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Show Seufli Ceitiad Utoti Supplement To: Gunnison Valley News - The Salina Sun Garfield County News - The Richfield Reaper VOLUME NUMBER 2 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7 12, 1981 Fed Up With City, Artist Finds South Utah Haven By Hal Edwards Spotlight Editor MARYSVALE Fleeing from the pressures of the city to the quiet of a small, rural town in southern Utah has become an attraction to hundreds of persons over the past decade, but to Paul Goldfarb, the transition has a deeper and more varied meaning. Goldfarb, who has resided in Marysvale the past decade, left the lucrative field of computers ! in Los Angeles to find a place if where he could not only escape the pressures and hassle which y living, but accompany to devote himself to personal - s 4 big-cit- creativity. creation on the right is a favorite, and Goldfarb has made several similar pieces. Paul Goldfarb holds two of his creations which he made at his Marysvale shop. The But even with the peace, quiet obscruity which one can find in a small town, there has to be an end result beyond the creativity, and Goldfarb is hoping to find a market for his creations. motorcycle Water Conservation visit to this Boston natives workshop, which he built A himself near his home in the northwest Helps Reduce Bills Jerry of Hawley, the Central president Utah Board of Realtors while that stated everyone is concerned with mounting energy costs and their effect on home? utility bills, there are areas homeowners overlook that can save them money the year around. For example, the Utah Board of Realtors suggests a close look at how much water is used and wasted around the house. Water isnt free. Water conservation can save money. Here are some quick and easy water conservation tips. If available, use Central use of disposal vegetables, etc., with a layer . of - mulch--Th- e protective covering will help the soil retain water. Keeping grass fairly long helps the lawn retain moisture longer significantly. Use cold water to operate the disposal and make sure all table have been inscraps cluded before running it. No need to run it more than once after a meal. too. operating manual will show how to take maximum advantage of all its energy saving options. Presoaking clothes in cold water allows a hot water shorter which washing cycle, saves both water and the energy needed to heat it. Use cold water cycles whenever possible. Conserve water in 'the garden by covering flowers, plants, between and siderably cheaper. con- Limited and proper and rinsing washing to conserve this valuable resource. Keep a pitcher of ice water in the refrigerator instead of running the tap to obtain cold water for drinks. One to two gallons of water can be wasted waiting for it to get cold enough. Cut down on use of fective Among his creations are I figures playing tennis. tennis out the with first started player to be bowling, but as I it off-pea- the garden hose as a cleaning tool around the house. Use a broom to clean off the sidewalk or driveway. Use a bucket of warm soapy water to wash the car, and use the hose only for a final rinse. Use the hose sparingly to wash down the house. Rainwater is just as ef- actions. His ideas come from photos, what I do with that skill continues to be intriguing and the sketches and other mediums, as well as from his own ideas. creativity part of my life. I have some customers in When Goldfarb came to So, to complete his project, he made another to match it southern Utah, he had little Los Angeles now, mostly those and by placing them about a knowledge about welding. But interested in motorcycling, foot apart, the four-inc- h high his desire to create resulted in Goldfarb stated. His interest in a realistic figures give feeling his enrolling in a welding motorcycles is obvious from course at Sevier Valley Tech many of his works which depict of a tennis match in action. area vocational center in bikers in various situations. He Most of Goldfarbs figures Richfield where he learned the has also done some creativity are small, and all take on the skills. From then on, it was a on full size bikes which he has same basic look. They are matter of turning those skills built and converted from other made from a soft steel welding into creative arts. vehicles. rod material, carefully created I am at a point where I want Goldfarb was attracted to by a welding torch and then to develop my Marysvale while on a trip to the to continue addand meticulously carefully ed upon until the creation is creativity, but I would also like area. The mountains, combined a market for my work, he with the valleys, the river and finished. said. This is a highly specializmost of all, the isolation from Goldfarb says