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TFTP "T-- P" i The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday March 12 2000 — Page 9 In a pindvyou can still ship a live lobster By Dave Barry Tribune Media Services next to my office offered to take the lobster off ing waters And then it came an from Tom that So I got Duane at the Herald He was in a filled my heart with joy It described how Tom my bands and eat it (the Business Section will cat anything) But I was uncomfortable with cardboard box with some kind of cold thing to and his daughter Jennifer took Duane to the that In a strange way I felt responsible for this keep him in animation but he sea:lobster I felt that if something bad were to hap- could still move his claws in small sad ges“The Sedgwick Town Dock is about a from home The snovwas falling hard It pen to it I would ultimately pay the price tures With Duane on the seat next to me I under the principle of “karma" which holds raced to the shipping place in Coconut (hove was getting quite dark We' took Duane to the that your rate in future incarnations is deterwhere the proprietors Rod and Judy Heflin to edge of the water where the mined by how you treat lobsters their credit did not question the concept of tracks went into the lowering tide There Was a So I decided to drive to work and release the shipping a live Maine lobster from Maine little ice at the edge of the water I took him out lobster — which I had started thinking of as back to Maine Before they sealed the box I of his box — he was gorgeous about 2 pounds “Duane" — in Biscayne Bay a body cl water took a Iqst look at Duane who gave me a jaunand still lively no rubber bands on his claws — ' dud is located next to the Miami Herald buildty wave as if to say “What the HECK is going and placed him into the water As you And then he was gone ing so die editors will have something to look oo?" had he waved to us as he with- a predicted at On the way in I called the Herald’s fish-- ‘ ' Next I called Tom and Pat in Maine to alert quick flip of his luscious tail pulled deep into ingoutdoors writer Sue Coding aim gave me them They were not home This was bad the dark waters of Eggcmoggin Reach as it lob-stsome bad news: Duane was a because in my haste to get Duane shipped I greeted the Benjamin River off Sedgwick’s and if I put him in the warm South Florida neglected to put a note in his box which meant shore Perhaps now he is in the Gulf of Maine water he would quickly kick the bucket or that Ibm and Pat might assume he was dinner where his chances of survival are as good as the whatever it is that lobsters kick Fortunately Tom got my message and called other 1237456987 lobsters there” So now I had a problem: I was taking custody back to say he'd release Duane assuming that I'd say more about this but I am too choked of a lobster upon which my fete depended and Duane' — who by now was qualifying for fre- — up —— I had no idea what I was going to do with him quent-flybenefits — arrived alive I told Tom And then it hit me: I could send him to Tom that Duane was a spunky lobster with a lot of Dave Barry is a humor columnist for the Miami Schroth Tom is my old friend and journalism heart (or possibly hearts) Herald Write to him cb The Miami Herald One mentor he and his wife Pat live in Sedgwick The next 24 hours took forever The Business Herald Plaza Miami FL 33132 The Dave Maine and are veteran lobster wranglers I figSection assured me that Duane would arrive in campaign needs youl Check out ured that if I could get Duane iip there in tune ' Maine as dead as Lamar Alexander’s presidenDave's Web site at http:wwwherald they could release turn into his original stomp tial campaign I was a mess xonVdavebarry for secret orders) - L ail semi-suspend- ed was a Thursday evening when I got a dulling message from my office at The Miami Herald: Somebody had sent me a live Maine v half-mi- le boat-launchi- i It was meant as gift I was supposed to eat it Bur I do not believe in eati lobsters I do not believe in eating ANY THING that looks like an insect and has 137 legs and claws and fed-eand eyeballs waving around on stalks I believe that lobsters are biologically related to that thing that is always chasing Sigourney Weaver around spaceships So I was not thrilled to get a live lobster I think there should be laws against interstate lobster trafficking I think that as Americans we should be protected from the danger of box and finding opening an innocent-lookin- g ourselves confronting a crustacean the size of Mary Lou Retton The Miami Herald Business Section located- - - tail-fir- st - rs cold-wat- er - Regional view : Lawmakers arms carries too Here la a list of addresses and phone numbers for officials and lawmakers representing Cache Valley: I no wonder that 13 children are killed by guns in our nation each day There is so much violence in the popular media that some youths become desensitized to death and destruction They have few opportunities to witness peaceful conflict resblution If guns are left unchecked in homes some children act on the impulses