| Show ----- --- 0"A49101f The Salt Lake Tribune Traffic Humps Draw Mixed Reviews Results tt it has to be random and consistent Not His office is testing the traffic humps developed in England and used by US cities like Thousand Oaks Calif and Dallas Each hump costs $1500 including labor and materials the engineer said He cautioned aping eonfuging the humps with "speed bumps" commonly found in parking lots where they slow traffic to a crawl Those bumps be said are 4 or 5 inches high and no more than a foot wide at the base Cross a speed bump at 40 mph and it probably will knock the car's front end out of alignment It might even damage the suspension or cause the driver to lose control he speculated In contrast traffic humps are designed to remind motorists driving 35 to 40 mph to check their speedometers A neighbor of Mr Houghton's Doris West 2241 E 6675 South contended humps are better than nothing The problem she emphasized is that the tidy street is "a funnel to the freeway" While humps haven't solved the problem of too much traffic going too fast her group believes "they've helped some We know if they're taken out we'll have more faster traffic" THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE once-a-yea- - Traffic humps — not to be conftised with speed bumps — may slow traffic detouring through residential subdivisions but not everyone is convinced they are the solution ' While residents are irate about the traffic some are unimpressed with the humps being tested in Unincorporated Salt Lake County and ant them removed Still others are lining up to get tests in their fast-movin- g neighborhoods Trhis is still an exper:ment" explIthied County Traffic Engineer Larry Becknell "We don't know if ive want to use this as a routine traf- ficavArol device" za Houghton who has a hump in livid of his house at 2233 E 6675 Skith told Mr Becknell he doesn't tiiitieve the device slows traffic and he wants it removed : a challenge to young peOple" Mr lloughton declared He:complained about the constant noise of brakes as cars hit the hump and the roar of engines accelerating as they come off Others just rev up and toom over the wide sec6?ii- of concrete with its -- 'It's 12-fo- ot CPOV:Tn :Y:r Houghton recommends a raaal pystem that would photograph apeeders allowing law enforcement titrace license plate numbers That wtmld slow traffic : County studies disagree They atioW the average speed drops from 33 Mph as motorists enter the street io 20 mph at the hump and 24 mph as ears leave the area Mr Becknell -- r" ' -- - 71- - t-- :ZofeCi - —4 - L-- Ig - : TZI1 r - r t''''''' - - r-- y- 1 1- ''ii'ii 14 I' r 641 de 1 k"4‘ t (4 ke '' Nx -' ' i :-- 4141 e Plt7'1-nb' taf t'h I Of' Pi6 ' 04 1 nt t ' L 11 4 '''' ' 4 '' f' qt's lx" - p ''' 44 ' 4 '' I ‘ re4- 1 - t - : f - - ' ' '' - ' ': 4 '' - - -- '''t ' '' k ' '7- '' TN - '-- - '''''' '- 4 ''' t ' '4 '"t-'I - — ' t ' - '''' 0'1-- L " I I A1 ' 4 - !' t' I ilt t ''''- ' '4 4'41 'r''' -- : 4 : ‘ LL: 4 ft :1--4 z t 0 st illrt ( 01k IV 1 4 1111 ‘ t - P A l e: ' ' - ‘'41 I : 4 -' !- ' ' r''' --"-- 1 ii :s4v t :''bisi ''" 70 '''' 1t - :''4 T 4 :'"! ' - ' Al I ' r tk -44 - HartmannThe Salt Lake Tribune crunch of ZCMI construction But he says good directions still bring in customers Shopkeepers Have Trouble Seeing Light At End of Tunnel on Chaotic State Street By Dave Jonsson THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE "It's trashed our business!" "Business is off but the rent and utilities stay the same I don't know if I can make it" "People call us and ask if we're still in business They don't think they can get here" Walk up and down State Street neat 100 South and these are the most prevalent laments from shopkeepers The target of their complaints? The tunnel construction for the ZCMI Center which has closed State Street to vehicle traffic and seems a formidable barrier to pedestrians as well 'Customers it seems think that because the road is closed the businesses are also closed owners said ' e Zions Securities the arrn of the LDS Church and owner of the tunnel and Cracar Construction- the contractor have guaranteed access to all businesses and real-estat- buildings on Social Hall Avenue and State Street until the read reopens Aug 5 Persons willing to nedetours and gotiate the fenced-of- f temporary walkways will find they can still get to any business '' But Morris Daras longtime operator of Snappy Lunch 57 