The Daily Sentinel from Grand Junction, Colorado • 13

THE tS DAILY Sentinel Saturday, February 11, 1995 INSIDE: SPORTS Prep Pros Recreation Scoreboard SeCtion.B (CmdkMy imdldDiPjpMims Rapist fights extradition to Colorado Moose auxiliary donates doll-sized doses to sick kids iKmfrP and the other necessary paperwork to Arizona Gov. Fife Symington, who then will issue another warrant ordering Smith back to Mesa County. Once the Ari-zona warrant has been issued, Smith has 10 days to file an appeal. Maricopa County prose- 1, sSjix cutors then get kmriAfcJ Have tn filo a 10 days to file a Nancy Lofholm Daily Sentinel You cant get a prescription for endorphins, the invisible, healing, pain-relieving chemicals that occur naturally in our bodies. But if youre a seriously ill child, the Grand Junction Ladies of the Moose will give you an endorphin you can hang on to.

The ladies auxiliary of the Loyal Order of the Moose, a group with a long history of doing good works, is donating several dozen endorphin dolls to children at St. Marys and Hill- rviP-Wl 'VJrrU t0P Rehabilita-I 1 li j71 tion hospitals. The dolls, which have endearing faces painted on pointy, cloudlike heads, are the brainchild of former Grand Junction kindergarten teacher Margaret Alexander, who also is a Moose auxiliary member. Sharyn Wizda Daily Sentinel Rapist Shannon Bear Smith refused Friday to sign an extradition waiver in Arizona, officials said. For now, that means Colorado authorities will have to obtain a governors warrant and other paperwork to return Smith to Mesa County, where he faces probation-violation charges.

Smith, 22, was arrested outside Phoenix on Tuesday, eight months after he disappeared from Mesa County. A governors warrant may not be necessary if Smith changes his mind and signs a waiver, said Mark Lloyd, who handles interstate fugitive cases such as Smiths for Maricopa County, Ariz. He's not been in a position to make his phone calls or check with family. He may change his mind once he does that, Lloyd said. Until Friday, Smith was housed in an intake holding tank with no access to a phone.

After his court appearance, he was assigned to a different facility with phone access, Lloyd said. He is being held in lieu of $235,500 bond. Smith can decide at any time to sign a waiver, Lloyd said. Colorado authorities have 90 days to send a governors warrant response. Lloyd said governors warrants have never been denied, even if defendants have appealed.

Once the appropriate paperwork is complete, Colorado officials have 30 days to retrieve Smith. When he disappeared, Smith was serving a six-year probation sentence in Mesa County after pleading guilty to four counts of second-degree sexual assault. The charges centered on four Glen-wood Springs girls aged 12 to 14, who prosecutors said Smith manipulated into sexual relationships. An arrest warrant was issued after he failed to appear in court April 22, 1994, to answer to charges that he violated his probation by having repeated, unsupervised contact with two Mesa County teen-age girls. Theobold announces bid for re-election to council Alexander began making the dolls almost 10 years ago after reading a magazine article about endorphins.

Alexander envisioned the chemicals as blob-shaped clouds rallying to points in the body to heal and soothe. So Alexander began stitching and stuffing her vision of endorphins in hopes that they would become a huggable comforting and learning tool for the ill. She said she hoped the dolls would help children to relax and maybe to laugh, both states that help release endorphips in tbebodyv Alexanderepyrighted-her idea-and planned to market the dolls nationwide. She said she was very naive about marketing and her efforts failed. A big heart was part of her problem she said every time she heard of a sick child who might benefit from the doll, she gave one away.

I just dont have the heart to charge when kids are sick, Alexander said. Alexander recently donated several dozen dolls to the Ladies of the Moose health awareness committee. Committee Chairwoman Jean Kitson sold the dolls to Moose auxiliary members, who then donated them back so they could be handed out to hospitalized children. Its real important to keep your spirits up when youre sick. It makes the medicine work Dean HumphreyDaily Sentinel One of the endorphin dolls that the ladies auxiliary of the Loyal Order of the Moose donated to Hilltop Rehabilitation Hospital brings a smile to Aaron Davis, 3, and his mother, Sherry Little of Clifton.

Army. They gleaned an onion field and donated the onions to soup kitchens. They have donated and delivered flowers to nursing homes, prepared funeral dinners and participated in the Adopt-a-Highway program. We do whatever needs doing, Moose auxiliary senior regent Anne Durand said. better.

It makes you heal faster, said Jean Kitson, who also has been involved in the endorphin project. Money raised from the project goes to a scholarship for a nursing student. In the past, the 420 members of the Moose auxiliary have donated money and time to domestic-violence projects and the Salvation Recreational facilities remain in plans, but not at Berry Park Wfiatever happened to. Dana Nunn Daily Sentinel Grand Junction City Councilman Reford Theobold will seek re-election to the District council seat that he has held for almost 10 years. Ill be the first person to serve two complete, consecutive four-year terms since Jane Quimby.

There have been 25 different members of the council in my almost 10 years, Theobold said. Quimby served on the council from 1973 to 1981. Theobold, 40, was appointed in 1985 to fill an unexpired term when Mike Pacheco resigned from the council. He was elected in 1987 and again in 1991. He made an unsuccessful bid for the Legislature in 1988.

