Show 2SV The Salt Lake Tribune Wednesday January tsyV'f s s?vH 1987 21 Caring for 111 Spouse Is Not Continued from SV-- 1 vidual caregivers is offered in the third session And finally an information and skill training session will be held for caregivers and family members Group discussions will include a variety of subjects dealing with specific problems caregivers face Professionals will discuss oriented issues including the differences between changes due to illnesses and physical changes due to aging Elderly people are often unaware of the differences said Ms Godfrey Information about community resources dealing with elderly people and their problems in the Salt Lake City area often go unnoticed “Unfortunately many of these people are unaware of services in the community that can offer them emotional and physical support” Ms Godfrey said Communication with family members is also an important factor in One-Ma- n reducing stress for a caregiver “We encourage caregivers to communicate with family members friends and neighbors” said Ms Godfrey This is important because caregivers often take the burden of responsibility upon themselves even when outside help is available Legal and financial questions concerning Medicare home ownership and insurance will be discussed and ways to deal with death and grieving “Dying is a very real possibility A"tr ' ' Blair Business Is 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 home Mr Blair's grandchildren skipped school to help pick up the pieces of their grandfather’s old business And when the news reached fellow photographers many generously offered equipment and studio space to keep scheduled preserved Mr Blair said they will be able to soak and re-umany of them claimed that news reports Original 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 one-ha- lf 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 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 se ’ 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 returned to work for Mr Peck He purchased the business in 1946 and it has been 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 71s Inmates Turn Gray Days Green Job that caregivers need to acknowledge” Ms Godfrey said “Making plans such as funeral arrangements signing of a will or a living will is important” This type of preparation will help eliminate an excess amount of pressure that is felt when a death occurs Ms Godfrey added Information about the project can be obtained by contacting Maggie Godfrey or Jeffrey Bartlome at the Social Research Institute Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Utah m v iA"- Plant-Mind- ed Craig Marvel stepped out Into the gray day pulled up the collar qf his denim jacket and quickly walked across a field coated with a crusty layer of dirty snow “Everything’s gray in January” he said lighting up a cigarette and crunching his way across the compound “The trees are gray the skies are gray The mountains are gray and the buildings are graj Nothing seems alive in January Everything’s dead Everything’s gray” He reached his destination — a small building with a plastic roof — and opened the door A blast of warm air cut into the coldness There was no crusty snow here There was no gray Craig Marvel was surrounded by a fragrant oasis of green — begonias and orchids and bachelor’s buttons To his left were red mums to his right were “pink ladies” To his rear were arrowheads and aluminum plants impatiens and ivy Somehow it seemed strange even impossible Just outside the door 60 feet or so away fences of were the gray twisting barbed-wir- e the Utah State Prison Behind the gray walls there is no oasis There are no mums or “pink ladies” Heavy steel doors slam shut echoing eerily through the corridors as a reminder to all who enter that there is no easy way out Craig Marvel knows the feeling The prison has been his home for 11 years If you ask him what he’s serving time for he’ll shove his hands in his pockets look you in the eye and say “I'm doing life For murder” Eleven years ago in Price Craig and two companions shot a man 14 times beat him stabbed him and choked him then left his body in a nearby canyon Craig says he was so high on alcohol and dfugs he “didn’t know the difference between right and wrong" “It was like a bad dream” he says “I had no control I know that I did it I know that I’ve got to pay the price So the prison’s my home now I’m not ' scheduled for parole until 2005” To pass the hours away — to help relieve the tension and stress he felt from living in a dark cell Craig volunteered to help landscape the prison grounds He planted flowers and shrubs watered them weeded them and nursed sick plants back to health He loved those quiet mornings in the garden when everything was fresh and the sun was just beginning to warm away the dew He loved the coolness of the dirt between his fingers the softness of a new flower He learned to care about something agaih ' learned to care for something again And now Craig Marvel has what he patiently waited for for so many years It isn’t big it isn’t fancy but it doesn’t matter Craig finally has his