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10 ELKO DAILY FREE PRESS, Elko, Nevada Saturday, October 24, 1992 Events Volunteers build flight cage for injured birds tremendously in determining a bird's 0 ft 0 vJ JT i y- 3 strength before release. This was difficult to judge by observing birds in the six-foot by six-foot cages in which the birds are initially placed. It was these objectives that motivated an estimated 40 people who came to the Dean's house last month to build the flight cage. These volunteer workers were from Newmont Gold Company, Bar-rick Goldstrike, the U.S. Forest Service, the Nevada Department of Wildlife, U.S.

Bureau of Land Management, teachers of local public schools and the Nevada Naturalists Group. Almost all of the cost of building supplies and labor was donated. Newmont Gold Company gave the use of a small crane, hats, gloves, food for the volunteers, steel rods, a chain link gate, netting, and a $2,500 check. Sargeant Fence Company donated several days of labor to erect the chain link fence. All the mill work done on pulleys for raising or lowering the netting was donated by Boise Rigging Supply.

Norman Yeales Pipe and Supply donated the 21-foot steel pipes that serve as masts for raising and lowering the netting. Greater Salt Lake Electric donated plastic tabs for tying the net to the fence. -I (Submitted photo) with a red-tailed hawk perched in 1 I kfs: 9. Jo Dean stands in the flight cage front of her. (Submitted pholui Craig Moiola, left, and Lance Dean attach netting to one of the mats in the flight cage.

Not everyone has a 40Toot by 80-foot bird cage in their back yard, but then very few people have taken up raptor rehabilition for a hobby, reported Brian Stuart, Newmont Gold Company publicist Jo Dean, a registered nurse and resident of Spring Creek, is the only person in northeastern Nevada who takes in wounded birds of prey and coaxes them back to health for eventual release back into the wild. Dean has been able to do this for several years now with the blessing of government agencies and support of local donors. Although these groups are sometimes portrayed as being at odds with each other, volunteers representing mining, government and environmental groups again demonstrated their commitment to the environment by lending Dean a hand in her efforts to maintain the population levels of wild birds of prey. On Dean's wish list of equipment needed to rehabilitate birds was a large enclosed area where wounded birds could exercise their wings before being released back into the wild. She said that without this exer-cies, birds cannot be properly strengthened for the best chances of survival upon release.

The flight cage will also help Dean 55 Alive course next week The 55 AliveMature Driving Course is slated to be held next week, reports Evelyn Clark, class organizer. Clark said the course is for drivers age 55 and over who "wish to improve their driving skills, compensate for reduced vision, hearing or reaction time." Drivers also may receive reduced insurance rates after completing the course. Drivers 50 to 54 may take the course, but will not receive a premium reduction. The two-day course will be offered from 8 a.m. till noon Oct, 28 and 29 at the Indian Arts and Crafts Building at Fifth and Sunset Streets.

The cost is $8 and may be paid by check or money order. Those interested may call Clark at 738-3472 or Liz Yowell at 738-6683. Deeth man tops at roping contest i i i 1- pt A-V (fgfv Country Companies agent; Jennifer Jones of Clover Valley, first in intermediate talent; Gwen Spratling of Starr Valley, first in senior speech; Salli Sarman of Lamoille, first in senior talent; Crystal Phillips of Elko, in front, first in junior talent; and Cynthia Sarman of Lamoille, women's chairman of the farm bureau. Marlow Eldridge of Deeth and Sam Mackenzie of Oregon won the first World Championship Steer and Horse Roping contest held Oct. 17 and 18 in Winnemucca, reported Bill Bear, event organizer.

Tim DeLong of Imlay came up with the idea for the event. Ken Tipton, Garley Amos, Marvin McDade, De-Long and Bear finalized the rules and plans. Each two man team had to head and heel five steers and catch the head and front feet on five horses. Conditions close to actual range conditions were used. Every contestant had to use a slick saddle horn, but no rubber wraps, and time started after the animal passed a certain point in the arena.

