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Show Meanwhile, Over Here If a cop had pulled me over on mv way back to the office, hed have thought was running mobile delicatessen. 1 described hypothetical encounter stems evolved a couple of weeks ago at the conclusion of a photo schedule that included appointments at the homes of area women who are contributing recipes for the papers advance coverage of next weeks Green Sheet Cooking School. Each of the gals had prepared one of their specialties for the pictures I would take, and all of them insisted that I take some results of their efforts with me when I left. So a mouth full of goodies and my cars passenger section decorated with the same constituted that days evidence that there are, indeed, some benefits built into this usually rewarding and sometimes frustrating, but rarely uneventful work of a newspaper a Under the circumstances, an inquiry about what the heck w as going on would have been expected from the officer. And if I had been able to make understood for all the myself chewing and I swallowing was doing, the bewildered cop would have learned that was by Tom Smith I simply writerphotographer. enjoying what a colleague of mine calls one of the many fringe benefits associated with newspaper While much of the harvest I've had the good fortune of reaping in this FB (fringe benefit) area has been an appetite-sati- s work. The situation from which the just- - fying experience, there been other extras, too. The list could be lengthy, but one FB Ill never forget came about when Murray firemen offered me the chance to climb their fire ladder when the equipment first arrived here three summers ago. The idea was to ascend with a camera and then, in words and pictures, relate the experience to our 100-fo- Since Im one who goes for thrills like amusement park rides and such, 1 can sorta see why 1 jumped at the opportunity. It required two separate efforts a few days apart to finally make it to the summit, but make it I did, enabling me to put the experience into the category of FBs. Particularly so since I man-ge- d to live through it and tell about heart-poundin- Awards totaling premiums will be presented to winning exhibitors with $7,000 awarded in trophies and ribbons during the next 10 days at the fairgrounds, 155 No. 1000 West. A host of professional performers and local talent will perform nightly at the carnival, bandstand, grandstand, horse arena areas and Ive painted tainment scheduled nightly at 6:30 and 9:15 will consist of country singer Red Steagall tomorrow evening, Jim Stafford, on Saturday and singer-comedia- Eddie Rabbit on Sunday. On next week's lineup, pop and country singer Nick Nixon will perform Monday and Tuesday evenings, followed by the Jack DJohns comical trio on stage Wednesday and Thursday. Recording artist La Costa will return to the Utah Fair Sept. 12, while the Baja Marimba Band with Julius Wech-te- r will Kearns, perform their back-u- p group Aspen at 8:15 p.m. Sept. 11 at the bandstand. Barry and Barbara Hansen have toured the past several months with K. C. and the Sunshine band. Three contests will be open to public participation at the bandstand next week. A celebrity e contest will take place at 1 p.m., with Don Wade as emcee. is required. The twin contest is open to all ages Sept. 11 at 4:45 p.m. Then on Kids Day, Sept. 13, freckle-faceboys and girls age 12 and under will compete for the King and Queen of Freckles title. Admission to the fair, which includes all inside was using. found myself trudging through vacant fields to get shots of sites where controversial developments have been proposed. And ended up with rocks or dirt in my shoes, thistles clinging to my socks, d or slacks that werent that way moments earlier. Sept. situations But some of the events and COTTONWOOD trance. TryaWantAd! aerobic HTS. But exercise and Monday Thursday cir- at Whitmore Library Monday and continue weekly through begin Nov. 3. The course in taught from 9: 15 to 11 : 15 a.m. by Jordan Community School instructor Carole Taylor. The calligraphy class health instructor, teach the free course. Participants may register at the first Friday. artistic be will handwriting ily will class morning thankfully, thus far been able most of the time to breathe a sigh of relief and feel pretty good about the way things turned out. And even if they didnt, to know theres always next week. Dianne Robison, session. An introduction to calligraphy course will also The exercises are moving dance-lik- e