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Show 2 Teens Turn S. L Street Into Alligator Alley By LOUISE GARDINER Deseret News Staff Writer , If residents of the 2600 block on Alden Street are stepping pretty lightly, theres a good 110 turtles, five 'reason reptiles, ar iguana and three ducks are living practically next door. The incredible collection is chared by two Highland High 'School students, Marc Barney, 17, 2657 Alden. and Stephen Frey, 16, 2686 Alden, cant get enough ho just creatures. of the HANKER FOR REPTILES "I guess we just have a 1 o n g i o g for reptiles, explained the boys as a squeamish mother nodded in silence. I dream at night about said them getting me, Marcs mother, Mrs. A. Dean '.Barney. I dont know how he ;(Marc) can love the things when I feel like this about them. Nevertheless, nobody in the e two households mentions soup or alligator shoes to the boys, who now have about 35 of the approximately 300 existent species of turtles. d -- tur--ti- live in bathtubs cemented themselves. The caimans, South American similar to alligators, grow to be seven or eight feet long with powerful 'jaws, live in downstairs News Photos Deberet The animals live in tanks with collected fish or in outside pools the boys dug and by Steve Parker Snap! As if it needed encourgement, Marc Barney and Stephen Frey prod snapping turtle to do its thing. Boys have total of 115 reptiles. This caiman, held by Marc, is similar to South American alligator and will grow to be 8 feet long, with residence. powerful jaws. Boys keep these specimens in downstairs bathtubs at Barney 7-- -- All tins has been financed by the boys themselves. Marc had a paper route four years, has been w orking in a grocery- $350,000 Cannery By WANDA LUND Deseret News Staff Writer A pioneer CLEARFIELD landmark. Smith Canning and Freezing Co., was gutted in a $350,000 noon In store for a year and has money in the bank. Stephen actually began col- lectin" first. Marc became competing in a tortoise race of ex- a their own for their mothers, perience It wasn't long before every in turtles and fol- lowed suit. Soon the boys had and slow the forgotten steady" turtle slogan and were interested hair-raisin- g that really got us explained Stephen. So the two got Stephen's Sre TEENS on Page 6 am! there, g'nR- - fa-bo- B-- (Fsieft IFeimders, Clearfield pV PVpssil fire Thursday afterdrawing hundreds of spectators. Firemen from Clearfield, Syracuse. Hill Air Force Base, Sunset and Clearfield Job Corps Center fire departments fought the blaze for hours after it erupted in the northern part at about of the warehouse By HAL KNIGHT Deseret News Staff Writer panel issued a report today on the salary deadlock with three different opinions between teachers and the Granite School District on what to do. Main section of the report was filed by outsider Lloyd H. Bailer who not was noted that the districts financial picture bright, but called for a five A 3:30 p.m. firemen time the By arrived, flames were leaping high and heat was so intense they could not get within 150 feet of the building. INHALDED SMOKE per 18: Dee Mueller, of Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Mueller, 1185 Valhalla Dr., Clearfield, was treated at McKay-De- e Hospital, Ogden, for smoke inhalation and released. Lynn Along Came Bunnell A It had befn a wonderful few days for Lynn and Diane Carlen and their three kids. They had spend part )f their vacation time with Lynns brother, Gary, and lis family in Salem, Ore. Before heading for their home in Granger, Lynn md Diane decided to drive the coast highway into lorthern California. stand They were down where the giant redwoods their tallest, where the road is in constant shadow, a Stranger to the sun. Then in a flash, the vacation turned to a nightmare. Their auto collided with a truck. When the grinding had died away, and the dust had resettled on the forest floor, the Carlens crawled from the twisted steel of the family car. ' Somehow, only Greg, 7, was injured. He suffered guts around the eye. He needed medical attention. AFRAID AND BEWILDERED member chil-dre- p, 800-pl- home in Granger. Just then a stranger walked over. He introduced f insurance Jiiipself . . . James Bunnell. He was an not company. did but Lynns represent mayi, ill meet you over by the police station. My office s nearby, he said. , Then things began to look up for the Carlens. The Greg was treated at the hospital and released. insurance man met them at the police station and took l.hem to his home. ; He insisted that they stay the night. The home had jjlenty of room. A CAR TO DRIVE The next morning, the insurance man handed Lynn ket of key. They were to the Bunnells