Show J8Ww A2 SUNDAY PERSPECTIVE The Salt Lake Tribune Some five years ago I foisted k on an unsuspecting newsroom Some staffers took to it othex-- decided ered his error in time to catch the right group down the hall reporting later that both lunches were delicious News Editor Shia Kapos spoke to 100 last week detailing how her government team covers the Legislature Congress and public officials When she finished a presentation she opened the session to questions Hands shot up She picked one ready to impart additional pearls of journalistic wisdom Has anyone ever fallen into the press while it was running? Early on we regularly published TribSpeak promotions in the paper listing the 50 or so staffers available to speak and their expertise Requests became so numerous it was hard for some of the more popular choices to function on their day job In spite of the fact we havent run a promotion in two years we average 100 engagements annually before service organizations study clubs professional groups classrooms and church groups The most requested speakers whose public appearances have to be limited a bit are columnists Paul Roily Joann Jacobsen Wells and Robert Kirby reader advocate Shinika Sykes community- - Trib-Spea- s to stick with their original vocations Whatever the degree of staff comfort the program is popular with the public bureau TribSpeak is a in which participating employees of The Salt Lake Tribune are made available free of charge to community groups who would like a Tribune representative to speak on an area of expertise We at The Tribune learn as much from these public encounters as we impart Staffers are under no restrictions and toe no official company Mile when they speak or answer questions although they usually make it clear they are not speaking for management Seme have become quite adept at fielding volleys of inquiries others remain a bit nervous They are writers photographers and editors by inclination and training not politicians Almost every TribSpeak experience has been a positive one even the time Deputy Editor Tom McCarthey turned into the wrong banquet room at a and ended up speaking to a somewhat perplexed but otherwise delighted audience: Luckily he discov- - Sunday March 15 1998 program is not alive and active Your contact is reader advocate Sykes I A number of new staffers have joined The Tribune recently or will join us in the near future By way of introduction fifth-grade- quasi-speake- fast-pace- d Chuck-A-Ram- H Another alum coming home is Guy Boulton now a business writer and columnist for the Cincinnati Enquirer He rejoins the Business Desk from whence he left in 1990 for the Wichita (Kan) Eagle-Beaco-n Michael Vigh a general assignment Tooele Transcript and a former legislative reporter for The Associated Press and Spokane (Wash) Spokesman-Revieis a new member on the Justice Desk replacing veteran poUce reporter Vince Horiuchi who moves to the Features Department Angela Curtis joins the World Desk from her news editor position at The Daily News in Moscow Idaho and Pullman Wash She gained early notice as a dogged legal reporter and served a short stint as interim managing editor of the Sparks Nev Daily Tribune What is heartening is that there appears to be no shortage of journalists who want to ply their trade here Thats good because we anticipate another four positions opening through retirements by fall they are: H Todd Adams a gifted graphic artist from the Lewiston (Idaho) Morning Tribune will be part of a team of key players in the typographical and design upgrade planned for 1998 H Leah Hogsten whose photographic effort at the Ogden Standard-Examine- r caught our eye becomes a member of n our photo staff Mike Miller a shooter for United Press International fills in for veteran Lynn Johnson while the latter enjoys an extended leave of absence Reporter Brandon Loomis a proven multitalented journalist for the Idaho Falls and Jackson Hole Guide joins the Communities Desk with responsibiUties for Davis County El Andrea Otanez a most welcome return will be plying her editing skills on the State Desk A former Tribune news editor Otanez now is a manuscript editor for the University of New Mexico Press reporter for the nine-perso- Reader Advocate Shinika Sykes ordinates the TribSpeak program co- services coordinator Carol Van Wagoner and Michael Nakoryakov of the World Desk But more than 40 individual Tribune employees spoke to outside groups last year I personally find these interactions invigorating especially when the questioning is lively And just because we dont publish many TribSpeak ads it ought not be interpreted to mean the Post-Regist- INTERNATIONAL BRIEFINGS FROM THE TRIBUNE WORLD DESK LATIN AMERICACAWADA Sex-Abu- se El Ninos Wrath Charges Torrential rains triggered by El Nino over the Deep South produced severe flooding in Alabama that killed at least one person Nearly 2000 residents of Elba were forced from their homes when floodwaters rose to six feet deep in the downtown area Ongoing storms threatened to cause similar inundations in Georgia late in the week in Related bad weather Louisiana produced nearly constant lightning and hailstones more than in diameter Near Rogers a half-foabout 180 miles northwest of New iiole Orleans hail punched a in a porch roof and caused extensive damage to cars and other exposed objects Divide Sandinistas NICARAGUA: The sexual-abus- e allegations leveled recently against Sandinista party leader Daniel Ortega by his stepdaughter are causing deep divisions in the party that only a few years ago was one of the most influential political movements in the hemisphere Two party leaders who supported Ortegas stepdaughter have been fired and more expulsions are expected Meanwhile the partys feminist leaders are demanding Ortegas removal REGIONAL: The presidents of seven Central American countries and the Dominican Republic