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Show 1 ' "p fff Park Record Thursday, April 16, 1987 PageA13 Aundl S lit (Ge by Tom Clyde Walk on the wild side I recently had a friend in town from New York City. We met bicycling in Canada last summer, and after ten days with an extraordinary group of people there, we all promised to keep in touch. When he called to say he was coming through, I could hardly wait. Planning the sightseeing was a little hard for me. I have lived in this area all my life, so most of the people I know who live in other places are folks I met here who later moved away. When they come back to town, we don't do the tourist bit, since they really aren't tourists. Bill was a real tourist here, and, to put it mildly, a stranger in a strange land. He was here for a convention on some kind of computer com-puter system that he operates back in the Big Apple. It would last a week, but his time was pretty fully planned with some mandatory dinners with the boss and that kind of stuff. We grabbed a few hours in the evenings. Dinner at Salt Lake's Rio Grande Cafe was a great way to make him feel at home. Afterall, that place tends to draw a pretty interesting crowd sometimes. But, you know how those New Yorkers are, they have seen it all. Even a waitress with green hair did not surprise him. In fact, he was surprised that there were not more women with green hair, or purple hair, or plaid hair running around in Salt Lake. New York women, he explained, tend to look a lot more like Joan Jett and a lot less like Sharlene "Miss America" Wells. "Is there a beauty pageant in town tonight?" he asked. Not that I knew of, but it was the week before LDS Conference. "You mean that women just go around looking like that all the time?" Well, I assumed that he meant the waitress with the green hair, and was about to explain that she probably washed it out before going home. But I realized that he was not looking at her, or at the ladies in black leather with choke chains and dog collars who had just come in. The "looking like that" ladies were wearing nice jeans, cotton polo shirts (with no holes ripped in them) and sort of looked like, well, you know, like girls in Salt Lake look. He couldn't believe it. "It's not very, urn, ethnic around here, is it?" he asked walking down Main Street. "Sure it is," I answered. "There are Swedes, Norwegians, Danes, English, Irish and a few Scots. Even a bunch of Germans." Sounded pretty ethnic to me. But he's right, there aren't many Puerto Ricans or blacks. And really not many Mexicans, either. It looks pretty much like Stockholm around here. "What's the biggest ethnic minority?" he asked. I had to think about it for a minute, but the answer was clear, "Catholics." We had arrived at Temple Square. We did the usual visitor center stuff, took the tours, and heard the Word. But the best example of Temple Square in action was at the Tabernacle. They have a presentation on the ac-custical ac-custical quality of the building. The tourists, cameras dangling from their necks, are standing at the back of the building, and guide is at the front steps to the pulpit for the famous pin dropping demonstration. The day we were there, they were getting ready for Conference, and there was a painter running a sprayer at one side of the building, and the lawn mowers were roaring outside. When she lifted the pin over the pulpit, ready to drop it, the sprayer stopped and the mower was silenced. The Red Sea had not parted so precisely on cue. The pin was dropped, and we heard it clear in the back of the room. A 10 penny nail was dropped and sounded like a steel girder falling from the twentienth floor of a construction site. But when the last echo of the nail-drop had faded away, the sprayer sputtered back to life. When we stepped step-ped outside, the lawn mower was revved up, and life went on. "They run a pretty tight ship around here" Bill observed. As the week went on, we got together a couple more evenings. He wanted to know what streets he couldn't walk on after dark, and how much mugger money was customarily carried to avoid getting one's head smashed. smash-ed. He consistently locked the door of the car when he got out, even though I kept forgetting to take the key out of the ignition. He just kept wanting to see the rough parts of town, and didn't believe them when we drove through. "This is suburban bliss, not the ghetto." Well, it's all relative, I guess. But since he wanted to see the tough side of Zion, I took him to the very black hole of vice, to the seamy underbelly of Salt Lake society. We spent an hour at Snelgroves. "This is America's Finest Ice Cream Store," it says on the sign, right under the rotating double scoop, that beacon for the addicted. As nights in Snelgroves go, we hit the jackpot. There were at least three post-baptismal malteds, with Grandma, Grand-ma, Gramps, Mom and Dad, and little Jonny, smiling and pure. There were two last-night-on-the-town-before-starting-the-mission-training-center parties, and lots of high school dates, some wearing coats and ties. A request re-quest for a cup of coffee was politely, but firmly denied by the waitress who