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Show 30 A DESERET NEWS, WEEKEND OF MAY 21 , 1 977 2 white rhinos join Hogie Zoo family A hefty pair of rankled rhinoceros, upset a bit over a long trip and new surroundings, have become residents at Hogie Zoo. The two young white rhinos are on permanent loan to the Salt Lake zoo from the San Diego Wild Animal Park, which is affiliated with the San Diego Zoo, said LaMar Farnsworth, Hogie Zoos director. They are a little skittish and theyll charge right now, Farnsworth said, but the two animals were to be ready for the public eye at the zoo today. The rhinos are nervous because their environment is so new to them, he said. They were in a 300-t- o 400 acre field with a herd, theyve been taken away from their mothers, and theyve never seen a building before," he explained. Also, they are not used to seeing people near them. However, the rhinos should get over their apprehensions soon, Farnsworth said. It is just a matter of time, he said. We dont want to do anything that will make them hurt themselves. They will calm down within a short time and should then begin to come up, responding to their individual names and possibly taking food from our hands. this month. Her The female rhino is a male companion was bom last August. She now weighs about 1,000 pounds, while he is a mere However, rhinos get to be big creatures: the second largest of all land animals, next to the African elephant, Farnsworth said. The heaviest ever weighed tipped the scales at 10,000 pounds. They are called white rhinoceros, which is he said Their actual actually a misnomer, and their actual name is the coloring is a slatey-grad rhinoceros. In Africa, the Boers would call them white, which is wide in the Dutch language, and the English-speakin- g people would translate that to wide-lippe- ' ' 4 ' V . . white (the color), the zoo director said. They have square or wide mouth. Rhinoceros are primarily from the African plains, south of the Sahara, he said. The species we have is what they call the southern races of the white rhino, which is primarily found in South Africa, Botswana and Rhodesia. As for Hogie Zoos two new guests, both, as their ages and weights indicate, are still young. Rhinoceros often have lifetimes of 40-years, Farnsworth said. The pair will need another three years or more to get to adult size when they will really be big, he said, and they will not reach full growth for seven or eight years. Rhinoceros, of course, are generally known for and their horns. Their their tank-likappearance name even comes from two gree t Greek words indicative of their appearance: rhinos for nose and keras for horn. a 45 - vVA:i - , 'J I i e Matheson names aid assistant Jerry D. Olds, adminis-trativ- e assistant, Utah Division of Water Rights, has been designated coordinator of federal programs by Gov. Scott M. Matheson. drought Olds will provide the public and affected public agencies with information regarding federal drought related prog- rams. He has been on the staff of the Western Regional Drought Action Task Force established in February by western and governors. n 1 'If . v, . k ? ti ni I 'K: & W ' , ' ! r, I I ; v J vsAb, ' t ,,, ? ... v J ' . v tV' '&, 4 7 ?"' ! m 1 , New rhino resident checks out new habitat. Their frontal horns are fairly well in evidence, Farnsworth said of his young charges. The back, second horns, toward the eyes, are just nubs and have just started to grow. They are not really true horns, in the sense of a cow horn, he added. They are made of keratinous what hair, fingernails and toenails are material made of. This has given rise to the saying that their horns are made of compacted hair, which is not really the case. They are more like the hoof of a cow, which is of the same material, layered and hard, Farnsworth said. Rhinoceros horns do not have blood vessels. If they are broken off, the animals are not seriously hurt and the horns will eventually grow back. Farnsworth said the Hogie Zoo have the two rhino permanent breeding loan from San Diego, a gift, in effect. The governor said, There have been a number of programs ap- proved by Congress which are intended to permit the states to cope with the staggering problems brought on by the drought. Olds can be reached by in the calling division office in the Capitol. 533-607- 1 Utah changes road numbers Utahns will soon see two numbers on some roadside signs that designate the official number of the highway on which they are traveling. The idea is to save confusion', the Utah Transportation Commission said Friday after adoptof ing a resolution to change the official number several state roads. David Blake, transportation engineer, Utah Department of Transportation, said the numbers on the state roads will now be the same as interstate those writh the I freewavs or national highways with the state connect that U.S. or prefixes routes. This means that a stretch of roadway may have a as a number designating it as a freeway, such as national highway, such as U.S. 89; and two numbers designating the stretch a state roadway: State Route 15, the old number, State Route 89. and the new one The latter number will be the same as that on the freeway or highway which the route follows. Blake told the transportation commission that the new number designation will help motorists see a common designation for the roads People also w'ill be able to determine their location faster, he said. Because the Department of Transportation just received new highway maps, two routes in Utah will until new have double signs for at least two years maps are printed in 1979. State Route 15, which currently runs through Zion National Park, will become State Route 9 when the new maps arc printed. State Route 80, the Alpine Loop between American Fork and Provo canyons, will be State Route 92, said Blake, adding that, in the past, tourists have become lost on the road, believing it to be WANT ADS Want Ads DO MORE BiaS 521-353- 5 AT LOWER COST Utah aims at