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Show Comment lit view Wednesday, August 15, 1990 Page 2 U.S. adopts leaderhips role This week our world lives under a new threat to world peace and stability. Hie Iraqi invasion of the oil-rich emirate of Kuwait on Aug. 2 and the world-wide response to the invasion has redefined the way many of us view the world. And the action takes place in a part of the world few of us understand well. The Arab world, dominated by the Moslem religion and anci nt tradition, escapes the understanding of most of us. While great effort has been spent over the years of the cold war helping us to understand the eastern European countries, coun-tries, the Middle East has remained an enigma. So it is notable that the world community has acted to maintain stability in the Middle East with unified action that would have been unthinkable only a few years bro. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein mounts his campaign to control the flow of much of the world's oil in the face of over Too many drivers ignore simple rules It just happened again! It happens a hundred times a day on Main St. in Pleasant Grove and it gripes me to death. It is people who make a sort of "IT turn into a parkingplace on the opposite side of the street. This is illegal aa all get out aa there are double yellow lin. down the center cen-ter of the road to keep drivers from doing just that Many people do not pay any attention to the stripes at all. I think they feel that since Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove is such a small town that it is alright to do such shenanigans. shenani-gans. With an office on Main St you see some strange things. You see people run the stop sign, you see people stop where there isn't a stop sign, you see near misses all day long. Then you see these dodos who decide they like the parking place across the street although they are on this side, and away they go, whipping right into it They don't see that the guy in the parking place next to the one they are going to take is beginning to back out The poor guy has checked behind him for other cars. He did not think he had to also check the other side of the street, and a crash takes place. I don't know how many times I have started to back out just as someone decided to pull into the next parking place from-the ether side of the street. Miraculously, I Englishman 'Zapps' back to Utah If if s summer, ifs time for Freddy Zapp to make another appearance in north Utah County. Look out! Freddy first came to my atten tion three years ago by his own design. That's how Freddy comes to most people's attention. The man is a master of self promotion pro-motion -- usually the bane of a newspaperman, since we like to determine who does or does not deserve our attention. In fact, usually usu-ally when someone tries to thrust him or herself on us, we turn them off. But you can't tune Freddy out and he is very difficult to ignore. And despite his flare for self-promotion, self-promotion, I took an instant liking to the Englishman who has turned an overdeveloped outgoing personality person-ality into his livelihood. Three years ago, Betty Fowler and I went to visit Freddy Zapp at the Lehi home of his aunt Sheila Hackford. He had visited several times before from his home in Cornwall, but he was starting to make a name for himself as a bizarre bi-zarre person, and he wanted to share that with us. He dressed up in outlandish clothes and showed us the campaign cam-paign literature he had printed up to help him run for a political office in his town. For a living he owned a garage where he fixed people's ears. ' He was also moonlighting as a "DJ." in local cabarets - and starting start-ing to play on his natural gregari-ousness gregari-ousness for fun and profit As Freddy ' describes it, a deejay in England ' doesn't just spin records (or CDs) on the radio. j. Freddy's show involved going around to the local nightclubs and , spinning the-records for couples to . " dance to. According to Freddy, the ' competition for such jobs is fierce i and if you can make yourself stand . ' out you Can get more work. ' 5vn FYHffv tnnwwl to ahnrV on tor- tainment to make a name for him- 3 ..' self - And the name was Zapp. . ;"I am into shocking crowds ber cause if you can shock people they Water problems flood city, service doesn't suffer Pleasant Grove City water de- , partment employees were scurrying scurry-ing around Friday fixing some well problems that all arose about the same time. .Frank Mills, Public Works Director, Di-rector, said that they had no problems, prob-lems, however, keeping the tanks full enough to handle the high water, ' usage in the city. lie said that the whole situation p.g. blab By MARCELLA WALKER have managed to see them in the nick of time, but many times other drivers are not so lucky. These drivers are the same ones who will back out of a parking place on one side of the street, turn their wheels and back into the opposite lane of traffic and head back the way they came. These scenes on Main St are turning my hair gray. Everyone who