had been at Snelgroves since I was a child growing up a few blocks away. An older couple with close to five hundred pounds between them worked their way through a single ten scoop sundae with two spoons, still in love after all these years. Bill was so busy looking at that he couldn't eat his ice cream. "What's that couple's story?" It was obviously a first date following a mission. They had probably been writing for two years, and she had been dutifully waiting, pinning away. She was probably wondering what the attraction had been back then. His was the tougher role, now, for the first time in two years, this guy was alone with a girl, albeit in front of all the people at Snelgroves, wondering what to do next. Do I hold her hand? Do we kiss on the door step? "People in New York would line up at the window and pay $50 a minute just to look in at this place. " I haven't talked to him since he went back home, but I bet his friends have a hard time believing his tales of the wild west. gmummnmnit it Snnmrnmrntit $1 .2 million in drugs seized Mnikfldti TAHOE WORLD A $1.2 million drug bust in Teton County, April 1, was the largest seizure of its kind in county history. John Montgomery, 38, and Yvonne Montgomery, 28, of Big Piney in nearby Sublette County, were charged last week with intent to deliver a controlled substance. According to Teton County Sheriff's officials, deputy Lindsey Moss assisted the couple who had stopped their truck on a highway in the area. Moss said he suspected the driver had been drinking and asked Montgomery whether he had been driving the car. When he answered yes, Moss arrested him. Accompanied by deputy Richard Wood, Moss then searched the couple's truck and found a grocery bag of what was later discovered to be methamphetamine, an illegal and powerful stimulant. Sheriff's deputies from both Teton and Sublette counties coun-ties subsequently searched the Montgomery's house, hoping to find the lab which manufactured the drug, according ac-cording to Teton Sheriff Roger Millward. But, they found neither the lab nor any drugs. Millward said he believed the drugs were not destined for distribution in Jackson Hole. The couple indicated they were en route from Idaho when they were arrested. Forest plan to be delayed, rewritten Jackson Hole Hews In a striking turnaround, U.S. Forest Service supervisor super-visor Brian Stout said the much-debated and much-critized much-critized Bridger-Teton National Forest Plan would undergo major revisions before being released. The announcement was welcomed by several Jackson residents, among them Holly Dill, executive director of the Jackson Hole Alliance for Responsible Planning. Her group and the Greater Yellowstone Coalition fought policies in the plan which would have had profound environmental en-vironmental effects, and went so far as to contract for an economic review of the document. Comments made by the economic review team on faulty assumptions made in the B-T forest plan helped convince the U.S. Forest Service to rewrite the plan, said Stout. He said some of the major errors the review uncovered un-covered included the cost assumptions on building roads for timber harvesting and sales. "We really feel we have drastically underestimated the road costs in unroaded areas," said Stout. This further implied that timber harvests based on low road costs might be unrealistic. "Some of the high level (timber) outputs we may find economically not as desirable as we saw in the draft," said the forest supervisor. super-visor. Stout also said the plan only looked at clear-cutting timber as a means of harvesting, and stated his office does not now view that "as an acceptable alternative." Although the final form of the plan was slated for release in July 1987, Stout said he was "looking at a year from now" at this point. Stout said regional and national forest service officials had asked him how the various problems with the plan had come about. He told them, "We know every one of the problems. We were short on money and constrained on time." Shore public trust ruling protested A group calling itself the Tahoe Shorezone Representation Represen-tation (TSR), finding no relief with the California Supreme Court, is taking its complaint the next rung up. TSR will file a petition in the U.S. Supreme Court for review of the state's appellate court decision that certain cer-tain shorezone lands around Lake Tahoe are held in the state interest and are public property. David Judson, a California deputy attorney general, said the public trust notion may be applied to those lands between 6,223 feet and 6,229 feet above sea level low and high water marks as defined by the natural level of the lake after the Tahoe Dam was installed. But Norman Traverso, legislative chairman for the Tahoe Sierra Board of Realtors, said deeming these lakeshore lands public was "a gross violation of property proper-ty ownership rights." "We feel that more environmental damage will be done to the lake if these lands are open to the public," he added. Although TSR legal counsel thinks the petition's chances are very good, Judson thinks it's unlikely the public trust concept will be