| Show 0 - 4‘'- 11r '' - 11 - 4teer t - zn Ma: 6E - Ilk - 11111M C- - 4 : Clerks See ilroblems With Absentee By Anne Wilson Tribune Staff Writer When South Salt Lake Recorder Eldon Farnsworth began scanning a list of voters who supposedly qualified for absentee ballots in his city he saw names of people he knew were dead Other names tie recognized on the list of allegedly disabled voters belonged to people Mr Farnsworth knew were able to get to the polling place lie considered the list so suspect he threw it away The result was that some people who really needed an absentee ballot and assumed an application would automatically be mailed to them didn't vote It happened in Salt Lake City too I 5 1 although not because Kathryn Marshall noticed that some voters on her list were deceased or not disabled She was suspicious because her office normally gets at most 150 requests for absentee ballots in a municipal election Her list contained more than 1500 names In addition more than 400 people on the list shared a name and address with someone else evidently a spouse in most cases But Ms Marshall doubted there were so many households occupied by two or more voters who physically couldn't make it to the polls She didn't use the list to mail out absentee ballot applications either a fice went through its list of permanent absentee voters and sent the names to cities where the voters resided Some city recorders including Ms Marshall and Mr Farnsworth didn't know what the list was not having been notified by the county of its existence Ms Marshall said she got the list on Oct 19 only 12 working days before the Nov 7 election The list was accompaitied by a letter that indicat SL Homeless Shelter Is Home For Mother and 7 Children lomm By Cathy Free Tribune Staff Writer Cruising past Salt Lake City's fam- '78 shelter in her weather-beatewhite Oldsmobile Sharee Allen ily n turned to her seven children and tried to smile when she really felt like crying "I guess this is it" she said turning left on Rio Grande Street where dozens of homeless men were leaning against buildings with their bedrolls and backpacks waiting to check into the men's dorm for the night "This is where we're going to be living for a while" "No way Mom" said Jennifer "this can't be it They wouldn't make a family stay here would they? Look at all those men staring at us I'm scared I don't want to get out of the car" "OK" said Sharee "you kids stay in the car with the doors locked and I'll go in and see what we have to do then come back out and get you This is it Jennifer I know it's not what we expected but there's just nothing else we can do right now" Nervously walking past the men who lined the sidewalk Sharee hurried through the family shelter's front door and approached the check-i- n desk "Hi can I help you?" asked a clerk "Yes" said Sharee "my name is Sharee Allen My reverend called you from Kearns? I have seven kids and we've got nowhere to stay We heard we could stay here for a while Would that be OK?" It has been nearly one month now since the "most frightening night of their lives" — the night that Sharee Allen packed her children's clothes in the car trunk and drove her family to Salt Lake City's shelter for homeless families "We never thought that this would happen to us — never in a million years" says Sharee who is 39 "I mean there have been a few tough times but we've always managed I was always able to give my kids a home Until now" Like thousands of other families across the country Sharee and her children were finally "nudged" over the fine line that separates families from those who live in shelters and cars and sometimes the streets After she and her husband divorced one year ago Sharee relied low-inco- Homeless Fund Needs Cash All Year Long 5 ill 11M1110 f If you would like to help Salt Lake City's homeless not only at Christmas but throughout the year a donation to The Tribune Homeless Fund will make a big difference Last year nearly $60000 was donated — enough to buy every homeless man woman and child in the city Christmas gifts and dinners and take care of simple needs like soap shampoo shaving cream and toothpaste for an entire year This year because there are more homeless people living in shelters and on the streets than ever the needs are even greater But with your help the holidays might seem a little less gloomy for those with no homes Your donations will be used to buy Christmas toys shoes and coats for homeless children along with warm scarves hats and gloves for men and women