works downtown complains about it We see too many, near .afrideats-iVtii-- - --'"ss.ff: Sometimes I would like to go The Editors Column By MARC remember you," he says. He bought a hearse and fixed it up. Then he bought a coffin. He dressed like a vampire and found ways to get his picture in the local newspaper. Next came a full-fledged horror show as part of his act complete with blood (theatrical of -course), and re-creations of ghastly scenes from nightmares. Bloody decapitations, decapita-tions, vampire attacks, beheadings and hooded executioners frequent the publicity photos Freddy brought over that first year. He also had an abundance of campaign literature. He had run for office representing the Monster Raving Loony Party an actual political party in Cornwall which is . used to poke fun at. the political process. But Freddy had pulled down some votes. :- , ' : He was odd enough, and engaging engag-ing enough, that Betty wrote a story and I took some photos and Freddy ' began when he came to work early ' Friday morning and checked the ' computers on the wells and saw r that the Monson tank was lower than it should have been. Thecomputerindicatedapower failure. Milk said that they checked it out and found a direct short in :;. the pump motor of the Monson well. It had burned up one of the legs in the motor. . , , whelming opposition - even from the Arab nation! that share cultural tenets and a hatred of the United States. Those nations are lining up with the U.S. to confront the Iraqi threat of economic blackmail. The U.N. Security Council, often used to thwart or ridicule U.S goals in the past, acted with admirable equanimity to condemn Iraq's invasion of Kuwait And armed forces from nations across the world are banding together to demonstrate that we have learned the lessons of 20th century world conflicts - that capitulation doesn't bring peace and that all nations have a stake in preserving the sovereignty of one nation. Despite the good source, this battle to protect world economic stability is far from won. But there are some keys to making it effective. make a citizen's arrest but I am too kind-hearted, I guess. Our police officers do not have the time to spend it all down watching watch-ing the idiot drivers on Main St If they did they would make a fortune off the tickets because it happens so often. Last night my daughter and I were discussing some of the stupid things drivers do. She had encountered encoun-tered a driver while she was out and about who was so impatient that he whipped around her, and she was going fast enough. When he saw that he would have to wait behind a car at the stop sign he drove through a gas station so that he could get out onto the road without with-out having to wait any longer than necessary. A man in a Blazer roared up behind me as I drove to American Fork the other afternoon. The light up ahead was red so I began slowing slow-ing as I can see no reason to drive ninety up to a red light and then lay on the brakes to stop in time. So he went into the other lane. I ended up as only the third car in my lane at the stop light but he was about the eighth or ninth in his lane. I got to my destination in American Ameri-can Fork before him because he got stuck behind those cars for a long way and I felt it served him right Another pet peeve we discussed was the guy who feels that because another driver pviUed in too closato him, or slowed fee traffic, he should HADDOCK 3PV" sffilfMTirriii 1 He came back last year eating fire -- a new addition to his growing repertoire of shocking acts designed to make audiences remember him. And he picked up some fire-eating gigs in local clubs. He also had this bed of nails he lies on, and then gets heavy people to walk on him. He was still brash and blatantly self-promoting,, and had sold his garage to become a full-time "per sonality. He was still fun. Every meeting with Freddy Zapp leaves r me mimicking his accent and won dering about my. own Cornwall ancestors. ; When he came through the door yesterday, I was wondering what new tricks he might have up his Bleeve. But I might have known. L I Freddy is into escapology - Harry Houdini stuff.: - Yesterday he and his wife, Tina, dropped in. After some small talk "and a peek at the pictures of the ' latest Zapp 11 month old Jason . They will ha ve to Dull the motor and have it redone. Mills said he was not sure of the cause of the short r! Because of this problem, they had to start up the Anderson Well - which is usually only used during peak usage hours in the summer. - They then decided they had better start up the Briraley Well, which has not been used for about four in Middle East crisis do the same thing back to him. It is called "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. This is justification justifi-cation enough to put everyone's hves in jeopardy twice - once when he did it and once when the other guy did it back to him. I read once that some people change personalities when they get behind the steering wheel of a car. This may be so. It must be agonizing for the guy who has no patience at all