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Show teh netchinan Soeentnenaice pndesiitl WASATCH GQUNTY COURIER MARCH 14, 2001 HOROSCOPES BY MISS ANNA ARIES: (March 21-April 20) Don’t believe everything you hear; make sure to check sources and facts. Work at staying debt free. There may be a confining relationship which has een on your mifid for some time. Give yourself some: breathing space to think about which approach yee waht to take. -"TAURUS: (Aprit 21 - May 2A )e This week may bring a difficult problem. Keeping your perspective will help you to hold your temper and avoid any unnecessary blowups for such trivial problems. Later, you may feel a bit unsure of your next step, give it time and it may take care of itself. these negative vibes coming back to haunt you, twofold. The weather, oddly enough, may have a rejuvenating effect on you. LIBRA: (September 24 - October 23) Take into consideration those things which you value most and put your energy behind it. Use your financial resources responsibly. Attending to details _about money will save you from wasting time and © ‘money later on. An cube ly. for wealth has strings’ attached. SCORPIO: (October 24 - November 22) This week you may be inclined to take a deep look at your splaicsophical approach to life lie‘ si aad to shift your long held views in order to come af io date with your maturity level. Accept any praise coming your way about a job well done, but don’t let it go to your head. , SAGITTARIUS: (November 23- Decembér 41)9 There may be anxieties just beneath the surface which wreak havoc on your physical ’ and’ mental health. Look to ‘positive long-range plans i in order: to subdue your anxiety. Take changes in stride and 4you will see that something new may just suit you better, CAPRICORN: (December 22 - Jamuiak 20) Compassion and flexibility is essential during the week. It may be hard for you to watch someone you off the mark Www ofTt ne you can do about it. The way you approach solutions oy Mark Parisi mark.< to a problem may not be the way others do. Set: your sights on the future. | om _ www.ofithemark.com AQUARIUS: (January 21 - February 19) A more assertive approach in the workplace will win points with someone higher up who.is watching you. Maintain your cool and co-workers will be impressed also. If the information coming to you seems confusing, take time to analysts everything before deciding anything. ANDA MUOMOU THERE... CANCER: (June 22- July 23) Moderation in your lifestyle is the key to aan it this week. Spending time with children will keep your feet on the ground and possibly see things in a different way. Your craving for something new and exciting may have a ae See! on what you hold dear. PISCES: (February 20- March 20) ~ Don’t undertake a project this week that you are hot equipped to do properly. It is very important to z < | in = ~ recognize your limitations. Don’t take yourself so ATLANTIC FEATURE SYND. LEO: July 24- Adiiust 23) Old memories may be stirred up this week, and you may have a hard time putting your finger on just why this is so. Try to explore your feelings to the best of your abilities, and make an effort to look for os silver ae in that cloud over your head. E © seriously, or else things will cease to be enjoyable. Everything is not a contest, no matter what others lead von to believe. IF THIS WEEK IS YOUR: BIRTHDAY: Changes but on the work scene could bring you a promotion, the money may not meet your expectations. ‘Either hang in there and hope for improvement, or start VIRGO: (August oA - September 23) Your energies are magnified during the week, but be careful just how you use the power. Don’t use this looking for a better paying position. Use your intuition to resolve differences with a mate. energy for destructive ends, or else you may find Ndutu and the Nachtmusik THELAST stone cottages, with the same thatch and the same view: acacia trees floating above tall green grasses, with vapor rising from the waters behind. Oh yes, and there are most likely three or four wild giraffe grazing through the scene. =» The accommodations are not ultraluxury, but they fit their location. versation by guests of Lions or the more ani- mated remarks of birds of many colors. Ring-necked doves, Rufous-tailed weavers, Fischer’s lovebirds, and “Superb” starlings are a few of the more than three hundred species of birds said to inhabit the forests and plains within a twelve mile radius. They range from tiny canaries to awk- - MATTHEW _— HEIMBURGER SPECIAL TO THE COURIER et me tell you about an ern edge of the Serengeti Plain called It floats on my memory | against rising or setting and vultures with twelve-foot wingspans actually competed with hyenas for carrion leftovers. But of course, it was the big game we had come to Africa to see, and the lands around the Ndutu did not disappoint. We went out before sunrise, at around noontime, and again in the evening—if we were so inclined, if we respectively. As game was plentiful, elephants and giraffes drifted through “to pass over the Heber Valley—indeli- the trees seemingly unconcerned that ble images of tentative meaning. their predatory rivals might desire a After several hours of increasingly you come into the compound of what silhouettes suns, hunt zebras, wildebeests, and gazelles, now like the flocks of geese starting bad roads out of Arusha, Tanzania, you pass a few small directional signs, until _ ties—and making the most exotic of merized by the landscape’ S changing colors. In the mornings the rising sun would bring light and contrast to scenes of Darwin’s “survivai of the fittest’ in full swing. Lions, jackals, and cheetahs chose the cool mornings to safari lodge on the southeast- the Ndutu. always separated, for egrlts’ oad the backs of water buffaloes, three-foot-tall marabou storks roosted atop strange trees—scanning for feeding opportuni- were not just sitting on a couch mes- old PHOTO COURTESY MATT HEIMBURGER The Ndutu Safari Lodge is basic, but reserves its delights for those willing to look beyond first Ee appearances at first seems like a military encampment. But, like many American cities | Similarly, the service is never obtrusive, but constant, even subtle. The where you must ride through the whole approach of the Ndutu Safari industrial periphery to get to the Lodge and its staff is hands-off: they charm of downtown, Ndutu reserves seem to know that the location will its delights for those willing to look sink into the your soul sooner or later, beyond first appearances. -and that all they have to do is be near The floorplan of the place is quite enough to hand you a drink or a cushsimple: a large, open-air dining area, ion when it happens. with high timbers and thatch roof, facThere are no televisions or radios at ‘ing northwest toward a soda lake. It is. ee = om the sounds of quiet coneee onoF ees Sy one foes > Se ee a eS a a a a ee ee a ee ae ward yet beautiful ostriches, with all types in-between. There are thirtyseven kinds of raptors alone, from the Black-Chested Snake Eagle to the Dark Chanting Goshawk, plus eight kinds of owls. 1 have never been enamored of birds before but found myself diverting my eyes from big game again and again to appreciate beak designs and feamer patterns, Not tial the two were sudden change in menu. One morning we surprised a hippo loading up on grass and tailed him back to his terri- tory in the lake—which he defended with vigilance against animal and Landrover alike. We watched a wounded hyena lope away from packs that would certainly take no mercy on a fallen comrade. We sat a little embarrassed, but fascinated while two giraffes went from rubbing necks to more utilitarian lovemaking. Even when our luck seemed to have run out we came across scenes preg% RR OE ay RMON META zne ELTON ree a L Li wa a i care for wallowing in self-pity, but there’ isn’t much - GEMIN EBs (May 22- June 21) Love is in the air this week. It’s quite posable that you may find yourself in the midst of a new and exciting relationship, or finally seeing a romantic possibility which has been right under your nose. If you already have a committed sweetheart, the sparks are going to fly. EOE I GL REES PPV ne borne es 4 |