and simple teiletries like deodorant and shaving cream Every homeless person in the city will receive a traditional Christmas dinner with all the trimmings and children will continue to receive milk juice and cereal for breakfast each day Soap gloves and toothpaste might seem like simple items but they mean a great deal to those who can't afford them If you would like to help please mail your donations Tribune Homeless Fund e The Salt Lake Tribune PO BON 867 Salt Lake Citv4 Utah $41)0 on welfare and $50 a month in child support to pay her rent in Kearns and keep her children clothed and fed makes very little "My money doing a little farming in Richfield" she says ''so he gave what he could But we were always barely scraping by And I didn't like being on welfare I'd never worked — I'd just been a mom — but soon I realized I would have to get a job to support my kids It didn't take long to realize that waitressing or office work wasn't going to do it I needed a man's job to make a man's wage I decided I would go out and find a job that would pay" Reading "help wanted" ads and job bulletin boards she decided that g would pay the best wage so Sharee signed up for a United Truck Master course then arranged for her children to stay with at his home in Richher field for three months while she went to driving school "I'd signed up at Dan's Foods in Kearns and UTM gave me a loan for the course but the school was in Mesquite Texas" she says "So I truck-drivin- $1100r Itg :: 44 :0"AV t:7'"' t i - it::i ::' — )::-- 41 :: t 'cll 1t :- :- ' A 'it 4 1 f:::f — ::e :: ::: -- : - ':::' 6k::::: ::: ' ! 4 y :0"- 1 ' ' ''"" t A 41' tSE V :x i:f- ' - - t14 44 2r: z1 "' t: i —I N a 1 "7' kY 7 - Irb:- - e--k- 7' 'i'°:1 - J " '' ::?: ' le' ei: 4 :‘'Itdir ' ' ' ' :: ' wialliat --- t4 - 11111111 4i'- 0- dAt glr':1P7H J ' t ': !: ' LullaltzilVA4101: ' L::::: 4440004400- """ irei ' "4' 1) too 1 :' :: — ' ::1: 1 p ::: 411''' (Ns1 s : :' if ' S'41 ::- :: :': "1' '1191 ) 1- fr - '4' -- ' 1?:: t k AL 0 ::::0 :: s -- 4 7::J::-- -- 4 1:- - 44 A - t" 0:: t 4- 1 : - k '''- !'l gt- - -- -' )i''': :i: t '"""' ' t 11 04 H ---- KT' 1:4 - ----- --- 4 4 0 ft4444kiz'A 4 t 41'7510N1 P 44' :'"7::: ' '''''t -----!: i::: It1 te y 1 f ::: :-' v:::::::::r-A::L:::- :' !!--1 t 'N ?f:: When she returned home she discovered that her welfare checks had been stopped and her landlord had rented her duplex to somebody else "The welfare office said I didn't send in my monthly report but 1 swear I did — I think they misplaced it" she explained "And as far as the duplex goes well the landlord said he would hold it for me But I guess he decided it was too long to wait" Sharee had let her borrow her furniture and television so her children would be comfortable while she was in Texas -- But when I got back and found that I had nowhere to put everything I left the furniture in Richfield and took the kids to live with my mother until I could find a job" she says ''l had absolutely no money Job hunting little did I know how much discrimination I'd find against women" She applied at several trucking companies but nobody would hire See B-- 4 Column 1 lk - ? Ill: ::::- '' 't- !- :V :': t :z1 - :E::::::::::: job" l '''' :: truck-drivin- short-hau- e R-- Tfmk:r1-:- ! ' s r :4: drove my old car there and prayed it would make it It wasn't easy getting g license but I got it my then I hurried home to try and find a r '': i :: :0'"- --! :i :f-- :': t :: wok :: : voter swears to the reason they are using an absentee ballot Ms Marshall said she decided against mailing out the applications for several reasons Although the cost of the mailing approximately $800 — was one she was also bothered by the fact that the law doesn't provide for mailing out applications unrequested She also considered the possibility that some of the voters on the list weren't really eligible for absentee balloting "I didn't want to be any party to what appeared to me on the surface a fraud because we've never had this many absentee voters" Ms Mar-Se3 Column Sunday Morning—No ember 26 1989 Section B Page 1 Itossfilr: ! W64414 WIS' 43'k'--t:':- -- Editor's Note: During the post year more than t0000 people have stayed at Salt lake City's shelters for the homeless Some stay Just one night others stay a few weeks or several months until they can save enough money to move on or find a place to live The names and faces change but the problem of homelessness remains Once again this holiday season Tribune readers con help (See story about homeless fund on this page) Here