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Show - UTAH LIVING ®@ ANN LANDERS, F-2 @ VOLUNTEER CORNER.F-2 @ HOBBIES F-4 M PETOFTHE WEEK F-4 soley REAL ESTATE CLASSIFIED 9 GARDENING. F-5 i TAKE ABOW.F-8 PROFILES BY DAN EGAN ACLUAttorney Relishes Fighting For the Underdog Ate hatte y The Salt LakeTribune Ogdennative Stephen Clark has a knackfor sticking his neck out and his head into someof Utah’s stickiest issues. For two years, the 40-year-old attorney for the AmericanCivil Liberties Unionin Salt LakeCityhas been on the unpopular side of emotionallegal tussles ranging from lesbian high-schoolteacher Wendy Weav- er’s fights with the Nebo SchoolDistrict to Salt LakeCity’ssale of a block of Main Street to the LDS Church. This is not what the Brigham Young University gradu- ate and one-time LDS missionary had in mind after Top, this Nain Persian’ rug, made of silk and wool with approximately 650 knots per square” inch, is an example ofa formal-patterned city rug. Above, Oriental rugs‘can vary widely in style. and quality. The rug on the earning a degree from the University of Utah Law Schoolin 1985. But after spending the first decadeof his careerasa jetsetting corporate attorney based out of New York and laterItaly, Clark Stephen Clark felt a tug for home. Hereturned in 1998 and turned his focusfrom dollarsto defendingprinciples he holds dear. Clark said he returned to Utahto reconnect with family and friends, and when the ACLUjob becameavailable, hefigured it wasa natural fit. “T've always been somebody whoroots for the underdog.I value compassion. I valuefairness.I value justice — these kindsof things — more thanI value moneyandtravelthat wasassociated with mypartnershipin this big law firm,” he says. And whois the underdog? “I think of Wendy Weaver, whoreally, against tremendousodds, decided she was goingto fight for herrights. Not to do any- left is a pure silk Persian Classic Oriental rugs are in demand Photos by Ryan Galbraith / The Salt Lake Tribune thing outrageousor unusual, butjust to do whattherestofussort of take for granted — tolive herlife, to raise her family, to do thejob that she was so good at doing, without the fear of losing her fami- BY JUDY MAGID THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, ily,of losing herjob,” he says. Weaverlost her Spanish Fork High School coaching ‘job and wastold notto talk about her per- sonal life with students because she an- swered “yes” when a student asked herif she was gay. Weaverfiled suit against the schooldistrict for taking those actions and, with Clark’s help, n. “I'm not going to convince everybody, or even a majority of people, no matter where I am,that what we are doing is right in someultimate sense. But if I can do anything,it would be to keep the dis-cussion focused on the principles so peole can sort of reasonably agree to dis- agree and notsort ofassumethat some- body is motivated by malice or that ‘somebody is evil intrinsically,” he says. “I don’t think of people on the otherside of ‘Ssues from me that way, and I hope they don’t think of me that way.” Foothill Oriental Rugs owner Jim Webberboughthisfirst rug when he art investment,” Adib said. The handmaderesults of a 3,500- wasin college; Hamid Adib of Adib’s year-old art are in demand. Many Americans are looking to add prestige of age-old luxury to their homes, RugGallery learned about the hand- woven masterwork at his father’s k While Webber’s first experience wasnot exactly a success — “It was not a good rug”— it has kept him hooked on Oriental rugs. Mechanical engineer Adib finds the elegance of the ancientart balancesthe technical aspects of his profession. Each clearly is as interested in educating buyers about the rugs as in selling them. “In Iran, a rug is the first purchase, the main furnishing of a house. When people marry, a fine rug Joan Pate Union Park Gordon & Jackie Nicholl Union Park is a foundation for the family. People live with it, use it daily, then passit onto their children. They considerit and ne’ Frances Hays Sugar House slim. Trade sanctions againstIran in the past 20 years or so have madeit thousands for the best antique rugs. impossible to import rugs directly While Adib favors traditional rugs, Webber loves Tibetan rugs he im- from Iran. Shops such as Adib’s Rug ago, buying morethanit could then. Butrugsare scarce.” “In Iran,people put a smaller rug ona section ofa big rug. Special pads keep them from movingontopof the othercarpet,” Adib added. For upscale Americans eager to Dealers agree prices can vary for an Oriental rug, from less than $100 for a 2-foot-by-3-foot to hundreds of Gallery and Foothill Oriental are able to offer rugs imported before the embargo. “Years ago, my warehouse was stacked to the ceiling with Persian rugs,” Adib said, adding, “The dollar is worth more than it was 20 years and used hard,” Webbersaid.“I hate surface. ‘ Beckie Meisenheimer Uni ion Pa rk spend moneyonthelikes of Kashan, Kerman and Nain rugs, pickings are tosee rugs hungonthe wall.” The rugs can be put on any Brian Gottfredson Union Park Sheryl Hornok Union Park uistruction with tile, slate and wood floors needs the softening warmth of luxurious carpets. They also are practical. “Oriental rugs are madeto be used rug with approximately 700 knots per square inch, while the rug on the right is an Indian rug with approximately 100 knots per square inch. Left, Hamid Adib standing on an antique Serapi Persian Rug, circa 1890, with tribal patterns that have a more casuallook. Webber and Adib also sell rugs imported from India, Turkey, China and Afghanistan. While Webberreports few sales of the carved-flower Chinese rugs, Adib said newer Chi- with Persians at the top ofhis list, ports from a joint venture with Swayenbhu Carpet Industries in Kathmandu, Nepal. Last year, a rug made by Webber’s Tibet Rug Co. won the best design category in the annual Oriental Rug Importers Associ- ation showin Atlanta. Whether a hearth’s desire only will be satisfied by an antique Persian rug or a fine contemporary rug from Tibet, Webber and Adiboffer a few things to keep in mind: nese rugs with traditional Persian patterns are becomingpopular. 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