Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday March 10 2002 — A9 Thieves snag public banners flags after Olympics SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Dozens of banners and flags displayed throughout Salt Lake County dining the Olympics have been stolen from utility poles and city buildings until the Olympics ended and mercifully have not snatched the Paralympic flags The games for the disabled started Thursday and continues until March 16 Sandy City spokesman Chris Hillman said the city lost 21 banners and flags during the Winter Games 17 banners snagged during the final ooe from outside a police station The pilfering is creating headaches for some city kudos whohad already presold than or were planning to give them to residents through a The weekend Most were near the middle of the measure ' way a that may have accounted for the thefts he said The city has since removed most of the banners as well as American and Russian flags "The only banners we rail have are die ones which are cost-savi- ng literally bolted to the City Hall” he said In Holladay where thieves nicked 40 of SI banners' the takings also extended to the flags of Israel and Canada which were part of a larger country flag display in the city plaza “The Olympics started ' becoming a real pain in the butt” said city recorder Jerry Medina who also became the temporary “flag guy” during die games “I had to put up all of die flags every morning and take them down every Ths Saitt Lake County I Sher- iff’s Office has caught one person taking a flag during a late-nig- ht shift — the man said he had heard the city was giving them away No banners nave been recovered Not all of the cities that lost banners had placed them in easily accessible locations Draper lost 24 banners all of which were strung near the top of the light poles said Susan Hayward neighborhood information coordinator largely waited Temple Continued from A7 sunstones moonstones and starstons shaped like the original decorations and carved by several craftsmen No two decorative stones — or the dozen limestone oxen carved for the basement baptismal fount — are exactly alike “The cool thing is when you look up there you can see differences That’s what we wanted We didn’t want them to look like they came out of a mold” Goodwin said Inside the floorplan has been changed but endless details remain true to the original from British carpet made using the same weaving process as in the 1840s to die 450 custom bronze light fixtures patterned after period hurricane oil lamps and candle sconces “We’re in a time period when detail was simple It was elegant but it was restrained” he said Project manager Ron Prince a retired church engineer said Mormons with construction or trade skills have donated their labor — staying anywhere from a week to more than a year —just as their ancestors did “We believe in the church that we belong to” said Prince also avolunteer at the site which?! scheduled to beV completed in May ' Many who labored on the original never saw it finished After the Smith brothers were killed violence against Mormons continued until new leader Brigham Young agreed to lead his people from Nau-vo-o life-siz- ed - ' They began leaving in Feb--' ruary 1846 and according many accounts the temple on the bluff was the last thing they saw as they headed west eventually founding Salt Lake City A small cadre stayed finishing die temple three months later back to Nauvoojiboufl miles northwest of SL Louis when die church began buying property in the area in the 1930s But it's the temple’s rebirth that has many Mor- mons feeling their people’s journey has come full circle here More than 250000 are expected to visi t the commu- ' nity of 1200 in May and June when an open house will be heldbefore the temple is consecrated After that like all Mormon temples it will be closed except to Mormons participating id church rites: I For Walker who pitches in : doing bdd jobs at the temple the project is both part of his frith and his heritage Afbr- per insurance stockbroker in SL Louis he decided to open a hotel in Nauvoo nine years ago Once here he finally read -fam-viv William Walker’s diary a heirloom he’d never paid M mgg ai DjUGD IUCuIiU jQ DSOtvw That’s when he found that his once ran a Vv “mansion house”— hotel— for Joseph Smith": ' Walker 59 said in times of ? V' doubt he’s encouraged by his V r ancestor’ writings about the pridehetpokin working'on y V 'ilhe original temple ' f & : "It’s exciting walking in his 4J 47 Walker said “I 44 4 Oink he’d be very pleaseo with what Tm doing We 4 : 44 ' believe those who have passed i'l J on are rejoicing that the tern-- r ' pie's being rebuffi” - v 4! f v - ly - W 4 great-grandfat- her - -- ! 1 4 i 4: - V OnthaNafc MtpJftnvwJ)eaiMdnauvoo f - ' ' b ii t ' I - - ’ a— nan— a—w— —maa—— ' " ' ' - i i i v ’ ' '' i |