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Show The Salt Lake Gribune UTAH WEFOR THE RECORD, D-2 STATE OF THE STATE, D-3 D TUESDAY Ml OBITUARIES, D-6 MAY25, 1999 ’s Great Seal Is Nothing to Fool With ROBERT KIRBY Lieutenant Governor’s Office decides whereinsignia can go,at least until the Legislature meets BY JUDYF! (S © 1999, THE SA LT LAKE TRIBUNE ©1999, The Salt Lake Tribune Look, Ma! I Can Drive Light Rail Without Steering When The Tribune wants you to To truly personify the state, Utah's official seal might haveillustrated a family the size of a track team slurping vanilla ice cream cones. The Salt Flats might have made a fitting backdrop, sea gull in the foreground. Imagine this insignia dignifying state flags and correspondence and motorpoolcars. But designers of Utah’s Great Seal chose a beehive-and-eagle motif instead. Although an obvious mismatch, the look ofthe sealis not what bothersfolks on Capitol Hill. know something important, it dispatches one of its sharpest reporters. Depending on what we wereup to the They're preoccupied with who is in charge of the state insignia, which is janitor. question isn’t constitutional, perhaps a brow-raising chink in the separation of night before, this could well mean the Oh,shut up. usedto authenticate state documents. In fact, a few lawmakers wonderif the powers. don't want the citizens to be embarrassed." And because the Lieutenant Governor’s Office has no guidelines for distrib- Lieutenant Jffice traditionally has assumed the duty of deciding where the seal should and should not go. Tribuneto use a copy of the image for this says Jones. “We up last week. The Trib sent me. Theeditor wanted to send someone else, specifically “ ‘someone who won't embarrass the paper.” He relented when everyone told him they were pretty sure there was no possible way I could workcats, aliens or Lee Harvey Oswald into the story. On Friday, | took a ride on light rail. Pacaa Actually, I gotto drive lightrail RRR NEN wrong concerns. event. The idea being that they get hands-on experience with the operation of LR. Wetook turns trying to wreckit. Noneof us did, but here’s what I learned anyway: The LR has greatacceleration for a a minute and a half, which, whenit sxe Whenthat happens, they becomein- dignitaries. ‘Thetrain also has a loud horn. I The LRalso has a warning bell, but it’s kind of weenie. When I mentioned Leah Hogstew The Salt Lake Tribune No Greater Love “You're not going to mention that, SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE tionwill bea big rock, a major appli ance, or even Merrill Cook Finally, whileit's true that another wayof avoiding these obstructionsis to hit the brakes, my experienceof doing so at full throttle makes indig nitaries even moreindignant Robert Kirby welcomes e-mail at dark@sickrek.com OOR COPY In February, lawmakers denied a Democratic amendment that would have required the moneyto bespent on prevention and unanimouslypasseda bill to set aside the settlement money until sometimenext year Graham said the first payment of about $40 million could arrive in the next few months, thoughappealsin other states might delay arrival until the June 2000 deadline CORRECTIONS and it was noted that we worked pretty well with getting the public health com- munityonboard.” The money won't be available until Troy Robert Taylor was arrested and charged with attempted murder after al- legedly stabbing Darin Simcox 10 times during analtercation in South Salt Lake. ‘The men’s roles were reversed in an arti- cle Sunday Grateful Refugee Family Readyfor Work, School Ex-Judge Taking Walk Around Washington County’s Boundary Uses dayhikes to travel 190-mile route safety endorsement. Around here, you never know if the track obstruc plans percapita. tend through 2017 — sostatelegislators catcher. Note: The LRhas no cowcatcher. For the technologically impaired, a cowcatcher is a simple safety device needs a cowcatcher to get myfull to rewrite the attorneygeneral's responsibilities, and that hasn't made her popular with Utah's largely GOP Legislature “I was just thrilled at how Utah came out in it, much better than we had ex- 2008 — payments will start then and ex- it's important to have a backup plan for dealing with obstructions. In the Salt Lake Valley today, the LR still And some memberssee the settlement as a windfall