Show : J c ’ 1 '? ' ' i A2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utito Saturday April 5 2003 Utah D r 1 :V'-- i' f ':A ‘ - ' V 'vi 4 " ' w J1' l'1 : y ' £yr-- v- ? ' t - ’ v- y Vy a - v w v' : f 7 y-- ': i'-'- ' "'V - i- v y: -- uy- yy Jsi: vi n'vV"' ft J5 V" ' “t's4v V s‘xAj L iV y f:yyyyrvkyyy:yy-y:- y ‘ --1 M ' y -- y Park City womri fights Utah’s PARK CITY (AP) — A woman here has faced off against Utah’s flag desecration law and won Beth Fratkin hung a US flag with a big black “peace” symbol profited on it from her front door It was her way of protesting the American invasion of Iraq A short time later two Park City police officers knocked on her door told her a complaint had been filed They said she cpuld be prosecuted i under the state’s “abuse of a flag statute if she didn't take the banner down Frailrindidn’t back down and challenged the officers to toss her in jail They didn’t but they warned her that if prosecutors chose a warrant could be issued for her arrest on the misdemeanor charge The woman said die officers were polite but the visit was unsettling “Anytime two men in uniforms armed with guns and nightsticks tell you to do something some people might be intimidated by their mere presence” she said But Fratkin knows a dung or twg: abut die US Constitution “They didn’t know she teaches law and press” said her University of Utah communication professor Jim Fisher “I teach a class in free expression I have a responsibility to my students er ‘ io put my money where my is wouldn’t you sayr said Fratkin a doctoral student at die Untonily' of Utah “People should not be afraid to speak out Our democracy depends on citizen pattkipatibOL’’ Fratkin says Utah’s law is invalidated by die UJ5 Supreme Court ruling in the Texas v Johnson flag burning case Ftosecuton in the town are now agreeing with her flag-abu- ild-reso- se : City Attorney Mark Harrington reviewed the situation and decided against pursuing (hp caseThe state statute hp said would have to be with the US Supreme v Gout “I advised diem that this would be protected speech so there will be no further action” Harrington said rt - “Generally we wouldn’t be prosecuting any expression involved with fUff : H f ' rv I 1 f cd®diib® anaeDomrS ROmxdojrini arS d photograph of rock art “This is the reason that the BLM and private i Archaeologist fears vandalism graffiti-covere- increase from use of GPS access or being very secretive h about the locations of sites” he said on the TOb site “Second this is die reason why I am trying to locate and photograph all the sites that I can I want to see diem before vandals have completely ruined them” This new openness doesn’t sit well with those who covet the petroglyphs and pictographs and are known for their secrecy about their favorite sites “We share coordinates between close personal friends but not with strangers” explained Nina Bowen vice president and archivist for die Utah Rock Art Research Association “We are so people about sites that we (die association) don’t even have a file on these sites We’re purposely very vague about (die locations) It’s our passion and we have seen so much vandalism in die past five years” Thai’s when handheld GPS units began bring sold in sporting goods stores Jones said That may just be coincidence “Who knows how petro-glyp- SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Most of the ancient artwork carved and painted into die rock walls and boulders of the American West have survived fra thousands of years in quiet obscurity Technology has changed that These days art that once took years fra a person to stumble upon can be pinpointed with the aid of global positioning systems Discoverers can post the coordinates on the Internet That leaves the ancient priceless art vulnerable to what the Bureau of Land Management calls “digital vandalism” “It certainly has changed how we think about our jobs There’s a breathless feeling : anti-telli- ’ that the public is ahead of us now” said Dale Davidson a Bureau of Land Management archaeologist based in Monti- cello Utah A quick peek at the Internet auction site eBay confirms the sites are being plundered and sold piecemeal said Kevin Jones Utah’s state archaeologist It’s not hunters who concern the rock art aficionados Some of the sites simply can’t withstand public adoration The use of GPS “hasn’t changed the nature but the scale” of those who are finding the sites Jones said Utah wasn’t settled by whites until the Mormon pioneers rolled into the area in 1847 Native Americans occupied the territory fra at least the last 10000 years The ancient people who created the pictographs and scattered across the West are a mystery to archaeologists Much of what is known about them is gleaned from the pictures etched on the rocks: hunting scenes hand prints ceremonies even the arrival of pioneers There are “huge concentrations” of ancient rock art in Utah Jones said He estimated that throughout the West hs sharp drop predicted in spring run-of- f SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Water wqhers foresee anoth- er dismal spring runoff in J Utah National Weather Service hydrologist Brian Mclnerney projects that Utah will have about half die normal snowmelt runoff from April through July “It’s like a funeral when I give these numbers” said Mclnerney The Virgin River Basin is expected to have 35 percent of normal runoff die Salt Lake Valley Basin 40 percent the Provo River Basin 45 percent the Sevier and Bear River basins 50 percent and die Green River Basin 55 permit of normal Mchoetney said the Wasatch Front is ending the winter season with 60 percent of normal