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Show I 2EV The Salt Lake Tribune, 19, l'Jl'.j Wednesday, February Romance, Like Beauty, Is In the Beholder, Harold uf mud It vtas Valentines, Lv and the Salt RaUe parking lut was lull I n'k mud i a aps each sporting gun splattered pickup trucks of all colors, ed ' studi and Lost, Let or (Mi Back to Volksvt in jgens warning peons to chute an needed ow ape ner tues the size of Army tanks Each truck s seat to the cone rete the driver from make the seven-foo- t drop ' et "Lots filled up," the attendant was telling the drivers of be.:i-ustation Wdgons and econpeople who didnt eare about aromy cars riving an hour early to get the best seats at the TNT National Championship Pulling Circuit. Re pointed to a blue and white Ford that was jacked up eight, perhaps nine feet off the ground. "But if you want to chance it, you can park your VW under that truck over there. Looks like itll fit just about right. Across the street at the Marriott Hotel, couples wearing furs and tuxedos, their arms full boxes of chocoof flowers and lates, looked in puzzlement at the crowd pouring into the Salt Palace. The cowboy hats were thicker than the exhaust pouring out of the 500 or so drive vehicles p heart-shape- d four-whe- Who t is it, Harold0 Who are these people? I thought the gun show was last weekend "No, dear, it couldnt be the gun show. On a Friday night? They don t let kids run around with guns on a Friday night By the looks of the crowd. 1 d say it's another one of those mud bog deals. Biggest event in Salt Palace history, they say Ah, yes, look at the sign. TNT truck pull. Geez, the things to a people are into these days. What kind ol guy would take his sweetheart truck and tractor pull on the most romantic evening of the year? Well, Harold, guys like Scott Glover. Wade Jensen and Keith Bennett, to name a few. Romance means different things to diiferent people. Lots of evening is more couples think an exhaust-filled- , bathtub with fun than popping open a bottle of bubbly in a cute little cupids for faucets. Yes. Harold, there are people who would rather check their oil and wipe their hands on the back of their jeans than soak up to their earlobes in perfumed bliss and dry off with towels so pink some men blush when they use them. Garn Explains Space Life Megan Griffin, above, listens intensely as Sen. Jake Garn, explains to students at J.E. Cosgriff School how an astronaut looks while sleeping in space and how astronauts must hang onto other objects in order to move around the space shuttles cabin. The senator spoke at the school as part of a program to encourage reading among students. Will Winter Ever Wither? Heres How to Hold Out Continued From FJY-- 1 keep them entertained to try and read with them and read with them and help with school work. I can hardly wait until spring). Theyre getting bored And the weather seems to take an extra toll on people who need creative skills to perform their jobs. I hate it. I keep saying, I could be said Ross happy in Phoenix, owner of a Draper creative writing and production company. Maintaining his creativity, he said, requires that he shut out the weather. I spend time fantasizing about trips to exotic places, he said. You can't look outside, you have to just concentrate on what you're working s. r CLIP & Salt akr fibuntr Telephone Numbers Dovou need information, ant spujts sctiri's un e a ne to Cury o leutur? Is our paper missing Do ou erant to discus a led or (Kspiay advertisement' yeo-un- t HERES WHERE TO CALL t(orf 10 a.m.. Sunday before p m 1 Home letivery Information. 237 297)0 l Monday Knday. 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DAMN!" shouted John, crushing his beer cup and flinging it on the floor. "STUPID CHEVY'S GONNA WIN NOW. NO GOOD CHEVROLET! CHEVYS AINT WORTH NOTHIN! FORDS NUMBER ONE! His wife removed her ear plugs and joined 30 other wives in the beer line, away from the exhaust fumes and horsepower engines. John didnt even h notice. Stomper Bully," a $100,000 mean machine with tires was crushing Volkswagens and station wagons in the middle of the arena. It wasn't until the show was nearly over that John consoled his wife and promised to take her to Denny's Saturday night "CMON, HONEY. THIS IS FUN! ITS A GREAT WAY TO SPEND "VALENTINES DAY' IT'S ORIGINAL! BESIDES, IT BEATS PAYING 20 BUCKS FOR A MOTEL ROOM'" No doubt, Rae Johansen is still wearing her ear plugs tjjll i'.ikf Srtbunr 1 183 6000) 154-yar- d Dial 311 7800 South Mam IK 60,000-poun- 7. ia r EviabtivheO Aonl IS IBM pul Dshed daily and Sunday and twice on Wednesday by the Kearns Tribune Corporation U3 Soutn e Avon City uiafcfr4no iecand tiaks postage paid ate. Salt Lake Ctv. Utah postmas