and on pages BA 5 and 6 Tribune Staff Writer Cathy Wee profiles some of the people who have been pushed over the line of poverty Into the shelters and streets ed mailing out the absentee ballots applications without a formal request for them was optional since it isn't required by state law The law provides that any registered voter who is physically disabled temporarily absent from the county on election day or serving as an election judge in a district where they don't reside may vote by absentee ballot The law instructs voter to ask the county clerk — or city recorder in the case of municipal elecfor an absentee ballot applitions cation on which they check the reason why they are applying The ballot they receive has an affidavit on the reverse side where the fine until November when cities throughout the state held their own elections Since county clerks are always responsible for registering voters the Salt Lake County Clerk's of- StateLocal tibunt Zbe 5ialt gakt But her -- judgment call" resulted in an avalanche of telephone calls from voters who had been led to believe by Salt Lake County officials that the ballot is La the mail" The case of the missing absentee ballots dates back to June 1988 when the Salt Lake County Clerks office invited all registered voters who were handicapped or disabled — for whatever reason and based on their word of honor — to place their names on a permanent absentee voter list Those on the list would automatically be sent an application for an absentee ballot before any election in which they were qualified to vote The program apparently woriCf'd allot lists 111 Aue Sharee Allen and her seven children have lived at the family shelter for one month - ' --- 0 - ib —Inbune Staff Pioic by Rick Egon Sharee hopes to find a job driving a truck or bus to make enough money to move out I Dikes May Lead to a Dry Great Salt Lake Says Expert By Mike Gorrell Tribune Staff Writer OGDEN — The Great Salt Lake would vanish during dry spells if Lake Wasatch is developed Dr Norman Stauffer a state Division of Water Resources hydrologist told the Great Salt Lake Development Authority that the lake would become a dry salt flat in drought periods if a series of dikes is erected to transform its eastern portion into a fresh-watbody He also said a pumping system more elaborate and expensive than the $60 million west-desepumping project would be needed in wet years to establish proper water balances er rt between Lake Wasatch and what remained of the Great Salt Lake The proposal to create Lake Wasatch — advanced as a Utah version of Lake Tahoe — through erection of a series of uniquely designed dikes from the lake's south shore to Promontory Peninsula took a bashing at the authority meeting in the Weber County Commission chambers The Legislature established the authority but gave it no money to investigate potential ideas about Great Salt Lake development Lake Wasatch is the most prominent proposal discussed so far Its main support has come from Davis e County lawmakers and developers who see great potential in Bountiful engineer Don Johnson's concept of an intricate series of interlocking dikes d However Nolan Karras speaker of the Utah House said he never has considered the concept a legitimate contender for state money and told authority members he would prefer to dissolve the board than give it funding for additional stridies "I voted against the proposal I was not in favor of it then fin not in favor of it now" the Republican legislative leader said "There's a lot of doubt in the Legislature that this is a viable project" Snowstorm Helped Resorts But Skiers Need More --- -:- : :!7::::t::::::::--:::4:::- d :'' 1 i' let 'iidi ''1' g § 0 ''‘447:1-- :0 Or: r i'2' fV1:$Qt- 4:' 444 1if :' 4tf"' '' sl Tr'5 :44 :' :AhilMitIV':°1 :1 1 ::i''A ' ' sIFKir ' ' '' 7 t'!:: ' 444:?-'-':- ' fiz: -- :' 4 4 ''''''':: W:oerdk'''-i- - 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'V :1'' :'leliii Most people seemed grateful for even a little snow but Column ' ':' -- 4 :' ' 4- - ' i:: - ' ' f:! 4 By Carol Sisco Tribune Social Issues Writer Utah's nearly 1300 foster children aren't receiving good care from the state which has too few workers who are inexperienced and too overloaded with paperwork to spend adequate time with the children according to a new report Prepared by Utah Children a nonprofit child advocacy organization the foster-car- e report is based upon a survey of foster-car- e workers county attorneys and guardians ad litem in Salt Lake Weber and Utah counties who are responsible for 68 percent of the state's foster children "The state of Utah has the opportunity to intervene now and improve services to children in foster care" the report concluded "Failure to do so can only result in greater burdens later if we do not provide better services to children in dysfunctional ''''7!!'::: ':4- ' 4: ' ' ::::-'':- r : 4 ' ' ' ':'-- :g'::'-- ' ' ' Report Claims ': :':: e-!