will sign a free-trad- e agreement next month The accord will be signed summit in the Dominduring an April ican Republic to create a regional free-trad- e zone a $5 billion market of 50 million consumers The accord will include Guatemala Belize El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua Costa Rica and Panama 16-1- 7 PARAGUAY: An electoral board on Thursday rejected an attempt by the ruHng Colorado Party to name a presidential candidate to replace Gen Lino Oviedo in the May election Oviedo was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison on charges that he refused to obey President Juan Carlos April 1996 order to resign as army commander Oviedo plans to appeal Was-mos- BRAZIL The Senate gave final approval Wednesday to a constitutional amendment that enables the government to cut billions from its bloated payroll The government can now fire civil servants if payrolls exceed 60 percent of the budget something that was almost impossible before The bill is considered essential for the countrys economic stabilization plan massive Mexico's leading environ-mentgroup announced on Monday that illegal log- ging and El Nino are decimating the population of the country's monarch butterflies The Group of 1 00 said in an open letter to the public that forest fires and cold weather caused by El Nino have carpeted some Mexican forests With dead butterflies up to 12 inches deep The group asked President Ernesto Zedillo to declare the San Andreas reserve in western Mexico eupritical monarch winterA federally protected ing ground area in order tffjtip the destruction caused by logjjQ t Finally powerful blizzard packing hig winds and Winding snow bfested through parts of the American Midwest on Monday stranding motorists cutting power to thousands of people and bringing air transportation to a halt The sudden outbreak of harsh weather caught many residents unprepared following a relatively mild and snowless winter so far human-right- s dictator COLOMBIA: After guerrillas killed scores of elite soldiers two weeks ago President Ernesto Samper swore never to allow independent republics" within the nation's borders But in the state of Caqueta and other states where rebels hold sway it may be too late Guerrillas are the authority and the law Olga Arenas director of Caquetas land-refor- said pro- gram "They have taken the place of the state CANADA: After a week of saying no the most poDular politician in Quebec said Tuesday he would consider running in a showdown election against the party that favors secession from Canada Jean Charest who had been under pressure across Canada to enter the Quebec fray said for the first time there was a chance he would give up his position as national leader of the Conservative Party and take over the Quebec Liberal Party MEXICO: A general who had called for human-right- s reforms in the army was sentenced Wednesday to nearly 15 years in prison for stealing government property in a trial rights groups denounced as a sham Brig Gen Jose Francisco Gallardo 51 has become one of Mexicos prisoners since he was jailed in 1993 days after a magazine pubbest-know- n lished excerpts from his masters thesis complaining of abuses in the military Salt Lake Tribune desk editor Tom Harvey a former correspondent in Latin America based this column on newsservice reports He welcomes at tharveysItribcoia -j irtbtm ifjg Win A violations by his government Other legislators meanwhile jw lid they planned to seek the impeachment of the man who ruled Chile as a ' J fy"" "i Oonatine v- - SPAIN: A prominent Basque politician has proposed that Basque separatists stop their killings while political parties in Spain work out an agreement on the troubled region The offer of a possible unconditional cease-fir- e will be discussed at a special meeting Tuesday attended by all parties that oppose the separatist group ETAs violent tactics Under the proposal the ETAs poUtieal wing would be included in future political negotiations if ETA declared the cease-fir- e Spain has suffered from increasing violence from the group which is blamed for 800 deaths since 1968 ETA is fighting for independence from northern Spain in a centuries-lon- g struggle ) Ceduna South Australia tci996 Uwtraal Press Syndicate El Nino Recovery Earthquakes Peru's National Fishing djHri Society announced that the country's key fishing industry should start to recover in May as anchovies return to the coastal waters El Ninos warm currents drove the fish to cooler waters in search of food last year disrupting the marine food-chai-n along an extensive stretch of South Americas Pacific coast Economic figures just released show that Perus fishing industry suffered a 78 percent drop in production during the peak season which ended in January Tropical Storms cyclone Donaline formed during the weekend over the warm waters of the western Indian Ocean Maximum winds near the storms center were estimated to be near 60 mph but the cyclone was a threat only to shipping lanes in the remote region Tropical m The second powerful quake to stnke Indonesias Irian Jaya province in a little more than a week sent residents of the provincial capital of Jayapura scrambling into the streets Earth movements were also felt in North Sumatra Taiwan eastern Japan the eastern Mediterranean western Scotland northern Colombia and parts of Southern California Island Eruption Lava began naa SffjWj the flanks of the largest flowing down vol-- I w cano on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion on March 9 The eruption of Piton de la Foumaise occurred in an uninhabited area of the French territory and did not threaten any of the island's population An eruption of the mountain in 1986 ternfied some residents but the lava cooled into bizarre formations that have become a popular tourist attraction Cloning Controversy Jr a Efforts Zealands University