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Show 1. Monday. February 2002. THt DAILY HERALD. (www.HaiiTherkrald.com), Proo, Utah Page 5 2002 WINTER GAMES FROM THE it HEART OF THE M SALT I AKE 2002 By PATTY HENETZ GOING FOR GREEN Jean-Mich- (s ' Peter Max AP Sports Writer - SALT LAKE CITY Air Force fighters intercepted a private jet flying into restricted Olympic airspace Sunday, City. " the imagination and creativity of youth from across the nation ... hope the mural inspires people to look for examples of the Olympic Spirit in fheir everyday lives to I share it with their neighbors." Posters can be purchased at with proceeds going to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. www.coca-colastore.co- List price is $24.99. Supply was limited to 2,000 copies. Prince Albert of Monaco was on hand for the grand opening of the Olympians Reunion Center at the Salt Lake Hardware Building, 155 N. 400 West The center provides "ongoing hospitality" for Olympic alumni. Its the first time a center has been set up at a Winter Games. In Sydney, more than 2,700 Olympians visited the center. According to the news release, this "Olympic tradition" (sponsored by Visa) has been around since 1996. (In other words, just the third time it's been set up.) Top: Maggie Warner of Cody, Sunday in Salt Lake City. She said she was shopping for family and friends. Right: Dennis Green of Salt Lake City, along with his wife, Joni, is checked out by Michael Newton of Morgan the third such inci- dent since the Games began. Two other private jets were intercepted on Friday, with 6 fighters escorting one to the ground at the Salt Lake International Airport and forcing another to change its route and land in nearby Brigham City. "The good news for us is that there was no malicious intent," said Maj. Ed Thomas of the North American Aerospace Defense Command. "The aircraft all complied with instructions and landed." In the week leading up to the Winter Games, a dozen small planes were intercepted by U.S. Customs Service helicopters for entering the zone above the Olympic Village. In all the cases, officials said, pilots were simply unaware of the airspace restrictions or had failed to go through security checks at gateway airports before approaching Salt Lake City. "Basically, they're issues," Thomas said. "As much as we've tried to get out the word, inevitably some aircraft checked out." The jets belong to the Air Force 388th fighter wing at nearby Hill Air Force Base. Sunday. i Associated Press photos Asha Sanders from Selma, Ala., a rights activist; Kavwumbu Hakachlma of Zambia, who is an advocate against child abuse; and Dlta Sari of Indonesia, who is crusading for social and economic civil .' In fact,' Sari is crusading so planned, so it's time for a word the award because Reebok is a sponsor. that she refused to accept Write to Mitch Wilkinson online atsaltlakeorganll3qwesLnet SALT LAKE CITY cross-countr- A y last-minu- te board that a communica- tions breakdown between him and Costa Rican authorities had prevented his original entry. "The request was granted because circumstances IOC were considered," director general Francois Carrard said. But the board rejected a request by Gaia Bussani Antivari to compete. Although she has the required number of competition points, Carrard said, the Granada's national Olympic committee did not want to send any athletes to the Winter Games, and the request to enter her by the Granada International Sports Federation did not fit the rules. . Mitch Wilkinson v k f V drunken driving at 1:45 The Associated Press the International Olympic executive Committee's victims of sex traffickers; Mallka - '4-.- " IOC gives Costa Rican skier late approval Winners this year were Malll Lama of IndiaNepal, who rescues day Reebok Human' Rights Awards Cer- no-fl- y pilot-educati- fi at the Olympic Superstore after doing some shopping emony news conference. Utah County resident (at times') Robert Redford was allegedly up in the Capitol Theater as' part of the 2002 the other 3r,r" Li! Wyo., looks through a selection of souvenirs in the Olympic Superstore on Costa Rican skier was given clearance to compete at the Olympics on Sunday, while an Alpine skier from Granada was turned away by the IOC. Arturo Kinch convinced from our Olympic sponsors -- 1 mean, to catch up on the blizzard confer- By TIM DAHLBERG F-1- much releasesnews i ,j According to a statement attributed to Max: "The mural reflects justice. missed. Hmmm, there was the Big Mac contest, in which a world champion burger builder was to have been named. I'd bet the Austrian won. Austrians are best at handling the slick surfaces. The only surprisein this release is that Bonnie Blair and Carl Lewis were on hand. Does