Show i 5 1 s s UTAH The Salt Like Tribune BI Saturday May 15 2004 backers roll into town Gay-marria- ge ( ' J 41 their trip in San Francisco a few days ago and will finish at Rehoboth Beach Del "Those who advocate marriage equality are going to prevail" said Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson who s welcomed the to Utah "It same-semarriage is now a respectable mainstream issue" son Salt Lake resident Guy Hanna took his Connor to the building to show support "They're not asking for special rights" he said "I don't think we should change the Constitution to ban gay BY RH INA GUIDOS TheSall lake tribune The couple rode into town on twin bikes Elisia and e Carrie hardly the average "grandmas" they describe themselves as are making a trek in their neon biking vests to promote more than just good health "We're looking to get support for equal civil marriage" e y said Carrie 49 on the steps of the building Friday s The athletic were welcomed into town by about 45 Salt Lake residents who cheered them on their ride across the nation to gather support for same-semarriage They talked about their children grandchildren and retirement and about their worries that they won't have the same benefits and rights of heterosexual couples Today they will be part of a 1 pm panel discussion on gay marriage and partnership rights at the Anderson-FoothiLibrary 1135 S 2100 East The women married last fall in Canada they began r- - 1P' x coast-to-coa- Ross-Ston- t Tte 0 li ' Ross-Stone- Ross-Ston- - A City-Count- y City-Count- I (1161 s Others in the crowd wore blue buttons that said "Don't f t amend" x f While urging gay couples to become informed about their legal rights the cycling grandmas also urged them to vote in November They compared their trek uphill sometimes sometimes flat to the national struggle for gay marriage said "I know we will make it" Carrie Ross-Ston-e nondenominational after on a Utah leave Sunday They service at City Creek and will head to Colorado ll A I t - - 41 ''' - - sk marriage" Ross-Stone- drlt i "0- ' '14 - ‘1 e) I t J 46H tienrOk r N1 b -- -' " - ' e -- f 41 t 0:f 1 KYAN (WARM rit nif Salt Lakr i nixing on Friday Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson greets partners lisle and Carrie Building The couple are on a bike trek to gather support for gay marriage Ross-Sto- at the i ) I City-Coun- ty t 11 I 'Rahn may take post at Nevada med school DUTCH TREAT — - - ' — -TT - V A 1 ii ‘t IN os 7 101" " :- ) loilbr 1 11 I - - ' A ' rd 1 TRIBUNE STAFF AND WIRE SERVICES - I i ( If 1 l' i"' - ) - 9t T i'' 1 '' ' :-- - 1 1-1 a- - J c r k ' ''-- i V- itoi --4 - t0 1 ' :114 1 I47 t li 4 C' t : 4 1:: ' - kl:70't'itJ 1' ' 4 " I: :' - I' '4 f ' ' ' t ' - 14- -- - a t 41 'toi I ' :1: 1 :t - I" M A14' ' 744 44 l'IC-I'- -' I illit: - t 1 e 4 i ' ik -- i I (-- 1 4'''''''''' It ''' s tot'i i - - 1 'i 417—'1 RtK EcANiltt Sidi lake Tribune MY "f''' ' 4 - : ?Pc - ' 4 A fl f 44 i ill - ' :10 AHTIllirl ) ' 41 '1' '11' PS Nt ' ''''' 1 'in i t 10':vo 1 s' 0 r'e 1 t" as far-flun- g ' 01::" r74: - '''''" I t — l' r! 1 1till '''-'-- '-"' - 0 YN ty' -- i —-- "' A ' 0 43 Il — rlb-har- k Dayton counters that the special session "was a bad idea from the be-- i ginning" noting that the Legislature last winter rejected a similar bill Anderson has had frosty relationships with legislators in the past "We already know what the an- swer would be without even asking Most legislative observers except Rocky think it's not even worth discussing" Dayton said The City Council is scheduled to discuss the expansion proposal 1 Thursday It also is being asked to spend $170000 this year to help put together drawings for the parking garage The state and county would I contribute like amounts The $250000 RDA commitment '' likely would come from money set aside for Main Street improvements There Is a snag: Funding for downtown redevelopment projects ends in 2008 too early to finish paying for the Salt Palace expansion Workman will seek County Council approval of $50000) from existing ) hotel and restaurant taxes in June A le ) v 5 f ? t - - A ' 0 I ) 4rolt" i ‘ t4- ' 1 - ' 'IP 44' td" 4114 '1 4 "A I 1 I i - fl:i : 11 tiir ' 'N:' ''t 4 ' : ' Piurros i I 4 ' ' 1 - 45'"1:'''''''" 4r: Palace and we're going to be able to t keep Outdoor Retailers" But Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson believes the state needs to call a special legislative session be fore January to seek the additional hotel tax He says the county is "undermining" those efforts and is risking VNU's departure to one of 10 cities courting the group He says VNU wants more than promises of funding "It is election-yea- r politicking of' the worst sort" Anderson said of Workman who is running for re- - T election on a mantra "That's shameful" Yet Anderson is unwilling to sup-- ' port the RDA's $250000 contribution He calls it "extremely disproportion- ate" compared with the amount of sales tax the city receives — $469000 a year vs the state's $18 million share and the county's $922000 "I don't think we ought to be discussing that RDA proposal" said o Anderson who might support a i smaller contribution 4 ‘ 11‘ 9' 1 t (4 '9 5: 1441Pr ' 0:h Ar'''''1?" 