| Show Sbfgatt&k tribune THURSDAY GREENS TO SUE OVER CUTTHROAT TAH September 92004 B wwwsltrikcM For the Record B2 B2 Lottery 82 Conservation — "I fc- j-- ' v - CANNON CUTTING BACK FOR FAMILY Daughter is E2 III BS Obituaries Mm Holly Mullen By Derek P Jensen Idx Tribune The Salt Workman reaps cold comfort before the Salt Council Nancy Workman on paid leave Tuesday a microphone on the dais picked up this color commentary: "This is like a mass funeral" someone opined though with all the milling about in the cavernous County Council chambers it was impossible to tell who it was It felt a little funereal all right in that way anyone who has made final arrangements for the dead knows A little frozen yet knowing there is required work at hand you'go through the necessary motions and get the job done Everyone did look a little ashen including earlier District Attorney David Yocom He didn't seem to take pleasure in announcing charges against Workman in the bizarre scheme she allegedly hatched which she keeps saying was "for the kids" at the South Valley Boys and Girls Club The facts are boilerplate now: Workman allegedly hired and paid two employees a combined $17000— siphoned from the health department — to help her daughter the club's chief financial officer The two never did a lick of work for the county even though the mayor signed their time cards Yocom characterized it as a "unique arrangement" flowing along undetected for more than a year The Utah Code calls it two felony counts of "misusing public monies" But if it's true most know it for what it is: Stealing Ripping off a sacred trust — a fund provided by taxpayers to maintain and promote public health And if it was merely a "procedural error" as Workman says our mayor is just plain dumb Anyhow there was just one problem with the funeral analogy Most funerals include a powerfully optimistic send-of- f for the departed The warm fuzzies for Workman — especially from her own party — were hard to find Workman's best buddies were tripping to distance themselves from the newly named criminal suspect Precious little praise for the mayor spilled out and most comments were eerily neutral Democratic Councilman Randy Horiuchi a political adversary but longtime pal of the mayor called it "the saddest day" in 12 years of his county service Then he trundled on with what amounted to a verbal punch in the arm for the county "This government is performing at a better rate and with better productivity than ever before" Republican Russell Skousen said recent events provided a "gut check" for all elected officials "No political party is immune from individuals who will abuse their power" He said this in response to Democrat Jim Bradley who chided the GOP for its perennial lock on political power in the state A virtual system has bred "a culture of entitlement by those who have been elected and appointed" Bradley said One by one they scurried from e the woman whom were Republicans strenuously defending just five weeks ago Back then Yocom tried to avoid the taint of partisanship tossed at him by appointing the bipartisan panel of district attorneys that led the probe resulting in Tuesday's charges State GOP Chairman Joe Cannon likened Yocom to Sen Joe McCarthy a charge Cannon is now dancing around Cannon was flanked by Republican County Councilmcn Steve Harmscn Skousen and former 2nd District Rep Enid Greene But that was then There are only 53 days until the election Gotta bury a carcass and move on hmullenCasltrib com It's centrally located it's next to TRAX and the land is relatively cheap But does that make Murray's Fireclay location east of Interstate 15 near 4500 South the r for Utah's Major League Soccer stadium? Officials aren't saying but a proposal and even some specifics — there is talk of a wintertime ice sheet at the stadium as well — have been exchanged Dave Checketts CEO for the front-runne- r 11 Fireclay area would host pro soccer soccer franchise participated in a telephone conference this week with Murray officials and told them he is seriously interested in the site "They can see that this might work" Keith Snarr director of Murray's Redevelopment Agency said of the 100 acres undergoing a blight developstudy and targeted for transit-orientement "We're just trying to get everybody on board to see if we can bring this thing home" Representatives from Utah's newest major league team declined to comment Wednesday Yet on Aug 17 Murray officially submitted a proposal for the stadium to SportsWest the Jireclay 1 Ave I d See MURRAY Potential site for Utah's Major League Soccer stadium Murray