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Show Park Record Wednesday, December 24, 1986 Page C3 Ski area workers are back on top Wambaugh creates another solid police drama The building maintenance deiiart- ment at the Park City Ski Area is back in the groove. The department's depart-ment's 13-week winning streak came to an untimely end two weeks ago, but they say they're determined to step back into the top spot for another long run. Esko Salmela knew that Laurel and Hardy worked for Santa Claus in "Babes in Toyland" (1934); that Sherlock Holmes wrote the initials VR on his wall in bullet holes (VP, stands for Victoria Regina, England's queen); and that Gump Worsley was the last National Hockey League goalie to play without a mask. You too can battle the ski area sharpies for the Park City trivia crown and win a free sandwich at the Main Street Deli. Just answer this week's questions and call in your replies to The Park Record at 649-9014 or drop in at our office on the second floor of the Park Record Building, 1670 Bonanza Dr. (behind the Dairy Queen in Prospector Square) before Monday at noon. (The deadline is a day earlier this week because of the holiday. ) 1. What same is plaved with a thick, flat, wooden disc called a cheese? 2. What do the four H's in 4-H Club stand for? 3. What two presidents died on the same day, July 4, 1826? i i . . . more man magic to rem Sgyour apartment. Try a Classified Ad. Pamper Yourself Light Strokes a revolutionary nail care process Gift Certificates available The Gazebo Hair and Nail Care 1670 Bonanza Drive The Park Record Building 649-9501 (acrylic nails and nail care available )arl city GALLERY GUID E 3 1 t X CJ- ' Light Edge ', acrylic by David Chaplin at Old Town Gallery. KIMBALL ART CENTER Noal Betts, a world reknown watercolorist, will exhibit b'S work in the Main Gallery of the Kimball Arts Center from Sunday. December 7 through Monday, December 29, 1 986. Suzette Billedeaux, a Utah watercolorist. will be in the Lower Gallery. Monday. December 8 through Monday. December 29. 1986. The Center will be closed Christmas Day. Thursday. December 25. 1986. The Kimball Art Center hours are: Monday through Saturday. 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.. Sundays 12:00 noon to 6:00 p.m. OLD TOWN GALLERY OLD TOWN GALLERY, 444 Main Street, features oils, acrylics, watercolor paintings and etchings by Lynn Berryhill, Hung-Kwai Chan, David Chaplin. Marianne Cone. Gunther Johannes, Fred Lyman, Tom Mulder, Jean Shadrach. Moishe Smith. Trevor Southey. Richard Van Reyper and sculptures by Ursula Brodauf. Larry Eisner. Richard Erdman. David Herschler. Open daily. 6457724 SUN GALLERY The Sun Gallery proudly presents a long list of locally and nationally recognized artists and sculptors. Subjects range from Western to ( Contemporary art. Visit us from 10 a.m. 10 p.m. daily on the second level. Main Street Mall. 6490577. "The Secrets of Harry Bright," by Joseph Wambaugh, Morrow, 1985. by ORESTA ESQUIBEL Park City Library Joseph Wambaugh is one of those writers who produces one solid bestseller best-seller after another. Wambaugh's speciality is police drama, a topic he deals with skillfully, compassionately, compassionate-ly, and even humorously. His superior knowledge is based on his 14-year stint with the Los Angeles Police Department. Few writers have examined the life of men and women in police work as thoroughly as Wambaugh has, but even more to the author's credit, the conditions described in Wambaugh's books do not simply record a day in the life of a police officer. of-ficer. Rather the stories are usually centered around the relationships between police officers, their tightly-knit social world, their contacts, con-tacts, families, friends, and the bureaucracy within the police department. The characters which emerge from the pages of Wambaugh's books are ordinary human beings Between the Covers who feel emotion, experience stress both on the job and off, and suffer the same pains and afflictions as the rest of humankind. By creating multi-dimensioned heroes in his books, Wambaugh has transcended the basic "blood and guts" thriller but one of the features that I find most appealing about Wambaugh's novels is his sense of humor-there is almost always something funny or clever on every page. Wambaugh's latest offering, "The Secrets of Harry Right," takes place in Mineral Springs, Calif., a fictional satellite city of Palm Springs, and incidentally Wambaugh's home ground. The plot has to do with two Los Angeles homicide detectives who are asked by a wealthy client to spend a week in Mineral Springs (all expense paid) to attempt to solve a murder which tool place 17 months previously and was never resolved by the local police department. A comic cast of characters is paraded before the reader: the overweight Mineral Springs police chief Paco Pedroza, Beavertail Bigelow, local wino and desert rat, Otto Stringer, a divorced and aging police detective always on the lookout for a rich woman to marry, Officer O.A. (Out-ta (Out-ta Ammo) Jones, aptyly named for obvious reasons, Wingnut Bates, whose ears were so large he looked like a wingnut or a VW bug with the doors open, "Prankster" Frank, and assorted others. There is a wonderful wonder-ful piece describing a golf game with a drunken cop and an even more drunk old lady: "It was so late in the afternoon that nobody pushed them. They'd already let five foursomes and another twosome play through and they'd stopped keeping score when each of them figured to top 160. ..When they finally played number eighteen, with the sun well behind Mount San Jacinto and the fairway in shadows, they lost five balls between them before reaching the green. A record for a day in which they lost twenty-six balls." Against the backdrop of a serious story, Wambaugh's graphic descriptions descrip-tions of places and events provide the comic relief needed to set a lighthearted tone for this novel. For example, on the development in the Coachella Valley and its effects on Mineral Springs, the author writes the following: "But there are parts of the Valley that aren't amenable to raids by big cat tractors. One of them is the little town of Mineral Springs, about ten miles out of Palm Springs. The reason is simple: wind. Desert wind that could drive ten thousand wind turbines. The Mineral Springs Chamber of Commerce calls the winds 'therapeutic breezes.' The residents call them gale force... they wanted a federal grant to study the phenomenon of odorless hot mineral water, until it was pointed out that the smell is probably blown away before it can reach the nose." Joseph Wambaugh's novels (this one is no exception) are usually laced lac-ed with brusque and earthy language and may not appeal to all readers but for my money, Wambaugh Wam-baugh povides top quality entertainment entertain-ment that has me eagerly awaiting his next book. T f 7 k "71 aOl O "W Wrap up your last minute Christmas shopping at Park City's Main Street Mall Ornaments V V" Kecords Handbags' Furs ,v J . Stuffed Bears Bronze Sculptures T-shirts Sportswear Evening Weax Sweaters Boots Aerobic Wear Hats Luggage Nutcrackers Sunglasses Home accessories Nightgowns Leather Popcorn Tapes Art lir accessories Fur rugs Sweatshirts Clocks Socks Pictures Quilts Candy V Hj : K A f V . 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