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Show The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH BUSINESS UPSdeliversbig on WallStreet/ C-6 WM FORTHE RECORD, C-2 BLOTIERY, C-2 THURSDAY ME STATE OFTHE STATE, C-3 NOVEMBER 11, 1999 No SnowMeans‘Face Plant’ for Cup ROBERT KIRBY Ski races are likely going to Colorado have contacted Copper Mountain about TheSalt Lake Tribune BY BRIAN MAFFLY and JANET RAE BROOKS Tips to Make THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Winter Driving Unless Utah's record heat wave abates by Friday, Park City will probably lose next week's World Cup ski races to An Adventure Colorado. Copper Mountain, oneof the highest asked to host the America’s has been zo ski areas in North America, Robert Kirby is on vacation this week. This is a past column return: Openingof the World Cup, scheduled Nov. 18-21, should Park City Mountain Resort's ing for an encore. frantic snow-making efforts fail. “[U.S. andinternational ski] officials It's coming. Despite the weather, it's only a matter of time before we Feder (FIS), will make t he fing hosting the World Cup,” said Copper m about the condition of the Park City course “Five days out of arrival time that's this Friday the course has to be race ready,” said Demschar At 9,700 feet above sea level, Copper Mountain'sbase is 2,800 feet higher than nowdirector of alpine events for the Salt the bottom of Park City’s Eagle Arena, Lake Organ 1izing Committec spokesman Ben Friedland. “Copper has the capability to do it right now.” home to the slalom and giant slalom courses. The Colorado resort, located off 1-70 west of Denver, has yet to see much natural snow, but cool temperatures and new state-of-the-art snow-making have enabled the resort to coat tworuns topto bottom with man-made snow, Friedland said. Four women’snational teams, includ- ing the U.S., have been training at Copper Mountain, which has yet to opento the public. E y Friday morning, Herwig Dems chai on behaifof the International Ski weather is expected to continue into next week, With 00” pre cipitation in sight xccording to Weather forecaster David F Jogan There's hot much chan, e through Sunday aid Hogan By Mo} nday it will { 1 Park Ci ty]. around be little wa arn 85, night-tir me s into the 20s," Hogan said. “L apo! 1c for Mother Nature.” Optimal temperatures for snowmaking a p in the teens, Park City Utah's unseasonably warm Mountain Resort's snow-mal king hoses Melissa O'Brien, Preparations continue for the event, which Park City has hosted without interruption for the past 14 seasons. But the res machine-made twin ribbons of snow dow tagle Arena taper into a muddy bog fe planned fin ish area for both the slalom on Clé tine run and the giant slalom run Moving the finish area up the mour tain, where the machine-made sno tends to remain, frozen, is impractical accordingto Park City officials It would mean moving vehicles stands and fencing through what is now mud,” said O’Brien. option Instead. blew for only about two hours overnight Tuesday said resort spo keswoman “It’s not really an resort personnel are See NO SNOW. Page aredriving on snowandice again. Fortunately, nobody knows how to makewinterdriving morefun than Utahdrivers. Oneminuteyou are speeding downa snow-packed freeway and the next yourea that theicescraping sounds that normally come from your undercarriageare now coming from overhead, In the twin Colleges Struggle 000 under-insured saucer sled into which you are strapped upside down. For newcomers, people who maybe experiencing theirfirst win To Meet Needs Of Deaf Students kling of aneye, yourcar has become ter driving, hereare thetips mostlocal drivers follow for an exciting Olympic Notes About Bid to Be Made Public SLOC committee votes 10-2 to release edited minutes time: @ No matter how widethe road is, vehicles traveling in opposite di‘ections should endeavor to drive at highspeeds in the same clearlyde- Kim Medinasigns to interpret a lecture by Salt Lake Community College professor Shannon Burton. finedset ofice ruts. BY MIKE GORRELL THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Edited minutes from audit-committee meetings of @ Whenstarting froma stopped position, quicklypress the accelerator to thefloor and keepit there until your engineburns upor you come to rest against a solid object. the Olympic bid and organizing committees will be made available to the public, Salt Lake Organizing Committee trustees decided Wednesday @ Whenstopping orslowing, wait until the last pos: moment and then stampthe brakepedal as lease the minutes. SLOC’s management committee voted 10-2 to ac- cept Olympic watchdog Stephen Pace’s request torePace hopes the minutes will shed light on contra: dictory claims about whether independent auditors from st & Young questioned the Salt Lake Bid hardas possible. Screw until you lose consciousness. Committee’s audit committee about undocumented @ Using your fingernails or a payments to International Olympic Committee credit card, remove snowandice fromanareaon yourwindshield no members. A Feb. 9 SLOCethics-panelprobeof the Olympic largerthan two inches square. Nothing is citing as going 65 mph while peering through what bribery scandal said Ernst & Young's auditors did not challenge an explanation by bid-committee management that undocumented expenses from a “National Olympic Committee” fund had been approved bythe amountsto a knot-holein a fence. @ Ifyou muststrike a pedestrian, aim fora lawyer — in part be- bidders’ executive