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Show PAGE 2 THE ZEPHYRSEPTEMBER 89 If,J; . one of Then It got worse. His friends took notice 0,.J In those, the "Oh yeahl Awsomel Uke you can really ollle ; page guys. "Ollle?" I asked. "What does ollle mean?" off your board, and "You know they explained. "Its Uke when you Jump ollle patches are the Uke thats why like, you turn In the air or something? Jim Stiles there "What ollle patches? I asked. They pointed to the white half moon "Do you mean that these patches are patches on the sides of my shoes. skateboard Do you mean that these are olllelng? specifically for shoes?" be for?" would they "Well, like yeah," they grinned, "What else looked over at Davis who was quickly putting the Hd on the cash box. he said, as he looked "Sorry, Stiles. No return on cash sales. Besides, down at my feet, "theyre used I went home and thought It over. Whos going to know that these are skateboard shoes but me and the skateboarders themselves? Nobody else Is I figured I was safe. My greatest going to know those are ollle patches. fear was that my attorney, Willie Flocko, might find out r what the shoe was It for the rest of my originally Intended to be, and never let me forget natural life. But I hadnt seen Flocko on a skateboard In years. An ollle patch would mean nothing to him. That night, he stopped by. He looked at my feet TStllesI he bellowed. r "Youre wearing SKATEBOARD SHOES! My ten year old has some shoes Just like that. His are turquoise. . I decided to I was doomed. better to humiliate myself, than go public. If else someone the else nothing good came out of It, I gave' pleasure. give well-knoKnouff the opportunity to practice his craft. As punster Terry I explained the fine art of "olllelng to. Terry, he made a keen observation: "Do you know what you could do If you performed that maneuver on a skateboard (He pointed up the highway toward Arches and Crescent heading . Junction.) "No," I cringed. "What could I do?" Ollle North. "Well, obviously," he replied, "You could He really said thaL I received some flak from a few readers this month who though I should have refused to accept the Western Association of Land Users, ad In the August Zeohvr. They apparently thought the ad ' was Inconsistent with this papers environmental philosophy and that It had no pla.ce In these pages. I think theyre wrong. Ive always wanted the Zeohvr to be a forum for different political opinions and points of view. The Idea of censoring an ad or a story or letter because Its philosophy was different than mine Is not acceptable to me. (John Sensenbrenner would probably take exception to that tor an explanation, see his column on page 15.) ' I think one of the reasons there Is so much polarization In this Is because we dont know each other. Our total perception of community someone Is at times based solely on what he or she said In two minutes at a public meeting. That kind of shallow understanding leads to misunderstandThe misconceptions that have arisen from - the ing, distrust, and fear. A lot of environmentalists are wilderness Issue are a case In point convinced that most opponents to wilderness are selfish, greedheads who want, to bulldoze every remaining square Inch of ground In the search for money. On the other hand, environmentalists are perceived by their political adversaries to be granola munching, hippies who want to "lock own wilderness their as Both generalizations are up personal playground. utterly ridiculous, with a few notable exceptions. Im drifting here from my original point, which I think was to emphasize the fact that all sincere, reasonable points of view are welcome In this paper. So ladles and gentlemen, children of all ages .... lets talk. Maybe welj find out we have more In common than weve realized. I long-hair- ed, , . wn that-a-wa- y?" ' . In fairness to candidates Manuel Torres and Bill Meador, Ive suspended the Mayors Interview In the Zeohvr until after the election. Hopefully, the next Issue will carry Interviews with the two challengers and Incumbent Tom Stocks. Id greatly appreciate the participation of Moab voters In providing questions and topics for discussion with, all three candidates. If you have no . personal grudge, questions that are In the public Interest (please . questions), send them to: The ZephvrMavor Questions, P. O. Box 327, Moab. : ..v We have a winner In the first annual goathead contest. Rob Welch; a It that or. not, 16 feet 9 Inches In produced measured, believe single plant diameter. I would qo! have believed It If I hadnt seen It and measured It myself. It was actually a nttle frightening. Who knows how much larger It might have become had they let It go a few more weeks? Rob Insists that he never watered the sprawling green monster and compiled with the "no chemical fertilizer contest rule. I dont know If Its appropriate to "congratulate someone for having the biggest goathead plant In Grand County, Utah, but for his prize, Rob receives a one-ye- ar subscription to The Zeohvr. And Just to It all a wasnt bad a photograph of Rob pulling the plant, heres prove dream, moments after he severed the root Just i. THE CANYON COUNTRY ZEPHYR ,r P.O.BOX 327 MOAB, UTAH 84532 (801)259-777- 3 JIM STILES, PUBLISHER . Trish West production manager contributing writers Audrey Graham, Gail Denton, Lloyd Pierson r . John Sensenbrenner, Ken Sleight, Alan West, John Weisheit Terry Tempest Williams : . 1989 The Canyon Country Zephyr all rights reserved . i , - g . SUBSCRIBE NOW And now, Id like to talk about my new red shoes. Ive wanted a pair of red sneakers for a long time, but with my bum ankle, I Just didnt get the support I needed from a pair of Converse. Then last week, I was getting Jeff Davis's ad copy for Mr. Js and I saw" this exquisite pair of red suede sneakers with padded, reinforced ankle support For the moment, I forgot where I was. These shoes were meant to caress my feet I bought them Immediately. I had Just laced them up and tried them out for size when a group of these skateboard kids walked by. They were all wearing baggy shorts, and had turned their caps backwards on their heads (standard skateboard uniform code). One of them noticed my red feet an annual subscription is only $12.00 . , "Awesome shoes, dude, he said. "Well Social acceptance by the skateboard thanks, I replied. culture had never been high on my list of Bfetlme goals. I started to worry. THE CANYON COUNTRY name. address; ZEPHYR P.O. BOX 327 MOAB, UTAH 84532 |