second car. " We want you to drive the car to Utah so you can car gets get your children home. We will see that your can return car, for you your ixed. When you return said. man insurance the .ourg, Thats why the Carlens are home safe and sound, jjhey expect to return to California this weekend to pick up their auto and return the other. be 2 4 Why did the insurance man go out of his way to so kind? Because he was an insurance man? Nope. Because he wanted to get involved? Partly. ! Elder Bunnell had spotted the Utah license plate, lie just knew that Lynn and his young family were members of his Church. I. The Bunnell family make at least one trip each ear to our valley around Conference time. And like Ijynn says, Theyll never have to look for a motel Again! I WITS END J That one kid of ours is so clumsy were afraid he ilghtgrow up to be Vie President: a rock band, than $5,000 of the groups instruments and amplifiers were stored inside a childrens theater located in the office section cf the building. SECOND TIME Paul Berglund, 25, 2047 N. y West, Sunset, an apprentice lineman for Utah Power and Light Co., admin-- i s t e r e d resuscitation. He revived her, but she collapsed again. He revived her a second time and she was taken to the hospital in a Clearfield police car. off-dut- 350 mouth-to-mout- h Moon Rock On Display small moon rock, picked up on the lunar surface last summer by the Apollo 11 astronauts, was put on display today at Hansen Planetarium, 13 S. State St. A The rock is part of an exhibit on moor, geology which will be at the planetarium SEASON during August and September. rock The brownish-coloreis contained in a glass case which can be viewed from close range. The lunar fragment revolves in the case so that all sides can be seen. stopped giving resuscitation en route to tiie hospital and oxygen was administered , the girl collapsed two more times, with Berglund reviving her each time. The building had not been used for canning since the 1961-6season, but several small businesses had been quartered there, including Alleens Dance Studio, Beverly Olsens Acting School and the School of Art. 2 Fortunately, these Heat was so intense at the height of the blaze that firemen had to shield themselves See CLEARFIELD, d As the chunk of moon turns, it passes under large magnifying glasses to give an expanded picture of the sandy were located in a portion of the building where the flames did not immediately reach. Most of the equipment wras rescued. Page B-- 5 cent salary fact-findin- g increase were Dissenting reports filed by H. C. Shoemaker, named to the panel by the Board of Education, and Robert W. Brems, named by the Granite Education Association (CEA). Moon rock, seen through magnifying glass, Is on display at Hansen Planetarium for two months. he When Diane accompanied her son to the hospital when the ambulance arrived. Lynn and the other Carlen stayed at the scene. 3. Lynn put his arms around Brenda, 9, and Bryce, The children were bewildered and afraid. ; Brenda looked up at Lynn. Will we have to stay here forever, Daddy? to "Everything is going to be fine, said Lynn comfort her. He wasnt sure himself. His car would take days to fix. He had his wife and three children miles from their with him, and they were of she colThe Last Chapter, after entering the lapsed building with other teenagers to recover band instruments owned by the group. More three-ma- n anyway. He said such an increase was not covered by available revenue and would have to be paid for by cuts in the school program. However, he did not specify what areas should be slashed. FILE DISSENT daughter ; of obtaining them, One of our neighbors from the south told us that turtles are just running around down Fire Guts OUB MAM ,V ent means species of turtle available Salt Lake City had an Alden Street home, and the began looking for differ- - in SECTION City, Regional Our Man Jones Comics Obituaries Weather Map Action Ads 1, B 3-- 18 1 2 6 6 8 texture and colorful glassy globes embedded in the surface. The rock, considered to be of volcanic origin, is about two inches long and an inch wide and speckled with colored dots. The base of the display is a replica of the moons surface, complete with footprints of Apollo 11 astronauts. Viewers can put their own feet in the prints to compare the size. Dr. Mark Littman, planetarium director, said the planetarium will expand its regular schedule to accommodate those w'ho want to see the moon rock. The planetarium, which usually operates six days a week, will be open seven days and evry evening except Sunday, he said. 