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Show i i r vniEwipaDnMir Page A14 Thursday, November 5, 1987 Park Record Let's not rush into anything Sometimes the best decision is no decision. For the past five years since the school district built a new middle school and vacated the Carl Winters school, we as a community have contemplated con-templated the future of the building. After a couple cou-ple of years of gross neglect the city purchased the old school from the school district with no real plans or direction. There is a certain charm and fascination with the brick structure and various proposals for its use have been bantered about over the years. A Chinese investor talked of creating a hotel and fine restaurant in the space. A sports enthusiast saw the location as perfect for a training center. Various and sundry arts groups and their supporters sup-porters have envisioned both visual and performing perform-ing arts centers. There has been talk of a community com-munity center, a recreation complex and a com-merical com-merical entertainment center. We want to see the building saved, used, and once again become a genuine part of the community. com-munity. But what just may be in order first is a needs assesement by the council. That way, we would know what is really missing here in town and how best to work with the private sector to fill the building. Last week the council listened to two separate proposals concerning the old school. One would have the building turned into an artists' colony complete with lodging. The other would see it restored to look like a high school but function as a Editorial commercial entertainment center. One council member said the art colony proposal pro-posal seemed "a little iffy." Another member outside out-side the meeting called the entertainment center idea "a little too much razzle-dazzle." We know the council is looking to do something with the old building. We just don't think there has been a workable solution presented yet. The building belongs to all of us. We are the city. We are the taxpayers. We voted our representives to responsible postions on the council. Maybe its time we begin to talk with council members about the uses we envision for the Carl Winters school and how we see those uses funded. Maybe with more backing, more understanding of direction and a little more time, even one of the two proposals before the council will seem workable. But right now, it seems to us that granting gran-ting a lease option to either group would be a hasty decision. The council, even with its lame duck members, doesn't need to make an immediate decision. For now, no decision maybe the best one. Taking care of your weapon by JORAM LICHTENSTEIN Record guest writer Now that the deer hunting season is over, many of us have a tendency to forget about our guns until un-til next season, other than the fact that we have to store them someplace. Probably the biggest mistake made is to use the gun case for this purpose. A gun case is only a means of protecting the weapon while transporting transpor-ting it to and from the field. Leaving the gun in the case, especially in the trunk of the car, will surely damage it due to temperature variations. But even in the home, leaving the gun in the case might damage it. Any moisture in the case has no place to settle but on the gun, a fact which will cause corrosion, or rusting, in a relatively short period, and resulting in permanent damage. - A secured gun cabinet is the best place to store a gun. If you don't have one, then a lockable closet is the next best place. Of course, the drawback to the closet is the dust collection, and if the closet is not lockable, the security problem of young children. We all know that guns are not toys. Needless to say, guns and amunition should never be kept next to each other. Guns should always be kept lubricated, but we must stress the word lightly. People tend to overdo this item. We must remember that we are not filling up the crank case of a car only protecting the surface of the gun. In high humidity areas, guns should be oiled lightly. In sandy or dusty areas, a dry lubricant should be used since the combination of sand and oil will form an abrasive that will damage sliding parts. We must also remember that at high altitudes the viscosity of the oil will change, and oily lubricants might impare the operation of delicate parts of the guns. Products such as Dri- As I See It Slide or Lubri-Bond should be used as lubricants. Of course, the above will vary with the type of gun. Shotguns used for duck hunting, for instance, need to be kept lightly lubricated with an oily lubricant, and checked after every hunt. The gun will get wet, usually, and next to blood, which is the most corrosive element for guns, brackins and salt water are the prime enemies to gun metals. Blood will actually penetrate and remove the blueing blue-ing and cause rapid rusting of the metal. The chamber areas in rifles and shotguns are very prone! to, rusting, due to limited amount of corrosion inhibitive lubricant on their surfaces and the fact that cooler air striking the hot surfaces sur-faces during operation will cause condensation and moisture to settle on these surfaces. Automatic and semi-automatics are more prone to this problem. After the hunt, the gun should be thoroughly cleaned and lubricated and all metal surfaces coated with a thin oily layer prior to storage. Fingerprints on gun metal will cause rusting, thus once the gun is ready for storage make sure you do not touch any metal surface with bare hands. It would not be a bad idea to re-clean and oil the gun periodically, even when they are only stored. By paying a little attention to our guns, we can avoid serious damage due to corrosion. Joram Lichtenstein has lived in Park City for the past two years. He is a semi-retired corrosion engineer. BY J.P. MAX SymK OFFICIALLY Thumbs Up, Till limits own THUMBS UP - to the Park City Recreation Department for organizing this year's successful suc-cessful Halloween Carnival. A frighteningly good time was had by all. THUMBS UP - to the Park City Miners football foot-ball team for their win over Richfield last Friday. This week the team faces the Millard Eagles in Payson in the semi-finals. Good Luck! THUMBS DOWN - to whoever stole yet another banner from Main Street. We know these are attractive but there's no budget to replace the lost decorations. THUMBS UP - to the soup and salad bar at Albertson's. The variety from pasta salads to taco salads is a real treat. IFdDir ttflne Meeoprdl Did the recent stock market crash affect you? .... f s " m . a ' . 'i&juhK --site?!- Pi ' V Cathy Morris Mary Hanscom Teresa Geary Sacha Baumann Judy Holt Charlie Lansche No, everything I have is wrapped up in insurance in-surance literally. It really made me rethink my priorities. We did get some good advice and were able to transfer funds before it happened. It's not that I lost any sleep over it. I was one of the lucky ones I can't afford to buy stock. My father's gold stock went up I'm expecting my new car any day now. The first time I bought stock was the last time the market had its previous biggest big-gest drop (up until last week's) But, who knows, my one share of Utah Power & Light may be in trouble. I was lucky. I put 80 percent per-cent of my investment in a CD a week before the crash. |