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Show JAZZ VS. SONICS SALT LAKE’S VANISHING HOUSES Utah begins 17th run at title B-1 Developers aren't replacing homes razedfor business D-1 RELIGION IN CENSUS? Not til the rol is called upyonder C-1 Che Salt LakeGri bttp://www.sltrib.com une Utah’s Independent Voice Since 1871 Volume 260 Number 8 ©2000, The Salt Lake Tribune BON APPETIT SLC Chews Up Park City in Dining Survey PHILSAHM BY PHIL ‘THE SALT LAKETRIBUNE As it turnsout, friends dolet friendseat in Salt Lake — atleast according to the 2000 Zagat Survey. The well-known gauge of gastronomic goodness reports in its Millennium Editionthat eight of Utah’s 10 most-popular dining destinations are in the Salt LakeCity ar- 143 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah #4111 SATURDAY,APRIL 22, 2000 on Telephone numbers listed on A-2 ele SomeSee DivinePlanin Fightfor Elian THE WASHINGTON POST MIAMI A woman in a wheelchair holds aloft a color poster dominated by the innocentface of Elian Gonzalez — the Cuban exiles’ littlest messiah = in the ieee a bloody figure of Jesus ‘ist hangs on the cross. “After the crucifixion Elian MMMUMURSIS and Cuba will rise up too,” reads the legend of the glossy poster, @ WebLinks which shimmers in the tropical | @ Past Stories glare outside the modest Little Havana home where throngs of w sitrib.com IB Taks for Elian'sretum to daddragon Elian Gonzalez AS looks at a cross made of a paim blade that was placed in the the suffering of Christ and prepared to celebrate his resurrection, many Cubanexiles here are meditat ing on Elian, the 6-year-old boy being hailed variouslyas a messenger from God, a Cuban Moses sent fence outside his Miami home this week. Many to lead them out of exile or the embodiment of an Afro-Cuban deity who appears as a child and foretells thefuture. In some RomanCatholic churches, in small shops selling the accoutrements of Santeriz alongthe protest barricades, Cuban exiles are grop- praying, chanting demonstra- ing for meaningin the long-running saga of El Nino tors gather daily to try to prevent the Clinton ad- Milagro ministration from sending the shipwrecked boy sage he brings about the fate of the Cuban diaspora the Miracle Child Cubanexiles see the battle to keep the boyin the United States as a religious struggle. asking what mes- back to Cuba with hisfather. See ELIAN SAGA,Page A-6 On Good Friday, while Christendom reflected on ea. Snowbasin ON GOOD FRIDAY Salt Lake City-based GastronomyInc. fared particularly well, ‘Tony Gutierrez/The Associated Press with four ofits restaurants landing in the top 10. The New Yorker came in first, with the MarketStreet Broiler, Baci Trattoria and Market Street Grill ranked eighth, ninth Land Swap and 10th, respectively. GastronomyPresident John Williams praised the democraticvirtues of the survey, which queries diners about restaurant food quality, decor andservice. “What better judge can you have than the people of the city who are Hits Obstacle dining outevery day of the year?” he asked. Well, food quality mightbe anotherwayto lookatit, said Julie Wilson,director offood and beverages at Deer Valley Resort in Park Prior deal throws wrench into exchange ‘ity. Just one Park City restaurant — The Mariposa at Deer Valley — madetheelite 10. Patrons rated the restaurant sixth most popular. But The Mariposa tied for top honors in food quality, along with Salt Lake City’s Fresco Italian Cafe and The Grapevine in Logan.That, BYCHRISTOPHE!R SMITH They were standing at the altar Friday, the U.S. Forest Service and Ear! Holding’s Sinclair Oil Corp., readyto tie the knot on oneof the most controversial public land and oneofthe highestratings for service, means plenty to Wilson. “Mostpopular doesnot necessarily mean the bestfood,” she said. dealsin the nation after a long and rocky courtship. But the surprise appearance of As to the dearth of Park City es- tablishments onthe list, she as- an earlier suitor suddenly turned sumed Zagat surveys more Salt Lake City diners than it does diners in ParkCity, so naturally the mostpopular list reflects that. the runawaybride. Anoverlooked 1990 agreement the congressionally blessed Snowbasin land exchange intoa case of The group boughtbillboards and space onthe side of Utah Transit Authority