Show UTAH LIVING MitiNattf akeZribunt FAT H (C SATURDAY 6 2004 MARCH Faith in Action C2 wintsitritcom Ethics C3 Spirit World C3 Comics 7 C El Harriette Cole C7 Inside & OutTV C 1 KHMER ROUGE CONVERT TO CHRIST Former soldiers seek forgiveness 1 t ‘ - 41'4 ' 4 ) lfr N C3 t - - Al: It ' - '-- Ni--v- ' 1:: " : 4 RN'S ' 1 v - - '14 v --'- As: I C4 Review - ARCHIVE OF DANCE i 2"-- t lc) t I" ‘ - t 4 044- ' s 1 0""'" ROBERT KIRBY '? ' -1 V- EntOMMMME " ' - 4 t- V t ' 1 ' ' ' - 316' ' '' ''S - t t ' A s ssi lz 1 ' s A tt - s - ' - These of course are just polite ways of saying that during the 45- 'day pecking of the public carcass no legislator was actually beaten to the point of incontinence n In reality the recent legislative session was a gouging snarling brawl worthy of the - - back-stabbin- g Couriev ly 11)N ( liti nit Mims :: Ultraconservative gas bags tried to save us from ourselves while lib- eral blowholes tried to save us from everything else ' Every year I maintain a hope that lawmakers will produce some- ' thing we can all be proud of a legislative process that shines as a beacon of hope to an already fractious 'state Alas we end up with an idea that Utah would be better served Won the busiest day of the session we simply nailed the Capitol doors shut and called in a fumigator What's the worst that could hap- 'pen? OK we would have to come up with a whole bunch of new legisla - 'tors How bad could that be? Isn't there some kind of qualifica- tion to be a state legislator? There is to be a columnist We have to correctly spell many three- letter words and cannot ever have been convicted of punching an editor before deadline That's about it But legislators occupy the top Solomon slots in our state We let some of the most people around tell us how to live with whom we can live what to drink where to drink it and even how we choose to die So it seems to me there should be better qualifications for the job than just being and connected How about these? t I i1 i 1 i Mormons explore environmental themes in LDS Scripture BY ROSEMARY WINTERS The Salt bike Tribune Church we have much to contribute in meeting the Being sometimes makes David feel like Moroni the last surviving Nephite in the Book of Mormon: "alone to tell the sad tale and whether they will slay me I know not" Osborn was among more than 250 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints who gathered recently at church-owneBrigham Young University for one of the first conferences ever devoted exclusively to the Mormonism's environmental ethics In a state where environmental conflicts are often framed as battles between "lawless Mormon rednecks and godless liberal tree huggers" as organizer George Handley put It Mormon environmentalists take bullets from both sides It's easy to confuse the dominant religion with Utah's conservative political culture But some Latter-daSaints are trying to debunk the notion that being a good Mormon means avoiding environmental protection and other "liberal" causes green-leanin- y 1 e n 14 o"0-AlrAlir- COP l g George Handley d legislative job qualifications a increasing challenges of environmental degradation in the world today" y Kirby's bill for minimum lt grative biology professor Last weekend the two-dasymposium "Our Stewardship: Perspectives on Nature" attracted interest on campus and off Of the 28 presenters II were from and and one came from out of the country They included Paul Cox an ethnobotanist and winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize for his work to save a rain forest Anne Rowley Berns an attorney with the Environmental Protection Agency and Osborn a program officer with the United Nations Environment Programme who came from The Netherlands "As members of the LDS Church we have much to contribute in meeting the increasing challenges of environmental degradation in the world today" I Iandley said in his opening remarks "It has been perhaps equally obvious to many of us that we have not yet sufficiently tapped into the rich potential of our beliefs and practices in this re- "As members of the LDS an environmentalist in the LDS well-heele- d fifth-grad- Chun h i loamy and W ooking it ackati I en 3 Must have been an elementary school teacher for at least two years I recently spoke to a class at Lone Peak Elementary It was like trying to herd weasels with an air horn No one who hasn't done it a lot should have any say in education funding 2 One-yea- r minimum street cop or emergency room experience Someone who hasn't come home from a hard day at the office with pieces of traffic accident and homicide victims on them has no business lecturing the public about seat-beuse and capital punishment 3 Five years of experience living below the poverty line as a single parent This one is a What do the scions of privilege know about welfare or even being a pregnant teenager? 