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Show MERGING OF GIANTS WEST DESERT DEAL FRESH COUNTRY SOUND Freddy's, Kroger deal OK'd B-1 Leavitt pitches wilderness plan C-1 Magnatrio hopes to make it big F-1 heSalt LakeTri http://www.sltrib.com une Utah’s Independent Voice Since Volume 258 Number44 © 1999, TheSalt Lake Tribune et (B01)2 Salt Lake ity, Utah 84111 FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1999 FRIENDS IN NEED POOF! Blazers 92, Jazz 80 Utahns Open Their Hearts, Wallets to Kosovo Refugees Another miracle finish escapes Jazz in Portland BY SHAWN FOSTER THE SALTLAKE TRIBUNE PORTLAND — Just likethat, the Jazz's season ended ‘Thursdaynight After playing into the middle of Junethe past two years, the Jazz failed to reach the end of May Theylost 30 to the Portland Trail Blazers, who won Lina Smith, director of the refugee resettlement program at Catholic Community Services of Utah, received more the best- to play than 1,000 phonecalls offering support for the Kosovar refugees comingto the en seriesin six games. Portland advances San Antonioin the Western Conference, leaving the Jazz to wonder if they ever will win an NBAtitle. Certainly, this looked liketheir best chance for a cham pionship. with Michael Jordan out of basketball. The state. In one day. That's about 1,000 morecalls than the hardest part would be winning a thirdstraight Western relief agency has ever received for any other refugee group. Resettlement agencies across the country report similar outpourings of sympa- Conference title — which proved too difficult. Kari Malone. soon to be named the league's Most Valu able Playerfor the regular season, had the worst playoff gameofhis career Thursday. He made3-f-16shots from the field, scoringeight points thy for victims of the Serbian campaign The Jazz wore down at the endof this unusual season. against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo — sympathynotfelt by the 78,000 refugees winning only10 of their last 21 games — includingfive in reached the United States last year. “A lot of people calling don’t even know we work with other refugees,” Smith said. “They ask, ‘What other groups do youresettle, besides the Koso- Theyrallied fromninepoints downin the middle of the fourth quarter of Game 6 andtrailed by two with 1:21 remaining, but wereoutscored12-2 therest of the way — theplayoffs, from other wars and conflicts who with all of Portland’s points coming on free throws by Isaiah Rider andJim Jat That kept the Blazers fromhaving to return to Salt vars?’ LakeCity for a Game7 onSaturday. Instead, they're off The answer is: Just about everybody to San Antonio Since 1973, Catholic Community Services has helped nearly 8,000 refugees The Jazz talk about from Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Russia. Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, Cuba and the Balkans. Smith said her nonprofit organization relies on a corps of committed volun- teers, but few of themoffered their time for a specific group “Weget calls from groups — the Boy Scouts, church groups, service organiza- tions,” Smith said. “But most of them just ask what they can do tohelp out in general.” Manyofthe nonprofit groupsthat re- Utahns’ good will ‘There is enough helpforthe ethnic Albanians, so she is diverting her volunteers to work with the less-publicized groups “T had this one volunteer who wanted to be a mentor for the Kosovars,” Smith recalled. “So I told her about a Suda- nese family that was so bad off they had no shoes when they arrived in Salt Lake Now,she is doing so much for them. Some observers believe that the public has responded so strongly because Alba nians from Kosovo areseen as victims — and allies — in the U.S.-led military myutmost respect,” BY KARL CATES. avoided elimination it,” to extend the series the last game of the after his eight. Pages D-1, D-3 Page D-1 point performance in with Portlandagain. season. allowed George Karl, who for the 1960s. which knocked repeatedly on thetitle's certain hardness in his heart for his archrival in the NBA's Western Conference. This week, Karl — nowcoach of the Milwaukee Bucks — softened a little, offering an epithet conced- In modern basketball, there have been “three great teams for sure,” said David Halberstam, the former New York Times writer and prolific author. Those sevenyearsas coachof the Seattle SuperSonics THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE tonished bythe interest. In her eight crisis. She plans to make the most of mer, but I'll get over History May Not Smile on Jazz These Days — ButIs It Their Last Hurrah? customedtotoiling in obscurity, were asexperienced anything like the Kosovo it will be a “tough sum postseason whenthey threetimesbut failed Rick EganThe Salt Lake Tribune No smiles Thursday nightfor John Stockton or Karl Maloneastheyrealize their seasonis over. Now, it will be Trail Blazers, not Jazz, who advanceto the Western Conferencefinals vs. San Antonio. settle refugees in the United States. ac- years with the agency, Smith has never Karl Malone says what went wrongin a Therelentless knell of age and the merciless curl of chance turned against the Utah Jazz on Thursday night, perhaps ushering the teaminto the abyss of also-rans once andforall ing the crueltythatpitted theJazz against the greatest With a 92-80loss to the Portland Trail Blazers that ended the Jazz season, it also might have ended Utah player ever in showdownsthat