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til January 23 1999 K33 Today Chance of rain High 43 Low 28 Weber & Davis Green Bum Day iff! —II Roundball ro Will driving Bear River 67 Ben Lomond 49 Clearfield 63 Northridge 55 Box Elder 75 Weber 71 OT Mountain Crest 72 Roy 57 age change? Everyone’s on the phone Bills would affect laws for teenagers Popularity of cell phones grows but so do complaints 12D IB tandard “Examiner —S3EI ItT-- r: 'jh t : 50 cents rrrT’v : t 'E3ZM SERVING THE TOP OF UTAH SINCE 1888 Bribes may have brought Sydney Games Official admits $70000 to two IOC members night before Australia won bid Los Angeles Times Skiers enjoy the snow at Snowbasin Crowds find long lines but fast gondolas as season finally starts BIG DAY: Above dozens of skiers wait in line for the first day of skiing at Snowbasin Friday At left the new See daily snow reports area weather forecasts and Utah road conditions WEB EXTRA: By PAT BEAN Standard-Examine- stafr r - New Middlebowl lifts and Express gondola heads up the mountain It can carry up to eight people at once with a capacity of 1 900 skiers per hour an almost on opening SNOWBASIN Almost all the action was centered around the new Middle Bowl Express gondola which zooms skiers from the base of the mountain to the top of the mountain in less than 10 minutes It was the only one of the four new lifts at the mountain open Friday Snowbasin manager Kent Matthews grinning ear to ear because of 22 inches of new snow and the skier turnout said it will be a few more days before the rest of the mountain including the two lifts to the top of the Olympic downhill runs and Strawberry Bowl terrain will be opened to skiers “We’ve got to get the areas checked out and under control for avalanches first” he said Many if not the majority of Friday’s skiers were playing hooky from their jobs “My boss thinks I’m getting married” said skier John Garrard “But that’s not until tomorrow ” Garrard who had already made several trips up in the gondola was smattered with fresh powder snow TIMSCHOON Standard-Examin- “I’ve already bitten it a few times” said Garrard who was skiing with his dad “This new gondola lets you get in a lot of skiing” “I’d have to say it’s pretty good snow here today but a bit crowded with eight of us in the gondola” said his father Mike Garrard But Russ Larson of Ogden who also admitted skipping work to catch the first day of skiing said the gondola ride was certainly he rode a lot better than the old during the resort's early days To a bit of grumbling about the lift lines Kim Wheatley replied: “What do you expect? Everybody’s been waiting all winter for Snowbasin to open” Wheatley was also skipping out on work “But in my case I guess it’s allowed I work for myself” said Wheatley who owns Option Technology in Ogden Lewis Barton said he skipped class at the University of Utah to ski “Just say I’m on sabbaUcal But don’t tell my professors” Matthews expected about 1000 people Friday but he estimated that at least twice that many had shown up Skiers were also out in numbers at Powder Mountain A spokeswoman for the resort said the parking lot was full and the snow was great You can reach reporter Pat Bean at 4 or pbean(a standard net 625-422- INSIDE: Starr helps House prosecutors pursue interview with Lewinsky 8A The Associated Press WASHINGTON - An influential Senate Democratic elder abruptly called for dismissal of charges against President Clinton on Friday to “end this sad and sorry time for our country'” jolting the impeachment trial as mmi defense lawyers and prosecutors argued the case under quesUoning from senators Sen Robert C Byrd’s statement underscored Clinton’s strength among Democrats as the Senate to file murder charges The Associated FV-s- s SALT LAKE CITY - Anne Skater who was shot in her office above the KSL television and radio studios on Jan 14 died Friday afternoon The Salt Lake County District Attorney’s office confirmed it will u amend its charges against Duv to include capital murder and f De-Kie- ( v COPY r aggravated homicide LDS Hospital spokesman Jess Gomez said Skater died at 2:50 pm on Friday She was never upgraded from critical condition during the eight days after being shot in the head Dick Shepherd the director of the criminal division of the District Attorney's office said his office will amend the charges against Duy on Monday Duy 24 went to the