to be caught up in a traffic jam and be unable to sip around people and scare them to death and beat them to the next stop light Have you ever noticed that the guy that pulled out in front of you, or who didnt look before backing from a parking space, has a lot of dents in his car? I imagine that is the evidence that he makes a habit of driving like a bat-out-of-you-know-where like he was the only driver on the road. They offer courses in defensive driving. We need it. All of us should take, it, just to protect ourselves from the loonies on the road. Of course, we mustn't recall the time we drove the wrong way on a one-way road, the time we backed into a parked car, the time we put the right front tire in an irrigation ditch, or the time we backed into the police chiefs daughter's truck. sThatwasaUacddentajanyway, wasn't it? . ; .L County they took me down to Robinson Park and demonstrated for a few onlookers Freddy's latest gimmick. And I must admit he looked pretty good. By the time I had wrapped him up in chains and padlocked him into the mail bag, I didn't see how he could get out But 90 seconds sec-onds later after squirming around on the ground, the bags came off and Freddy was free. There are some other new twists to Freddy's act Taking some of Utah back' to England with him, he has added a recreation of Gary Gillmore's execution to his show. And he's into "hanging" himself-- a stunt he pulled recently in public to protest a new poll tax. He's also looking forward to another election - this time he's running against Sebastian Coe, a former world class runner who is getting into politics. Tina seems quiet enough, but one expects this is a case where "still waters run deep After all, she bought him a straight jacket for Christmas, and the bed of nails for his birthday. And when Freddy the Vampire or Freddy the Ripper attacks, Tina is his victim - bleeding while the ' audience screams. C; Freddy is little more calm this year. Maybe the discipline that comes with escapology is catching up to him. He wanted me to tell people that they can see him escaping from the chains and locked mailbag at Stude- bakers in Salt Lake on Thursday night at Club 90 in Sandy on Fri- day night and at La Casa in Lehi on I Saturday night , . So I will. And what's next for the Zapp show? Hypnotism, " Freddy says, 5 brandishing a photo of his face with tiny faces where his pupils should be. - , . r . Maybe I can run it next year, he ' suggests, when he brings that act to the local stage. ' . , - Maybe. But right now, my eyelids are 'getting heavy, very heavy. , years, to serve as a backup. It was discovered then that the Brimley Well had some corrosion around . some of the wiring and so they had ' to change the transformer. : : Mills said that Utah Power and Light had been really good to work with them' as they tried to figure out what thj problem was at the Monson WeL 1 , : First, world opinion must remain firm in condemning the acts of aggression on the part of Iraq and withdrawal from Kuwait must remain the goal of those nations. Second, the United States, which hat lead the world to this matter from the outset, must remain dedicated to that foal Americana must not begin negotiating wif1 themselves to end this conflict prematurely. That will only wea the effort end erode the resolve of the other nations involved. ' Our government has acted decisively, yet thoughtfully to Una crisis in the Middle East The result has been a reaffirmation of the leadership role the United States plays in the world stage. Strong support of the government's actions will help us to resolve this conflict successfully, to retain our leadership role and to preserve the stability of die world's economy - these are all noble goa!. First solo flight requires coricentratior, self confidence Editors Note: This is the fourth article in a series writ ten by Jack Hill about bis flying experiences. By JACK HILL With eight flying lessons completed, com-pleted, my log book showed. 9.8 hours of dual instruction. A minimum mini-mum of 9 hours are required before a solo flight is allowed, but that is a minimum. As my instructor, Kevin Morgan, said, "You'll solo when I say your ready." Frankly, I was not pushing for the solo flight Landing the plane was still not as smooth as I would like, although one landing in the last lesson was what I call perfect However, most were much less than that August 7 was the day set for the first solo flight but I didn't have the required open book written test fully completed so the big day was pushed back to Aug. 9. Weather conditions were perfect per-fect at the scheduled hour and I had worked hard on the written test. After going over the test an swers, Kevin said, "Qo pre-flight the plane and well see if you are . ready." Following the pre-flight and after going over the ever present check lists, we roared down the runway and were airborne. Two touch-and-go landings from the traffic pattern were completed and I was just getting relaxed and comfortable. The landings were acceptable, but not great One the third touchdown, Kevin told me to pull over to the