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Show The Salt LakeTribune OT TUESDAY @ STATE OF THE STATE, D-3 ROBERTKIRBY WANN LANDERS, D-8 mCOMICS, D-10 T LAKE TRIBUNE The thousands of Utahns who venture onto the state's roads this Tips to Avoid’ Fouling Up Turkey Dinner NOVEMBER20, 2001 Holiday Travelers Should Expect Colder Weather, Slicker Roads BYJUDY FAHYS © 2001, The Salt Lake Tribune WEATHER, D-12 gly, D-11 Thanksgiving holiday will confront colder, wetter weather in northern parts of the state. Most can leave behind the ski gear, though, sinée just one resort plans to be open for limited skiing. A storm is forecast to blow into the state from the West on Wednesday, giving areas north of Price a 30 percentto 50 percent chanceofprecipitation, with rain in the lower elevations and heavy snowpossible in the upper elevations. The chance of precipitation increases to 40 percent and60 percent in the northern half of the state on Thanksgiving Day, the National WeatherService said. It appearstravelers will be facing the season's first foul weather condi- ahead so they cantravel ata safe speed and to carry cellphones, gloves, flares and a blanket, in caseof emergency, prepare for a winter weekend readings will drop 5 to 10 degrees Thursday, with possible showers in southern Utah during the remainder of the weekend. drive,” she said. tions, said Rolayne Fairclough of Utah Temperatures will be 45 to 55 degrees on Wednesdayin northern Utah AAA. Roads maybe dangerous, given the mix of rushed orgroggydrivers and about 5 degrees lower on Thurs day. These temperatures will linger Even with the projectedprecipita: tion, Brian Head Resort in southern Utahis the onlyski resort with plans to open on the holiday. A lift to beginner-level ng on artificially produced snowi start running through the weekend, along with 't’ got- their winter said Fairclough Her agency estimates 279,000 Utahnswill be traveling 40 miles or more from their homesthis holiday weekend. About243,000 of themwill be traveling bycar. Fairclough advised drivers to plan cloudiness anda chanceof showers. Thereis a chance of heavy snowfall in the northern Wasatch and Uinta Thursday. Anotherwill takeskiers to intermediate terrain if snovfall is heavyenough. “If it snowsafootlike theyare say- ranges becauseoflower temperatures at high elevations. Meanwhile, temperatures in southern parts ofthestatewill be inthe high ing it might, there is a 50 percent chance” of the secondlift running, said Kara Kowalski in Brian Head’s 50s to the high 60s. Thermometer marketing office. If you do not have your Thanks- giving turkeyyet, it may be too late. The good onesare almost gone. Picking out a Thanksgiving tur- key follows the samelogic as Educated Utah Fueled ’90s Boom choosing a Halloween pumpkin, namely the longer you wait, the less ofa selection there will be. Thenight before Halloween,all the cool pumpkins shapedlike a particular politician’s head, or an unattractive body part, are usually long gone. You havetosettle for nice symmetrical ones. Although timeis running out, it’s still possible to find a good turkey. By this I mean a turkeythat is both memorableandsafe. You BYJOE BAIRD expansion. Thelatestfigures released today by Parton. Onto more practical matters. _ Basically, there are three types of turkeys to choose from: live, fro- zen and imaginary. Forgetlive turkeys. The bother involved in finding and preparing an animal thatis twopartsfeet, three parts mattress, butstill smarter than the average human is more complicated than we have room forhere. The samegoes for imaginary turkey, which is allegedly found in stuff like processed lunch meats, TV dinners and military rations. If it ever wasturkey, it still requires lotof fooling yourself to believe thatit’s not linoleum. This leaves the most common turkey,specifically frozen. Most Americansthink thisis the natural state of a turkey.I was16 before I found outthatthe original equipmentincluded heads and feet. The natural habitatof frozen turkeysis in the freezer section of your local grocery store. You can sometimesfind frozen turkeys on theside ofthe road, but I wouldn't recommendit. Frozen turkeysall lookalike. Part ofthis is because they are covered with plastic and frozen to the consistency ofa bankvault. Still, it is possible to choose a good one. First, you need to decide on size. Turkeys comein twosizes: too small andtoo big. Buya too-small turkey and there won't be enoughto feed everyone, Buyonethatis too big and you will be serving turkeyleftovers to an increasingly irate family until Presidents Day. NOTE:Thisis just oneof the many wayswhere the wrong turkey can landyou in the emergency room. Other turkey dangers include underdoneturkey,exploding turkeys andC-ration turkey loaf. Once you determinethe right size, use your knuckles and rap briskly on the turkey to determine freshness. A good turkey should make a sound like rapping on Hoover Dam.You don't wanta soft turkey,as they spoil and rapidly becomebiological threats. Takethe turkey home and decide how you wantto cookit. Whileitis possible to cook a completely frozen turkey, most people do not have access to a nuclear re- actor. It’s usually best to thaw the turkeyfirst. That takes abouta fortnight. Since we don’t havea fort' night before Thanksgiving, either soak it overnight in warm water, or hookit to. a welderfor about an hour. ‘To cook the turkey,putit in the ovenat 350 degrees. About 400 minutes per pound shoulddoit. Ifthis sounds likea lot ofbother, you can come to my house. We're having ham. Salt Lake Tribune columnist Robert Kirby lives in Springville. He welcomes mail at P.O. Box 684, Springville, UT’ 84663or e-mail at rkirby@sltrib.com 4 SALT LAKECITY / OGDEN PROVO / OREM F An influx of newcomershelped fuel Utah's boom ofthe 1990s, butit was the because it put you in the emergency room. Noone knowsexactly how tur- that turkeysare essentially just really big chickens shapedlike Dolly UTAH UNITED STATES state’s highly educated populace that eating barnacles, traded fora frozen turkey from some American Indians, whoregretted it ever since. Whatwe do knowforsureis How Utah Ranks at Home and in School Type of Household ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE never want to remember a turkey key cameto be thetraditional Thanksgiving entrée. Legend has it that starving Pilgrims, tired of , Census survey shows income,diversity grew sparked the unprecedented economic the Census Bureau showsUtah leading the nation in the percentage of people over age 25 whohaveattained at least a high school diploma. And Utah ranksin the upperthirdof states for residents who have earnedatleast a bachelor’s degree. At the sametime, the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey showed Utah's Married- couple familes. (EES) Other Families WM Poverty Rates median household income increased. 