greenhouse On a cold and gloomy Tuesday afternoon there he was walkjngTip and down warm aisles inspecting his mums watering his geraniums and coaxing his “Creeping Jenny” plant to “cooperate — live a little grow a little” John “Wolf Wulfenstein and Ed Roark were coaxing the Creeping Jenny too “It’s simple” says John “If we don’t take of her she’ll die" John and Ed are each serving for armed robbery “I needed money I needed drugs” says Ed That was two years ago Now he needs plants After Craig received permission to build a greenhouse on the prison grounds two years ago John and Ed who were both looking for something positive to do volunteered their time and chipped in to help Everyday for seven months the men met outside to gather scrap lumber remove nails and straighten them and sort through discarded bricks for pnes that weren’t broken Everything they used for their project was something that would have otherwise gone out with the trash The three men built the greenhouse themselves with hard work intuition and a desire to “do something good to do something that will benefit everybody” For several months they hammered sawed and chopped until finally the plastic roof was put on and the greenhouse was ready The men stood back looked at their project and cheered It was perfect except for one thing: Where could seeds be found for plants? After a meeting with Elmer Knowles a Salt Lake City gardener who volunteers his knowledge of landscaping at the prison whenever it is needed a plan was arranged A few Salt Lake City nurseries would supply seeds and gardening equipment in exchange for plants grown In the greenhouse Thus a few months ago the first crop of Utah State Prison tiothouSe n flowers was planted in hundreds of empty cans and cottage cheese containers from the prison’s kitchen For eight or nine hours a day five or six days a week Craig Ed and John are allowed to leave the grayness of the prison’s corridors and strdll across the cold prison compound to their warm tropical getaway Taking care of the plants has become more than just a job to the men it has become more than just a way to pass the time They have murdered they have robbed they have done things they afe ashamed of But none of that matters in a greenhouse All that mattere says Craig are the plants ' It s a labor of love” John will tell you flipping his brown hair out of his eyes and taking a close look at his spider plants “See this gives nie if I let ’em down they ain’t responsibility These plants depend on me gonna be around for long These plants they’re therapeutic If I had my way every guy in this joint would have a plant in his cell They make ytfu feel good about yourself — make you forget about your problems for awhile” one-gallo- ' are all that remain of the Don Photography studio 4905 S State the Murray rest Although ashes and rubble i I r dent is thankful his family was not injured in the gas explosion The studio has been in operation since 1946 natural-Blai- Murray Mall Construction May Begin Soon Special To The Tribune MURRAY — Construction of an mall at 4900 South and State Street will begin sooner than expected 18000-square-fo- 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-ga- s explosion officials for the Murray City Redevelopment Agency have been discussing the possibility of an earlier starting date “We are now anticipating March or the first part of April to begin con- is such an institution in the city it was never our intention to move “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 The developer bad 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 struction” 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 1TI The Schwinn DX-90- 0 Exerciser r xS I fEi m- t- - -- v 25 OFF $ Electronic instrument cluster includes built m speedometer "tji 8 Durable bolt through at hetghf adjustment I Inertie wheel scientifically balanced lor smoother nde zse 25995 S3 ' edtusf- - mentfor perfect balance iTir C Largo selection ol Small Prints by Kinney Bros & 'x mMutionai c4 i !(' a V 9 1! 11 I 0 ° t ! 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I swear those plants are listening” Craig Marvel stood quietly in the corner and listened to Ed and Jolin discuss the psychological benefits of begonias and snapdragons He reached up for his prized geranium rubbed some soil between his fingers to see if it needed watering then satisfied that it didn’t slapped his hands together to dust off the dirt and gently put the plant back on the shelf Then he tucked in his blue prison shirt put on his jacket opened the greenhouse door and marched across the crisp snow back to the compound back to e barbed-wirfences the back to the gray wails TS Built to Hast & them anywhere else” 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 mail’s developer is still negotiating for a final piece of property Several other building tenants still must move before construction can begin “We are not sure how soon that will happen” Mr Gehring said - 566-142- 1 £ Sale Ends Feb 9 1987 Hallmark Shop s TRINA’S 'Ml East 7800 South 1 In (lie New Brighton I’ninle HI l’lnu 942-662- 0 'S itrnE 1 -- |