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Show MONUMENTIN LIMBO AIR FORCE TOPS UTAH Emery County vote could makefeds reconsider B-1 Falcons comeback to win 30-26 C-1 Ghe Salt LakeCrib une Nearly 3,000 in Valley www.sltrib.com Volume 264 Number 186 2002, The Salt Lake Tribune Utah’s Independent Voice Since 1871 2 + SEPTEMBER 29, 2002 Have No Place to Vote Salt Lake County residentsfall between redistricted boundaries, must mail in ballots BY DAN HARRIE ©2002, THE LT LAKETRIBUNE Nearly 3,000 Salt Lake County residents arebeing told they can’t cast a vote at their neighborhood polling place on Election Daybecause they have fallen in the cracks betweenpolitical boundaries. Leah Hogsten/‘TheSalt LakeTribune Ifthey want to exercise their democratic “| felt kind oflike | was being deprived of myvotingrights,” said franchise they must use a mail-in ballot, Susan Rather, who as result of redistricting must vote by mail postmarked nolater than Nov. 4. Theelec- Thousands of Salt Lake County residents must do the same. tionis Nov.5. How U.S. Forces County electionofficials sent letters last week informing voters living in the nopolling place zones. “Theprecinct in which you reside has been designated as a ‘By-Mail Precinct’ and, therefore, will not have a polling place assigned,” says thelet Instead of you voting at a polling location, you will be maileda ballot whenyousignand return this form.” Clerk's Office and cast aballot before Elec tion Day County officials blame the Republican controlled Legislature and ¢ mander ing during the once-in-a-decade process of redistricting. But GOPla they knew nothing ofthe potential voting obstacles, and suggest any fault lies with Democratic County Clerk Sherrie Swensen Oneotheroption not mentioned in the letter is to go in person to the County See S.L. COUNTY. Page A-13 WAITING FOR ANSWERS 7 e TAR | Would Hit Iraq Military planningfast, overwhelmingattack BY DAVE MONIZ plunge to earth, they would quickly set up hubs fortens of USA TODAY thousands of American ground forces streaming into these WASHINGTON — On a mooniless night as soon as De- new basesbyair and land. cember, a flock of B-2 Stealth bombers cruising about six miles above Baghdad,Iraq, unleashes dozens of satelliteguided bombson military command and air defense targets. sophisticated. The arrival of U.S. troops would coae incide {RAQ CONFLICT ee And the campaign would be Waves of Navy F-18s and Air a: Force F-lss and F165 follow. {40 ietsBrtlnTheyfly just under the speed of ~" he ! 3 g of Jeaftets aren and sound, dodging orange anti- ‘@solution ‘19 blar- ing radio aircraft tracer fire to hunt chemical and biological weapons facilities. An all-night barrage of Tomahawkcruise missiles rains down on Saddam Pacifists travel to lraq broadcasts with hopes of designed preventing war A-20 © persuade Iraq’s con- Hussein's 50 presidential pal- script army to lay down its weapons and help “liberate” aces and on the base of his in- the country. ternal security forces. | A dozen military officials and analysts interviewed by Then comethefootsoldiers. This is how the Bush administration’s campaign to dislodge Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein could begin. While the Pentagon continues to refine options for a possible invasion of Iraq and has madenofinal USA Todaydescribed a conflict that will bear little resemblance to the 1991 Persian Gulf War. What most envision is more like the 1989 invasion of Francisco Kjolseth, The alt Lake Tribune In the monthssince his daughterElizabeth's kidnapping, Ed Smart continuesto hope thatsheis alive, but cannot acceptthe primary police theory — that Richard Ricci snatched herduring a botched burglary. Smart believes Ricci, whodiedofa brain Panama, hemorrhage last month while imprisoned for parole violations, played role, but did not act alone in her abduction. See B-1. when the United States removed an entrenched dictator. decision, a broad outline for how the war could be fought is emerging from months of heated debate within the Pen- “Look for innovative, agile lightning tactics and lookforit tagon and U.S. Central Com- to be immediately overwhelm- mand in Tampa, Fla. From Day1, it would be fast. Army Rangers with nightvision goggles and “whisper” microphones would parachute from C-130s flying at 500 feet to tired rear admiral who is a military analyst at the Center for Defense Information. Baker and others say a Drafts Show Seamy Side of N-Waste Deal ing,” says Steve Baker, a re- Desert Storm-like buildup and seize airfields in southern and See IRAQ ATTACK,Page A-18 western Iraq. After a 10-second Private Fuel Storage tried to get the Goshutes’ land for bargain-basementrate High-Stakes Waste: © 2002, THE SALT LAKETRIBUNE It was a blow to nuclear companies in 1996 whentheirdeal to warehouse powerplant waste on a New Mexico Indian Res: ervationfell apart. Theywere still smarting monthslater whenthe Skul] Valley