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I of drama and scandal H From previous page ing the law allowing to stand a lower court's finding that it was unconstitutional I'tah taxpayers spent more than $1 million to defend the law which banned abortions except in case of rape incest grave fetal defects or risk to the mother's health JULY The 250 people the Mormon exodus came marching in to the cheers of some 50000 people at the mouth of Emigration Canyon Days of '47 organizers bowed to public pressure and allowed the entire wagon tram in the July 24 parade rather than just five wagons as originally planned The spending habits of public employees prompted inquiries by the state auditor Utah State University Athletic Director Chuck Bell repaid the school $1087 because of slipshod record keeping for his travel and entertainment expenses An audit of the Oquirrh Park Fitness Center found serious mismanagement and misuse of funds And an audit of Davis Mental Health Center alleged that Executive Director Russell Williams received exorbitant perquisites inflated overtime and bonuses Williams denies the allegations but resigned in December amid an ongoing investigation Formerly conjoined twins Bessy and Dons Gonzales bade farewell to the staff at Hospital and returned to their home in Honduras The girls who were born joined at the top of their heads underwent a series of operations over 17 months to separate them s Primary-Children'- AUGUST Under a cloudless sky 12 hikers entered Antelope Canyon a border near the But rainfall 15 miles away soon wall of water sent a down the narrow winding slot canyon sweeping all but a tour guide to their deaths Utah-Anzon- 50-fo- Salt Lake County commissioners toyed with the idea of changing the county's form of government The commission voted to put a reform proposal on the ballot then two of the three members changed their minds and took it off the ballot But the commission did not think twice about eliminating the job of gadfly Doug Short It voted to recombine Short's county attorney position with that of the district attorney but only after his current term expires in 1999 aters about the time the story of Spanish Fork High School teacher Wendy Weaver hit the newspapers Both are tales of teachers alternative serual lifestyles and tolerance But only in the movie is there community acceptance and resolution When Weaver s employers discovered she is lesbian they took away her coaching position and barred her from discussing her sexual orientation Weaver responded with a federal lawsuit that attracted national attention The litigation remains pending Srand annnersary of the Staircase-Escalant- Na-ion- e Monument's creation the bureau of Land Management ipproved Conoeo's request to trill a wildcat oil well within its borders But three months later he company plugged the well ipparently finding little poten-ta- l for successful development t the site When Salt Lake City Weekly ubLished an unflattering story Lout Salt Lake District Attor-r-Neal Gunnarson he junked stack of papers Because the spef is distributed free one ipy per person a panel of rosecutors declined to charge unnarson with theft Journal-- i ts did accuse Gunnarson of msorship y i two-ye- Fork began in May when Ma-c- r wrote a ieter Jess Gre-lenien-for a drunker dr Then Green bgan with the police chief g to fire him and accimrm off of harassment The mfisr r2 rar-la- st ceased by fa!! then Gr--in th- may ora! primary news-medi- The Utah Agriculture Department s investigation into w hirl-mdisease keeps swirling around hatcheries owned by Gov Mike Leavitt's family The disappearance of records detailing sale and movement of live fish is hindering that inquiry but officials had enough information to expand a quarantine on sales of live fish from the Leavitt famitv trout farms g Utah Corrections Director Lane McCctter resigned at Utah State Prison In addition to the death of Mchael Valent McCot-te- r had come under fire for vedriving a luxury sport-utilithicle purchased fer the pnsen s