| Show 2EV The Salt Lrig Tribune ISM 11 Wednesday May B'oggie D erby's Really Worth Barking About By Jess Gomez Tribune Staff Writer Watch out Ms America Move over Mr Universe Make room for Shylo Sadie Tex and Taffy — the new "breed" of beauty and talent contestants The four along with some 100 pooches strutted their stuff for a panel of celebrity judges in the Humane Society's first annual "'Doggie Derby" recently held at the Murray Park Amphitheater Just how many different dogs were there? Let's just say it was a mailman's bad dream — a cat's nightmare There were Doberman german shepherds huskies pomeranians boxers poodles Chis nese pugs golden retrievers and even a Irish Gladys Michaels "My hearing ain't what it used to be" Reed told the group of Morse Telegrapher's Club members gathered in "but sure as shootin one thing is the dining room of Chuck-a-Ram- a as any of yours hot as twice still are certain My fingers this fact because as Gladys is to was about dispute in the group Nobody and fast "I'm them constantly reminding lean and twice as mean inaeea uwajn a ' lean (her weight is about the same as her age) and nobody can send sparks flying from an old Blue Racer telegraph like she can For more than 40 years Gladys worked as a telegrapher for the Union Pacific Railroad keeping track of trains chugging down the tracks from Cokeville Wyo Soda Springs station up Idaho and every other small-tow- n and down the line She didn't know the Morse Code when she was hired in 1918 but she bluffed her way through the first few days on the job and in no time at all was dashing off Jtn dots and dashes with record "burn 'em up" pin-sche- rs dalxna-tion- 170-poun- d wolfhound named D-The derby kicked off a week of Human Society of Utah events celebrating "Be Kind to Animals Week" In addition the society observed Humane Sunday held a musicians for animals concert and culminated the week with an awards banquet According to Sheri Martinez society director of human education her office investigated over 500 cases of domestic animal abuse last year These investigations included cases of starving horses to physically abused dogs and cats During one period more than 1 300 cases of domestic animal abuse were investigated Mrs Martinez said She hopes that events such as the doggy derby raise awareness of the importance of treating all living things with compassion "Most of all the derby is a chance for everyone to get together and show off the animals they love" she said "These people all have one thing in common and that's they all t 2 care about their pets" Since 1914 the first week of May has traditionally been set aside as national "Be Kind to Animals Week" making it one of the oldest specially designated observances in the nation Human organizations such as the one in Utah use the week to raise speed At the annual Morse Telegrapher's Club last Satur- - §1 at the day afternoon Gladys put her fingers to work again and sent messages to the other 13 club By Cathy Free members who were busy tackling their chick to en and corn dinners and debating whether make an extra trip through the buffet line dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot "Dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dash dot dot dot dash dash dash dash dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dash dot dot dash dot" Gladys asked Raymond Phelps a former telegrapher started out at the bottom in the business delivering messages around PKAPIS — (Aprt 29) While the residents tept a burgle entered a home near 590 E 1 1900 South and took $300 cash and a watch from a purse in the master bedroom then went to a youth's room and threw toilet paper about and smeared toothpaste on Hems KKJVMI — (May 3) A cor salesman was startled by a man with "wild eyes" who pointed a gun in his tact and demanded to see the owners of the car lot The salesman had lust finished helping some customers about 1 pm when the man drove up at tvgh speed slammed on the brakes and tumped out of the oar bfandshtng o handgun The man pointed the gun directly at the salesman's face and asked: "Where's the ownersT' When the salesman soid they were not around the man swore then drove away A few minutes later the mon phoned" the business and said "I'm going to blow you OH away" An owner who arrived later told police he nod no idea who the man was or what he wonted man was SANfjy — (April 29) After a 31 year-old served a restraining order he used a sledgehammer to wreck his estranged wXe's home He also threatened his stepson when the youth Tracy Aviary lists Calendar for Anniversary Gala -- Tracy Aviary will celebrate its 50th Anniversary this Saturday through May 21 Here is the schedule of events: j IP f ri ! - 1 v —Tribune Staff Photo try lynn R Johnson mane Society's first "Doggie Derby" The contest raised $385 for Humane Society Ron Marler and a clothed Noodles a Chinese Crested relax before start of II u- awareness and to help raise funds which are used to maintain the programs and operations of the organization Proceeds raised from the derby $385 will be used for those purposes