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The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH FOR THE RECORD,D-2 STATE OF THE STATE, D-3 D THESD. MI OBITUARIES, D-6 MAY25, 1999 tah’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 JUDY F ©1999, TheSalt Lake Tribune powers. © 1999, THE SALT L e TRIBUNE To truly personify the state, Utah's of- ficial seal might have illustrated a family thesize of a track teamslurping vanilla Look, Ma! I Can Drive Light Rail WithoutSteering ice cream cones. The Salt Flats might have made a fitting backdrop, a sea gull in the foreground. Imaginethis insignia dignifying state flags and correspondence and motorpool cars. But designers of Utah's Great Seal chose a beehive-and-eagle motif instead. Although an obvious mismatch, the When The Tribune wants youto look of the sealis not what bothers folks on CapitolHill. patches oneof its sharpest reporters. charge of the state insignia, which is know something important,it dis- Depending on what we were upto the night before, this could well mean the janitor. Oh,shut up. Things operate like this every- They're preoccupied with who is in ditionally has assumed the duty of deciding says Kim Jonesof that fice initially declined to allow The Salt Lake Tribuneto use a copy of the imagefor this while it may be com: mendable for a schoolchild to use the seal for a class project, it may not be such a goodidea for Utah to story. lend its good seal for otheruses — in a disaster movie or an ad “beat-the-stock-market” work- shop, for instance. used to authenticate state documents In fact, a few lawmakers wonderif the sents the state, but we don’t want it out question isn’t constitutional, perhaps a brow-raising chink in the separation of state doesn’t endorse,” says Jones. “Wewantit outthere becauseit repre- there for commercial purposes that the “We ing made by the guy who cuts the White House lawn. Anyway, an important story came up last week. The Trib sent me. The editor wanted to send someone else, specifically “someone who won't embarrass the paper.” Herelented wheneveryonetold him they were pretty sure there was no possible way I could work cats, aliens or Lee Harvey Oswald into the story. OnFriday, I took a ride on light rail. ee : THE ASSOCIATED PRESS As a rewardforsigning on earlyto a Manydignitaries showed up for the event. The idea being that they get hands-on experience with the operation of LR. We took turnstrying to wreckit nationwide lawsuit against the tobacco industry, Utah will receive a $157 mil- lion bonus, bringing the state’s total windfall from the settlement to almost Noneof us did, but here's whatI $1 billion. ‘I'm just absolutely thrilled. learned anyway: The LR has greatacceleration for a train. It goes from zero to 55 in about a minute and a half, which, whenit was my turn to drive, turned out to be just snappy enough to make many dignitaries fall down in the back. Whenthat happens, they becomeindignitaries. Leah Hogsten The Salt LakeTrib this to Utah Transit Authority General Manager John Inglish, he said. Congressional Medal of Honor winner George Wahlen stands before the candle he lighted at the “No Greater Love” Veterans Remembrance Ceremonyat the Utah Capitol on Monday. The ceremony ended with Taps UTAofficials insist that they will not be armed with ax handles and other Forthe technologically impaired, a cow catcheris a simple safety device intended to keep obstructions from becoming lodged under and possibly derailing the train. The snowplow. shaped design is intendedto catch and hurl theseobstructions to one side. As such, a cow catcher is really more of a cow thrower. It's no coincidence that trains and hamburger wereinvented at about the same time. The nature of a cow's brain makes snap decisions almost impossible. Consequently, many cows have difficulty telling which side of the tracks is the side out of the way ofthetrain. Although there are few cows in \ The money won't be available until 2008 — payments will start then andexso state legislators can Goy. Mike Leavitt over his attempts. to rewrite the attorney general's responOP Legislature. And some membersseethesettlement as a windfall that could go toward educa- tion or any number of other spending plans In February, lawmakers denied a Democratic amendment that would have required the moneytobe spent on pre- vention and unanimously passeda bill to set aside the settlement money until sometime next year Graham said the first payment of about $40 million could arrive in the next few months, though appealsin oth- er states might delayarrival until the June 2000 deadline. CORRECTIONS Troy Robert ‘Taylor was arrested and charged with attempted murder after al- legedly stabbing Darin Simcox 10 times during analtercation South Salt Lake. ‘The men’s roles were reversedin an arti- cle Sunday BY BRENT ISRAELSEN THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE edonian troops whoconfined themto refugee camps or U.S. soldiers who guarded them at the Army's ST. GEORGE — The latest challenge facing Robert Fort Dix in New Jersey It is a typical goal for the the intrepid hiker and mountain climber whoas a teen-ager participatedin the They can take a walk aroundtheblock. They can first ascents of some of northern Arizona's ruggeddesert peaks Healso has made the first knowncontinuous descent of the Little Colorado River Gorge, so lookingfor some. go shopping, Thosesimple have to wait thing that is a "first" attracts the 70-year-old Owens pleasures of liberty, though, will The Fazliu family, which arrived in Utah three days ago, will be busy adjusting to their new lives Owens, wholivesin St. George, where he workedas a filling out Social Security forms, looking for work 6th Circuit judgefor 18 years beforeretiring, is also an amateur geologist captivated bythealluring beauty of and enrolling in school southwestern Utah's rock. POOR COPY stroll in the park or take a trip into the nearby mountains, which resemblethe landscape of their homeland I never feel more free than whenI'min the natural world,” he says. I'm about one-quarter of the way,” says Owens. “It seemsa little frivolous compared to some of my other adventures, but I've seen someincredible country dur ing those hikes is Safely settled into a spartan but comfortable three-bedroom apartment on Highland Drive in Salt Lake City, the Fazlius now can venture away from their quarters anytime they want the southwest corner of Utah. usually Uprooted at the outbreak of war in Serbia, KosoAlbanian refugees