| Show The Salt C2 tab Tribune UTAH Tuesday Jarnian WMH Lampropoulos will join GOP gubernatorial pack The Clouds Above the Snow Below iil I I II I M I ' II I today when he makes his gubernatorial bid officiaL Merit Medical employees about 850 people in Utah and Lampropoulos said his experience in creating jobs and running a profitable business has sharpened his focus about priorities for state government "At the end of the day it's jobs jobs jobs" he said Republican hopefuls are scrambling to woo delegates to the party convention in May w here the pack will be narrowed to just two for a primary election Gubernatorial candidates include former US Rep Jim Hansen Utah House Speaker Marty Stephens former US ambassador Jon Huntsman Jr state Board of Regents Chairman Nolan Karras Utah County Commissioner Gary Herbert and state Sen Parley Hellewell Harm e By Dan Thr Salt bakr Tribune Utah businessman Fred Lampropoulos is scheduled to formally launch his campaign for governor today from the head of quarters T" Merit Medical he which founded and still heads V I The P 7: Bos- ton native enters a crowded field of Repubcandi- Fred Lampropoulos lican dates but says his reason for running is simple: "I can make a difference" Lampropoulos has the distinction of being the biggest-spendincandidate in the race to date He has paid more than $1 million for radio and TV ads to boost his name identification The ad campaign which has been running on radio for more than a year never mentions Lampropoulos' political aspirations That changes beginning g FRANtm-A skate skier takes to the groomed slopes of the Farm Trail on Monday in Park City where KjoiJiFTHy htSall Likr inbuilt the sun stayed mostly behind clouds The victor in a GOP primary will go onto face expected Democratic nominee US Rep Scott Matheson Jr son of the late Gov Scott Matheson Sr NAACP celebrates life For the Record of Martin Luther King Public safety news from Tribune staff wire reports Police pursuit ends with arrest Multiple units from West Jordan and Midvale Continued from CI including King's widow Coretta Scott King protested the Bush administration's Iraq policy to mark the Martin Luther King Jr national holiday Lewis and Williams urged individuals in Utah to get Involved in the fight for a more equal society They credited Utahns Eva Sexton and Andrew Valdez the winners of this year's top NAACP awards as people who heed that message Sexton received the Rosa Parks Award for her community involvement including her commitment to foster parenting She has been a foster parent to 1 12 children in the area Sexton also was a charter member of a Utah social club that was started in the 1940s when people of color couldn't attend social activities because of segregation "I didn't know that I was even doing anything to deserve this award" Sexton said Valdez a 3rd District Juvenile Court judge received the Dr Martin Luther King Jr Civil Rights Award I ie recalled the dangerous times King lived in — when two Kennedys and black leader Malcolm X were killed Despite the threat King still went out to promote his message of equality Valdez said NAACP President Williams said Valdez deserved the award because he is a person who takes a stand for justice FLDS town refugees get assistance Continued from CI r p five-minut- e ' It S k r Os Lkah HiHiHTKN'foW Eva Sexton who has been a children Is the recipient of rguidosfasltrib especially the female relatives of the excommunicated men Under church practice the women and girls face reassignment to new husbands and fathers Two girls fled to Phoenix the day after the purge saying they were about to be married off On Friday law enforcement officers and workers from Utah and Arizona met in St George to prepare for any Influx of residents needing help Billboards and filers will be used to assure them that they have a safe place to go should they chose to leave their homes Among those places are the DOVE Center a women's shelter and the Youth Crisis Center both in St George Residents leaving the polygamous communities and those who want to make donations of food clothing or money can call Help the Child Brides at Anyone who comes into contact with minors fleeing home should call the Utah Division of e In the Salt Lake County Jail Man uses fake bomb to rob Provo business A Provo business was evacuated and traffic rerouted Monday after a man entered the Mer-cadLatino at 275 S University Ave just after 9 am and threatened employees with what he said was a bomb in a backpack After taking a " small amount of cash the man left the backpack in the store and fled on foot Provo police and the Utah County Sheriffs Office bomb teams sent in a search robot that found clothes but no bomb in the backpack Provo police are looking for a about 150 pounds white male in his 20s with dark hair and blue eyes Anyone with Infor" mation can contact police at o ©!©!! hike Tribune foster parent to 112 the Rosa Parks Award Have a problem with today's content? Call our Reader Advocate Connie Coyne Sharee Freeman who works in the US Department of Justice in Washington DC delivered the keynote speech "We don't understand why Martin Luther King was taken from us but we can make sure his spirit lives forever" Freeman said child-welfar- citizens of the Salt Lake Valley" Rumors of an exodus from I Iildale Utah and Colorado City Ariz have circulated for a week in the wake of a purge by the polygamous prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) On Jan 10 Prophet Warren Jeffs excommunicated about 20 prominent church members including longtime Colorado City Mayor Dan Barlow and ordered them to leave town without their wives and children The shake-uprompted several young adults to leave the communities Advocates were expecting more to follow police were involved in a police chase Monday evening that ended in an arrest without incident Police began trailing a car when they noticed the registration was expired The driver tried to hide In an apartment complex near 3400 West and 7800 South around 9:30 then led police chase in the stolen vehicle acon a cording to Capt Gary Cox with West Jordan police Officers made a high-risstop in a parking lot near 7800 S and State Street where the driver was arrested Cox said his female passenger called police on her cellular phone minutes earlier after bailing out of the car when it had momentarily slowed She told police the driver was under the influence of methamphetamine Cox said the driver In his early 20s was booked 257-878- GO com Child and Family Services or Child Protective Services In Arizona according to Paul Murphy a spokesman for the Utah Attorney General's Office The excommunications followed months of conflict between some FLDS members and Jeffs who became prophet after the 2002 death of Rulon T Jeffs his father The sect Is an offshoot of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints which condemns plural marriage Benjamin Bistline a former Colorado City resident whose history of the town is slated to be published this spring said last week that about 40 families have left the community since last summer and many moved to northern Idaho to be near a community of FLDS members just over the border in Canada Some were forced out by Jeffs and others left on their own he said "They can't take his nonsense" Bistline said of Jeffs pmansonfasltrlb com 2 TCjflf y inn ICQ ""X j: OGi LJL It-ip- Choose from combinations many Including latex and space age memory visco foam ' (Photo (or itkitlrotton only) The Sifvky find on!ine Lilian- - of TfAjUhCr-ltr- Vf HSUr' Or-- vt SUB (SiilCTTECB (33MEGEM FURNITURE ELECTRONICS Stor Houri: South Salt lak Ail 3800 Monday Saturday 10am- 10pm - WvrfilOgdfi Syracuse 6227400 774 2800 V APPLIANCES FLOORING - Cloied Sundays ToyiorivillW ValLy 967-480- Murray Oram 227 8800 i ' : A Ii" |
