Show i WWW (y f Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley USPS Frank "I'd thought I'd seen a desert" Thomas camera back down to Riyadh for procI essing and possible repair If can find a Pentax representative March 23 1W- IDrove back down to this very modem but old city m central Saudi Arabia With its modem freeways tall skycondominiums mansion scrapers cars homes thousands of and trucks industries etc It is well into the 20th century The old is reflected in the staunch fundamentalist Moslem Religion enforced by the kmg's government upon a people whose demeanor is quite easily m this given in stereotype To be a man ancient culture that embraces exudes male dominance is to be everything For women who wear chador m all public places theirs is a subtle wanness a very demure guarded style A certain timelessness can be seen in their submissive role Their lot has experienced little transition from the Bedoun Nomads of 3000 years past or today m spite of a glittering skyline and modem luxuries bought wnh gold (liquid gold) Yet Arabia in my estimation is unmistakaEven if its essence is elubly Arabia sive 'Frank of Arabia' LTC Frank M Thomas 7 March 1991 A! Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Operation Desert Storm (Editor Note: Frank Thom turned to the Land of the after a brief visit to bis a has reFree and home in n has been reassigned to D C When he return Holden he will again be teach ing art at Delta High School We continue with current excerpts from his journal and welcome him home) Holden March ll 19 Against naval targets These bunkers were barely north of UMM Quasr in Iraq —Back In KKMC March 2ft Had a little trouble genmg a flight back to Saudi Arabia but I am now back m my Villa washing my clothes and mi I smeily body Back on the 8th I spent several hour with Col Tony Moreno CMDR of the third brigade 1st Infantry Division at his headquarters Safuno Airfield Iraq He flew me out to where the freeway enters Iraq at the town of Safwan It was there he encounters Republican Guard Medina Division clementsin his drive to take the Iraqi Air field for the cease fire negotiations (A temporary shaky cease fire was m effect at that time) He brought two battalions of M I A tanks forward with him to just in front of the Iraqi lines then got down from his Bradly fighting vehicle and wa'Ved out mto the open area between the two armies He called for the Senior Iraqi officer to come out Two Iraqi Brigadier Generals and one government civilian came forward They demanded to know “What are you doing here? Are you lost? Do you wait to Surrender?” His reply was “I have come mto Iraq to secure the Safwan A afield for tomorrow’s negotiations and will do as ordered with or without yotir cooperation After Contacting Bagdad the Iraqi Generals came back and read a prepared statement to the effect that Bagdad wanted to negotiate m Geneva Switzerland and "Who did the United States plan to send’’” (While this was going on a number of Iraqi soldiers began throwing their weapons down and walked across the field to surrender) Colonel Moreno told them he was no politician he was a professional soldier as were they He said "I follow my General' order and give you until 1600 how to move your force out of my way or we will roll over you At 1500 hours the Generals came back with another statement from Bagdad They were stopped in their reading of it when by signal a company of MIA Abrams tanks came up on line on both sides of the Colonel He shouted "My men are eager to fight If you don't want your men to die and you to be responsible get them out of my way" (I plan to do a painting of this scene and entitle it “The a!timatum”X At 500 hours the Iraqi’s sent back a message “Don’t kill our men Give us 20 minutes to withdraw" at 1620 hours Colonel Tony Moreno’s 3X00 man armored force rolled through Safwan and secured the Arport and the Bagdad Freeway up to beyond the Euphrates River The stage was set for negotiations on Iraqi sotL The electronics in my camera is film and my going crazy MjsI take our March 24 1991—Sunday In Riyadh I finally located the 144th Evac hospital next to a Patriot missile battery But alas no Paul Blad of Kanosh (Fillmore) It seems the 144th is quartered in Eskan village (The complex built for the Bcdovm cnbes who don’t want to settle down) about two block from where I am Maying temporally A lmost felt like home to see the Utah State Rag in front of the 144th Headquarters Found Paul this Ume We spent the day tounn g tire city of Riyadh trying to find the Pentax dealer with my camera Said they would have it ready for me (Strange hours during the by Islamic period of Ramadan the Arabs fast during the day and feast after 8 00 p m they open their businesses 0900-500 then hrs) Paul took us to the gold market a bazaar of shops mud fort that was the next to the original Riyadh- - The Captain Paul Blad (of Kanosh) is quite a wheeler dealer with those Saudi gold merchants He has the knack of talk aig their prices down to something fairly affordable Bought a beautiful gold and silver necklace for my lady and gold rings for my five That daughters and could break a guy (Got la buy more next trip for my wife my mother and Janice Zeiglcr of Holden) My camera has me worried U h rank m i nomas Kuwait City Kuwait bored support soldiers We can’t resist trying the burgers that eat on vour sides for hours My camera was ready at 0 130 hrs this morning - cost 250 nals (about 66 60) (Mand says that had we fed wolf burgers to the Iraqis They would have given up w no fight ) March 26— Kuwait