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Show As The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH/NATION Friday, December24, 1999 ‘USDA Wants Healthier School Lunches SLOCto Take BY PHILIP BRASHER they would have been five or 10 years ago.” Beef, pork and poultry producers are fighting the move, but schools like it because they are having THE ASSOCIATED PRESS : meals, federal officials wantto let schools and day WASHINGTON — Worried aboutthe fat in kids’ trouble complying with governmentlimits on thefat contentof meals. And for the fast-growing sey indus- ‘ Care centers serve tofu, veggieburgers and other soy try, the $6 billion school lunch program offers a vast ‘ poe as meatsubstitutes in federally subsidized lunches. cl !. The Agriculture Departmentis pepsin to drop + its restrictions on how much soy can be used in + meals, Under currentrules, soy can only be a food ! additive and only in amounts of less than 30 percent. President Reagan's budget crunchers tried to new market and a way to introduce families to the : maketofu a meatsubsitute nearly two decades ago— blendinto their standard fare: burgers, tacos and the : at the same time theytried to reclassify ketchup as a | vegetable — but they beat a hasty retreat when the idea became a lightning rod for opponents of his spending cuts. USDAofficials deny their motive now ‘ is to save money, arguing instead that soy is a good source ofprotein. “Its time has come,”said Shirley Watkins, USDA’s undersecretary for food, nutrition and consumer services. “I think people are more receptive than years. Although the proposal would allow schools to offer meatless entrees — tofu-stuffed ravioli is one menu possibility — nutritionists say schools are more likely to use it to increase the amountofsoy that they like. The question is whether kids will still eat them. Marketresearch sponsored by the United Soybean Beard indicated the 26 million children who participate in the school lunch program would accept soy products. Kids, however, are notoriously finicky consumers,said Lincoln Pierce, director ofnutrition programs for the Grand Junction, Cole., schools. “Tfyoutell kids there's soy in it, they don’‘tseem to likeit as weil,”said Pierce. Another Look At Transportation Sounding extremeor rigid may satisfy core supporters, but such Talking Issues, thetoric also can rile voters from the other party’s base or even NotPersonalities havesatoutthe election. mainstream voters who might For example, Republicans won control of Congress in 1994 by painting Democrats as tax-happy liberals intent upon giving more power to a central government. @ Continued from A-1 Director of transportation planning for 2002 Games dorsements are critical — the Utah departments of environmental and air quality, the U.S. Forest Service and the Environmental Protection Agency. So, John Njord, director of transportation planning for the Games, says SLOC is taking the concerns seriously. Njord promises the next generation of plans, the corporation that made popular Hayes modems, became so frustrated with the level of political Others were inadvertent; SLOC discourse that he launched a for- profit Internet company whose moved the numbers on the people President Clinton wonre-election in 1996 and has helped Democrats chip steadily away at the GOP science professor at Hunter College in New York, said the computer agealso can be blamed for rightists intent upon destroying the social safety net that govern- all that gets talked about is two extreme points of view,” Howard broadentheirbasesor ideologies. But parties do run a risk of playing solely to their base. believes that this election cycle said. “But most people are interested in finding a middle ground. There is a large centerthatis really’ capable of moving majority in the House by portraying Republicans as wild-eyed tax cuts.” Kenneth Sherrill, a political mentprovides. GOP consultant Ed Gillespie parties not trying as hard to will see a change in tactics — and so much interest in a race by two Christmas Poem Remains True oe a message: “Do not be UnderScrutiny @ Continued from A-1 metaphorfor death). In only eight lines, Moore has created a narrator in need of renewal — a man whostandsfor therestof us. Whatcan rouse him from his torpor? Such a clatter — of course ~- which Moore injects with sudden feelers followed by the “T sprang from my bed? The thaw hasal- ready Begin, Notice the narrator’s new bounce in thealliterative coupletthat follows: Away to the window flew like aflash, ee us all thunderstruck. Nowarrives a momentto recommend Moore as our American Milton. First note how the repeated imperatives create liftoff as St. Nick urges his earthbound trotters to ascend: Tore open the shutter and threw up thesash. What comes nextare among the loveliestlines in literature: e moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow Gave the luster of mid-day to objects below. With