Band of Goshutes proffered a patch of their desert reservation. Leaders of the tiny Utah tribe had brushed up on spent nuclearfuel storage while participating in a federal incentive program, and they imagined such an en- terprise might benefit their community So, when the Mescalero Apache tribe scrapped the New Mexico venture, Goshuteleaders stepped up. They were offered less than$40 million. The Escalante goverment agencies. When Skull Valley Salers —______ One an Occasional Series Substitute, F- he twisting pinches,the spitting, biting and ..F-9 Lottery ....B-2 $250_—s monthslater. The public has seen only redacted copies of the final contract with financia) Still, the drafts offer important insight into the negotiating process, and t show PFStried to get the Goshutes’ | fora bargain rate While supporters say the deal benef both sides, providing the companies with badly needed waste-st e and the tribe with badly needed jobs and economic op portunity, critics say it ustrates some thing seamier. By eastern standards, $40 million is not enough to surrender your heritay: says project opponent Chip Ward of Grantsville. “But, then again, $40 millior is lot if you arepoor.” Critics say the Goshute deal is another example of how disadvantaged commu nities are targeted for offensive environ mental projects such as sewage plant landfills and nuclearwaste stor Environmental racism is w callsit information blackened out. To this day, See CONTRACTS, Pay the details remain secret. myriad ways a bad beginning They had heard only van der, the thing that would for Ward “I've always felt it was a racist deal They purposely went out looking for tribe of impoverished Indian: so they A-10 Families struggle to bond with children who have been diagnosed with attachment disorder n affect a child, attachmentdisor changetheirfami. der but are less ceriain howtofix it. Simply put, it happens whenan infantfails to form emotional tachmentsin the critical HOLDING THERAPY first years of life. These children typically h: Diagnosis for Debate: An emotional debate aboutreactive attachmentdisorder its diagnosis and treatment is under way following the death of 4-year-old Cassandra Killpack ofSpringville on June Father seeks ban on technique he used in an orphanage or bouncing back and forth between foreign orphanages and the U.S. foster care system, and the Sandycouple — like other parents willing to 10 from water intoxication. Adoptive parents Rich: ard and Jennete Killpack, who have been charged withher death, say therapists at cade Center for Family Growth in Orem whowe treatingthe girl open their homes and heart figured love could conguer aboutany challenge. “You've got thislife that is so wonderful and you want to share it, to bringthislittle child into the forthe disorder advised them tofor sandra to drink wateras a consequenceof bad behavior.The therapists deny that claim. Cassandra may bethesixth child diagnosed with hugs, the obscene hand gestures andthe sex. ual aggression, the destruction of anything he touched — all this would comelater. In the beginning, he wasjust a blond, blue-eyed 3year-old from Russia in need of a home. Hewasone ofthousandsofabandoned childrenin | | had million from the com kicking, the food throwing, the aversion to D5 Movies ...D-10 Crossword F-2,8 Obituaries .B-5 4 F2 Mes doy. billion project, cameto the table seeking $280 million. Instead of walking away in sulted, the Goshutes kept talking. became business partners with PF x e ly. turned Private Fuel Storage (PFS). And Tooele County, promising only to support the $3 Business, E-1 BY BROOKE ADAMS paakteeee cae © POAT LARSTRAE caleros panies, an eight-utility consortium known now as ° Sit down for this: There is 2 Utah County that is diferent from the one most of us know. =. o Astrology Lo The Road to 9 sunning again, thanks to four brothers to previously undisclosed contract drafis obtained by The Salt Lake Tribune. BY JUDY FAHYS Bases could house U.S. troops, whose numbers could expand rapidly for war with iraq: plus a share of possible profits, according household, with no idea what the problems can be,” says Barbara, whose rea] nameis being withheld to protect the identity ofthe family ‘They didn't know muchabout how deeply orthe OOR COPY or with symptoms of reactive attachment disorder to die nationwideas aresult of unconventionalther apy or at the hands of an overwhelmed parent Doctors know what causes theattachment disor AS been abusedphysically emotionally or sexually andhave had multiple car egivers. Often, the children havespent their short lives abirth mother andstate custody or movingfrom one foster home to another Prenatal care may beafactor, too, as birth moth ers " under severe stress. While researchers knowthe ef —_fects alcoholhas on fetal brain development, they are nowfinding that severe early stress and mal treatment also can alter the development of the See FAMILIES, Page AB |