Salt Lake Tribune | 2003-01-14 | Page 1

STAR SEARCHING HALFWAY THERE Sundancecelebrities to watch for C-1 The Grizz’s midseason report card D-1 e Salt LakeCrib vie www.sitrib.com TUESDAY JANUARY14, 2003 Utah’s Independent Voice Since 1871 Volume265 Number88 ©2003, The Salt Lake Tribune SADDAM UNDER THE GUN BIG BLUE RUNWAY Utah Drafts Rules —for Seaplanes BY MARKHAVNI THESALT LAKE TRIBUNE, ST. GEORGE— Seaplanes in arid Utah? Sure, they are uncommon here, but that has not stopped the Utah Parks and Recreation Board from adopting rules that will allow the specially equipped aircraft from using someof the mostpopularstate reservoirs. Theissue surfaced last year | after pilot Brian Gunn called East CanyonState Parkto ask whetherhe couldlandhisul- tralight plane on the northern Utahreservoir. The answer:no. So Gunn started researching whatother states allow and wound up making a presenta- tion to state parksofficials in November. His lobbyingpaid off late last weekin St. George, when | | the parksboard landed on a new policy allowing seaplanes andfloatplanesto usefive state reservoirs: Deer Creek, Wil- Laura Rauch/TheAssociated Press U.S.soldiers from Fort Stewart, Ga., practice urban warfare Mondayin Kuwait. The thousandsof troops deployed in the Persian Gulf region are a stark reminderof the alternative Iraq faces if it continues stonewalling weaponsinspectors,chief U.N. inspector HansBlix says. “They only need look around their borders and they shouldrealize the seriousness.” Blix Tells Iraq to Get Real lard Bay, Starvation, Jor- danelle and Rockport. Theboard also adopted rules prohibiting the aircraft from using the approved waters on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and holiday periods between U.S. buildup means armssearch mustnot drag on, U.N.inspector says May 1 and Sept. 30. In addition, the planes must maintaina dis- tance of500 feet from any person,vesselorstructure. Gunn, an engineer whois designing a newtype of seaplane, wanted the board to openall state watersto air- COMBINED NEWS SERVICES deliver this message to the Iraqi gov- UNITED NATIONS — Top weapons inspectors said Mondaythat they need ernment whenthey visit Baghdad on craft, but said he acceptsthefinaldecision. “Parkofficials monthsto search for Iraq’s weaponsof were knowledgeable, helpful and dida ‘good job in drafting newevidence aboutits nuclear, chem- mass destruction butgetting that time may depend on whetherIraq provides ical andbiological programs. the rules,” Gunn said. Pilots already can land on and takeofffrom somelarger lakes, includingthe GreatSalt Lake, Bear Lake, Utah Lake, Chief U.N. inspector HansBlix said Iraq must answer outstanding questions about its weapons programs or face thepossibility of war. Blix said he and Mohamed ElBara- Flaming Gorge and Lake dei, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, will Powell. Patrick Morley, director of the state Division of Aeronautics, expects the new rules to fly just fine. Sunday and Monday. “They only need look around their borders and they should realize the seriousness,” Blix said, alluding to the huge U.S. military buildup in the Persian Gulf and neighboring Kuwait. “We would hope for a peaceful solution to this, and that inspection can providethat,” he said. “What the show of force demonstrates to Iraq is that here is the otheralternative.” Theinspectors have received reinforcements and some fresh U.S.IRAQ Utah-basedfirm sent millions to lraq. Sen. McCain,at the U., assesses peril A-6 A-6 with U.N. special “Ifa pilot wanted to land on waters in state parks, they had park rangers, who were usually hesitant because they were unfamiliar with [the planes] and concerned about that points them to arms caches or could face adifficult challenge. other evidence of weapons, a break- See IRAQ,Page A-6 State Continues to Keep Church BYDAN HARRIE ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, While offic’ ly confirming the LDS Church is Utah's largest employer, state government will nevertheless continueits aaa ry meant millions to state S economy rangers.” long-standing practice of excluding the spe ote that eee a need a special license from the Federal Aviation Administration to use the water. “All across the country, seaplane operations have been as safe as safe can be,” he said. “Thepilots are well trained.” Nooneexpects the new rules to spawn a huge jumpin the numberof waterplanes frequenting Utah reservoirs.