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Show Page 4-Wasatch Canyon Reporter, 8-21 March 1995 Letters to the Editor; | Dear Editors: First off, before | bend your pretty new nose out Of shape, let me state that | really like your publica-. tion. That’s why I’m taking the time to offer my opinion, and, as you'll read (| hope you'll keep reading), my services. The fact is, there really are lots of us anal-retentive types out here who are totally turned off by errors in copy. Undoubtedly, there is at least one of us on the Pulitzer Prize committee. ~Maybe you don’t care. Maybe you purposely throw in the ‘down-home insouciance. Maybe you don’t aspire to. Cottonwood be the Powder Canyon’s Magazine or ever the Wasatch Mountain Times (sorry). But if you do care about the overall quality of your newspaper, content clearly might give a cleaning up the My apologies whose toes as the attests, you thought to copy. to anyone |. just crunched. But looking at your masthead | see lots of “Editors” but no specific occasional ony Editor,”, E1L..do-it. Bin gham Gyclery~ has Moved! Lek LL lh. - typo or misspelling to demonstrate your cozy, probably won’t even need Fifty bucks an issue and Walsh, cere UT to call the local constabuI’m yours. Okay, okay, I'll Editor’s Response: lary - the residents of One do it for free. Just ply me Another lonely Saturday with all the care mochas | night, must be time to Wasatch Place should be can consume at one copy- count the errors in the able to full pages and pages by themselves. lf WCR (You must have editing sitting. And put me been truly bored to look you really get in a pinch, | on the masthead. | even would be happy to offer — for errors in that other have a legitimate moniker: paper with the unfortu-— my valuable cutting skills See, my first name is Mara to plagiarize the local rags . and it’s always been mis- nate name). for some comforting headDear Editors: pronounced. So | start by Ron says you pay him lines such as “MAN saying, “Like Clara, like DROPS BABY 18 SORwith a subscription, which Sarah, like Farrah (!)” Blank. Nada. So then | he thoughtfully has sent to TIES TO DEATH” and say; “Like marijuana with- us, so he won't have to “BOY SHOT 46 TIMES IN DRIVE BY.” Gary, IN may write or call us as often. out the ‘juana.” that always Please note the change of have stolen the Murder does it. So, Copy Editor: Mara (Wanna?) Walsh. It’s address. Good luck with Capital of the World title from both Mr. Toensing. just that, this being Utah your publishing venture. and myself but they’re still and all, | don’t know if you We enjoy reading about the happenings in dropping like flies here. can print it. Yours, from “it’s really flat The other thing is, | live in Wasatch country here, | must be in Vail. Say Sandy. | know that, in Dean & Jeanette Penner what? Oh, | mean Editors Response: many ways, that’s light Chicago,” Geoffrey S._ years away from the Ron getting paid?!?? ArendThat Cottonwood Canyons. But Bahahahahaha. boy of yours cracks us _PS: | didn’t happen to see I’m not your typical Sandyite. | dont drive a up. Not only does he your legal consultant in the — Suburban and | don’t wear decline payment for his starting 42 at Daytona last those funny little hair- chart reading, he insists weekend, however. Did he finally hang it up? bows. | do, however, wear that you pay for your rear-entry boots, subscription...pronto! but you just can’ t hold that against ) From Foothill Village . 1370 S nn 12100 East. We're easy to find...just a block and a half west of Foothill Village, across from Zachary’s Garden. Free Waterbottle Stop i in at our new SLC store ~ for a FREE 21 oz. waterbottle. me. They were custom-fitted by Earl. And if Earl recommended front-entry boots, I’d wear them. So as you can tell, | am really qualified. By the way, I’m an eagle-eye at copy-editing. (A quick scan of the first two pages of Issue 8 turned too, No purchase required. Just bring in this ad. am ‘Locations i in SLC, Midvale, Ogden, Sunset, | Layton. Winter hours 10am-6pm Mon.- Fri, | blotter. What’s the deal? Is IBM- compatible.But if | never the (again?): Apologies to the would-beCopy-Editor for my being squeaky clean these days that you can’t even come up with enough dirt to help fill that expanse of white hear (good ‘til March 19 & I per a up seven errors. And | won't bring up page 10’s headline... Yes, | will; | can’t help it: How do you spell “etiquette?”...) And |. enjoy - your humor. | really relate to it. (That’s scary.) And I, Perhaps his lack of writing is because you have been keeping your new address secret from him. We'll give him the new one. Thanks for your support. : Dear Editors: Being a somewhat sporadic reader of your rag (more due to the few remaining quirks in your circulation system rather than the ultra efficient mail delivery service in the Windy City, | fear) | have been eagerly awaiting the debut of the WCR police from you so picky; Kudos again Beehive State so you call a newspaper? | to your Editor’s Response: While we would dearly love to run the fascinating and hilarious writings of the Alta Marshal, he does not yet deem us| worthy. We _ haven’t given up yet so keep reading. For an addition- al $20 we would be will- ing to provide you with a monthly copy of the blotter. Thank you for — the offer to “plagiarize,” but no thank you. Here at the WCR we have the utmost in journalistic integrity. We never steal the work of others, we just make stuff up if nec- essary. As for our legal team, two of them hap- Daytona, We _ free consultation. KATHLEEN LEOPARD! CSCS, ACSM SLC OGDEN - MIDVALE SUNSET SANDY LAYTON - Winter Hours: Mon-Fri 10am - 6pm! CALL! | | pen to be visiting the main offices now. Eddy “the Artichoke” Carroll, Hill ESQ. and his lackey Brady Cronan Toensing are keeping the office staff for a most emoyable 7 think that the police blotter would be a welcome addipublication; and Thanks for reading all the tion and it’s a great way to- couches warm for a few days. Eddy reports, “l keep tabs on your neighway down to _ here. was in attendance at Sincerely, Mara (Wanna?) bors. And just think, you Is that bikini too teeny? Come _in and shape up. Call me for a PERSONAL TRAINING 801 ‘Tahing fiiness to 2 whole new. level. 2350 SOUTH FOOTHILL DRIVE 484-2828 FAX 484-1042. RES. 269-9467 SLC, UT 84109 | | but my days are on hold make a little money. Now that isn’t paying | can’t “it.” racing until | more Daddy afford PPR | WRITE US: WCR 1 | POBOX8118 | ‘Beas UT 84092- ae © |