"The event was open to the world and several top professional cowboys came to Winnemucca to try to earn the title," said Bear. Contestants came from southern Nevada, Idaho and Oregon to compete for the $25,000 paid to the winners. Other winners in the average included Rob Black and Sam Mackenzie, second; Ira Walker and Dirk Jim, third; Delbert Jim and Dirk Jim, fourth; and Rocky Teller and Dave Broyles, fifth. Go round winners included, first go: Marlow Eldridge and Sam Mack TVr tnlont First-place winners in the A UJ lUUZHl. Elk0 Count.

Farm Bu. reau's talent and speech contest last week received cash prizes and plaques donated by Country Companies Insurance. From left are: Erica Price of Elko, first place in the junior speech division; Jenna Price of Elko, in front, first place in the pee-wee talent division; Barbara Maple, 'Last resort' group helps those in need Ai enzie; second, Jason Eiguren and Lee Woodbury. Second go: Wilford Harney and Norbert Gibson, first; Delbert Jim and Dirk Jim, second. Third go: Richard Eiguren and Lee Woodbury, first; Richard Eiguren and Jason Eiguren, second.

Fourth go: Nathan Kelly and Rocky Teller, first; Jason Eiguren and Lee Woodbury, second. Fifth go, Rob Black and Lowell Black, first; Jason Eiguren and Steve Dugger, second. Sixth go, Greg Grienke and Clint Walker, first; Wally Blossom and Joe Blossom, second. Seventh go, Richard Eiguren and Lee Woodbury, first; Jason Eiguren and Lee Woodbury', second. Eighth go, Robert Crutcher and Delbert Jim, first; Terry Edgemon and Rob Black, second.

Ninth go, Jason Eiguren and Lee Woodbury, first; Marlow Eldridge and Ira Walker, second. Tenth go, Tery Edgemon and Rob Black, first; Greg Grienke and Clint Walker, second. The Calcutta was won by Larry Hill, who purchased the first place team. Tim DeLong bought the second- and third-place teams and Hill again had the fourth-place team. Marvin McDade bought the fifth-place team.

Bear stated the event was off to a great start thanks to the organizers and everyone is looking forward to next year. at Fort Jackson, S.C. His specialty will be as a light wheel vehicle mechanic. Ogle will graduate from Elko High School in June 1993. He was recruited by Sgt J.R.

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Ogle joins U.S. Army and quesadillas, meatloaf and baba ghanoush. The diners are an equal jumble: longshoremen from the dock across the street, businessmen, politicians and yuppies from the up-and-coming neighborhood. It was just the right place for 23 year old Denise Brown, a waitress training to be maitre At 12, she began turning tricks for money for food or drugs. Her boyfriend was shot in the head six times.

She tried suicide. Four days after her father died of cancer, she came to the Delancey Street Foundation. In the last three years, she has learned to set type, use a computer, work in a darkroom, dress with flair and speak with elegance. I SINCE mr FREE I Aaron A. Ogle, 17, son of Donna and Arthur Ogle of Elko, has enlisted in the U.S.

Army for three years, an Army spokesman announced. Ogle entered through the Army's Delayed Entry Program and will depart for active duty July 1993. He will attend basic and advanced training I 7 rA-t I acc mu 1941 I 495 Idaho is a population who has never done anything right to begin with." The 200-seat restaurant puts Delancey Street to a public test at every meal, in a town full of great places to eat. "I don't think people are going to go there, no matter how good a cause it is, unless it works as a restaurant," said David Gingrass of the restaurant Postrio, one of several top-notch chefs who taught Delancey Street residents to make such things as crepes and air-dried duck. Some nights, there are lines of people waiting for tables in the airy room.

The menu is an appealing mishmash representing residents' back grounds: sweet potato pie from the mom of a former resident, Silbert's mother's matzo ball soup, crab cakes fantasies For men, Batman costumes are strong, as are science fiction themes. "Star Trek is big because of the 'Next Generation' TV show," Ruetti ger said. "But all the yuppies want to be the old generation. They all want to be Captain Kirk." Costumers also say you can expect a lot of Beauties, as in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast," trick-or-treating at your door, along with the usual droves of witches, princesses, vampires and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. "Woody Allen masks are hotter than a pistol," Sheehan said.