buses with the admoni- tion: “Friends don’t let friends eat ceived high rankings in the past havegone outof business. They include the Hungry i, Barking Frog, Pomodoro, L’Hermitage andIl Sansoviny0. Alas,in the Darwinian, jungle of the restaurantindustry, even the best get fed to the lions. Food for thought amongthe survivors. INDEX Ann Landers C-5 AsimovD-40 Asimov__D-10 Comics_ Movies _ Betrology__08 Classifieds Crossword D5 0-8 WEATHER:A 30-50% chance of rain a highs in 60s north, 60s, 70s Details: C-8 J Ht 234 Il. A4 BY DANIELA PETROFF ‘THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS ROME — Pope John Paul Iled a torchlight procession around the ancient Roman Colosseum on Good Friday, leaning on a woodencaneas he marked Christ’s suffering and death on one of Christianity’s most solemndays. Although the pope used to carry a wooden cross for the entire, half-mile Colosseum procession,after hip surgery a few years ago he began covering only a stretch of the way with the cross to commemorate Jesus’ suffering on the wayto crucifixion. The pope turns 80 on May18. After holding the cross during thefirst pause for prayer, the pope, wearing red and white handed it off in succession to a Romanfamily, a Chinese woman anda young African boy wholives in a refugee camp in Rome. Anestimated 50,000 pilgrims and tourists, many 1B _N.M.teens on pilgrimage slain '@ Jesus more thana role for Utah actor A-12 a of them carrying small torches, converged on the Colosseum,site of someofthefirst Christian martyrdomsat the hands of the Romans,for Friday's nighttimeliturgy. After the procession,the pope stressed the contemporary message of the sufferings ofChrist. “Who,if not the crucified son of God, can know the sorrow and loneliness of so manylives shattered and without a future?” the pope said. John Paul, who is also a poet, playwright and best-selling author, personally wrote the prayers and itati that i e fi It is not “enough to wash one’s hands,” the pope said, referringto the gesture of PontiusPilate that eventually led to the crucifixion of Christ. “Responsibility for the blood of the just remains.” For Mormons,Easter celebrations mostly low-key BY PEGGY FuETC ER STACK THES! SALUT LAKE ‘TRIBUNE For Mormonsthere is no palm waving, foot washing, candle lighting, incense burning, trumpets blaring or’ special services during Christendom’s holiest week, While many members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will hear talk about the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter, they will not share in the usual Christian rituals. “Latter-day Saints believe andtestify that Jesus den’s mayor, whois planning to ask Congressto once again inter- vene and amend the Snowbasin legislation to allow Holding to keep ‘Taylor Canyonandnottradeit to the Forest Service, even though trails through the private parcel connect to public paths all along the bench and goto the top of Malan’s Peak and Mount Ogden. “I would like to see Taylor John Paul reminds Christians of atonement, duties Service. “People want to be able to use that canyon,andI believethe best arise on the [Snowbasin] side,” to his ski resort, the Forest Service is adamantthat the parcel remain part of any trade with Holding for i owned land around Snowbasin. “Weare going to stand firm on getting Taylor Canyon,” said Bob Swinford, spokesman for the Intermountain Region of the agency in Ogden. “It has been the highest priority access objective for us along the entire Wasatch Front.” Conservationists, who have drawn national attention to the Snowbasin land exchange as an example of politicians pandering to a wealthy campaign .See SNOWBASIN, Page A-4 BY DANIEL Q. HANEY place? THE ASSOCIATED PRESS it comes down to the willingnes all involved thescientists, the news media and the public to drawfirm conclusions froma stew BOSTON This timeit is fiber which, contrary to the collective wisdomof the brightest minds in medicine, apparently does not ward off colon cancerafterall. The specifics change, but the pattern is the same: Overand over, the conventional medical wisdom collapses underthe weight of new evidence. Remember whensalt was evil? When eggs werethesoul of dietary wickedness? When estrogen seemed like an iron shield against heart disease? Nowitis prettyclearthatsaltis