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Show COLLEGE HOOPS BROKEN BONES Looking forward to men’s basketball C-1 Thetale behind a fake dinosaur find D-1 Ghe Salt LakeCribune www.sitrib.com Utah’s Independent Voice Since 1871 Volume 265 Number 35 ©2002, The Salt Lake Tribune PLAYING POLITICS Candidates Pin Hopes on a Lucky Card > NOVEMBER 22, 2002 NATOGrows, Backs Bush Farther East In carefully crafted statement, alliance warnsIraq, Seven former Soviet Bloc nations invited to join the alliance Thursday pledges to support U.S., but avoidstalking of war Us. BY TOM GARDNER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BY TODD RICHISSIN RENO, Nev. — The twocandidates for Esmeralda County commissionerwill decide their deadlocked contestin the tradition ofthe Old West. They will face offand draw. THE BALTIMORE SUN High card wins. “It’s so Nevada, with our frontier gambling traditions,” said state archivist Guy Louis Rocha. PRAGUE,Czech Republic — NATO leaders owed by theattention broughtto bear onIraq, NATO invited seven Eastern European countries — three of them former republics of the OnNov. 5, Republican Dee Honeycutt appeared to be a Soviet Union — to join the alliance. 107-105 winner over Democrat including war-reluctant Germany — issued a statement shortly after their summit began Thursday that was stronger than expected but R.J. Gillum for the open Dis- trict 1 seat. But Gillum requested a handrecountthat turned up two ballots the vot- ing machinefailed to count — one marked in blue ink instead ofblack,the otherin faint pencil. “Tt was clear they were votes cast. We have optic scan machines. The machinewill not read them,”District Attor- full and immediate compliance by Iraq” with disarmament resolutions passed ear- Thursday agreed to issue a strong warning to Iraq as the alliance moved to transform itself from a defense-oriented relic of the Cold War to a fighting force capable of combating rogue states.and terrorism worldwide. In historic moment that was overshad- Regarding Iraq,all 19 members of NATO — weaker than the United States had sought. It alluded to force but stopped short of an explicit call for military action should Iraq thwart United Nations weaponsinspectors. IRAQ/WAR ON TERROR LATVIA LITHUANIA lier this month by the United Nations, US.identifies another important the leaders said in al-Qaida leaderin custody AMD g summit communique. UNICEF study shows children's “Werecall that malnutrition in Iraq is down A-13 the Security Council in this resolu- POE of tion has warned Iraq thatit will face serious consequences asa result ofits continued violationof its obligations.” TURKEY NATO wouldnottake part in anyattack as a group — nor wasit asked to — but President Bush has appealed to individual countries to See IRAQ,Page A-13 0 AP Utah’s Big CREATIVE COLLABORATION Headache: this morning in the county Bailing Out courthouse in Goldfield, a virtual ghost town midway betweeri Reno and Las Vegas where Honeycutt’s husband just opened the hamlet’s only gas station and Gillum owns Foster Plan an auto repair shop. Esmeralda County is slightly smaller than RhodeIsland and Delaware combined, dotted with a population of State is hard-pressed to find oafor DCFS about1,000 — one personfor every three square miles — and few small mines and ranches. While state law says only that deadlocked elections be At a time when lawmakers are resolved bylot, Cafferata said playing cards seemed to be the preparingto trim millions from the state budget, the Division of Child and Family Services maybe asking for an increase to comply with a fairest method. “Tfyouflip a coin, somebody has to be the firstto call. federal court lawsuit settlement that mandates wholesale foster Straws — who gets to pick Rocha, whoresearched the tie-breaking law, has found by a coin toss and in 1982 by drawing cards. “We'll be the first to actually cut cards for a general election that we knowof,”Cafferata said. In case both candidates draw cardsof the same denomination, as happened in Eureka County in 1982, the winner will be determined bysuit, with clubs lowest and spades highest. Despite its gambling hall history, Nevada is not alone in deciding electionsby lot. In Kansas, Coffey County Commissioner Gene Merry was re- elected earlier this month when his opponentpicked the wrong color backgammon chip. Otherstates use coins or dice, and a few havegone be- 250mi SOURCES: Associated Press: ESRI “They were added to R.J.’s total and then wehadthetie.” The winnerwill be decided dealer-style, for the selection. czEcH REP. ae ney Patty Cafferata said. first? Dice might have been interesting, but we don’t havea table.” Shesaid a new deck will be opened in the presence of the candidates and fanned out, Atlantic Ocean “NATO allies stand