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Show se route. One was impact. The letter struction worker, which seems to triggered the Olympics scandal, surely Utah’s biggest storyin 1999, had blobal effect. nd, we at trouble putting a single face to the scan We feltit unfair to single oat Tom Weick or Dave Johnsonas solely responsible for thefe ahaa: that took place in securing Utah's Olympic Games. Most Utahns believe others in or near the Salt Lake Bid Committee also knew or should the Wasatch Frontthese days. (The summertornado was not considered.) A perennial finalist is LDS had that review iderraked by” President Gordon Hinckley. Ona strictly objective vote, he would one ofour full-time reviewers, Sean Means, who normally con- get the Utahn of Year nod fines his critiques to movies. Since 1999 wasa bit stranger-thanfiction year, it was ready one for outoffour years. Arguably, no one has more impact on Utahns have known whatwas transpiring. To hame all those people Utahns of the Year than an active head ofthe Mormon Church. But Hinckley sort of gets disqualified in order to uilding a moviereviewer. delightful job. What events her level the pl field. Our apologies. Oneofthese yeas our gull wl atch up trust and support for the 2002 Winter Games, drew notice among the jurors. Butit is too soonto fully assess his im- ee selection for the Utahn who had pact, Challenging the Olympics forA greatimpact on the state this past year is as good as ours, but ours ends up on. i Tribune's front page. For that reason, place in 1999 was the handgun. From two we spent a long time in debate.wer” consisted ofPublisher Dominic Welch, Associate Editor Tom McCarthey, Deputy Editors Tim Fitzpatrick, Jeff Walton, tragic shootouts in downtown Salt Lake City to rare public statements by LDS Churchleaders to public polls showing voters andI tors miles apart on the house coup,it was the year of the gun. garnering substantial support among the 10 jurors wasphilanthropist Jon HuntsmanSr., who opened his im- UTAboss John Inglish, whose controver- unique Bagley fashion,the past 1,000 years in Utah. (Andyoudidn’t think anything happened priorto 1847.) “A 1,000 Years in Utah”is a hoot. (See a sampleof the overall poster above.) Warning: Bagleystates this will be the Jast millennium poster hewill ever draw. It’s nowornever, and weare only print- 10 days ago, a consensus emerged for the reasons stated on Page A-1. and subsequentposters if they are more than onecan save$1 on the second mailed in the same cardboard tube. Tribunepolitical cartoonist Pat Bag- As with every other Bagley cartoon, if youdon’t likeit, tough. is coming out with a full-color souvenir Theyear just ending in Utah proved to ley, who has bemused andbedeviled Utahnsfor20 years ontheeditorial page, sial light rail debuted to raves; and acon- inthe sentative Brooke Adams and me. About Q pressive cancer-researchcenterat the University of Utah several months ago; posterhij ing2,000. Thepostercosts $10, but that price includes shipmentin a protective tube, postage and sales tax. Those purchasing Tony Semerad, Holly Mullen, Vern Anderson and Chris Magerl,staff repre- issue of concealed weapons in schools and churchesto failed, predawn State- Hh be more than Glympic-size scah- = dal as our SurlayMagazine r&. ~ viewof the newsand newsmakers ~ over the last22 months clearlydemonstrates. For a switch, we be onein every three people on wane havegiven the presentation the iabipaar LETTER FROM THE EDITOR | It may bother youthatthis year’s Utghn ofthe Year is not a human being. ‘There were reasons we took the inani- cae iene * Q Q “Confess: a oe the preceding. sling 31eh ters becalise I announced several midziths ago the serialized rendition would endij| miscalculated the number of: so welcome to a double helping on Page Jt. Thave been asked a number oftimes if the entire manuscript will be published. ‘That's up to his widow, Katherine, who eeeee e Whatwas printed in chose to relate was his call. oy "he Tribune amounted to about40 peroS ofthe work. Those 32 excerpts will Meanwhile,editors ofUtah’"8. dally remain on our Website,located at ‘sand TV www.slirib.com, for the near future. nualiy¢combinetheir