reinforced by motion pictures that glorify violence America’s children deserve better self-defen- Every child deserves a loving home where his or her welfare is a priority Every child deserves parents who teach their children the difference between right and wrong and take an active role in protecting them from danger - One of those dangers is improperly stored guns that end up in the hands of innocent children Gun storage legislation probably wouldn’t have altered die events of die fatal shooting of a girl classmate in Michigan by a But it very well could have made'a differUtah boy ence in the life of an who was blinded after he was accidentally- shot in the face by a neighbor boy Regrettably Utah lawmakers have rejected bills that would hold people responsible for failing to properly store a firearm People who own guns must teach their children about their potential danger and impress upon them — regardless what they see in the movies — the damage that Room 193 Pocatello 83201 Michael Crepo Republican — Senate Office Building 2 Washington DC 20510 (202) 111 Russell 224-614- LOGAN-MAYO- R Doug Thompson 1567 Lynnwood Ave Logan 753-689- 9 4 Idaho office: 801 E Sherman Pocatello ID 83201 (208) 236-677- 5 LOGAN MUNICIPAL COUNOL Thomas Kerr 35 N 1400 East US Logan Alan Aflred 1535 E 1500 North Logan 753-822Jan Pearce 727 N 150 West 9 Logan 752-315- 2 4 753-359- Steve Thompson 37 S 200 West Logan 753-601- Karan Borg Logan 753-696-3 HOUSE-UTA-H 20515 (202) 2254)453 Utah office: 1017 Federal Building 324 25th St 7 Ogden UT 84401 (801) 2 or 625-567- IL& SENATE4JTAH Sen Robert Bennett Republican — US Senate Washington Utah DC 20510 (202) 224-544-4 office: 4225 Federal Building 125 S State St Salt Like City UT se 3 84138(801)524-593- Sen Orrin Hatch Republican — US Senate) Washington DC 20510 (202) 224-525Utah office: 8402 Federal Bulking 125 S State St Saif Lake City UT 84138 (801) 524-438- 0 1 ‘ uj&HOUSE-tDAH- O Mike ' Senate District 24 (Box Elder Cache counties) — Peter C Knud-so- n City 1209 Michelle Drive Brigham City UT 84302 5 Home phone 723-203- Senate District 25 (Cache Rich Summit counties) — Lyle W 175 E 100 North Logan UT 84321 Home phone 3 0 business Hill-ya- 753-004- James V Hansen Republican — Represents 1st Congressional District which includes Cache County Washington office: 2466 Rayburn Building US House of Representatives Washington DC 393-836- or death of a child should be held v accountable y - Simpson Republican — Represents 2nd Congressional Dis- trict which includes Franklin Coun- ty 1449 Longworth House Building Washington DC 1 Idaho office: (202) 8th Room 325 Boise ID 225-553- Office 29515 304 N 83702 (208)334-195- 3 UTAH SENATE To call your Utah senator at the 5 Senate: (801) To write your senator at the Honorable John Doe Utah StatiBJSenator Room 31 9 State Capitol Salt Lake City UT 841 14 752-261- UTAH HOUSE To call the Utah House of Repre9 sentatives: (801) 538-102- To write a Utah representative: The Honorable John Doe State Representative State Capitol Salt Lake City Utah 841 14 House District 1 (Cache Box Elder and Tooele counties) — Rep Eli Anderson 8790 W Highway 102Tremonton UT 84337 Home phone 854-37House District 3 (Cache County) — Craig Buttars R --Lewiston 540 S 1600 West Lewiston UT 84320 5 Home phone 4 (Cache Rich District House — Loraine Pace counties) 435 E 900 North Logan UT 84321 Phone 753-615-4 Fax 60 258-501- 753-501- ' ILSSENATE-DAHIn that respect the right to bear arms is nd different than the freedoms of expres-- v v Larry Craigj RepuNcaitn- - 520 -- sion or religion A person who incites a t Hart Senate Office Building Wastv riot while exercising free speech is subject ington DC 20510 (202) Idaho office: 801 E Sherman to penalties as would be a government established a that religion agency Curbing gun deaths begins wife education and cultivating a healthy respect of For the children who do not have Spins looking out for their best interests adults — who presumably know better — must own up to their negligence O ' 224-27- 52 Sen-atasiT- he 1 House District 5 (Cache) — Evan L Olsen Ward 2009 S 3200 West Young Ward' UT 84339 Home phone 752-430- 4 wan W)(koOKD nc (HUGOrjirift) mu im imijeh kvm i imiriii muiir iSHJli Starting at t Dr a v 9 MOVIES with The purchase of DVD Flayer dvdmoo I fi — 229" 3612 Months Same As Cash w r v v:(fl V?'1 C'' rwpmPrt tWWtiBwp itiNahq we j -- WH for NhcM IriFm aPaACwwM dartum 2eM PARIS IkMaWM WMkrWprtmtoMar scMlaiiMnalHlwim -- 1629 TSvihMi 'EHtav MahOm wNferiMUeMmeMom t ££m rV 4: 27-COL- OR Remote Control Cable Reedy S70 lines of Ret 181 Channel lUner --: COMPARE AT d MfSIB-- 28 $319 8S7AS4Z 7 mam mm LOSCABOS TV u £ e PI SelM tam rum Mr WI 3 nltH MWr 30l4MgMiinJe7WMmMrl0U h Me iw se MMr Money we t eyt WpMHl GANCUN PUERTO VAIiARlA 11ia9MJ299m Mr 50 SrMM tom m I 7 wwniiWwwtoMan Mr(nyMNlMnM37nigM MMniidMMPtWitoMBWB 1000 Lines of Res fl 8lUncr PIP COMPARE AT ' 4 t : -- A $2199" Resolution £ ’ tV i: IWWgiMariMMlWwl— MMer 0NrMpntnitoiWeea MHMMMrtWetw cwwae starting at iinseiiMSNSBnu 599" COMfAMAItiW ni 1 WMWMM ! 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