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Show PAGE 3 THE ZEPHYR JULY 1992 3 BE A PART OF DISCOVERY DAYS AND WELCOME HOME CHARLIE AND M.L. STEEN v v. apology from the Dravel Council and steps will be taken to assure the fact that visitor center comments to themselves. employees keep slanderous, unkind and When the county commissioners appointed Ms. Swasey to be the new Travel Council director, over the objections of its Board, the commissioners said they wanted the Travel Coundl to move in "a different direction." Now I know what they meant mean-spirit- ed With time, Ken began to drive faster and talk slower, which was a relief to everyone exoept Moab's politicians who can't believe he was ever more aggressive than he is now. Ken will tell you that he hasn't changed at all, other than a certain wisdom that comes with age. Next to me, Ken may be one erf Moab's most misunderstood citizens. We have; on more than one occasion, debated across the fence just which of us is the most misunderstood, but I doubt well ever reach a consensus or that it matters (for that matter). But you're bound to confuse and Channel 6, all at the same time. people by writing for this paper, the Ken does. is what that And I think what confuses most people, however, is his honesty and integrity. Davey swears that he has none erf these qualities but he's lying. He's an honest liar with unheard of integrity. What some people regard as rather abrupt, even brusque behavior, is in fact, nothing of foe kind. conversations, I found myself talking to a tree when Ken During one of foe early Davey-Stilfor foe after uttering the word, "OK." turned and headed door suddenly "Where are you going?" I yelled. Davey shrugged. He's a world class shrugger. "Inside," he said. "What about our conversation?" I asked. "We were done, don't you think?" I thought about it and decided he was right Neither of us had made a significant contribution to the conversation in several minutes. How many times have you endured boring and meaningless talk because you couldn't find a way to get out of it? Davey has found a very simple way to extract himself from tedious babble. He just says OK, and leaves. Brilliant in its concept flawless in its execution. I've wandered from what was originally intended to be a simple note erf congratulations to foe bride and groom. But these guys are my neighbors and myt friends and if I want to pay special tribute to them I can, if I want to drone cm for hours about their many fine qualities; that's my right And I can almost hear Ken saying... Times-Independe- The Dean of Moab's press corps and my next door neighbor, Ken Davey, is going to tie foe knot this week with his longtime sweetheart, Julie Fox. These two wild and impetuous kids have, after 11 years, decided that they are compatible. (Actually, by the time we gp to press; foe deed will be done; so there's no turning backj I've known foe FoxDavey team for five years now; when I first met Ken, he was fresh from foe Bronx, or some similarly odd and foreign metropolis, and to be honest, I thought he was more than just a little goofy. He seemed...welL.. schizophrenic to me. Talking to Ken was like trying to communicate with someone who was wired to 440 volts. This guy needs to lighten up cm his daily consumption of coffee; I thought But when he climbed into that godawful pale blue I didn't know anybody under the age of 105 could jeep erf his; he was a study in move at such a..deliberate pace. slow-modo- n. subscribe to THE ZEPHYR P.O. Box 327 Moab Utah 84532 one year (11 issues)....$15 two years (22 issues)...$28 three years (33 issues)..$40 name address nt es "OK." We seem to be having a problem with our staff photographs. For some reason, this year, our pictures look like something out of a late 40s film noire. I've tried two different photos of Gilmore, but she always looks like she is sitting in someone's cellar. Fulghum has likewise appeared doaked in darkness; he has also complained about being visually represented in foe Zephyr wearing a bow tie. I thought it was quite charming, but it's his picture. And I got lost in the shadows myself when I accidentally waxed foe wrong side of the old picture. Those three have been replaced. Groove has complained that his new picture makes him look like a bear. "But Scott," I reminded him, "You do look like a bear. A very kind and gentle bear, I might add,, but a bear just the same. Why, we could even call you Gentle Groene." And Jane looks permanently blurred. Only Jack and Ken, looking blissfully into Ms coffee cup (Wild Turkey? Jack Daniels? Makers Mark?) seem to be touched by sunlight s, and Charlie Larry Hauser, foe press man in Cortez, has told me to lighten up foe Catron at the Printing Place, has done just that Well see how they turn out this time. half-tone- renewal new subscription S3 V'-j- . |