Salt Lake City business owner Brian Kearney noted in a letter to Parking Enforcement Supervisor Gary Griffiths that when he received a ticket earlier this year for parking on the same "block face" for more than two hours, nobody in the department seemed to know what a block face was.

Kearney parked in a two-hour zone at about 8:40 a.m. on the north side of 300 South between 300 West and 400 West, where his business is located. A short time later, he left the area for an errand and returned about 11:20 a.m., parking in a two-hour zone on the south side of the street.

He received a ticket for exceeding the two-hour limit.

When he complained, the officer couldn't explain what legally constitutes a block face, but gave him the ticket anyway.

Seeking clarification, Kearney called the Parking Services office and was told the definition of a block face was up to the discretion of the officer. For example, one officer might consider the north, south, east and west sides of a square block to be a block face. Another officer might decide each side of the same street might be a block face.

So Kearney looked up the ordinance - Section 12.56.450 (c) - which defines a block face as the side of the street where a vehicle is parked between two intersecting streets. So, the curb across the street is in a different block face.

Once Kearney advised a hearing officer of the ordinance, his $10 ticket was dismissed.

Leave a little early: Utah's official tourism Web site is advertising a New Year's Eve party in Ogden's historic Union Station and provides a link to the station to make reservations.

There is just one problem: The link actually goes to the Union Station of Kansas City, which also has a New Year's Eve party.

The link provided by the Utah tourism site is unionstation.org. The link that should have been provided for the Utah location is theunionstation.org.

One more thing: The Kansas City party is only $49.95. The Ogden party is $60.

Happy holidays: Salt Lake Souvenirs and Gifts in The Gateway Center wanted to spread the Christmas spirit to patrons during the holidays by displaying a manger scene in front of its store.

Somebody, perhaps mistaking the private business for a government entity and wanting a separation of church and state, stole two of the wise men over the holiday weekend.

Delivery to the South Pole? Wallace Budd called the U.S. Postal Service in Salt Lake City recently to inquire why he had not received a check that was sent priority mail by a client who paid for confirmation of delivery.

It turns out the check was delivered to another house on the same street, even though the record indicated a confirmed delivery.

"Tina" at the Post Office confessed that there is no confirmation that letters are delivered to the correct address. If the carrier swipes the bar code on the letter and leaves it at an address - any address - the Post Office confirms delivery.