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Show EYE ON TAXES WINTER BLUES GOD'S GARRISON And other legislative news A-6 Lack ofsnow may cancel races B-1 Today's Salvation Army C-1 Che Salt LakeCritune ittp://www.sitrib.com Utah’s Independent Voice Since 1871 Volume259 Number101 2000, The Salt Lake Tribune BIRD'S-EYE VIEW Almost Live From Nauvoo,It’s the Mormon Temple Grandmas Want Boy Back They say Elian’s mother won’t ‘rest in peace’ until he is in Cuba BYDIEGO IBARGUEN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Elian Gonzalez’s BYBRIAN PLATH SPECIALTO THE TRIBUNE NAUVOO,Ill. — Internet users soon will be able to watch a Mormontemple go up beam by beam, stonebystone, pillar by pillar — thanksto a camera that will provide visual updates.of the Nauvoo con- grandmothers flew to New York from Cuba on Friday to appeal for his return, saying the boy's Jate motherwill not “rest in peace” until the 6-year-old boy is back in his homeland. “Respect the memory of my daughter,” said the boy’s maternal grandmother, Raquel Rodriguez. struction site every minute. Braving a freezing rainstorm, crews set She and the boy's paternal grandmother, Mariela Quintana, street from wherethe temple is being flew with a church delegation that has supported Elian’s return over the objections of Cuban. immigrants up the Webcamthis week onthe roofof the State Bank of Nauvoo,across the The westward-pointing camera will of- and the boy'srelatives in Miami. The women chose to avoid Miami, at least for now,and.take their and refresh the cyber-image every minute from dawnto duskfor the next two years message to the nation’s media capital. It was not immediately clear built. fer a panoramicview ofthe construction 143 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah #4114 Telephone numbers listed on A-2 SATURDAY, JANUARY22, 2000 how long they were staying in the United States; people whoorganized the trip said it will be only a few Elian’s mother’s will that the child remain here,” Rodriguez said in Atty. Gen. Janet Reno and her thought and how she acted. She 44YS. Spanish. “I speak for her because I was her mother, I know what she aides were considering a request came here because her husband was very violent and threatened ers, Justice Department spokesman Myron Marlin said. The boy’s rela- her. that she meet with the grandmoth- “I ask and beg those whoare in- tives in Florida invited the grandMothers to visit. terested in helpingus, to do everything possibleso that the child will innertube offthe coastof Florida on Nov.25 after the boat on which he was heading for the United States mothers, so that my daughter may rest in peace.” Elian was found clinging to an capsized, killing his mother and 10 other people. He has been living with relatives in Miami, who say he would have a better life in the United States. They are challenging a Soverument ruling that he must go back. “Tknow tHat manysay that it was be handed over to us, his grand. The two women, who were greeted by a small party of Customs officials and police, winced as they endured a whipping wind and 16degree cold for their short walk into a terminalat Kennedy Airport. “Tcamehereto tell you all and to See ELIAN,Page A-4 Mafiéla Quintana, left, and Raquel Rodriguez, grandmothers of Elian Gonzalez, talk to the news media after their arrival in New York on Friday. as the temple: takes shape. Each imagewill pa by adisplay ing the day andtimeofthe picture. Once replaced, the old imageswill be stored in an Oly Tickets archivethat browsers can access. Deseret Book Co., owned by The ChurchofJesus Christ of Latter-day May Bea |. ‘Click Away | Saints and headquartered in Salt Lake City, is sponsoring the feature on its Web site at www.deseretbook.com/nauvoo. Thesite also offers links to other Web pages dedicated to the temple construction, including other photographs and his- torical information. JeffClark, directorof internationaldirectsales for the company, said Friday that Deseret Book had hoped to have the Getin line for 2002 Games site online this weekend,butlast-minute glitches delayed its debut until early next admission — online, thatis week, Interest in Nauvoo among the LDS faithful dates to 1839, when church BY MIKE GORRELL ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, founder Joseph Smithandhis followers arrived on the banksofthe Mississippi River seeking a safe haven.In 1841, they The Internet emphasis of the 2002 began building a temple. Smith and his brother Hyrum were shot to death by a mobin the nearby Carthage jail in 1844. Despite losing their prophet, church meni- Winter Games grew again Friday with the announcementthat Tickets.com will be the “official ticketing services supplier.” Although the Costa Mesa,Calif. company will handle ticket requests throughtraditional means — mail, telephoneandretail outlets — Internet orders are expected to accountfor the bulk bers continued constructionofthe nee: It was completed in 1846,just as persecu. tion was forcing most of the Mormdns to flee the city underthe direction of Smith’s eventual successor, Brigham Young. Thetall-spired building was looted and burned andeventually destroyed bya tor- nado. Nauvoo also is where the church began performing marriages, baptismsandsealings essential to the church’s doctrine of eternalfamilies. Last Easter, during the faith’s spring conferencein Salt Lake City, church President Gordon B.