4 Religion is a big sticking point In Utah So before serving as a legislator one must faithfully practice a religion not his or her own (and of our choosing) for two years Tell me that 24 months as a devout Rasta man wouldn't do certain legislators a world of good 5 Two complete (and successful) seasons as a small farmer or ranch-eAnyone who can profitably feed sheep and turkeys — two of God's dumbest animals next to the general public — must know something about careful cash management There you have it Anyone with this kind of resume would not only deserve our vote but we might even consider making him or her our king or queen ql Saints' belief that the Lord created the Earth and entrusted humankind with Its stewardship At a recent "Jehovah Creates the Earth" by Walter Rane reflects the Latter-da- y BYU conference on environmentalism Saints encouraged members of their faith to take this responsibility seriously and work to protect the environment some Latter-da- y - I ' s- Medici& ' -- ession' HI 1 71Lat1 '' ' he state Legislature has glutted itself Couched in the kindest terms the 2004 Legislature was referred to as "positive" and even as "not a superstar" 1 ' St V Lawmakers need a good dose of reality ''' tow professor at Humanities BYU They say the reputation church members have as being is symptomatic of political values throughout the Intermountain West not of the LDS faith Handley a humanities professor at BYD organized the symposium to discuss why Mormons especially should care about the environment His idea was supported by Terry Ball associate dean of religious education and Steven Peck an inte gard" In the keynote address Friday night Cox former BYU professor who directs the National Tropical Botanical Gardens in I a e EXPLORING C2 Jewish group cooks up culture in the kitchen Dirmer invitation: Recipe contest brings the smells and tastes of the Sabbath to Jews who might not otherwise partake BY I 11 4 - ' a -- Lik0:iRtz: 1011Y LEBOWITZ ROSSI )1 Refigion NeuviServier 4 '1 ‘ 4 NEW YORK — Outside on bustling Broadway it was a blustery Tuesday morning rush hour Inside Abigael's on Broadway kosher restaurant however was the unmistakable feeling of Friday evening But instead of building up to the moment when Shabbat candles are lit five contestants were awaiting the verdict of the Chicken Soup Challenge Rosely IIimmelstein a native New Yorker and grandmother of two was the winner of the "Soup-e- r Tuesday" contest with her traditional soup that had an extra splash of color because she adds sweet potatoes The contest was sponsored by the National Jewish Outreach Program (MOP) which is setting its sights much higher than these five cooks and the honor of having the best version of what many people call "Jewish penicillin" The contest is part of a massive initiative called Shabbat Across America an effort to bring the smells tastes and feelings of the Sabbath to Jews who might not otherwise partake The event will take place on Friday Now in its eighth year Shabbat Across America has reached more than a million Jews and attracted 4 ' -'- 4 L -- - -- - - -- - :'' e ! 1 s -' k t ‘ aftoiii - r1 i ! -- 116 11 ' I 40 L 74' It i ' 4''''' it - - - Finalists in the National Jewish Outreach Programs Chicken Soup - ( e 1At-es- - r '" : 4 A- T 4 SL 42''' 0' i it 1—"-- A - 40'7 A c 0 11Pa''''''"41 ''' ) ' wevostmllt r 1 it' 1 ' N'i st v 'i A s t RI)141 M more than 500 synagogues that use the NJOP's materials to conduct a brief "beginner's service" and provide a traditional Shabbat meal Chicken soup organizers reasoned is a universal symbol ofJewish identity "Chicken soup is our heritage It's forever" said Jeffrey Nathan Abigael's executive chef and proprietor who is also the host of the PBS program "New Jewish Cuisine" lie donated his time as a Judge and the ingredients for the contest The contest comes at a time when Jewish Challenge pose at Abigael's on Broadway in New York From left: winner Rose ly Himmetstein of New York Veronica Gold of Worcester Mass Judge Jeffrey Nathan executive chef at Abigael's Gail Barzilay of Westport Conn Paulette Rochelle Levy of Santa Monica Calif and Jerry Greenberg of Belmont Calif The contest was part of a national effort to Introduce Jewish culture to Jews Nroll Nereter organizations like the NJOP are working hard to stem what they see as a tide of alienation and disengage ment among American Jews The 20002001 National Jewish Population Survey found that less than half of American Jews belong to a synagogue and that while a majority hold Passover Seder and observe the I J igh I loly Days of Rosh I lashanah and Yom Kippur only 27 percent attend services more than once a month To organiwrs of the contest this raised the stakes much-quote- Sec CHICKEN SOUP Cti ! 1' 't - mAm0k orj OR ASka 00 EAnwaLa4w |