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Show B4 UTAH Friday, May 21, 1999 TheSalt Lake Tribune Judge Cafe children. to leave her young children “I've tried to make it a Couch found a job as a “I place where the public and the Is Wholesome Haunt for Jazz teamwant to come. lady” Couchrecalls how herlink with the Jazz began — and it was hard- quantity, from seratch, and quick It wasn't always that way. ly. lynice and easy One morning after a Utah-San @ Continued from B-1 Super Omelets: She wor! in a Trolley Squarerestaur and eventually openedthe Judge Antonio faceoff, Couch, a seasonticket holder but novicefan, post- “Everywhere these guys go, they're on display. Maybe more than other teams, they make themselves part of the communi- ty. But when they come here we try to keepit quiet and respect their privacy.” says Couch, a small womanwith deep blue eyes with the Davis School Only 2 Residents See Herriman Make History trict. She learned how to cook ed a largesign in the front win- in 1977. Known for killer omelets and always a favorite haunt of downtown lawyers, judges. bank dow of the Judge. The sign said: TOM NISALKE DON’TEAT HERE. A daylater Couch got a phone call from then-general manager Frank Layden. ers and news reporters, the cafe began welcoming Jazz players as earlyas 1980. Couch’s children grew up I don’t think,” Layden said in that NewYorkaccent, “your sign around the restaurant, and now herfive grandchildren makefre BY JON URE THE SALT LAKE TRIBU! HERRIMAN — History was ignored in Herriman on Thursday uight the newly incorporated old community conductedits first Town Council meeting on homeground Hardlyanyonenoticed, as only two of the new municipality's 800 residents were curious enough to attend the 6 p.m. session in the Lion's Club Building Next door, a Little League baseball gameattracted about 40. probably 2,000 percent more, not is promoting a verypositive im- quentvisits. Six-year-old grand cept for the players’ ownfamilies agefor our team To which Couch shot back: Well, I don’t think Nisalke pro- Couch understands the team's need to break out of the fishbowl says our players are dumb. He son Jess Fletcher was there Thursday, a blond version of ‘l'om Sawyer in a John Stockton jersey He sat five feet from Malone's ta ble, watching the Mailman and Greg Ostertag eating soup — to: joings at the LDS ward to the south filled the lot. Meanwhile, a half-dozen cars and trucks languishedin the Lion’s Club lot smarter than ours. mato basil with corn — and warm cobbsalad council members and mayor. and graying hair that grazes her shoulders Perhaps morethananyone, ex young players especially been cook, real estate agent andsurrogate mother. She has cashed checks for small for ward Carey Scurry and cooked Thanksgiving dinners for guard Bobby Hansen And she always warms Ma- lone’s green salads to protecthis cold-sensitive teeth. “It was always so nice to have a motes a positive image when he said San Antonio's players are Laydenimmediately cut a deal “Do you wantto belike John with the saucy restaurateur. If she'd removethesign, he’d come Stockton someday?’ asked Jess. in for breakfast the next morning He did Malone Doyouknow John Stockton? SS SAYS From that day on, Layden With deadpan expression, Ma lone looked up. “Nope,” hesaid pointed his team toward the Judge. They would find a meal cookedtotheir liking and a woman who cared. ‘Frank always madeit a point forward holds a corner of Carol Couch’s heart. She has served him 1983 to 1990. that the Judge was a kind of extended family for us,” recalls Hansen. “It was a good place to at the top of his game, when he rode high in 1997 as the NBA's Most Valuable Player. She comes of trouble.” through in downtimes,too. Malone came in following his draft pick cameto Salt Lake alone andjust a littleaf “Carol took meinright away. It wasa placeto goinsteadofa hotel room or holed up at home,” says Hansen, nowdirector of youth development programsfor the Chicago Bulls. “She understands the demands on the players and she knows how to keep a meal simple.” Played Matchmaker: It was Hansen, in fact, who introduced Couch to her second husband, Dennis Couch. Both men were natives of Des Moines and connected through basketball. “It's been a great time,” says Couch, strolling through the res. go;it wouldn't get us in any kind one-game suspension