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Show The Salt Lake Tribune eESTIOy, B MOWBAY FOR THE RECORD, B-2 ROLLY & WELLS W BIRTHS, B-7 B OBITUARIES, B-7 NOVEMBER22,1999 Interfaith Service Hears of Hopes for New Child BOBMIMS Jews and Muslims gathered for the 10th annual edi- tion of the multifaith service at Salt Lake City's First Unitarian Churchthat he and wife Mary Kaye were ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Industrialist and philanthropist Jon Huntsman dr. told an Interfaith Thanksgiving service Sunday night that he had plenty to be thankfulfor, buthe is PAUL ROLLY and JOANN JACOBSEN-WELLS © 1999, The Salt Lake Tribune well-preparedfor their hoped-for new arrival. hopeful for just one thing more — a newly adopted Chinese daughter. “We havea crib at home,a coupleof teddybears, a couple of Chinese dolls but we don’t yet know whosheis,” Huntsmansaid. Still, the prospects for adding to his family of five children madehis par- “Weare in fact awaiting final word from the Chi- ticipation in the Thanksgiving event “particularly nese government,” hesaid. “It is a time for us to be particularly grateful. We don’t know anything about heartfelt,” he said. Huntsman,the vice chairman of HuntsmanCorp. this girl. She has no name, no family history a N10) and president and birth certificate. But we love her already. Huntsman wentonto tell about 100 Christians, CEOof the Huntsman Cancer See INTERFAITH,Page B-2 Another Rebel Steps Up in Paul Fraughton/The Salt Lake Tribune Jon HuntsmanJr. addressesthe Interfaith service Sunday. Study Seeks Feuding GOP Effects of Dirty Air Expect another coup within Republican Party ranksafter Jan. 1 when Mark Emerson, chiefofstaff to 8rd District Rep. Chris Cannon, formally announces thathe wiil challenge incumbentRep. Merrill Cook in BYUprofessors to monitor the GOP conventionfor the 2nd Congressional Districtseat. damagefrom tiny particles It should be a lively convention next spring with that contest and House Speaker Marty Stephens chal- BY BRENTIS AE THE LAI RIBUNE This much is knownabout the mi croscopic particles in the air you lenging Gov. MikeLeavitt for the Republican nomination. Emersonhaslined up campaign strategists Charlie Evans, former campaign managerfor Leavitt and breathe: They can make you sick, and theycan kill you, especiallyif youarea Sen. Orrin Hatch;Peter Valcarse, congressional campaign operative for child ora seniorcitizen. thes's not well-knownis how and wh Enid Greene and Cannon;Jeff Hart- ley, another Cannonaide; and former GOPstate Executive Director Greg Hopkins. The Cannon folks for Emer- Hoping to peel away some of the mystery shroudingfine-particulate son mustbe fallout from all the Cannon-Cookfeuds. Q pollution, two Brigham Young Uni versity professors this week will launcha $500,000, three-year studyin Salt Lake City. With an innovative air-monitoring system he helped develop, chemistry Ethnic Cleansing? During a breakfast meeting with officials at Utah Valley State College professor Delbert Eataugh will mea: sure particles that traditional air in Orem andall thestate senators andrepresentatives from Utah Coun- monitoring machinesdonotdetect. With preliminary research indicat ty, Republican Sen. Howard Stephen- son, whosedistrict bridges Salt Lake and Utah counties, refusedtosit at the sametable as Gil Cook,the re- cently retired vice president and legislative lobbyist for UVSC. Stephenson announced that it was either him or Cook. So Cook left the room. The presumed reason for Stephen- son’s outburstis that Cook had the audacity to give a $150 donationlast year to a Democrat — Housecandidate Joel Bradford, whois an em- on} Leah Hogsten/TheSalt Lake Tribune Connie Erickson helps daughter Maren, center, and son Joe celebrate the season'sfirst big storm by going to work ona snowmanin the yard oftheir Salt Lake City home.Kids found that the heavy, wet snow made for some tough pushing. Finally! First Big Winter Snow ing fine particles disrupt the heart. economicsprofessor Arden Pope plans to track heart rates and blood chemis. try of 25 elderly people wholive near Salt Lake City’s Hawthorne Elementa ry, where Eataugh's deviceis located. Together, the two researchers will study the health effects of combustion-related particulate pollution, especially semi-volatile organic compounds that escape detection in the air monitors used by air-quality agencies. ployee of UVSC. Must Be the Road Construction Ski resorts cheer. Fender benders, power outages plague S.L. Valley When Kim Henneman,a veteri- BY BOB MIMS narian in ParkCity, ordered two horse sheds from Portland,Ore., it took Roadway Trucking four days to haul themto Salt Lake City. It took the secondary carrier, Ida-Tran, three weeksto drive the sheds from Salt LakeCity to Park City. Whentheyfinally arrived last week, the delivery people bent the poles that hold the sheds. Ratherthan have them delivered again, Henneman bought thepoles herself in Salt LakeCity and Roadway said it would reimburseher, Q So Muchfor Confidentiality THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE It began late Sunday