Newsletter of the

Wasatch Mountain Jaguar Register

June 2014

A Chapter of the Jaguar Clubs of North America

Under The Bonnet

WMJR on the web:

www.WMJR.org

British Field Day

Liberty Park Salt Lake City

Saturday June 21

British Field Day (BFD) will be held

at Liberty Park again this year. All

British cars and bikes in any condi-

tion from 100-point restorations to

works in progress or an old daily

beater are welcome. All area British

car/bike clubs are invited to partici-

pate. Call your fellow club members

and get them to the event!

There will be a road course set up

on a closed access road inside the

park. It promises to be as noisy

and challenging as in previous

years!

Liberty Park has many amenities

including one of the largest and

best playgrounds in the city, the

Tracy Aviary and a small amuse-

ment park with a Ferris wheel

and merry-go-round. Even if your

family doesn’t share your passion for

LBCs (little British cars), there will

be plenty for them to do while you

are getting your fix!

The Salt Lake Arts Academy, a pub-

lic charter school with emphasis on

the arts, will be providing volunteers

to assist with the event so the organ-

izers can have more time for some

fun, too! Publicity for BFD is being

handled by the Salt Lake Community

Network. The SLCN is a non-profit

neighborhood advocacy organiza-

tion that functions as an umbrella

group for Salt Lake City Communi-

ty Councils. The community coun-

cils are neighborhood organizations

that provide input from residents to

city government.

Food will be California style with a

bold Asian influence including

Asian tacos, sliders, and salads plus

chicken fingers with a plum-ginger

sauce, a cheese quesadilla, and hot

dogs for the kids, all at reasonable

prices by CHOW HAUTE ASIAN

CUISINE ON THE GO. The

CHOW Truck will be inside the

event.

Liberty Park is located between 500

East & 700 East and 900 South &

1300 South. The BFD event will be

held in the northeast quadrant of the

park. Enter off 1300 South and drive

east and north about a quarter of the

way around the park. You will see

the event on the left.

Please help support the Salt Lake

Arts Academy and SLCN

by bringing your cars and

bikes out to join in the fun.

Registration starts at 8 AM.

We hope to have most bikes

and cars in place by 9 AM.

We encourage folks display-

ing vehicles to try to stay

until 3 PM, but if you can

only make it for a couple of

hours, that is fine, too! The

registration fee is $10 per

bike or car. The maximum

registration fee is $20/

registrant regardless of the number of

cars or bikes they bring. A $5 dona-

tion is requested per adult admission.

Kids 12 and under are free.

To register, print out the registration

form on page xxx and bring it along

with you on the 21st of June.

For more information, please email

Bill Davis at: wld3rd@gmail.com or

Jon Hermance at: jher-

mance@earthfax.com

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Park City Classic Car Show Saturday July 26

Any classic sports car built before

1989 may enter. Entrants will re-

ceive a dash plaque, two ballots, and

two raffle tickets.

Automotive clubs are encouraged to

promote their respective marque.

Judging for trophies will be per-

formed by the entrants. People’s

Choice award will be chosen by both

entrants and the general public.

Class awards are based only on

make of vehicle, i.e. Jaguar, MG,

Austin Healey, etc.

The number of class awards will be

determined by the number of en-

trants by June 15, 2014.

A First in Class award will be given

if there are five entries of the same

manufacture. A class award will be

given for each additional three en-

tries, with a maximum of three

awards per class.

A raffle will be held during the

show time. Donations for the raffle

are greatly appreciated. Raffle tick-

ets will be available for purchase

during the show.

Ballots and awards will only reflect

the entries received before June

16th. All entries are eligible for

awards.

The reserved area will allow only

60 entries.

Clubs may elect to hold their own

style of judging in conjunction with

the show (concours, etc.) and will be

allowed time at the conclusion to

present their own results.

Cars must be in place by 10am. Dis-

play vehicles will be parked diago-

nally on both sides of Main Street

facing downhill. They will be

spaced 5 feet apart, and there will be

a 20 foot clear section in the middle

for safety reasons.