steps set to music. limited to 20 part- size is icipants and is open to (SeePage 5C, Col. 9) SUPERMART IMPROVEMENT home come when I arrive at work and plunge into the finished product, I have, muscle strength. a fam- will be offered to women from 4 to 5 p.m. each k eight-wee- out. The class will teach women of all ages to improve their cardiovascular fitness, relieve tension and increase At Whitmore Courses to improve physical fitness and artistic handwriting will begin at Whitmore Library Monday. A free, aid and lost and found children facilities are near the coliseum start over with the clock running cumstances that represent a polarization from the FBs arent enough, really, to erase the fact Library Offers Aerobic, Writing 14. Stroller and wheel chair rentals are available at the south and grandstand gates. First The fair hours are from 11 a m. to 11 p.m. daily except Monday and Tuesday when it opens one hour earlier. The fair ends at 9 p.m d al Free are Then there where a weighty blend of the bitter and sweet is prevalent. Like the excitement associated with covering a fire or accident being coupled with the uncomfortable realization that some type of human misfortune is the reason youre there in the first place. look-alik- look-alik- information from a police officer whose shift the day I need to contact him doesnt start until midnight. Or when a Wednesday afternoon power failure swallows up several paragraphs of a story Im placing on my typesetting terminal, forcing me to dust-covere- a rosy picnewsdouble-edge- West Valley City, UT. with I Ive also dagger. I have, for example, photographed football games in weather conditions that have been nothing short of miserable. One especially that comes to mind was a state semi-fincontest between Granger high and West a couple of years back at the University of Utahs Rice Stadium. There, in the midst of a heavy snowstorm, the wind literally knifed through a set recurring (at least for me) A State Fair Opens Today $05,000 in Thus far ture of this mischief I call my paper work, but its really a g it. musical duo from ment good-lookin- View Weft 2C Thurs.,Valley 4, 1980 Sept. the Salt Palace beginning tonight through the finale on Sept. 14. The opening ceremonies beginning at 5:30 today in the carnival area will include Gov. Scott M. Matheson, the Kearns high band and the Utah State Fair Beauty Pageant, with 28 county queens competing for the state title. The grandstand enter- its largely gratifying work in which I find myself immersed. It's possible you may hear me guffaw at that assessment next week when Im trying to track down a coach who has the stats I need but is nowhere to be found as Im approaching my deadline. Or when Im attempting to obtain some that of fingers that had to remain ungloved in order to properly operate the controls on the camera equip- readers. With Carnival SALT LAKE. The gates of the 1980 Utah State Fair will swing open at 3:30 this afterexnoon (Thursday), 13,500 entries, posing a car5.000 exhibits, nival and grandstand entertainment acts. FB has been the job of shooting pictures of the Sweetheart royalty at the Salt Lake County Fair. Last month, for the third time in four years, I was given that assignment, and being able to get a closeup view of nine g girls (a queen and two attendants times three) through the naked eye or the eye of a camera lens seems hard to beat as an FB. have ICIDDpTQC e d is $2.50 entertainment, for adults and cents 50 for children age 6 through 12. All children will be admitted free on Kids Days, Sept. 12 and 13. Senior citizens will will be featured be admitted free on Sept. 10. Sept. 13 and 14. Ventriloquist-comediaPublic parking is Russ Lewis will also available on the northperform nightly at 6:30 east lot, accessible on and 9:15, after hosting 1000 west and southwest the pageant tonight at 8 lot, accessible on North as the emcee. Temple. The fee is $1 Additional entertain- per car. All exhibitors ment features include will park in the northdiving west lot, which has a 300 Jonny Rivers rule performing daily in North entrance. They must obtain a parking the carnival area. Barry and Barbara, a pass. fMi n WALLPAPER SPECTACULAR! FOR SMOOTH Hi & - D FANCY MOSAIC TILE CERAMIC WALL TILE EASY WASHABLE! INSTALLATION PATTERNS & COLORS FOR EVERY ROOM! SENSATIONAL SPECIAL PRICE! SAVE FIRED-0- - BAKED-0- GLAZE RESISTS BURNS. STAINS & MARS! GLAZE N HUGE SELECTION OF DESIGNS! GREAT IN KITCHENS & DENS' RESISTS STAINS! 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