| Show nrair Ttn'—lf mrer Standard-Examin- Local News Editor: Sunday August 30 1 998 er a Song road to llmelighi for Match it’s bater" said Wilson who was mistakenly viewed as the organized labor’s candidate because national unions were hoping to get nd Senator has taken many steps to powerful post since career began of Hatch “He started out as the darling of the extreme right and he played that role for a while” Wilson said “But now he’s become a big enough guy that he can reach out and at times he has a tough time being a conservative I think under his deepest layer he’s a liberal" By RALPH WAKLEY Standard Examner stall Sea Orrin Hatch is back in the spotlight '' i:! OTf" U I mi AUGUST MUIEfVStandntExamrar Utah Sen Omn Hg&h is among the most powerful people in the Senate and the dozen most powerful in A fSMRFtft MASS half-doz- Congress with President Ginton's troubles but politicians say he's taken many steps from his conservative beginnings to get there When Hatch was first elected to the Senate in 1976 he took on the GOP fight against the proposed Equal Rights Amendment government funding of abortions and labor unions and was the favonte new guy among conservatives But his work on child care block grants the Orphan Drug Act the Job Training Partnership Act and help for AIDS victims and other similar issues have convinced many conservatives that he sold out along the way Former Salt Lake Mayor Ted Wilson ran against Hatch in 1 982 and remembers him as a tough opponent “He was on the ball He left no stone unturned And he’s intelligent and a tough de Wilson said Hatch is among the half-dozmost powerful people in the Senate and the dozen most powerful in Congress “He may be the first Utahn to maybe have a shot at the presidency (DemocraUc Govs) Cal Rampton and Scott Matheson were favorite-son candidates but they were never seen rious candidates However being Mormon will not help Orrin and being on the national stage” the Democrat said As the chairman of the Senate Judiciary anti-aborti- Committee and senior Republican on the Finance and Intelligence committees Hatch is more and more in demand for national TV shows such as “Face the Nation” “It’s partly because I have all the tough issues right now I’m in the middle of everything and because I’m not afraid of them” Hatch said “There was a ume when most conservatives hated the media and wouldn't talk to them” and some of that has earned over Hatch said he also believes the television news hosts like his attitude “and that I’m not as dumb as 1 look can usually tell it in a way that's understandable for the listeners and I can justify my " 1 See HATCH3C Antelope By AMY PRAY Davts Bureau ' Antelope Drive Community Development Director Scott Carter said the city had always assumed Antelope Drive which currently dead-end- s Just east of Oak Forest Drive would eventually extend and that UDOT would put in an t inter‘‘ and developers of a proposed housing subdivision along east Antelope Drive brought the highway pjlans into question Developers Spencer Klomp Imd Dale Redd submitted drawings showing where the lots would be located in relation to Antelope Drive as required by UDOT ’ Transportation engineers who studied the plans say the way the landnd homes are subdivided won't work anywhere but on pa- —“The problem is with the land tecraib If houses are built (along A&tgbpe Drive) without any ©TtSOork done they sit much iGwegthan what the grade needs to W for the road” said Bruce Swenson UDOT region design engager "It needs to be elevat-- t &LJQ proposed it simply would UCO&ow the standards required UFOnfcr to build an interchange” Eqgineers said if the houses were-t- o be built as planned they be purchased by UDOT and torn down at the time the interchange goes in because developed property posts thousands of dollars inorq than raw land UDOT might decide the interchange would not be worth the price Rod Terry UDOT Region 1 S Graffiti See UDOT2C B ir fidiTcoPY - and talks - to horses Man listens Language he shares with animals focuses on way he moves his body A REAL HORSE Monty Roberts who helped of “The Horse Whisperer’ write his book demonstrates how to work with a horse (above) Saturday at the Golden Spike Arena in the author By KELLY KENNEDY BOGPANOWtCZ Standard-Examin- There stall were no whispers from the who Listens to Horses” night Roberts who has written his own book and who worked with Nicholas Evans on “The Horse Whisperer” saddled two horses at Golden Spike Arena in front of 2000 Ogden MELANIE minutes flat The whispers were more than softly spoken words He talked to the audience with a microphone and talked to the horse with body language “Rather than hit him for punishment put horse is named books people “There are some people who have just gone after me like crazy" he told his audience “They attempt to preserve their right to be violent I am going to break the tie of violence that passes down the generations" “The Man who Listens to Horses" concentrates on Roberts’ story of a father who broke horses with whips and harsh words and his own struggle to find a gentle means He proved it could be done -- in 21 This Red Neck Later Roberts signed shirts videos and never-been-ridd- en and petroglyphs own in the Utah Historical Society's museum tucked away in he lobby of Salt Lake City’s old Kio Grande station is a token of vhat we have become Perched among the pioneer ' uniques mountain man tools md other appurtenances of J tab's history a giant pad of vhite paper sits on an easel The ‘ juscl is placed next to Southern Utah’s of productions nor famous petroglyphs Passcrsby are invited to inswer a single question that is icrawlcd across the middle of the agc in bold black letters ' “What is graffiti?" Here arc some of the answers fo!ks wrote there last week: “Graffiti is art when put in the !ijht place at the wrong time or e full-tim- e I -- ’ faculty The plan will require faculty at the University of Utah and Utah State University to teach nine credit hours per semester on average Because the two schools are more research-orientethan thar counterparts these credit hour average requirements will be the state s lowest Faculty at Weber State University and Southern Utah will have to log an average of 1 2 credit hours each semester and instructors at the state s five otha colleges will be required to teach