last year imposed for elbowing the Spurs Simple Roots: The hospitality David Robinson, who suffered a concussion “That day it was all I could do generated by Couch surely comes fromhersimpleroots. Born in Superior, Wyo., a few miles outside Rock Springs, she was the daugh- to get the food out for him. He ter of a produce man whoseroute includedSalt Lake City. Couch married young — too was very down.” young, probably. She had only a the morningof this year's second high school education and three children before she knewit. It was, she says, a “terrible mar- game against the Portland ers. His 35-minute lunch plete, a smiling Malonerose the table, stretched, Blazcomfrom then wrapped his arms around the Her story is hardly a rare one. With no skills and facing divorce. womanwho makeshis life in Utah taurant she runs with her three she hadto find work. Not wanting just a bit more comfortable. Federalism Advocates Want to Limit Reach of Feds ter pointedto forest management teach ordinary people about the virtues of federalism maybesimply to put it to work His own studies showMontana's state-ownedforwhich earn millions of dol “It's pretty hard to maintainenthusiasm andinterest in the sub ject.” said the Republican gover ach, are just as healthy as those owned and managed by the federal government at an annual nor, predicting a “federalism candidate will emergein the 2000 presidential campaign. cost to taxpayers of $2 billion @ Continued from B-1 Similar trends are apparentin the management of parks and dams. would beleftto ensurethat every Utahn — even those with special needs — gets an education. he said ‘The concentration of powerin Washington also has made it cost ly and cumbersomefor state and local government to keep air, land and water clean, participants said. DonLeal of the Montana-based Political Economy Research Cen- MAY BLOWOUT “Weneedtoget this to a level hesaid. where people understandit and appreciate it,” agreed Meese. Leal advocated returning as muchlandas possible to private owners and the states. “I don't want federalismtostop with thestates,” hesaid. “I wantit to go downto thelocal andprivate levels Utah Gov. MikeLeavitt, calling himself a “federalism geek,” said the concept may betoo headyfor many people, so the best wayto budget andtheir questionsto act- ing City Attorney John Brems showed a preoccupation with the The embrace swamped Couch, whose head comes barely to Malone’s waist. These are the Jazz days Couch wishescould go onforever. Seeit Stockton to Malone. Mailman delivers. The title is within our grasp.Life is good. Her ownretirement, shesays, maycoincide withthat of the Big Now afellow at the Heritage Foundation, he said crime control would be best handled at astate and local level, but complained that hasn't stopped the nation from becoming akind of “police state.” He said federal authorities have given themselves power to prosecute 3,000 crimes, many of themalreadycoveredunder state laws 39.99/month AND WE WILL PAY THE INTEREST WHILE YOU MAKE NO PAYMENTS UNTIL APRIL 2000 (O.A.C.) 18.79/month AS Low AS na AS LOW AS SAVE - SAVE- SAV| SALE ENDS SATURDAY MAY 22ND FINAL CLEARANCE SALE HOURS MON-SAT 9-6 3344 SO. 1300 EAST 44-1445 Right now, the officials are dealingwith feasibility-studyesti- mates that say the town needs about $700,000 to operate for a year nent Certainly nagging at the newofficials was the fact that they, and some of the laws they pass, are temporary. Should any of them take a shine to government work, November. 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After that, the council will meet in regular sessions on the first and third Thursdays of and found that Utah Power has already figured that a 5 percent franchise tax on electricity will dump some $25,000 a year into the treasury. don’t knowif weas each month. acity are pre- mind of Johnto Karl. FREE *Glass WiActndshield!* will waive up to $125.00 of yo ur Insurance Deductible. With Every Windshield You Get E REESuate Safety Inspection! her grandchildren. FREE Digital PCS Phone! FREEMobile Service! For now, she works 10 hours a day and watches her team from row eight of the Delta Center floor. Directly behind the Jazz bench, Couch is committed this season lo freeze-framing her fa- “There has never been a team relationship like theirs. 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