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Show The Salt LakeTribune UTAH Sunday, December 27, 1998 Resolutions and Predictions for '99 ELOUISE BELL With Ties to State, Passed Away in 1998 long and prosper.” Makeit so, Patrick. The combination of sex fest is everywhere endangeredin the galaxy. Robert Kirby: Utah’s premier satirist, whos lurnns and books breathe fresh air into a some- times stuffy culture. I suggesthis resolutions include: ‘Continue to printthehilariousletters of censure from satirically challenged Have younoticed that so often the people who neglect to make them are the very folks who a few minutesfor reflection, the moment and the mood have James Carville: Leading Democratic strategist and Clintonian pit bull. His resolution: “Eat less red meat. Read more Gandhi.” ourselves and instead will exert a Mary Matalin: Former Republican strategist for George Bush; political commentator, married to Carville. She resolves to: “Keep a firm grasp on Carville’s choke chain. Continue to model wit and of the Games.” Trent Nelson: Nelson is a pho- tographer for The Salt Lake Tribune. His photo coverage of Utah sports events, but particu- larly of high school women’s team activities, is breathtaking and technically outstanding. My sug- gestion for Nelson? “Keep on do- ingit.” Elouise Bell is a professor emeritus at BYU. RESPONSE Elouise, to accompany your resolutions,I would like to offer some predictions for the New Year. Retired Lt. Col. Jay R. Jensen J, Earl JonesofSalt LakeCity, who servedaspolice chief 197173 before resigning in a dispute with the city’s public safety commissioner, died on Jan. 8 of cancer complications. He was 79 dancer with the Ririe-Woodbury Rep. Ralph Becker, D-Salt LakeCity: In his never-ending effort to protect us from ourselves, hewill expandhis bill outlawing hand-held cell phonesin cars to include cup holders, drivethrough windowsatfast foodres- Ray Herbat of Salt Lake City, a sportswriter who covered baseball and college athletics for The Salt Lake Tribune for 26 years, died Jan. 28. He was 63. settes, 8-track players, children, talkingto passengers, talking to one’s self, whistling, humming andscratching. 46 Reed Warren of Logan, a Utah State University researcher who was world-renownedforhis stud- ies into the geneticorigins of autism, died Jan. 26 of kidney cancer. He was 55. Sen. Orrin Hateh: Will contin- 1-15: To cut down on accidents, it will be turned into a bike path Larry Flint: Will be named special prosecutor by Janet Reno. Ken Starr: Will take over du- ties of publisher for Hustler magazine. SLOC:Will end the scandal overgifts by sending bills toall I0C members for everything they got. The resulting money will pay for the Gameswith enoughleft overto give Tom Welch a bonus PresidentClinton, Rep. Bob Livingston, Rep. Henry Hyde and former presidential adviser Dick Morris: Will seek marriage counseling and attend groupther. apyfor sex addicts. Majority Leader Trent Lott: Will be named grand marshal for this year's Gay Pride Parade Draper: The drought will end ue to spread rumorsthat he is being mentioned as a candidate for president, vice president, SupremeCourt justice, ambassador to (fill in the blank), He will also say: “Doggoneit” and “I am sick andtired,” 39,719 times. Mayor Deedee: Will appear in public wearing a red dress Larry H. Miller and Karl Malone: They will sit down, cry, hug and agree that Karl will play for Larry's LDS ward basketball team. Goy. Mike Leavitt: Throwing caution to the wind, he will actu- allytakea stand on something andoffer an opinion, causing his approval rating to drop from 98.6 percent to 98.4 percent. Thiswill be cause for himto rethink his position andcall a summit on the Tom Barberi is a talk-show FEBRUARY Clyn D. Barrusof Provo,the director of Brigham Young University's School of Music and conductor of the Utah Valley Symphony Orchestra, died Feb. 27. He was 54. MARCH D, James Cannonof Salt Lake City, the formerexecutive director for the Utah Travel Council whocoined the Utah tourism slogan, “The Greatest Snow on Earth,” died March 5. He was78 Lewis T. Ellsworth of Salt Lake City, a former insurance executive and civic leader, died March 9. He was 92. Delbert E. Roachof Salt Lake City, the former manager of the LDS Church's Genealogical Libraryandapioneerin microfilm archiving, died March 30, He was 78 host on KALL-AM, APRIL Forget About the Arctic Chill, Unseasonably Warm’s on Tap BY MICHAEL VIGH THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Go ahead and put away thelong underwearfor the rest of the year — temperatures in Utah are ex- pected to be unseasonably warm throughat least New Year's Day Following the frigid tempera- tures which hovered around zero and below in the days leading up to Christmas, National Weather Service