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Show narcissism, to hoist my own petard. I wrote, in From Flagstaff to Mallstaff, in the Oct./Nov. Zephyr about local "breweries (which seem to breed like wild mink)". A local loyalist and entrepreneur let me know, not without justifiable ire, that most of the local M4 Pi A TA ap ae RP Ore gry io Le micro-brewery owners are, indeed, local...and have busted butts and budgets to create and Lbhhe a Seer) Varden” : ers S co a ot maintain their establishments. I owe them an apology. A public one. The best way to do that is to encourage travellers to Flagstaff to trek down-town and the south-side of in search of fine brews. The rest of my piece stands. ee a 702 §. Main, Moab * 259-5731 Mary Sojourner Flagstaff, AZ LETTERS TO FEEDBACK Write to The Zephyr at: P.O. Box 327, Moab, UT 84532 or Email at: zephyr@lasal.net Letters of the Month are chosen erratically and randomly by the publisher. WE STILL HAVE EVERYTHING FROM SOUP TO NUTS. BUT PLEASE DON'T ASSAULT THE STAFF! Re: Amazing Headless Chicken Dear Editor, "Godfrey Daniel! Great Ceasar's Ghost! Un-hand me woman. " The town of Fruita Colorado has decided to become the zombie chicken capital of the world. Several decades ago a local farmer decapitated one of his chickens. Because his wife liked the neck when frying up dinner, he kept it very long when he dropped the hatchet. Then he set the chicken down to run around. After an hour or so, he concluded it had not died, and was not dying. Curious, he began to hydrate it with an eyedropper and feed it down the open throat. It lived 4.5 more years, and was often photographed with its head, which he considerately preserved in alcohol. Of the two, the chicken did look much the more vivacious, while its head had a wilted, unseeing look. "Eminent scientists" examined the marvel, and pronounced that by short-chopping it, he left enough of the brainstem to support its normal functioning as a chicken. So now Fruita is having a Headless Chicken Festival, with Headless Chicken dinners, and various Headless Chicken sports events, etc. It is regrettable, but remediable, that they have not (yet) instituted a Headless Chicken Award for political figures. Western Colorado and Eastern Utah could richly populate the Local and Regional Divisions, and for the country at large, there are so many who strut about, chest out, neck erected, head absent, maintaining enough brainstem function to pass as American Statesmen, that surely Fruita could select at least one national politician as the Great American Headless Chicken. Earl Perry Fruita, CO MOAB MAILING CENTER toll-free tel: 800-525-4456 tel: 435-587-2156 fax: _— McStiff's Plaza 259.8431 Monday-Friday: 8am to 6pm Saturday: 9am to 5pm 435-587-2193 e-mail: fes@igc.apc.org website: www.sw-adventures.org | %. pose wv Oo DIR Made SHIRT with 100% Pure Red Dirt Paradise Sportswear Southwest Division ur g, Fedex aut Shipping Ce horized nter and we Ne ailable packing 8V here. It has taken millions of years to form these magnificent Red Rock mountains and awesome canyons. In these special places, erosion has uncovered the deep Red Dirt that is used to hand-dye this unique 100% natural shirt. This Red Dirt, which is famous for its longlasting properties, bas been blessed and is believed to bring good luck to the wearer. Wear i with strength, power and respect for the land. "Red Dirt" is the registered trade name of Paradise Sportswear 82 S. Main St. Moab, UT 84532 259-DIRT or 1-888-254-DIRT |