U- -l TRAX station I jci S 2 'tJIXJL J! 4500 r--r1 S : VxSihUikrTnlmnt B5 Minutes one-part- y high-profil- g COPY First Harvest Toxic plume IK 1 t i! r ' T f i - re K7i gas station: But the state plans a $1 million cleanup of the area beginning this fall ' public comment period to assess the department's action plan If all goes well work could begin as early as this fall he said Soil contamination was first discovered following the removal of two underground fuel tanks at the gas station site in 1996 A more recent study Old i 'MM! J seeps beneath Avenues block ' ByJokBaird '''I ThrSttltljttktTrilnme The little gas station sat at the corner of 1st Avenue and E drive-throug- I 4 s 4 " r- T v - — J v Y' - i Sec AVENUES Street in Salt Lake City for decades giving way to a coffee stand eight years ago But all the while the old filling station's toxic remnants continued to seep through the soil underneath creating what has become a pair of plumes running downhill toward South Temple Now the state's Department of Environmental Quality is going to clean it up Morgan Atkinson a state environmental engineer said this week that DEQ crews will commence work on the $1 million cleanup project following a - 115 h 'Well work one section at a time and well adjust our working hours so we're not in the way duringpeak leriodsn MORGAN ATKIKS0N State environmental engineer Symphony suitor a mystery no more 1 ' By major sponsorship in exchange for prominent display of the corporation's logo After the parties agreed on a sum — the orchestra and UBS would not give an exact figure but confirmed it exceeds $1 million — Ewers asked her original contact who the mystery suitor was The answer: "You've been dealing with them for many months" It was UBS an international firm with branch offices in Utah UBS will be designated as a "season sponsor" the next three seasons with the dona-Sc-r Catherine Rkksk Newton 'Pie Sill hike Tribune was like something out of opera: A New York approached Utah Symphony & Opera CEO Anne Ewers in January with news of an unnamed client interested in donating to the arts organization Meanwhile a new US&O board member UBS Bank USA President and CEO Ray Dardano was wining and dining Ewers and music director Keith Lockhart with an unusual marketing proposition: It Paul Fhauohtiin7V Soft Lakr Trihum Brock Anderson 3 unearths a plastic carrot in a garden at Utah State Fair's "Little Hands on the Farm" exhibit Wednesday The exhibit teaches children where their food comes from Farm exhibit gives kids a chajice to dig it Utah State Fair is out to 'cultivate new traditions' By Judy Magid The Salt iMke Tribune while celebrating Utah's roots And there are the John Deere tricycle- tractors available for "little hands" to use to move hay bales "The exhibit is to help children understand the food chain from seeds to harvest" fair marketing director e Stanger says adding "As long as we keep eating agriculture will be Important The fair of-fnrc rit-- IHHc tho nnnnrfiinifv in rAIR see real animals and the work that goes Into producing food" Aunt Jamie Tate escorted Brock and Anna and their mothtoday's er Lori Anderson through the rock Anderson 3 and his sister Anna 23 months became the first "Little Hands on the Farm" when the exhibit debuted Wednesday at the Utah State Fair Your children can be next when the fair opens its doors today at 3 pm And if you're nervous AT THE about introducing your vegetarian to a real cow relax Your child can Schedule of learn about Utah agriculture — plant seeds harvest vegetaevents ES bles take them to market and "I want both hands stamped" said Brock as his aunt put a big turkey spend what hard work has earned — without an explanation of what some folks stamp on his hands Each child got an think about "Bossy" the cow t and headed to the apron and a In keeping with the fair's theme of "cul grain silo where they put corn into a plastic bag Next onto the blue barn where tivating new traditions" the exhibit features eight mini-barn- s and fields where real plaster chickens covered with feathchildren can "milk" a model of a cow ers watched them gather eggs touch raw wool from a sheep in synthetic "I want to plant a carrot Mom" Brock See UTAH B8 clothing feed chickens and gather eggs De-nis- wealth-manageme- SPONSOR B8 Back on the Job E3 1 ' ' mini-baske- Stkvu CMPPIN7V Sab Ink Ihhune Destret Morning News assistant photo editor Chuck Wing left places a call during his second day back on the job after a February accident that took his left leg above the knee Morning News photo editor Ravell Call Is at right See story on B2 an II |
