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Show ' ) yf 1 I ii t i & Ringoes was located. "Do you know where Remington is?" he asked. I didn't but I'd heard of it The great aviator Charles Lindbeig lived near Remington in the early 1930s, and it was from Lind berg's rural home that his baby was kidnapped and murdered. The celebrated trial of the accused killer, Richard Bruno Hauptman, was held in Remington. "Do you remember the trial?" I asked Herb. "Remember?" Herb said. "I was there. I was in the courtroom, just a few feet away from Hauptman." Herb remembered Lindbeig too, sitting on the opposite side of the room, the anguish and sorrow still deeply etched in his face "I can still see him looking so lonely." In the 1930s he spent a lot of time in New York. He was one of the first to view the city from the top of the recently opened Rockefeller Center. Naturally, he stUl has the Grand Opening brochure In 1947, the nation's worst air disaster (at that time) occurred near Bryce Canyon National Park. Herb was camped nearby when the plane went down. He remembers the sirens and talking to the rangers who helped with the recovery of the bodies. He met the legendary Death Valley Scotty at a gas station in Beatty, Nevada. On a visit to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, he met and befriended Shorty Yarbeny. If you've ever been to Phantom Ranch at the bottom of the Canyon and marveled at the huge cottonwood trees that grow along Bright Angel Creek, keep in mind that Shorty planted those trees, more than 75 years ago. Among his thousands of photographs is a picture of the great river runner Georgie White. And on a movie shoot in the High Sierras, he has photographs of the actress Yvonne DeCario dancing lightly along the ledge of a clear mountain lake. He hiked the abandoned beds of all the narrow gauge railroads of Colorado and picked up old spikes, splinters of ties, even shards of pottery from the old train towns that were abandoned decades ago. Ultimately, it was the normal rhythms of life, the magnificent landscape and the ordinary people he met along the way that Herb recalls and appreciates the most And more than just observing, Herb fdt so much. We all fill pur lives with memories of moments, but I don't know how many of us can say those millions of moments had much meaning. For Herb every second of his life seems to have touched and moved him in some way. So while he had very little in the way of material wealth or financial success, he has had one of the fullest lives of anyone I have ever known. For me, spending time with Herb Ringer is one of the most poignant experiences of my life. I decided months ago to tell Herb's story in the DecemberJanuary edition and in October I drove over to Fallon for another visit. He can't travel the way he once did and many of his friends are scattered across the United States, SUBSCRIBE TO THE ZEPHYR Six issues a year for only Twelve issues (2 years)$2&00 Eighteen issues (3 years)$40.Q0 , . Address........,., Gty State ft Zip...................... (INCLUDE 9 DIGIT ZIP) PLEASE READ THIS The P.O. will not forward 3rd Class mail If you do sot send os a change of address so he's been cut off from the people and places he loves the most Not long after my arrival. Herb had to go into the hospital. He has some heart problems and emphysema, but after a few days the doctor sent him home I think Herb hated to leave; all the nurses were crazy about him. I hated to leave as well, but after extending my trip a few days, I made my way back here to start work on this issue. We stay in touch by phone and I am happy to report that he's feeling better, but he still doesn't feel great "What do you expect?" he'll shrug. Tm 84 years old." If you are a longtime reader and have followed Herb's pictures through the years, and even if you are a new reader, I'd like to ask a favor. If any of you can find the time to send him a card or a rvofe, I cannot tell you how much it would mean to him. we cannot be responsible for issues you did not receive. Subscriptions most begin with the next issoe,1996 6 97 back issues are available for $150 each. For earlier back issues call the Zephyr for a price list Those readers who choose to take discounts do so at their own risk. There is no guarantee that the world will be here in three years, much less this publication. advantage of the multi-ye- ar The Zephyr may still make you it's still not the ink. WE USE NON-TOXI- SOY INK Send Subscriptions to: P.O. BOX 327. MOAB. UT 84532 Herb Ringer cjo The Zephyr P.O. Box 327 Moab, ITT 84532 Thanks. I'll be sure he gets them. Herb's story begins on page 13. ANOTHER CORRECTION You would think I could have got this one right The missing issue of the Zephyr is DECEMBER 1994. VOLUME 6, NUMBER 9. If any of you still have copies, I am still looking for some extras. Thanks again. Second Annual LAME AUEN SWIMSUIT ISSUE The will he on newsstands on-- oh I don't know, somewhere around the end of January. Maybe. PAGE d MOAB IN A NUTSHELL with Peter Haney. Our County Council (foes a 180 on wilderness. Election results. More Atlas stories. Squabbles with the publisher. PAGE7 the photographic evidence Celebrity Readers of the Month. Choose your center line on 4th East. UFO sightings at Grandview Pt.? PAGE 8 6 Walker. Hansen promotes Glen Canyon Damn? Conoco update. ORV plan for the Swell San Juan County Commission. l Lupton talks about SERP' and poses with a gorillaor is that Rep. Hansen? Chutzpah Award to the CANYON COUNTRY WA TCHDOG Crocne. Lupton a ss PAGE 22 AROUND THE BEND AGAIN IN SAN JUAN COUNTY:Ktn Sleight looks ahead to the challenge when it comes San Juan County faces to providing quality education to all its children. PAGE 2d STREAMOFCONSCIOUSNES& Anne Wilson wont condemn hunting but she sure has a bone to pick with some of the hunters. PAGE27 DAN OCONNORS TWISTED TABLOID: Dan has decided for some reason not to make Congressman Hansen the Xmas Grinch and has unleashed his fury instead on Governor Leavitt PAGE 30 FEEDBACK: Another thoughtful letter from Bcr Knight. Flyboy Swanstrom returns from Alaska to respond to last summer's FEEDBACK tirade against airplanes. Grouchy letter from Arizona one of those 'you liberals' letters. "W Til ill hut C A,X!,XvlX,X'W,yX,!,XWJXAv!W,Av!,!,!vXvX,X,A,X,!,X'X,!,Aw!,X,ivXW,y,!sCsWWw!,V,XvWv!v NUTSHELI $15.00 |