KSL studios ( J vote-buyin- m 2002 Games and others after see minimal it will economic effects he say's By BOB WARD staff Standard-Examin- SALT LAKE CITY The Olympic bribery scandal might seem like a big deal right now e but from a economic it’s probably nothing perspective but a blip on the radar screen So said Thayne Robson director of the University of Utah’s bureau of business and economic research who enjoys debunking the occasional myth Robson is only one man but he’s for taking the long view in assessing the economic impacts of world events Utahns and others around the world are in an uproar about the allegations of corruption within the Olympic movement and media coverage of the scandal has given it a huge profile But as long as the Olympic organiza well-know- n tions deal swiftly and effectively with the matter Robson anticipates the affair will have no significant financial effect on the 2002 Games or any others And as long as the Olympic Games continue Robson said they will continue to offer advertisers global exposure scandal or no scandal In his view that’s really the bottom line “Sponsors sign on because they want the exposure to national and international markets" Robson said “and there is no exposure like the Olympics can bring” Curiously the negative publicity of the ongoing Olympic controversy appears to be benefiting Utah More calls are coming into the Utah Travel Council than ever before most of them from people who have seen scenic images on the nightly news Robson thinks the scandal publicity could have a significant if short-live- d Pope arrives in Mexico moves toward test votes on articles of impeachment alleging perjury and obstruction of justice Some Republicans talked of trying to find an exit strategy from the two-wetrial but several predicted any effort to end the proceedings early next week as Byrd urged would fail m a near party-lin- e vote “I don’t know of any Republicans who will vote to dismiss” said Sen Charles Grassley ek Republicans command a 55-4- 5 See CLINTON BA Researchers say new microbes in ocean threaten human marine hea!th5A KSL shooting victim dies in hospital Salt Lake prosecutors ly broadened the scope of the scandal only a few hours after a Libyan delegate became the second IOC member to resign amid g in conallegations of nection with Salt Lake City’s winning bid for the 2002 Winter Games Bashir Mohamed Attarabulst tendered his resignation during a morning meeting in Lausanne with IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch He resigned one day before a special IOC comheaded by IOC vice mission president Dick Pound of Canada - is due to wrap up its inquiry into events in Salt Lake City Samaranch has said that seven other members face possible expulsion in the Salt Lake case Further resignations are expected See SYDNEY4A Expert: Olympic scandal on y short-terimpact long-rang- Byrd seeks stop to Clinton trial Senior Democratic senator says he wants to ‘end this sad and sorry time’ LAUSANNE Switzerland -An Australian official said he offered $70000 in inducements to two International Olympic Committee members from Africa the night before Sydney won the 2000 Summer Games by two votes an admission that immediately and dramatically intensified the widening Olympic corruption scandal Australia’s senior IOC member speaking Friday in Lausanne and insisting he had been unaware of the offer acknowledged that it could be considered a bribe and will probably spark calls for Sydney to be stripped of the Games “It’s serious a serious development for Sydney” said R memKevan Gosper a long-tim- e ber of the IOC’s executive board The development unexpected at the Triad Center on Jan More gay people leaving Force ArmyBA 14 to try to get into KSL's newsroom police said After opening fire in the lobby prosecutors say she moved to the fourth floor and shot Skater Skater had recently returned to work after taking maternity leave Skater’s family has asked that m lieu of flowers donations be made to the Anne Skater Fund care of Bank One 80 West Broadway SJt Lake City UT 84111 or any other Bank One branch m Salt Lake Otv MASSIMO Air SAM3UCETft"rhe Assooated Press i Pope John Paul II tries on a Mexican sombrero aboard his plane on the way to Mexico Friday Thousands upon thousands welcomed him upon his i 30000 READY FOR VISIT: 087 amval m Mexico City Story BA Printed on recycled paper 7 u 1 |