bend address changes to ItR T he Sait Lake Tribune t3 South Mam SaitLakeCitv Ufatt&a'ii eight-foot-hig- articles many letters and pictures sent scripts to T he Sait C ake r ibune are sent at the owner s rsk and Kearns Tribune C orpor dtmn assumes no responsibility lor ther cus'odv of return Ati unsolicited SU8SC BiPTiON RATES Carrier Delivery 4 ?l per coo Odtiv $ Soper copy Sunday withda-'Sunday Only per copy Sunday b Carrier arid Wednesday bv Mail IS L County) i 98 per week Newsraik or Vendor 4 jf per coov Daily 4 00 per codv Sunday Raes mav d Her outside he Sa't Lake Metropolitan area 8v MaD Daily and Sunday (Utah Idaho Nevada and Wyoming) 48 SO rro tidily Only i Uah Idaho Nevada and Wvommq 4S TSnv Sunda Only Uah Idaho Nevada and Wyoming) 4WSrTX Sindav Only (All Other States) 46 71 "xi Wednesday Only is I 4 3 00 y ' County) Daily and Sunday t A)i other Stales 4'6 V? mo An mai subskrtoi'Ons oavab'e n OlUTCAJtY NOTICES M 217 eekdays before S p m Weekdays after 5 pm. 217 s 237 Sunday after noon 217 Saturdays after k a m Toll t ree m l lah s. long-rang- T d Still, it is interesting that hundreds of loving couples chose to show their affection by handing over tickets to the TNT truck pulling championship. The lower dress circle of the Salt Palace seemed an unlikely place to cuddle up and whisper sweet nothings. For one thing, you couldn't hear For another, the smell of burning anything above a squadron of rubber and alcohol fuel overwhelmed any expensive perfume a woman might have dabbed behind her ears for the special occasion. It was definitely an evening that could make or break a marriage. JOHN, ITS ALMOST NINE OCLOCK' YOU PROMISED WE COULD LEAVE AFTER THE BLUE THUNDER TRUCK AND THE SUPERSTOCK COMPETITION!" thundered Rae Johanson above the roar of a flame throwing, blue funny car pickup, doing wheehes and flipping dirt along the sidelines, to the delight of the crowd. Rae was not delighted. HONEY, YOU PROMISED' MY EARS CANT TAKE THIS! IT'S LOUDER THAN THAT ROCK CONCERT YOU DRAGGED ME TO WHEN WE FIRST GOT MARRIED!" John took another another swig of beer and jumped up to cheer on Ron Haekenkamp's Foolish Pleasure Again Ford, as it pulled 60,000 pounds to d chainsaws filled the marker. The sound ol a million the air, and exhaust billowed from the tailpipes, rising to the Salt Palace roof like cigarette smoke in a pool hall. rior designer, said she finds herself working more with warm colors during the winter months. "Without increasing the heat or anything, it gives you a feeling of warmth. But hope springs eternal, or in this case, hope's eternal for spring "I feel like once you get to the middle of January or February that winters almost over. Its down hill from here, said meteorologist Alder. "I even saw someone out mowing a lawn the other day." e The forecast is for improved weather and a much better outlook a few long weeks away. Right after tax time tUSPS '2.17 heart-shape- on and really not think about how terrible it is outside. Dianne Holt, a Salt Lake City inte- SAVE iWkddys t arner A dirt-flyin- g Editorial: Work on Canyon Plan Welcome Elected officials in Salt Lake are finally confronting what promises to be a contentious, but extremely important issue: developing a master plan for the canyons of the Wasatch Front. After years of haphazard development and inconsistent policy, a group of county policymakers has decided to sit down and try to neplan for the gotiate a long-tercanyons The group, known as the Wasatch Canyon Interagency Co County advance The t r ibunp is a member o the Assot iated Press The Associated Press s pnt ned pmiuS've'vothe ua u reprndm.tion ot a'i ux.i' news prints n th S new SPdP r ds wen js a" a P news hes Myrrbr' ijf .QMS Bu'fdU 0 Au iffy ordinating Committee, holds its first meeting Wednesday. The committee will consist of a policy group, composed of elected officials, supported by a technical group, composed of people expert in such fields as water development, pollution control, avalanche safety and highway maintenance. d This enthusiasm for canyon planning was prompted by many factors, most important of which was probably the state's un new-foun- successful bid for the Winter Olympics. Debate over the Olympic bid highlighted the almost total absence of long-terplanning for system of ski trails linking the jor ski resorts in the Wasatch. ma- The US Forest Service, which manages much of the land in the canyons, has said the mountains east of Salt Lake County are already approaching their limit of development. The federal agency has been reluctant to impose controls on proposed development, however, without the support of local elected officials. the canyons. 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