Bom and raised in Mesa County, Theobold is in business for himself. His company is TNT Promotions and includes providing the time and temperature telephone service, which, he said, gets 4,000 calls a day. He also sells imprinted promotional items such as pens and key chains. He owns some rental properties and does independent video production work. Theobold is the first candidate to announce for the District spot on the council.

Nominating petitions for council candidates will be available at the City Clerks Office on Monday. The election will be April 4. A quick wit that is sometimes perceived as flippancy has been a hallmark of Theobolds tenure as a councilman. He said he doesn't intend to appear flippant. Ive got a pretty good sense of humor and I dont hesitate to use it but I need to be more cautious with that.

I tend to see humor in things that others dont see. Theobold said there are three issues facing the city that are his personal priorities running a fiscally sound city government, managing growth and improving quality of life through such things as developing $9 million worth of new parks. Regarding the often-strained relationships between the city and Mesa County and between the city and Ute Water Conservancy District in recent years, Theobold said, It can only get better. He said the resolution of the lawsuit between the city and Ute over which entity should provide water service in which areas will dramatically improve that relationship. He expects the courts to settle those questions this year.

Hes also hopeful about a better working relationship with the county. I think probably the biggest thing that could improve citycounty relations is for both sides to be willing to go the extra step to make it better, he said, adding that the city ought to put less emphasis on who is right and more on solving problems. We even had the money at one time to begin developing Berry Park, Hobbs said. That was about the same time the bust hit Both the city and the county had set aside fUnds to develop the park. The county pulled its funds.

Then the city did as result of the bust, he said. The City Council in January approved placing Berry Park as well as some city property near Whitewater on the ballot for disposal. If approved by voters, the city must get the appraised value or higher for the properties, Hobbs said. those, but not at the proposed Berry Park. All those developed fields and walkways are to be built at a new park at the intersection or 24 and roads.

Grand Junction voters this April will have the opportunity to approve selling or trading the Berry Park property. Proceeds from such a trade or sale would go back into the citys parkland acquisition Bind, said Don Hobbs, parks manager. Development of Berry Park proved more costly than either the 24 and roads site or even the old Matchett Farm north of Patterson Road near 29 Road, Hobbs said. C. Patrick Claary Daily Sentinel Mesa County reader Allen Gobbo wants to know, Whatever happened to Berry Park? A Before the 1982 bust, Grand Junction had purchased about 86 acres north of Appleton Elementary School, 2358 Road for a park.

A parks and residential plan developed in 1986 called for four softball fields, four soccer fields, four tennis courts, two volleyball courts, a playground, picnic area, bike path and two fishing ponds at the site. The city still will build all Is there some news story from years past that you still wonder about? Wonder whatever happened to some 4 person who used to be in the news? The Daily Sentinel now has a regular feature to answer the question: "Whatever happened to You ask the question, and we 'U do everything we can to update you on the news and give you the follow-up information. If you have a question, give us a call at 242-5050 and ask far the city desk Our fax number is 241-6860. Or write. Our address is PO- Box 668, Grand Junction 81502.

A Furniture and boxes take the fun out of moving organized it, I had every intention of putting things in the box that in some way pertained to a desk notebooks, pencils, staplers, etc. Sadly, in the interim, I have added the following A half-used bar of soap, two 9-volt batteries, the head of a Stretch Armstrong doll, some feathers, and a travel-size box of wintergreen Tic Tacs and thats just the top layer. Then theres the equally troubling area of box labeling. The box that two moves ago contained 30 pairs of tighty-whities and read Undies Galore now contains some wigs and miscellaneous cookie cutters. Kind of makes me think that on my next move.

111 stop living to lie and just label every box surprise. Which in fact makes me think maybe 111 just stay in this new place forever. That way, Ill never have to move again. But as they say, necessity is the invention of motherhood. Five minutes after we fired up a chain saw, all the furniture was neatly piled in the living room.

After the furniture, we moved blindly to the boxes. In the packing world, boxes give the false sense of security that if you put everything more-or-less together in one common container and scribble something on it silverware" it will be organized. In reality, unfortunately, the contents of any given box have precious little to do with A) Any sense of organization or B) What is written on the outside of the box. Case in point for me was a box having something to do with desk supplies. Fa aurn that a few years back, when I first this great sofa and that great love seat but I never hear old Mr.

Weberg spouting off about how all of his stuff can actually fit through a doorway. Sure, the behemoth ar-moire is wonderful if you live in a cave you can just walk it right in. But if youre trapped in a doorway with a rather inflexible 12-foot couch, the fact that it was so affordable provides little solace. Did you ever stop and wonder why all the furniture joints are warehouses? Its simple so they can fit all the stuff through those massive doors. If you had like that leading into your living room, you'd probably have a big Jake Jabbs smile, too.

Heck, you'd be thinking, What I really need now is a baby leopard or two to put on this coffee table. NICK Last week, I was busy trying to find an apartment Little did I know at the time that finding the place was nothing compared to the actual moving. Moving in, with the approach my roomate and I took, was based on the premise that we could bring in a handful of our friends, offer them some beer and pizza as incentives, and get it done. Said another way, its like gathering up a bunch of guys who couldnt pack a lunch and hoping they can help you organize and transport your entire existence. Moving, as far as I can tell, can be divided into two realms: Furniture and boxes.

The fiuniturc, for starters, quicklybrought an interesting question to mind Namely, would it be possible to have the people who design everything in the world make all the stuff small enough to fit through a doorway? You know, I always notice those ads on TV about A. HARTSHORN DISPATCHES.