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Show A8 WASATCH COUNTY APRIL 25, 2001 COURIER — ee For Ancestors Gets Borders Group Inc. in their size to demand major. discounts from publishers, a move they said - undermined mom-and-pop stores that could not compete. But after unfavorable rulings in fed: eral court here, the American Booksellers Association, which represented the independent stores, dropped the suit. In return, Barnes and Borders agreed to pay about a quarter of the ABA’s $16 million in legal expenses. The New York-based ABA portrayed the settlement as a victory. | “I want independent booksellers to _ get a fair deal and get offered to them what’s offered to others,” said Avin Domnitz, the organization’s chief exec- _ IUL how much they harmed, if at all. “Fizzle. were | Fizzle. » Fizzle,” said Stephanie Oda, who publishes Subtext, a Connecticut newsletter covering the bookselling industry. _ “Business is not fair. This is a capitalistic system.” The ABA argued the book ohts were violating the Robinson-Patman Act of 1936, enacted to prevent large businesses from using their purchas- ing power to gain market advantage. The. book giants said they were entitled to discounts because of their ability to move large volumes of books. As major bookstore chains have years, the number Last Tuesday, officials with the church and Ellis Island were to unveil a new database containing arrival records for the 22 million immigrants who arrived on ships at the port of : New York from 1892 to 1924. The database — which includes 70 percent of all U.S. arrivals during that period— will also be available on the Internet. “There are a lot of people who are anxious to see this information,” said |. Wayne Metcalfe, who helped direct — the project for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. “This is the tool everybody’s waiting for to go back to Ellis Island and find their ances- of independent can move toward that mark.” The chains claimed victory as well, _ chains—Barnes, Borders, Crown Books and Books-A-Million—expand-. - Noble,” said Leonard Riggio, ‘Barnes’ chairman. The settlement prohibits the ABA puter. expanded to new territories in recent — bookstores has declined. From 1994 to 1997, the four largest bookstore a total vindication for Barnes and —~ determine _ utive. “I think with this settlement we saying the settlement was cheaper than battling the lawsuit. _ “This settlement is nothing short of I U.S. District Judge William H. ‘Orrick had earlier ruled the independents were not entitled to damages because it would be impossible to ce _ The small bookstores accused the two national chains of illegally. using LIM - pore through | endless reels of microfilm. | But now, thanks in part to a project put together by the Mormon church, all it takes is a few clicks on the com- not require publishers to do that. ed their collective market share from _.35 percent to 45 percent, the ABA The association has about members, down from its peak of five years ago. Barnes operates than 900 stores; Borders has said. 3,000 5,000 more more than 300. line once,” he said. RECORD _And that’s exactly why resorts close early regardless of snow levels. | CONTINUED FROM AL operated in a very healthy range,” said Resorts base their closing dates on financial considerations, not snowfall PCMR spokesperson Melissa O’Brien. levels. Interest falls off sharply after _ Park City’s other Olympic venue, April 1, and it costs resorts as much to o Deer Valley, reported a double-digit _ stay open for 500 skiers as it does for increase in skier days. 5,000: As a result, But the late snowresorts can often lose “The consumer can fall also brought a fair thousand of dollars a : amount of grumbling day, Rafferty said. expect to see a lot from diehard locals. “I have my mounwho complained the great deals next year.” tain bike sitting here April 15 closing was in my office, and I too early. , Rafferty admits that _. he experienced the — best skiing of the year CHIP CAREY Spokesperson for The Canyons Resort. | Rafferty. on April 8 at Alta after a 20-inch snowfall the night before. think that’s what a lot of people have on their minds,” said “We’d love _ to change that, but it’s ST. was the best skiing of the year, but it wasn’t that busy. I never had to wait in - tough.” Resorts often run into staffing problems as well if they stay open too late, tors.” The dolce can he searched and - includes immigrants’ names, their port of origin, age, nationality, hometown and marital status. Visitors to the new ne nCAA Family Immigration History Center at Ellis Island can then get printouts of the information and, if they choose, buy a souvenir copy of the original, handwritten record and a _ photo of the ship that brought their which Mormon encourages ~ church members — to do genealogical research as a means of finding ancestors to baptize into the faith after death — had already begun to transcribe the information. So while the foundation took digital photographs of the manifests immi_ grants filled out on board ship, 12,000 Mormon volunteers copied the records into a database. It wasn’t easy. Participants had = decode microfilm copies of the mani- fests, which often included dozens of entries per page in as many different languages. “You might names be transcribing the of individuals who were immi- The databace will nee will. have their own - information — including family photos and stories — to share with relatives or _ the general public. Until now, Ellis Island information was only available on microfilm in Washington or at the church’s Family History Library i in Salt Lake City. But in 1996, the