| It wee ayerboat ig ey, ae K ting coordinator for Utah Parks and Recreation. “There are not that many planes in thestate.” Besides, with Utah’s continuing drought, finding water to aa formation from inside Iraq’ through could proveelusive. TV show employed 200 Utahns, safety. The [newrules] repre- sent a good compromise between pilots and park said Ted fall’s U.N. resolution. Without help fromscientists community, the weapons inspectors Axed by CBS to get permission from the na third country, vate interviews provided for underlast U.N. officials said. Their work soon will be supported by high-altitude surveillance. But without information Its Touch, Gets didn’t really address those operations before,” Morley said. that no scientists will want to meet a position that would impedethep intelligence, allowing them to pick up the pace and scope oftheir inspections, ‘Angel’ Loses “Because we're in the middle of a desert and there’s such alow numberof [seaplanes and floatplanes], the rules Ensuring that inspectors at least havefree access to Iraqi scientists will be one key aim for Blix whenhevisits Baghdad. Iraqi authorities have said eetoe as rare athepinesates poems! corm Twin girls conjoined at the head who were separated last summer are BY VINCE HORIUCHI oe THESALT LAKE TRIBUNE HOLLYWOOD— Afternine seasons, CBSisclipping the wings of “Touched by an Angel,”the televisionseries | | its annual list of top y the gaping omissionof matterof accur on Earth. The cancellation, announced Mondayat the Televi- than accommodatingthes etive nature of a powerful organization. “The employerslisted in the annualre- sion Critics Association press tour in Hollywood, leaves The WB’s “Everwood” as the only continuing series eitherrequiredtoreport their employment filmed in Utah about angels who inspire and guide people | eure from employers. Stateoffic! the estimatec port [of the state's largest employers] are filmed in Utah. About 200 Utahns —more than 90 percent ofthe series’ crew figures to [the state] or have voluntarily chosen to do so,” said Department of worked on “Touched by an Angel,” which Workforce Services attorney Tani Pack brought about $200 million to the state’s economyin its nineyears on theair, said Leigh vonder Esch, executive directorof the Utah State Film Commission. Ratings for the one-hour program, starring Roma Downing. enfile photo The “Touched by an Angel” crew films a scene on Regent pervisor,Tess,fell after the show shifted to Saturdays in 2001, according to the program’s executive producer, Street, a familiar sight the past nine years in downtown Salt Lake Cimy. Auden eatlation but one es Saharta? Channel2. can complain?” Downeyas the angel Monica and Della Reese as hersu: Martha Williamson. The show airs at 7 p.m. on KUTV. ®uCe* Martha “Television is a war, and they needed someoneto hold onto the Saturday nightbattleground,” Williamson said. “Wedid thatfor them and we're proudofthat, but no one is really watching Saturday night. But nine years, who Williamson nakes you “The LDS Churchis oneoftheentities not required bylaw to report to Workforce Services and does not do so. Therefore, their data is not included on the annual report.” That omissionof thestate’s top boss will continue to bestate policy in the future, said Pack Downing, Reese, who wasn't available for comment Monday, came close to accurately predicting the cancellation ees not just Utah's Erecont nantfaith are exempt from mandatory See ‘ANGEL’, Page A6 See LDS CHURCH, Page A-10 Salt Lake City Lawmaker Takes Aim at Scourgeof School Bullying BY SHINIKA SYKES ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Bullying is the No. 1 problem for many students in middle schools and for their parents. In Utah, thousandsof students miss one or more days a month from school because of intimidation, according to the Education Resources Center. When parents dig deeper into reasons a child feignsillness or does not want to go to | a school, they often uncover fear. “It’s very touchy, talking about these things happening in our schools,” said state Rep. Duane ‘ Bourdeaux, D-Salt Lake City, “but kids intimidating others, inappropriate touching, sexual and mean-spirited teasing do affect the learning environ ment.” Bourdeaux is working on truancy legislation he says will help schools learn when a student's absenteeism is due to bullying or other harassment He sought the support Monday of the Women's State Legislative Council. ‘Thediscussion of “hostile hallways” in middle and high schools took place before more than 75 members and guests at a meeting of the nonpartisan gouneil, whichstudies state and nation al issues andlobbiesforlegislation. Underthefederal No Child Left Be hind education reform law, Utah must put in place a policyallowing students attending persistently dangerous pub- lic schools or whoarevictimsof violent criminal offenses to transfer to another school within the district Keith Roland of the Provo Police Department, Nilsa Carter of the youth development program Colors of Suc: cess and Sandra Amee!of theSalt Lake City School District described the pervasiveness of bullying and school programs aimed at combatingit Roland oversees an anti-bullying program at Provo High School and two of the district's elementary schools. “The frustration I feel as a police of ficer is violent occurrences with weapons,” he said. “To put a stop to bullying and sexual harassment, we need to have more interaction with younger kids.” Bourdeaux directs Colors of Suc: cess, which provides anti-bullying and other programs on a contractual basis tothe Salt Lake City and Ogdenschool districts. He said hesaw no conflict of interest because he wouldnot directly benefit fromhis legislation [e-mail]