Show 10 Years Behind Lens 4Wi- r The Salt Lake Tribune DA5 1987 21 Wednesday January Blair Family Photo Firm Still Clicking After Blast ' By Katherine Kapos Tribune Staff Writer MURRAY — A Jan 10 natural gas explosion which left the Don Blair Photography studio 4905 S State in shambles put a temporary end to a business that had long been an “institution" in Murray The news of the tragedy which destroyed everything in the shop except a few negatives and small pieces of equipment was met with great sorrow by neighboring businesses residents and friends Mr Blair's daughter Janet flew to Salt Lake from her Sacramento Mr Blairs grandchildren home skipped school to help pick up the pieces of their grandfather's business And when the news reached fellow photographers many generously offered equipment and studio space to keep scheduled appointments Despite the teary eyes and sad faces the Blairs have kept a healthy perspective on the incident “It's really a tragedy It's so hard for me to talk about it" Mr Blair said as he choked back tears "I'm just thankful that nothing happened to my grandchildren or my family “My wife Donna had left the studio only 10 minutes before that's really hard to cope with" he added The blast occurred after a Murray women swerved across a raised island and plowed into the front of the studio The car hit an exterior natural gas main causing the building to fill with gas “It's leveled” Mr Blair said “There's not one thing there" The freezing temperatures have become a blessing while searching through the rubble Negatives that were soaked when the fire was doused have frozen and remained preserved Mr Blair said they will be able to soak and many of them Original news reports claimed that many high schools would not get yearbook photographs However Mr Blair said all of the yearbook pictures were given to schools a few weeks ago “It's a miracle" he said “If this had happened a month ago there would have really been problems But the yearbook staffs have all their photos" Despite the setback Mr Blair will be behind his camera this Thursday or Friday The business will move to a vacant building he owns f block north at 4881 S State “We're going to keep going making appointments doing sittings and weddings" Mrs Blair said Her voice trembled as she explained the damage that had occurred “The appointment books are gone please tell people to call us if they have an appointment" Mr Blair began his photography career in the ninth grade as an errand boy for photographer Ellis Peck He soon gained experience and began taking photographs After three years of military service during World War II he relumed to work for Mr Peck He purchased the business in 1946 and it has been re-us- e one-hal- his livelihood since The building where the photo studio was located also has a long history Built near the turn of the century it has always been the sight of a photography studio It was originally built for Christensen Photography Four other photographers occupied it before Mr Blair His expertise has brought him recognition throughout the United States and foreign countries where he lectures and teaches his craft Building of Murray Mall Hurried By Explosion of Photo Studio Special To The Tribune The of an South and State Street will begin sooner thkn expected The retail mall to be built directly east of the destroyed Don Blair Photography studio was scheduled to begin in June However since the Jan 10 natural-gaexplosion officials for the' Murray City Redevelopment Agency have been discussing the possibility of an earlier starting date VVe are now anticipating March or the first part of April to begin construction” said Blaine Gehring the agency's executive director Developers planned to build the mall directly east of Mr Blair’s studio Once a new studio had been completed in the mall Mr Blair’s building would then be demolished MURRAY — Construction mall at 4900 s “As we went into the project it was our intention to make sure businesses remain in Murray and if possible on that site" Mr Gehring said “Blair's is such an institution in the city it was never our intention to move them anywhere else" developer had come to a “friendly impasse" with the Blairs when trying to purchase the property Because of their Murray ties the Blairs decided to negotiate with the city instead of with the private developers Just