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Show 6 Lakeside Review, Wednesday, August 9, 1989 Lakeside cost Dont let famous last Concert to feature local compositions words be It never happen tome ' will ?! cm tow r udovT ins VALERIE PHILLIPS Lakeside Review Its like a scene from an American Express advertisement. Youre in a foreign country and your wallet is stolen. Or you lose your airline ticket. Or your suitcase doesnt show up at the luggage claim area. Famous last words are It will never happen to me. This writer has experienced the following travel disasters: A bracelet stolen off her arm; a wallet stolen while being checked by Spanish airport security; luggage that showed up in Bangkok when she was in Hong Kong; a rental car that disappeared after being parked and locked in downtown Rome; spending the night in a Middle Eastern airport after being bumped from a flight; lost airline tickets due to a ticket agents mishandling; stolen travelers checks; an overnight stay in New York (at the airlines expense) due to a missed connection; husband almost jailed in Saudi Arabia for charges which are still unknown; an automobile accident near Athens; a revival of a passport by a Greek airline personnel. You may not be able to stop a pickpocket or keep luggage handlers on their toes, but you can keep your loss from ruining the whole trip. Before leaving home, make a list of all important identification numbers: your drivers license, passport, plane ticket, travelers checks and credit cards. Leave one copy at home and pack a second copy in a separate place from your originals. Use the American Express adDont leave home vantage, without it, and think of all the things you should leave home without: expensive watches and jewelry, business papers from the office, and excess baggage. If you want to work on the plane, take copies instead of the actual documents. The more you take, the more you have to keep track of. In your carry-o- n bag, stash a toothbrush, prescription medications and a change of clothes everything you might need to survive for a day or two if your luggage gets lost. Lisa Wadsworth, assistant manager of Ask Mr. Foster Travel in Clearfield, suggests keeping valuables in your ho- cm The Aug; 13 LAYTON cert in the Park wilL present the original works of .several local , composers. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. in front of the Layton Heritage Museum at 403 N, Wasatch ; Drive, in Layton. Gompositions of Vickie Kathy Skidmore, Ryan Kemp, Connie Huggins, Cori Conners, Margie Fisher, Ilene Snow, Ruth Gatrell, Debenie Black, and Mary Bylynd will be presented. Most of the composers are professional musicians and teach privately in their. Jtomes. This concert, and all others in the annual series, are free; - i vuar AW" Har-knes- Audi--enc- ' tels ht safe. Patty Collier, owner of Personalized Travel in Layton says, Money belts are one of the best things you can get. The belt is worn against your body, so a thief cant get to it unless he can get your clothes off. If youre robbed, immediately notify the local police and get a copy of the report to file with 3 e. ' Roy High asks for old school photos . Next year marks the ROY 25th anniversary of Roy High School. The schools' new' yearbook staff is looking for old photographs to work into the 1990 Roy High yearbook. Old pictures of students, activior the buildings, particularly buildings under construction, are of interest. Please contact Shannon Sears, or Vickie Hunt, by Sept. 1, if you have photos. ties last-minu- te light-weig- s, 773-822- your insurance and travelers checks. Here are some suggestions to bounce back from the following situations: Stolen Passport: If youre in a foreign country, call a consular office at the U.S. embassy, usually located in the countrys capital city, or at a U.S. consul- ate located in various cities around the country. If you have a police report of the theft, a birth certificate and identification, and regulation passport photos, you can get a new passport the same day. The cost is $42. If you dont have all these documents on hand, officials will have to check back to Washington, D.C. to establish proof of identity, which means a delay of several days. Stolen Credit Cards:. Cancel the credit cards at once. Each card company must be notified directly. Only American Express promises to issue a new card by the end of the next business day. If you have many cards, you might want to join a credit card registry that would cancel all the cards for you in case of loss. Many major travelers check companies will cancel your stolen credit cards for you. . Stolen Travelers Checks: Report the theft as soon as possible to the company. The refund instructions provided with the checks will list the phone numbers closest to where you are staying. If you have your purchase receipt with the checks serial numbers, you can probably get. some of your money as soon as you can get to the nearest refund location. This can get tricky, however, if youre vacationing on a Mediterranean island and the closest refund center is a band in Barcelona, Spain. Its a good idea to find out before you buy your checks if the company has refund locations close to your destination. Without your serial numbers, the refund could take days while the company verifies your purchase with your bank at home. Many major travelers check companies wil send an emergency message to your family. Lost Airline Ticket: Your airline ticket is virtually the same as losing cash, according to Fly Rights, a booklet published by the U.S. Department of Transportation. If you have a record of your ticket number of a photocopy of the ticket, you can file a report. But the airline could wait for several months before giving you a refund, minus a handling fee. If the stolen ticket was used or cashed in, there may be no refund at all. The international airline passenger stands a better chance of getting a new ticket because all passengers have to show passports. For trains and buses, neither Amtrak or Eurailpass will re lost-tick- . et fund stolen tickets. Cash: Head for an American consulate or embassy, which can help you call or wire home for money. Getting Back in the