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Show Al4 TheSalt Lake Tribune NATION/WORLD Sunday, August 30, 1998 License to Sell Vodka Faces Uphill Climb Neighborsofdistillery in rural Idaho area petitioning againstit THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RIGBY, Idaho — Neighbors of a distillery are opposed to the granting of a state license that would allow sales of vodka at the plant, saying their neighborhood is not suited for anyretail activity About 70 people attended a publichearing Friday regarding a request by Silver Creek Distillers to sell Teton Glacier Vodka to people whotourthedistillery, lo. cated just south of Rigby It seemed to matter little that 855 Compact Utility Tractor pr, 3-cylinder diesel engine el drive (4-wheel availa managerssaid the plan wasnotto open aretail store, or bar or to expand the plant, but to keep a fewbottles in a liquor cabinet RonGeorge, wholives near the distillery, read from a statement Saying people are opposedto givSilver Creek the license be- cause the rural neighborhood is Steve Fischbach Manager Adam Ackerman shownlast year at Teton Glacier Vodkadistillery, which is seeking a license to sell on premises Ottley, who is in charge of the company’s strategie planning efforts. But Silver Creek will pur- suethelicensedespite the opposi tion, Ottley said Dyke Nally, superintendent of not the proper place for any type ofretail store. It is next to a ceme tery and in a neighborhoodwith nice homes and young children the state Liquor Dispensary, said heand other dispensary employees would consider neighbors’ ed opposition when they applied concerns before making a decision. But his decision may not mat- for the state license, ter. he said. Silver Creek managers expect- said Gray UnderIdaho law, if half the votersin a district sign a petition opposing the license withinfive working days of a public hearing that automatically stops the li cense There are 480 registeredvoters in the Grant precinct, and Silver Creek opponentsalready had 176 signatures on the petition that forced the public hearing. And resident Janice Gay was planning to start the new petition by the time the meeting ended World War II Airmen Honor Their Rescuers THE ASSOCIATED PRESS POLOMKA, Slovakia — Fifty-four years after they were shot down over Nazi-occupied Europe. five former U.S. airmen honored Slovaks on Satur- day whohelped themandother Americansescapeto safety Joined by veterans of the Slovak wartimeresis Makeyour best deal on a 55 or 70 Series Compact Utility Tractor and implement package, and apply for this special finance offer! SeeaR MaSahe HERITAGE TRACTOR COMPANY LLC HERITAGE TRACTOR COMPANY LLC 6068 SOUTH REDWOOD ROAD SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84123 1-15 FRONTAGE ROAD SPRINGVILLE, UTAH 86663 (801) 966-4231 (801) 489-3167 4 tance, the five menraisedplasticglasses of blueber- ry brandy and toasted the memory of those who helpedsave them. ‘They did so much for us,” said Jack Kellogg of Vista, Calif., the only one of the five who was cap- tured by the Germans. Kellogg and the others — Neal Cobb of Carmel Ind., John Schianca of Enfield, Conn., Roy Madsen of Salt LakeCity and George Fernandez of Bellevue. v — were shot downoverNazi-occupied Slova- kia during raids in July 1944 and September 1944 Both raids weretargetinganoil refinery in Lauch: hammer, Germany, about 40 miles north of Dresden. Kellogg, shot down in thefirst raid, landed in trees reasons. Kellogg waslater taken prisoner crossing into Hungary and was held in Hungarian and G manjails until the warin Europe ended in May1945 The other four were luckier. They eventually Bystrica, about 30 miles east of Polomka. On Oct. 7, 1944, a team from the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the forerunner of the CLA, landedat theairstrip. Cobb, Schianca, Madsen and Fernandez flew back to American lines aboard the plane that brought in the OSS agents, who were accompaniedby Associat- ed Press reporter Joseph Morton. But the agents and Morton were captured by the Germans in Polomka on Dec. 26 and taken to the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria, where they were executed on Jan. 24, 1945. The boy took him to his home, gave him food and Morton's daughter, Mimi Morton Gosney of Lexington, Ky., is accompanying the veterans, whosevisit was organized by historian Jim Downs of Ocean side, Calif. The group arrived in Slovakia on Thursday. On Friday, the airmen weregiven commemorative The boy pointed the way to Allied lines and they where the 1944 Slovak uprising against the Nazis outside a village. After a week of evading the Ger mans hecollapsedinafield, tired and dehydrated When he awoke, a Slovak boy was tending to him water andlet himrest for several hours. parted, having never exchanged namesfor security medals by municipal authorities of Banska Bystrica, began. & VITAMIN WORLD. The Vitamin-Depot * Established 197 The Lowest Prices Every Day! Here's Your Chance to Save Even More... 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