before New Year's the city's Redevelopment Agency purchased the property to allow plans on the development to move ahead The mall is part of a major plan by the Redevelopment Agency to revitalize older parts of the city "Downtown Murray used to be quite a hub" Mr Gehring explained “The mall is a way to redevelop and pump life back into this part of the city” Eagle Crest Realty the mall's developer is still negotiating for a final Several other piece- of property building tenants still must move be- fore construction can begin “We are not sure how soon that will happen" Mr Gehring said The mall will hold seven to eight businesses A national convenience store and restaurant chain are expected to be major anchors in the project Fraternity Leader Visits By Trish Kapos Tribune Staff Writer Initiation into sororities and fraternities no longer means swallowing goldfish or parading in your underwear “Hazing is a cancer" Dave L Wes tol told a group of nearly 250 University of Utah sorority and fraternity members Jan 10 “Over 20 people in the past 17 years have died from it" Mr Westol described a variety of hazing methods that are both abusive and humiliating Tricks such as ledges eat raw eggs or forbidding them to sleep are common making-p- Mr Westol has spoken to university Greeks for the past three years on the consequences of hazing He is the assistant prosecuting attorney in Kalamazoo County Mich and has been the national vice president of Theta Chi Fraternity for six years During the month the U fraterni U r‘' v ‘ K t ' 'v? ' y Enterprise Education thankful his family was not injured gas explosion The studio has been in operation since Vie Salt Lake Tribune will be presented to Davis School District teachers as a relevant timely leaching tool during a Feb 7 in servicp workshop at the district offices Called “SUPERNEWS" the workshop will provide participating teachers with a variety of creative methods for using the newspaper in the classroom The presentation will include means of introducing and reinforcing student skills in language arts math health social studies and science ' SUPERNEWS" is by the Davis School District and The Tribune Carol Van Wagoner newspaper in education coordinator for The Tribune will conduct the workshop Dr Betty Ashbaker supervisor at the Davis district offices has registration information A $25 workshop registration fee will provide participating teachers with recertification credit a teacher's guide for using the newspaper in the classroom other newspaper-relateteaching materials lunch and 120 copies of The Tribune The papers will be delivered to the teacher's schools on select delivery schedules designed to accommodate the teacher's lesson plans While the 8 30 a m to 1:30 pm workshop will emphasize activities for kindergarten through teachers junior high teachers may register by request The "SUPERNEWS" workshop is a part of The Tribune’s d sixth-grad- Newspaper in e Education program Mondoy thru Soturday which provides teachers within the paper's circulation area with newspapers for classroom use at special school rates The papers are offered at the special rate in bulk orders of 10 copies or more The papers are delivered to the schools on the morning of publication and in keeping with a delivery schedule requested by the teachers Teachers participating in The Tribune's NIE program have applied the newspaper as an inexpensive teaching supplement to almost every subject area The program also provides teachers with the services of an NIE coordinator free and instructional materials and free use of a videotape describing the mission and on the third ring" Michael and his pledge brothers endured their pledgeship until initiation week only to find they had entered a hazing chapter They w'ere forced through many humiliating activities their active brothers called secret and esoteric rituals After answering many fraternity trivia questions and doing numerous exercises the pledge class became mentally and physically vulnerable As a consequence of Michaels weakness he was forced by his big brother John to drink an excessive amount of alcohol then drop to the floor and do push ups Because of his low resistance Michael began to vomit and he choked to death A a $7500 cash commemorative plaque Ms Vawdrey teaches students about the private enterprise system Rustic shelves for brick