Sahit Fazliu and his two daughtersfinally arefree No longer are they surrounded by the Serbian troops whoexpelled themfromtheir home, the Mac- Owensthese days is to bethefirst known person to circumnavigate Washington County, which comprises doing so at full throttle makes indig Robert Kirby welcomes e-mail at munity on board.” BY LIN ALDER hecan reach by car, then returns the sameday, along easier routes dark@uickrekcom andit was noted that we worked pretty well with getting the public health com- SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE Breaks [in Iron County]. Wehaveit all,” hesays Owens beganhis walk “around” the county two years ago. His strategy is to completethetrip with aseries of day hikes along the 190-mile border. Hebeginsat points nitaries even moreindignant extra millions. But Graham has clashed with Republi- Uses day hikes to travel 190-mile route way of avoiding these obstructions is tohit the brakes, my experience of andsays the same should be true for the var case from theoldest rocks found at the bottomof the Grand Canyon to the young rocks found on top at Cedar Finally, while it's true that another drinking efforts targeted at children, Grateful Refugee Family Readyfor Work, School you never know if the track obstruc tion will be a big rock, a major appli: ance, or even Merrill Cook. co prevention and anti-drug and anti- Ex-Judge Taking Walk Around Washington County’s Boundary Just west of St. George, he says, is one of the best examples of an upwardthrust of rock on the Colorado Plateau. “This upwarpexposes theentire GrandStair safety endorsement. Around here such as jogging with it. Grahamalreadyhas urged them to earmarkthe original payout for tobac- I was just thrilled at how Utah came tend through 2017 needs a cow catcher to get myfull Salt Lake Valley today, the LRstill places, See GREAT SEAL, Page D-2 per capita wewererewardedbecause we filed early are you?” I said no. case ofa train, this would be a cow catcher. Note: The LR has no cow catcher. ‘inappropriate’ out in it, much better than we had expected,” Grahamsaid. “Basically, I think No Greater Love “You're not going to mention that, for dealing with obstructions. In the comes billion Of the 46 states involved in the law suit, Utah, with fewer smokers than most states, is getting the sixth highest award it's kind of weenie. When I mentioned it's important .o have a backup plan per Utah resident, froma Strategic Contribution Fundcre- The LR alsohas a warningbell, but for the operator to steer the train regulations on the great seal about 15 years ago, after it began appearing in lar with Utah's large! ated by thenational settlement to provide the bonuses. A panel of former torneys general apportioned the ings. around possible hazards. While manytrains do not have steering wheels, if you are going to dispense with a steering mechanism, Placed in a straight line, the stamps sibilities, and that hasn't madeher popu- almost $75 is capable of causing subdural hematomas in motorists waiting at cross- LR. This meansthatit's impossible We're lion from theoriginal settlement The extra money, which works out to of the LR horn. I canonly say thatit Nowfor the bad stuff. Shocking as inch seal was used 21,194 timesin 1997. wou'd stretch 18.5 feet more than a mile. Washington state rewrote its laws and pinching ourselves,” said Atty. Gen. Jan related health-care costs covered by Medicaid. Utah wasin line to receive $836mil cials eventually told me to knockit off. I don’t knowthe exact decibel level wheel on the control console of the the United States will tell you so In Michigan, thereis a state office de- votedexclusively to the seal. A Web page devoted to that office points out the 3- Graham, who filed suit in September 1996, making Utah the12th state to tack- le the tobacco companies for smoking- ‘Thetrain also has a loud horn.I liked this part so much that LR offi- it may seem. thereis nosteering It may seem a simple matter, butit’s not. Keepers of theseal from throughout haveplentyof timeto decide what to do By HANNAH WOLFSON wrong concerns. traditional anti-hobo devices. And now the Constitutional Revision Commission has added the seal question to its own list of study issues Grahambelieves $157 million windfall is for signing on to lawsuit early, attracting public health community Actually, I gotto drive light rail. Since many of you have concerns about light rail, I thought this a good time to let you know that they are the lifts. Oh, and cops LRwill haveits ownpolice, but For three decades the question about using thestate seal was answered byan aide to the lieutenant governor who has sinceretired. Then Jones cameon andrealized there were no guidelinesfor deciding whoshouldbe permitted to use the seal WhenJonesdrafted a policy into proposedregulations, the Legislature's Ad- if thelieutenant governor ought to have feesfor usingit Holy Smoke! Tobacco Suit Bonus Brings Utah Take to Nearly $1 Billion If they didn’t, America’s foreign policy wouldn't soundlike it was be- Otherpositive stuff includessoft the right to oversee the seal and collect : Gover- nonofficial use, the of- office. She noted that where, including where you work. seats, clean windows and wheelchair ministrative Rules Review Committee balked, Committee members wondered Lieutenant nor's Office hi guidelines for d uting the state seal for where the seal should and should not go, for a don’t want thecitizens to be embar And be The Lieutenant Governor's Officetra. Lin Alder Robert Owens has 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 complete the hike this year but has hit somenatural barriers I haven't quite figuredout how to get across the East Fork Narrows inZion National Park,” says Owens, who usually hikes alone. “Last year I walked over rugged See EX-JUDGE, Page D-5 Fazliualso will be preparing for thearrival ofhis 74-year-old mother, his brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews, who arescheduledto join himin Salt Lake City this week andnext Mostimportantly, hewill try to make contact with his wife, Hanifa, andhis four sons, whomhehas not seen or spokentosince the end of March. ‘That was about a week after NATO began bombing Serbia in an attemptto stop President Slobodan Mi. losevic's campaignof expulsion and murderofeth nic Albanians in the southern province of Kosovo, The Fazliu family, who livedin the suburbs of the capital city of Pristina, felt the brunt of the war from the beginning. 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