firefighting unit Prison Medical Director Robert Dennis Jones also res gned m October News stones had revealed Jones was y Construction of two ice sheets next to Seven Peaks Water Park allowed Provo to lure an Olympics event away from Utah Valley State College The Salt Lake Organizing Committee decided to move women's hockey a little to the southeast after Provo demonstrated it could seat 8000 Final tab for the upgraded facility $10 5 million with Provo Utah County SLOC and Seven Peaks kickme m aCf-rr-p- r - The to a tzae thonty Board fired w-t- h gun rmU to tie armed just about Hrwhere But the law did not fep the state chief executive itf cer Gov Mike Leavitt from Si acting hi own concealed gus law barred state ar ployee from carrying weapons in tate building or vehicle Mo Leavitt con-Mal- ram-pere- k rfrt hr! tfce- - hr o'sanz-ir- s f! r A'nr-j- r ra e frou runcer r for West Jordan roa'-o7hn Mat Haerte' eppV i aru 2 am inwh a!e- - cf fe and hy volving Vfcr-oVKr-o- r who was fr-- d a earner from Uar ho o' Employees Aw a o n a - n At-e- amd hara'-n- : ex-a! a ! sa-t- h: 7y 1 7r hrr r He save was found too late r the root cellar cf his grandfather s tree fueled a fre r r fgiter and he : ther were m'rei Utah Jazz fans started holding their breath in when John Stockton underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee Doctors said it might be as late as January before he could play again and even then he might have physical limitations But fans exhaled m early December when Stockton was back in uniform feeding balls to Karl Malone as usual T'-l-- r a s A::r Ing v Vv r Cc-n- ' ' :r4 in 3 -r sr if as a L : e jar l- 1 k rr-- r 5 i - -- : rl n i- & V k Chroma arardfa- -- 7i- - t' ift sr r ' e no famly knew Tifary Jclonsor tc heme Nearlv arc Johrson'diei'when weeks '7'ri c insr N'oA d firef2iters effors Sean Earles bumed-en- t of al r o g - grandfa- r her search fer 6 Lance Sue' arra cam-t- c a sad end when hi body was found near isE:g "AVer heme Tie vear-cl- jSti: fit rouscu Alexander James Ev'cee and led anti crices tc coe was charred w- -t mrder 7 bo-d- i a shot tie over Arrcelles cleaned rn Mav ruiltv Defense Depot Ogden ended 56 years as a mibtary installation and began its years as a business-industria- l park DDO was on tbe 1995 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission's hit list and on the city of Ogden wish list The Defense Department is in the process cf turning over the property to Ogden which is m the process cf leasing it to businesses r murderra Marge Eon: Scenbane Elmdell Lcsa Marmez and 14 year-clTuesdav fcbers in 191-wide he was cn pancle from in t' death Arrielles aste-- tc die d be-rr?- r rs 22-ss- t: - s ate s s ea: J arrangements a- rv : Eetky Tuccer had - 'hrar yf erker n dagre: he ac:c-e-- d :er cre cf 4 4 - n t - 1' 7 4 Ti:? faxlitv f r rr-- i: ir EnnA tr tie Krii tie Puzzle solution i7 nui iinnt r a re zzj J 6TV'S aaa a i n mn 1 na S2V - -- 11t nr T' T t leaded gudty Tie da den iit 5 den-tnle- TP statist:-- : anyone woth a secured a 1 1 4 molten federal grant aZowung it tn Agen-r- Knee 12 2 The number cf tew fcuamesse Utah was up 7 percent And a unemp-I-cymen- ' t a suganne Krvey hstei Salt Lake housucg market Ns 3 prxe ipprecatara among tie o tar Jest tthe nahocw-d- a e :' ''0 i :i ore : muni ore t r- - 'v Morg-ore- Shwimmr t Lore & crossw erd and Eram N ?e si Fuml? fyjth rc-er- s Famify Seddinm Anniverear J Fullmer David H and Vudre oi ns Utah Kor-cmhumming Utah jobless rata averaged 3 2 percent for tie year tie lowest At-Lo- n - 5 5 1 cocfLrmetf what a house ct a business already knew The Tie money i i y e Mr ei- il See The -d 1 Tbe eh ii nareue-c- s lL sum- w I i s : k e mr-tnn- rector E fel-me- s e jr 1' 3- - Det-eml-e- r rd'- Tie 3 iaucy ua tnocct ic n sssw it x new jariwrrs foe r- - ary zare Ma?w !s:ia-- : atxepxet cl As tct:-t'o- i riwevah Fne an actcwvcsies Fret Killreal FaarJy Firaaiw Dr Vt- kww tau K4xal Aj tf ' ' ri' y'l thank them of furc-ar-- i eri ye ce their parent a - ar r rr many ir L to 1957 arid Di'-i- tf" "S -- e I u?'