forecasters expect the mercury to climb to above-averagereadings in the next few days. “It will certainly be warmer during the early part of the week,” said lead forecaster Dave Sanders. “Thereis a possibilityof a pretty good storm on New Year’s Eve, but there is a lot of iffyness with that.” After normal temperaturestoday, forecasters predict high temperatures in the 40s and little chance of snowforthefirst part of the week. Today, high temperatures should reach the mid-30s with a good chanceoflight snow in the valleys and 3-to-6 inches in the mountains. But starting Monday and lastingthrough Thursday or Friday, temperatures could reach highs in the mid- to upper 40s in northern Utah Thereis a chanceof precipita- tion on Monday, but that could ac- tually be rain and not snow be- cause of the moderate temperatures, Sanders said, add- ing that lows shoulddipinto the range throughat least Wednesday Things aredefinitely going to 20 to 25 be more moderate,” he said. The normal high temperatures for northern Utah this time of year are the upper 30s, he said In southern Utah, it will also be unseasonably warm with little chanceof precipitation. Thehighs ix the St. George area should reachthelowto mid-50s through Thursday with lows in the 30s, Sande That is farcry fromtheun: sonably frigid temperature which enveloped the state week CoalebaMaes Rete, - acd STOe City, one of the pioneers in the JUNE ity for design and training purposes, died Oct, 3 of Alzheimer’s disease. He was 74, the wife of former Associated Press Correspondent Earle Jester for68 years, died June 1. She was 87. HomerK.Peterson of Murray, instrumental in estab- lishing cable television in the Intermountain West, died June14. Hewas 78. JULY Lenore Romney of Lansing, Mich., the widow of former Gov. George Romney and the state’s only first lady to run for U.S. Senate, died July 7. She was 89. Drury R. Brown of Blackfoot, former editor and publisher of The Morning News, died July 3. He was 93. Mattie Towns of Monroe, La., sister of Utah Jazz basketball star Karl Malone, died July 7. She was 6. Frederick Fox Auerbach ofSalt Lake City, whose family departmentstore, Auerbach Co., was a fixture in downtown Salt Lake City for more than 100years, died July12 of a heartattack. He was 71 Former Utah State University professor Milton Abrams of Logan, a formerprofessorofpolitical science, was killed July16 ina car accident. He was 79. June Dixon Oaksof Salt Lake City, thewife of LDS generalauthority Dallin H. Oaks, died July 21 of cancer. She was 65. f Save up to $125.00 cee ice Sx = zm Glass > Evans of Salt Lake use of computersto simulatereal- NOVEMBER BrentAtkinofSt, George, a cattleman andpresident ofthe Arizona Cattle Growers Association, waskilled Nov. 13 in a car accident. He was47 Reece D. Nielsen of Salt Lake City, chairman of the boardof directors of the Intermountain Power Agency and a longtime leader in the public power utility industry, died Noy, 18. He was 73 DECEMBER Shauna Adix of Salt Lake City, who helped found the Women's Resource Center at the University of Utah, died Dec. 14 of ovarian cancer. She was 66. James E. Dooley of Salt Lake City, a civil rights activist and a former local branch president of the National Association for the Advancementof Colored People, died Dec. 13. He was65. Kenneth Parry BurbidgeJr. of Salt Lake City, thefirst president of Ballet West, a member of the University of Utah boardof trust- ees and a longtime communityactivist, died Dec. 18. He was 68. . Archibald of Salt the Seventy, drowned Dec. 14 in Chile. He was 60. of cancer, He was 64 Richard D. Harrison of Salt LakeCity, who served as chief executive of Fleming Cos. for 22 years, died Aug. 19. He was 75 LeLand DeLange of West ValleyCity, a city councilman, died Aug. 29 of a rare brain disease He was 63 Charles Douglas Carver of SEPTEMBER Pleasant View,formercity editor and managingeditor of the StanTed D. Simmons of Salt Lake dard-Braminer, died April 2. He City, head of the physical faciliwas 75 ties department for the LDS Max Engeman of Salt Lake Church, died Sept. 7. He was 67 City, oneof thelastlinks to Salt Lake City’s Big Band heyday, died Ted Binionof Las Vegas, a forApril 5. He was 85 85 mercasino executive and son of legendary casino owner Benny Alma P. Burtonof Orem, a not- Binion, died Sept. 17 of an appared Mormon educator, author and ent prescription drug overdose. theologian, died April 30. He was He was 55 85 Milton C. Mecham of Ogden, a Bernard Luther Bettilyon of formerfootball coach and deanof Salt Lake City, builder andcivic WeberState College, died Sept CLASS! herkid A busy woman with room for many in her heart, Alire had 14 children (only five, one man and four women survive her), 69 grandchildren, 178 great grandchildren, 141 great great grandchildren, nine