selections for a o top 10 newsstories of the year into a + composite listthat is distributed by-The Associated Préss, whose staffers also participate. This year’s consenglis that was released Friday (with only-No.1 matching my selections and fie 1. Olympics scandal; 2. Killer tornado; 3. Deadly shootings in the Triad Center and Family History Library; 4. tion of members ofKingston as 5. The controversies oyer contro! ‘ Next Saturday's Tribune will publish} aspecial 24-page 20th century section. It! will contain a decade-by-decade break- | yellowingin daylight should you wish td hang onto it for a century or two. he Rocky Anderson’s fox:ee tory; 7. Utah gets billionsas part ofna- tional tobacco settlement;8. (tie) ZCMI sold and the attempt by Gov. Leavitt and Interior Secretary Babbitt to work out a wilderness settlementin the West Editor Desert; 10. Sen. Hatch’s presidential bid. 3 INTERNATIONAL WEEK IN REVIEW THE AMERICAS EARTHWEEK: A DIARY OF FHE PLANET EUROPE / AFRICA By. Steve Newman Polar Climate Shift Scientists announced that frigid arctic weather is not moving as far south during sphere — a phenomenon that may be causing higher temperatures throughout Europe and Asia as well as a marked decrease in rainfall in Spain. The researchers attending the American Geophysical Union's annual meeting theorized that shifting polar winds may be also causing the recent damaging winter weatheracross Europe and North America. Severe winter weather occurs when higher temperatures in the lower latitudes meet up with the frigid conditions emanating from the polar region, generating ahigh-altitudejet stream that draws heat and moisture from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The group that the “polar vortex” has become tighter since 1970 and that winds inthe uppeegtmosphere are blowing in a more constrained and powerful circle around the hemisphere. winter in the Northem Hemi- Compiled by TOM HARVEY @ Guatemala: Alfonso Portillo, a populist lawyer, is virtually assured of winning today’s presidential vote. Polls show him with more than double the support of ruling party candidate Oscar Berger. Portillo is an ally of Efrain Rios Montt, a former notorious military dictator. @ Yenezuela: The assembly that drafted the nation’s new constitution officially Venezuelan Ca The death toll from devastating floods and mudslides across parts of northem Venezuela may never be known but authorities fear that the number of victims could reach between 15,000 and 25,000. Several days of cloudbursts saturated hillsides around the capital ofCaracas, unleashing slides that buried entire communities. More than 150,000 people have been left homeless by the disaster, and officials reported that 100,000 residents have been evacuated to shelters in public buildings. declared Congress and the Supreme Court defunct Wednesday. It named a 21member “mini-Congress” to replace the old body until elections are held for a new single-house assembly, probably in March. Most members of the miniCongress belong to President Hugo Chavez'sleftist Patriotic Pole coalition. @ Colombia: After several weeks of bloody attacks across the country,the nation’s largest rebel group on Monday de- clared a 20-day holiday cease-fire. President Andres Pastrana had repeatedly asked The Revolutionary Armed Forces South African Floods of Colombia to stop fighting during the At least 11 people were killed and 1,000 others were left homeless by mudslides and flash flooding in the South African province of Natal. Officials said the toll will climb even further as more victims who were swept away by raging rivers are discovered. The Mloodit slides were triggered by an incessant Christmas and New Year’s holidays. The rebels have killed at least 51 police and soldiers this month, nine of them in a pre-dawn ambush Monday before the truce was announced. @ Brazil: The country is “fully prepared” for possible computer glitches over New Roe's, the governmentsaid. Officials ited communications links this week between its Y2K command center and 200 officers throughout the country. Forthe week ending December 24, 1999 deluge that dumped more than eight building in the city of Livomo