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Show ___TheSalt Lake Tribune OLYMPICS Friday, July 19, 1996 Ws Showtime: HOMEWORK4 & The Heightened Fear of Terrorism Atlanta Takes The fear that the TWAjet crash was caused by a terrorist’s bomb has cast a pall over the Olympic Games and set some peoplein Atlanta on edge. “Tt has heightened my anxiety little bit,” conceded Don Mischer, executive producerof the opening ceremonies. “But I also have confidence that our security system is goingto rise to the task here.” Mischer said he might revise the opening ceremonies tonight to acknowledge the tragedy. Genter Stage Continued from A-1 Creative Furnishing for your home office. the needy and homeless have ac- cused the city and Olympic organizers of gentrifying the neighborhood at the expense of the community's most vulnerableresidents. ‘talust Wednesday, when Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbel}tried to hold ‘a news conference about city services, he was berated by activists for evicting families from public housing and other actions to move the downtroddenoutofsight. ~Utah community activists are wary of the same thing happening Uh Salt Lake City — mindful of 2pw close the homeless shelteris to downtown facilities that will be ‘ised extensively for the 2002 ier Games. tlants businessman Keith thier believes the activists are after the Games is hard to tell. Jaid so recently that the individual Dryer’s business, among others, pieces still are separate. will stick around. But Gauthier’s will go away, to be replaced by a 300-room suite hotel Butthat’s later. Tonight, Atlan- tans and their guests from around the world will celebrate the Olympies’ arrival in this new park, surrounded onail sides byvestiges of the biggest show in peacetimehistory. Swatch, the Swiss watchmaker, has a pinkish plastic pavilion where runners can sprint 5 yards and havetheir images frozen ona screenas if it was the photo finish of the 100 meters and they were Frankie Fredericks. But those little blemishes did not inhibit an estimated 65,000 people from turning out this week for a free concert featuring Asleep at the Wheel and Kenny Rogers. Forall ofits glitz, the favorite feature of the park clearly is an old-fashioned favorite: a water fountain. Laid out in the pattern of the Olympicrings, the fountain shoots streams10 feetinto theair. Since each stream is about 6 inches apart and the inner part of the Tings are dry, it’s an enticementto all aroundto rush inside. The Cape family got so caught wrong. He sees manifest desti- General Motors has a high-tech up in the thrill of the setting, and ‘a temporary complex of eateries show revolving around its new cars. One of Ted Turner's companies creates light shows on the was the type of fun they envi- at home. Whether you're tucking hotel, another of his possessions. stoned when they bought a brick to raise money for the park’s your office in a small corner or at workin the jobs provided by i gift shops and ice-cream es and an indoor/outdoor garden. r"Wehave 12 to 20 people who were homeless who now work for us,” he said, “We house them in ‘the dorm rooms where the bus ‘drivers used to rest. We set up ‘savings accounts for them which we monitor because this is a hance to changetheir lives. The Olympics made it happen. It brick wails of the Omni high-rise Budweiser has a tall, narrow ex- hibit that, with light flashing through streamsof falling water, can print out the names of its beers. And Coca-Cola, the godfa- ther of these Games, has its own village. gone life into downtownAtlan- Theparkonly officially opened last weekend. Many of the sponsors’ pavilionsstill had scaffold- . ‘Exactly how much life remains ing around the frameworks Monday and Tuesday. The sod was 7he Buses RunInto a Host Of Problems and humidity here in Atlanta, by the time weget to the hotel I wili have tosetfire to my underwear.” I ended up getting off the bus and walking to my hotel. The Swedes, who had too much lug- gage to walk, may spend the en- these times, that they took the More and more people are working plunge a few nights back. This walkways. This is why they love Atlanta and wantto showit to the world — starting tonight. “There has been some inconvenience getting here, but you just furnishing an entire room, we've got the solutions. haveto join in, have patience and enjoyit,” said Jim Cape. “It’s going to be one huge party. A lot of community pride comes out when Visit our home office gallery located behind our S.L. showroom at 2970 Highland Dr. 484-9405 Mon. - Fri. 10-7, Sat. 10-6, you do something like this. I didn’t think we had that much in or visit our Park City Gallery at Atlanta, but we do.” 1890 Bonanza Dr. 645-7072 Mon. - Sat. 10-6 tire Olympics circling around in the downtown area on the shuttle bus, surviving by eating their official Olympic welcome guides, then just shuttling back to the airport at the end. They could be the lucky ones. @ Continued from A-1 place to change planes, we do not ‘tare for it as a destination. We Qrefer to attend the Olympics in otic foreign locales such as Norway or Los Angeles. So we arrived here in a cranky \d critical mood. Andit has not ‘ped matters that the Olympic ration in downtown Atlanta ‘hasically has the dignity, sophisti- seation and grandeur of a Veg-0atic commercial Choose from over 42,000 wallpaper patterns with our = Of course maybe the interna- onal journalists, many of whom Sever have been to Aflanta, will Miew the city with a less-jaded “eye. I rode in from the airport gwith some Swedish journalists, nd I had plenty of time to monitheir reactions because our Birenons driver, for secu- LOW PRICE GUARANTEE! ity reasons, had not been told avhere any of the hotels actually re located. As we inched through Whe heavy downtown traffic, he periodically would open his winw and yell to a police officer, Which way to the Radisson?” ‘And whichever way the bus was inted, the officer would point ravonives _. So, anyway, I spenta lotof time disteningto the Swedesdiscuss At- lanta. Unfortunately, since they Yak Gonge ol All SuperPaint’ Exterior Paints PY: 20-year warranty e other way. 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