-Hinckley announced plansto build a temple in Nauvoo that would resemble the original one on the samesite. ‘The temple's construction and the town of about1,200 residents are thelatest subject of documentary filmmaker Lee Groberg, whose last project, “American Prophet”onthelife of Joseph Smith, aired recently on publictelevision. Groberg saysheis assembling a 24-foot towerfor a camera thatwill be angled to. capture two sidesof the new temple. The camera — protected from the elements by a specialclimate-control box — will record images at a time-lapse speed. The result- ing film will show the temple going up in just 60 to 90 seconds. But the main focus of Groberg’s docu- mentary — whichis privately financed — will be a historical look at whatlife was like for the LDSresidentsin the early years of Nauvoo, whichatonepointri- Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune Robert Redford chats with Irish filmmaker Dawn Morrisey outside the new House of Does in Park City on Friday. No Fiction Here: ‘House of Docs’ Is Open “It’s better to get online than-wait in line,” said W. Thomas Gimple, Tickets.comco-chairman and CEO. TheTickets.com deal is the third cor- Redford offers much-needed support for documentaries on the first day of Sundance porate sponsorship unveiled this week by the Salt Lake Organizing Committee andthe U.S. Olympic Committee, and the BY SEAN P. MEANS THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE PARK CITY — It was Robert Red- castor-“oil ford talking, but the appraisal of how visibility feature directors, to help filmmakers ers Fri- Redford has a long history with documentaries over the past 25 years, narrating some and producing others — or,in the case of “Incident at Oglala,” about imprisoned American In- the world views documentaries sounded more Dangerfield. like Rodney “Documentaries have been notori- ously pushed into that sad category that educational films have found themselves in,” Redford told a gathering of documentary filmmakersand news media Friday, on thefirst full day of the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. “[Sundance]hastried tolift expo- sure of documentary films. ... If they could get the proper framing, then people would see that they are beyond educational, good-for-you, festival. Redford also announced that the year-round Sundance Institute is creating a documentary lab,similar to its programs for screenwriters and of documen taries at Sun- @ Festival schedules C-6 dance, festival M Old Westasitwas C-8 organi- @ Video gets serious D-6 day inaugurated the House of Docs, a gathering place for nonfiction film- makers to network with industry executives, the news media and each other. To boost the visibility of the Houseof Docs, Redford madehisfirst develop ideas for documentaries and give editing advice whenthe footage is in the can. dian activist Leonard Peltier, both. Pat Mitchell, a CNN executive and a Sundance board member involved in public appearance at this year’s See REDFORD,Page A-4 nois. thelatest construction project is a historic undertaking by the church. “The Webcam provides an opportunity for people worldwideto see history in the making. Donors whocontributed to the temple reconstruction may findthis Inter- netsite especially satisfying.” Utah’s Hatch Is Running on Empty in Iowa Sce LINES,Page A-4 @ Whopaid forthe bid? ; Earth’s Greatest Snow — Remember That White Stuff? Tulips are a pretty sight in January. Utah’s gorgeous fall and warm, dry winter have cheered golfers, runners and bicyclists, But the unséasonable weather has hurtretailers whosell goodsthat de- ern Iowa with 40 mph winds and subzero temperatures. \ pend on this year’s rare commodity ks are jackknifing on the highways,and cars lie abandoned in ditches. meetings with the Marshalltown Times-Republican and the Mason City Globe-Gazette. Neither snow nor wind nor stir of polls tan stay the presidential quest of Orrin oo could they? For, in his breast pocket, the senator. from Utah carries a letter from Pierre Salinger that he quotes to audiences, At the momentheis reading it into his cell phone,for a reporter from the Kansas City Star. “I feel very strongly that you are the best Republican candidate for president,” wrote President Kennedy's press secretary. “You have done incredible work in the Senate for years, something that makes me feel that you would be an — snow, An optimistic lot by nature, some store owners havelost any illusions of But one ChevyBlazer barrels along at breakneck speed, a former race-cardriverat the wheel. In the passengerseat, in suit and tie, sits a presidential candidate, zipping between Aly vices relieve SLOC ofthe need to expefid dollars for selling and distributingtick: ets. Together with this week’s previously publicized signings of Monster.com and Marriott Corp., the gap between commit- Unless yousell skis or snow blowers, MASONCITY, lowa — A blizzard has blown into north- WEATHER: Snow likely far north;phighin 40s central, low 60s in Dixie. Is: BB services; no cash contribution Is involved. Still, Romneysaid thos¢ donated.s@i presidential campaign in an effortto inform readers of how other news media cover Utahsrelaited issues. BY DANA MILBANK * Classifieds Terms werenotreleased, but Romney said it wasin the range of a regular suppliership, meaning $5 million to $10 mil lion. Tickets.com’s Olympic investment is entirely a “value-in-kind” donation of Editor's Note: The Salt Lake Tribune offers thefol. ~ lowing Washington Post accountofUtah Sen. Orrin Hatch’s ‘THE WASHINGTON POST a 13th since Mitt Romney became SLOC presidentFeb.11. creating the documentary lab, said, “[Redford’s} passionis real, his know- valed Chicagoasthe largestcity in IlliDon Gull, executive vice president of sales and marketing at Deseret Book, said of the estimated 800,000 Olympic and Paralympic tickets available to the public. making up sales, even if winter returns with a vengean Victoria ‘recho/The Associated Press Republican presidential hopeful Sen, Orrin Hatch of Utah shares a laugh with young Republican students at Drake University in Des Moines,lowa, on Friday. important president.” It's hard to picture George W. Bush or John McCain bragging about a letter from a Democrat famousfor spinning plane-crash conspiracy theories on the Internet. But See HATCH,Page A-10 “Ski sales really hinge on getting snow somewhere in October or November,” said Tim Metos, who owns Wild Rose, a ski and bicycle shop in the Avenues area ofSalt Lake City. “People like to see snow in the valley,” Utah'sfirst serious snowstormdidnot arrive until after Thanksgiving. At Lawn & Garden Power Equipmen |