- - ' 7i e':' 44trl'431!041410( t‘'3'"41f'67' 101Z:i!411irItiSt ' 61 4 :' It :''''''$ ::' 41i ir for them" B-- 3 - j:'' 4 See : - re1S -'' '" Y Foster Children Underserved : 40k-?:::- )::$ r:f ' 21! CI:: 4:eg:::: :": 0 k:: :4: ' :k”' B-- 3 40::::4i 104 :1: - t: 04 :A1A-:4- Lowell Peterson said be and his col 1:11':ft CI::'7: f!' ' :N: r litell 4 tour at least one woman complained ' Av selves" Weber County Commissioner " :: ::i He said resort officials approached the council at its April meeting and sold them on Utah Did they promise plenty of snow? "They always do" said Mr Harty Technically there was skiing Realizing they had several hundred guests all bundled up with no place to go Snowbird has been offering guided ski tours since Thursday for $20 a day Groups of 10 people were IPd by ski patrolmen and ski instructors through the passable patches in Gad Valley 1 thought everyone would go out once and that would be it " said Mountain Manager John Loomis "But its gotten pretty popular" So popular that they stopped selling tickets in the afternoon because they didn't have enough guides He said the resort operated the tours primarily for the hotel guests They did not turn away others but the conditions may have kept the locals away For anybody who has skied in the Wasatch before its probably not worth it :: ::": :::': ::::4:::''''1':4:':' ' A5 '3: real-estat- :0:::v:1Alr:n::::::!i:::t::::::::::::: i: one-thir- Council-sponsore- ::: ::-: ' By Tim Fitzpatrick Tribune Staff Writer SNOWBIRD — There's nearly a foot of fresh powder the sun is breaking through the morning clouds and you're waking up in one of the skiing meccas of the western world Heaven? Not quite The problem is that fresh snow is the first substantial storm all month and it was barely enough to cover the rocky slopes of this Little Cottonwood Canyon resort Snowbird hosted hundreds of skiers in its hotels over the Thanksgiving weekend and the resort made every effort to simulate a ski holiday without officially opening the ski hill "The weekend for what happened has gone pretty well" said Kent Hoopingarner Snowbird general mand ager He said the hotels were running at about of because number of the largely occupancy growing air fares "A lot of package tours with people who came out really had no choice" He said the Thanksgiving weekend is never fully booked because the ski season is hard to predict "To sell Thanksgiving you essentially have to have 2 feet of snow on the ground by Nov 9" National Weather Service meteorologist William Alder said a major winter storm is expected to hit Utah Sunday afternoon It won't arrive in time for the holiday skiers but it will likely be enough to open Snowbird and several other resorts by next weekend "We just decided to come anyway" said George Harty a member of the Cowtown Ski Club of Fort Worth who has been at Snowbird since Thursday Cowtown is one of about 20 ski clubs that joined in a Texas Ski None was allocated for Lake Wasatch he noted suggesting lawmakers formed the authority "only be cause the study cost no money" When authority members said they would ask the Legislature for possibly $15000 to meet basic expenses like postage and travel reimbursements the House speaker said -if I had my way I'd dissolve the I know that once you're board formed it's hard to dissolve your- Roy-base- real-estat- leagues don't think Lake Wasatch will work and know of no public support in Weber County for the plan The commission believes available water resources should be developed farther east in river systems before reaching the lake They doubt Lake Wasatch would spur the shoreline e development pictured by promoters and question the project's engineering and economics Commissioner Peterson and Rep Karras both were skeptical that Lake Wasatch ever could attain the water quality needed for irrigation and watering lawns especially at the Column 1 See Rep Karras said that if the Legislature thinks an idea has merit it provides money for further studies Pholo bs tynn R Johnson Snowbird but the 104nch coxer gave many a Lite start on the hills A40PapIP B-- I 1 ipwk f |
