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Show pooifcopy Ik; FEBRUARY 17, 1&87 . "KflD SlbaimDtf CHS senior wins Voice of Democracy IP(biidI1(B (i Veteran chef still works a full day in ltitchen LAYTON This month Carl Morgan turns 70 years old but dont expect him to act his age. in southern Utah, Idaho and te kitchen slicing meats, sauteing mushrooms, whipping up chocolate mousse, stirring the Dijon sauce. Its a career-b- ut Lake-base- d actually more difficult to planning the Peppercorn be- , : : 17-ye- ar or . ; Dp-pot- combination, good training for bis next step upas motel-restaura- nt .j the food and beverage manager for an Idaho motel change, then as the corporate chef for the Western States units of Pearson Enterprises, operators of the Salt Lake Hotehwd sites Hilton, the Tri-A- rc laughs to basic traditidnafist1; 7 V Laytons Carl Morgan continues - - : ; substituted. I changed it on the calendar, winks Carl. I dont thinklm really 70. Thats too darn old for a i young 39 takes place at the VFW headquarters in Kansas City, Mo. Seven winners will be chosen to share a $32,500 prize. The first place winner receives an award of $14,000. In June, Jami will be the guest of l: 'is.'1' -' many a- - area restaurants - (Built in) The Wasatch Chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) will hold its February Chapter meeting at the DDOU Officers Club Feb. 25 at :30 a.m. The guest speaker for this months meeting is Moore, director of External Affairs at Morton Thiokols Wasatch Operations. Mr. Moore will speak CENTER 1 1 ;i on The Space Shuttle Solid Rock-- 10 years good chef k a ygu'jh'tbat makes money for his ebmpapyand gives a dollar's worth of food mid enjoyment, for every dotiarthe' customer : spends. The Peppercorn kitchen calendar lists his birthday along with a Big ,70 notation. But the listing has since been scratched out with Age to create culirkry'exceil- itfrrbiiM ence, a long tradili observation about corporate restaurant units. The accent is too often on the fancy frills:.: Many of the newer chefs start at the middle instead of that the bottom. Its not enough to attend a culinary institute and learn how to make an icc carving. You should tears how to jgriU a hambur- ger firsthand then move on to the other stuff. You dont learn how to frefoiY And the feuidaess creeps down ; to the menu, too: Thirty years from now I wont be around-bu- t people will still be ordering roast beef, brown gravy and apple pie. And the key to a successful restaurant will still be the same: Offering good food at a good price. The mark of a winners. The national judging se The trouble with this business nowadays, says Carl, is that there are too many damn pencil pushers! Foodservice is loaded with high-pai- d guys that sit in offices and make decisions-th- en turn the whole operation over to an inexperienced kid. A chef should be involved in the kitchen, not sitting behind some mahogany desk." And thats not his only negative of bks.:iftJteS'at teast JAMI FOOTE the Utah VFW and will attend the Academy of Achievement of Arts in Tucson, Ariz. At Clearfield High, Jami IS T member of the National Honor sentatives from Utah and with. Society the manager of the Drill President Reagan. Her tape will Team apiLthe Deputy Squadron now be entered into competition Coimndrof the Air Force among the 52 national and overseas Ipakt- chian. And Carl is the youngest acting man I know. If you could bottle Carls enthusiasm and experience, yOu could retire off one years sales. Alter God made Carl, He broke the mold. ; As executive chef at the Peppercorn, Cari fc taVolved with menu jdnrefatiofl. And a back e carries ',; l As the state winner, Jami will receive an paid trip to Washington, D.C. that will last from Feb. 27 until March 4. She will meet the Congressional repre- Carl Morgan. I was looking for a young guy come a chef than it is to become a doctor. Theres more spices and herbs than there are bones in the human body. But, no, I didnt plan on cooking for a living.':. Hot until I discovered that grown iffljild pay me money fof it. A'paychcCT gives a person alittle differerit peri? pective. The perspective has its roots in the late 1930s when, as a restless and ambitious old, he took a job for 10 cents an hour at a hamburger and chili joint in rural Kentucky. Then, deciding to see the world, he moved west.. .to Salt Lake City and Las Vegas and Elko and Reno and Los Angeles. Along the road he worked as a lumberjack and assorted other jobs; but more often than not he ended up ' behind a grill. "t j Times .were tough and job I; opportunities) were rather soft for' an uneducated man like myself," he recalls. Since I enjoyed cooking, I decided to learn it as best as I could. After a stint on the West Coast he returned to Sidt;;:Lake'City,4:" prompted become reacquaiirik& Witina girl lie had met on his first trip through the;.-Utah capitol. It was 1940 and he. sought work in his urichosen profession. He worked at Suttons Cafe on Main Street, Joe Vincents Restaurant on Second South and' the venerable Lambs Grill. Later he would work as a chef at the Re- mington Arms plant when Uncle Sam came calling with orders to join the kitchen staff at the Wen dover Air Base aodr lte to head . the bakery at the Navy Supply moved he to Following the war Heber City where he operated a hard-lab- Res- taurant. One of his first calls was to with experience, f 'A?: i scholarnationwide script-writin- g ship program. She was sponsored by Layton FVW Post 8307. The Voice of Democracy contest is sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and the LadifTAuxiliary. Entrants are required to record a three to five minute speech built around a theme selected by the VFW. This years topic was The Challenge of American Citizenship. food brokerage firm. Then two years ago, Layton Hersh Ipaktchian began the career he desired. Heck, I never planned on becoming a chef, he says. When I began cooking more than 50 years ago, a chef was looked down upon by the general public. Tts only been the last 10 years that foodservice has receives its due recognition. Its Mon- part-tim- not necessarily " Jami Footer CLEARFIELD a Clearfield High School Senior, has been selected the Utah State winner of the 40th annual Voice of Democracy Contest. Jami is the daughter of Bruce and Sue Foote of Clearfield. She is one of 300,000 high school students to enter this; tana. Then retirement. It didnt last. I retired for an entire three months, he says. Heck, it was the worst three months of my life. I drove myself crazy and everybody around me crazy. So he went back to work, signing on as the general manager of the e Homestead resort and a consultant to a Salt He still rises from his bed each morning at 5 a.m. to prepare for a full days work, and, following a drive, hell be bustling around a Davis County restaurant v ' f ' ELDER JONES ' 'ft' By.- - Tiiitbne 1 et Motor Redesign Program. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. with thc program to begin at , noon. The cost is $6 per person, gratituties included, payable at the door by $sh or check. For more 4 information' ibouf this meeting or abouUAFCEAy Call Major Chris 3 or . Merrick, CCSC-a- t CW2 (p) Delores Eder, CCSC at Contractor Prices Andtafik on new homes ,l , '.Vjrftf - . . ' 7 JAIXE OSGOlCfTCENTER B29SO. 625-413- 500WWBlnlSulIii-22829M22- 9 :i Back from Alaska 6254126. Elder John Lewis Jones recently returned home after serving two years in the Alaska, Anchorage Mission. 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