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Show PAGE 17 THE ZEPHYRAPRIL 89 really thought we had the guy (although to be honeat, had Joe failed to reply, we would have been crushed. ) Nike a life and nine were beginning to revolve around our B literary volllea. Joe' a next letter waa hla beat, in tens of its iaagery, its poetic description, its feeling. organized environmental community is trying to cram "The their lifestyle down my throat . . . their idea of wlldlanda is a bunch of 'no trespassing' signs on land teeming with backpackers and uniformed regulators. In it he printed a picture of the future and the forks in Salamacha couldn't resist, the next week he dutifully the road we faced. Traveling down the road of envlron-antalls- a wrote a response and stepped back to see what would happen we find: next. Jerry didn't let him down: . . .potholes, weeds, washouts and disrepair, Infested with highwaymen working for bureaucracies rudely stopping our progress in the naaM of the envlronsMnt. He lose all personal rights and possessions to them." creep past a stinking polluted river below a starving diseased city. Filthy smoke obscures the landscape. "We "Environmentalists have started us down the wrong road. Common sense will get us back on the right road." Hell, that did it; we threw in the towel. Joe's grin vision of the future even depressed me. Besides, Sam Taylor was about to suggest we take out ad space if we wanted to continue our Jousting match. Things ware quiet for almost a year. Both Joe and I took to the sidelines, but one day, Jerry Stocks, Joe's brother, stepped in to fill the void. He came out swinging: 95 so. hwy 1 9 1 free-spirite- d, liberal environmentalist, and find Instead that I'm construed to be an Integral cog of big government . . . You've really done it this time Mr. Stocks." Neither Jerry Nor Joe responded, and Mike was devastated. "How could they pass up a great letter like that?" Ve didn't realize it at the time, but an era had passed into history. Never again did the four "I don't know Mr. Salamacha, but my guess is that he is of us trade blows in the Times Independent. A couple a functionary of some government agency, probably the weeks later, Sam proposed in his editorial that he take us National Park Service. all out to lunch. "Theres a whole lot more to these guys, he said, "than one might think when reading their CAZARTI POU! Hit him where it hurts! Salamacha had been polarized position stateeents." But the zapped. "Stiles," Mike exclaimed. "Did you see what this never happened, and to this day, I've never met Joe or Jerry Stocks. guy called me? I'm not even sure what it means." "Ceex," he wondered. get-togeth- er I hear Joe Stocks lives in Arizona now. His sister once, and told me that Joe took Just as much pleasure ennoying me as I did in getting under his skin. "Veil," I said, "Vhat are you going to do?" "Hhat The spilled the beans else?" he replied. next week, Mike expressed his pain and anguish: "I've been called a lot of things in my life, but never before a 'functionary.' Because of this, I have to step back and look my life over Here I thought I was .... HICK: 1 1 a somewhat SIRED - 259-8- 7 1 4 1 Wherever you are Joe Stocks, nobody can aggravate me like you can. That's why I miss you so much. So if you get a chance, let us know what's on your mind. You're long overdue. SANDS AUTO BODY 209 so. hwy 191 259-701- 4 rick thompson, owner dan mick, mgr. customized striping complete paint job insurance work welcome custom screens screen replacement and repair custom storm windows artists: we can cut glass to fit your work "quality, craftsmanship, and pride are our goals." Weve moved to a new location. UTAH BUSINESS SERVICES WestLight 750 So. Main Photography outhside of Miller Shopping Center across from BLM Specializing in: Quality E6 Transparency Processing 35mm through 8x10 customized black and white processing - copy, work advertising photography accounting consulting computerized mailing list 25$ I2MiaI, 259-794- 3 |