committee. That finding helped support the ethics panel's conclusion that bid managers Tom Welch and Dave Johnson wereable to funnel more than $1 million worth of cash payments and gratuities to [OC mem bers without informing the board about specific expenditures. Ernst & Young rejected that ass artion the cause there are too manyofthemalready, but also because your postaccident relationshipwill be anythingbutboring. @ Whenapproaching a slow movingor stopped emergencyvehicle from behind, acceleraterapidly and pass, regardlessof traffic. See SLOC NOTES.Page C-4 @ Placedefrost, radio andelectric razor on highest settings to prevent distractions causedby outside Photos By Steve Griffin/TheSalt Lake Tribune Danielle Crosby,an interpreter, left, Jennett Criddle, a stenographer, and Kim Medina, anotherinterpreter, noise such as metal andpedestrian @ During winter-storm team upto bring a nursing classlecture to Dionne Krulisky, a student at Salt Lake Community College. watch, neverupset yourdaily rou tine by leaving for work early. Ig nore anyandall alternate routes, Do remember to pin your driver license to your coat as a courtesyto rescue Shortage of sign-language interpreters may meanloss of funds workers, @ Avoidseatbelts.Afterall, what better timeto be thrown clear ofanaccident than whenthereis lots of snowto cushion the impact? @ Neverdress according to BY BROOKE ADAMS THESALTLAKETRIBUNE weatherconditions. Contrary to what you may have heard, high heels, sandals andloafers make wonderful snowshoes. @ Upon losing traction, turn the steering wheel wildly back and forth while alternately stamping the Lars may ‘resort to legal action and Utah schools could potentially face the hard-of-hearing students colleges whorequire In Utah,there areonly21 inter: the minimum requiredto interpret low wages. Utahrange from $7.50 to $23 The college advertised the positions throughout the state, the West and with interpreter associations turns, steep grades or traffic accidents, resist the temptation to slow and inadequate onthe college level. Interpreters can Nationally, interpreters earn an average of $45 an hour. Hourly rates in nationally, Onlysix people applied downtoofar in advance. week, he borrowedthe exact phrasingof the apocalypticbelief. According to the so-called “White Horse Prophecy,” the U.S. Constitutionwill be hanging by a thread Thejoyquickly dissipated, how- willing to accept Utah's the amusementofstate workers. Pay them no mind. @ Whenapproachingsharp andavailability of interpreters are d-manding the college improve its services. Someadministratorsfear that if problemsaren't resolved, students preters with Level II certifications, stacle: finding people qualified to interpret at the college level and ® Rememberthatroad condi- with a Mormon Church-ownedradio station this Utah colleges are struggling to meet the needsof deaf and hard-ofhearing students as they contend with federal mandates for students i iti national short loss offederal funds. Statewide, there are 128 deaf and ever, as SLCC raninto the next ob tion signs and emergency highway indicatorsare placed there solely for Studentsalsoaretiringofthesituation. At Utah State University. BY JOHN HEILPRIN Sen. Orrin Hatch has denied his Republican presi dential campaign is motivatedbya longing tofulfill an obscure Mormon myth, But during an interview students angry about the quality For years Salt Lake Community College pushed the Utah Legislature for enough moneyto hire full-time sign languageinterpreters. And finally there was a break through; The college got adequate funds to employ three people beginning this fall, becoming the first state institution to hire interpreters full time. brakes and accelerator. Take timeto enjoythe sight of your life flashing before your eyes. “We were very disappointed,” said KayFulton, director of SLCC’s Disability Resource Center. Did Hatch Allude To LDS Prophecy? be certified at four different levels based on experience and skill in translating verbal communication and understandingdeafclients. And the financial situation is about to get worseas the State Office of Rehabilitation, struggling with growing demandsforservices and a stagnant budget, ends payments for auxiliary services such as interpreters. i They make upa small portion of all students with disabilities, but anda church elder fromZionwill ride in on a meta: phorical white horseandsaveit. Utah’s senior senator, in a 45-minuteinterview Tuesday on KSL Radio's “The Doug Wright Show,” complained that Democrats’ political correctness will bethe ruinof the count “Theytolerate everything that's bad, and they're intolerant of everything that's good, Religious free. domis going to go downthe drain, too,” Hatch said “I've neverseenit worse thanthis, wheretheConsti: tutionliterally is hangingbya thread.” Hatch, whochairs the Senate Judiciary Commit meeting their needs is exp: ve involving interpreters, paid notetakers, stenographers, tape tran: scriptionists and even court reporters. In technical courses, such as medicalterminologyora Ph.D.-level chemistry class, a team may be premeCourt justices and halfthe nation’s federal judges, andthat heis the only presidential contender qualified to maketheselections See DEAF STUDENTS.Page C-5 See HATCH TALK,Page C-4 tee, repeatedhis belief that the main issue in the 2000 election is whowill get to pick the next several Su FACT TRAX CARRIES 150 PASSENGERS PER CAR a) Cea on at INFO CAR eRee eel AND COUNTING TO TRAX LIGHT RAIL LAUNCH GRAND OPENING DEC. 4, 1999 |
