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Show IS byRickDrough Party wi 1 1 f eatu re local flaky characters This year's Snowflaker's theme, "The Comics," is appropriate. We've been saying for years that most of Park City looks like a comic strip. ' ' We can even guess what disguises will be adopted by some of the notables on Saturday night., Al Horrigan and Jim Doilney will surely appear as Batman and Robin, the superheroes of the day. And we hear Arlene Loble offered to dress as the Fat Broad with Club, from "B. C." if Mary Lehmer would come as the Snake. Some ideas are obvious. Monte Gibson is Dennis the Menace. Don Symonds will arrive, of course, as Andy Capp. Counselor Marion Ayers is Mary Worth. And Bill Mammen is a natural for Uncle Duke. Some group concepts have already been arranged. Since the actors of Park City Performances are doing, "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," they will dress as the "Peanuts" characters. But who's going to be the little red-haired girl Ann MacQuoid or Ruth Ann Fitzgerald? Planning Commissioner Carol Calder may come as Snow White, if she can get the other planners to be the Seven Dwarfs. Finally, don't believe those rumors that little people were running around town dressed as blue Smurfs. Those were actually school kids freezing to death this week while they waited for the buses. Snowflaker's is so popular, it has even spread to other resorts, in a "Tribune" article, Tina Lewis said organizers in Aspen sought help from her last year to put on their own ball. But she wasn't the only one they asked for help. Last year, Record editor David Hampshire got a call from Aspen's party coordinator, Lex Porsche. Lex had just talked to Tina, and needed to clarify a few things. "Let me get this straight. We set up this long table on Main Street? And have all the restaurants bring out their food? Won't it be a little difficult to, pass the rolls in the middle of a November blizzard?" asked Porsche. "That isn't Snowflaker's," said David. "That's A Taste of Park City. We're going to do that in the summer of 1984." "Oh, then Snowflaker's must be where everyone in town forms a line, and you pass the snow in buckets, hand to hand, and pile it on the mountain." "No. Not a Snow Brigade! We had a Book Brigade for our Miners' Hospital Library." r "Well, then, what the hell does this Lewis dame mean by Snowflaker's? I can't take it any more! She was so goddamned perky and excited on the phone, the ideas got all mixed up In my head." "Okay. Take it easy. At Snowflaker's, Snowflak-er's, the town's distinguished realtors, bankers and business leaders dress up like Popeye, or Orphan Annie or Mickey Mouse. Then they meet in Deer Valley, snarf lasagna, drink a lot, and pass out in the parking lot. This magically causes the first snowfall of the season." ' "Oh! She mentioned that! I remember remem-ber now. We didn't pay much attention cause it sounded more bizarre than the other two ideas." "Well, that's Snowflaker's. Good luck." "Thanks. Oh, by the way',' she had this other good idea for a festival. Only, ask her how do we set up these 150 outdoor artist's booths up and down Ajax Mountain in the middle of Nastar season?" '.''''''.:,;' A problem has arisen in the town of Bondurant, Iowa over four chickens owned by a couple there, Mike and Pat Tilley. According to an AP report, a neighbor complained about the loud cluckers, so the city council voted to enforce the local law that requires a leash on all domestic animals. The Tilleys say that, at most, they let the chickens run loose in their back yard. And to point out the absurdity of the situation, Mike Tilley vowed to show up at City Council with a chicken on a leash. Meanwhile, "Free the Chickens" Chick-ens" signs are appearing around town. It's only a matter of time before this same problem emerges in Park City. Look for these signs: Roosters will be tied up outside the Alamo, clucking forlornly while they wait for their owners to return. The Recreation Department will sponsor poultry obedience classes. Packs of hens will roam Main Street, rooting through garbage cans and restaurant dump-sters. dump-sters. And pet owners will , worry that Summit County chicken-catcher Barry Shoda is callous to poultry. "He doesn't even like eggs," someone will complain. com-plain. Shoda will reply, "The animal may be a cherished pet to someone. But if he's not claimed in seven days, county law says he's Extra Crispy." One of the symbols of the Thanksgiving Thanksgiv-ing feast is the cornucopia, the Horn of Plenty. And only a week before Turkey Day, Whaddyaknow has been blessed with a virtual cornucopia of items about food. a) A turkey was the focus of an AP story from Colgate, Wisconsin. The wild bird had the habit of crossing the county highway, near the post office, and eating bugs off auto grills. But the gobbler's luck finally ran out, after a fatal encounter with an eastbound van. Said a neighbor, "I hope it's not going on someone's table." Of course, it wouldn't have happened if the animal was properly leashed. Turkey-control officer Harry Shoda said, "The animal may be a cherished pet to someone. But if he's not claimed in seven days, county law says he's a Butterball." b) Doctors in a UPI story say the quality of a mother's milk will be improved if the woman eats a carbohydrate-loaded pizza dinner. I pass this along for the folks at Davanza's, who like to post notices on the nutritional value of their product. c) Anybody remember the Dick Van Dyke movie "Cold Turkey," where a whole town went crazy trying to stop smoking? Things turned out better for the hamlet of Natchitoches, Louisiana, where the whole town failed a community-wide effort to stick to the Pritikin diet. But the AP story says the debacle has boosted tourism, as visitors have flocked to see what is so tempting about the Natchitoches meat pies and the local Cane River cream pies. The tourism director sighed, "We'd rather be known as the oldest settlement in the Louisiana Purchase than the town that couldn't keep a diet." d) A group called Chili U.S.A. is meeting in Washington D.C. to persuade legislators to designate chili as the official food of the United States. Opponents will respond with special showings of the campfire scene from "Blazing Saddles." First it was the Loch Ness Monster. Then Bigfoot. Now two hikers have reported to the Associated Press that they saw a unicorn! Keith Hallam and Steve Evans were hiking in Virginia's Shenandoah National Na-tional Park and took five photographs of an animal with a horn jutting from its forehead, and having a mane and tail with a dirty yellow color. Park officials suspect pranksters disguised an ordinary horse. But a spokeswoman said hopefully, "If I were a unicorn, I'd probably hide in a 197,000-acre preserve too." Concern was also expressed because the mythical animal was not on a leash. AP talked to unicorn-control officer Murray Shoda, who said, "This animal may be a cherished pet to someone. But if he's not claimed in seven days, county law says he's Kal-Kan." |