not an important cause of high blood pressure. Most people prob- ment [communion] at services every week is an howthatwill turn out, but there is 4 quickly if the canyon were owned by Holding rather than the Forest Of Flip-Flopping Health Tips ably can eat an egg for breakfast See MORMONS,Page A-4 gondola tramway to Mount Ogden could be built more easily and High Fiber Is Latest Casualty Christ was resurrected and lives today with a glorified and perfected body,” said LDS Church spokesman Michael Purdy. “Taking the sacraopportunity to quietly ponder and personally acknowledge thesacrifice which the Savior made.In that sense, every Sundayis an opportunity to rec. ognize the atonementofChristin a personal way.” Any special attention paid to Christ on Easter is left to local congregations to plan, Purdy est Service officials and told them a Godfrey said. Although it seems Holding is reluctant to part with Taylor Canyon because of the potential for building a tramwayin the canyon “deteriorated.” Slipping into the breach is Og- The Day of Redemption Ogdenwant,”said Mayor Matthew Godfrey. He met Friday with For- system into Taylor Canyon — Ogden’s popular trail head now owned by Holding and the Forest Service’s top priority in any exchange has put the deal for completion of a premier 2002 Win- Sinclair Oil are exchanging accusations of blame and acknowledge their working relationship has. Alex Bury takes his tum shouldering the burden in the Good Friday Processionof the Cross through downtown Salt Lake City on Friday evening. The procession began at the First Presin byterian Church and ended at the Cathedral of the M i with four because that is what the people of aroad,utility line and storm sewer ter Gamesski race venue on indefinite hold. Both the Forest Service and ‘Trent Nelson/TheSalt Lake Tribune Canyonpulled from the land swap. way to do that is with more trails and agondola that allows them to see the beauty and experience whatever views or developments by a previous landowner to share costs with a neighborfor extending The survey does carry a tinge of irony in lightof the Park City RestaurantAssociation’s spring 1999 advertising campaign. in Salt Lake.”Park City restaurateurs said the ad was just some good-natured fun. Theassociation is about to embark on another campaign,this time poking fun at their highfalutin resort town, with an ad saying Park City has more restaurants than real-estate agents. Salt Lake restaurant owners got heartburn from last year’s ad. “I thoughtit was little below the belt,” said Karen Olson, owner ofThe Metropolitan restaurant in Salt Lake City, which ranked as the fifth-most popular eatery in Utah in this year’s survey.“I feel privileged we're in the topfive.” Zagat polled nearly 2,000 people in Utah and Coloradoto compile the Rocky Mountain Survey. Approximately 400 restaurants were rated in the twostates. Others to make the 10 most popular in Utah included the Fresco Italian Cafe, Log Haven and Tuscany, all in the Salt Lake City area, which were rated second,third and fourth, respectively. The Mandarin in Bountiful was rated No.7. Several Utah restaurants thatre- @ Athens answers IOC © 2000, THESALT LAKETRIBUNE withouttriggering a heart attack. And estrogen? Noonereally knows doubt about the long-accepted assumption that it keeps the heart working smoothly after meno- pause. So how does this happen? Why dohealth rulesfall apart after they arechiseled in stone? And how do they get to be rules in thefirst ’ Many health professiona of often poorly conducted, contra: dictory and incomplete observations. “One of the problems is that strong rectcreas have of: ten been made on veryws says Walter Willett of theHarvard School of Public Health. “It may have been the best guess at the moment. But often the recommendationsare repeated so many times that people forget they were rough guesses in thefirst place and come to think they arehardfacts.” This is not to say everything is wrong or likely to be overturned tomorrow,Forinstance,scientists are absolutelycertain that smoking is bad. Many are reasonably sure that obesity is harmful over the long haul. And they are comfortable recommending that people avoid saturated fat andeatlots offruits, vegetables and wholegrains, even Sce HIGH FIBER,Page A-6 poy |