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Show EASY WIN FOR JAZZ | Dallas Mavericks fall 80-65 B-1 PULPIT MASTERPIECES HELI-SKIING RESUMES Bookexplores sermons as literature C-1 Operator reo; s after permit protest D-1 TheS tLake Cri www.sltrib.com http: une Utah’s Independent Voice Since 1871 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY27, 1999 © 1999, TheSalt LakeTribune US. conomic Growth Unstoppable DIVERSITY ON SLOPES Black Skiers Aim Nation hasn’t had a better quarter since 1984; economists credit productivityin technicalfields To Scale Sport's Competitive Peaks BYMERRILL GOOZNER D5 CHICAGO TRIBUNE WASHINGTON — Despite worrisomerecessions overseas, the U.S. economygrew at ablistering pace at the endoflast year, which hastriggeredinflation BY BRIAN MAFFLY fears andsentinterestratesclimbinginrecent weeks. THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Skiingis international, but the sport remainsonethe most racially homogem_ earth. frican American has competed at thesport's highest level in any of its many disciplines. Bessie Gay hopes someday this situa- tion will change. TheAtlanta skier is president of the National Brotherhood of Skiers (NBS), an organization that underwrites the education and training of — accounted for the economy's strong performance in last year’s final quarter. nwhile, ninary indications about the current quarter suggest that the economy continues to The Commerce Department onFriday revised its fourth-quarter estimate of economic growth to 6.1 percent from the 5.6 percent reported a month ago. It was thebest performance since the second quarter of 1996, andstatisticians had to go back to 1984 to finda confoundthose experts whopredictedthis year would better quarter. February on a seasonally adjusted basis from 47.1 in January, theassociation said Friday. A reading above A revival of exports, strong business investment and continued strong consumer spending — especial ly on durable goods suchas furniture and appliances show dramatically slower growth. The Purchasing Management Associationof Chicago index of area busines tivity, usually a harbinger of national manufacturing activity, rose to 52.9 in 50indicates expansion in the manufacturing sector We want to promoteskiing among said. “We want {U eral Reserve Board Chairman Alan robust economic activity has not been ace a returnofinflation. The price deflator, which | re for price increases. ve percent annual pace, the | This inflationperformance, aidedby falling energy food and import prices, came despite the fact that labor markets around the country remain extremel tight. Most U.S. metropolitan areas are enjoy See ECONOMY, Page A-4 SLOC Pleads Case in N.Y. the first black athlete on the U.S. Ski Team, to join forces with the to report strong sales in February But to thesurpriseof many anal: and a reading below 50indicates a contraction. about 70 youths in the hopesof getting African Americans,” Gay Durable-goods orders and home sales also sur last month, and automakers next week are exp i and Snowboard Association]. We have common goals, They are looking for the best to represent the U.S., and we're looking for African Americansto be the best.” TheChicago-based NBS convenes in Olympic organizers show off new leader during whirlwind tour of Big Apple media Salt LakeCity starting Sundayfor a weekofskiing, racing and meetings. About 4,000of its 14,000 membership will be in townfora biennial summit that kicks off Sunday evening with a downtown parade fromtheSalt Palace BY LINDA FANTIN THE SALT LARE TRIBUNE NEW YORK — Doing aninterview with the Fin to the Gallivan Center, where afire- works display and a gospel program are cial Times isalittlelike getting grilledby the IRS, says Mitt Romney, president of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee. So don’t do anythingto prolong theinquisi scheduled. NBS attendees are expected to spend $4 million as they dine out and sample thestate's snowat six Wasatch tion, like, say, inviting reporters to the office for Chi Mountain ski resorts. nesefood It’s an opportunity for us to ski mul- Yet mixing takeout with outtakes probably was tiple mountains andbein thecity at avoidable given Romney's hectic, two-d r cession through the New YorkCity of Net ek, The New York Time Today, Business V 'NN’s “Moneyline” and ESPN The Magazine Tasso ed and MSNBC were bumpedto next we ck. Still, if the scheduling w upto the U.S. mittee’s CLICK HERE night,” G: i d. The reason few blacks excel at skiing is a simple matter of geography, according to Gay. ‘The majority of the black population is really not in snowcountry ‘Transportation to the mountains aid. been a challenge.’ NBS is a consortiumof 82 ski clubs, including one in Utah, the Uintah Soul on Snow Club, but the bulk of NBS. Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune Joseph Nicksic and Tony Hall test a new elevator at the Cottonwood Heights LDS Ward. membershiplives in Atlanta, Chicago. Los Angeles and Detroit Hundredsof youthsparticipatein With lawawaiting governor's signature, elevator inspections are . NBS programs across the country. The strongest skiers, manyof themfrom the said George eryoneuses it. Adults hop aboard and downhill Evans, the NBS's director of Olympicscholarships Suki, a 16-year-old student at the Park City Winter with the U Sports Academy, is traveling 's developmental squad thousands of people hundredsof miles ev day, someone must be watchingout for their safety. bor Commission inspectors who I want to be the queen beeof the World Cup, that’s w 'm going to be, she told The Salt Lake Tribune last De “I want to hop onthere, get someexperience