'rhe lunar rock will be on display 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 to 5 p.m. on Sundays through September. To explain the story of the See PLANETARIUM, on B-- 6 Shoemaker said the district did not have the ability to pay for wage increases beyond the 3.3 per cent already offered by the district. Brems claimed that enough fimoney was available to nance a 7.1 per cent salary boost for district teachers with no increase in taxes. VOTE FOR RELEASE Members of the Board of Education voted unanimously over objections of the GEA to make representatives g the panels report public today. The GEA had asked that the report be held up so as not to The positions. polarize teachers also asked the board to meet Monday at 9 a.m. in the GEA offices to resume negotiations which were broken off last March 31. AGREE TO MEET Board members agreed to such a meeting, but expressed doubts about the advisability the of trying to talk with same old negotiating team" which included people outside the GEA. Mainly they object to representatives from the Utah and Association Education said they would rather deal face-to-fac- e See GRANITE on Page B-- 6 DESERET NEWS SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Prisoners Freed 'Halfway' Aug. By JOSEPH T. LIDDELL Deseret News Staff Writer The Utah State Prisons Halfway House for prisoners soon to be released will open Aug. 15 with 10 or 15 inmates moving into the Mission Motor Lodge, 855 N. 2nd West. Eventually 60 specially selected inmates, parolees and probationers will be quartered in the Salt Lake facility which has been rented exclusively by the prison. Warden John W. Turner announced Thursday at a meeting of the Board of Corrections that the lease for the motel had been signed two days ago. iiiiiiiimiiinmiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiii1 TO ADJUST LEVY Cyim4y Handset Salt Lake Countys $29 million budgt for this year will be reopened Aug. 10 and in- creased, and commissioners will determine a property tax levy to cover it. innoted Commissioners creased property valuations this year and hinted that the property levy might be lowered despite the budget increases. Auditors figures indicafe that the Model Cities fund will have to be increased $100,50 to cover expenditures for the last three months of this year. Budget officials had funds only for six months operation when commissioners adopted the record county budget last December. However, the commission reopened the budget two months ago and added $77,000 to the Model Cities account for the third quarter of the year. Other funds with increases are family services, to be in- creased $100,000; essing, an increase data procof $60,000, Unlike health and quarantine fund to increase $6,200. The Mental Health Department budget will be trimmed $70,810 because the county has been unable to obtain full federal funding under a grant program budgeted for last and winter. Services Director Arthur Pierce explained that the Family Services Division of the Utah Welfare Department has increased county billings 25 per cent over a year ao. This requires the Social ye SHOP 'TIL e 15 Director of the Halfway House will be Robert Devine, present director of the priv on's work release program. A staff of case workers, correctional counselors, a psychologist. secretary and (former inmates specializing in rehabilitation will man the counseling) motel. will live in a condition and may enroll in vocational schools, secondary schools or The semi-civilia- men n universities, or may accept employment or take training. We will issue weekend passes and overnight passes for men to visit their families and will allow them to attend movies at local theaters and Turnei similar activities. explained. He said the project has been organized to enable inmates to readjust more rapidly into society. The Halfway House corrections program is being financed by a $280,000 federal grant from the Department of Labor. county to increase its budget to pay matching funds for the welfare program. Data Processing Director Thomas Rowe said the increase in his department is to purchase computers and data equipment the processing county had previously planned to lease. Commissioners also authorized Rowe to contract with data processing firms at the rate of $60 to $85 an hour for computerization necessary until the county computer system is installed in September. B1 Friday, July 31, 1970 Weekly allowances will be set up for the men at Halfw ay House in joint bank accounts at a local bank. Inmates will be able to write checks against cash to have money on hand for small purchases here TONIGH' w individual check., would be impractical. The checks will also require the signature of a corrections offi- cer. Turner See said steps HALFWAY, would S Page BA |