Candy Zumweld of the Human Society said Until this year the society has sponsored an ugly dog contest but Mrs Zumweld said the society was looking for something more positive that would allow a greater number of people to participate When all the dust had cleared the winners were announced In the big- Spencer Peterson's dog Taffy was voted most talented Kathy Mann's dalmation Tex won the best dog award while gest dog catagory Gayland Speirs and D-- took top honors while Sheri Martinez and little Sadie a maltese mix won in the smallest dog categor2 Brooke Remington and Spud were the winners of the best look alike contest "It was an afternoon of fun and we're looking forward to next year" Mrs Zumweld said Karen Cams news anchor for KTVX hosted the event dog-own- yIn the friendliest bracket Ann Marsh and her big Newfoundland Brawny were victorious Curtis and Diane Breen's chow-choShylo g won the dog award and best-lookin- will kick off in aviary's various locations around the valley Bird-a-Tho- The man first entered the garage and smashed o motorcycle He then went mto the home where he smashed a television screen three decoratrve minors and punched two holes m the walls wrth the hammer before Weeing SOUTH JOEOAN — (April 30) Police are looking for mon who wrote bad checks at a cona venience store near 11500 S Redwood Rood period amounting to about $50 over a three-da-y (May 2) Vandals broke windows and destroyed ports and accessories on a bockme arid a buteta-e- r parked at a construction site near 9400 S 4000 West causing about $350 damage Rocks arid pellet guns were apparently used to smash windows tried to intervene fire extinguishers n Monday: From 11:30 am to 1:30 pm the Joe Muscolino Band will perform in the amphitheater Box lunches will be available Special displays by aviary docents and craft classes for children will be held from hUer caps were - tor I West - WIST VAUtt CI7Y man (April 28) A was arrested otter he chased a male with a knife yelling: "I'm going to slice you up like a watermelon" The man chased the youth through an apartment building parking lot until the youth escaped around the side of the building located near 3800 W 3400 South Meanwhile an boy who witnessed the entire event told his father tc call The in fled truck was man arrested a but police several minutes later The man told police he would the "beat the charges" because youth "deserved it" The youth called his girlfriend s daughter a "slut" "I lo he said have a right protect my girlfriend's family don't I?" he asked police He was booked into idil on aggravated assault and four outstanding warrants A knife with a blade wos seized from him man was cited for lewd29) A ness after neighbors in the trailer court near 1800 W 2100 South complained that he continually urinates out the doorway of his trailer Police noted a "large wet puddle" outside the man's front door a report said The doorway and inside of the trailer "reeked of urine" the report said The suspect was "very intoxicated his pants were undone and partially tolling down" police noted The man adamantly denied being a flasher When confronted with the puddle of urine he was evasive but admitted "it (April couid have happened" MSTAR GAZERV ARIES MAR AM T f- 19 TAURUS APR 20 I MAY 20 1036-44-54-6- 3 flfhf It 77 GEMINI MAY 21 ejjVNi Tuesday: From 11:30 am to 1:30 pm the Stan Seale Band will perform in the amphitheater Box lunches will be available Special displays by aviary docents and craft classes for children will be held from 21 t pm 4-- 5 and oil (May 3) Burglars broke into four offices of an LOS Sake center at 9200 S 4000 West apparently searching for tithing money The burgtars passed over office equipment in on apparent search tor cash police said Each office was broken into from the outside of the building (May 3) Mail was taken from a mailbox near 2500 W 9500 South and thrown on the owner's lawn Nothing was taken Similar incidents have occurred tor several weeks in the aroa police reported The suspects are apparently looking for credit cords and cash WIST JORDAN (April 28) A residential burglary was solved when two juveniles asked a teocher how ben to sell some rare coins they had stolen After and a police were called the admitted to forcing a basement window on a home at 8671 S 3680 West and stealing a number of corns including old pennies and "Butlalo nickles" The two were booked into o juvenile detention cerv at 9 am 4-- 5 dipsticks also destroyed (April 30) Thieves rummaged through more than 20 vehicles over the weekend stealing loose change car stereos cassette tapes binoculars a tool box the wallet from a purse and a portable television valued at more than $600 Most of the vehicles were left unlocked by owners police said The area hit hardest by thieves was near 7600 South and 2500 By CLAY R POLLAN- Your Daily Activity Guide According to fhe Stars -- Saturday: Opening ceremonies will take place at 11 am There will be a bird show and a performance by Salt Lake Opera at 11:30 am The Kj53-6- 1 20 -- 80-85 CANCER z UT&l pm i JULT ill 2- - May 18: From 11:30 am to 1:30 