S State 1r i Can he hold out until August when the road is slated to be open again? "I don't know the rent and utilities just keep going on" he says turning quickly to pour a cup of coffee for a customer who has sat down without saying a word "I they can still get here from 200 East Then they're happy" Hansen Planetarium a few feet north of the construction fence might seem to be unaffected by construction Driveways are open the Planetarium is conducting business as usual But officials are worried said Doug Lowe marketing director "Our figures are down We don't know by how much yet but we think this is hurting" Biggest problem? "People think we're closed" he said "We're having to counteract that misconception by explaining to people you can still drive right up to the curb" Summertime is the biggest revenue time for the Planetarium and the biggest show the staff has ever produced is slated to premiere in July "We're hoping Zions Securities will add some signs to help let people know you can still get to our facility 'They've put up a sign that says 'ZCMI Center parking open' but it doesn't point out we're open Don Southam who with his father Vic operates Vic's Key and Repair at 140 Social Hall Ave said customers are calling to find out if the store is still there "I tell them Jim Walton tunnel project director and a Zions Securities vice president said "If there's more signage needed we're workable on it We want to help people through this" says the construction fences which loom as the main scenery out the lunch counter's front window have cut into his lunch trade as much as a couple dozen customers a day And that lunch service is 30 percent of his trade all day A holdout in this era of big chain fast-foo- d Snappy offers a short-orde- r lunch fare at modest prices This has built up a loyal clientele from across State Street with telephone company and ZCMI Center employees among them "But look at that mess" Mr Daras says nodding toward the orange barrier fence "People don't want to cross that in a half-hou- r lunch when it takes 10 minutes to get over and 10 minutes to get drive-throug- back" don't know" I ) 1' 04it ' 1 t t i ' '''''' A I f A i 'f to ''' - 'it: 40- :::-- ' 'Ici'I 4' - '': Itt--- - 117 - 774 ' r- - 7 - Z 11 1 '' - 61: t 6 "i'47 -' '1 0 r1 I' t S'F':'' '' ‘ -- 4- 1''''4a T V — 4- - l!'' k - ''fA:''''7417kk ' : ti- ' '' '" Itc! 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" - -- i : Timsup- plied by the zoo Keeper Bin Lloyd was the first to see the newborn and was dumbfounded "I'd seen tracks in the snow dur- ing the winter and quills in the other pens I figured there was a visit Knowledgeable citizens who are familiar with their own society and its values as well as those of other people are necessary in a society and in an increasingly international world she said Citizens appreciate and enjoy the humanities when they are presented well Ms Cheney said She said Ken Burns' Public Broadcasting System series on the Civil War demonstrates that Americans are as hulikely to rave about a well-tol- d manities subject like history as they are to applaud a scientific achievement or a professor who turned a research specialty into a moneycompany NEH making high-tec- h 4:v - tt- -- - Paul treugltionlbe ' e - A Sall Lake Tribune to Timber He was definitely a surprise to the t oo since Timber has no mate Officials suspect a stealthy intruder I I ing porcupine" he said But to actually see the intruder? "Never" he declared Timber gave no evidence she was expecting except for a bit of sluggishness a few days before the It isn't like Timber was fooling around behind the keepers' backs Porcupines are most active at night One obvious question pops up: If a mystery male could sneak in at night why doesn't Timber sneak out? Easy says zoo spokeswoman Pia Byrd: "Why should she? She likes the food!" birth Then one afternoon the Zoo's North American porcupine population was doubled too" Mr Lowe said W Jordan Plans To Build Soccer Football Complex was a major financial supporter for the series One way of enhancing the manities and its emphasis on hu- A combined soccer and football complex will be built on land near the West Jordan City Shops 4000 W 7800 South The city purchased 588 acres on the corner of the intersection to: build fields for "explosive growth of the city's soccer programs" said City Manager Terry Hohworth The land will be combined with