snowpack February and March brought normal precipitation and toe weather was unusually warm The next two months will be critical fra those who watch runoff the closest If the weather is cool and wet the potential hazards of summer the doofuses of the world” he jcwiUnot he as woniaomeJuL said if warm dry wcathespocvaihb Sometimes by the time it will be very tough archaeologists can get to a “We are scared to death previously unknown site postsaid state Forester Joel again” ed on the Web it’s already Frandsen whose fire fighting been damaged and informateams could face another busy tion has been lost season in tinder-dr-y range and “Not only are we playing forests catch-u- p but we’re trying to Wet weather in April and record something that’s May would help the grass already been impacted” grow and give plants added Davidson said strength against fire But There’s a lot of talk about warm dry weather will mean how to deal with this clash dry trees dry grass and between archaeology and heightened fire danger technology but no answers A damp and chilly spring “We all stand around kinda already may be too late to help scratching our head about it” many Utah ranchers accordDavidson said “It takes all ing to Wes Quinton public sides to come to a conclusion director of the Utah policy here It took a lot of time fra Bureau Federation Farm tins to get to be an issue and it Livestock ranchers with perwill take some time to figure mits to graze their stock on out how to deal with it” US Forest Service land have told to delay using that been On the Net: summer range for 30 days and httpwwwforsythivcom also to cut toe number of livehttp:towwutahrockarLofgf stock on their grazing allotwwwMatoiyutahgoW ments by 25 percent archaeology I : : ' Kevin T Jones Archaeokigist ting next to for the State a 1 000 year oid Fremont of Utah ' witti a GPS receiver on Wednesday poses and other artifacts AP photo while sit- in his tab In Salt Lake City There are concerns that with GPS coordinates and a map anyone can find artifacts that are normally hidden or hard to find leaving ancient priceless art vulnerable to what the Bureau of Land Management cals itfgKal vandalism” there are thousands and per" haps hundreds of thousands of rock art sites Bob Forsyth a retired private investigator living in Las Vegas takes his Jeep into the high-dese- rt backcountry once or twice a week searching fra the elusive artwork With a GPS mounted on the dashboard and plugged into the computer laptop by his In brief BYU officials cancel overseas outings due to safety fears — PROVO (AP) Administrators at Brigham Young University have decided to cancel overseas travel plans fra its performance groups due to safety concerns The decision was supported by the BYU board of trustees which is headed by The Saints’ Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da-y President Gordon B Hinckley During a recent speech at BYU Hinckley spoke about the war in Iraq saying “These are solemn and perilous times” International travel by some Mormon church employees has also been put on hold though missionaries are still dqfrg their work abroad “It’s kind of a downer forus But knowing as we do that this came fporft the prophet I think all of us feel itVan'ucceptable thing” said Young Ambassador performer John Prealra 22 a junior from Provo The BYU stu- dents received word of the travel cancellation last week Each student’s $750 required travel expenses have already beat refunded to their accounts according to BYU officials There are seven BYU performing groups affected The Young Ambassadors were headed to Brazil and Argentina Ballroom Dance Company was planning fra Australia New Zealand and Tahiti the Dancers’ Compimy was set fra i oOsisliii Indian pot side Forsyth enters the no-ma- land surrounding the Vegas glitz “I think of the people that were there where you are 1000 years ago You’re walking in their footsteps” he said When he finds the treasures he writes down the GPS cow-- ! dinates and takes a digital photograph Within hours it Thailand Malaysia and Cambodia the International Folk Dance Ensemble was going to Spain France and Switzerland Living Legends was headed to South Africa the BYU Singers were scheduled for Ukraine and the Wind Symphony had plans to visit China There were some long faces among the Ballroom Dance Group after they got die news They had spent the semester taking a culture class to learn more about'Australia (lew Zealand and Tahiti ' Provo man arrested : for duping investors ' SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Provo man was arrested Friday on charges of mail fraud tax evasion and wire fraud fra a five-yeinvestment scheme that allegedly defrauded investors of millions ' Albert Earl Carter 61 was indicted by a federal grand juiy on 22 counts each carrying a penalty of up to five years in federal prison The indictment alleges that at various times between 1995 and 2000 Carter was the managing director of Allied International Resources which solicited about $3 million from investors Letters mailed to victims claimed that investments would last 12 months and be protected by a guarantee aninst loss for 108 percent of toe investment The letter allegedly ar represented that an investor could expect 200 percent of the investment at the annual anni versary date V will be added to his personal Website Forsyth wants to bring a glimpse of ancient cultures to thepublic — which he acknowledges is a double-edge- d proposition As a caution he does not include directions to some of the more sensitive artworks he lists and photographs: His 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