city We drove up on this trp so we could have more mobility m country The six lane freeway up from Kuwaiti border is so bomb riddled that we we constantly slowing swerving stopping to avoid damage to our Nissan “Patrol” "I never tire of seeing the desert shepherds with their black wooly flocks or large camel herds tended by Bedouins driving small small Japanese pickups across the sands" Got mto “Camp Freedom" next to the Kuwait airport We are bedding down in a carpet office in the ministry of education building The Iraqi's curiously didn’t destroy the structure or the full of chilsurrounding wsehouse ail printed in dren's school books Arabic March 27 1991—Safwan Iraq We we stopped at a U S army 3rd armored division road block on the freeway south of the “meeting point” clover leaf leading on up to Bagdad ) T wo 500 lb bombs were found next to the traffic lanes and an (EOD) explosive ordinance disposal team is attempting to defuse them (We have been told it will take about an hour) I have been talking to an Iraqi civilian an elementary school teacher from Baserah I found he is worried about getting back home after 5 00 p m said the Iraqi soldiers won’t let him back into the city if he doesn't get started up the highway soon He was a nice and friendly Since he hadn’t eaten since early morning I gave him a bottle of w iter (U liters) and two MRE dinners Whilelhad the wagon's back door open I gave some food to a crowd of children gathered Almost mistake got mobbed' As we crossed from Kuwait into Iraq tMdrui Operation Desert Storm I never tire of seeing the desert shepherds with then black wooley flocks or the large camel herds tended by mounted Bedouins others driving small across the sand SeeJapanese ing this scene again and again is haunting and commands my mind as if I an looking m on a window of time Old Testament time Thursday I delivered my Pentax 0 camera to a factory representative far repair (Oh I hope that wasn’t a mistake but I am desperate to continue use of the camera in my art research) I can't get it back until Sunday night Hard to get used to the idea that Sunday is a normal business day and Friday is the Sabbath Saadi Desert March IS 199 Resting at this dusty convoy maintenance site (CMS) on the highway south of a dirty little village called Umm AJ Jamajim We are two thirds of die drive back up to KKMC This restTuelTood "wolf stop is famous (infamous) for its free grilled hamburgers burgers" served by nrhappy unimaginative at Safwan a hale while ago there was trash everywhere and a crowd of some 000 people milling about Looked like The aftermath of a not Boom! They gave up on defusing the bombs and decided to blow them m place Time to get going March 2 1991 We toured this beautiful (or at least was last year) city on the persian gulf all of today Yesterday after reaching the U S armylraqi army meeting point and picture taking we started back through the Iraqi village of Safwan to (he border Ae were some what started to see 2ff O to 3000 people (men women and children) running from all directions tow ard town square Must admit it was a little frightening made certain I had hi ammo cup in my weapon (45 cal pistol) as we got closer to the town center the crowd got larger It seems die Saudis had driven a food relief into die square and were drawing boxes of food on into the crowd Took tots of photos as we drove around the crowd They mobbed the truck noted and scared the Saudis who drove away wuh more than half the fond still loaded Hungry people 13th century Saudi mentality combined to create a most dangerous situation We drove into the burning AR Rawdatayn oil field north of Kuwait city and photographed oil fed flames belching from ruptured lines and oil wells Got to wnh m 200 feet We picked through positions and bunker along the escarpment overlooking the bay and kuwait city We were working with enemy artifacts collectors from the U S Army center of military history Today (28 March) we spent touring and photographing the ravaged city At one point we drove past an empty guard shack up a tree lined avenue to a large structure A man sitting outside formed us it was the Kuwaiti Emir’s palace It looked ravaged He allowed us to wander through Those Iraqi pigs had stolen and destroyed everything down to the bare walls Hiscoilecttonofoilpaimingshad been slashed and frames broken I was allowed to keep a royal (special) auto license plate as a memento We then worked our w ay through the city down to the bay It seems every home is quite definitely a mansion or mini place The mannas had luxury yachts sunk m their slips They tried to destroy or burn everything they couldn't stuff mto stolen autos (most of the looters rapists murderers lost their lives m “ambush alley" A two mile section of six lane freeway leading up the escarpment toward Bagdad Our aircraft caught them fleeing the city The carriage of tanks trucks BMP's Russian armored personnel carriers stolen autos all stuffed with booty rates is like the biggest wrecking yard m the world t defies description I got lots of photos) In the afternoon we came across french armored vehicles off loading hundreds of (honest of goodness) of foreign legionnaires on one of the beaches I jumped out to take pictures of this colorful event when one legionnaire (white klcpi hat wuh auto weapon slung across his chest) stepped tow ard me and said “Hi there colonel I’m Tim Tsang from New Jersey " said he was the only American m his regiment Said they were preparing to parade and have a nbbon cutting ceremony for the first Kuwaiti beach