anyone really believe their gold medals were powered by the Mayor McCheese McFad Diet? - unveiled a mural of It's a pretty slow Sunday, with very few news conferences I . Jets intercept third private plane in SLC promotion during the 17, of Park . ences , his employer was trying to secure one of the spaces in the city's exchange or elsewhere on Main Street. But if sidewalk scalpers stood outside his indoor office, Martin said, they would undercut his prices just as he was trying to do Sunday. - The Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Paralympics has of press n city had placed a moratorium on solicitors' licenses on Jan. 31. "It's a game," said a Martin, Spencer scalper from Toronto, a place he described as "the ticket-scalpin- g capital of the world." He said mixed-medi- TO COME MISSED , Sittner said some people had applied Saturday, but he wasn't sure if they would be processed during the weekend. He acknowledged that the express themselves through art, a and Max then created a from entries. those original Two Utahns were contest winners Flnita Maka, 15, of Salt Lake City, and Rosemary Williams, PARALYMPICS I --. all full up." Young artists were asked to emony on Friday. Cousteau founded the Ocean Futures Society in 1998 to carry on the pioneering work of his parents. At a news conference Saturday, he noted that his parents and his work on trying to prevent pollution in the world's oceans is "more than just about the whales." THINGS anyone engaging in commercial activfood vendors, ity on public property be valet parking services, scalpers licensed. The city rented office space in a building specifically for people to buy, sell and exchange tickets and pins. But to get a stall inside the city's ticket exchange, brokers had to register, submit to a background check and pay $750 in merchant and security fees. The city can prosecute unlicensed brokers by issuing citations that carry a fine of up to $299 and six months in jail. Sunday afternoon, Salt Lake City Police Chief Rick Dinse and a contingent of officers wound their way through the scalper throng into the teeming city ticket exchange. They weren't there to arrest or disperse anyone, he said, because police don't torch relay. tion system that uses heat from its own compressors to provide hot water; and An insulation barrier on the ceiling that reduces the refrigeraC tion needs. Cousteau likened the world environment to a bank account. "If we take more than it has, we . go bankrupt," he said. The environmental activist added that he was honored by SLOC selecting him to carry trie Olympic flag into the Opening Cer- countries are participating in the Paralympics. There are 100 medal events in alpine skiing, Nordic skiing and ice sledge hockey. Ticket broker from Boston ,J r 1 Dinse said. Some of the scalpers in front of the ticket exchange claimed they had the proper licenses, or their bosses, suddenly elsewhere, had them. Some said they had licenses in process. Others, like the Boston broker who said he'd tried to go legit, were shut out. "I tried last Monday. They wouldn't sell ther " h said. "Said they were artwork based on designs from American children as part of a saving lighting; Thirty-si- x America was born on a free market." night during the Games. Low-flo- lympics on American soil. y space enforce business licensing regulations except where alcohol is sold. "We're just keeping the peace," Rocking and rolling: Dave Matthews performs on stage at the Medals Plaza in Salt Lake City on Saturday night. There will be live bands each tractor, estimated the Olympics would generate 330,000 pounds of pollutants. Since SLOC retired the credits, that much less air pollution will be created. For the Provo venue, Gleason's fact sheets show environmental features such as: toilets arid energy promised "groundbreaking" TV coverage for the events March The A&E Network has agreed to air highlights from the Games. Joan Lunden will be the host for the broadcasts, which will include daily features on athletes. This will be the first Winter Para- town corner. On Saturday, John Sittner, Salt Lake City's chief of Olympic planning, stood on a planter and at the top of his lungs ordered the crowd of 100 brokers not to sell tickets without a license. Sunday morning, the same crowd milled about the same congested sidewalk in front of the city's official ticket exchange, forming a human barricade and entreating passers-bto sell or buy. "They were back last night," Sittner said Sunday, sounding frustrated. Scalpers are everywhere downtown and at Olympic venues; there is no Utah law against reselling tickets to willing customers. "It's a free market," said one broker who would not give his name but said he was from Boston. "America