subtle sensuality, they Suggest the “awakening” of the moonstruck narrator as he slips into a midwinter night's dream andis finally able to see. We ought to pause here to note Moore's ver- ‘satility with imagery: tactile (‘‘nestled'’), To the top of the porch! To the topofthe wall! Now, dash away! Dash away! Dash away, all! Whatfollows is one of the standoutsimiles in American literature: As dry leaves that before the wild hurricanefly, and “mount”) that make reindeer andreaderlevitate. Thelines that follow — coursers they With the sleigh.full of toys, and St. Nicholas too. — might seem tame by comparison. But actually they’re a bravura displayof “understatement.” Considerthatthis is the halfway point of the work. Then note how all the whistling and shouting and thunder suddenly stop in a “still point” worthy of T.S. Eliot. Why? use the long-awaited one is present. We can’t see him or hear him.But we havefaith that he is upthere. Rolling down from thestillness, come the “prancing and pawing” that confirm ourhopes. Ttalways seemsa bit surprising that no composer has donea setting of this work — or perhaps a now disarmingly calls “St. Nick.” Yet the familiarity is meant to EGE SAME DAY SERVICE 487-6884 Tea TDS 95 QUALCOMM1960 Technics’ now on Sale for Christmas savings! “SlightlyAbwad of Our Time? Take te DighalPlanoCholierege! Bert Murdock Music Orem - Salt Lake City| Odgen - St. George 1-B00-74.0-4212 a By venues. With 70,000 visitors a day expected to attend 17 days of Olympic events, such a plan raises questions about everything from the availability of rental cars to interminabletraffic jams. The environmental advisory committee calls the airport “a primelocation for confusion and transportation chaos” especially with the requirementthat nearly every visitor rent a vehicle. “Who face-to-face with Moore’s furry and grimySt. Nick. But in Moore’s hands, he is sort of a universal character with his infantile rosy cheeks, his feminine bow lips and his masculine bearded chin.Heis astralwith his twinkling eyes, and earthy with his “stumpofa pipe.” He even anticipates the icons of our time. He has a smoke ring around his head like a fog-hatted hipster, and a broad face and a pear ridiculous if that's what it rator. gional Council’s goal is much broader. “Local and state government the mobility for the citizens who transit option for Gamesvisitors? munity throughout the year,” asked in their nine-page response. If not, why not? At the very least, why isn’t carpooling [or some similar option] for spectators and volunteers encouraged?” they wrote. Njord says mass transitis a key componentof the transportation plan, noting that “ if you don't get on a bus, you’ll neverget to some venues.” “Keep in mind, we're bringing in buses like you have never seen before in the state of Utah,” he said. “We're leasing 1,400 buses from outsidethestate, plus the 500 in UTA’s fleet. And that’s just for the spectator system. Clearly, we Games,which,of course, includes live and workin our urban comWERC Executive Director Wil Jeffries wrote in July, one month before the draft plan was released. “In this respect . . . we find that the Olympic Transportation Concept plan does not consider solutions to the impact of moving the Olympicfamily and spectators on the community in general.” Atone time, the plan evenincluded strategies to “encourage locals to vacate the SLC area” and are relying on masstransitto help to “establish truck and delivery prohibitions.” In his letter, Jeffries pointed out that it would be more appropriate to develop strategies that “accommodate us out.” There aren’t enough rather than vacate and prohibit.” Andthis is how it happens: I laughed when I saw him,in With that simple line Moore humblestheheart of his hero and effects his enlightenment. For as startling to some readers to come spectators, the Wasatch Front Re- “Has SLOC started working to facilitate any type of long-haul down the chimney. (Moore may have been a desk-bound scholar, but he knewa thing or two about choreography.) shield in Homer's Iliad.It must be Olympic family members and entities must provide mobility for our total population during the spite of myself. So begins a passage rivaled onlyforits pictorial riches by the famous description of Achilles’ visitors from downtown to mountain venues, he added. But even the state's leading metropolitan planning agency has questioned the thoroughness of SLOC’s analysis. Whereas SLOC’s mission is to provide safe, effi. cient and on-time movement of is responsible for [the airport's] plan and where is it?” members Martins whirling at the window as Mikhail Baryshnikov explodes He was dressed all in fur, from his headtohis foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot. buses in the country to transport Moore and (only later) Joseph Campbell understood, all great myths are underpinned by an internal transformation. By laughing, the narrator reclaims his