4t ': V u 4 4 ti 1 4F 4e'e VNU apparently will commit to remaining in Salt Lake City for five years if the expansion goes forward After that it may need even more space and could look elsewhere according to RDA research Jason Mathis Salt Palace spokesman said the expansion would serve more than the Outdoor Retail shows He cites a study that says the center could snare an additional $40 million worth of conventions r A' 0 4 'N' :" )) NV t (SI' ‘0A ' 4 ' ' Savory smells wafted over the Riverview Junior High area in Murray on Friday as contestants gathered for the 14th annual Dutch Oven Cooking Contest At top a pot of vegetables simmers over the coals At left Marta Nelson balances an array of entrees all sharing the same heat source Sean Moysch left and Grady Goddard donned "lederhosen" aprons to lend authenticity to their bratwurst and potatoes feast 20 1440 i o B1 permission from the Legislature in January to raise hotel taxes to pay for the rest of the expansion "It's obviously a very substantial demonstration to VNU" Dayton said Friday "There's no doubt in my mind we're going to expand the Salt aw"r 4r 44 r' i' fi vlay-- r ' IL': 'i I A t )6 if " ' ' ' 4 44 1 441'f"P e -4 0 it ley( s ' 4pt 1 ' 09141001 319'' r ' ' k '44' f' 09""'7411' 7 I 4)t ' ' t I 411 I 4of it 004 t 9 44 ' - ''''''' ''": e:II:vr ' ' '' X 1 1 4 - - it i1:1000011' '''' 4- ' p c 40 --- -4- ''' t t i icat" Att I i I -- ' 4 8 ::'"-1--- It t -" ! i- A -- rm'If' 't 919 00 ) ' ' - 44 '91k ' iit'INi S'''''''''- i1 1 014:tih' 4 C 1 4 00 1 1 - - : 4n '1I- I 7 9' r ' :'14 A 41 4 ' '1k 4 1'4 1 IP - r''' 1' 1 Continued from i:liti I I i expansion plan e ' k' I 1 Officials at Salt Lake City's Veterans Affairs Medical Center say they are waiting to confirm if the facility's chief of medicine is leaving for a post in Nevada But on Thursday the University of Nevada School of Medicine announced John McDonald would be the school's dean and vice president for health sciences and will take the position July 6 In Salt Lake City though hospital officials said the earliest confirmation will come to them is Monday McDonald was unavailable for comment said hospital spokeswoman Susan Huff McDonald 60 will receive an annual salary of $350000 when he assumes his new position He replaces Stephen McFarlane who has served as interim dean for a little over two years McFarlane will take one year of leave and then return to the University of Nevada Reno as a faculty member in the Department of Speech Pathology McDonald told the Associated Press that his first goal will be the construction of buildings for the medical school's basic science programs at UNR and to house education research and patient care programs on the Las Vegas campus which currently leases all its medical space Other challenges the new dean foresees are the need to graduate more doctors and nurses who will practice in Nevada including the rural counties About 75 percent of Nevada's medical school graduates become practitioners in the state school officials said "Physicians tend to go to the large population areas for all the popular amenities they offer" McDonald said state like this with "In a a low population density physician care is a challenge" Noting that Gov Kenny Guinn went to California when he sought treatment two years ago for prostate cancer McDonald said his long-tergoal is to provide quality medical care so Nevadans don't have to leave the state for their health needs McDonald has a medical degree from Duke University and a doctorate in biochemistry from Rice University He also is vice chairman and professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah His earlier career includes work at the Mayo Clinic Washington University's School of Medicine in St Louis and the National Institutes of Health ' '1— Rocky against Workman's ' '—''''''-''- t 1 hmayesitribcom 7 1 et EVICTED Waitress sues Larry Miller over alleged tirade Plchh:g up the check: She says he demanded a discount BY MAITHEW D LAPLANTE Ihe Safi Zak nibune Prominent Utah entrepreneur Larry H Miller was slapped with a $25 million lawsuit Tuesday by a waitress who claims she was threatened and berated when she declined to give the sports real estate media and auto mogul a discount on an order at the Snappy Service diner Miller's attorney Dennis Has lam was unavailable for comment on i the lawsuit Miller's personal secretary said Haslam was out of town but had filed a response in 3rd District Court before leaving On Friday court staff said the response had not yet been added to the public case file The Snappy Service diner has served the Salt Lake Valley since 1902 it became part of Miller's Jordan Commons food court in 2001 The woman' s complaint alleges that on Jan 1 Miller came to Snappy Service with his family presumably looking for Snappy's fries which he reportedly loves according to the diner's Web page Kristie Hysell claims the Utah Jazz owner had no problem with his food but wasn't happy when he saw a bill in which he hadn't been granted a discount to which he believed he was entitled as part of the Larry H Miller Management Group After consulting with a manager Hysell returned to tell Miller that she was supposed to charge the full amount "He got irate and yelled" the in a complaint alleges "Miller loud and abusive voice confronted the plaintiff berated threatened intimidated and shouted at her using profane language and I mlaplanteasitribcom A I COYL otherwise terrorizing her" The alleged tirade left Hysell in tears and prompted her to quit according to the complaint "For some time afterward she continued to have terrible thoughts about how a man of his stature could use his position of power and dominance to terrorize a lowly employee all over a little discount on a bill at a fast food restaurant" states the complaint which was filed by Murray attorney James Medlin The $25 million should just about cover Ilysell's agony humiliation emotional distress and anguish according to the suit 4t 7'''"'n"717-77"rurr""17"---111""1- ' I i - ' - ‘ 101 - i 1 V 11 0-- - - N ''''' 1 1 NI r t I q' I r - - - Amuoi J LimiAmVithoorriatedPreat Serendipity left and Pat Smith sit under the eye of police officers outside of the old Sangin building after it was condemned in Tucson Ariz on Friday Some of the artists who were using the building were described as being a step away from homelessness ) ! 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