morning, a few random flakes falling from slate-gray skies onto Salt Lake City’s east bench. Bylate afternoon, northern Utah had National Weather Service did report initial snow totals of 3-5 inches along the Wasatch Mountain foothills, with an- other 2-5 inches expected to accumulate overnight. Mountain totals were substantially higher, with the storm bringing 8-10 inches of much-needed new been blanketed by its first major snow: snow, “Finally, winter weather is here,” said an elated Bob Black, managing di rector of mountain operations forLittle erators, who havebeen anxiously wait- storm ofthe season. Cottonwood Canyon’s Snowbird Ski Re- sort. “We couldn't be happier. Hey, if it keeps going like this for the next two weeks, I'll be happieryet.” While shunning such guarantees, the That was big news for area resort op- were ideal for their snow-making machinery. “It's supposed to stay colder today, tonight, tomorrow and perhaps into Tuesday,” Black said Sunday. “With the snow and we hope to be open by Nearby Alta Ski Resort reported 4 inches of new snow Sunday morning oneof the Utah ski indus- andreceived another 6 inches as the try's biggest holidays approached with nearly bare slopes. Along with 8 inches of new snow Sunday, Snowbird hoped to cash in on freezing daytime temperatures that storm tapered off late Sunday afternoon. A Thanksgiving opening looked more promising, but Alta officials adopted a See SNOW,Page B-3 Callers to the Salt Lake County one’s voice mail and heard messages left from people wantingtoset upappointments, leaving their names and telephone numbers. Officials for the Clinical Services Division say there was a one-dayglitch in the phonesys: tem. Breached Davis and Weber Canal Should Be Repaired by Spring ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAYTON Shareholders of the Davis and WeberCanal Co, havereceived more assurances that they will have a breached canal repaired and running Q Butit may require somejuggling for the first few weeksof the water season. Sorry, Statesman Floyd Baham, canal company manag: er, said last week that it probably will be necessaryto pump water from the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District's drought-relief system for a time next tually ran in the Logan Herald spring to supplement the water flow Journal. while the company tests a new section of TRAX Addresses were omitted from Sun: day’s Tribune for sending contribu tions to aid the homeless. Contributions to the Bear River Housecan be mailedto: Bear River House c/o Saboor Sahaley 690 N. MainSt Logan, UT 84321 againin time toirrigate spring crops. We mentioned Fridaythat the Utah State University Statesmancar ried the erroneous headline: “BYU Chief Urges Gay Tolerance.” That ac CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS Angie's Restaurant Health Department's sexually. transmitted-diseasehot line last week heard a recording telling them locations for tests and other perti nent information. Then theyauto: matically were transferred to some: See STUDY, Page B-2 muchcooler temperatures, we can make Thanksgiving.” ing out a dry spell as the Thanksgiving weekend Eataugh suspects these spmivolatile ingredients, which comprise a sizable portion of the total fie particulate stew, are to blamefor muth of the harm caused byparticulate maiter, “Wearepostulatingto find a Clear canalto be built above Riverdale. The new 1,200-foot-long stretchof pipe will bypassandreplace thesectionof ca nalthatfailed onJuly11, sending a wall of mud and water surging through 75 homes and causing millions ofdollars in damage. Following the breach, State Engineer Robert Morgan condemnedthe canal until the company addressed a number of safety issues, including relocating the damaged section. Speaking at the annual Davis-Weber Canal shareholders meeting Thursday, Baham saidthe company’s plantobuilda bypass pipeline south of the breach and throughthe northwestcorner of Hill Air Force Base appears headed for federal approval. The plan has environmental approval, and a seven-day public comment period began last week. The plan still needs the state engineer's endorsement before it canproceed. Baham said he expects Morgan will approve the plan but that the engineer won't allow the newpipeline to run at capacity April 15 when water is sched. uled to begin flowing through the com: pany’s 16-mile-longirrigation system. Construction of the new canalis ex. pected to take between60 and 75 days. FACT FREIGHT TRAINS WILL USE THE TRACK CORRIDOR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 5:00 AM. OBSERVE TRAX SAFETY RULES 24 HOURS A DAY. Tar TT Lu Le ee aa ae Contributionsto Pamela Atkinson's Thanksgiving dinners: Pamela Atkinson THC Mission Services Restrictive Fund 36 S. State St Salt Lakec ity, UT 84111 Contributions to the Eagle Ranch Chuckwagon: Eagle Ranch Chuckwagon P.O. Box 552 Magna, UT 84044 Or bring food contributions each Sunday andall day Thanksgiving and Christinastothe Interstate 15 viaduct at 500 South near Pioneer Park in Salt LakeCity. 13 DAYS AND COUNTING TO TRAX LIGHT RAIL LAUNCH GRAND OPENING DEC. 4, 1999 |