kept them just shortof the championships in 1997 and 1998. They werearound in the Jordan era,” Karl said, ‘and we'll find out in years to come that that was a fans’ hopesfor a title anytimesoon. After all, John Stockton is 37 years old, Jeff Hornacek 36 and Karl Malone 35 — old men by NBAstandards and now at retirement age. Sothis season might just have beenthelast hurrah of this team. That makesit appropriate to speculate on how the best-ever Jazz teamwill be seen in coming years Might history judgethe Jazz of the Stockton-Ma lone epoch great? Or were they merely good? I wouldcall them a special team one that has veryspecial era ‘Youcan’t begreat if you don’t win; otherwise you door but only got thereonce. were the dynasties that spawned repeat champion- ships for the Boston Celtics, the Lakers and the Chicago Bulls. The Detroit Pistons also cometo mind, Hal- berstamsaid. as a team “that overachievedits wayto greatnes The Jazz? ‘They're a notch below.’ Halberstam said. though he added this: “If you love the game, youlike watch devalue the term, argued Frank Deford. a National Public Radio commentator and senior writer for ing them and youroot for them. They've taken it as ‘There's much to be said for a team that’s very good don't havetheclassic big men. They don't havea great Sports Illustrated. over a longperiodoftime. but if they weregreat, they would've won,” far as anybody has aright to expect Technically they're always undermanned. They bench. said Deford, likening the modern Jazz to the Jerry West-Elgin Baylor Los Angeles Lakers of See DEFEAT. Page A-14 campaign against the governmentof Ser bian President Slobodan Milosevic Others arguethat the ethnic Albani ans, unlike African refugees, have the right skin color: white. However, Bosni ans, who also are white Europeans, did not prompt the same reaction Andstill others say that the public is motivated by simple compassion. They are seeing peopleontelevision and identifying with them,” Smith said They arethinking. ‘That could be me ‘That kind of thinking motivated the several of the Kosovars who arrived in Utahthis week are carpenters. We had noidea they were carpen ters,” said Pat Eyre, director of the re gional union council. “We just knew they were refugees coming froma hor rendous situation. We want to do what we can and with them being carpenters we are able to help out a little bit more. Eyre asked several construction com: panies that work with the union to find jobs for the Kosovars. Dave Love, owner of New Star General Contractors. said he will hire them If we don't reach out to people who need help, we can never expectto re ceive any help ourselves.” Lovesaid. Lawmakers respond to guv’s proposal with cheers, criticism BY RICHARD BOUDREAUX AFL-CIO-affiliated carpenters’ union in Utah to donate $1,000 to the ethnic Al banians. By coincidence, Leavitt Wants a Special Session Of Legislature on Gun Violence Serbs Believe Indictment Is A Blow to Peace “I BY JUDY FAHYS LOS ANGELES IMES BELGRADE, News of Yugoslav President Slo indictment is unlikely, at least in the short term, to underminehis conduct of the war in Kosovo or Milosevic’s rule of a country un. der siege by NATO The to Capitol Hill this fall in hope they can ures to safeguardschools and agree on m disarm the mentally ill Suggesting that people increasingly favor Slot Classif Comics Editorials BS £29 uM Movies Obituaries BY BOB MIMS LavaStorm Romney Staggeredby tidal wave of would be users, the LDS Church's new Inter net genealogy site has been forced to marketing director Matt really seen this n't We potential popular FamilyS day. the plans t« genes ite — offering near llion family history h add hundreds of mi ‘ome in around N would Manyobservers welcomedthe announce ment of a special session focused on con. trolling violence Things are headed in the right direc tion,” said House Speaker Marty Stephens The Farr West Republican said he is pleased legislators will have heard from the See LEAVITT, Page A-14 dware upgrades less than unch less than half of an esti in peopletryingto reach n the World Wide Wet increase the volume threshold, said LDS Church spokesman Michael Purdy Meantime. 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Utah expects $996 million Also on the agendawill be planning for and four senior aides, including know there will be a language barrier Asimov Bridge Business losevic murder and mas deportations. d in censored werenot r nti yn reports den Serbian te ouncing the indictments Nor werethey a subject of muchdis public that has cussion a: charges against Milosevic and possibly other problems, but I also INDEX Ad Ad Gov. Mike Leavitt plans to call legislators bodan Milosevic’s indictment by theInternational War Crimes Tri bunal for atrocities by his forces in Kosovo hit like a bombshell here Thursday But, like the past two monthsof airstrikes against Yugoslavia, the House debates gun-iawseffectiveness | Cannon wants lo ban gun records HE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Yugoslavia owlesige the onlinefil was a stop-gap measure ity is upgraded and $ service with its « oo contends tha ready is at least most pép site www. familysearch ore representing another 60 million were failing t <t Andthat in estimate POOR COPY Thursday were omputers and its made there would t and traffic so The good news is was built to be scalable s while it wasfirst built with hits] in mind. it can handle See GENEALOGY, Page A-14 ’ Ll |