Tex-Me- x Music Band will pm the perform in the amphitheater Spe- cial displays by aviary docents and craft classes for children will be held from pm I May 19: From 11:30 am to 1:30 pm the Marilyn Colton Quartet will perform in the amphitheater Special displays by aviary docents and craft classes for children will be held refrom pm A invitation-onl- y ception will be held at Embassy Suites Iiotel at 7 pm May 20: The Utah Folk Arts Council will sponsor a noontime concert of Tongan music in the amphitheater Special displays by aviary docents and craft classes for children will be held from pm The Alan Wright Band will perform in the amphitheater from 5:30 pm to 7:30 4-- 5 4-- 5 LEO W 4 JULY 23 i 3-1740-59-7- 0 VIRGO AUG 23 v SEPT 22 Kll0-l3-20-2- 9 To develop message for Wednesday read words corresponding to numbers ot your odiac birth sign 1 Consider 31 All 61 Life 2 Work 3 What 4 You 5 Luck 6 Things 7 Changes 8 With 9 Write 10 Health 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 And Has To In Boss Just Out Much ' 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 To Your Keep Them Made Mate Pieces Be Everyone 11 Surrounds 71 With 12 Someone 42 Considers 72 Best 13 Is 43 Happening 73 All 14 In 44 Sees 74 Professional 15 But 45 Options 75 Way 16 Nice 76 Think 46 Tell 77 Big 17 Day 47 You 18 Not 78 Choice 48 Aspects 19 Say 79 Mind 49 Confirm 20 Under 80 Enjoy 50 Meetings 81 Before 51 With 21 To 22 Call 52 To 82 Feel 23 Weigh 83 Occupied 53 Family 24 General 54 Things 64 Family 25 Love 55 Order 85 Evening 26 Someone 56 To 8S Changing To 27 87 Fulfill 57 You 28 Others 58 Try 83 Obligations 29 Good 89 Great 59 With 30 Otne 60 To 90 News Merit 41 Fall LIBRA rf SEPT 23 224lA OCT 16-- 1 1 -- 30O SCORPIO OCT 2ig9 NOr - 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(April 30) A robber used O "Daniel Boone type gun" to rob a farmer's market of $35 dotes The man entered the Country Fan farmers Market 4024 S Redwood Road at about 3 pm When a cterk asked K he could help the mon the robber unzipped a leather pouch showed the handle of a ontlque type gun ond said "I think you know what I want" The clerk handed the robber the contents of the tM which the robber put m his pouch He ran to a nearby cor and drove away The robber s described as a white male in his tote 20s about 6 feet 2 inches tafl 200 pounds with reddish-blon- d ho ond a moustache He was wearing a brown leather jocket and no shirt blue jeans and sunglasses Murray High School Adds Erekson as Honored Alumnus Special to The Tribune MURRAY — Arthur B Erekson a member of the 1924 graduof ating class and Borden Company's food division has been added to the ranks of Murray High School's honored alumni Mr Erekson was presented with the annual Outstanding Alumnus Award last week during the 29th Scholastic Honor Banquet of the Murray Rotary Club held at Salt Lake Community College Mr Erekson earned degrees from the University of Utah Utah State University and the University of Wisconsin He worked in the Swiss Federal Experiment Station at Liebefeld as a dairy bacteriologist before joining the Borden Company in 1935 He was instrumental in the creation of one of the world's largest Swiss Cheese plants located at New London WI Its annual production is 20 million pounds He has held positions in California New York and Wisconsin and at one time supervised plants located in 19 states Mr Erekson and his wife Lenora are the parents of two daughters and a son They are retired and reside in Provo JAN Previously recognized alumni are: Stan Watts 1928 Don C Blair 1943 Glen Tuckett 1946 AQUARIUS JAN 20 sQ Maurice (Nick) Watts 1935 Arthur L Bishop 1940 Mark O Benvegnu 1930 H Curt Bubel 1943 Virginia Farrer Cutler 1922 and Abraham Markosian 1940 PISCES Star Gazer appears dally on The Salt Lake Tribune's comics page ' 1 - May 21: The Vintage Dixieland Swing Band will perform in the amphitheater at 1 pm At 4 pm The Mason-Dixo- n Line CountryBlue-gras- s Band will perform From noon to 6 pm special displays tours and activities for children will be held I mi Ml I M iI s old-tim- e fast-spee- d "Hmmmmmf! I wouldn't know what do with one of those 1 Scrvkt To CoiTheLt ELit rll WMV VtVM new-fangle- d car phones to save my life" says Gladys who thinks such things are well those are even worse! I nonsense "And an answering machine refuse to talk to a stupid recording Instead of leaving a message I always hang up It's too bad the telegraph couldn't hang on a few years longer because now everybody's lazy What with telephones and television Hmmmmmf! This nation's filled with pansies!" There are no pansies in the Morse Telegrapher's Club perhaps because everybody in the group knows what it feels like to put in a hard day and night's work Not only were railroad agents expected to receive and dispatch telegraphs from stations up and down the line they had to fill caboose stoves with coal keep a close eye on arriving and departing trains clean up the station and make sure each train received its written train orders "It was a job like no other" recalls Hyrum "Hi" Rowberry who was hired as a