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Show UTAH Bae The Salt Lake Tribune S/ OBITUA! WEATHER RefugeesStill Arrive in SLC Wasaich Frontresiden urged to leave their car homeand stay indoors. Animalsare dying, leaving their habitat for lack of water stood on a Salt LakeCity of blond- haired, blue-eyedchildren. They were lining up TUESDAY JULY23, 2002 Wildlife Growing Desperate Like Pioneers, ] ing out on a sea 0 No-Drive Day . BY SKIP KNOWLES showing scant moisture content at emaciated juvenile cou recently was killed after showing up on a doorstep near Tabiona. “This could be the worst a for bears,” Donaldson said. The:ey're gravitating toward anything they can eat.” A drop in acorns, berries and other members In response, board ted a droug sht responseplan that ed hunts to trim will include in Forty days and 40 nights doe: soundso bad right now headedfora disas deerand elk he trous winter. As it is, humans will come in At an emergencywildlife board meeting held Monday little pioneers, girls in calico contact with more bears and moun. theircenter. THE SALT AKE TRIBUNE police fficers and paramedics. A fewpatriots were mixed in, too aBetsy Ross, a BenFranklin. Mostly, there were hundreds of Utah’s disastrous di ight, wildlife board members were told to expect beartrouble, a dr in deerhe: sand fish out of water by summer’ end. Waierleve are the worstsincethe 1920s, and forest “fuel” i s the driest 3 inches thick are everrecorded: Li to address tain lions as natural food sourcesdry up, said Walt Donaldson, Northeast region manager. Alyready this year, two black bears were whenthey camein contact with humans in northeast Utah. An forage due the di ‘ought ai ia June Means southeast r ion bears fre will be lean, mean and onthe prowl for food by e rly fall. Last year, almost 80 bears werekilled in response to hu manconflicts in southeast Utah Altho rain returned to the Sait LakeValley last week, it will tak alot more than a few afternoon thunder showers to ease Utah's wildlife woes. “A monsoon is { se security. An inch where an fall and we'll be right back we were in a few days. said See DROUGHT, Page B-6 skirts andsunbonne’ muslin shir ) wererunning and laughing, loving HARMLESS HORRORS their turn at dress-up. Justbriefly, they werechildren ofyester Indians Hit Hardest honoringa past generation’ cape frompersecution By Tobacco andreset: tlement intoa barren placefar THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE from Cigarette smoking remains the No. t preventable causeof deathand disease in the United States. Its adverse health ef HOLLY MULLEN fects are even greater for than 100 other young people were American Indians and meeting in stuffy rooms of a downtown hotel. They werenot wearing natives, who have the highest rate of tobacco use among all costumes and facepeaint. They ethnic minorities. “We were pretty shocked ing themselves U tah’s's newest refugees, rangingin agefrom10 to 27. As membe whenwefound out that Native Americans’ use was so high sometimesthreetimestherate a group called Young Refuge: Utah 4 World Peace, they gave up a Saturdayto discuss matters that weighon themevery day language barriers. navigating the Americanschool system, prob: lems with public transportation, finding a job. It was so perfect. Withthedeliriumof Days of '47 upon us, when wecelebratetheoriginal influx of refugeesinto this state with parades, rodeos, fireworks andpic nics, Alaska we have the comfort of know ing this: Thetrail of newcomersto this valley remains long and con: ofanyother ethnic group,” said University of Utah psycholo gist Karol Kumpfer. She and dozens of other ex perts are discussing the preva lence, cessation plans and treatment optionsthat are be | fore the National Native Con ferenceon Tobacco. The annual event continues through Wed. Grayson West /TheSalt Lake Tribune Oneofthe 8 zillion spiders at the Great Salt Lake State Marina waitsforits next mealto get snaredin its web. The big, voracious spiders are overrunning the marina, and the boats dockedthere, buttheirbite is no threat to humans. Spider Invasion stant. Somethings have changed. To: day’s refugees, those wholanded herein thepast 10 y are largely from war-ravaged coun tries in Eastern Europe and Africa. And somethings are the same. Like the Mormons whofled hostile ernmentin Nauvoo,Ill., these ugees escaped unspeakable violence in their native countries and found themselves in Utah, strang ers in astrange land. Thereare approximately 34,000 people in Utahwithrefugee ba BYSSKIP KNOWLES THE “| wassittingintheoffice and someonesays‘I don’t know how to tell you this but there's a spideron your shirt RangerRob Rosell haskilled up to 200 spiders on his SALT LAKE TRIBUNE rmaJohnsonhasa dead 7-inchblack tarantula for 30-foot boat “You spray one little area and 20 comeout. They get aggressive whenthey're spr: ” Rosel “Ii seems like theyattack you, they always run toward you. But I sale on thewall ofherold paddleboat gift shop in front ofSaltair. grounds, says Buba Roth, director of the Utah PeaceInstitute, sponsor But the spiders outside are muchscarier: Onthecreakyback porch ofthe boat, dozensof 2-inch spiders with fat abdomens havecoveredtheold rope handrail with heavy curtainsofweb. It’s an annual pheponent that turns thelakeshoreinto a little shopof hor of Saturday's forum, About 7,000 areof active refugeestatus, mean. ing they are herelegally and will be eligible for citizenship after about five years. Yes, they are immi grants,but they are morethan that “Theydid not havea chanceto plantheir move andto adjust men: tally, emotionally and physically to leavingtheir country,” Roth "Whoa Sc-a-a-a-ar lanofCastaic, Calif., run faster.” “I saw the commercial who has dropped bywithhi while I’m “Thelimitingfactorfor spiders is food supply,” says Wade Bitner, Utah State University extension horticul hopes andfrustrations. For them, for now,this is the place, Hereare fe oftheirve james Alic Garang, 2%, from sulk n, in the United § for one year: “I do notlike tha youngchil. dren in America use abusivelan: guageagainsttheirelders. They have in their lives,’ Kumpfersaid. The remaining days of the conference will feature lec tures and worksheps on sub: jects including tribal anti smoking resolutions, tobacco biologyand youth prevention. Kumpler, of the Pawnee tribe, is a U. associate professor of health promotion and edu. cation. About two years ago. See STUDY, Page Bed Bitnerdoesn’t needto tell that to Steve Phillips, part time sailor and full-timespokesman for the Utah Divi sion of Wildlife. “Thosearethe biggest, ugliest, scariest spiders in the world. They're hideous,” CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS Junction and Kingston are turist for Salt Lake County. “If there's lots of food they keep going and going and go crazy.” annual spider scourge is so bad manysailors cannot prod their spouses to come to the marina until summer is know their neighbors. They have spraying my boat.” The attractionis food. It’s inexhaustible. Brineflies yardsofspider webbing A mile away at the Great Salt LakeState Marinathe The refugees I met Saturdayare still for ‘Eight Legged Freaks’ [a cake the lake surface and pack the webs. il tair Resort weren't deserted-looking enough abe idle ‘ar’s appear netted to the ground by lively, articulate and working to put downroots. They wantto cultural significance of smok ing, and the emotional ‘salve cigarettes provide to needy or abused populations. “SometimesIndians see it as the only small pleasure they big and ugly, I've had them landon my face and body ys 6-year-old Daniel C! Danielis looking at the paddle wheelsof the old boat, their homes, sometimes in a mat ter of minutes Too often, experts say, an tismoking groups don't under stand what tobacco means to movie now in theaters] and] thought MARINA!" he says. “Antelope Island has the same problem. They're so which haven't moved sincethe engines diedinthe flood of 83. The boat is landlockedin a pond, andthe paddle wheels are infested with fat, ugly spiders quietly gorging on the b eflies that swarmthe pondsurf says. “Theywere forced to leave America Hotel and Towers. American Indi the sa credness ofthe plant itself, the Dry weather, brine-fly glut bring ‘orb-weavers’ outin force neighbors anda repressive gov- nesday at Salt Lake City’s Little in Piute County and Manila is in Daggett County. A graphic in Monday’s Salt Lake Tribune misstated the counties those towns are in he says. “] guess they're no real harm though ‘They won't bite you if you don’t mess with them." over. A sign on theoffice warns live-aboards to clear out in All spiders packpoison, but most lack fangs long time forthe fifth spraying this year. Thousands ofbig spi enough to penetrate human skin. These largegarden aw! out and die on the boats and docks with each raving. In two days, they're back. “They suck,” sa ambraeWill, a ranger assistant See SPIDERS, Page B-4 destroyed in Tlinols iin the late 1850s, was rebuilt, not renovat ed, as stated in a story in Mon day's Tribune, seem to say whateverthey want to their parents and teachers. The African way is that whoeveris youngerthan you, they must respect you.” 8 Solomon Awan, 23, Sudan, in the United States for 10 months: “Thereis fear about me. Ameri. U. Student a Suspect in Theft Of Moon Rocks From NASA cans migh sume I am a terrorist and they are afraidto talk to me. And people don't have enough BY GREG LAVI THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE time. They do not havethe timeto get to know me.” B Hafsa Abdikadir, 26, Kenyz inthe UnitedStatesforthree years: “I knowthereare people whoseminds are madeup about me. You think I amfrom a country A University of Utah physics student who dreamedof becoming an astronaut faces federal criminal charges for allegedly trying to peddle stolen time. If I told you lived in a house, you are surprised § Goran Rogonjic, 17, Bosnia in the United Statesfor three years; “When J hear that Ameri cans watch TV for five or six hours a day, J think how muct they takethings for granted. I an not saying Americans are stupid But their brain is not full.” Amullen@sltrib.com COPY theft of government property transportation in interstate and com merce of stolen property. Shi Lyni Saur, 19, was arrested Saturday in [uy Houston and charged with cor spiracy NASA moon rocks collected during Valy Varde the Apollo lunar mission: chairman of the U Ryan Roberts, 25, and two other peo: ple, in an Orlando, Fla., restaurantfor their alleged involvement in the July said that Robert was well-regarded within the depart The FBI on Saturday arrested Thad wherepeople jump up and down, it is all jungle and we dance all the SHOCKPROOF theft of a 600-pound safe full of lunar and meteorites, according t NASA's Office of Inspector General The safe was taken from the Johnsor Space Center in Houston, physics department where Rob = ment. Roberts His stleague “He is a good kid,” Vardeny erts was working for the summer n't know what happened Roberts, Tiffany Brooke Fowler, 22 and Gordon Sean McWorter, 26, were Roberts, charged with conspiracy to commit i astronaut aspirations e NK secret to friends ar saic Fowler and Saur were See MOON ROCK. Paye al B-4 Grayson West The Salt Take Tribuns Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, called Monday's rededication of the refitted Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building in Salt Lake City “a nice moment Thebuilding, erected in 1964, is named for Bennett's father. Story, B |
