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Show J L i V- --- ;;y?- . 1 - T-- .o j M t J jj - Online: 7 "HrkTheKerald.com i e THE NEWSPAPER OF CENTRAL UTAH VOLUME 78 ISSUE 307 $1.50 ?mnJu Intra SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 2001 ftGa Odd worlds. Officials drawing up strategy to promote energy conservation u Countdown to lXA 2WinterD Games said By AMY K. STEWART The Daily Herald PROVO City power officials have joined other 250 days Today's Weather High 71 Low 50 energy entities around the state in brainstorming ways to warn the public to conserve energy if circumstances warrant action. The group is thinking about implementing a program similar to the state's air quality alert system, DeLaMare-SchaefeMary Provo Energy Department spokeswoman. "We want to get people into the habit of conserving all the time but this message will let people know when there are unusual cirDeLaMare-Schaefe- r cumstances," said. Situations that may warrant an alert are unusually high summer temperatures or work being done on power equipment. r, The program is in the idea stage right now and won't be formulated and publicly released until possibly the end of the month. "We're working to develop a communication plan," said Jeff Burks, director of the Utah Office of Energy and Resource Planning. The state's air quality system is a good model, energy officials say. The air alert program has been in place since 1992, according to Bob Dal-lemanager of the air mon- itoring section of the Utah Division of Air Quality. to From November March, air quality officials take and fax readings twice a day to state and county government offices, as well as media, detailing air quality. Direction for the public regarding burn days is broken down into three categories: Red is no burn; yel years ago, Jamal Willis came to BYU and set the standard for Cougar running backs. Now he faces a new challenge. Ten Sports Psfl Ml y, Tough outing Local football legends LaVell Edwards and Gifford Nielsen lost 9-- 0 in the annual Provo Open Skins Game. Bl low is voluntary reduction of wood burning; green is regular use. But Dalley said if residents are asked to voluntarily not burn wood more than about 25 days a year, they tend to stop complying. "There's a balance of how to implement this," he said. The potential energy conservation program could See POWER, A9 SLOC's auction hints at Net trend f By TAD WALCH The Daily Herald Nation The only the with Olympic ticket problem auction is that it took so long for someone in the sports world to try it, says a local economist. "It's been one of the outstanding puzzles of economics. The Super Bowl sells its tickets for a few hundred dollars, then ticket brokers or scalpers resell them for $3,000 or $4,000," said Norman Thurston, an assistant professor at BYU who studies auctions and auction theory. "The mys tery is, why have event v.;. organizers given away those tickets so cheaply? In the end, the people who make the money aren't the event organizers, who owned the tickets in the first place." Now that SLOC's unprecedented Internet ticket auction has proven wildly successful, one possible legacy of the 2002 Winter Games is that it could change the way some tickets are sold in the future, not just to the Olympics but to concerts, the Super Bowl and football games. h At the very least, it's helping SLOC's bottom line. During the first 10 days of bidding in the Internet auction, SLOC offered 24 pairs of prime tickets with a face value of more than $14,000. The tickets sold for more than eight times that, nearly $115,000. And to think SLOC president Mitt Romney had stalled for more than eight months before giving for the auction. He'd the SALT LAKE CITY Stalemate ends Five children left their isolated home Saturday evening after a'five-da- y stalemate with sheriff's frW .Wis :v deputies.-A- Olympics Beat A lot to gain Utah Sen. C Orrin Hatch clearly feels a shining Olympiad would add luster to his legacy. A2 KEVIN LEEThe Daily Herald - Back In town: Former BYU running back Jamal Willis is the new head football coach at Payson High. Local Released collector has released a letter believed to have been written by Brigham Young. A3 A Coupon Clipper Coming soon Look for the new Coupon Clipper in Tuesday's paper. Former Cougar becomes historic hire By DARNELL DICKSON The Daily Herald PAYSON Former BYU running back Jamal Willis didn't become the head football coach at Payson High to make history. But history finds you when you're the first black head football coach in Utah. veterDave Wilkey is a an of the Utah High School Activities Association and a Mount Pleasant native. Now executive director of the UHSAA, he said there has never been a black head football coach in the state high school ranks. There is now. And Willis, 28, insists he has been too focused on the new job to realize the significance of his hiring, until he was told. "I'm kind of speechless," he said. Willis, who grew up Baptist in Las Vegas, made a little history when he came to Provo in 1991. The running back surprised recruiting analysts by choosing to play football for LaVell Edwards and his BYU-Uta- TX 41E 23-ye- ar t THE DAILY HERALD PROVO, UTAH NEWSPAPER ' " Index Classified. Travel ....... ........... Lifestyles ..... D3 ........ CI Horoscope Business Obituaries Fl El Dl . . A6, A7 Opinions A8 Sports Weather Bl 6 Hl,61055 0015 fjii B8 pass-orient- ed offense. Willis eventually converted to the LDS faith and married a girl he met while, at BYU. He and his wife have a 2 son with another child on the way. "Jamal's parents came with him to Provo on his recruiting trip," said Lance Reynolds, BYlTs running backs coach during Willis' career. "I went down there and met with them in their home in Laa Vegas and signed him. , "He comes from a family of real quality people. His parents wanted ld V ; go-ahe- ad See AUCTION, A2 RANT & RAIL V KEVIN LEEThe Daily Herald Willis, left, and Kalin Hall on move video equipment into their new offices campus. On the Job: Payson High football coaches Jamal him in a good environment and raised him right, with influences for him to become the man he was meant to be." Still, Willis' eyes were opened when he took the field for his first game at Cougar Stadium. .."I was playing in front of 65,000 " mostly white fans Willis said, "If I wasn't in the limelight it might have been different. "People were looking at me as 'Jamal Willis, football player.' But sometimes people looked at me like what are you doing here?' " What Willis was doing was running, and doing it so well he became BYU's leading rusher when he finished his career. "There's no question that Jamal was as talented of an athlete as we've ever had playing for us," Reynolds said. "He could run, catch, break tackles and make plays because he could make peo- all-ti- . . . See WILLIS, A9 The Daily Herald's sports section introduces two new features this week. Beginning today, readers can see a weeklong sampling of comments from on the back page of the sports section each Sunand opinday. The issues are wide and varied. ions Monday, be sure to check out "The Rail" on the sports cover. You'll find a quick review of big events from the past week and there will also be a preview of the week ahead. If you have any questions or comments, please contact or Noel Nash at nnashheraldextra.com. Cougar-Blue.co- m 344-255- 0 |