The street must be cleared and open

for traffic by 2:30pm. You can park

in a designated parking stall and pay

the parking fee after that time.

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Club Officers

President

Jerry Gill, 801-272-7274

camberley2000@hotmail.com

Vice President

Jim Klekas, 801-971-6060

jklekas@aol.com

Past President

Duane Allred

801-943-9253

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Secretary / Treasurer

John Green, 801-451-5776

carousell2@msn.com

Activities Committee

Susan Cady, 801-731-1599

cadysue1599@msn.com

Kay Jennings 801-274-2671

jenningscarbarn@gmailcom

Barbara Smithen, 801-278-2451

smithenrn@yahoo.com

Newsletter Publisher / Webmaster

Gary Lindstrom, 801-554-3823

gary@cs.utah.edu

The Union Jack From www.royal.gov.uk, The Official Website of The British Monarchy

The Union Flag, or Union Jack, is the

national flag of the United Kingdom.

It is so called because it combines the

crosses of the three countries united un-

der one Sovereign - the kingdoms of

England and Wales, of Scotland and of

Ireland (although since 1921 only North-

ern Ireland has been part of the United

Kingdom).

The flag consists of three heraldic cross-

es.

The cross of St George, patron saint of

England since the 1270's, is a red cross

on a white ground. After James I suc-

ceeded to the throne, it was combined

with the cross of St. Andrew in 1606.

The cross saltire of St Andrew, patron

saint of Scotland, is a diagonal white

cross on a blue ground.

The cross saltire of St Patrick, patron

saint of Ireland, is a diagonal red cross on

a white ground.

This was combined with the previous

Union Flag of St George and St Andrew,

after the Act of Union of Ireland with

England (and Wales) and Scotland on 1

January 1801, to create the Union Flag

that has been flown ever since.

The Welsh dragon does not appear on

the Union Flag. This is because when

the first Union Flag was created in

1606, the Principality of Wales by that

time was already united with England

and was no longer a separate principali-

ty.

The Union Flag was originally a Royal

flag. When the present design was

made official in 1801, it was ordered to

be flown on all the King's forts and

castles, but not elsewhere.

It is today flown above Buckingham

Palace, Windsor Castle and Sandring-

ham when The Queen is not in resi-

dence.

The Royal Arms of Scotland (Lion

Rampant) is flown at the Palace of Hol-

yroodhouse and Balmoral when The

Queen is not in residence.

On news of a Royal death, the Union

Flag (or the Royal Arms of Scotland

(Lion Rampant) where appropriate) is

flown at half-mast.

The Royal Standard is never flown at

half-mast, as the Sovereign never dies

(the new monarch immediately succeeds

his or her predecessor).

The flying of the Union Flag on public

buildings is decided by the Department

for Culture, Media and Sport at The

Queen's command.

The Union Flag is flown on Government

buildings on days marking the birthdays

of members of the Royal Family, Com-

monwealth Day, Coronation Day, The

Queen's official birthday, Remembrance

Day and on the days of the State Open-

ing and prorogation of Parliament.

The term 'Union Jack' possibly dates

from Queen Anne's time (r. 1702-14),

but its origin is uncertain.

It may come from the 'jack-et' of the

English or Scottish soldiers, or from the

name of James I who originated the first

union in 1603.

Another alternative is that the name may

be derived from a proclamation by

Charles II that the Union Flag should be

flown only by ships of the Royal Navy

as a jack, a small flag at the bowsprit; the

term 'jack' once meant small.

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PALM DESERT, CA– The

Living Desert has again added

to its menagerie of cute.

Fresh off the hooves of a baby

giraffe born March 28, the zoo

on Tuesday announced the

birth of two jaguar cubs.

The zoo also has four baby

fennec foxes still too young to

be exhibited and a zebra that's

expected to give birth for the

third time any day.

"It's never dull" this time of

year at The Living Desert, said

Liz Hile, the zoo's curator of

animals.