that often- ed type of art form ,and the ma- hordes of smog and the times his ideas will evolve from jority of laymen might not be overall people, which conglomeration something which he feels, but ready for it, He said he is the city brings, sent him to his before he is finished, he may working on several possibilities with a resignation end up with something com- of placing his work on the employer and soon he was in his slip pletely different than what he market. dream surroundings. had in mind in the beginning. Goldfarb hopes to be able to While he is not in the welding I look at my work as surbusiness as such, he does do remain where he is, creating realistic, Goldfarb says. I some custom work and has his figures, building his try to create an emotional feel- done metal fabrication and vehicles and possibly has trailer hitches for ing which people in the marketing his works. As long an effect on the person who area. as I can make enough to pay the views it. bills and continue to get by, I But making his figures takes am happy because I am doing However, Goldfarb admits the big share of his time. He what I want to do, and doing it that with personal creations, up can spend a total of three or the way I want to do it. such as the things he does, each four hours on one small figure. His free-spirattitude proves person might see the end result I can only work a half hour or wants to do if a that person differently. so at a time, and then do something badly enough, they Actually, I have the con- something else until I can build can find a way. struction part of what I do down up my artistic feeling again, to a science. The ideas and he said. Paul Goldfarb has found it. Dishwashers should be used sparingly. Try to run them at night, in k utility hours, and try to save all the days dishes for one load. If dishes are washed by hand, turn off the tap in Leaky faucets, of course, should be fixed immediately. Sometimes, additional water is being wasted through a leak in the toilet tank. Put a few drops of food coloring in those special washing the tank. If, without machine features like flushing the toilet, the suds - return cycles and coloring shows up in the wash-loa- d bowl, there is a leak to The washing repair. machines of that his Marysvale, proves creative abilities go beyond that of just his speciality the garbage in a variety of making figures reduces energy consumption Water the lawn only when it starts to become disclored, a brown or dull green. If it is discolored only in spots, handwater the dry areas instead of sprinkling the whole lawn. section continued to work on it, it took on the appearance of a tennis player, Goldfarb said. Install a low-flonozzle in the shower. It will reduce the amount of hot water used but not the enjoyment of the shower. Cui back on time spent in the shower, too. w . These water-saving- - energy and tips are s offered by the Central, Utah Board of Realtors. Clip and save them. They will save you money. Gnovj (Sollogo Dcadic 'Lxlahoma' Gob. 1021 so become musical play, replete that EPHRAIM The fabulous musical comedy Oklahoma success, first that brought together the team of Rodgers and Ham-merste- in II is to be presented at die Snow College Theatre for four nights beginning February 18 and running through February 21. And the fact of Oklahoma! itself, one of the as outstanding shows in theatrical history, has brought the Amercan y stage up to date by its influence. musical-comed- Nowadays, when the trend that was started by Oklahoma!' has well established nearly all musical shows follow its lead, it is hard to1 realize how much of a revolution it caused. But, since the shows sen- sational success, nothing has been the same. With the storming success achieved by Oklahoma! in 1943 its new style swept all previous musical - comedy style of into the ash-hea- p theatrical history. The musical-comedithat followed it in time also followed it in manner. Nearly every big musical comedy success since 1943 has been not the old -fashioned variety but a es with charact- genuine erizations, people from all walks of life, and with songs and ballads integrally a part of its story. Oklahoma is under the Kim direction of Christison, with Kathleen Hansen as music director and costume designer; orchestra direction under the of Wayne Erickson and Dennis T. Hansen, set by Richard Haslam and Mike Helm; and lights by Grady McEvoy. For more information contact the ticket office of Snow College at 283-402- 3. t Using welding torch and soft steel welding rods, Paul Goldfarb plies his artistic talents. Here he works on three-wheelmotorcycle piece. He gave up er city life and computer job to seek refuge to develop talents, turn out many such items, but works only at his own pace. He manages to |