hanger area but keep the engine running. -. T think you are ready," Kevin said and then asked, Do you think you are ready?" My first thought was to say, "No," but I heard myself say in the most reassuring tone I could muster, mus-ter, Tm ready." :. As Kevin opened the door he casually said, "You might tell the other traffic in the area that this is your first solo flight" "TheH help you out" he added as the door closed. I watched Kevin walk toward the Central Utah Aviation offices and then glanced, at the maze of dials and gauges in front of me, then at Kevin aa he went through the door. There in the window was my wife and son JolnvThey had come to watch the big step to solo flight I wondered if they were! waving good luck or goodbye. With my heart raring, I began to 'psyche myself by talking out loud. ' "Can you do it?". .. Silence. "You can do it" I nearly yelled and began the taxi back to the runway. . For more than llhoursof flying, Kevin had been in the next seat to answer any questions. Now I was the pilot in command -and any questions would have to be answered by me. 1 " " "Provo traffic, this is Eight X-ray X-ray Delta, departing run way 13," I said into the radio mike, my normally nor-mally high voicecrackingjustabit " After a short pause I added, This is my first solo flight thank you." . From the office radio Kevin came - Car stolen 2 found in Eindbn A Pleasant Grove City vehicle which was taken from in front of. . ' the home of Building Official Doug Bezzant a couple of weeks ago was recovered in London last week. - ; ' Pleasant Grove Police found the car parked near the Lindon Arena. There was no damage to the car, no ' - gas bad been used and a portable radio was still in it i There are no suspects. ' ' Joyca Story reported the theft of her purse from her car st her home. She said she had 'started the car back, "Congratulations, Eight X-ray X-ray Delta." 'i .'--v "V'V. The wind sock hung limply, which meant no cross wind and the take off went without incident Gradually Gradu-ally the pounding of my heart returned re-turned to near .normal levels and the roar of the engine took over. At 600 feet above the ground I spoke into the radio, "Eight X-ray Delta turning crosswind for runway 13." The tone in my voice was back to normal as confidence gradually replaced self doubt M, .; The Cessna 172 continued to climb. I was flying and flying alone. Below, the valley floor, farm fields of green and gold and South Provo subdivisions passed quietly. "Eight X-ray Delta turning downwind for 13," I said, focusing back on the task at hand., Abeam (next to) the numbers painted on the runway, I began talking myself through the set up procedure for the landing. ' , "RPM'sbackto 1700,20 degrees flap when the airspeed gets inside the white arc and 4900 feet to start the base leg in the pattern," I said " 'out 16ud;,"5'r'3 --ightX-RayDeltatunmgbase for 18," I said into the miks. Moments Mo-ments later I said, "Eight X-Ray Delta, turning final for 13. . Three clicks on the radio mike turned on the glide slope lights. White over white, I was a little high but that's better than red over red and being low. .'f s ' , "Watch the air speed," I said as the altimeter passed 4600 feet on the way down. Keep lined up with the center line I thought and again said aloud, "Watch the air speed," as the needle dropped to 60 knots. I pushed the nose down a little and the needle climbed back to 65. Over the end of the runway, I pulled the throttle all the way back to idle and concentrated onflying level." with 50 vertical feet to go the plane began to sink. "Patience," I said out loud, "patience." - : The Cessna began to settle but I lost patience and began the "flare" to high and to early. Realizing my error, I quickly pushed the; nose back to level flight and repeated at least three times, "patience, patience, pa-tience, patience." - ' " ' : As the plane settled this time I pulled back on the' yoke and the responsive aircraft began to flare. Something between a bang and a thump is the best way to describe touchdown. Kevin would call it a "great military landing, no question ques-tion about being on the ground." Tom Jense, owner of Central Utah Aviation, and a Pleasant Grove native, oh more than one occasion had jokingly told me, "Any landing you walk away from is a successful ' one." "- A v Maybe thatfs not a joke, t thought as the plane rolled down the runway. run-way. , ,' r , A quick look at the center line was followed by"a deep breath and sigh and then it was back to work. .. Tlaps up, full throttle, go easy on the rudder pedals," I said.' At 60 .knots I pulled back on the yoke and the plane lifted off the runway to repeat the process. - C ,' weeks ago vana went tZck TiLt aouse u get something. When she returned the purse was gone. , There was $21 in the purse. The total value of the missing items was$5L Jack Freeman told officers that : cement urns in front of his home had been tipped over, They were chipped. The value was listed at Officers arrested a 25-year-old male for assault and intoxication on Aug. 1L. Officer Clark Nk-!sefl made the arrest. . i: |