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Show The Salt Lake Tribune INSIDE —_SBUSINESS. UTAH > Home-building booming in West Jordan, Draper and agnese West Valley City. | D-4 MFOR THE RECORD, 0-2 Mi STATE OF THE STATE, D-3_ D SATURBAY ll FOURTH OFJULY EVENTS D-3 JULY 3, 1999 SLOC Panel Endorses Sunshine Policy A School ‘Presumption of openness’is part of plan. Board has final OK BY MIKE GORRELL THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Newguidelines designed to make the Salt Lake Organizing Committee more open to public scrutiny in the post-scandal world were endorsed by an ad hoc committee of SLOC’s board Friday. The proposed policies governing open meetings. open records, conflict of interest, ethics and meeting attendance comeafter four months of deliberation Mostof the final 3% hours Friday were spent hammering out compromises on numerous issues with attorneys for news-media organizations, including The Salt Lake Tribune. The proposals go to SLOC’sfull, 50-member board Thursday. The ad hoc committee acceded to news-media de- mandsfor “a presumption of openness” when it comes to audit, compensation and ethics-committee meetings — even though thosesessions can be closed immediately because they often deal with personnelissues. contracts or other issues eligible for secret deliberations under Utah open-meetings laws. Andit agreedto add languagethattheoretically limits the grounds for closing meetings to discuss legal matters, a sticking point for news-mediaattorneys who argued the original approach was so vague that meetings could beclosed just about any time a SLOCattorney needed to speak. Together, said Tribune attorney Michael O’Brien, the move to openness“‘eradicates the presumption that somethingis being hidden”andincreases public confi- dence in SLOC. Added Rob Clark, representing a consortium of newspapersandtelevision stations and the Society of Professional Journalists: ‘Symbolism is important.” Committee chairman Nolan Karras, Gov. Mike Lea- vitt's representative on SLOC’s board, agreed that “perception is important . . would like to see more details so suspicions drop.” But he also noted that one of the reasons the commit- monthsis that it is hard to openness without impeding SLOC’s 2002 Winter Olympics all demands for abilityto stage the Ina Class To that end, the five-member committee rejected several news-media recommendations. For instance, it stood by SLOC’s plan to limit the information disclosed aboutits 50-volume, $1.45 bil lion budgetto a four-page summary “It is in all of our interests to not disclose our [detailed] numbers,” said SLOC President Mitt Romney Negotiating favorabledeals withpotential suppliers of goods and services could be hamperedif SLOC’s bud- getallocations are knowntoall, he said Selective budgetinformation canbeprovided, RomI'm willing to peel the onion” — but he pleaded with the committeenotto endorse blanket requests for paperwork that heinsisted wouldaddlittle to the public’s right to know while costing SLOC money ByItself Creekside building part of kids’ learning process ney said — thatit does not have. BY HEATHER MAY ‘THESALT LAKE TRIBUNE KAYSVILLE — It seems like a 110 brainer, but educators The committeealso decided: @ Summaries of key business terms in TV rights con- they have fi nally built a school with teachers ar students in mind Architects for Creekside Blementar) tee has wrestled with these issues for nearly four See SUNSHINE, Page D-2 in Kaysville abandoned the 20-year-old y ign used for most of Utah's elemen schools, with its bland, boxy Ir that seems to intimidate children and suppresscreativity. Instead they creat Sex Offender a school that is a teachingtool in itself with fresh colors, shapes andtexturized walls. More important, they devised a floor planthat matchesthe school’sgoal Held in New Assault Case of building community among its stu dents. “We'retryingto stimulatekids’ mind with the building,” said Boyd McAllister an architect with Valentiner (r Brunjes OnyonArchitects, as he toured Creekside with a reporter. “We reall got into the philosophy of education Creekside is one of three elementaries set to open this summer in the Davis School District that have veered from tradition and placed thedistrict on the forefront of schoolhousearchitecture The other two are Lakeside Niemen Rape suspect served time for bizarre attack on bird tary in West Point, also