Union Pacific telegrapher in 1927 "Oh how I miss it sometimes Operating a telegraph is like riding a bicycle: You never forget" Indeed nobody at the Morse club's gathering had a difficult time pickdot dash dot dot dot dash dash ing up "Dot dot dot dot dash dash dash dot dot (pause) dot dot dot dot dot dash dash dot" ("How's it going?") or dash dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dash "Dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dash dash dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dash!" ("Pass the salt!") dash "The click of the telegraph will always be in my blood" said Gladys her dot fingers racing across the Blue Racer again "Dash dot dot dot dot dot dash dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dash dot dot (pause) dot dot dash dot dot (pause) dot dot dot dash dash dot dot dash dash dot " dot dot dot dot (pause) dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dash dot dash dash dot!" dot dot dash ' ("Besides cnly the good die young!") Sandy OKs a Tentative Budget S3 5 Million Under Last Year Special to The Tribune SANDY — The City Council approved a tentative budget for the 1988-8- 9 fiscal year that will cut nearly $35 million off last year's amount "Last year's tight budget gave the city the opportunity to lean down and streamline our departments" Mayor Steve Newton said in his proposed budget statement "This budget begins to stress our organization Beyond good conditioning yet no other options seem available The budget was set at $2212 million down from last year's $2547 The budget for the general fund is actually up $263406 from a year ago This year's estimated city revenue from taxes licenses fines and interest earnings was set at $12179573 This money will be used to pay city employee salaries benefits training equipment supcity expenses plies maintenance and many other odds and ends But because of the smaller budget Mayor Newton expressed concern over the city's employees "The budget does not include the funds necessary for the full performance increases most of our employees deserve" he said "I do not look forward to asking our employees to shoulder an ever increasing work load without reflecting those performance levels in the budget" The largest drop in revenues will be felt by the capital projects fund which was allocated only $678198 which is down from last year's $3614048 This means street repairs are beginning to become a problem in Sandy will not receive much needed attention The appropriations to the different departments within the city is as follows: department police $3585804 fire department $1776278 street department $1423391 parks and cemetery $626054 finance department $517553 engineering department $395022 transportation $319176 animal control $256828 public works department $209849 building services $125400 and parks and recreation $80157 In addition the water fund was set at $2741757 the waste collection fund at $797837 and the recreation fund at $566439 The city will set up a series of public hearings in the coming weeks so the public will be able to give input on the tentative budget The budget will be finalized at a city council meeting before the end of June no DISCOUNT COUPON 1 ' m DISCOUNT Coupon entities holder to a discount of 30 on any lamp shade in our large inventory during this event Take advantage of this special offer to redecorate with a new shade for your favorite lamp OFFER GOOD THDUGII 52583 LIMIT 2 LAMP SHAHS PER COUPON DiKiy I (Jill IMHfS C?SC 17'!l Fn dot who Salt thanks to Clyde The room was alive with the sound of and Noel Hansen who had wired telegraphs from table to table so club members wouldn't have to second-guesanybody's dinner conversation and so everybody could feel like they were back on the job again The last Morse railroad telegraph machine stopped clicking in 1964 and was replaced with a computerized model but Salt Lake City's Morse Telegrapher's Club has been getting together on the Saturday nearest to Samuel Morse's birthday ever since Across the country other Morse clubs meet on the same day so telegraphers can bring back the romance of their days on the railroad and reminisce about a time when computers and there were no pagers answering machines Mickey Mouse Garfield or cellular phones IU njifuic r CiiKWi i in m LAMP & shade center A ?Hry AurttoriMd It II I dot replied OFF RETAIL PRICE WITH THIS COUPON pm " Lake City on his bicycle For the benefit of those who don't "speak" the Morse language Gladys' fingers fired off the question "So how's the food?" dot dot dot dot dash dash dot dot dot "Dash dash dot dot dot dash dash dot dot (pause) dot dot dash dot dot (pause) dot dot!" "Mighty tasty!") Raymond dash dot Sao a 511 89 4-- 5 m 0m rpp tYlP Chuck-a-Ram- a 3 I Crime Reports Keep Local Law Agencies Busy 'The following reports were provided by law enforcement agencies in Salt Lake Valley: Lunch Dotted With Dashes Wlien Morse Club Meets i fill? i I fpr 1 I M H0U15: TieFri Am South 2724763 Sat 'ta 4 pm (Off HbAkiid Dr mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmtmmmmmE e !LJ Dino on |
