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January ○ If you’re exploring north this winter, tires to get a grip, like branches from a
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tree. If your vehicle doesn’t come right
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Desk Schedule ○ ○ sound advice . . . . out, get it rocking back and forth, using
low gear and reverse. When you feel it’s
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○ Car Stuck? Get it out! about to come out, just move steadily
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Thurs/1 -------VC Closed------- ○
Fri/2 C. Williams D. Powers ○ ○ by Chuck Kleber ahead and avoid spinning the wheels.
Sat/3 W. Barbuck W. Barbuck ○ Mud: Mud can be especially tricky.
Sun/4 L. Landry L. Landry etting out of a messy situation, Ideally, you should have a so-called
Mon/5 B. Wolin J. Geier ○ sometimes even ensuring your “mud ladder.” This is simply a series of
Tues/6 R. Keough E. Rothfuss ○ ○ Gpersonal survival, can de- robust wooden slats, 2 x 2 or 2 x 4, that
Wed/7 P. Oleson C. Gilmore ○ ○ ○ pend on getting your vehicle out of
Thurs/8 G. Sayles J. Barrett ○ ○ sand, snow, or mud. In all cases
Fri/9 H. Perlman E. Schliepp ○ ○ ○ there’s a basic rule to follow: don’t
Sat/10 T. Borg R. Keough ○ ○ spin your tires. You’ll end up with
Sun/11 S. Valladao L. Landry ○ ○ the car burying itself. Here are a few
Mon/12 B. Wolin J. Geier ○ ○ ○ pointers:
Tues/13 M. Slagle E. Rothfuss ○ ○ Sand: Keep those wheels
Wed/14 V. Sperry C. Gilmore ○ ○ straight and put something in front
Thurs/15 G. Sayles J. Barrett ○ ○ ○ of the tires to provide traction. A
Fri/16 N. Kresge D. Powers ○ ○ lot of things can work, see what’s
Sat/17 P. VanDooremaal L. Landry ○ ○ around—wood, rocks, maybe a big
Sun/18 OPEN L./M. Utah ○ ○ ○ tarp or blanket in the trunk. And
Mon/19 J. Geier F. Rhea ○ ○ pack something behind your tires.
Tues/20 D./V. Wray E. Rothfuss ○ ○ ○ Then, lower the tire pressures by up
Wed/21 M. Burk C. Gilmore ○ ○ to 10 psi to get a bigger “paw” on
Thurs/22 G. Sayles J. Barrett ○ ○ the ground. Companions can help with are linked by a sturdy rope strung
Fri/23 H. Perlman J. Geier ○ ○ ○ a push, that’s fine, but they must be through holes on each end and knotted
Sat/24 T. Borg M. Lolich ○ ○ careful of flying debris/stuff. to keep the wood from slipping. A lad-
M. Lolich ○ ○ Snow: Carry a shovel in the car. der under each of the drive wheels
Sun/25 OPEN L./M. Utah ○ ○ ○ Even one of those folding camper/mili- should get you out.
Mon/26 N. Kresge F. Rhea tary models will do. Shovel as much as Of course, the best advice of all is
Tues/27 D. V. Wray E. Ruthfuss you can away from the tires and directly to avoid getting in that jam in the first
Wed/28 M. Burk C. Gilmore in front along your “escape” route. As place. If the route looks “iffy,”
Thurs/29 G. Sayles J. Barrett with sand, find things that will help your find another one.
Fri/30 J. Geier E. Schliepp
Sat/31 J. Kisosondie U. Beckett
Changes? Call Scott Bahan, 515-5371
Zzyzx, continued from p. 1. His fame, however, brought him
In Memoriam many enemies and detractors. By now,
Friends’ member Libby Raines He used its popularity to promote his many people, whose illnesses were well
passed away in December. Since lines of medicines, which—according to beyond anything which Springer might
joining in 1991, Libby and her hus- him—were capable of curing most have been able to cure, were coming to
band Bud, who pre-deceased her things, from baldness to cancer. In Zzyzx. The American Medical Associa-
in November 2000, were actively reality, they were simply harmless con- tion called him “The King of Quacks.”
involved in many areas. coctions of vegetable juices, Epsom In 1968 after almost thirty successful
Libby worked on the Informa- salts, and the like, but with such intrigu- years, federal marshals arrested him for
tion Desk and coordinated the ing names as “OMR” (One Minute Re- alleged violations of food and drugs
Membership committee for several lief for indigestion) and “Mo-hair” (a laws, not to mention the minor matter
years. cure for baldness), they caught the of unauthorized use of federal land. It is
Our sincerest condolences to public’s attention and were shipped, not fairly certain, however, that Springer
Libby’s family. only throughout the States, but believed that he had followed the cor-
also abroad. rect legal procedure in filing a mining
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