and rock faces Shelves with Polished brass Mr Westol continues his illustration and presents the court case against John Corcoran for involuntary manslaughter However he concludes with no verdict "It s not what could have been done It's what was done" "If it hurts people Drain & i Apollo i Rooter Service service call Price includes ftra rkorao fo CUftlyinq strong productive brotherhood DeMonte’s ()G i i area J DOOR CRASHER SPECIAL PETIT POINT FOOT STOOLS s9 SETS PC SETS Oak Finish S I ’199 A 1 $99 IfjUAAkkiS 1 A BANANA A SETS 5 5 PC SETS vrrr — $ 39 f &AAAkikiX 3 PC INCLINER £ SETS 5 PC SETS Slack ( Brass i Burl i 399 kkwS s49 dAAkkk sswvwrx A R 3 5 3 LOVE SETS of Rod Brough Inc — Fine Woodworking — 945 So 200 W Bountiful - 295-091- 2 & 99 AUVSS CONTEMPO LAMPS Decorator Specials As Low As & 2 3 fcUAkikkvS SOFA & 3 Pnnts-Velve- ts 5491 A & 499 19 jjv PILLOW BACK PC 3 pQ SECTIONALS Starting at 12 OAK TV CARTS 5 SETS— I 275 So 500 West — Bountiful COCKTAIL TABLE Glass & Brass RWWW'tf!? nrr sywwrw? 2 v 4 TABLE wvurrrjw NPILLOWTOP IS Year MATTRESS-B- OX Guarantee St SPRINGS 1 QUEEN- - 33 bfe SIZE SET 1 s 399 FREE FRAME Included OPLN: 8 AM to 5 PM Mon thru Sal A Division s Sjkvm Y UlLT BEDROOM VdAAAA at - 399 1 UAlkViS 6tAAAkkSS& S Come see us at our new location Contemporary CHAIRS 649 &AAAAHSS& f 499 f FRESH Garden Salad FRESH Shrimp Salad A SJkVWfFrryg 1 SOOM r- SOFA & LOVE SEAT fc: CHESTS Oak Finish A DINETTE 2 UAAAAiL “Fraternities stand for idealism and trust not physical endurance" he said ©QBtf South Main laho & 966:6627 SALT LAKE fy it?" Mr Westol asks Initiation is a time for motivation Hazing needs to be replaced with or imit' 4 't I H7 expires- how do you justi- Mr Westol ended by saying “We've " all been through it He admitted he in his was a big hazer fraternity and is a national officer despite that ins as a huvle 40 WosHei Hroins Floor chains toilets of The Tribune The tape called “Your Window on the World” was filmed in The Tribune's newsroom and production facilities MANY MODELS ON DISPLAY The Mantel Shop 194(i off our entire shirk of ladies and metis su inisuil s I A Mi production ilk a Custom made your fireplace AlftJ l low-co- The Tribune's Newspaper in Education program places several thousand copies of the paper into Utah classrooms each year for instructional purposes The papers have been used at every grade level from kindergarten through graduate school and in virtually every area of the curriculum Teachers interested in obtaining a copy of the videotape or ordering papers for their classes should contact Ms Van Wagoner through The Tribune news department Teachers interested in workshop registration may contact Dr Ashbaker at the school district offices make UNBLOCKED I SETS Reg $999 The prize includes WOOD MANTELS for IhII 1¥ natural-Blai- r IMan sour sv im wear ma ds and use this aluahle coupon to DRAINS Warns Students Hazing Can Be Deadly S BEDROOM ties and sororities will be initiating new members into their organizations As a requirement the pledges attended Mr Westol s lecture to learn about hazing Mr Westol encouraged his audience to be aware of hazing and “not do things they don't want to do" ' Instead of leading by example a hazing chapter leads by force" Mr Westol said “They are the 'do as I say not as I do' leaders" Mr Westol presented his ideas on hazing by enacting the pledgeship of freshman Michael O'Brien in the fictional fraternity Gamma Nu I’i Michael was a typical pledge responding to every demand of his big brother John Corcoran and other active brothers And just like a programmed robot John could control his little brother “Push button A and he'll recite the Greek Alphabet Push button B and he'll answer the phone award and dent in the is Davis School District Teachers To Use Tribune at Workshop Brighton Business Teacher Gets Award Business teacher Colleen Vawdrey Lea-veBrighton High has received the Award for Excellence in Private hui' Still Photi Although ashes and rubble are all that remain of the Don Photography studio 4905 S State the Murray resi- - Twin Sire Full $88 Set $108 Sue Set 4 Queen Y 'EC Sue Set $128 FRAME Included JiilAUkvi UTAH’S DISCOUNT DECORATOR STORES WE HELP YOU WITH TODAY1 INTERIOR DESIGN AT NO EXTRA COST'! sr FINEFURNITURE Uta Ml M la M UM YEMH West Valley 4 IbO S Opw Downtown 711 South 300 West 355-800- 0 : Redwood Road 968-- 7 800 l |