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Show 022 by wise ‘OLYMPIC ~ For Many,Salt Palace Is the Only Venue BRIEFS « WAKE TheSalt Lake Tribune Woody’s Jell-O Arrives Columnist Woody Paige said he wasjust poking alit tle fun at Utah. Now he has ot a lifetime supply of the tate’s jal snack from back for a column he wrote week ripping Utah Mormons andtheSalt Lake Winter Olympics Denver Post Editor Glen zo said the Jell-O would »e donated to local food banks. Associated Press Wow TV While some are watching {in downtown Salt Lake City] and there’s plenty of room.” said USA Today Assignment Editor Reid Chercer, a veteran of seven Olympics. “They give us food, water and newspapers. They're even selling $80 putters! it’s not a gulag.” BY JOE BAIRD THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE dreds of boxes of lime Jell-O offices Monday. It was pay Reuters’ Radford, assigned to his 11th Olympiad, grumbled is attending his ninth Olym. pics this month in Salt Lake City. But the truth is, he hasn't seen muchof these Games any or of the others, for matter Montella, an that Associated Press copy editor, is part of a their world. While others are reporting from the mountain test of its new set-top box ernous MC, hotel being right across the street, it really does seem like I live here. Youenter the bubble and you leave the bubble Once in the bubble, day and denizens are processing phoning production booths. night become irreievant, yield For many of them, it is almost a ing to global news cycles and broadcast schedules. The AP's round-the-clockjob. Its Planet Montella says his Olympic workdays typically begin Olympics, Planet Press Center,” said Res Sports Editor Paul Rad. from London. “With my around Olympic some. within the Salt Palace. The MC, times don’t wrap up until close to midnight. Others workright through the night to meet accredited media members and a staff of 3,500, offers restau- deadlines overseas. “This isn't a sprint; it’s a marathon, so you haveto pace yourself,” Montellasaid. Todeal with such a captive, andoften demanding audience, 10 a.m. and run right through the day's final which It Lake Olympicorganizers have created a small city designed to accommodate 9,000 rants, pubs, banking services, a hair salon, laundry and dry cleaning and even massage therapy. More than halfway through the Games, it has gotten mostly high marks from thetenants. “t's situated really well here outstanding,” he said. “There's a lot of space, a lot of amenities andit’s very comfortable. I'm the one who hears the com plaints [from the Reuters’ staff], and I haven't heard many.I'm very impressed with the way it’s worked.” Even with that, the MC's populace needsto get out every once in awhile and some go to great lengths to do so. USA Today's Chercer and a co- worker walk to the media cen ter every morning from their hotel near the Salt Lake City International Airport, then swing by a downtown German bakery to pick uppastries. “The goal is to get outside for some fresh air and to eat inside aslittle as possible,” he said. Theperils of not doing so? “After awhile.” says AP's Montella, “you canstart to feel like PuxatawneyPhil in here HeberSecurity Volunteers Saddled With Rustic Lodging The 2\-week test during the Gamesis the first in a and series for Wow, which plans ' rt selling the $200 elec nic boxes nationwide sometime in September. Vince Horiuchi BY MICHAEL VIGH KEVIN CANTERA question whythey ever signed up for Games security in the first place Officers said they were bundling up to stay warm at night TIE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, HEBER Military troops assigned to Olympic security long underwear and duty are staying at a refurbished hospital equipped with The US. Olympic Com mittee has bestowed its highest honor for service to the late Jack Shea. Shea won two medals at the 1932 Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, and was the pa. triarch of three generations of U.S. Olympicathletes. Ac cepting the Olympic Torch \wardfor his latefather w: Jim Shea Sr., a member of the 1964 U.S Olympic ski team Linda Fantin Olympics Online There have been more visitors to the the official Web site for the 2002 Winter Gamesin thefirst week than 2000 Sydney Summer Games, according to MSNBC, which produces the site. The portal at www.nbcolympics.com continues to break records for traffic to an Olympics site. In the first seven days of the Games, 6.3 millionvisi. tors havesurfed to it, com. pared to 5.5 million for the entire 17 days of the Sydney Games. What is the most popular feature at the site, according to producers? The TV schedule. Vince Horiuchi Name That Tune ‘The good news: Your new song is jeatured in the Win ter Olympics Opening Cere mony, watched by 45 million Americans, as the backing to a performance by figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi