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Kylee giggles over the situation I I t'-' CIN 4 11 -44' it bit 4 0 71 t0 I i I I 4 1 't 4t4 I i rt I ve 1 4" 1---1- -e 44 1 1 1 i 0 te cr' 4 -97 vs 4 I i I I By Nancy Melich THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE On the wall in Karl Malone's modest office on Salt Lake City's west side is a Ute Indian pipe The intricate and colorful beadwork on the hand-carved stem is exquisite as is the buckskin satchel hanging beside it This delicate piece of art work is in stark contrast to the hulking 1-wheel trucks dominating the concrete bay in the adjacent room The gift a symbol of appreciation to Malone from a Ute chief is but another glimpse into the complex personality of a man the public thinks it knows but never will To the masses this 30-year-old enigma from Summerfield La is: All-star power forward for the Utah Jazz '92 Olympic gold medalist Trucker and president of Malone Enterprises owner Mailman's sports store Passenger in F-16 jets fan of fried chicken Opinionated arrogant a spoiled professional athlete To Shirley and Ed Turner Karl Malone is the son who went to Louisiana Technical College to obtain an education that would enable him to help support his family To Murray and Melba Ruth Moore he is the foster son and business partner who spent summers baling hay and driving tractor on their Arkansas farm To Kaydee Malone he is the dad who reads her stories in the middle of the night when she doesn't want to sleep To Gary Ellison he is the businessman who drew him out of retirement to return to long hauling Karl Malone bends his 6-foot-9-inch frame over a midget-size refrigerator and removes a 32-ounce bottle of sparkling fruit juice "Try some It's good" He sits at the side of his large desk not in the high-back leather chair but in the smaller one reserved for visitors Though casually dressed in jeans and Western shirt everything about his attire has a starched and pressed exactness He boasts about his shiny eelsIdn cowboy boots custom made with rounded toes Then gesturing to a shelf behind the door he says "Those are my riding boots I went out last week in Idaho I have eight horses up there" His friend and Jazz teammate Isaac Austin pops in and out frequently preparations are under way for an elk-hunting trip Autumn leaves signal the end of a frenetic summer that had little to do with shooting hoops and a lot to do with running his 8- month-old trucking company Malone fre By Nancy Melich THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE On the wall in Karl Malone's modest of fice on Salt Lake City's west side is a Ute Indian pipe The intricate and colorful beadwork on the hand-carved stem is exqui- site as is the buckskin satchel hanging be side it This delicate piece of art work is in stark contrast to the hulking 18-wheel trucks dominating the concrete bay in the at acent room The gift a symbol of appreciation to Ma- lone from a Ute chief is but another glimpse into the complex personality of a man the public thinks it knows but never will To the masses this 30-year-old enigma from Summerfield La is All-star power forward for the Utah Jazz '92 Olympic gold medalist Trucker and president of Malone Enter prises owner Mailman's sports store Passenger in F-16 jets fan of fried chick- en Opinionated arrogant a spoiled profes- sional athlete To Shirley and Ed Turner Karl Malone is the son who went to Louisiana Technical College to obtain an education that would enable him to help support his family To Murray and Melba Ruth Moore he is the foster son and business partner who spent summers baling hay and driving tractor on their Arkansas farm To Kaydee Malone he is the dad who reads her stories in the middle of the night when she doesn't want to sleep To Gary Ellison he is the businessman Drake BusatbiBusath Photography Kay and Karl Malone enjoy a rare night out celebrity status has curtailed visits to public places KAY: Mother activist for children partner Steve GriffinThe Salt Lake Tribune Karl Malone spends off-court hours tending to trucking matters at his Salt Lake office "What!" shrieked Kinsey having no idea what he meant She learned that her sister using the name Kay Ann Kinsey mailed the photo to Malone With her Idaho phone number an enclosed note stated: "I am a big fan of yours Would you sign this photo and call me?" From that initial ring to the present Kay and Karl have never gone a day without phoning one another They were married Christmas Eve 1990 in the living room of the Salt Lake City home they now share with their daughters 23-month-old Kaydee Lyn and 7-month-old Kylee Annie plus two friendly labradors one prissy cat and an assortment of tropical fish including several piranhas Spend a few hours with Kay Kinsey Malone and it becomes obvious why the Mailman fell in love A tall slender raven-haired woman with natural beauty the Mailwoman has the ability to make you comfortable the minute she opens the door and invites you into her home After introducing her children and their nanny in college because he delivered points Kinsey decided she might as well ask for his signature She had recently relinquished her title as Miss Idaho USA and was making a scrapbook of her year including "celebrities-I-have-known" for her parents 'When I walked up to Karl he handed me that old line 'Is this for your husband? Your I said 'No I don't have one' My sister took our picture Karl said when it was developed I could mail it to him and he would sign it for me I kind of rolled my eyes and said 'Thanks'" Several months later Kinsey got around to having the film processed and sent a print to her sister Shortly after the phone rang in her Idaho Falls home "This is Karl Malone" Kinsey immediately hung up thinking the call was a prank The phone rang again "No I promise This is Karl Malone You wrote me a letter and sent this picture of you as Miss Idaho" By Nancy Melich THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE The woman who stole Karl Malone's heart is learning to love cowboy boots and appreciate the game of basketball But when Kay Ann Kinsey first met her future husband she had no idea who he was much less what he did It was October '88 Kinsey was in Salt Lake City visiting her sister Walking through Fashion Place Mall she saw a group of people standing by a man seated at a table Her brother-in-law informed her it was The Mailman "You mean the first black postmaster of Utah is signing autographs?" Kinsey asked She quickly learned that the person in question was "one of the best basketball players in the NBA" a power forward with the Utah Jazz who earned his nickname II See F-2 Column 3 See F-2 Column 1 MORMON METEOR' COMES HOME Capitol is resting spot for bust of Myer Ab Jenkins 0 '''r display of restored race car N) By Harold Schindler THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE David Abbott "Ab" Jenkins didn't look like a race diver but they called him Utah's Son of Speed this unassuming country boy from Spanish Fork who even- tually claimed most of the world's automo' -1: bile endurance records and put Bonneville Salt Flats on the international map Born in 1883 Jenkins died almost 40 years ago In his day he made history by s' '''''t challenging time and distance with ma- ls chines that became forerunners of passen 1 ''t 4 ger cars in the 1990s He established more world records than 'Y any other man in the history of automobile racing It wasn't just speed that Jenkins sought from a car but endurance the ability to take punishment and not break down His famous Mormon Meteor III in which he rewrote the record books has been restored to its original glory and this week will be put on permanent display in the State Capitol along with a bust honor ing its late desigrner and driver ust of driver Ab Jenkins was done by Jerry Anderson Leeds He sold the sleek car to the state in 1943 Bust of driver Ab Jenkins was done by Jerry Anderson Leeds That was enough to impress Studebaker Corp executives who offered the genial general contractor a year-round job as their safety and development engineer Among his early assignments was to look over a V12 engine the corporation's subsidiary Pierce Arrow was developing Jenkins came away impressed by the size and performance of the engine and suggested he could make a successful attempt at the world endurance record with the brutish 12-cylinder Pierce Arrow So it was that 1932 found Jenkins driving one of the company's roadsters with running board and fenders removed and the cowling replaced The scene was the salt flats west of Salt Lake City and close by the Nevada border The salt was white hard and corrosive A 10-mile circular track had been laid out on the salt bed with white cat's-eye reflectors mounted on rods four feet above the salt surface every 100 feet for the entire 10 miles William Rishel head of the Utah State American Automobile Association timed the run Jenkins drove the roadster the full 24 hours stopping only to refill the fuel tank or change tires He averaged 1129 miles an hour but the test was disqualified because it was not officially timed They tried again the next summer with K1 See F-3 Column 3 for $1 As a youngster of 14 he began working in the Denver Rio Grande Western Railroad shops and later learned carpentry and masonry skills that would take him into the building-contracting business across three states His determination was the key to success As a general contractor he designed and built homes in Salt Lake City's Gilmer Park area and the upper Yale Avenue districts He was good at what he did but his deep-rooted interests focused on cars and the internal-combustion engine When his profession began to interfere with his racing he gave up his profession In his heyday during the 1930s and '40s Jenkins made the Bonneville Salt Flats the nation's most famous racing ground His achievements on the salt caught the attention of such great international speedsters as Sir Malcolm Campbell John Cobb and Capt GET Eyston diverting them from Daytona Beach in Florida Jenkins' career as a king of speed got its start in 1926 when he and his friend Ray Peck owner of Thompson Flying Service set out to drive from New York to San Francisco faster than a train could make the trip It took Jenkins with Peck as his relief driver in their Studebaker touring sedan 86 hours and 20 minutes compared to the train's 100 hours 1 glp1109g ICRUI ''I 6 0 al- 1 -r- eiNikAt40iQAAPUUaittii014 kiAlkoboaMaitWIN 1 I '-j 040t LtAn.