redefined in federal court. "We feel that the (appeals court) decision confirms the status quo," he said. "As times has gone by, there has been more demand for public access to these resources." Ski resorts fight to limit liability Trial lawyers in Nevada and California are fighting legislation in those states which would limit ski resort liability in personal injury lawsuits. "I think that the justice system plays an important role in trying to balance industry and personal interests in ski accidents," said Phil Olsen, an Incline Village attorney at-torney who specializes in ski injury lawsuits. "Legislation "Legisla-tion to limit a resort's responsibility for skiing accidents means that trial lawyers are the only spokespeople for tomorrow's victim." Part of the Nevada bill would free ski resort operators from responsibility if skiers were killed or injured while deliberately skiing oui of bounds of the resort area. But, says Olsen, such legislation removes the incentive for ski areas to promote safety. Tom Anderson, director of operations at Squaw Valley ski area, countered Olsen's claim. "We're supporting legislation that may cause people to exercise more caution cau-tion in skiing," he said. "We would like to see an increase in-crease in penalties for those who ski recklessly or out of bounds." For Olsen, it's an issue of responsibility. "When you limit liability, you also limit responsibility for negligence," he said. "The ski areas are in a position to undertake measures to prevent the accidents from happening." Of 'Vk.:.r !;-'-,-' AVSL. irT'L T;.5 fit i $53,000 OLD TOWN 131 Daly Avenue, Historic Old Town charm with new windows, plumbing, wiring, walk to Main St., trees. Cyndi Sharp 649-8550. 5. 4 $64,500 PARK WEST Q-6 Redpine Chalet, spectacular view of ski hill, pool, spa, attractive furnishings, sleeps 8, 2.25 ba, great rental. Bill Ligety 649-8550. $29,900 BRIGHTON ESTATES No. 31 Brighton Est , A-frame on 1 acre, wooded, 2 sleeping lofts, 1 ba. Maire Rosol 649-8550. $79,900 OLD TOWN 1117 Park Ave., rental income, landscaped, off st. parking, 4 bd, 2 ba. Tevy Smith 649-8550. $79,900 PROSPECTOR 2323 Comstock, 5 bd, 3 ba, with mother-in-law apt Cyndi Sharp $99,000 SILVER SUMMIT 5646 Yorktown Ln., 4 bd, 3 ba, tile & hardwood floors, sun deck. Craig Masters 649-8550 $109,000 SILVER SPRINGS 1548 Fletcher Ct., passive solar with hot tub, 3 bd. 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Tevy Smith 649-8550. x $269,000 RIDGEVIEW 10 Oak Rim Lane, 4 bd, 4 ba, located in quiet cul-de-sac, great floor plan with family room off kitchen and down stairs. Ann Brighton 649-8550. iw"3k" - .,- HON II01A HUME $30,400 PARK WEST 15B-1 Park West. 1 bd, furnished, good condition, financing available Tevy Smith 649-8550. $32,000 PC RESORT Unit 40 Homestake, 1 bd, 1 ba, fireplace, currently rented for $350 mo. Ann Brighton 649-8550. $39,900 PC RESORT 366 Claimjumper Condo, 1 bd, 1 ba, many upgrades, looks new. Randy Spagnoletti 649-8550 $39,900 PC RESORT 2 Coalition Lodge, quaint lodge, good rentals Cyndi Sharp 649-8550. $46,000 PC RESORT Unit 9 Homestake, 2 bd, 1 ba, cheaper to buy than rent, clean, ground floor. Dianne Holt 649-8550 $50,000 PARK WEST 20 A Park West, easy commute to SLC, live in clean air & blue skies, 2 bd. Chris Eberlein 649-8550 $75,500 PINEBROOK 36 Ranch Condo, 2 bd plus loft. 2 plus ba, finished basement, ceiling fans Don Griffin 649-8550. $79,900 OLD TOWN Unit 3 Aspengrove, on rd to Deer Valley, furnished. 2 bd, 2 ba, bank repo Cyndi Sharp 649-8550 $85,000 PC RESORT 301 Park Ave.. 3 bd, 2 25 ba. sleeps 8, pool, tennis, spa in complex. Jonny Totten 649-8550. $179,000 OLD TOWN Motherlode unit 2, 3 bd, 4 ba, luxurious condo located across from Town Lift. Bob Richer 649-8550 $234,500 .$259,000 DEER VALLEY Lakeside Condos, several 2 & 3 bd in one of the finest complexes in D.V. Bob Richer 649-8550 $320,000 RIDGEVIEW 3000 Crestline, 3 bd, 4 ba, totally furnished contemporary, open floor plan, great views, hot tub, sauna, wine cellar. Maire Rosol 649-8550. - $430,000 TOLL GATE CANYON Lot 1 Summit County, exclusive mountain retreat on 10 acres with 5 bd, 3 ba, and luxury. Vivian Cropper 649-8550. $9,500 HIGHLAND ESTATES Lot 312B. .92 ac. on Meadow View Dr., horse prop , excellent for timeshare. Maire Rosol 649-8550 $22,000 JEREMY RANCH Lot 41 , golf course lot on Saddleback Road Great buy! Linda McReynolds 649-8550 $29,900 DEER VALLEY 500 Deer Valley Dr., duplex lot with easy access and good views Bill Ligety 649-8550 $42,500 DEER VALLEY Lot 74 Solamere. incredible price for super lot, views galore. Leslie Grace 649-8550. $44,000 RIDGEVIEW Lot 59. very reasonable price in prestigious subdivision. Georgia Shane 649-8550. $44,900 OLD TOWN 200 Block Woodside Ave., duplex lot 50 x 75, excellent location. Craig Masters 649-8550 $49,000 OLD TOWN Lot 35 part 36 bldg 73. duplex lot w trees, quiet canyon, close to Main St Cyndi Sharp 649-8550 PC RESORT 1373 Park Ave., ideal site for bed and breakfast, condos or apts. Bill Ligety 649-8550 SNYDERVILLE Old Ranch Road, 4 4 acres of rural setting, super views, horse prop. Maire Rosol 649-8550 TREASURE MT. 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