childhood warmth. By laughing at himself, he can now feel empathy with others. The narrator and St. Nick are now one. (Perhaps he'll soon see sugarplums!) After this climax, the tale moves quickly through its de- nouement as Moore creates silent dialogue betweenSt. Nick and the narrator — our “everyman” figure. St. Nick “speaks not a word,” but winks to let us know there is “nothing to dread.” By filling the stockings he gives an example of how to live our lives as the narrator sprang from his bed” — andsee how it ends with “Hesprangtohissleigh.” the standoutepic simile of the hurricane-blown leavesthat garnished thesleigh’s arrival, and see its echo in the more subdued yet equally impressive departure: And awaytheyall flew like the down of thistle. But Moore isn’t finished yet. Nowthatheis lulled us with his silence — and when it seems he has nothingleft to prove — helets out a showstopper exclamation in the final — whichisalso remarkable for its shrewd sequencing. To end with “Happy Christmas to all” would be predictable. But Moore inserts the seasonal pleasantry as a springboard for some- thing more serious. By adding “andto all a good night,” he states the universal theme ee his work: the rekindling of all benighted human hearts. eee 'sBa a sleighful of ed in that poem! Bat But thefingttoe ofA Visitfrom St. with generosity. And finally, he signals his human solidarity: He turns with a jerk, lays his finger by his nose, nods and (his work complete) ascends the chimney. Nicholas will come(as it does each year) when wereadit to ourselves — or our kids — or whomever we circularity and wholeness of the work. Recall how the action began night! Thefinal couplets show the love. Andto all of the above, a good PLUS $100 CASH BACK! WHICH INCLUDES FREE DOMESTIC LONG DISTANCE FOR CCI WIRELESS eRe eS ALL Techalos Pianos insistence that spectators use their own cars to get to and from 200 - 500 Harris Hearing Surprise 'em with a PIANO NEW ments ofthe plan that may not be negotiable, namely SLOC’s FREE QUALCOMM 1960, 24 Hr. Recorded Message. A Public Bervice Provided by under the tree Christmas morning!! services such as snow removal. 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Call Toll- Free organizers are still haggling with seasonal ballet, like Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker.” While listening to the ball- The powerofthe linelies partly Mostpoets rely rather heavily on visual imagery, but Moore has re+ served his visual arsenal (the } moonandits luster) for the arrival of a mysterious being whom he SLOC is padding its request, and So up to ae house-top the in the comparison of a soaring (“clatter”) and kinetic (“sprang”). ing a backup plan for federal funding could give the impression turning around, Down the chim- When they meet with an obsta- (‘sugarplums"’), auditory ternativefuels, but didn’t mention it. Still others have financial and political ramifications; advertis- ney St. Nicholas came with a bound, try to picture, say, Peter cle, mountto the sky. gustatory has discussed a plan for usingal- leaves (something Moore must have observed himself). But it's en? (If you have to ask, you've never galloped in pursuit of one.) Cometis a glorious whoosh. But Cupid? (Because the boy has wings!) Donderand Blitzen bring pedfhe rear with a dramatic, Ger-and-light show that written in August, before the medals plaza site was selected. sleigh to a whirl of wind-driven the assonance ("dry,” “wild,” “fly”) and consonance ("meet” place and show. But why namea reindeer Vix- whono longer sees sugarplumsat time — an “everyman” figure forward. Bat don’t relax too much — for Note the triple soundtrack — just before Moore lets loose his “epic legion.” Dasher, Dancer and Prancerlead the race — in wind, long winter's nap” — a slow, cold hibernation (and maybe even a purpose is to attract those concerned aboutissues but turned off by politicians. “Sometimes what happens is that issues become polarized and Moore is aboutto ignite the night with verbal pyrotechnics. Morerapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name. quesiions. Some omissions in the initial plan, such as notravel plan for downtown Salt Lake City, were logistical; the concept plan was Ron Howard, one-time head of — Environmentalists have complained before about the plan’s emphasis on automobile travel. But the advisory committee is staffed by agencies whose en- be “an uptick” in voter turnoutin 2000. Many voters clearly feel frustrated by the Washington gridlock and some are seeking solutions beyond vot is our base. Our base supported that count the mostto us; and that :~ nonincumbents that there could John Njord @ Continued from A-1 due out in March, will answer many of the committee's Voters Prefer “Keep in mind, we're bringing in buses like you have never seen before in the state of Utah. We're leasing 1,400 busesfrom outside the state, plus the 500 in UTA’sfleet.” $29.99/MONTH |
