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Show She Salt Lake Tribune IBUSINESS Senate puts off action on bankruptcy bill / D-8 B FORTHE RECORD, D-2 TOM WHARTON SATURG STATE OF THE STATE, D-3 Ml OBITUARIES, D-6, 7 NOVEMBER 20, 1999 Graham Disputes Abuse Remarks She offers apology on behalfofstate, but two senators stand by ‘welfare beating’ comments BY HILARY GROUTAGE (©1999, The Salt Lake Tribune teamed upto respondto comments bySen. Lorin Jone The Time to them if being a victim of domestic violence meant they R-St. George, and Sen. ParleyHellewell, R-Orem, du a meetingof the Workforce Services Legislative interim Committee earlier in the week. The committee was discussing a proposed amend. mentto Utah’swelfare law that would allow victimsof dome violence more than the allotted 36 monthsof wouldget an extension oftheir benefits. government as: Talk Turkey violence, to every child. | am sorry your state leaders then Hellewell, said some women might arrange to be beatenratherthantolosetheirbenefits, In Moroni, It’s Utah Atty. Gen. Jan Graham offered an apology Fri day for comments madeby two state senators who suggested women on welfare might encourage mento beat “I can at least apologize to every victim of domestic madesuch hurtful comments,” she said at a newscon. ference at the Salt Lake City YWCA, wherebattered womenand their children can find shelter and MORONI— Feathers cover the sides of the highways likefluffs of snow. On crisp November mornings, trucksfilled with white birds drive asi tance. Graham, a Democrat, has waged a steady campaignto toughen spousal-abuse laws during her seven-year ten- ure. She and YWCAExecutive Director Susan Sheehan ince provided under the law. Jones. “L have to wonder what these two lawmakers have observed or experienced to cause them to have sucha deeply ingrained icism about fellow humanbeings, and womeninparti Sheehansaid. ‘Studies show that when a womanleaves her abuser andseekssafety, her iikelihoodof being a victimof ho. micideincreases by 70 percent,” she said. “Sheis in the most lethal time in her relationship when she end it.” Sheehan said thea secks te Department of Workiorce Services was a* posal met by a very callous and inhumane re: Ina telephone interview from his home in Veyo. out side St. George, Jones said Friday he was sorry for bi poor choice of words during the hearing, but he sind by the idea that some women nearing the chad of ther allotted welfare benefits might invite a few bri extra cash. If someone only needs to go in with a couple br iis sistance, why, then it's a pretty he said. “It's not inconceivable ty andyet back pway to do thal meto think that sor ne would do that. Pm sorry i I've See GRAHAM. Paye 1-5 into the huge Norbest processing plant on Moroni’s south end. They leave empty. In less than24 hours,cleaned, FBI; No Probe Of Rep. Cook’s Wiretap Claim plucked andfrozen birds some complete with “tendertimers” — are ready to be shipped around the country. “Chancesare, if youare eating a Norbestturkey, it camefrom here,” said David Bailey, president and CEOofthe 62- Bizarre request involved an aide and a purported campaign ruse year-old Moroni Feed Company. “Bailey, serious and no-nonsense, leads 900 employees and a company with a $14 million annual payroll, the largest in Sanpete County. This BY ROBERT GEHRKE is homefor him. He wasa basket- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS bail star at North Sanpete High School and BYU. In college, he majored in criminology and sociology. He spent a decade as a Utah HighwayPatrolofficer and a short stint as Sanpete County sheriff. claims that, in 199, political opponents tapped the phone ofShari Holweg, now a member ofC staff In September, Cook, R-Utah, asked FBI Deputy Di ‘The FBI is no! #n-estigating Rep. Merrill Cook’s rector John Collingwoodto reopenanearlier probe into the alleged wiretapping. But on Friday, agents in Salt Lake City and Washingtonsaidtheinvestigation is closed, But he returnedto his roots in the place wherehis family hasraised the big birds for years. What Bailey knowsbestis how to talk turkey. Heis quickto say that Utah’s six turkey breeding farms use a Califor- e have absolutely no investigation open on this.” Special Agent George Dougherty, spokesman for the FBI's Salt LakeCity field office, told The A: ed Pre: nia pedigreeof bird knownasOrlopp. Then hefires off the numbers: Those farmshouse 60,000 breeder “hensthat lay six million eggs a year, 90 percent of which hatch. “The eggs are shipped to a hatchery on the outskirts of Moroni. From there,3-day-old poults are sent to oneof 65 independently owned tur- key growers dotting the Sanpete County landscape. The turkeys eat grain by theton. FBI Legislative Counsel Rob Walshsaid ina phone interviewfrom Washington, “If the investigation was Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune Trista Richards takes a breather from work at Trolley Square to inhale at Aria Fresca Friday.