Drivers Seat: If you lose your drivers license, report it to your states Department of Motor Vehicles as soon as possible. You could ask the local police to send a telex to your home state requesting confirmation of your license. Then you could keep the return confirmation as . proof. All If your rental car is stolen, you can often get another car without penalty unless you were grossly negligent, such as leaving the keys in the ignition. Most of these conditions will be spelled out in the rental agreement. If youve lost the keys to your rental car, call the agency where you picked up the car, or the main reservation center. The office can check its records and get a duplicate set to you, or give a locksmith the codes for the keys. isnt lost a if 0, i Local singing group needs second alto Sweet Harmony, a SUNSET local LDS womens singing group is holding auditions for a second alto. I I Sweet Harmony .performs a various places throughout the year including the Utah State Fair, Temple Square, Festival of Trees, parks, county fairs and many private functions! For more information, or for booking information, please call 9 or Dianne at Terri, ! 774-957- 546-439- 1, CHS Class of reunion Aug. CLEARFIELD flight is missed What happens after you miss an airline flight depends on who was responsible. If you missed connections due to a late flight, or for some other fault of the airline, you can expect to be booked on the next available flight. If this isnt until the next day, ask about hotel accommodations and meals, which are often provided by the airline. However, if the fault was yours (you were late getting to the airport, for instance) you may be out of luck. Lisa Wadsworth, assistant manager of Ask Mr. Foster Travel in Clearfield, explained that many advance ticket pur 731-026- 3, 79 11-1- 2 The Clear- of 79 will reunion this field High School Class hold its 10-ye- ar weekend. Othchases are ers carry a 25 percent or 50 percent penalty. If your suitcases dont arrive at the airport, file a claim with the airline. You will be asked to describe your luggage. In most cases it will show up eventually (although in one case this wasnt for two months). The airline will deliver the bags to your hotel if it was responsible for the loss. It helps if your name and ad- - ; dress are on both inside and outside of your luggage. In one case, the whole top of the bag was ripped off, but because of an inside label, the contents were routed to the owner. Friday, Aug. 11 from 4--8 p.m. a family picnic will be held at Mt. Ogden Park, located behind the old St. Benedicts Hospital in Ogden. Bring own picnic lunch. Dinner and entertainment is planned for Saturday, Aug. 12 at the Red Lion Inn, .255 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City. Social hour will be from 0 p.m., dinner and entertainment will be 5:30-6:3- from 6:30-1- 0 p.m. For further information contact Sharon Wood Chatelain, 'a 773-916- - : 6. Annual Dakota picnic at local park LAYTON The 1th Annual k South Dakota, North Dakota picnic will be held on Aug. 20, p.m. at the Layton Commons Park bowery phase I, 437 Wasatch Dr. Layton. Rolls, coffee and punch furnished. 1 pot-luc- -4 sets of brothers all part of DAVC . -X , Multiples group plans electronics program more like brothers than cousins, came to America with their famiKAYSVILLE Electronics is lies in 1983 and stayed two years a universal language. in Los Angeles before moving to The electronics program at the Utah. Davis Area Vocational Center in Greg Musselman, a senior at Kaysville not only serves people Morgan High, said both he and of varying ages, but also as the his younger brother Jeff have main conductor for three sets of been taking electronic courses at brothers who are worlds apart. the DAVC for the past six months. Agha S. Ali and Shiekh M. AhWe dont have an electronics g med of Pakistan, Scott and Chen of Taiwan, and Greg program in Morgan. (Morgan and Jeff Musselman of Morgan High) is a small school, Greg are all enrolled in the summers said, who hopes to use his vocaelectronics course. tional training as college credit. We have a little electronics Greg said when he and his background. Our promise is very brother are not attending class in good in this course, Ahmed Kaysville they are either hauling said, who has lived in America hay on their cattle and chicken for four years and in Kaysville farm in Morgan, working on cars for two. or keeping themselves busy with Agha Ali and Shiekh Ahmed (left) of Pakistan study electronics at the Vocational Center. Here at the vocational center school activities. But it is the held of electronics you lay your hands more on the Vergil Draney, DAVC electronfamily owns the Taipei Restau practical aspect, Ali said, who they are most interested in. ics teacher, said the three sets of Scott said he has no future rant in Layton. ; Two other brothers who find hopes to share his knowledge in e brothers are all his homeland. electronics a different way of life -- plans with his study, quickly ad- However, his younger brother g Scott Chen and Ahmed said he and his first are ding, Id rather do electronics plans to attend an Ivy students and each set of brothers cousin Ali, who both say they are his brother Kun- - than restaurant work. Their League school. approaches the course differently. BRYON SAXTON Lakeside Review Kun-Fon- above-averag- Kun-Fon- fund-rais- er LAYTON The Ogden Area Mothers of Multiples will not be meeting this month. The next meeting will be Sept. 28, at 7 p.m. at the Humana Hospital cafeteria in Layton. y On Aug. 12, the group will have a booth at the Roy Days Fair for the annual and will sell shaved ice, and twin memorabilia. Sept. 23, the 2nd annual State Twins Convention will be held in Provo. For more information call 3 or Tammi at Shirley at fund-raise- r, corn-on-a-sti- 782-518- 775-063- 4. Layton pageant applications ready LAYTON Applications are available for the Miss Layton City Scholarship Pageant, the first such city pageant for about five years. Entrants must be 6 years of age, live within Layton boundaries and meet other qualifica17-2- tions. For more information, Luke Palmer at 9 Pam Schmidt at 546-430- 544-575- 6. Mar-gen- e or 1 I It . |