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Show MonTues, February 25-26, 2002 The Park Record A-5 Banners will go to bidders ' : ni)! N U " SLOG to auction most venue decorations, but will keep reminders By TIM SULLIVAN Of the Record staff ' The Salt .Lake Organizing Committee, before it disbands forever, has a few last items to take care of.' Not least among them is dealing with the "Look of the Games" banners, flags, signs and fencing that have decorated Olympic venues for the last three weeks. As it turns out, the destinations destina-tions for many of these gigantic gigan-tic purple banners portraying winter athletes will likely be' the homes of regular folks. According to Utah Olympic Park General Manager Colin Hilton, organizers will take down most of the "look" decorations, deco-rations, amass them in a central cen-tral warehouse in Salt Lake, and then auction them off to the highest bidder. .' "Who has the room for the ski jumping banner I don't know," said Hilton of the piece of mesh that hung off the back of the ski-jumping bleachers during the Games. 'They'd have to have a pretty big barn." 'Still, there are several other, smaller banners and flags that Hilton said people have expressed interest in putting put-ting in their homes. Hilton said SLOC got the auction idea from Atlanta. He said it would allow people to claim souvenirs and, at the' same time, help pay off the Games bills. Some "look" elements, however, will remain at venues, ven-ues, especially the Olympic Park, whose existence is defined by the Games. Hilton said thai while the park will either scrap or auction off most of its banners and signs, it will keep some subtle touches. touch-es. "There are some things we would keep at the park that . IT" ,w- I : If: iwlkSl '' , -'v-: Wl Mn i 'M "A ' j r SCOTT S NEPARK RECORD Most "Look of the Games'' elements will be auctioned off, but some additions, like the flagpoles at the entrances to venues, may be useful for future events and as reminders of the Games. would keep its Olympic feel." said Hilton. "We want to keep tasteful things that remind people it was an OJyinpic venue." According to Hilton, that could include utilitarian elements ele-ments like signs that direct spectators around the park and the flagpoles adorning the park's entryway that could be used again. Hilton said organizers also 'made sure that nothing left the park that was not supposed to. As their last hurrah, security personnel manning the exits searched the bags of spectators, staff and media leaving the four-man four-man bobsled event Saturday for pieces of fencing or signs, any decoration that anyone could take as a reminder of their" Olympic experience. "This stuff is not souvenirs," said Hilton. Again, he said organizers were troubleshooting for something that happened at other Games. GOP lawmakers propose cuts SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Repubjipan,, , legislative (j Jeaders,,-want Jeaders,,-want to balance this .iand- next year's budgets by cutting $18 rriil-lion rriil-lion more from the current spending and $70 million from fiscal 2003. They met privately Friday to sift through staff suggestions for spending reductions. Cuts worth $18 million in the current fiscal year, ending June 30, would mean lawmakers still would have to use $36 million in emergency reserve cash to make up for revenues that are falling below predicted levels. Those cuts extended into the t ... nqxt budget year, beginning July 1, would add up to $54 million over 12 months just enough to make up the projected shortfall. But Republican leaders decided decid-ed Friday they want to trim an additional $16 million as a cushion cush-ion against a worsening economy,,, onto' .free; up cash 'for critical areas of government spending. 1 Those hot spots include covering cover-ing increasing health insurance costs for state employees, public school enrollment growth and Medicaid. GOP leaders refused to detail specifics, saying they did not want to surprise their own rank-and-file members or the affected government programs. "When you have that kind of shortfall, cuts have to be across the board," said House Majority Leader Kevin Gam, R-Layton. Public and higher education will absorb some hits but "not ones that will affect the classroom," class-room," Garn said. Senate President Al Mansell, R-Sandy, said $4.5 million could , be saved by "requiring schools to purchase refurbished computers instead of new ones: 1 "We have targe't'ed cuts tit spe-' cific programs (legislative fiscal analysts) do not feel are essential." essen-tial." he .said. "Everybody is sharing some" of the pain. House Speaker Marty Stephens, R-Farr West, said several sev-eral programs could be abolished, abol-ished, none of which is now receiving more than $5 million. This is the second wave of budget cuts. Prior to their Olympic recess, lawmakers balanced bal-anced a $202 million budget shortfall with a combination of spending reductions and use of cash reserves for state highways and buildings. Revised revenue estimates showed the shortfall $54 million larger. Smith throws hat in SALT LAKE CITY (AP) David Smith, a private consultant for a digital printing company, has joined the race for the Republican nomination in the 2nd U.S. House District. j Smith, 32, said his main priori-" ties would be the economy, education educa-tion and defense. He supports continued con-tinued tax, cuts and tax incentives, reductions in "big government" programs and spending and an increase in the national defense budget. "I am very much interested in doing the right thing. For me, I feel that our representatives in government govern-ment have, a responsibility to be leaders, not just pass legislation," Smith said. Redirecting funding to educa- tion creates citizens who can support sup-port and provide for themselves from the ground- up, so they don't rely on social support programs . later in life, Smith said. Smith graduated "from the University of Utah in mechanical engineering and has a master's in business administration from Northwestern University.' ' . 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