and foreinches ofrain in two days. ing the evacuation ofsixteen families. Roads in Civitavecchia were closed Earthquakes when the powerful winds tore tiles and ‘At least 20 people were killed comices from buildings. Accompanyand scores of others inj ing snow storms swept across central when a magnitude 5.8 temblor aly from the region of Emiliostruck westem Algeria. The Romagna to Umbria, Tuscany and quake hitas residentsofthe stricken area northem Lazio, were breaking their daylong fast for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, send. Ecuadoran Eruption ing residents fleeing into the streets. Ecuador's Pichincha Volcano ‘At least four people were killed and erupted once again with a hundreds of others injured by a magniseven-mile-high column of tude 6.4 temblor that struck near the i ‘Andean Indonesian capital of Jakarta. sky. Thee: Earth movements were also felt in caster Indonesia's Irian Jaya province, singe Guam, Taiwan, southern Japan, southem Israel, western Albania, the Windward Islands, central Bolivia and Southemn California. Ttalian High winds of up to 85 mph ripped through Italy's northwest and central coasts, tearjing the roof from an apartment blanketed the city in ash and forced the closure ofschools. Tree-killing aa ee Northern Ireland, the Irish Republic and England. Reservein Kenya have had to be moved @ Angola: Government forces were closee ee eae rebels in Angola after significant advancesalong the border with Namibia, officials said Friday. The armyclaims to have secured controlof a 185-mile stretch More than destructive young bull ets from the ot ange Tesvo East Nasional Pak. ‘The elephants were intent on establishw camoeneriines ly pushing over rare ‘menacing the unique ecosystem ofthe region. The: involved in their dis edsbinvirhey aenectey toeatthe trees. The KenyaWildlife Ser- YetA60 wen damage to he habitat ‘became obvious. move required a month ofgrueling fieldwork by the staff of reeWS, who ae capture and tte bpetenFoe ml Cuangarto Mucusso. nae . Grand Duke Jean, who has ruled the prosperous little nation since 1964, will abdi ‘year infavor of his oldest son Prince Henri, the try’s prime m: said Friday. The 78year-old Grand Duke, one of Europe's longest-serving mentohe, his trem oeyortage o declan to step down in September 2000, their new homes. in a letter read to parliament by Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker. to the east, but recent explosions have timate WSpain: Basque PACIFIC / FAR EAST / MIDDLE EAST China: Having absorbed Macau last broke her furniture. week and Hong Kong two years ago, China is signaling a growing meee New Zealand: Prime Minister Helen with Taiwan. Calli evitable,”Pr President Jiang Zemin last moving to- worldwi government to renegotiate its interna. th has negotiated $1.6 tary Fund and than $3 billion to cmatnentalla laidig institutions and donor countries, became first country to pass laws banning nuclear weapons and nuclear-powered ships. The action led toa breach of; and political links with the United States which is only now recovering. months in the regular army. Officers serve an extra year, and many men are called for annual reserve duty ofa month or more into their 40s. si on ADVERTISING oo Cleealfied Advertiaing ...... (Oi) 207-90 Dioplay Adwertintog ........ WR Sars ie Sebi ote oped i Compiled by JENNIFER SKORDAS §@ Pakistan: The Supreme Court has ruled that charting interest is against the teachings of Islam and is calling on the j week warned Taiwan ward outright independence and urged Taiwanese leaders to accept the autonomy formula that allows Hong Kong and Macauto continue their capitalist ways. g Ward Elcock told a parliamentary com- Northern ireland: President Clinton andthe British and Irish prime ministers, Tony Bertie Ahern, paid tribute on the radio Friday to the dead from the Northern Ireland conflict, retelling some of the republic’s most horrific terrorist i i @ Cuba: Havana's fabled Malecon Boulevard is getting its first major face-lift. Win telp pln Cubs omer co pms lonial bgler, laborers are restoring the sea wall — and dozens of crumbing apertnent buildings — after deof neglect. Compiled by BRIAN MAC INTYRE |