"Last week we started seeing women come in and ask for bald caps. We asked a few questions, all the sudden it clicked they're all going to be Si nead O'Connor." chapter raisers worked hard to raise money for the trip. Members ran the high school rodeo concessions stand and sold ads for the Wells High School Sports calendar. The "Bucket of Bones" fund raiser was held Oct 9. FFA members barbecued ribs at the city park and sold them along with salad and desert It proved to be a very profitable venture.

Members sold assorted nuts and are now in the process of selling jerky. "We are in high hopes that our national contests will be as successful as our fundraisers," said Eriksen. It takes no tax money, supporting itself through its moving company, Christmas tree sales, print shop and. most recently, the restaurant, part of a beautiful $30 million housing and commercial development the residents built on the waterfront. The point was not only to build but to learn to build, a reflection of the foundation's operating principle not so much self help as helping each other.

"Most of our people have been in prison, living on the streets. They're very paranoid. They're not service-oriented," said Mimi Silbert, the Delancey Street Foundation's president and the chatty, determined swirl of energy at its core. "The restaurant business depends on consistency," she said. "And this unleashes will go to a costume party, according to Hallmark.

Only New Year's Eve and the night of the Super Bowl surpass Halloween as party nights, Hel-gager said. "Since we don't have much control over the economy, we try to manage our emotions," said Michael Carey, an associate professor of psychology at Syracuse University. "This kind of thing lifts people's spirits. It's an innocuous and even positive way of coping, like using humor." And what will millions of Americans be wearing this Halloween? "Catwoman is number one, far and away. That's among kids, adult women I've even had adult men try on the Catwoman suit," said Ruettiger, whose business earns about half its money around Halloween.

Wells FFA holds fund Members of the Wells chapter of Future Farmers of America have held fund raisers to help pay expenses for their November trip to Kansas City, reported Leafe Erick-sen, Wells FFA reporter. Two teams will be participating in the national contest Parlimentary Procedure team members are Hank Sichley, Olivia Dahl, Eriksen, Lisa Reber, Jennifer Griswold and Sam Jones. The Farm Business Management team consists of Deana Smith, Michele Lopez, Brent Jones and Kristin Calton. Over the summer, the chapter SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Not even impeccable kitchen credentials or a culinary school degree with honors will get you and your toque into the kitchen at the Delancey Street Restaurant. The lovely ethnic bistro is just the place, however, for drug addicts or killers or prostitutes.

The year-old restaurant, snug by the San Francisco Bay with a glorious view of the Bay Bridge and the bleary lights of Oakland, is run entirely by residents of the Delancey Street Foundation, a self-named "community of last resort." For the last 20 years, the foundation has taken in thousands of people who have hit bottom in life and helped them learn to live as dignified, responsible citizens. Halloween SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (AP) Money's tight, the bills are stacking up and who knows if next year will be any better? Sounds like a good time to don a Ross Perot mask and party down. Halloween promises to be a real blowout this year. Not only does it fall on Saturday, but according to costumers, revelers have shown more interest in dressing up in the past couple of years as the economy has slowed.

"Psychological fantasies come into play. The guy who's being beat to death paying bills can be a gladiator for one night," said Jack Sheehan, co-owner of The Costumer, a Schenectady company that stocks 40,000 costumes for rent "It's a tremendous release valve." "People want to have fun," agreed David Ruettiger, co-owner of Center Stage Costumes of Naperville, 111. "They come into the store this year and they don't have a lot of money. You can feel that But they'll buy something anyway because they want to enjoy themselves." Halloween spending in the United States, on everything from candy to costumes, has increased from $300 million in 1989 to a projected $400 million this year, according to Hallmark Cards Inc. "As the baby boomers get older they're starting their own traditions," Hallmark spokeswoman Betsy Helga-gcr said in Kansas City, Mo.

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