and, hopefully, in a few years move up andget some medals and go to the Olympics andjustlive the ex perience and do well withit Other promising NBS-sponsored skiers include withtheir children unrestrained. So considering that more than 4,600 elevators in Utah move The task falls to five Utah La- gaininginternational experiencein Eu rope cember. ‘This formof transportation requires no license to operate, or any training, for that matter. Ev- piners, but theyare stronger in the Tommy Jackson, a 17-year-old agoan who attended Salt Lake City’s Rowland Hall last year, and Jahi Rohrer 19, of Denver The NBS also hopes to groomathletes in Nordicskiing and snowboarding sports that arealso represented by the USSA We areactively looking for newtal ents,” Gay said, “Snowboardingis really growing. We want to make sure we in knowtheshake, rattle and roll of rly every conveyance in the ate. on, their actions will havethe force of law behind them. Legislators this ap- provedabill sponsored by Rep process. man. to all the mediaandsponsors wecan, andto do it quick ly,” said Krimsky, whois in chargeof marketingfor the 00. ‘The Romney road show was organized by Coltrin & Associates, the New York City-based communications Games. Founded17 years agoby OC Le Sk) Utah ee PU ueuc tL| elevator-inspection latter is the management consulting firm where Rom. neycut his corporate teeth. (Romney left to form a venture-capital company several years before Bain hired Coltrin.) Romneywas not afactor in Coltrin getting thejob, hg SReCnt, eee) the Case said Shelley Thomas, SLOC’ssenior vicepresident for See SLOC, Page A-4 Beneficial Lite Kennecott COMING Smokestack eI aT spections in someformsince the government a encies and private companies ensure elevator pas sengers don't get shafted They mel, executive director of the Na tional Association of Elevator Safety Authorities, His organiza tion, based in Phoenix, trains and certifies most of the nation’s ele: Safety Division well enforce various building codes as ety criteria outlined by in Utah. $ ly elevates Labor 1940s, said Larry Patrick, director of the Labor Commission's It doesn’t changethe way we operate,” he said, “It simply makesit more noticeable. Nationwide a hodgepodge of Mark Damen, a professor of history, theater vator inspectors, including those Society of Mechani the Ameerican cal Engineers, said Floyd Rom and classical literature at Utah State University, has theability to ignite a pas See ELEVATOR, Page A-7 sion for learning. His talents have been rec ognized by the Carnegie Foundation A6 BA || U.S. Human-Rights Report Details Gro: PUBLIC RELATIONS OPPORTUNITY | ill Salt Lake City ever live down the Olympic COMBINED NEWSSERVICES INDEX WASHINGTON — Inits 22nd annual report on human rights, the State Department on Friday Ann Landers C7 7 Movies Editorials AAO Births Bridge Col, C8 67 Obituaries Puzzles av & Busine DS &4 C4 Sport Star Gazer T'V Program: ot B3 cs Comic WEATHER: Warmer north IR COPY C4 Details: C8 chronicled thecurtailment of fundamental personal freedoms in China, in China, the government's human-rights record deteriorated sharply at the endof 19! down against organizedpolitical dissent, k istant Secretary of State Harold Kohsaid as heformaally presented the report to Congress. The critical language marksthelatestin aseries of U.S. steps in recent days that is certain to cool the political temperature that awaits Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in meetings with Chinese offi cials in Beijing early next week President Clinton, in a broad-rangingpolicy re view in San O1eaa SUNDAY The legislation, which s only Gov, MikeLeavitt's sig- Commission administrative rules that have governed elevator in- gradu Orem-based Novell and Boston's Bain & Company. The ND. Probe: Ski ragedid not cause deaths Mor sports news ed Winter list includes 3Com, Del Monte Europe, BCCI in London clude them in our program Asimov Quiz SteveColtrin, ateof BrighamYoung University, the company’s client Source UtahLabor Adair, R-Roy, that formal- izes Utah's aeens id Letter- international media coverage of the 2002 Elevator Facts oSEBSSESSBSSER Alas Suki and Andre Horton. The brother and sister areall-around al. O'Donnell and firm just hired by SLOC to coordinatenational and BY LISA CARRICABURL THE SALTLAKE TRIBUNE and grants. speed events, the Super G | A The A team's most promising talents includea pairof teens from Anchorage. SE Tee cluded appearances on Rosie “It is critically important to introduce Mitt Ron Rising to a New Level Midwest and Northeast, often advanceto the top in their regional divisions. The national organization maintains and B teams, groups of promising skiers whose aspirations are supported by NBS scholarships tour of duty would havein- | | Francisco, took a more conciliatory tone as he repeated China's explanation for the crack Mexico gets certified in war on drugs. Clintonsin Utah A? Os D4 scandal? Experts say it can with deft public relations and support of Utah resident downandcalled for “openness and engagement” in U.S. relations with the communist giant Arguing that it is in America’s inter aggressive global player, Clinton declared Friday that the United States must not shrink into self-ab sorption as it basks in an“extraordinary” moment of peace and prosperity We must remember that the real challengeof policy is to deal with problems before they fo harm our national interests Clinton told an audi ence of foreign-policy expert ind other citizens at a downtown hotel here. See UNITED STATES, Page A | LL EEA he first fami ly arrives in Utah to celebrate Chelsea's birthday on the ski slopes at Deer Valley > |