an average of 1 5 credit hours each semester I I I d ” change at US 89” ! However a recent meeting between UDOT officials city staff a ROY - Vandals went on a spray paint spree either Friday night or early Saturday morning police said The department has received about 30 reports of cars houses and mailboxes vandalized with black spray paint typically with vulgar language a dispatcher said The damage was on the south side of Roy on 5750 South St between 2550 West St and 2675 West she said There were no suspects Saturday afternoon full-tim- LAYTON - Unless city leaders can come to an agreement with top Utah Department of Transportation officials drivers may never enter or exit US 89 at I Vandals strike in Roy - A new state policy not require faculty at Utah's public colleges and universities to punch a time clock but they will receive increased work-hou- r scrutiny from the Legislature Dunng a meeting on Friday at Utah State University the Utah State Board of Regents adopted standards intended to establish average annual institutional workloads for have on US 89 ramp r At a glance will City UDOT argue over effect development will 1 Geneticists have no problem finding study subjects m Utah 4C LOGAN extension debated I Gene scene instructors to account for hours irive Standard-Examin- 0 BEAT cnti-cism- Wilson left the mayor’s office and now heads the U of U's Hinckley Institute of Politics where Hatch is a regular speaker “We get along great because Omn genuinely likes people He always stops by my office when he's up here” Hatch's friendly relationships with political opponents like the Rev Jesse Jackson and Sen Ted Kennedy angers GOP conservatives said Spencer Stokes ex- - 625-422- CONNER i ‘ twitched his ear as Roberts predicted he would “Now I'll invite him in” Roberts Soon the horse nudged Roberts’ shoulder with his nose At this point he gave the horse a good rub and then wandered the nng with the horse following his every movement - nose at Robert's shoulder “And we're dealing with a different horse now than the one who first came through that gate” he said He saddled him up The horse Red Neck gave some weak little bucks as he ran in circles with his new saddle “You’re not going to make the PRCA (rodeo) circuit moving like that” Soon the horse moved slowly in to See HORSE3C - the similarities are more than interesting the wrong place at the right time” "Graffiti is stupid misdemeanor punishable by up to $1000 in fines and six months in jail Graffiti damages that exceed $500 are a felony “Graffiti is wear you write on Ohya Something thats not supossed to Duh” be written on" “Graffiti “Graffiti is distruchion to is mother nachior" archaeological What some of it does to the treasure!" “Graffiti is a way for others to get attention along with destroying others’ possessions and property" “Graffiti is violence’ Graffiti also is a crime Legally it is considered property destruction and a class B English language isn’t pretty cither “Graffiti is something that gangs do“ “Graffiti is a Billboard to advertise someone’s low IQ" Doesn't it though? “Graffiti and vandalism are often confused with each other Vandalism is wrong Graffiti is PURE1" “Graffiti is defacing something that doesn’t belong to you" Mark Stuart an amateur archaeologist from Uintah once said that over the next 20 years graffiti and other vandalism could destroy most of the rock drawings and other ancient relics left along the Wasatch JYonL Two years ago it took about $65000 and most of a summer to remove graffiti from pictographs in Buckhom Wash down in Emery County It cost another $45000 to build the trail and rock fence that now keeps observers at a safe distance said Blaine Miller a Bureau of Land Management archaeologist "The vandalism happens a lot but the cleaning up doesn't happen very often because it’s expensive" Miller said "Most of the graffiti just stays there" What is graffiti? “Hydroglyphics and petroglyphics were graffiti - and look how much people value them now - in 1 000 years maybe the walls and freeway overpasses will be in museums with information about our culture?" Interesting thought Maybe those things will one day be what's left of us What kind of information about our culture will they lend? Should we think about the relics we’re leaving behind? What will be our legacy? "Fresh Air "a Utah transplant's look at life m the Beehive State appears weeUv Mad ideas to Susan Snyder PO Bax 951 Ogden UT 84402 or call 6254233 or SSn)dcr(SlanJanlnet - Acclaimed Idaho jazz pianist Gene Hams needs a kidney transplant Kidney failure is the latest health crisis for Hams who has battled an enlarged heart a type of facial paralysis called Bell s palsy and high blood pressure He also has had surgery in one eye and will need it on the other because of retinopathy stemming from diabetes Hams who has appeared BOISE -- worldwide Stendard-Examn- him to work” he said as he flipped a light rope to make the horse run in circles around the ring “Look him in the eye and keep your shoulders squared “Now he'll start licking and chewing and that means Tm a herbivore and Fm eating over here and if Fm eating you're not trying to hurt me’ ” he said A couple seconds later the horse began licking and chewing As the crowd watched the horse made smaller circles dropped his head and Jazz artist needs kidney transplant and is a fixture in Boise music will be 65 Tuesday He likely will be placed on a kidney transplant waiting list in the Northwest Tm going in with my eyes open and everything" he said about a transplant “I know a lo of people have had it before me and speak positively I'm looking forward to a long prosperous life" Roads closed for grizzlies REXBURG Idaho - Two trails in the Targhee National Forest northeast of Tetoma have been reopened after gnzzfies threatened some sheep bands The Indian Meadows-Bea- r Canyon and South Pass trails Badger-Deadhor- in Wyoming in the Teton Ranger District were closed tor about a week following reports that at least seven bears were responsible for killing more than a dozen sheep Tracking showed two bears with radio collars were near the sheep One band has been moved and it appears the gnzzties also left - Standard-Examinstaff and wire service er nr:n ii w Cell 625-424- 0 to lea ve message comment question or news tip 7XM0ARDIKZ3S1 W HRS A Mf I I I I ! |
