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Show The Batt Lake Tribune $70y M@ FOR THE RECORD. B-2 @ BARBER! & WILSON, B-3 @ LOTTERY, B-5 JANUARY9, 2000 Salute to Soldier Hollow: ‘Number Onein the World’ Cross country venue draws ravesat its Ist major event BY TOM WHARTON THE SALT LA SOLDIER HOLLOW E TRIBUNE Utah's newest Olympic venue drew rave reviews from competitors and U.S. Ski Team officials Saturday as it hosted its first major event. U.S. Ski and Snowboarding Association President Bill Marolt called Heber Valley's Soldier Hollow-Wasatch Mountain State Park facility better than the previous two Olympic sites as he watched the first morning of the U.S. Cross Country Championshipson Saturday. U.S.cross count ki coordinator Luke Bodensteinercalled thefacility “numberonein the world” and the stadium are the best. Things are well organized. There have been no glitches. The kids like skiing here. It is fun skiing.” Onereason there werefew glitches Saturday was that onlya handful of spectators showed upto watch the morningsprint trials. There were fewer than 30 cars in the spectator parking area, a far cry from 2002 when the venueis expected to attract well over 20,000 spectators. More | | as the week progresses. | thesprints. With 350 skiers including U.S. Olympians, juniors, masters and collegians competing, the venue was plenty busy. Solider Hollow, which is 80 percent complete, will be the busiest of Utah's 2002 Olympic venues. It will be used every day with one-third of the medals of the entire Games being awarded here. million legacy payment. With bids for some possible international 2003 world championships and world-cup events due this spring, the foundation board also must decide which major post-gameevents it hopes to bring to thestate after the 2002 Games. | | fansfor the free-to-the-public event could show up Next Saturday's men’s 50-kilometer and wom en's 30-kilometerevents could be bigger draws than Groupplansforfacilities’ use after Winter Games BY TOM WHARTON THESALT LA KE TRIBUNE PARKCITY — While the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympicsare still two years away, the state's sports officials alreadyare makingplans to usethe facili. ties for future state, national and international competitions. The Utah Athletic Foundation hopes to use a $40 million Olympic legacyfund to conduct events and operate the Utah Winter Sports Park and Kearns Finally, it may need to ask the Legislature to increaseits current $110,000 budget by$150,000. That new moneywould be used to hire two employees who would market events, and to payfor office space, a travel budgetand supplies. Rep. Mel Brown, R-Murray, whosits on the Utah Athletic Foundation Board,said hefeels as though the Legislature should be obligated to provide some ofthat money. “If the Legislature creates an entity to accom- The group's board met Saturdayat the Winter Sports Park to grapple with problems such as plish a purpose, we can’t walk away from it because wedon't have the money,” hesaid. Of even moreconcern is a bill being proposed by Sen. Al Mansell, R-Sandy, which would allow the Salt Lake Organizing Committee to defer paying Organizing Committee to defer some of that $40 Sce SPORTS OFFICIALS,Page B-5 speedskating oval long after the actual Olympics are over. whether the Legislature will allow the Salt Lake and saidhis athletes are impressed with the venue. “The grooming is perfect,” he said. “The course See OLYMPIC VENUE,Page B-5 As Millennium Passed, Nature Was Timeless Photographersfroze eternal moments aroundthe globe BY LORI BUTTARS THE ! LAKE TRIBUNE At dawn on Jan. 1, 2000, while mostofthe state slept off New Year's Eve, a rare tempest raged in Utah’s Canyonlands. Fogcleared off the Salt Flats west of Salt Lake City just in time to see the pink- and-blue huesof the sunrise. And there wasa bliz- zard in Bryce Canyon. These images of Utah will be featured in a new coffee-table book of photographs from around the planet taken at the dawn of 2000. The project documentsimagesofnature,or “all that is, and ever has been, Y2K-compliant in the world,” said photographer RogerTeffts The California-basedartist is putting together the project, scheduled to hit store shelves next month. Sometime this weekend, in keeping with the Y2K spirit, Tefft will begin posting the photographs on a Website: www.daybreak2000.com. Four photographerstrekked through Utah on that day. They were stalking places they have stalked before, taking pictures of arches and red sandstone and the salt desert that make Utah unique. While