The bad news: Nobody mentions your name “1 wasn't too happy with Bob Costas or Katie Cou,ic at that moment,” conceded wearing glovesto bed. Situated on Wasatch Front. But the volunteer security used car. officers out there.” stationed here They weren't thinking of the Olympics at the time, but said Robert Flow ers, head of the Utah Olympic ing in cramped motor homes Public Safety Command (UOPSC). “But we've checked out every complaint and we've and modular trailers overtaxed heaters are whos causing along with the weather. from a cold snap, said Col. Earl Morris of the Utah Department of Public Safety “I talked to some officers whosaid the first few days were pretty rough when the toilets froze over,” he said. “But now about 95 percent of what we positive.” are hearing Morris acknowledged that officers staying at Westminster allege, Weber State University and hotels and cabins are (REDWOOD SWAP EET Yew Round + Ld 3700 G0. Redwoodhhd =A {/ 973-6060 all, Far more info cat food, according to 10 volunteers boy Village work security at Soldier Hollow, site of Olympic cross country skiing. Having comefrom all over the country the village was refused by UOPSC brass, but a reporter was allowed to view it from to contribute to the mammoth outside a perimeter secured by security effort, manyfelt their experience would be more hospitable. chain-linkfence. “We're here on our own dime and wefeel like we're being treated like second-class itizens,” said one volunteer. water, cram| backed-up sewers, quarters and bad interviewed by The Salt Lake Tribune. A Tribune request to tour Not everyone is compiain-. ing. Utah native Ryan Thompson, serving guard dutyat the entrance to thesite, said he en “We didn’t expect a four-star hotel, but we did expect livable joys Cowboy Village becauseit reminds him of camping out “I like it,” Thompson said. “ButI'm fromUtah, so I expect conditions.” the cold.” The problems at Cowboy Village include a dearth of hot mvigh@sltrib.com; dealt with them. Things are Midway A Wallflower | Heber Valley Shuttle Service Falls Short of Expectations Of Oly Party | with public reviews. busi- visitors get around, but it has not caught on. Moreover, many Heber Valley residents havesteered clear of local businesses for fear of traffic and visiting mobs. “The communityis sticking together and the tourists are sticking together,” said Heidi Martinez ofHeber City } no interminglingatall.” Thereis lots for visitors to miss. At the barbecue or cowboy Dutch oven chicken. At the craft booths, they would find colorful Utah quilts, unique American Indian jewelry and unusual goods. Western leather “I'm surprised,” said quilter “I'm not disappointed,” said Wynne volunteers and some of the 500 National Not exactly a glowing endorsement, Guard soldiers stationed at the Heber airport, Creekmore said “I'm disappointed in the response to it,” said Jane Sloan, owner of Books and but shuttle bus proponents did not have Beyond in Midway high hopes to begin with. | “Wenever said we knew howthings wouldbe,” said Creekmore, co-ownerof a Midway property-management com ny 2} The shuttle was organized to operate during the Gamestoserve the hundreds of visitors stayingin the HeberValley for of Roy, who Park City. Only afew are hang: ing aroundto absorb the local sites. “Wehave found it hard to find where to go and what to do,” said Sylvia Carleton, a Sloan, one of about 30 business owners who contributed $250 toward the shuttle service, said she has not seen a returnonher investment. “T’ve only had one personin here who. used the shuttle bus, and she didn't buy anything.” Still, Sloan said sheis not sorry she not been the cultural event was not to give people what | Hollow heaped praise on SLOC’s smooth organization, efficient shuttles “What are people going to stay here for? What's here for Tim Andersonof the Viking Lodge Hotelcalls it a cultural clash, a bedroom community of German, Hungarian and Norwegian visitors at Soldier slower than people to gatherovercoffee or a beer. them? Nothing.” frugal Latter-day Saints awk wardat being hosts to a cosmopolitan crowd lot said Anderson, noting Park City has manymoreplaces for cross country spectator from Alberta, Canada expected.” the it Soldier Hollow. keantera@sitrib.com donated moneybecause the shuttle was a good idea that had to be tried. Oneof the system’s problems is that the shuttle’s stops are not well adver tised. In the shuttle’s brochure, the stops shown on a map are not precise. Along the route, the stops are marked with a bannerthat, unlessthere is a stiff wind. droops and cannot be read. Theshuttle also is struggling withre- liability. A Tribune reporter who tried the shuttle becamestranded for an hour in Midwaybecause of a mechanical break down. The buses are supposed to run every 30 minutes. Fortunately, the reporter wasthe only oneonthebus. ‘The $29,000 shuttle service was funded with $15,000 in grants from Midway, Heber and Wasatch vounties, $7,500 from area businesses and $7.500 from Creek more’s company. Wild West Fair in Heber, for example, visitors could be smackingtheir lips on Texas money, is getting mixed Creekmore, who helped launchtheservice. “It’s running. Those whorideit are ridingit.” nesses organized a shuttle to carless Manyofthe v ors, staying in farflung locales aroundthe valley, do not have easy access to vehicles. Wasatch County has no masstransit system and onlylimited taxi service. So far, however,the only visitors taking advantage of the service are Olympic private businesses and funded largely connecting Park City and the HeberValley. help the Nordic event: THE SALT KE TRIBUNE MIDWAY The Hober Valley Shuttle Service, organized at the last minute by @ Continued from O-17 a Heber and Midway BY BRENT ISRAELSEN “A basic mistake they made they camefor asociallife,” Although the Games have rink the other night. Edelweiss Gallery owner Sherry Omans pastries by the handful. She hopes for more experiences sold commemorative Olympic like that before the Games end. statues to a Russian couple. Dalgleish reveled in the warm reception she got during adinner the community had for the Swiss team. They scooped up her homemade “bratzeli” “People had so much more to give,” she said, commenting on the community's eagerness to make more Olympic friends. “That's the shame of it.” Sahysasitrib.com many had hoped for, there have been many of people coming together. Midway's Olympic pin. trading night last week at tracted more than 200. A Swiss medalist played hockey with a local 5-year-old on the town ice am IDS and friendly volunteers. They en- joyed the Pioneer West theme of entertainmentat the venue. Still, they spending their spare time in Salt Lake City or LORDYLORDY LOOK WHO'S FORTY TERRI ALLEN WHAT'S NEW IN COSMETIC SURGERY Latest Techniques in Facial & Body Surgery Brow Lifts * Face Lifts * Chin & Cheek implants Neeae Aascubed eereeeom ET is probably enjoying themselves more, but there are no hotel rooms available in Heber. ‘The five dozen or so volunteer officers stationed in Cow- some of the shivering cops to thought it would be a natu ral. New lyrics were written and the song was re recordedfor the ceremony Associated Press We know it's tough muddy Cowboy Villageareliv- “It's a after it was recorded, Eder “T'm nottryingto sell you a at anticipated Swiss Days crowds ‘amille Claw Taw sewage and manure. at plush hotels throughout the will be able to track down that advertises the song's role in the Olympics. The was co-written by Ed. ank Wild Broadway horn, west Railroad and a horse pasture, the temporary barracks are surrounded by the foul odor of Marlene Larsen Her new CD hasasticker Heber’s side between the Heber Valley andrecreation room. Other federal agents and volunteer officers are lodging better now than they were.” Flowers said only a handful of out-of-state securityofficers have guit due to intolerable living conditions, adding that the situation has improved heearly problems resulted entrees, a well-stocked store singer Linda Eder. But she figures persistent people who liked the song, “Gold,” her nameon the Internet. several blankets. One said he was even a cafeteria offering sumptuous Shea Honored for the whole competitions, about the lack of diversity in the media center's food selec tion. “But overall, it's been and get news sto- video clips, TV schedules und Olympic event scheduies on demand with a click of their remote. bound play Grayson West/TheSalt Lake Tribune Main Media Centerin the Salt Palace. as it is known, is or the arena, the Media Center that allows older TVs to re- ceive a crisp digital signal of the Games from But they also can interact with archived bullpen at the tos, writing headlines or man: ures. Salt Lake y-based Wow Digital TV is conducting a ries, a nap in the Except to go grab some n the the Salt Lake Valley re part of test that lets them watch the Olympicsin the broadcast Nvympic-related Games,takes large, unsung gathering of news media members who are calling the Main Media Center in theSalt Palace homefor the sleep, or a quick meal or alatenight beer, the sprawling, cav- DVD-likevideo and with in Paolo Colonnetti, one of thousands of journalists from all over the world covering the Winter New Yorker Paul Montella ththe Winter Games ontheir blurry TVs with coat hang ers for antennas, 30families teractive Tuesday, February 19, 2002 Editors camp out in media center; fresh air is a luxury the people who didn’t think he was so funny A truck carrying hun arrived at The Denver Post's is ~ Happy Birthday Your Loving Family Lecture Series Presented THE INSTITUTE OF FACIAL & COSMETIC SURGERY Andfeaturing Lori Chapman from Phazes UTAH HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY aa Ore |