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With the dish installed, the channel alone costs $10.99 a month. For a full menu of movie channels, customers can pay $32.99 and receive seven different versions of HBO and five versions of Showtime, in addition to the one Sundance channel. | It seems that as indie films have emerged on the cable scene, the main_ stream movie outlets have begun fortifying themselves. The big cable movie stations are shuffling their programming schedules and serving them up in a way that provides viewers multiple versions of the same channel. Think of it as cable television’s answer to the cinema-mega-plex. So now, instead of competing against one HBO channel, Sundance must contend with seven. The Sundance Channel remains the art house alternative to the HBO megaplex. And just as there’s no year-round art house cinema in Park City, there’s also no Sundance Channel. couldn’t hold their ground in a 100-year flood plain. | At one point, a fire broke out under the severely dented hood of one car. Officials halted the derby for a moment and rushed out to douse the flames. The pause caused a lull in the crowd, but the sheer passion of the event continued to smolder. Later, between rounds of the men’s competition, the “Powder Puff,” women’s derby was held. Ladies with a flair for floor- DIRT TRACK DATE @©020000800808000880088888088088888SH8O88888H8888E he band Southern Culture On The Skids dedicates one of its albums to the courtship dance played out at demolition derbies. Its song, “Dirt Track Date,” includes the lyrics “Dirt track date, demolition derby figure eight, ate my dinner on a paper plate.” The band’s lead singer goes on to tell listeners that he’s “gonna to get so drunk, you’ll have to pick me up off the ground.” Drivers and their pit crews at the Coalville derby on Aug. 8 won't be able to _ ing it can also enter the Coalville crash fest. Deadline for registration is Wednesday, | Aug. 5 and the cost is $35 for both male _ and female contestants. For more information about the derby and other events at the Summit County Fair, call 336-4451. THE CALL OF THE WILD imbibe to such a degree, however. The city recently passed a new ordinance banning alcohol consumption in public places and effectively ended a tradition of drunk demolition driving. Still, the crowd is certain to continue its festive ways. At the recent demo derby in ritics of the ballot initiative known as SJR 10 say this Senate Joint Resolution could silence many voic- Heber City, the town’s rodeo arena was _cooed at each other while older model American cars smashed about inside the dirt oval. 3 + SBiitis RED MEAT he recent flash flood put many in the Pinebrook area in a tough spot. Nitpicky insurance rules and regulations have caused plenty of sleepless nights among those whose homes were damaged by the rushing waters. Mountain Times extends its sympathy to anyone impacted by the disaster. In addition to muddy basements, many in Pinebrook watched as their meticulous landscaping washed away. According to scuttlebutt passed around the county building in Coalville, most insurance plans don’t cover damage to lawns and gardens. That’s too bad for at least one person living in the Tw A PRT Sie INT Tl aw ela Bee ane hag haa Ps See a a ne. ee groups from outside the state, Utahns For Wildlife Heritage and Conservation continues to campaign for the passage of SJR 10. Calls from Mountain Times to the sportsmen’s group were not returned. Craig Axford with the Utah Voting Rights Coalition, a collection of groups opposed to SJR 10, says his organization doesn’t have nearly as much financial backing as Utahns For Wildlife. Axford says he expects the sportsmen’s group to begin a television campaign sometime in August. The pro-SJR 10 message will likely portray animal rights groups as the enemy and honest Utah hunters as the hero. At least that’s how the debate over bear baiting played out in Idaho, where the secret files of Max cannon ea Then maybe the cops would think twice about arresting me for being up ina tree at the park, butt-nekkid and screaming. lf | could be somebody besides myself, | would like to be Tarzan. flood zone who claims to have lost $5,000 nas Nike eae These rumblings at the ballot box were apparently enough to make some Utah sportsmen close ranks. Backed by hunting edie pinking shear tracheotomy worth of landscaping rocks imported from BRITT Tame Utah hunters who don’t like being told what to do. This narrowly written initiative is designed to ‘prevent Utahns from passing any future initiatives restricting the ways hunters stalk their prey. In Idaho, an initiative to stop the practice of bear baiting failed, but in Oregon, voters passed a measure banning the use of dogs during cougar hunts. those opposing the practice were painted as extremists. Of course, there’s nothing terries in Utah’s ongoing debate over wildlife bly sporting about luring bears with food management. In fact, some are already and then treeing them with dogs. But don’t wary of speaking out. tell that to bear hunters, who take these “We have the country folk and we have digs personally. the city folk,” explains one SJR 10 opponent The defeat of Idaho’s anti-bear baiting who wished to remain anonymous. “What | initiative was apparently not enough to ease - this will do is to prevent city folk from the worries of avid bear baiters and cougar restricting hunting, animal trapping, cougar | hunters. They fear future petition drives ©1997 MAX CANNON WWW.REDMEAT.COM 6, 1998| MI through SJR 10 as a pre-emptive strike for packed with smash-’em-up race fans. 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