| Show - - Slawealumalbili i lrarosao)iitgr---——xl—m:--- --- ---- - CVv0ft e4'4t edaAlaggv '0MTlr-tIfr- i I ! 4 t 1 I A20 1 i The Silt Lake Tribune Sunday June 16 1991 and Glider Make for Breathtaking Duo Tett)rts By Rob Thornbeny POST ILEGISITH Idaho --- The frayed in spots with silver covered rope duct tape snakes its way down the middle of the runway It doesn't inspire much confidence in the first-tim- e passenger but it's the only thing that makes circling next to the Tetons in a glider possible The 150-forope is the umbilical cord between the tow plane and the glider It is a very short distance tween the two planes DRIGGS I a 4 ot i - ii "And it'll seem a lot closer than that when we get up" says pilot Eric Soyland who offers glider rides and glider instruction from the airport in Driggs is right but it doesn't seem to matter once you're in the shadow of the Grand Teton "It's the ultimate ride in the West" says Soyland a certified glider pilot and instructor "You're so close to the Tetom you can feed the mountain goats" His boast is not that far from the truth At 12500 feet an unsettling bang signals the separation of the two planes Silence envelops the cockpit as Soyland steers the sailplane to ward the Grand Teton "Are you scared" he asks "Yes" you reply "So am I but I need the money" be says A minute passes before the joke is funny Soyland seems to play "chicken" with the Grand inching closer and closer He gets within a quarter of a mile — it seems a great deal closer — before dipping a wing and circling away It is a tingling journey two miles above sea level and for $99 anyone can join Soyland as he takes a 45-- minute journey over Table Mountain Teton Canyon and Grand Targhee Ski Area Soyland's company Grand Valley Aviation also offers a $50 glide over the valley an $95 tour over Grand Tarate Ski Resort and glider instruction "It's the purest expression of flight" said Soyland who has flown 9000 hours over the past 25 years "It's as close to being an eagle as possible" The gliders commonly called sailplanes are made of aluminum fiberglass wood specially treated fabrics or any combinations of these materials Their wingspan ranges from 40 to 72 feet and they weigh between 250 and 1000 pounds LEAD STORY In Hull England Judge Arthur Myerson was in trouble with protestors after rejecting a life sentence for rapist Brian David Huntley in March and giving him three years instead Myerson said the lesser ono! for drawing a moustache and glass- es on his Sinatra poster Lfas Angeles Dodgers' pitcher John Candelaria reportedly inten- tionally hit new teammate Juan Samuel with a pitch in an intrasquad practice game in March because Samuel had hit a home run off him when they were opponents in 1983 Charles Fortin 28 of Toronto was convicted in November of mischief and harassment after spreading blood and animAl body parts (cow scalp ear and leg) at the door of the office of his former lawyer Katherine McLeod after she had dropped his case and spurned his game-winni- i : 1 i 1 I sturdy than a jumbo jet enthusiasts claim "These things aren't particularly dangerous because people treat them with respect They have fiberglass frames but they are stronger than that Cessna over there" said glider pilot Steve Hopkins of Denver pointing to a plane idling near- REUTER ' NEWS SERVICE LAS VEGAS — A department-stor- e worker on her first gambling Las Vegas won a in fling jackpot of almost $13 million after spending $3 -I will use the money to buy a better house and I don't plan to stop working" said Harolyn Couch 45 of Springfield Mass on Friday slot-machi- 1 ' 1 41 - - ' News of I - l'i:' 1 - ' -- the Weird - 4k:kJ"' it Chuck )11 Shepherd romantic advances Employees of the Merita Bread Co in Greensboro NC noticed last year that their company coffee machine produced a brew and they tried various remedies to improve the taste Some employees then remembered a heated dispute they had had with a delivery man who had access to the plant in evening hours and thus organized a stakeout Subsequently Dale David Tinstman 46 was arrested for having urinated into the coffee machine daily for several foul-tastin- g months WEIRD ZOOLOGY Casper the Great Dane recovered completely from a February incident in Portland Maine when he stepped to answer a call of nature beside a Central Maine Power Co utility pole Unknown to him or Peter Legere who was walking Cas- per the pole had and when Casper made contact he received a shock Legere said Casper was in pain for 10 minutes and "disoriented" for about 24 hours In December police in Northumberland England investigated the alleged sexual abuse of Freddie the Dolphin after a man was seen fondling Freddie's genitals In Dingle Bay Ireland a naked woman reportedly leaped into the sea shouting "Fungie (the name of the village's resident dolphin) I love you" A British dolphin expert said use of his the dolphin's erect penis (performing the functions of a human arm) has mislead short-circuit- ed 20-vo- lt 1 non-sexu- al Her jackpot was $1281126 The jackpot was the biggest ever slot machine acpaid on a cording to International Game Technology the company that runs the system still don't believe it" said Couch who is married and has three grown children -- They 25-ce- nt slot-machi- 1 I 9 S s ti 15 Locations from Logan to St George 1 I 1976 I 1 I I - i 1E811 83 Friends 84 To Reviews 8685 Charm 87 Over 88 Sutler 89 Door 90 Today 611691 I s '478-plr'scu- ffila It lk )17:114 mitt 5142939 3626367 - ZO 4- I ) ! 