cleared of mines Mario and I were the only two American officers there and two captains were detailed to escort U S We felt like VIP’s (Got lots of side all the TV camera men after the troop review and ceremony the French four star General Miche Roquejeoffre was passing near us and surrounded by his officers and news people he looked me in the eye as he walked I couldn't think of anything else but to nod my head - too far across the crowd to salute He nodded his headthen instantly turned and came nght up to us to introduce himself and the Kuwaiti general wuh him Mano and I were stunned Dumb! At last I realized I had a tongue introduced us as military artists from the US army center of military history and were quite impressed by his troop I thanked him and rendered my finest U S army hand returned by salute both generals Noticed that every TV video camera was on us Told Mano that we were going to be on TV (Diry Grungy boots LB c faces kevlar helmet) All the way to the cutting room He shouted "my men are eager to fight il you don't want your men to die and you to Two 0 Ex-Deput- VoL 31 No 24 Mav 9 TM1 Now Face Criminal Charges Kate Hellenbrand Two ex Snerff Deputies in Ml lard County were itm' gred n Circuit Court Friday Mav Vi pursuant to criminal charges filed by Millard County’s Attorney Office These charges were filed after an independent investigation into alleged acts of misconduct by the Deputies Glen P Quamberg Hid David A Aden At tnmey Lawrence Hunt apoeared m court on their behalf to enter pleas of not guilty on all charges entered against the two men Sheriff Ed Phillips had requested be the independent investigation conducted by the Utah Dcparment of Corrections Investigative Division after having conducted h is own nier nal investigation The results of the were ndctxrr lent nvestigation rected o he County Attorney's of fice s charged Ex deputy Quamberg th ore count of lewdness one count of offic al misconduct and one count of aiding and abetting fornication Ail charges are Class B Misdemeanors th two Ex deputy Alien is charged counts of lewdness and 'me aunt of o(ficai misconduct Details of the case are not avail able al Jus ume and both Snerff Phillips lrd County Attorney LeRay ere reluctant to hed much Jaccton hghtor die rumors hat are circulating through 'he Countv "Ac don't w ini to eopartue the case n anvway staic-- Jackson Health Fair '91 May 14 Take advantage of the Fillmore Community Medical Center's Annual Health Fair to be held T uesday May 4 1991 from 9am to 5 p m at the Fillmore Hospital located at 674 So Hwy 99 Each year the FCMC provdes free ail wbo screenings and information for e will be attend the fair This year offering: Serum Screenings ffrm the lab - 20 channel test for S20 Lipid Profile LDL HDL cholesterol (includes for Si 5 Should fast 12 Tnglyendes) hours for these tests Glaucoma Vision Screening by Dr Acuity Edmunds and Dr Lewis Free foot screening by Dr Jaramiilo Free hearing screening by Susannah Ungncht Free skin cancer screening by Dr Brothers Free hematocrit test by Public Health Free pulmonary function test and os readings by Interwest Medical Also oximeter readings and respiratory infor nation by Breathe Easy Diabetes and cholesterol information by Ruby Viviuc Body composition analysis 'gives per cent of body fat lean body mass etc Cist will be $5 Free glucose rest by v Lange w Biehrnger Manneim be here from Ltah Valiev Med Center to compare health insurance policies and to assist with any problems or concerns with Medicare Auso information and booths will be provided as follows Blood Pressure Check Chrome Fatcue Syndrome Pre natal Medic Aier Bany Your Baby Tobacco Free Ltah WIC Diabetes Ar Cancer Medifast thnus Depression Home Health Dietary Info Medical nl have the Supply Displays EMT's ambulance available for lours will provide free dnnks and there be will plenty of goodies to take home Mark you calendars and plan to attend And The Winner Is On Spring weekends we’re enticed from our sluggish winter domiciles by weekend bake sales yard and garage sales and fund raisers for the kids Ae grumpily stagger winter clothes into the sun burdened with layers of suspicious of the weather’s warming trend Literally rubbing the winter's sleep from our eyes we hapjpily view long tables laden with sweet cookies cupcaices and homemade candies We creakily toss a few balls to each other look at each other’s trash as our treasures and eventually begin to shed our outerwear as we trust the warm weather is really here to stay The Great Basm Museum Bake and Yard Sae held May 4th generated over $600 for the museum Here Eudon Bubhtz (eft) and Charlotte Momson (nght) draw the winning ticket fry the Quilt to be awa'ded by the Museum Marilyn Stoddand was thrJled when not fed she had won the Quilt "I've never won anything m rry Ide she sad Proceeds from the sa !e and dra wing w ill enable the Museu m to purchase a black fight for their florescert ore and mineral display The exhubit cabinet is being built now and wllbe ready for the Summer Tour Season Photos by Kate He terbrand be responsible get them out of my way" Millard County Republican Party County Convention Date: May 23 1991 Time: 6 CO PM F5acc M E Bird Center Delta Utah ABeatiow: County Delegates must attend John proudly shows off the cake he won at the Delta South Elementary SctcoTs annual Spnng Carnival and Bake Sale OOPS Lucky wnrer Lmda Rder hods a wmnng bag of groceries from Thnftway We were tod the groceries came from IGA We regret the emor Hundreds of astute readers have nformed us of our oops |