“It kind of revitalizes you,” she said. Although more popularin othercities, the trend is slowly catching on in Utah. splant in Moroni. Processedbirds weigh betweeneight and 40 pounds. “A separate cooking plant in Salina Uses the rest for foods suchas deli “meat and pastrami. Thereare 200 -different turkey-product lines. The Moroni plant runs with startling efficiency: Within seconds of being unloaded, the soon-to-be-dead birds are on a conveyor belt. Dozens of workersin hair nets and white smocks perform a single task along blyline. U.S. Department of Agriculture inspectors work the Need to Take a Breath of Fresh Air? ‘Bar’ offers flavored, nearly-pure oxygen. Advocates claim health, mental benefits. BY PHIL SAHM THESALTLAKETRIBUNE Fresh air nowcosts moneyin Salt LakeCity. Of course, with the winter inversion moving in and the city’s air quality edging into the toxic zone, people might happily pay $10 for 10 minutes’ worth ofnearly pureoxygenat Aria Frescain Trolley Square. The four-station oxygen bar operates in an open area on the mall's main floor, offering four blends offlavored oxygen Energy, Clarity, Inspiration and Relaxation. Fragrancessuch as lavender, eucalyptus, sweet orange and rosemary flavor the oxygen mixtures, which pa. Las Vegas businesswoman Jalene Greer, who opened Aria Fresca in August, said she got the idea for the businessat a trade show. She invested $15,000 in equip: ment, and says Salt Lake City is ready for an oxygen bar. “It just clickedthatthisis the next thing,” Greersaid. “AndI wantto be onthefront of the wave. ARBRE ERA ELROD ORORRE SDB ERPEORALRIEL A PEREAESR AA ARRAS ‘That includes manure from the uct called Nutri-Mulchfertilizer, BY JOHN HEILPRIN THE SALT LAKETRIBUNE pected weretapping herphone. Shesaid sheplanted the storyin a ruse phone call to her husband that she See COOK, Page D-4 CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS s started 30 yearsago in Japan and Can ada, caught on in Europe and then cameto the United said. Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch's “$36 So, when you sit down for your Thanksgiving turkey Thursday, you might offer a word of thanks to Bailey and his neighbors in Sanpete County whohelpcarry ona tradi qualify for federal matching funds Lin aes Shehas said shefabri s damaging recordings of conversations with Cool That story was meant to flush out people she sus Sce OXYGEN BAR,Page D-2 The Mormon Tabernacle Choir has not only sung but recordedafight song the University of Uts “Utah Man.” The Salt Lake Tribune was given jn ‘ect information for a story in Friday's edition: Hatch Campaign Meets Requirements for Federal Matching Funds skinny tion that dates back to a dinnerin 1621, wherea bird nativeto North America wasservedas the main course. said Holweg,a Provocity councilwoman, was hiredin January as Cook’s communityoutreach coordinator co were12 turkey processing plants in Utah. The Moroni plant, the only oneleft, is one ofthree in the West confidence they did do that or will do that,” Cook ational scene. trons inhale through tubesin theirnoses. Bailey explains that Sanpete Countyturned to turkeyfarming in 1938. Thesoil conditions andhigh, Cold elevation madetraditional farmingdifficult. At onetime, there On Friday, Cook again shrugged off question: about the wiretapping. “I did go to the highest levels of the FBI and they assured me they would [investigate] and I have every She's definitely hanging 10 for Salt LakeCity. but Utah is surfing somewhat behind the wave on the na- line as well. ave everything butthe gob: farms, which is turnedinto a prod. Cook hadrefused to discuss the purported wire. tapping andaseries ofbizarre circumstances surrounding the matter — claiming he did not want to hinder an FBI probe. A birdlives to be 13, 16, 18, 20 or 22 weeks before meetingits fate at the processingplant. About 60 percent ‘of the 150,000 turkeys produced each week go into the whole-bird pack being reopenedit would bedonebythe Salt Lake City office.” cat” presidential campaign an. nounced this week it has exceeded the minimum requirements enabling it to if it chooses to apply paign saidit reached another milestone” byraising more than $500,000 from about 4,800 Utahns. “I am so appreciative of the support,” Hatch said in astatement “1 want to honor their support by tak ing Utah values to the White House,” he Matching funds could boost the cam paign by at least $345,000, according to figures by the Center for Responsive Pol itics (CRP). The prospect of receiving matching funds often has been noted by Hatch's campaign as another reasonto hold out hope he could yet rise in the polls. Sal Russo, a Hatch campaign strategist, said matching funds wouldallow them to pay for more ads in Iowa and New Hampshire. But in an interviewthis week, Hatch raised the possibility his campaign might not applyfor the funds. “We've reached enoughto do that. We don't even know if we'll apply,” hesaid. “If can get people to donate$36 each, for each member of the family, we may not even want matching funds. We may just go with the people's money and quit worrying about going back to the taxpayers.” To qualify for matching funds, a cam paign must raise at least $5,000 in 20 states, through donations of$250or less. Individual contributions of $250 or less are eligible to be matched on a dollar for-dollar basis from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund The fund includes proceeds from the voluntary check-off of $3 per person from income tax returns of eligible taxpayers. The campaign has met the require ment in 22 states but had donations “from all 50 states,” Hatch said. A decision on whether to apply for matching funds probably would not come “until some time in January,” he said Hatch said more than 12,000 small do nors have contributed to his campaign. $677,000, or 50 percent of dential campaign donation: ame from individualsor “fat cats” who contributed at least $1,000, See HATCH, Page D-4 FACT TRAX TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED FROM VENDING MACHINES AT THE TRAIN STATIONS, OR ASK FOR A BUS TRANSFER. PURCHASE YOUR TICKET BEFORE BOARDING. ieae ED OU Re coll BUSTINEO ‘of TTR ok ee ed com AND COUNTING TO TRAX LIGHT RAIL LAUNCH GRAND OPENING DEC. 4, 1999 |
