Show Insido 99 session good to governor Leavitt got all he wanted in Legislature described as 'Miss Congeniality’ SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Before the Utah Legislature adjourned last week Gov Mike Leavitt couldn't stop congratulating legislators on a job well Injured Aggie gymnast defies the odds to get back again Page 10 llpdato IHIfatHh 1 done And no wonder The Republican governor says he got everything he wanted much of it controversial: a act a ban on guns at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games control over the attorney general funding for Utah’s first private prison authority to block shipments of nuclear waste and more “It was a very successful session” growth-manageme- nt Leavitt describing this year's Legislature as Miss Congeniality said in an interview Utah Legislature “The leaders of the Legislature I thought were quite cooperative It may have been the best managed session — just the flow of it the civility the level of discourse It was never allowed to get unruly or out of hand There was a minimum of conflict between the chambers and we dealt with some very difficult anything that came up short “I’m not being immodest about it but the truth is we were successful” he said “Now there were some tight moments” In his six years in office the Republican governor has never had it so easy even with a Republican-controlle- d Legislature A change in House leadership with Republican moderates replacing “cowboy" conservatives accounts for much of his success “There's an environment now that's more friendly to the governor" former House Speaker Mel Brown said of the issues" The governor counts his victories on a list and says “little difference” was made to his executive budget Asked what he did not get from the Legislature he shrugs “We’ve done a fairly careful inventory and we accomplished all the things we hoped” said Leavitt who can't think of 56-ite- m Legislature Brown who had his differences with Leavitt as speaker said he worries (hat the wall between the executive and legislative branches of government may be tumbling down He describes as Leavitt “someone who has gained the ability to run the whole process" Leavitt says that overstates his influence and that he still hud his share of arguments with legislators But he wouldn't have fared as well this year Leavitt said had Brown still been the House speaker It was Brown who led a attack in the House on the Quality Growth Act the legislation championed by the governor that sets up an advisory Signal your way to love says author last-minu- te See ACTS on Page 8 Experts say domestic abuse rate worsening By Mark Wolf Scrippa Howard News Service By Arrin Before you sit down to read “Practical Intuition in Love” (Harpercollini $23) author Laura Day wants you to do something — commands it in fact: “Stop! Complete this assignment before reading any further I” The assignment? Please yourself “It may mean listening to your favorite music or getting a foot massage or getting a foot massage while listening to your favorite music" writes Day The point she says in a telephone interview is to start thinking about — and radiating — positive signals that will be picked up intuitively by the people you want to meet "We tend to focus on what's wrong with our life what we're worried about what we haven't gotten done what we need our husbands boyfriends and wives to do And what we do is through all levels — biochemically emotionally intellectually and in our voice gestures and responses — we send out a message of distress and that's a message people avoid” said Day who previously wrote “Practical Intuition" the best-sellYou don’t have to focus on Big Pleasures she said “When you focus on the pleasure of getting a dishwashing soap that smells good focus on the positive parts of all your interactions you change the signals you're sending out If you’re sitting in a crowded room who do you look at? You look at the person who’s laughing” Every person Day believes can tap his or her own intuition to help End keep or enhance a romantic relationship She includes 29 exercises in her book designed to guide people to recognize and trust their intuition and to harness its power One exercise is to think of someone you want to call you and try to have that person call you within a specific time period (she recommends one day) Intuition she says is neither mystical nor magical "I've been teaching intuition for 20 years and my largest audiences are business people and doctors” she said “I get very few New Age space petunias What I'm doing is saying 'Do this and here's a measurable result' Prove to yourself that your mind has these capacities and you can use them productively “Most people have an 'aha' when they really separate intuition from their thought processes They’re surprised how accurate their intuition is Places like Stanford the University of Chicago the US military and the Russian military use study and practice intuition It’s not new Intuition is a faculty like your sense of smell or ability to reason" Intuition's role in romance Day says is to help people determine what they truly want in a romantic relationship Once there was a lime when no one talked about domestic abuse but things have changed When tions Collision sends two to hospital SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The committee planning the 2002 Winter Games is trying to figure how how