56 percent during the past decade and eee the percentage of people living below the poverty line decreased 21 percent. All families Female “Mostof the informationis indicative of what a strong economy we had in the ’90s,” Neil Ashdown,thestate's deputy director of planning and budget, said Monday. “But the most important thing is how median income collided with attainment.” UNITED STATES UTAH peas People living alone ——SALTLAKECITY/OGDEN PROVO / OREM ] te) Te 11% | | householder families UNITED STATES UTAH Personsin poverty 8% | | eee 6% 21% Education [ Other nonfamily households State SL County 8% Utah County SALT LAKE CITY / OGDEN 11.4% 9.9% 9.0% 9.9% 15.4% 7.8% nee fore eee PROVO / OREM educational In other words, oneled to the other. The supplementary survey — a wide-rangingseries of population estimatesof 700,000 householdsin 1,200 counties nationwide — also provides more evidence that Utah is not the samestate it was a decade ago whenit comesto ethnic and racial diversity. ‘The percentageof Utahns speaking alanguage other than English climbed from 7.8 percent a decade ago to 11.5 percentlast year, putting Utah in the top 20 nationally. In Salt Lake County, that figure swelled to 16 percent, up from 8.9 percentin 1990. See CENSUS,Page D-12 Graduateor professional degree Bachelor's degree Associate degree Ez State Salt Lake County Utah County to rethink $145M ruling 2 1990 2000 87.9% 85.3% 90.7% 89.4% 22.0% 23.8% 26.9% 28.0% 87.9% BY ELIZABETH NEFF State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. has asked the Utah SupremeCourt to reconsiderits decision to reinstate a $145 million punitive damages award against the company, calling the ruling a “recipe forlitigation abuse and rampantunfairness.” In a petition filed with the high court'on Friday, the insurer attacked the justices’ reasoning in their Oct. 20 opinion.The ruling, they say, marks a departure from past rulings and has far-reachingeffects for Utah justice. 94.6%=| 26.2% — 35.0% Mike Miller/The Salt Lake Tribune Source: US. Census Bureau “Tt effectively creates a new proce- repairs made withlow-qualityparts in dure whereby a defendant may be Colorado to unfairly lowearthquake- subjected, in a case broughtbyan individual plaintiff, toa class-action-like damagesettlements in California. After years of le wrangling, a Salt Lake County jury in 1996 awarded the Campbells $2.6 million in compensatory damages and $145 million in amountof punitive damages. ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE years andover 1990 DamagesExcessive, Insurer Says — Utah justices are asked Educationalattainment bachelor's or higher 25 and over SI Somecollege, no degree = High schooldiplomaor equivalency mal Less than high schooldiploma Educationalattainment shigh school 25 years ia x .” the petition said. The October opinion stems from a 1989 lawsuit filed against State Farm by Curtis and Inez Campbell of Lewiston, Utah. The couple alleged State Farm acted in bad faith by refusing to protect their assets after Curtis Campbell wassued overa fatal 1981 car accidenton U.S.91 in Sardine Canyon between Brigham City and. Logan. The Campbells also claimed State Farm’s corporate policy was to cheat customersin order to pursue profits. Attrial, jurors heard witnesses describe misconduct ranging from car punitive damages. Third College Crime Stats Are Out, But Confusing BYKIRSTEN STEWART District THESALT LAKETRIBUNE Court Judge William B. Bohling re- duced the award to $1 million in compensatory damagesand$25 million in punitive damages, but the opinionreinstated the ju award. October original State Farm says the high court The annualcollege ranking no school wants to top is just out: crimestatistics on college campus- es. Amongthe crimes the U.S. Departmentof Educationtracks its report, drug and alcoholviolations should reconsider because evidence rules should have bannedtestimony aboutdissimilar, out-of-state conduct “Given all of this out of state are most common in Utah. That’s true of college campuses across the See STATE FARM, Page 0-6 lice chiefs warnthe report can be confusing, however, and they n thevalidity of someof the nation. Administrators and campus po- statistics. In some SAFETY WATCH | cases, increases in crime may bea product of tougher ' enforcement, said Don Reid, chief of policeat Dixie State College in St. George. Also, thereare no hard and fast rules for reporting crimes. Bylaw, American colleges and A loaded coaltruck makes the turn off state Road 123 onto U.S. Highway6 while a UDOT employee monitors the junction from a pickup. With the opening of a nearby coal mine,the already dangerousroad is potentially even more treacherous dueto the numberof coaltrucks using the route — and the upcoming holiday weekend. See story on Page D-2. universities are required to collect al nake public annual crimestatistics. For the second year, the See COLLEGE CRIME,Page D-6 CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS JJ.M., a man suing the Utah Department of Corrections in 3rd District Court for allegedly improperly placing his name on an Internet sex offender registry, is a Salt Lake Countyresident. A story in Friday'sedition of The Salt Lake Tribune incorrectly said he is a Utah State Prison inmate. lye |
