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Show Page 4-Wasatch Canyon Reporter, 25 ite 7 February 1995 ‘LETTERS TOTHEEDITORS, Dear Dear Editors; = Mr. Moss, We haven’t the foggiest what “crisp $20” you are speakThe grass is showing and ing of. Do you remember growing and mud season is — the serial number?. You here a few months early. could refresh our memory We’ ve had a heat wave | however with a long ten : t..no? How about a finwhich has broken ALL i for the boys? Perhaps records - 66 degrees in ae could join the Wasatch Burlington. The skiing is Canyon Reporters multi terrible and maple sugar level marketing for a lean season could be ruined. The two. grand which automatically : makes you an “execusnow fall in Little tive.” This would qualify Cottonwood made THE you for profit sharing LOCAL NEWS! I’ll be (Bahahahahaha). coming out in three weeks. Can you pick me up? I land Dear Solomon:(sic.) in Salt Lake on..... Wassup, I currently ride your bindings, (and Ski The Vermont hell out of Them) and I love ‘em. But how could I show my Affection? I got Love, Dad —Norwich, Editors ices Stop dad, you are making me home sick. To Whom Ever !!!!! think I have found an Idea, how the problem in receiving my © .subscription to the W.C.R. I was attempting to address this letter to the Circulation Editor and in looking through the credits of who is who at W.C.R. I - noticed you don’t have one, ‘so this must be the reason | have never received any copy’s of the paper since sending my $20.00 cash.I have also thought how stu- pid to send a crisp twenty dollar bill to anyone living in Little Cottonwood Canyon. (I know because I lived and worked there for 16 years) With no way to trace this through a can- aboUt RIDING SHOTGUN DOWN THE AVALANCHE By DAVID CHARLES BAKER n 17 eee 1995 Seth Horowitz and his friend Marnie Tanner Flat passing zone Brown had a little excite- who. was driving his brand if he would be alive now if new car slowly up the hill (see “Bullwheel>"p. 2 21 of December | edition this had happened in the middle of the night. It could have hours before the slide WCR), when it happened. “T’m driving up the effort begun. Even in this canyon when case, ment on their drive up Little Cottonwood Canyon. They nearly died in an avalanche. On that Tuesday, Mr. Horowitz was driving up to and was about to pass the "might ae turned out a little differently without wit- now cautious Jack Cole, © nesses. was all of a sud- they did know not had been buried. “We were hit by the wind first which spun us around. Then the light fluffy snow passed over us and it was over. We looked back and saw a red Subaru on the other side, waved, and drove on up to Snowbird. We had no idea another red Subaru had been hit.” Boyle also said it was luck, the wind, and light snow that hit them, as most of the avalanche snow had trees and rocks mixed in with it. The Cole Crew Thought y ‘all might enjoy it.) | Dear Editors: It’s good to see that you — not only survived the scare unscathed, but were the last ones to make it up the mountain to enjoy the. guys are keeping yourselves out of trouble by publishing a newspaper. However, your tactics for trying to get subscriptions leaves something to be uncrowded slopes. | Others on ly realized been struck effort began desired. Nevertheless I con- paper as we did with Bill! were Horowitz and Brown us by a Salomon Customer ~celed check I am sure it was used to buy fortified this paper in Print. Best of wine at the liquor store | luck. Sincerely, _ unless you have acquired a --Maria E. Brisson taste for 3.2 Utah beer. Milton VT : Hoping to see something _Editor’s Response: soon. Sincerely, Bill Moss, DONATION?!!?? What who is attempting to be a a great idea. Then we don’t - satisfied reader. even have to pretend that Circulation Editor’s we are going to send you a Response: there Kevin Boyle, who was in Jack Cole’s vehicle, said to myself to be someof a giving person so I have enclosed a donation to to keep though a rescue been hit.. ‘Service Representative. sider what andf small and everyone knew a car had some and forwarded noticed wonders plenty of witnesses, not HUGE stickers or some posters, I’'de [sic] love you till eternity if you cooperated w/me. Thanks Johnson, —Steve Oconomowoc WI (Editor’s note: This is an actual. letter’ sent. to Salomon Horowitz the road quickthat a car had and the rescue almost imme- diately with 15-20 people digging furiously. Seth was taken out first through the Seth Horowitz surveying the , remains of his vehicle side window. Marnie was freed a few minutes later -wind-shield the Snowbird in the car he had _ ee explodes and the car-starts. purchased thirteen days to fill with snow.” Seth and before. Little Cottonwood _ Canyon was open for travel - Marnie were shoved off the and brought out through the windshield. Needless to say they were both a little shaken up, but the physical injuries and there was other traffic. road and plunged into total Mr. Horowitz had just over- darkness as the roof of the were taken a UTA bus in the car was crushed flat and the stitches for each and very remaining spaces filled with snow. Miraculously the snow entering the car pushed them to the sides of the sore muscles the next day. The vehicle did not fare as well and is a total loss. was possible as Seth’s hand and air space allowed voices to travel. Sees The second life-saving factor was the other traffic on the road. As the car was partially buried, things is quoted, in the Salt Lake Tribune’s 18 dent, as saying “big attention,” was paid to the chute total darkness, conversation head few January article on the inci- -were not crushed by the roof. Although they were in on Marnie’s to a UDOT | spokesperson Kent Hanson seats and to the back. They — was limited - that slid (White Pine #2). He said, “the process was followed...[but]...we missed 399 one.” Seth feels “we | missed one” is not quite good enough. He, and — others, think the “process. > — |