designed by McAllister’s firm, and Bluff Ridge Nle LAKETRIBUNE mentaryin Syracuse, designed by Naylor A man, whose 1989 sexual rampage Wentworth Architects. Meanwhile, oth: left a Tracy Aviary crane dead, wasarrested Wednesdaynight at his mother’s er districts continue to build schools tempted rape this week of two women. According to the Council of Educa tional Facility Planners International the trend in construction is to use the floorplan to maximizelearning based on a floor plan created in the homein connection with a rape and at- 1970s. The bizarre sexual assault of the bird sent then 22-year-old Marty Lee Trujillo (also known as Gallegos) to prison and caused a brief political stir when authorities discovered a statutory glitch had decriminalized bestiality. Trujillo was charged with property damage for “The whole purposeof building school buildings is to amplify andfacilitate school instruction,” said the council's rector, Thomas Kube, in a phone in view from Phoenix. “If you're not con sidering the curriculum, that’s a killing the $1,200 demoiselle crane. But now, Salt Lake City investigators mistake.” believe the ex-con is responsible for the brutal rape of an 18-year-old and the attempted sexual assault of a 16-year-old The architects hired by the Davis Di trict met with parents and teachers acquaintance who broke the case when what is being built. They said the chil “We are very fortunate we arrested him within 24 hours of the rape,” said Salt Lake Citypolice Trent Nelson/TheSalt Lake Tribune Spin Til You Grin Lt. Phil Kirk. “But we haven't ruled him out [in connection] to other cases we have.” dren areintimidated by the layout and can, is ugly anduninviting and there w the look. Furniture, typically a dark pr too few windows — athrowback tc 70s, when design was driven by the er gycrisis. And the hallways Alexandria Ramirez, 5, and her friend Justine Contreras, 12, get some airborne fun on the YoYo ride at the carnival in West Jordan on Friday evening. See the statewide roundup of Fourth of July events on page D-3. - Marty Lee Trujillo - groupof friends at Fairmont Park, 960 E. Sugar- mont Drive (2225 South) which is across the street from his mother’s home. Thegroup went together to a third person's residence, where at somepoint, witnesses say, Trujillo attempted to sexuallyassault a femaleac: quaintance. He purportedly was foiled byfriendsofthe teen-agegirl About four hourslater, Trujillo allegedly stalked another victim at Fairmont Park See CREEKSIDE, Page D-2 Refugees Building Bridges to Success er's side,” according toa case report by Salt LakeCity detectives. “The suspect asked her for a cigarette. Thevictim said that when the window went down all the way, the suspect jumpedinto the window and forced her betweentheseats." ‘The 18-year-old woman beganyelling but was silenced when her attacker threatened to kill her and grabbed her neck. The attacker then covered the womal head with a towel and drove to Parleys Canyon, undressing andassault ing the victimalong theway, At some point, the man stoppedat a campground and raped the woman. He rapedher a secondtimeontopof apic nic table, He then drove back to Salt LakeCity, where he raped her a third time in the parking lot of an LDS Church, 1950 S. 1200 East, detectives re- ort Thursday night, using the 16-year-old girl's tip, detectives arrested Trujillo at his mother's home. Hedid notresist, po licesay, althoughhebriefly attemptedto hide. OnFriday, prosecutors charged Truji lio, 32, with four countsoffirst-degree felony aggravated sexual assault and one countoffirst-degree felony aggravated kidnapping. Bail has beenset at $1 mil ion. Morecharges may befiled in connec tion with the attemptedassault ' Helives right across thestreet from Fairmont Park,” Kirk said. ‘That's why he was probably choosing his victims See SEX OFFENDER, Page D-3 OR COPY) FBI Cards a Bogey: Golf Fan Not Robber Dental technician shares skills with Manin photohad been a deadringer Bosnians — well-paying jobs follow for suspect sought in rash of bank jobs BY SHAWN FOSTER “Thevictim wassitting in her car with the doors locked and windows up when the suspect approachedher onthe driv- seem enor mous tolittle eyes andfeet. The children haveto walk 400 feet to get to the main At 11 pm Wednesday, Trujillo met with to learn whatthey wantin a school. It was clear from the meetings they disliked she identified