great, great, great grandgra- child,andthree great, great, great, great grandchildren. She saw the west grow from the daysof horses and buggies kicking up dust on dirt roads to highways filled with cars; she heard tell about the Wright Brothers’ first sustained flight and she saw men walk on the moon. Andyet, her grandsonsaid, “She taught us the basic things. She taughtus discipline and about be- ing self-sufficient. She taught us aboutraising plants and animals, so we would always have food on the table.” Some of her fondest memories wereofthe last three years when Gov. Mike Leavitt came to celebrate her birthday with her. But she wasnot a fancy woman, Willie Alire Jr., said. “When we asked her whatshe wanted for Christmas, she would always tell us she wanted somethingto cover her head — she mal underwear or wool stockings to stay warm.” A parishioner at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Midvale, Alire was recognizedastheoldest Catholie in Midvale in 1992. AMERICAN HOME FURNISHINGS Since 1977 AFTER CHRISTMAS SALE COMPUTER DESKS ae oo In stock or special orders. 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Inandstayed aboardto take the plane stead, it departed at 8:30 p.m west (CDT) andlanded at Salt Lake City Wetake these things serious- International at 10:24 p.m. (MDT). “She madeit easy for everyone to have their Christmas holiday,” said grandson Willie Alire Jr. “But [on Saturday] shesaid it was time to be with her husband and someof VINTAGEQAK AUGUST Jim Bapisof Salt LakeCity, a longtime Utah newsmanand publie relationsofficial, died Aug. 12 more men takethatoffice. Alire, one of Utah’s oldest residents, followed a life path that took her from E] Rito, N.M., to Midvale, whereshe passed from this life lyingin her own bed. She had been a resident of Utah for 45 years. always wore bandannas — or ther- ity, president of the LDS Chureh’s Chile Area and a member of the faith's First Quorum of ynnBennion, a formerSalt ake City SchoolDistrict superintendent, died July 30. He was 95. Cc Car;rs “ GD Act wil waive up 9 $125.00 Yathud OCTOBER David C. When Gorgonia Maria Archuleta | Solid oak counter stools. Light or dark finish Largeselection From $9999 Solid oak, includes leaf and 4 side chairs. “—s af Alire was born, Grover Cleveland waspresident of the United States. When she died at 105 at 6:10 a.m. on Saturday, she had seen 20 shot down over Vietnam, died May29 of a heart attack. He was 66. “= = Alex Josephof Big Water, a polygamist who founded his tiny southern Utah town and had servedas its mayor, died Sept. 27 of liver cancer. He was 62 Golda Lucille Jester of Boise, Rex A. Skidmore of Salt Lake City, a former dean of the University of Utah's Graduate School of Social Work, died Jan. 10. He was 83 Dance Company, died Jan. 25 of complications from AIDS. He was Gorgonia M.A. Alire, Oneof Utah’s Oldest Residents, Dies at 105 from Hanoi six years after being discredited as fabrications, died Jan. 9. He was 73. Joe Duke-Rosati of Salt Lake City, a longtimeadvocatefor lowincomepeople in Utah, died Jan 19. He was 50 20 of cancer. He was 82 Henry J. Moore of PaloAlto, Calif, a U.S. Geological Survey geologist who helped select the landingsite for the Mars Pathfinder, died Sept. 21. He was 70. war who was released in 1973 gained him fameuntil they were pot hole and overturns, spashing beer throughout Brent Larson's neighborhood. taurants, radios, CD players, cas- of Salt Lake City, a prisoner of Paul H. Dunn of Salt Lake City. a former LDS Church official whose eloquent war stories Lynn Walter Topovski ofSalt Lake City, the longest-running when a Budweiser truck hits a TOM BARBERI Bill Meek of Salt Lake City, a former University of Utah football coach whoended anillustrious coaching career with the Utes, died May 28 of cancer. He was 77. He was 90. mighty effort to protect the spirit Patrick Stewart: “Captain Jean-LucPicard,” longtime helmsmanofthe Starship Enterprise on television and in film, Myresolution for him? “Live MAY vertising executive, died Jan. 1 Wewill forget about protecting the light touch for him and the rest of the country.” leader, died April 28. He was 87. James Hodgson of Salt Lake moment, so hereis the wording for their resolution: “We will do whateverit takes to spare the country one more wearying investigation that leaves cynicism and disgust in its wake. We will answer FBI and Justice Department questions before they are asked. passed. As a public service, then, I'm offering ready-made resolutions for a few public figures ‘THEASSOCIATED PRESS Hereis a list of notable Utah and Utah-related people whodied in 1998: City, a former journalist and ad- SLOC: The Salt Lake Olympic Committee is super-busy at the Maybethey are too busy as the year turns. 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