Show Standard-Examine- Sunday June r 5 1988 13C Utah LDS Church sells its SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon Church has donated some furniture from the defunct Hotel Utah to charities and offered the rest in a private sale to church leaders and their families a spokesman says The church will allow another week for the faith’s general authorities e clergy who direct the 65 million member church to purchase furniture items from the historic hotel which was closed last year amid a storm of public protest The sale began about a month ago and has ended speculation that Mormon officials might have changed their minds about the fate hotel Items are being sold exclusively to members of the Council of the Twelve The First Quorum of Seventy and the Presiding Bishopric groups that assist the governing First Presidency — and their immediate families full-tim- three-memb- er Church spokesman Jerry Cahjll said officials haven’t yet decided if any unsold items will go on sale to the general public later Some businessmen and city officials have speculated privately that church authorities might were perhaps thinking about reopening the building as a hotel when the state’s economy improves That speculation ended when rumors circulated that general authorities and their families were buying up hotel furnishings Cahill said that church officials had independent appraisers list the value of the items before the sale opened He said that before the items went on sale to general authorities church officials moved needed furnishings to the d Temple Square Hotel and to Temple Square Also hotel furnishing were donated to the Salvation Army the Indian Alcohol church-owne- leaders Motel Utah items ism Counseling and Recovery House and the city homeless shelters l “Let’s put this into perspective” “Before the sale much of the personal property went to satisfy the needs of various community agencies” Salvation Army officials said the Mormon Church donated dishes kitchen items chairs and a couch to its church and about 50 beds and as many dressers to the Salvation Army’s new community service center Other items are still arriving At the Indian Recovery House officials said they’ve received 40 dressers 40 night stands 24 lamps 16 sets of bunk beds and linens for a client dormitory as well as 40 chairs for the schoolroom and three couches Stephen Holbrook coordinator for the Shelter of the Homeless Committee said that Mormon officials have offered to donate hotel furnishing for the family said-Cahil- shelter to be opened in the fall Workers are assessing what kinds of hotel furnishings can be used at the shelter Julie Peck executive director of the Utah Hotel & Motel Association estimated Hotel Utah had at least 500 beds 500 lamps perhaps as many as 2000 chairs and a substantial amount of office furniture “There has to be tons of stuff there” she said “The hotel had a least 500 ers A group of about 15 mountain men and women an artist and their horses are to beoverland trek from the Hengin a 250-mi- le ry’s Fork of the Green River near the Utah border to Riverton on Monday starting a journey that will eventually take them to St Louis The trip has been three years in the ning and is just one of a series of historical treks planned by Allan Maybee a Riverton teacher and expedition captain Maybee said his interest in history has resulted in his trips which have included riding the length of the Oregon Trail the Santa Fe Trail and the route from Fort Laramie to Fort Bridger “It gives me a chance to fantasize all summer long” he said “It’s living history” This summer’s trip is based on the route of Gen William Ashley who in 1825 began a trip from the Henry’s Fork to St Louis where he delivered beaver skins Because Ashley’s furtrading enterprise is considered one of the most critical events to the development of the young United two-pa- rt States Maybee said the group decided to retrace his steps “Because he and his men were not explorers” he said “They were adventurers and in the process they established two sides to the Rocky Mountains They were the first whites over South Pass the first to find the Great Salt Lake and the first people to travel overland across this conti- nent” The expedition dubbed the “March to ‘the Wind” was to begin as Ashley’s did y mountain man rendezvous with a at the Henry’s Fork on Sunday On Monday the group carrying 100 pounds of beaver skins and dressed in clothing from the period will leave Henry’s Fork in hopes of reaching Riverton on June 18 The group will be taking 30 horses and pack animals to ride and carry the supplies needed for the trip “We’re all Maybee said “Water’s a problem There will be some places we have a dry camp and water will be a real problem One of the horse’s main loads will be water barrels and each person will carry two days’ worth of water with them It’s going to be difficult it will put all the horses and riders to the test that’s for sure" one-da- d” flatware desks couches mirrors chairs and lamps Cahill said that items of historical interest were not for sale The Salt Lake Tribune quoted an anonymous source as saying the sale items include salt and pepper shakers for each mirrors from $15 to $25 chairs for about $15 towels for $3 each 50-ce- for-sa- le floors When the hotel closed last August thousands of citizens protested In a drive conducted by the Citizens for the Preservation of Hotel Utah more than 17000 people signed petitions asking that the hotel remain open Those protesting the hotel’s closure included such notables as Scott M and Calvin Rampton former Utah governors and Utah Symphony Ma-thes- Music Director on Maurice Laureate Abravenel The First Presidency has said the hotel’s historical integrity and architecture will be preserved including its magnificent lobby and the beehive on the roof and that public access to the building will be accommodated Bingham High film Mountain men retracing trail CHEYENNE Wyo (AP) — A love of history and an attraction to the rough life of the furtraders who first traversed what would become Wyoming are driving an expedition to retrace the steps of those trad- rooms” Items offered for sale to general authorities include beds linens dishes and desks for about $30 Examples of furnishings are displayed in ballrooms on the hotel’s first and second However the group has scouted the trail and knows where water holes can be found as well as forage for horses The group will also include Dubois artist John Phelps who will sketch his impressions of the expedition as it makes its way north “He wants to go with us because he feels the only true way to capture this is through sketching and painting” Maybee said In addition the expedition will be met at different communities along the way with celebrations such as a barbecue and dance in Green River The attention gathered by the expedition is part of its purpose Maybee said to promote centennial celebrations in Wyoming Montana Idaho and North and South Dakota “That is what we wanted to get people kind of warmed up to the approaching centennial” he said “That’s the whole purpose is to make people aware of the centennial” All five states holding centennial celebrations have sanctioned the expedition After reaching Riverton six expedition members will wait until May 27 1989 to begin the second leg of the trip a 2500-mil- e boat trip aboard the Wyoming Centennial Messenger from the confluence of the Big and Little Wind rivers to St Louis showing at issue SOUTH JORDAN (AP) — A high school teacher faces possible disciplinary action for showing film “Pink Floyd The the e Wall” to his English class Jordan School District offilOth-grad- cials say The film about a disillusioned suicidal rock star was rated R for violence sex nudity and profanity “The showing is not being taken lightly The appropriate action is being taken” said district spokesman Patty Dahl Showing any video without pri- or permission violates both school and district policy Dahl said the district is reviewing the incident and following proper procedures for disciplinary action against a teacher who has not been identified due-proce- ss All movies shown in the dis- trict must come from an approved list of films that contain curriculum value Even movies viewed under special circumstances such as a reward to stu dents for getting top grades or n reaching a goal in a must be approved in advance read-a-tho- Dahl said “Pink Floyd The Wall” would never show up on any approved school list because of its R rating and subject matter suicide said Dahl Dahl also said teachers are not allowed to rent movies from video stores and show them to the students because that violates the copyright laws that restrict such videos to home use only isRegarded as a forare sue policies on movies mulated by the local school districts Eileen Rencher of the State Office of Education said most of the state’s 40 school dislocal-contr- ol tricts including Jordan have clear-cpolicies on 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