of Otago to clone the extinct moa once the worlds largest bird have been halted due to a dispute over who owns its genetic material DNA from a moa leg bone was being prepared for shipment to Japan where if was to be implanted in chicken embryos Some scientists had wanted to clone a moa with an emu or ostrich to produce a new giant bird but the Ngai Tahu Maori tribe has contested wtio owns the genes halting the project The birds New Zealand thrived in and are believed to have become extinct by around 1500 long before any Europeans arrived Maori hunting of the birds the burning of habitat and attacks from the giant Haast eagle now also extinct are blamed for the moa's demise 4tte ISRAEL A sion on Israels documentary by state televihistory has come under fire from right-win- g politicians who want the series pulled off the air for being too sympathetic to Palestinians One episode using footage from PLO ar22-pa- rt be putting to use at home CHINA: In a rare public display of dissatisfaction with government policy Chinese lawmakers are complaining that Beijing is being stripped of its character as ancient buildings are razed for office blocks and highways Large tracts of Beijing many crisscrossed with old hutongs or alleys lined with traditional courtyard homes have been leveled in recent years Critics argue that redevelopment also is destroying the close-kn- it community atmosphere once evident in many hutongs anti-Chin- box-offi- rs SUBSCRIPTION RATES DailySundav (Utah Ida Daily Only (Utah) Sunday Only (Utah) Daily A Sunday (Outside of Regka) CIRCULATION NUMBERS Carrier bribery period) Wyo ) ZAMBIA: Former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda has defied the terms of his house arrest by appearing Wednesday in a TV video smuggled out of his home his family said Kaunda 73 who is charged with hiding information about a failed coup attempt last year ap-peared in a news pro gram aired worldwide by the British Broadcasting Corp his son Wezi said The clip shows Kaunda complaining of harsh treatment by his captors and accusing the government of corruption PETER LOZANCICH and BRIAN MAC INTYRE 50-ye- AFGHANISTAN: The religious Taliban government will not allow foreign Muslim women working for UN and private agencies to enter the country chives shows the devastation unless accompanied by a close male wreaked by Israels bombing of Palrelative UN sources said Friday estinian refugee camps in Lebanon UN officials said that if the regulaand includes interviews with PLO tion is enforced it could have a significant impact on humanitarian opguerrillas The documentarys makers say they wanted to show "the erations especially those directed at women and girls No figures were pain on both sides Israel TV said available for the number of women Thursday it would broadcast the episode April 5 as planned JENNIFER SKORDAS working for the United Nations who are assigned to the country UN JAPAN: One in every six women who work in the rules forbid gender-base- d discrimination in employment or assignments government say their bosses or colleagues have demanded sexual favors from them The survey of female government workers also found that 62 perHONG KONG: The first protesters accused of cent of women said they were raped or almost raped Hong Kongs new law against defacing the breaking the government bureau that oversees the nations Chinese and Hong Kong flags will go on trial in May servants 94 Almost perpublic reported Thursday a judge decided Thursday Defacing the flags becent of the women said they had experienced some came illegal on July 1 when the British colony reform of sexual harassment ranging from a display to Chinese rule The case is one of a series verted i of nude posters in the office to forced sex a being watched by human-right- s groups and as to whether the government for signs politicians SOUTH KOREA: Titanic is drawing huge intends to limit freedom of expression crowds in South Korea despite widespread commovie are ticket sales for the plaints that draining precious cash from the nations depleted economy Desk editor Jennifer Skordas worked as an editor As the Hollywood film edges toward becoming South an English-languag- e for newspaper in Tokyo She hit ever critics say ticket-buyeKoreas biggest welcomes at Jskordassltribcom This colare sending money abroad that they should umn is based on Tribune reports By Mall NORWAY: The country accused five Russian diplomats of spying Thursday and canceled the prime ministers planned visit to Russia next week The accusations were disclosed at a press conference by Foreign Minister Knot Vollebaek and Justice Minister Aud-IngAure They said the Russians over the course of several years tried to recruit Norwegians to work for the Russian intelligence service Additional Soutcaa: U S Climate Analysis Center U S Earthquake Information Center and the Work! lAeteorologtcal Organization Auckland Blackout Electrifies Criticism of Utility Company NEW ZEALAND: Embarrassed by bad publicity over Aucklands ongoing blackout the government has begun investigating how the commercial heart of New Zealands largest city could lose power for more than a month Many Aucklanders suspect Mercury Energy skimped oa maintenance laying off half its work force in the last few years to keep profits rising Meanwhile Mercury Energy is trying to stave off a wave of lawsmits by small businesses claiming losses of hundreds of millions of dollars BRITAIN: Legislation to ban fox hunting a sport that symbolizes Britains rural traditions and its landed gentry all but died Friday in the House of Commons despite sup port from a majority of legislators and a majority of the British public The bill failed through procedural maneuvering by its Conservative Party opponents but also through a lack of effort by Prime Minister Tony Blair Blair 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