that could go toward education or any number of other spending But Graham has clashed with Republi- can Gov. Mike Leavitt over his attempts wewere rewarded becausewe filed early Congressional Medal of Honor winner George Wahlenstands before the candle helighted at the “No Greater Love” Veterans RemembranceCeremonyat the Utah Capitol on Monday. The ceremony endedwith Taps be armed with ax handles and other Althoughthere are few cows in 1996, making Utah the12th state totack- drinking efforts targeted at children, andsays the same shouid betruefor the extra millions. pected,” Grahamsaid. “Basically, I think are you?” I said n havedifficultytelling which side of the tracks is the side out of the way of thetrain. co prevention and anti-drug and anti- billion. Of the 46 states involved in the lawsuit, Utah, with fewer smokers than most states, is getting the sixth highest award this to Utah Transit Authority General Manager John Inglish, he said. brain makes snapdecisions almost impossible. Consequently, many cows to earmarkthe original payoutfor tobac- As a rewardfor signing on early to a nationwide lawsuit against the tobacco industry, Utah will receive a $157 million bonus, bringing the state's total windfall from the settlement to almost $1 billion. “Tm just absolutely thrilled. We're torneys general apportioned the $7.7 tomas in motorists waiting at crossings. moreof a cow thrower. It’s no coincidencethat trains and hamburger wereinvented at about the sametime. The nature of a cow's haveplenty of timeto decide whatto do with it. Graham already has urged them ED PRI almost $75 per Utah resident, comes from a Strategie Contribution Fundcreated by the national settlement to provide the bonuses. A panel of former at- is capable of causing subdural hema- derailing the train. The snowplowshaped designis intended to catch and hurl these obstructions to one OCLs The extra money, which works out to liked this part so much that LR officials eventually told me to knockit off. I don’t know the exact decibel level of the LR horn. I can only say that it side. As such, a cowcatcheris really Graham believes $157 million windfall is for signing on related health-care costs covered by Medicaid. Utah wasin line to receive $836 million fromtheoriginal settlement. dignitaries fall down in the back. intended to keep obstructions from becoming lodged under andpossibly See GREAT SEAL, Page D-2 le the tobacco companies for smoking- was my tum to drive, turned out to be just snappy enough to make many case of a train, this would be a cow nappropriate”’ places, such as jogging posed regulations, the Legislature's Ad- pinchingourselves,” said Atty. Gen. Jan Graham, whofiled suit in September train. It goes from zero to 55 in about Vhile manytrains do not have stccring wheels, if you are going to dispensewith a steering mechanism, ars ago, after it began appearing in WhenJones drafted a policy into pro- THE Manydignitaries showed up for the for the operator to steer the train Washingtonstate rewroteits laws and regulations on the great seal about 15 Jones came on andrealized there were By HANNAH WOLFSON time to let you knowthat they are the around possible hazards inch seal was used 21,194 times in 1997 Then to lawsuit early, attracting public health community Since many of you have concerns aboutlight rail, I thought this a good it may seem, thereis no steering wheel on the control console of the LR. This meansthat it's impossible governor whohas since retired. g Holy Smoke! Tobacco Suit Bonus Brings Utah | Take to Nearly $1 Billion Anyway, an important story came Nowfor the bad stuff. Shocking as Placed in a straight line, the stamps wou!d stretch 18.5 feet more than a mile. noguidelinesfor deciding whoshould be permitted to use the seal ing madeby the guy whocuts the traditional anti-hobodevices. ing the state seal was “We wantit out there becauseit repre- there for commercial purposesthat the States will tell youso. In Michigan, thereis a state office de- the question about us- sents the state, but we don’t want it out of theseal fromthroughout the United voted exclusivelyto the seal. A Web page devoted to that office points out the 3- answered by an aide to thelieutenant shop,for instance not. Keepers story For three decades other uses — in a disaster movie or an ad for a “beat-the-stock-market’’ work- White