united in their commitmentto takeeffective action to assist and support the effort of if the United Nations to ensure care system reforms. Andif asking does not work, a Leah Hogsten ‘The Salt Lake Tribune West High School student Nicol Raz6n works with director Peter Webster on an opera, “‘Illusions/llusiones,” created by high school Students and set to be performed for the first time by members of the Utah Opera tonight at the Rose Wagner center in Salt Lake City. THESSALTLAKETTRIBUNE out Utah for years. Now the companywill be able to present students with a workwritten by their peers. “Illusions/Tusiones,” the product of nearly 18 monthsof collaboration by teenage librettists (who wrote the words), composers and designers with a couple of professional mentors, has its world premiere tonightat Salt Lake City's Rose WagnerCenterfor the PerformingArts.It then will tour high-school and community audiences throughoutthe Intermountain region until spring 2005. Performers are members of Utah Opera’s Ensemble apprentice program for young professionals. Nicol Raz6n,a senior at West High, said her exposure to allocated. US. District Judge Tena Campmore money is needed to pay for as many as 20 newtrainers and refill 47 caseworker positions that have beenlost in recent years because of earlier budget cuts. Those positions could cost the state another $3.5 million. High schoolers poolforces with professionals in a theater project BY CATHERINE REE: REESE NEWTON could order that the money be bell madeit clear that she believes A Nightat the Opera tah Opera has taken opera to high schools through- federal judge said Thursday she she knew wentto the opera when they needed extra credit for humanities or English classes, she said. But Razon was interested in music and theater, and the internship “seemed “It seems your main problem is budgetcuts,” Campbell said. Campbell has the power to order the funding because thestate, in an accord signed by Gov. MikeLeavitt, agreed to make specific improve. ments to the child welfare system like a perfect opportunityto explore.” stemming froma 1993 lawsuit Houston dramaturge Peter Webster, she signedon asassis- Campbell did open the door to a reduction in the requirements of the agreements. opera before her summer 2001 internship with Utah Opera consisted of seeing the Mozart film “Amadeus.” Mostpeople She took to it — so muchso that, at the invitation of tantdirectorfor “Illusions/Tusiones.” “The process engaged me most,” said Razon, whom Utah Opera education director Paula Fowler praised for her ability to “makesure everybody's voice was heard. Raz6n wasoneof 15 members ofthestudent composition team. The teens worked with Webster and New York com- “It seems the Milestone Plan has to be trimmed downa little bit, so both sides are happy, but not eviscerated,” Campbell said In 1998, See HIGH SCHOOLERS.Page A-12 Oakland, the See UTAH, Page A-12 yond the draw of a single card, deciding races with a hand of stud poker. “Whatyou've got is Nevada political poker,” Rocha said. BOMBING DEATHS Talking a Blue Streak and Seeing Red: Ute, Coug Fans Swap Pre-Game Smack ‘Smaller nightclubs jeam how to attract a specific clientele. In The Mix, B-1 Dow Jones jumps again for best close in three months. In Business, 0-6 BY MARK EDDINGTON THE SALTLAKETRIBUNE Who is the bigger loser in this ball fumbling, coach-bumbling, fan-mumblingcol. lege football season? Utah or BYU? Saturday's Ute-Cougar clunker at RiceLocles Stadium will answer that for fans torn between two teams that have been bigger busts than Anna Nicole. But what about the two sides’ home turf? Well, politicians and resi dents are not waiting until the 1 p.m. kickoff to oom in. Theyalreadyare dishing out cheap ots. Taetr Favartis Rage: Salt Lake County Utah County tay Rocky for David Gardner Little Bit oars Pore Main Street Plaza French-Speaking Wing at MTC Campaign Football talla __Govera ___ Jp Ron McBride traning LaVell Edwards Banned Book “The Last Promise” Which One? Porter Polygamy Rockwell @ Moretavorites on A12 Welcome to the The Salt Lake Tribune's Third Annual Smackoff, where big shots and not-so-big shots throw political correctness to the wind and take good-natured aim at which is the bigger loser: Salt Lake County or Utah County. Aah,Salt Lakers muse, whereto begin? So much ammo, so many targets. nH 34 — itM, Salt Lake County Councilman Randy Hori. uchifiresfirst. “So peoplein Utah County want light rail, low taxes and a BYU victory? Well, how doesit feel to want ? Seriously, the most satisfying thing about seeing the Cougs strug gle is that fans thereare finally beginning to understand whatit is liketo be a Utah County Democrat.” Yeah, says Murray Mayor Dan Snarr “they always look to see what's right and See UTAH, BYU, Page Ayp2 |