-- e- 'ner t ' n I)ivi-- i and h tep ben I - tvi I mil limit Ilm ifi I ai lit mtmllli nililmiMfil & Ini nea'h HAPPY BOTH BIRTHDAY MOM worker who mer called a new tocferen-cti was declare ha nnccen-cas tie rapust through ENA aie-giuo- C ' Mauser j t v -: i- TJ tj rax-- v yji nu ran HT'iTA N a wI Li son Erect Hggcns & & - a trn ms n had aggarendy tie new crim :ppc rowed 13 rase tie ue eg wien three ne mem'cers take tier seats Leavit? cf tittmg ca tie surrey completed in midsummer because it be Led Utah whole-tom- e farmly image Learttt reand ject ed that remits were release-- siewmg of women surnearly v veyed witnessed lerice as a thld and cne-tir- d a emesdered themselves tie me of 'i a 'n ia tty pr:tr-rt- procedures premptmg the hoard la Ere eneouCrre di- n 5 i: - j Leavitt tl t? 5 Si -- 11 Vail M-J- Tx'rr - Start The agency had etc under Ere ever its -- jemcmsJy defi- - tr: Z2 g ate the winter Salt Lake City May:: Deedee Ccrradm suspended zoning ordnances so downtown chanties could set up overflew cots Volunteer help and dena-tor- s will keep services go mg Area Cccmunity v i i i ::: v - n ra- - Surgeons at LDS Hospital formed controversial heart-- r duction surgery on a retired postal worker who h been waiting nearly a year f: r a donor heart Jay Tcmpsoa re mains in critical condition f weeks after doctors rut cut more than 30 percent cf his heart's mam pump mg chan: then stitched it bak tcgethe e mter af'er a the adcped fin r NOVEMBER Last-mmut- -- 2 DECEMBER cient' adminrstnnre and OCTOBER or erk'-- In Oco wa- r Crmes a' clients and ether tragedies were par cf 1997 All too often children and teenagers were the victims The year began and ended with house fires that killed ltt boys In January :radeiuae water supply in Herman Racial tensions in Park City had been palpable for months but it was not until a Roman Catholic priest made it the subject of his homily that residents began to address problems The Rev Robert Bussen of St Mary of the Assumption parish in Park City urged residents and political candidates to halt their immigrant bashing His admonition sparked robust debate about relations betw een the area's wealthy whites and Latinos some of w horn w ork m service jobs in Summit Countv 71 n 'har-man Children often victims of years tragedies cne-fcurt- h The movie "In e m Arren-a- - iV -- - Joklk Ha----- Polval turmoil and s Division of Child state m Mav the Utah Transit All - Utah and persuading the Salt ike Organizing Committee to tike the arena a Games venue a 153 million concealed-weapo- child-welfar- h - effer Family Sen ices saw the departure of its direct' r m May Mary Noonan resigned amid ongoing cnhcism of Utah s her resystem Ken Paer-o- r placement w:ll have c comply with a court settlement cvlimrg standards for senrg abused and reflected children UTA 20-ye- veteran John Pmgree but softa severance ened the blow package totaling nearly $250 000 John Inghsh who served under Piraree as assis- - V harp- f saraa---mi- - rh-aV-- and ac rrd a -r pubim r orfder ' - :r sexual gaes irvc'virg Allegations of harassment and b'd Kei'y Atkinson and wife Penny ki'lh s West Jccan g tner with baery Frank vVeich 8 t f o run T'vTi !v a:f!e wrh h - w hr r cf ha ra-- rapid!y r ar A 1905 state law allow Olynp's Lake Organzng ei- - civic effort m 'eat Valley City ended with the 500-seE lenirg of the 10 enter All it took was persuad-the Denver Grizzlies to move A officials high-profil- e The jobs of state bureaucrats local politicians appomtees and an Olympics official were casua alties of controversy and scrutiny Khosrow Semnani founder of the radioactn disposal site Ennrocare stepped down from the state Board of Radiation in January after revelations that he paid $500000 to former Division of Radiation Control Director Larry Anderson His tenpora-- y leave from the board later became permanent as the FBI began locking into the payments 1 On the first J5 SUNDAY Sundav December 23 1997 Utahns witness exodus of 63-ye- a: SEPTEMBER V"1 i&i eSAm The Salt Lake Tribune 12 months ' L |
