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Show Slaml;mM''vmiitncr S ' s Safety first 3 ,V- fill gun KM BEVJ k MARCH 1,1W7 vital U!iixt3 COMMUNITY Hats off to her - Z3, ilt la li.k It Farmington woman mlliti Itau as pari of cantt-- r lrc.iimnit9 voi. DAVIS COUNTY'S COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER in. no. too EMVI1S Popular figure clown-nappe- d from Layton neighborhood - Its a LAYTON rate of Uuwn-nappinj- NEIGHBORS reeled unJ To Kj-th- y t. Winchester wants the orange-hatre- d figure back. I.ten though he's made out of n in wood, he was Winchesters neighborhood. Itut now he's missing. CtiH wvid.iyK Fancy footwork well-know- Winchester borrowed the down from a neighbor to help celebrate her daughter's I61I1 birthday. That's when he disap- a , 4 Vf , , - ;rh I'. s - ,f . , i. & hJ?3 t i jP ' !y3' . atnafr afiiiahl. ROGER! RGAN,StanlxdExamier Pat Hicks measures the distance of his troops (left), Dax D'Amore watches the placement of men in Warzone, a miniature war game that includes rules being read by Manuel Salazar and David Cardenas (far right). The Northern Utah Gamers get together at the North Branch Library in Clearfield once a month to play various tabletop war strategy games. TACTICS OF WARFARE: While inning with war games Gamers challege each others tabletop strategy 1 J ' v VS By LORETTA PARK Standard-Examine- r correspondent CLEARFIELD - Erik Struple has green army men from with some made of pewter. Clearfield father of five The still plays war games. He began playing board games, such as Dungeons and Dragons, when he was 9 years old. Now, he and some other game fans have formed The Northern Utah Gamers. They meet from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at the Davis County North Branch Library, 562 S. 1000 East, Clearfield. In April they will meet the first Monday. The club was organized in October. See GAMES3 3 m V peared from their yard. Although he's tall and skinny, he's very heavy and would have to have a lot of help being removed from the corner post at Kayscrcck Drive and Kj scree k Circle, said Winchester. -Wc put him on one comer so he would he there when Katie got home from school," said Kathy Winchester. Many neighbors had borrowed the down on numerous ocas-sion- s, but this was the first time she had borrowed it. "lie was fun for birthdays," said Winchester. But about 7 p.m. on l eb. 28. she went outside to bring the happy guy into the house, lie wasnt there. Winchester has run a classified advertisement in the newspaper asking for the down back. "It's sad the down is missing," she said. We were going to bnng him in and he was gone." The wooden down belongs to Diana Willson. She bought it for $80 eight years ago at a Boy Scout auction. He's worth way more than that, though. "Wc used him for birthdays and a lot of neighbors borrowed him. I le was painted colorful and cute, said Willson. The clown has always been circus at part of the first-graEast Layton Elementary, lie was brought in for Cub Scout banquets. Neighbors used him for parlies, so hes a neighborhood fixture, said Willson. Winchester has hung a sign on the pole where the clown was last seen: Please bring him back. I hope whoever took him hasn't hurt him, said Willson. She has visions of someone y taking him to a place like Hawaii and sending her a picture of him on the beach. He was heavy, they would have to have a truck and he is not easy to get into a truck. Although Winchester is worried because he disappeared from her yard, Willson doesnt bear any grudge. We got a lot of use out of him, Willson said. Im not mad, we are still good friends. If anyone sees the clown, call 7 or Will-so- n Winchester at Winchester is at offering a reward for his return. de far-awa- 547-911- eye to eye with his troops, of sight with opposition troops in Warzone. TABLETOP VIEW: Getting Erik Struple checks to see if there is a line 546-267- 8. ANIMAL ATTRACTIONS Family open hearts to winged creatures By LORI J. NAKAYU Standard-Examine- , r correspondent NORTH SALT LAKE -Their marriage hasnt gone to the birds, but they sure have enjoyed .them. The birds, that is. Weve had birds from the time we got married, said Sue Titus of North Salt Lake. Before moving to Utah nearly three years ago, the Phil Titus family lived in Northern California. There they had several pets, including a cockatiel named Clyde, and a Brewers blackbird named Dickens. Dickens was sure a pretty little blackbird, with deep purple, blue, and orange sheen in the sunlight, said Titus. . She rescued Dickens from a neighbors cat who liked to sit under maple trees and get baby birds when they fell out of their nests. Titus was visiting her neighbor when they saw the cat snatch up a newborn bird. I couldnt bear to see that little bird die, so I smacked the cat on the butt, and he dropped the bird. After rescuing the bird, Titus took it home and prepared a little box for it and fed it. I had had baby birds before and knew that monkey chow softened with water makes a good baby food, said Titus. As Titus nursed Dickens back to health, she tried to prepare in the him to be wild. Since Brewers blackbirds are not a domesticated bird, the family assumed Dickens would be happier if he was set free. I taught him to eat worms, and I taught him how to fly by putting him on the clothes line. Soon he was able to be set free, and I took him outside and flickDANA JENSENStandard-Examine- r ed him off my finger, said Titus. house in were kids the The FAMILY THAT LOVES FEATHERED FRIENDS: The Titus family show two of the zebra finches, a father and daughter. mourning the loss of the bird as The mother bird is in another cage with her latest batch of babies. The Titus family are (from left) Mandy, Aaron, See ANIMAL2 Phil, Sue, and Bethany. Not pictured is Hayley. nt iiom lor 776 4951 ...Kelly Hill. 10. ol CiearfwW. took second in her flfje group m Ut Utah Open Clogging Competition March 1 m Sandy Kelly, the daughter of Brian and Linda Hill, won the honor in the MitnrmetKiio freestyle category A degree above Kacl Lomax of Layton graduated in December with a bachelor's degree in nursing ... Irom OiooniLburg University Pennsylvania He was also named lo Ihe dean's list. Ml Making the grade . . . Cristina Coronado, daughter ol Gregorio and Paula Coronado of Layton, has been named to the deans list tor fall semester at the University ol Notre Dame. The dean s list is comprised of students who have succeeded in maintaining a scholastic average of 3 4 and above during the semester. She is a 1993 graduate of Layton High. Sharp students . . . The following have been named students of the month at North Davis Junior High. December: Ninth grade, Jeff Hill, James White Kaydee Weaver, Jami Furnlss; eighth, Jon Bankhead, Terrence Jackson, Amy Lindsay, Cynthia Nava; seventh. Raymond McManus, Blake Barton, Krysta Smith, Jessica Adams. January: Ninth grade, Robert McManus, Allen Stauffer, Jana Earl; eighth, Peter Mifflin, Thomas Vann, Kim Youngberg, Dawn Yardley; seventh, Garrett Young, Ashley Scadden, Jackie Carter. February: Ninth grade: Jason Adams, Beau Hardy, Elizabeth Brooks, Arica Price; eighth, Tyson Ellsworth, Randy Egbert, Shelley Barham, Cathy Murray; seventh, William Switzer, Ceceile Barham, Trisha Lucero. Career choices . . . Central Davis hosted career day for the last month. The first four class periods attended career presentations in fields they selected from over 40 choices. The most popular presentations were doctors, actors, FBI agents, lawyers, teachers, nurses, and computer careers. Participants included Loretta Park from the Lakeside Review, Sgt. Dale May from the Layton Police Department, pilot Tim Forsyth, teacher Pat Barlow, Dr. Kim Rigby, interior designer Craig Memmott, and ninth-grade- Dr. Glen McMillan. Also, Utah colleges and several trade schools supplied information on courses. PET OF WEEK This female Australian shepherd mix is 9 weeks old and willing to please. She is available at the Davis County Animal Shelter for a $50 adoption fee, plus a $10 license fee. Call extension 2. 544-835- Best Quote you dont take care of your guns, they will get even with you. If Lee Tarbet, shooting club instructor. See story, page 13. |