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Show The Park Record FrlSatSun, February 15-17, 2002 A-32 Take the Double-Check Double-Check Challenge. We check laM year's re I urn for free when we prepare your 2(X)I tax return. If you THE GOOD NEWS IS WE CAN HELP GET IT BACK. should've gotten more money hack, we" II amend it for a small fee. HAR BLOCK just plain smart 1 776 Park Ave. 17. Park City, Utah 435-658-29I6 Se luihhi Esponol Vic rues c- Saboclo 10 AM -6 PM t.Viil MAR HI..I T-. s, K 7 WRITERS ON THE RANGE By Mary oujuumei i v. You can call mine 'Mortgage Manor' Christopher Radko U.S.A. and Olympic Ornaments Lupine Lodge. Del Mar at the Sea. Massive Mountain Manor. Harbor House at the Pines. I have changed the names to protect the ostentatious: to protect those who not only must own four luxury homes in four different places, but also pick registered names for them. I didn't think I was capable of being surprised at any excess of the rich and insecure, but the article arti-cle in the Phoenix, Ariz., paper rocked me. A gentleman in that city has incorporated a national database of homesite names. Once your lodge or manor or 8,(KX)-square feet of conspicuous wastefulness is registered, no one in your zip code area can use the name. Thank goodness, I've been worried somebody would name their house the same as mine: Sagging Floor at What's Left of Old Flagstaff. Lupine Lodge, Del Mar at the Sea, ad infinitum are all owned by a Phoenix family physician, who explains his names give each of his homes character - though, he tells us, there aren't real ly any lupine at his Scottsdale, Ariz., home because it's too hot. He bought the initial package for 75 bucks per house, which included name registry, name search, official cer tificate, Web site updates - and welcome wel-come candle. (Better to curse the darkness than light even one registered regis-tered home-welcome candle in a state without adequate medical care for the poor.) There is also a Beautiful hand-blown glass ornaments make the perfect souvenir to remember your experiences here in Salt Lake City 2002. We have an excellent selection of all kinds of ornaments including: Patriotic, Olympic, Easter, Valentines, Halloween and Christmas. Located just olT 1-80 700 East Exit. The Design Company 801-466-3559 2253 S. 500 E. SLC MorvFri: 9-5 Sat: 12-4 Free U.S. shipping - Call for easy directions "Deer Valley's best kept dining secret" Serving wwer f a ?Jeek Featuring a'True Chef's Table Tasting Menu" Feel the heat at the Chef's Table Tasting Menu Available catalog, from which one can order extra items, perhaps a plaque, or imprinted coffee mug. If registrants can't come up with a name, the registry will provide pro-vide suggestions, geographical He bought the initial package for 75 bucks per house, which included name registry, name search, official certificate, Web site updates -and welcome candle. There is also a catalog, from which one can order extra items, perhaps a plaque, or imprinted coffee mug." Mary Sojourner cues, architectural style, presence of natural features and wildlife -in case the registrant has been just too darn busy making millions, or whatever these people do, to notice. (Of course, in the Nouveau West, what we are more often dealing with is the absence of natural nat-ural features andor wildlife.) In that case, the registrant could name their place Hideaway at Scraped Desert. The CEO of the registry believes that people take a different differ-ent attitude toward their homes when they give them names. That's the fun of it. And, you don't have to own a mansion. Heck, you can register a condo - or even a tract house. He's hoping that the practice of registering home names might contribute to more neighborhood spirit - spirit difficult diffi-cult to sense or enhance if you occupy your second, third or fourth home only a few weekends out of the year. I looked around my 400-square-foot cabin here at What's Left of Old Flagstaff, at its fine minimal construction of recycled wood and wallboard, and found myself regarding the sagging floor and the plastic over the east window win-dow with greater affection. 435.645.9909 I thought of names for my son's home in Los Angeles: Struggling Screenwriter Single Room, and a working mom friend's one-bedroom house: Mortgage Manor. I thought about calling the registry CEO with the brilliant idea of registering the homes of those of us a little less fortunate, and realized none of us had a spare 75 bucks for the fee. Then, of course, there are those who bmmmmmmh have nothing to spare for anything. any-thing. They could still name their homes. Tar-paper Shack at the Dump. Soggy Box Bungalow. Abandoned Chevy Pickup. Immobile Mobile. Maybe a Web site could be maintained for them. They would be given a nice certificate certifi-cate and maybe a candle for freezing freez-ing nights. A name search would be impossible - there are millions of homeless. So, if you think you want to name your home and register it, here's an alternative: You might get ready to give up 75 bucks. You'll get nothing back. No certificate. cer-tificate. No faux-bronze plaque. No 10-buck candle. Instead, send the money to a local shelter, or food bank, or winter-clothing distribution dis-tribution services -- whose shelves, in this most recent Season of Giving, were probably much too bare. Your reward will be a fine way to name where you live. To name yourself. As a person in a real community, where people do not name their houses, but understand true neighborliness. Mary Sojourner is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News in Paonia, Colo, (hcn.org). She writes in Flagstaff, Ariz. Win Olympic Tickets! For a $5 donation to Good Knightez Foundation, a local nonprofit organization, you can enter a drawing for Olympic Closing Ceremonies tickets. Just visit any Mattress Firm store now through Feb. 18 J Drawing will be held Feb. 19 at Foothill Village store, 4 p.m. (There will be at least 3 winning sets of tickets. 01 N FORTUNATELY, THE MARIPOSA does not offer a SEASON PASS. I i I - i I ' - '" if With a 1 raling in the Zjjgnt Restaurant Gmdt. it takes more than one evening to do The Mariposa justice. Attentive service and an excellent wine list complement The Mariposa's classic cuisine, while a roaring fireplace creates a warm, comfortable setting. You'll look forward to coming back, even without a season pass. The Mariposa is open Tuesday through Sunday for dinner. Located mid -mountain at Silver Lake Village. Free underground parking. Reservations are recommended. 645-6715. During the Ohmpic Winter Games. The Manposa sill be open J days a weeV. 645 - 6?t5 THE PLACE THAT IS NEVER OUT- OF.SSASOu. r . 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