived home After the last child was brought into the house Bybee went to get the purse she had left on the seat of the car It was gone “I reported it to the police but never found anything other than about a week later someone in Clearfield found my checkbook and gave that back to me” Bybee said She surmised that someone had taken the clutch purse for the few Panel on jet skis has only supporters i $91 million endowment fund Register at InSoles in the Cache Valley Mall It was the wrong Bybee but 7 Registration Fee: they knew the purse belonged to Sandy Bybee who lived nearby and returned it to her T ' Adult and Student: The money that was in it was missing Bybee said Hoggan said he was glad he Sun and Snow Members : foundthe purse but figures Bybee had learned to live without Registration fee includes it ashbtj “She’s probably got a new driver’s license by now” he said V BNNUai (W - The orchestra has a donor-restrict- Saturday April 13 1996 Starting Time: 8:00 am She canceled her credit cards snd got a new driver’s license and forgot about it Hoggan could make out the last name on some identification and took it to a neighbor whose name was Bybee in the background Ominously one shows a hand holding the moose over the Grand Canyon a note on the back demanding $20 million “or Bullwinkle takes an ugly fall” Whitaker said the moose is just me of those promotional things beer distributors hand out to bars but he was particularly fond of this one He had to look all over the state to find it and has been unable to find a replacement Whitaker hasn’t called the cops But he’s hungup a couple of posters in the bar Actually he said the handwriting on the ransom notes looks an awful lot like that of a former employee Meantime the moose seems to be bearing up well It’a still smiling tongue lolling an idiotic grin on its face But he’d better get used to life on the road Whitaker isn’t about to pony up $20 million Til probably have a whole album before he’s done” Whitaker said KfiR3muRB- open and frank Hopefully we can come up with some viable alternatives” Simmons told the board that two hours before the meeting an anrnymous benefactor had pledged $250000 “with no strings attached” The money will be used to pay about 3 1 '2 weeks of vacation time musicians have accrued 5k and 10k Races dollars that were in it Club manager in torment over the fate of missing moose held hostage OGDEN Utah (AP) — He’s been to McDonald’s in Mexico He ’s been to the Grand Canyon He’s had a 9 mm pistol pointed at his head Kidnap notes have the ransom up to $20 million and the notes have an ugly tone bills “$10 million in cash small by Friday or the moose gets it” says one Sure is a lot of fuss for an inflatable moose that i used tp grace the wall of the Dry Cow Saloon in gcfePfPtae February jnoming Tim Whitaker manager of the private dob said he came in and saw a big gap on the wall where the moose’s head had hung He didn’t hear a word about it until a letter arrived March 26 threatening ugly things to the moose if big money wasn’t paid up It also included pictures of the moose in various distant places In one a man stands by a sign at the Arizona state border holding a gun to the moose’s head In another taken in Mexico a McDonald’s is Christine Osborne the local’s spokeswoman said late Tuesday “We’re encouraged because our initial discussions (with management) have been - 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