was born on a free market." The city, however, requires that DARRON CUMMINCS The Associated Press Coca-Co- la refrigera- day after tered unlicensed ticket scalpers, they were back to reclaim their busy down- Sf SLOC, through an outside con- energy-efficie- Less than a a screaming city official scat- SALT LAKE CITY Buyers' market of Utah. An 3 iheiiir "It's a free market. Associated Press Writer Mitch Wilkinson of The Daily Herald files this report from the Media Center in Salt Lake City. The Salt Lake Organizing Committee touted its environmental efforts during the opening weekend of the GamesT"" With the help of Cousteau, son of the even more famous Jacques Cousteau, provid ing name recognition to the cause, SLOC has flown the title "greenest Games ever" before the world. "From the beginning, our goal was to make the Salt Lake area a better, cleaner place than it was before hosting the Games," said Diane Conrad Gleason, SLOC's environment program director. She didn't miss the irony of the inversion and pollution alerts . hanging over the Wasatch Front for several days last week, and insists the air will be cleaner as a result of the Olympic movement, which added the environment as a principle of the Olympics in 1994. Accomplishments cited by Gleason include recovering and recycling 90 percent of the waste generated by spectators and athletes, planting 100,000 trees in Utah and 2 million worldwide, encouraging hotels to conserve water by having guests reuse towels, and by creating a net of zero air pollution through pollution credits. Gleason explained that 500,000 tons of air pollution reduction credits have been donated by industry inside and outside irecDaSiraii calpecs SLOC COORDINATOR ARRESTED: A speedskat-in- g coordinator for the Salt Lake Organizing Committee was arrested for alleged a.m. in Kearns on Sunday. Jan Van de Roemer, 44, was off duty at the time. He was arrested after failing a field sobriety test, said Patrol Utah Highway spokesman Doug McCleve. Van de Roemer was booked into Salt Lake County jail Sunday morning. A breathalyzer test at the jail showed his blood alcohol content was over the legal limit, McCleve said. "Obviously, driving under the influence is unacceptable for an employee of our said Mitt organization," Romney, SLOC president. Romney said the man was a recent hire. He would not say if Van de Roemer was fired, but said "appropriate action" was disciplinary taken Sunday afternoon. McCleve said the man appeared to have no prior arrests. PASSENGER DISTURBANCE: A passenger on a Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City was detained after causing a disturbance Saturday night, security officials said. Passengers arriving in Salt Lake City are required to remain in their seats for the last 30 minutes of their flights. The rule is an extra security precaution because of the Winter Games. s One passenger reportedly ignored the restriction and then became belligerent with the flight crew when he was told to sit down, said JRolawn a Delta spokeswoman. His name was not released and there were no arrests, she said. The disturbance was in no way related to the Olympics, she said. first-clas- Brown-Evan- s, AUTHOR RECEIVES HONOR: David Wallechm-sky- , whose books of results and tidbits have become some of-- the most widely used references to the Olympics, was awarded the IOC's highest honor Sunday. The American author was among four recipients of the Olympic Order announced by the International Olympic Committee. Others were veteran U.S. Olympic Committee member Irwin Belk, Australian Olympic Committee vice president Peter Last week, Eunice Kennedy Shriver received the award for her work with the Special Olympics. The order is awarded to those who illustrate the Olympic values through their achievements and contributions to sports. , Mont- gomery and IOC medical commission member Dr. Eduardo Henrique de Rose. ' It was the second batch of honors from the IOC during its stay in Salt Lake City for the Winter Games. FLAG FUROR: Residents of a Salt Lake City condominium complex chipped in $11 each for 200 flags from 90 different nations so they could display them as a goodwill gesture. Two Taiwanese flags instead brought complaints and a visit from Chinese diplomats. Although Taiwan competes in the Olympic Games, it's national flag is banned at events under a agreement to placate China. Officials from China's Washington embassy visited the complex, about a half mile from the Olympics medals plaza, and asked that the Taiwanese flags be removed. "It took a couple of times for them to understand that this is a private residence, . not a government building," resident Annetta Mower said. Mower said residents do not intend to remove any . flags. |