approximately 20 acres already purchased for the playing areas 1 The site will provitie room for up to five soccer fields three youth soccer areas a snack bar and rest r area and expandable park-jalot Mr Holzworth said critical-th- skills Ms Cheney said inking : - is through meaningful achievement testing NEH recently presented a report d giving examples of the achievement tests used in a number of other countries Their American apequivalents are multiple-choic- e titude tests designed to measure a student's suitability for college not what she or he has learned or achieved through schooling The achievement tests ask students to explain the significance of events or analyze assertions made from writings or statements included in the tests - essay-base- 0t ot 200-ca- g Corny Material Pops Into Popularity For Packaging — But Don't Eat It Like strapless bouffant dresses flat-to- p haircuts even popcorn is being revived for the '90s — as a packaging material And like 40 years ago the practice is being frowned upon by the Food and Drug Administration As an alternative to polystyrene "peanuts" several popcorn purveyors have started a secondary business supcorn as protecplying tive packaging Norm Chesler president of Salt Lake's Theatre Candy Distributing Co last year introduced "Pakin Corn" an inexpensive hybrid corn that produces a particularly tough kemal Local companies are gradually choosing the environmentally friendly option and finding most customers appreciate the gesture but the FDA claims it is an inappropriate use of a food item Sundance Catalog Robert Redoutlet of Southford's western art and clothing was one of Pakin Corn's biggest customers until several months ago A card enclosed with shipments explained that several "environmentally safe" packing materials were being tested and popcorn's advantages were that it would biodegrade in a landfill could be added to a compost pile or strung for Christmas decorations The disclaimer continued "Although no chemicals were used in manufacture we don't suggest it as a midnight snack Not for human consumption" All Pakin Corn shipments are supposed to include a similar warning said Mr Chesler who makes d ' 1 1 ' ''S:ii 4 Aor 4 o- : $1034k1 :" ' ' L Like other area merchants Don Southam of Vie's Key and Repair is feeling the ( 4'' and N' it 4 lo ' k By Nancy Hobbs ME SALT LAKE TRIBUNE 1711'397 rriei ir f 474-- 12 t 4 mtut wok '4''-- - tr It ri 7Jj 11! q - 40- I t ") 1r47'N't7t 4'')''' '' IL 1i4 71i -- 1 Z i7L411 ''Z W ' !&‘ 1 A r114 it 4 1 i 1 t:i:L ---- - Tr7 - im- 2- '''1''''‘''"'41 t I jr r iifr ANL 41:4 1 1 !91 A - - --- N7- -: ii- - she said "It is crucial that we understand the rest of the world" -m te Nt "b 'A 1' Itt - ''' But the baby was a surprise 4 1 444rr''' t 4 '''''' ke - ' - - ber has no mate At least none i I 4 i 7r tf4:-k- -te 1-- -- k: 4:v itt 1 1 44-- 1NN 1 1 -- 441k et: ' v41' 14i '''''''''4Ptk 'L !r I ' - A - -- " 0 i tA e FA $ f 4- 1 kifs - - 1 ' : four-yea- I i k''' ? well-bein- g a7 '' Ok V k '' - 1 0 -' Humanities knowledge is as I ' ' 4'1 ''' r7t ' - 7 ' l'A te - : '- -4 1 eAt IS - A ‘ '1'!'' 0 ' ' f - 4 - '' b44-- aw 'g portant for the future and of the United States as mathematics and scientific knowledge said the chairwoman of the National Endowment for the Humanities "It takes a bit more time to justify the humanities but the case for them is as great as it is for mathematics and science" said Lynne V Cheney President Bush recently r reappointed her to a second term as NEH chairwoman She was recently in Utah where she spoke at Utah State University's commencement and received an honorary degree "Americans need to know about their society their history End val - t 1 7f ''' "q "e!'-'- By Peter Scarlet ' tpt ti THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE 1:1'jtt'' - '" t $ '''! ' ' A V '4141' t fi'y f f 't 1 '111 I - - Humanities Knowledge Important for US ues" --- - ?" r Utab's llogle Zoo is coping with a delicate situation in the porcupine den It seems the zoo's female North American porcupine Timber has a little explaining to do Keepers are helping Timber raise a new baby a male born May 17 A474 0 ''''' 1i e '1)' t1 44 ' i - 4- Ni ' - Ntt4' i ft'N '401f11 ff of 0-A 44 By Dave Jonsson f410 f ' 1 E4! "fr -- THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE ir rtkr tta' -- r - - 11 Att 4 r V I irt :'frti i i'I r tr ) I'' I t'1 ''s"!' rtt' ? 'y' leIf 0e r i4v 0' $1 °( 1$ it:A vi ar ''-?