Statue of Liberty /Ellis Island Foundation, adds O’Brien. This year’s strong season hasn’t relieved angst about next year. Ski Utah is planning a massive publicity blitz to offset the perception that skiers will find the state’s slopes too crowded and too expensive during _ the Olympics. lines later there’s someone who’s com- _ ing from Italy,” said Metcalfe, who esti- _ mated the work would have cost up to — $10 million without volunteer labor. “When your native and you're trying names, it presents But it will make the millions language is English to transcribe these a real challenge.” research easier for of descendants of Ellis Island arrivals, said Stephen Briganti, president and CEO of the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Foundation. It is estimated that 40 percent of name, he was able to narrow the field by searching for the approximate date of her arrival and her age at the time. “There’s great interest now in finding one’s family history, where they came from, what their life was like, what diseases they might have had,” _ Briganti said. “This is certainly going to help that process along because this really is the story of America.” to lure destination and local skiers alike. “We think we baveleour work cut out for us. There is no question. We’d be foolish if we’d didn’t think that,” said Carey. “The consumer can expect to see a lot great deals next year.” Individual resorts are also expecting to offer deep discounts Email: tim@wasatchcountycourier.com Utah’s Neighbor City May Legalize Prostitution - WEST WENDOVER, Nev. GD Prostitution may be legalized in this small border town if a councilwoman ~ has her way. | Lore Cook began looking into legalization after fielding requests by two people wondering about establishing - prothels in this city of almost 5,000. Lacking the support of the other received. Last week nearly 100 people attended a public hearing saying they want to keep brothels out. The nearest bordellos are 50 miles away in Wells or more than 100 miles away in Elko or Carlin. | : Neither has Sylvia Medina in her two years as a municipal court clerk, nor - Georgina LaCombe in her 19 years as a judge in West Wendover. Cook, who runs a shop that sells a small amount of adult magazines and — videos, says prostitution does indeed — West Wendover’s casinos are legal and obvious to patrons. But prostituexist in West Wendover. Z “It’s here,” she said. “Just because tion, if it exists in this town on the Utah — _they’re not waving banners doesn’t border, has remained an uatereroune four other council members, Cook is mean it’s not here.” Industry. =. -asking voters whether they want to The councilwoman said each week “If it’s there, it’s very quiet,” said. change a city ordinance to allow pros- ~ she refers three or four customers, Lori Stappenbeck, a clerk in the city’s titution legal under Nevada law unless most of whom are from the Salt Lake justice court. “We’ve always heard it’s local governments ban it. City area, to brothels in Wells. The earliest the issue could be on a> been here. It’s nothing personally ie Legalizing brothels would at least ever seen.” | ~ regular election ballot is next year. But In her two years as a clerk and in address certain health issues, she Cook is exploring the possibility of a. five years before that as a secretary for said, by requiring prostitutes to get ~ special election to get the measure on regular checkups. The city would gain the police department, she says she the ballot sooner. revenue from special permits required has not seen one case of prostitution. The proposal we not been well- | grating from Greece, then a couple of Americans can trace at least one ances© tor back to the port, which opened in — 1892.2 Briganti said he used the new dataancestors to the United States... base himself to track down his own Online visitors will be able to order - grandmother — one of the 265 immithe records and photos in about a grants named Rotunno. Although he ‘month. wasn’t sure of the spelling of her first - room for visitors to add Dig AGRE and exchange for $4.7 million. mean a trip to the National Archives to © the SEB against book giants Barnes & Noble Inc. ancestors through Ellis Island used to at its museum and raised $22. 5 million to do so. © By then, DE nation’s independent bookstores have dropped a federal antitrust lawsuit _ SALT LAKE CITY (AP)—Tracking A ARE LMOEN SY (AP) —The same grounds for three years. The independents had wanted to pay the same prices for books as do Barnes. and Borders, but the settlement does which opened a museum at Ellis Island in 1990, decided to create a data center DA IEL : SAN | FRANCISCO HANNAH WOLFSON ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER from suing the chains again on the ALLE the lawsuit’s load implications. With Ellis Island Database ZEIT Editor’s Note: This is a follow-up to a March 21 Courier article focusing on Yaw of brothels. But no one else on oe aie eA) council appears to back brothels. Councilman Joel Murphy said the city is making strides toward becoming a community of “family values” and that the casinos would suffer in a city ae is home to bordellos. Murphy thinks brothels ‘do not) bring down incidences of rape and sexually transmitted diseases, nor do they make money for the state. Legalizing brothels is not popular ' with the neighbors to the east, either. Wendover, Utah, population 1,537, is just down the road along the main _strip, Wendover Boulevard. “The bottom line is, I’m against it and our council’s against it,” Mayor _ Steve Perry said. Seis Settlement Reached Between _ Independent Booksellers and Chains : |