to live up to its promise to be “squeaky clean” and whether that will mean the resignations of more board trustees Three trustees with conflicts — owners of companies that are building venues and hosting competitions — resigned last Salt Lake month as the scandal-rocke- d Organizing Committee announced a sweeping new philosophy grounded in ethics and open decision-makin- g But now attention is turning to the second tier trustees whose business acumen is vital to planning such an immense sporting event but who have indirect or perceived business ties to the SLOC Chief among those is Gordon Strachan a Park City attorney who earlier in his career was an assistant to HR Haldeman Presi Strachan is legal couniel f°r Powder H M Corp which owns Park City Mountain Resort the venue for giant slalom and snowboarding in 2002 “Common sense tells me that crosses the line" says Glenn Bailey a leader of Impact 2002 & Beyond a coalition repredisabled and minority senting groups The coalition long has demanded the resignations of trustees who stand to gain financially through their contracts with the SLOC That was something the governor low-inco- trustees and even the SLOC’s ethics panel resisted until the clamor from corporate sponsors grew loud amid revelations the city's Olympic bidders spent $12 million currying favor with International Olympic Committee members Now the coalition is pressing for the SLOC to deliver on promises made by Leavitt and new chief executive officer Mitt Romney Nolan Karras the governor's stand-i- n on the board is heading up the committee writing new rules He'll take a draft to the board's management committee on Thursday "My objective is to be as honest and open as possible” says Karras But he concedes “the devil is in the details” It is clear there is no conflict for a trustee whose gain is shared by all Utah residents in an Olympics-injecte-d economy resulted in second marriages and blended families Add to that our culture and you have a fast-pac- ed stressful situation Piercy explained The good news is organizations throughout Utah are stepping up to the challenge of providing services to victims Piercy said the family relations undergraduate program at USU is larger than ever with more than 450 students and Brigham Young University plans to add five faculty members to its department “The field grew out of sociology and psychology and family relations is being recognized as its own field” Piercy said “Our students are well-traine- d and work in a variety of ways to provide services” It is Stuart's job to coordinate those services and set up policy at a state level Of course she See ABUSE on Page 8 views on topics of the day Question: Are you worried about Y2K? What are you doing to prepare? By Nicole G Farrell ' T he Y2K problem isn't a big concern here in Cache Valley a small survey Friday of local residents revealed Those questioned weren't doing anything special to prepare and some even said there's been a little too much hype about the whole thing A half-dozshoppers randomly selected at the Cache Valley Mall were asked if they were worried that computer failure in the year 2000 would lead to mass chaos “I think in the United States and here Indox en 7 9 staff during the Watergate coverup My two contf worthCache Valley Page 8 Sports dent Nixon's chief of FI The guest speaker at the annual conference of the Utah Council on Family Relations Stuart relayed her experiences as the state coordinator for domestic violence and as a member of the Governor’s Cabinet Council on Domestic Violence Domestic violence isn't going away in spite of the best efforts of Stuart and a growing field of professional family relations experts Conference Chairwoman Kathy Piercy said Statistics show an increase in the number and severity of abusive incidents over the past 30 years Societal changes have yielded higher divorce rates that have SLOC strives for squeaky clean image Spring and winter in one weekend package Opinion interpreter to communicate with her while she was pried from the vehicle She and the man who was driving the other car were taken by ambulance to Logan Regional Hospital but no other information was available Friday night Emergency personnel struggle to remove an accident victim from her Toyota Tercel on Friday afternoon The car was headed west on 1800 North in Logan about 5 pm when it collided with a car heading north on 600 Weal The woman who was driving the car has a hearing Impairment and emergency workers needed an staff writer Obituaries Classifieds Comics of than discuss the tragedy that affects one out of 10 families in Utah They talked about solu- Woathor 13 Stuart Diane Wellsville met with hundreds of other authorities on family relations Friday afternoon at Utah State University they did more er Crossword Brunson staff writer 4 15 13 wwwhjnewscom See VIEWS on Page 8 4 Barbara SNdlar Raymond Birch Hyrum Hyrum "Locally a lot of the bigger prob- lem might be panic caused by it more than anything else” "From what I see on the news the major institutions are taking care of the problem” Candi Higboe USU student "(Hopes) we have the technology to get would it fixed before it becomes a big problem” Chris ClesXnsJd USU student ‘There will probably be problems but nothing so grand that we're all going to die because of R” --i Racheil Rudd West Fielding "I'm trying to get some extra food storage on hand but I'm not stockpiling” -- |