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Show Legal NoticesFeature H, Legals jf' Continued from Page 20 the Kanab City Offices at 76 North Main, Kanab, Utah. ing By Barbara Pyles Dick Moore is a man with a KANB CITY can do attitude. He also has an impeccable taste in golf clothes, Karen L. Alvey a sense of humor, a good busiMayor ness head and the know how to collect just about anything. Born 85 years ago in southern ATTEST: Keith L. McAllister Recorder Published in the Southern Utah News on June 7, 2000 PUBLIC NOTICE ORDINANCE NUMBER The following is a summary of Ordinance number passed by the 00 Kanab City Council: An ordinance of the Council of the City of Kanab, UT, amending the Kanab City Zoning Ordinance, Sec- Amendment clarifies the tion 1 definition of the allowable heights of 4-- 6-- SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY JUNE 7, 2000 3. fences at intersections. Passed, adopted and ordered pub- ent auctions and three different a jolly crew and interesting to and Im still alive he says. Another time, while hunting, gun shows in St. George many have. Moore and his horse went over a as Hazel took a deep breath years ago. After selling their farm this her thoughts drifted back . . . cliff. Luckily, a large rock Dynamic Duo bought about 1140 acres in Diamond Valley. We chose Diamond Valley because it was centrally located. California, Moore was the In one day we could return to middle kid in a family of seven. various places in California, Since money was scarce, Moore Utah, and Arizona to attend gun put his imagination to work and shows, he says. Moore brought the first Aramade his own toys. He also helped his dad and neighbors bian horses and black Angus Cattle to southern Utah. We train horses. Most small boys love cap guns and Moore was no exception. Whenever he had a few pennies, he would buy a cap gun. At the age of 10, Moore felt that he was getting too old for toy guns, so he started collecting real guns, using the money he received for training horses. While attending Huntington One October during deer season, we had a terrible storm. I had an all electric house and the storm took out our transformer. No washing machine, dishwasher, or stove. However, I did have a cooking fireplace in the bukitchen, and a off stove. was The power tane the whole weekend and we had two groups of men at once two-burn- er stopped them. In addition, he survived the 1933 Long Beach earthquake. On March 5, 1996, Moore suffered a stroke. It was just like a scene right out of a movie. Hooked up to machines that hummed and beeped, his chances of leaving ICU alive were slim. Then one evening, it was time to take him off life Beach High School, Moore played basketball, baseball, foot- ball and track. Fiercely competitive, he set records at the high school that have never been lished by the Council of Kanab, City, Utah, this 23rd day of May, 2000. equaled. After high school, Moore attended Junior College in Santa This ordinance is available for re- Ana before transferring to the view by the general public by contactof University Mississippi. During the Kanab City Offices at 76 North ing one summer vacation, he met Main, Kanab, Utah. Hazel. She smiled and his heart It was love at first sight. KANAB CITY jumped. Moore never went back to school. Karen L. Alvey The two have been married for Mayor 62 years. Moore had a great love for ATTEST: farming, and it's no wonder-h- e grew up on a farm. So, of course, Keith L. McAllister he made his living as a farmer. Recorder Before long, Moore was one of the best farmers in southern Published in the Squthem Utah News California. He was delighted on June 7, 2000. officials when government m J m I'daisowto; Po'T Pi t 1 zz runrir t j 1 C;r crs-ml- r Groy- - t:Z3 II ii, 1 T - an fs- a k - i r , i . brought wannabee farmers, who wanted to learn the correct way to run a farm, to his land. Dick and Hazel farmed about 900 acres year after year, working 12 to 14 hour days. He also supervised the shipping of hay to about 32 dairies. We did this for what seemed like a million years, he says. , The Moores farmed in Orange County until about 1953. Then the San Diego Freeway zipped right through part ofour ranch, says Hazel. They bought us out." Collecting guns became a source of pleasure, and over time, Dick and Hazel piled up plenty ofmiles going from one gun show to another. Their oldest grandson and granddaughter also had famous gun collections. Going to gun shows with their grandchildren was always fun. Among the four of them, they have won more than 100 trophies. I kept a record of all our guns and we owned more than one thousand antique guns, says Moore proudly- -! put chdhree differ e resident Dick Moore reminisces about his life, from California to Mississippi and back to Utah. As Retired Kanab Moore lives right on toe golf course, he spends about three days a week golfing with Ns buddies. Photo by Barbara Pyles. part-tim- in all. got our first Arabians from twenty-tw- o support. Instead of dying, the in Stables Time Pomona, or Kelloggs passed. Retirement, KanabMesquite resident woke he explained. I did my own near retirement, was just around up in a rest home in St. George, training, breaking and shoe- the corner. Before putting down He couldnt talk, eat or do in Kanab, they lived on a thing, says Hazel. One night ing. I loved my horses and I think my horses kind of liked golf course in St. George, and in he even fell out of bed, but just Rio Verde, AZ, They also lived in look at him now. While living in Diamond Val-- Springfield, UT and Mesquite, With a twinkle in his eye Moore Dick Hazel and huntran a NV. Moores live in the ley, said, Im alive because of my Today, We home had a ing lodge. large Mesquite during the winter 20 Indians. in the canyon and hunted on top months and Kanab during the Twenty Indians? According to on Pine Valley Mountain, he summer. Hazel, they met a woman who During their years together, told Dick that in spiritualism Dick and Hazel have collected everyone has an American from guns to Indian dian Guide (guardian angel) exto jewelry branding irons to cept Dick. He has 20 of them. Since deer season was only so barbed wire. They also collected Today, Moore is thriving. At many days, they put in a bird old bottles, Gregory glass, books 85, he plays golf three times a preserve. Doctors, lawyers, busi-- and on and on and on. They week. Hazel gave him a new golf nessmen . . . they all came. We didnt dream of getting rich with cart for his birthday. When I never advertised, it was word of any of their collections . Dick and play golf, I can forget my Hazel collected for one reason- - troubles. These guys I play with mouth, he says. of care men the was Taking because, it was fun. However, are the best guys in the world, Hazels job. Smiling, she said, thats another story or two. he says. The bird hunters ate all day Moore has had several Indi- ZZIP . . . ZZIP . . . ZZZIP . . . Its adventures in Moore working in his workshop, long. They would hunt for a ana Jones-typ- e couple ofhours, then come back his life. Once he rode a pickup Another pleasurable activity in lovfcradiff. It rolledthree times Y, his life. vrnr. anjd.eai Ifeyrthplsjtqy.wpn any-roo- ts |