trucks with weight problem The Utah Transportation Commisto tighten its regulations concerning overweight trucks on Utah highways. Friday, the commission passed a resolution outlining under what circumstances overweight permits would be allowed, the weight permitted per axle and the penalties for exceeding the weight restrictions. Although the five commisioners passed the resolution, they intend that two paragraphs dealing with violations and load tolerance will be rewritten and considered later. The resolution will be sent through g the state procedure and amended later if the commission adopts the changes. sion is moving ahead rule-makin- The same committee that has spent the resolution will consider the amendments. That consists of representatives from the Utah Attorney Generals Office, Utah De(DOT), partment of Transportation Utah Highway Patrol and the trucking industry. As written, one of the controversial paragraphs would result in the automatic revocation of an overweight permit for 60 days for violation of the weight limits on the permit. A second violation will result in the revocation of all overweight permits a month wTiting 1 truck owner. Otis Winn, executive manager, Utah Motor Transport Association, said this provision is a little harsh because sometimes the second violation could be the result of extenuating circumstances. Revocation of all permits would be especially damaging to a company like Interstate Motor Lines which has 1,000 overweight permits. Winn said sometimes a load will shift, the truck picks up ice in the winter or no scales are available through no fault of the driver or company. The commissioners said they want the committee to include a sentence, saying the second revocation would come only after the DOT has learned the facts about overweight. The other paragraph that will be rewritten permits a maximum tolerance of two percent on single or tandem axles and on gross weights. When a truck is carrying liquid, five minutes will be permitted for the load to stabilize before weighing. The committee was told by the commissioners to consider a tolerance that would allow for shifting weight. The resolution deals only with double trucks. Regulations on triple trailers remain the same. held by the utoh scene 2 Speakers at Snow rites EPHRAIM will Rep. Gunn McKay, deliver the commencement address at Snow College graduation exercises June 3. The event is scheduled at 10 a.m. in the college stadium. Roger Hansen, president of Wasatch Academy, Mt. Pleasant, will speak at baccalaureate services in the college auditorium at 5:30 p.m. June 2. Associate degrees will be awarded to 430 graduates during com- mencement, Dr. J. Marvin Higbee, college president, said. McKay, educator-farmer- , is serving his fourth term as Democratic Congressman from Utahs First District. He is chairman of the United Democrats of Congress and of the Military Construction Appropriations Committee. Hansen has been associated with Wasatch Academy for more than 40 years. Rollover kills Y. Party calls itself most CONDOMINIUM righteous - Even the MURRAY American though Party may not have the largest political following in the United States, it is the most righteous. Vem Morse, the party's national executive board treasurer, said today. Morse, Battle Creek, Mich., was the keynote speaker for the American Partys organizing convention for Salt Lake County in the Mt. Vernon Academy, 184 E. Vine St., Murray. Maybe during construction you came by for a preview showing. Many people did. But now that ail the amenities are completed and three new models have been decorated, we would like you to come see it in all its finished elegance. The twin towers at the head of Salt Lakes Main Street contain 192 units, varying in size from 200 square feet to 2480 square-feetThis may seem like a lot of condominium homes, but over have already been sold. The pictures shown here only give you an idea of what you can expect to see when you visit Zion Summit. 1 . one-thir- d ONLY ONE BLOCK FROM TEMPLE SQUARE hjj 4 Party members gathered in the former now Now that were completely finished, come see Salt Lakes most elegant condominium student A Richland. Wash., man BURLEY, Idaho (APi died Friday afternoon from injuries suffered earlier in the day in a one-ca- r rollover three miles north of the ldaho-Utaborder on lnterstate-80- . Idaho State Police said the victim was Mark William Martini, 22, a student at Brigham Young University in Provo. Officers said Martini apparently went to sleep at the wheel of his southbound car. They said it left the road, traveled along the shoulder for 150 feet, then returned to the highway and rolled. Martini was taken to Tremonton, Utah, and later transferred to an Ogden hospital where he died about 1:30 p.m. academy to select a county chairman, a vice chairman, a secretary and a treasr terms. urer for They were also to select 66 delegates to represent the county at the state organizing convention, June 11. Morse said he joined m - n feCi i , jr ' lA S.: 1 two-yea- the American Party five years ago after becoming disillusioned about the if fab jfTT1WlfllCrn''llllf gjV'J Billiard Room ' .3 I J "a J :.! 'h - 'v r d gat HjlMt tilt' 'll Ladles Bridge Room ... .mw about v Jt - I policies and supporters of the nation's two largest political parties. h Crash kills Manti man A Manti man died early this MAN'TI morning when his car went out of control north of here on U S 89 and rolled 2'ii times before coming to rest. Dead is Wallace David Anderson, 29. Highway Patrol Trouper Gay le Rasmussen said Anderson's car was traveling south about 2'a miles north of Manti when it apparently went out of control. PAINT SANDPAPER t SPACKLE O CAULKING O ADHESIVES ANTIQUING LADDERS ZZ BRUSHES jp, Another Fine Development of the Busch Corporation KETCHUM'S LAKE ,mm "T f. u MB'" lYirf Pnt'nYnrt,rT"T tnTnfTTt',Trr bmrrmTTrt'"- - k OVERLOOKING DOWNTOWN GALT LAKE CITY AT SECOND NORTH AND MAIN ON VINE STREET PHONE 322-53C- SALT ..tirrv.T'f1 w 1 OGDEN 1 I t 1 |