House lawn. Otherpositivestuff includes soft It may seema simple matter, butit’s to allow The Salt Lake mendable for a schoolchild to use the seal for a class project, it may not be such a good idea for Utah to lend its good seal for Things operate like this everywhere, including where you work. If they didn’t, America’s foreign policy wouldn't soundlike it was be- seats, clean windows and wheelchair lifts. Oh, and cops. LRwill haveits ownpolice, but UTAofficials insist that they will not if the lieutenant governor ought to have uting thestate sealfor nonofficial use, the office initially declined says Kim Jonesof that office. She noted that, while it may be com- state doesn’t endorse,”’ ministrative Rules Review Committee balked. Committee members wondered the right to oversee the seal and collect fees for using it And nowthe Constitutional Revision Commission has added theseal question to its own list of studyissues. BY BRENT ISRAELSEN THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Uprootedat the outbreak of war in Serbia, Kosovar Albanian refugees Sahit Fazliu and his two daughtersfinallyare free Nolonger are they surrounded by the Serbian troops who expelled themfromtheir home, the Macedoniantroops whoconfinedthemto refugee camps BY LIN ALDER = — The latest challenge facing Robert or U.S. soldiers who guarded them at the Army's circumnavigate Washington County, which comprises the southwest corner of Utah Safely settled into a spartan but comfortable three-bedroom apartment on HighlandDrive in Salt LakeCity, the Fazlius now can Ms nture away from Fort Dix in New Jersey ays is to be the first known person to t is a typical goal for the the intrepid hiker and mountain climber whoas a teen-ager participatedinthe first ascents of someof northern Arizona's ruggedde. sert peaks Healso has made thefirst knowncontinuous descent their quarters nearby mountains, which resemble the landscape of their homeland of theLittle Colorado River Gorge, so looking for some thing that is a “first” attracts the 70-year-old Owens. I never feel more free than whenI'minthe natural Those simple pleasures of liberty The Fazliu family, which arrived in Utah three days ago, will be busy adjusting to their newlives, Owens, wholives in St. George, where he workedas a filling out Social Security forms, looking for work 6th Circuit judge for 18 years before retiring, is also an and enrollingin school amateur geologist captivatedbythealluring beauty of southwestern Utah's rock case from the oldest rocks foundat the bottom of the GrandCanyonto the young rocks foundon top Cedar Breaks (in Iron County], Wehave it all,”’ he says Owens began his walk “around” the county twoyears ago. Hisstrategy is to completethetrip withaseries of jong the 190-mile border. Hebeginsat points ran reach bycar, then returns the sameday, usually along easier routes, I'mabout one-quarter of the way,” says Owens. “It seemsa little frivolous comparedto someof my other adventures, but I've seensomeincredible country dur ing thosehikes though, will have to wait world,” he says Just west of St. George, hesays, is oneof th best examples of an upwardthrust of rock onthe( jorado Plateau. “This upwarpexposestheentire GrandStair anytimethey They can take a walk around the block. They can go shopping, stroll in the park or take atrip into the Fazliu also will be preparing for thearrival of his Lin Alder Robert Owenshas placeda rock from every geolog ic era exposed in Washington County in the back yard rose garden planted in memory of his mother. He hopes to completethehike this year but has hit some natural barriers. T haven't quite figured out how to get across the East Fork Narrows in Zion National Park says Owens, who Last year | walked over rugged usually hikes alone See EX-JUDGE, Page D-5 74-year-old mother, his brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews, whoare scheduled tojoin him in Salt Lake City this week and next Most importantly, hewill try to make contact with his wife, Hanifa, and his four sons, whom he has not seenor spokento sincethe end of March. That was about a week after NATO began bombing Serbiain an attempt to stop President Slobodan Mi. ic's carpal ofrep and murder ofeth. capit city of Pristina, felt the brunt of the war from the beginning. As thesite of many of Serbia's most See KOSOVAR, Page D-2 t |