mostofthem had somepreconceived notions ofwhat their nature shot would be, they could not be sure what they wouldfind at the dawnof2000. Such as a snowstorm in Moab. “WhenI left homeat4:30 a.m.it was clear,” said Tom Till. “I’ve lived here 25 years andI don’t rememberone NewYear'sthatit snowed.I got pictures of snow on thearch,which is rather unusual.” “The arch” is Mesa Arch, oneof the most popular places near Moab to watch sunrises and sunsets. And Till wasn’t alonethat morning. A crowdgathered to watch the dawn of a new century at the curving white sandstone monument that normally is See PHOTOS,Page B-8 Scott T. Smith Logan photographerScott T. Smith staked outa spotonthe Salt Flats, then waited with camera for the breaking dawnto capture a timeless Utah moment. A Holiday for Civil-Rights Leader? Sen. Pete Suazo proposes Jan. 17 as day to honor Martin LutherKingJr. BY HEATHER MAY THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, Fourteen yearsafter legisla- tors fought against honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy with state holiday in his name,Sen. Pete Suazo wants to reopen old wounds. Rather than calling Jan. 17 Human Rights Day, the Salt Lake City Democrat would call it by what he and manyothersbe- lieve is its proper name: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Andwhile he’satit, Suazo wants DannyLa/The Salt Lake Tribune Snow Falling on Skiers Cross country skiers get a dusting of snow Saturdayas flurries moved overthe Park City Golf Course. Northern Utah residents may awake to as muchasfourinches of snow this morning, followed by rain or snow and temperaturesin the 40sfor the rest of the week. For weatherinformation, see Page C-12. to stopthe tradition of convening the Legislatureon the third Monday of January, and strengthen the state’s hate- crimeslaw. Suazo announced his plans for the 2000 Legislature on Saturday at a symposium about King to the applauseof the audi- ence, The discussion, held at the [ Hotel, was sp by the Utah Martin Luther King Jr, Human Rights Commission. “Werealize it was a step forward to do HumanRights Day,” said Suazo. “We have a much better chance[this year] of giving him the due recognition he deserves.” Suazoalso plans to sponsor a resolution that would change the provision in the state Constitution that requires the Legisla- ture to convene on the third Monday of January. The start date alwaysfalls on the state and federal holiday. Business as usual on such a day suggests to some that government officials don’t take its meaningseriously enough. A constitutional change would have to pass the Senate and House by a two-thirds majority and then be voted on by the public. In his most optimistic predictions, Suazo thinks the amendment would get on the ballot in 2002. Legislators in the past have sug: — Utah Grizzlies defenseman John Shockey, on his scrappystyle of hockey play of people and only a handful of people have been charged under it since 1992. Suazo tried last year to strengthen the law but failed becausethebill listed sex: ual orientation along with race, ethnicorigin and religiousaffiliation as protected classes. Senate Bill 14 avoids those pitfalls by protecting anybodytargeted because of the perpetrator’s “bias or prejudice against a group.” Penalties would be en- hanced for such crimes. “My approach this year is more legal than emotional but I believeit will work,” Suazo said, There will likely be a fight with all of the senator's propos- als. When Utah legislators de- bated creating a state holiday for See SENATOR,Page B-8 “Think ofme the next time you're in the bathroom. I can no longer use the toilet as it was intended.” — Brian Carlson,injured b: drunken driver Steven Ray Hudgens, at Hudgens’ sentencing to prison “I hold the recordfor the number of no-conficlence votes unions, but I'm respectec' by the people who matter, thé people who've hired me." _ teomPolice Chief Rul Orte;za on hisbate with file police ~_— i “We don't know what's's missing. We Just know everythingis. — Phil Riesen, spokesmanfor the mayor's office, on missingfiles and erased computers in former Mayor Deedee orradini’s office “Let us never permitbigotry to rule our thoughtsor actions, — Mayor ce Anderson athis i induction ceremony ae eyes. does not protect specific groups gested the amendment. UTAH QUOTES “I'm not your yee Mormon, I fight a lot, The singles ward isn't used to people coming to church with black Finally, Suazo will take another swing at Utah’s hatecrimes law, essentially useless to prosecutors. The current law |
