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Show I'm Forum April 16, 2003 itors made their way from the Olympic Village to the Roots store in the Gateway to buy those stupid little berets that everyone went crazy for. Once Kenneth Dames Staff Writer A new restaurant opened its doors for business this month in the Gateway Center and, like I always do they had secured one of the silly hats, they then enjoyed when the opportunity to eat walking down the cobblestone street and visiting the other melds with the opportunity to write a story, I decided to catalog stores, boutiques, and check it out. I picked up my eating at the restaurants in the Center. nephew Brandon, who also While Thaifoon missed loves to eat, and headed to 7 out on the Olympic rush, they North, 400 West, upstairs still enjoy being seated at the from the fountains at the head of Salt Lake Citys newest north end of the Gateway. Thaifoon, promises a outdoor mall. When you walk through taste of Asia. Thaifoon is the revolving door into an expansion franchise of a Thaifoon, you are greeted by company that started with one restaurant in Scottsdale, hosts. Couches in the front room and a bar off to the right Ariz., and is looking to of the entrance accommodate spread its business to other areas of the west. The people waiting for tables when it gets busy. restaurant is aimed at the Our host grabbed a couple same clientele as P.F. of menus and led us around a Changs, a nationwide comglass partition into the dining pany that promises formidaroom. The first thing we ble competition. Any restaurant would be noticed was the waterfall considered lucky to be locatstreaming down the front of a ed in the Gateway Center. large frosted glass wall at the When the Olympics were in back of the room. The restaurant s name and logo are town last year, hoards of vis etched in the glass, which separates the kitchen from the dining room. Our server explained Thaifoons menu lists not only food from Thailand, but also from China and Japan. I heard another server tell his table the restaurant runs the gamut of Asian cuisine. In addition to the regular soft drink products, they have Thai Tea and Thai Coffee, both of which we tried. The Thai Tea is pink, milky, and takes a bit of getting used to, but isnt bad. Be aware that you cant chug a Thai Tea like you can a Liptons Brisk (which they also have.) I also ordered a Long Thai Tea, a variation of the traditional Long Island Iced Tea, using coconut rum citrus vodka instead of their regular counterparts and adding a splash of cranberry. The liquor menu offers several of these variation drinks, but in the interest of getting us home safe, I didnt imbibe Page3 Staff Writer Westminsters Human Resource . department will host its annual Health Fair on Thursday from noon to 5 p.m. and again on Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Payne Gymnasium. The Health Fair is an opportunity for Westminster students, staff and faculty to have their physical and While most of the companies attending the fair will be from the health care sector, Westminsters new Human antigen (PSA). For more information on the Health Fair, contact Mary Kortkamp in the Human 0. Resource office at Resources Director, Katie Rieffanaugh decided to invite m 832-257- I5W. Wr (SjJMJ fITHiJN 11 INVITE YOU AND A GUEST TO A SPECIAL ADVANCE SCREENING OF ic A drought? We live in a desert isnt that the defi- nition of a drought? This question posed by Dan McCool, one of the panelists hosted by Westminsters environmen- self-intere- st. tal studies program to discuss Utahs water woes. About 35 people attended the event, moderated by KCPWs Jennifer Napier- - dual-wat- . Pierce. McCool, Director of the American West Center explained that Utahans have a warped sense of normal for water usage and the valley does not have enough water for infinite growth, similar to the current situation in Los Angeles. He mentioned we have enough water for people that live in the Wasatch Front area now, but we need to change our mindset to deal with water . r - quality, not quantity:"' ' His ideas for change were first, stop subsidizing of water, yet you er never read 1 is I! LlOMbr Staff Writer I! beyond the first. If you dont like curry, .GATK& inefficient industries in the state. Without subsidies, some of these industries could not survive in the free market, according to McCool. Next, we need to establish a realistic pricing system. Once people understand waters true value, they will stop overusing it in their own Third, all new developments should have systems. These allow a source of potable (drinking) water inside, while allowing use of or waste agricultural-grad- e water for outdoor uses. He asserted, that would solve all our problems, right there. Zach Frankel, the Executive Director of Utah Rivers Council, pointed out that the media has grabbed onto this idea of running out screenings will be available, as will screening tests for prostate-specif- ic financial health checked. See Thaifoon, pg. 8 Ben Rippel financial companies, to allow attendees to check their financial health. MetLifc Dental, My ePHIT (an online health and wellness program), Aldus Health Care, Intermountain Financial and Liberty Mutual Insurance are just a few of the companies that will be present at the faire. Blood and cholesterol Jennie Pollock cent is used for lawns and gar- dens. Using an illustration, Frankel showed how the state is planning to reduce water usage by around only five percent by 2050. In 1995, according to the US Geological Survey, Utah had the highest water usage per person and was second in 1 990. So, at this rate we would still run out of water he explained. This has brought about water projects, such as the planned Bear Lake diversion, which would cut out 60 percent of the water entering the Great Salt Lake. Effects of this decision are that wetlands around the shoreline, which would lower, would dry up, causing a loss of habitat for ip'JpWW 'i.lL1 v Water Conservation Coordinator, used PowerPoint to illustrate the citys efforts to spur conservation efforts and another seven percent.' Of that residential use, 60.io.70 per- - See Water, pg. 8 ' i x WvNtJ' Xi up ,v ;jv Fi y, : mm jpg - I f :2Ki ,4 7 Yf " ) ri4t II, y-- 4, H i I L x I , v ktmi mtii migratory birds. Stephanie Duer, the Salt Lake City Public Utilities an obituary of anyone dying of thirst here. 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