The zoo tries to

time births in the spring or fall

when temperatures are more

comfortable for the animals,

Hile said.

The cubs double the size of

the jaguar family at The Liv-

ing Desert. Magia, the 4-year-

old mother, and Memo, the

father, are a matched breeding

pair. Memo was moved from a

zoo in Panama in 2013 to help

the jaguar breeding program in

North American zoos.

"This is our first jaguar birth,"

said Kerry Graves, director of

A baby jaguar cub rests at her mother Magia’s feet. Magia, a four-year-old feline,

gave birth to twins at The Living Desert

Jaguar Cubs Newest Arrivals At The Living Desert

Barrett Newkirk, The Desert Sun12:38 a.m. PDT May 21, 2014

—cont’d on p. 8

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Jaguar Cubs Newest Arrivals — cont’d from p. 7

park services at The Living Desert.

"Being one of the signature animals at

the zoo, it makes it very exciting."

An eBay auction netted $1,025 for the

Living Desert from a Los Angeles wom-

an in exchange for the honor of naming

the baby male giraffe. Roxana Givner

chose Kubwa, Swahili for "big."

Graves said the zoo plans to hold another

contest to name the jaguar cubs but de-

tails haven't been finalized.

Zookeepers still don't know whether the

cubs are male or female. Hile said staff

will look for an upcoming opportunity to

determine the gender, but so far they are

confident that Magia gave birth to two

healthy cubs.

"Mom is being a very good mother and

being very protective," she said.

Zoo visitors shouldn't expect to see the

cubs until about September, after

they've had time to be introduced to

their exhibit space.

The Association of Zoos & Aquariums

has roughly 40 pairs in its jaguar

breeding program, said Stacey John-

son, who departed as The Living

Desert's president and CEO in January

to become the chief life sciences of-

ficer at San Diego Zoo Global, which

oversees the San Diego Zoo and San

Diego Safari Park.

Johnson is also coordinator of the jagu-

ar Species Survival Plan, a role he de-

scribed as the big cats' "dating coordi-

nator."

The program aims to keep the captive

jaguar population healthy through

planned breeding. It hoped to have 15-20

litters born over the current two-year

cycle, which ends this fall, but so far

Johnson said there have been five or six.

Jaguars can have up to six cubs in a litter,

Johnson said, but one or two is typical.

"It's always a boost for us when we have

cubs born," he said, "because we're trying

to manage our population over the very

long term."

Reach Barrett Newkirk at (760)778-4767,

barrett.newkirk@desertsun.com or on

Twitter @barrettnewkirk.

What would you name the jaguars?

Visit DesertSun.com to suggest some

names The Living Desert might want to

consider. Also, find this story online to

view a photo gallery of related images.

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Event Calendar

Saturday, June 21

British Field Day

Liberty Park, Salt Lake City

See article on pp. 1-3

Wednesday, July 2

Eaglewood Festival of Speed

Bruce Oblad, bruce.oblad@gmail.com

Saturday, July 26

Park City Concours with Bonneville

Austin-Healey Club

Dave Maxwell, 801-943-4803

See article on p. 4

Application form on p. 5

Saturday, August 9

Tour and Pot Luck

Borgs’ Cabin, Midway

Ken and JoAnn Borg

burghley@msn.com,

801-277-3313

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Past Schoolhouses

Take It Slow

Let The Little

Shavers Grow

—Burma Shave, 1939

September 2-6

JCNA Western States Meet

Colorado Springs, CO

Jack Humphrey, jagluver2@cs.com,

719-930-4801

See p. 7

Saturday, September 13

Luau at Cadys’

Susan Cady, 801-731-1599

Friday, October 24

Hallowe’en Party

J and Kay Jennings

801-274-2671

Saturday, November 1

Jaguar Photo Shoot

December

Christmas Party

A Nostalgic Tour of Browns Lane

For a nostalgic tour of Jaguar production at the Browns

Lane factory in the 60’s see http://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=lKJPFRNO344&feature=youtu.be