Trujillo as her alleged attacker. BY GREG BURTON ¢ SALT LAKE TRIBUNE AidaBaltic, a Bosnian refugee whorecently ar- THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE rived in Utah, was working as a cashier in a grocery store when she heard about a free dental technician class. After three months, she found a job at a dental lab building crowns andbridges A former construction worker, Baltic says she has found a new career. ‘Thepayis better and youcan advance,” said Bal tic, 29. "Andit’s interesting. Every day you learn something new, becauseevery tooth you make is different. Flemming Behrend, who remodeledpart of his Salt LakeCity dental lab to makeaclassroom, spends two nights a week and Sundaysteachingthe art of making crownsandbridges. Already, threeofhis six refugee students have found jobs I’m a one-person operation,” Behrend said. “I can't employthem, so I asked myself: ‘Whatcan I do as a small-business owner to help?’ " Behrend’s family was involved in a refugee relief projectat Salt LakeCity's Edison Elementary where manyBosnian children attend school. He sawa need for people whose lives had been scarred by war Rick Egan/The Salt Lal ye Tribu Aida Baltic, from Bosnia, learns the craft of building dental bridges and crowns with instructor Fleming Behrend in his classroom havehadto start their lives over. Twice. Thousands who fled their native land and went to Germany for several years were forcedtoleaveafter the German government adopted a morerestrictive immigrationpolicy As a result, after learning a foreign language, new trades andestablishing homesin Germany, manyref ugees came to the United States and wereforced to do it all over again. Jasminka Komec, a Bosnian refugee and a member of the dental class, was a social worker. Now, she works at a delicatessen, Franju Jambresic, a Croatian refugee who attends the dental.training, was anelec trician. He now works two jobs “~ as ahotel custodian hopesof tracking him down. A story about the search promptedtwo dozen calls to Salt Lake City’s FBI headquarters, including one cail from thestartled golf fan —— "It’s interesting. Every day you learn something new, because every tooth you make is different.’ Aida Baltic Bosnian refugee attending dental technician class said FBI Special Agent Craig Phillippe He's definitely ruled out as a subject ‘Hevoluntarily came down It wasnot[the bank robber] In several of the robber's 34 bank jobs, he floppy-brimmed camouflage hat, a checked » irt dark sungla ses a similar outfit to the one worn by and the golf fan. The thief and the fan also have similar facial features and ge A story broadcast last year on America’s Most Want ed” provided no new clues. Andagents break ina were hopeful the photo would provi old string of robberies that has netted thousandsof dollars frombanks in Bonney Lake, Wash to Gresham, Ore., Many refugees whofled thefighting in Bosnia and Cr Whoops. Agolf fan whowas a deadringer for thenation's magt wanted bank robber called the FBI onFriday to say hé likes golf but has never robbeda bank inhis life ‘The Provo man was pictured in Wednesday's Salt LakeTribuneand lookedso muchlikethe wanted bamk robber that federal agents contacted The Tribune in andanassembly-linefactory worker Behrend teaches the cl es in both English and German, sincesomeofhis students speak better Ger. man than English. The students sit at workstations Behrend designed and hadbuilt Their tools brushes, carving instruments and small saws — arelaid out ontheir desks, They prac tice making replacement teethtofit into plaster mod els of a completeset of teeth. The students hunch overtheir desks transforming small cylinders of wax and from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho to Provo Despitetheinitial photo fizzle, the new publicity hw ted freshleads for investigators, Phillippe said. beengetting a lot ofleads, unrelated to the Weh golf photo, becauseofthestory hesaid. "Tt has actus ly beenvery positivefor the case and weare gladfor the help wehavebeengetting As for the man from Provo, who told the FBI he did not want to be identified, life apparently goes on Hewasn't mad, hejust wanted to makesure(he wits ruled out as a suspect],"’ said Phillippe Anyonewith any information on the bank robberies, including three in Provo, in 1997 and 1998 andone in Salt Lake City in 1998, is asked to call the rm at (801) See TECHNICIANS, Page D-3' 579-1400 |