-'' tt3ip: - b 74 - '' - - I - - ' V ri'' - - Birth at Hogle Zoo Pius Porcupine in Prickly Situation -- &'''' 145 - t--- !ote-77- '' iY Or !'- :4 llogle Zoo's North American porcupine Timber inspects her new baby boy The newcomer may have been a surprise itill e :"' A 4 o -- 104 ' e- 25‘Ce' 'fi' '::'''''''0:we'97fer- A771-'r - - b ' l 2':' 4 t - ' - - - Ii' l '''' ' 't"':‘te — '0s0't-I''- -- P -- t IIt t r 1 1 ' 410 ti --- 7 v 444) --- ! - Aw - 1 el4444 v” - Z 4 — - 4A 1 t 6 ' -- "1- - ' I ker ' 1 ' lt a A!41 i 0 4 t-4- 47 0( triotokt-4i- yr Pt' -s401'orre9r4 A - d - 14:10707i- ' :'''''''" AV "'7''- :1'k 4 ": The tour will depart at 9 am from the State Historical Society 300 Rio Grande and return at noon Cost is $18 per person Reservations can be made with Mary Peach i - 7: 7 n t- 4 - - -- streets 41 3 A 7 ':::L 1:!" ' :4 ' Ibki - 1 - 1 Nv " : - history and the diverse people and institutions that shaped one of Utah's most famous residential P4 - 444 t- ''''-- - n:': i ' Temple Historic Trek Set ''''- - !':-L - - AnPe: ''''' ''"47- - street The Utah State Historical Society sponsoring an excursion along historic South Temple Street Saturday The tour will be conducted by a history John S McCormick professor at Salt Lake Community College who has written several books on the Salt Lake area The tom will explore the many facets of -t- ':"- -- - -- - i - 4 - ''' ' -- - should get 80 percent to 90 percent of their households on record as wanting humps Applicants should have evidence of speeding on the is s' " ' ''- - - status neighborhoods a - ' - - ' 25-m- test-are- '' - Bobbett Langley 1630 W Allegheny Dr said she got 65 residents to sign petitions requesting humps along 6420 and 6460 South from 1700 to 1300 West because traffic in that zone travels an estimated at 45 to 50 mph Petitions will be important in placement of future tests Mr Becknell predicted To be considered for said: -But a few drivers still travel as Last as 50 mph he acknowledgnl ::'!Studies show that random consiStent enforcement is very effectiyif Mr Beclmell explained "But -- — 4 - - ' ' By Jack Fenton 1k' '''- 1 7'-- J'- ' ' ' - Sunday lime 16 1991 117 mail-ord- pre-printe- Sundance Catalog quit its use of popcorn packaging for reasons other than FDA concerns said warehouse foreman Jesse Garcia Because popcorn crushes with movement packages have to be packed tighter to compensate for settling during transit The extra weight made shipping too expen- - non-bindi- foul-tastin- cornstarch-base- d pellets The latter usually are shaped like polystyrene peanuts or nuggets so they won't be confused with a food product Mr Adamo said The Environmental Protection Agency hasn't taken a position yet said spokesperson Robin Woods The cost of popcorn for cushioning is "very competitive" with foam peanuts according to Jacqueline ' new considering sive -- sit ' 1 : Ii' f 4 : 4 ' :' ' - 0- 74 5 I 14 !'''44 I' j r V ' i I - or - i ' fv' tt '' ' 2 -- -- 1 I ' - t Ofr--- ---- k—- 4 ‘ t ' r ' ' i I t ' - ! 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'9 St : -' c :' –g - 4 t cards avail- able Pat Adamo consumer safety officer in the FDA's regulatory guidance division said the cards are not enough protection for consumers who might eat the packaging It might be lost or fall to the bottom of the package "We're saying the same thing we said in 1953" said Mr Adamo from the FDA's Washington DC offices "Popcorn is a food If it's used for packaging it is still a food unless sufficiently denatured" The "advisory opinion" doesn't specify how to denature the popcorn other than to suggest spraying it with a chemical and "obnoxious" color "Isn't that ridiculous?" respond non-toxi- c natives" er warning d Roberts operations manager for Arco Packaging Sales which sells both products to clients She agreed that weight differences are significant however Pakin Corn weighs about six times that of polystyrene peanuts Sundance Catalog turned to shredded-pape- r cushioning and is ed Mr Chesler "I think they underestimate the intelligence of the American public that is looking for environmentally responsible alter- : i t ! 'i 4 - ' '01' : il ' - ' f ' N : - ' '4i— -- f - ' t s4 $ 4'' r? 4r' ill " "''' c I ' a f N - ' e - '''' S' 1 1 i ' I i w - - - ' t I ? J 4 g Rick Eganflhe Salt Lake Tribum Marc Briggs of Theatre Candy Distributing Co handles batch of the firm's packing material — popcorn i 1 4- k 4 |