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high-pow- 12 42 Family li couldn't find their queen Residents of a certain block on Mapleton Avenue in Oak Park are preparing to be assaulted this July for the sixth straight year by several thousand starlings that descend nightly on trees and resist water hoses designed to get them to leave The residents don't want them hart even though they cause enormous "fouling" of the block st Last summer a class of 25 psychology students at Kalamazoo College in Michigan trained 14 rats as part of a class project in lieu of writing term papers Among the tricks the rats mastered were the broad jump tightrope walking and playing soccer Randall D Beer a Case Western Reserve University professor has created an artificial cockroach using a computer program that simulates a cockroach's "thinking" and behavior Next he plans to build a robot to test and improve his design Said Beer "Cockroaches are infamously robust and flexible and they adapt to complex dynamics Those are qualities we'd like to 44? unexpectodY 22c11 2 69 70 71 72 Lt I 2: Nor TKri 6867 3937 Thin 97 t210 CANCER 04 COPY PRICES 0 2F :: c)7:C5919:227241 61 Farnity 62 Invite 63 Feel 64 Close 65 Show 66 True 31 With 32 Simpie 33 Mate 34 Filled 35 Be 38 On at t 23 7y rsoianberS V51-64-7- 0 1 : D TVO-18-31-4- IUANY dIth According to the Stars n i UM' It -- To de4elop message for Sunday read words Zodiac birth sign TAU RUS p earth" - t kt Pt APR POLLAN Your Doily Adivity Guido CCutill the world" said JJ Rose who travels from Castle Rock Colo to sail in Teton Valley "It's excellent" "It's you and Mother Nature doing your thing" said Hopkins "Instead of working against Mother Nature with a motor you're working with her It's solitary You are completely disconnected with the O i 1 ' in11-21M-4- 3 west "It has to be the best scenery in 4 t Api 1 t '771K unmatched ranging hundreds of miles from the Absaroka Range in the east to the Lembi Range to the KING set I if At 11000 feet and about 80 mph the tow plane turns toward the Grand From there the visibility is ingly aroused humans In March in Baton Rouge La 10000 bees descended on the car of Maddie Mix at Gene Humpheys' auto shop just as it was being driven into the carwash The bees kept landing even ask the water sprayed them off A Louisiana State University bee expert said probably the bees were disoriented because they e I ilaii1Z61-82 is impossible the Soaring Safety Foimdation there are about 60 accidents and eight fatalities a year in gliders "We don't like that" Hammond said "The Soaring Safety Society was created to work those numbers down to a liveable leveL" The numbers seem high but Hammond pointed out that gliders are safer than regular aircraft because they land at slow speeds (about 50 mph) are built to land anywhere and they don't carry fueL The pilots say they are safe because they demand respect "You always have to be looking see in ii4AR L By CLAY 1 l'i 47) STAR GAZE!?::'A Each time the planes pass by According to Gene Hammond of artificial-intelligenc- 1El! I A through a thermal — the ris'szag col- umn of hot air that looks like a dust devil and helps a glider gain altitude — the passenger's stomach falls through the floor Swallowing Massachusetts Mom Turns $3 Into $12 Million at Slots 4 1 -- t1 sentence was because Huntley "showed concern and consideration by wearing a contraceptive" GRUDGES Dr Steven C Johnson a Davenport Iowa obstetrician cut off service to the wives of three school officials in February because his son was not given enough playing time in school basketball games One of the wives was eight months pregnant at the time Tokyo police arrested Ryoji Akashi 27 in January after his mother reported that he was planning a massacre at a class reunion because many former schoolmates had bullied him in junior high The mother became suspicious on the day before the reunion when she smelled gasoline in his room and found the diary entry "I will kill them with bombs and poison" In April Barbara Mossner was ordered by a court in Monait Clemens Mich to pay her $2800 for damaging his Frank Sinatra record collection and ' A 1 ahead so you don't get trapped someplace" said Bill Patterson of Denver "You have to be thinking ahead so you can get down without hurting the craft or yourself" Takeoff is a sluggish dance — the tow plane jumps forward and the sailplane responds seconds later They pull and twist each other while circling for altitude They range in price from $50000 for used models to more than $100000 for new gliders They sound flimsy — the fad that electrical tape is used to decrease drag on the wings doesn't help cure that notion — but they are more Judge Reduces Rapist's Term to 3 Years 6 For Considerately Wearing Condom i I t 1"1 i 1 e k A jralat f Irt ) ' |
