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Nature:
The New
Sales Pitch
A report today says new home
sales are at the lowest level in a
decade. Builders are turning to
the environment for help. p.10
A new way to pay for TRAX in the works. p.4
Downtown’s Renaissance in the works. p.4
Kids find possible parachute of D.B. Cooper. p.5
Something to Buzz About
She Must Already Have a College Fund
An 18-year-old in Indiana will have
a dreamy prom night, thanks to a
mystery man’s Easter tip.
Kelsey Tolliver was selling newspapers at Cincinnati’s University Hospital on Sunday when a customer in his 20s wished her a happy
Easter and said to keep the change.
The wad of bills was $500 in
twenties, plus four $1 bills.
Tolliver gave half the money to
her stepfather. The rest she’s using
for a dress, shoes, purse and limo
for her senior prom.
A.G.: Beer and a Haircut, No More
The owner of Jude’s Barbershops
will continue offering haircuts and
shaves to his customers, but no
more free beer.
The Michigan attorney general’s
office says Thomas Martin’s 11
shops in the Grand Rapids area
26mar08
theprimer
may not hand out a brew with each
cut because he needs a liquor
license.
Martin says he was just
continuing an old-fashioned
complimentary service for his
customers that started years ago.
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Friday
Will the HDTV set be the new picturephone?
Quanta Computer Inc., a leading contract maker of laptop computers, and OoVoo, a maker of video
chat software, plan to take high-definition videoconferencing to the living room with a gadget that plugs
into the HDTV and connects it to the Internet.
Users of the Quanta Video Messenger will be able
to hold chats from the comfort of their living rooms
with others with the device as well as anyone who is
running OoVoo’s software on a PC.
It’s expected to be available later this year for a
price that’s affordable for consumers, OoVoo said.
Warmer; mostly
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Chute could be a
piece of the D.B.
Cooper heist.
Hoping to solve
at least part of a
36-year-old mystery, the FBI is analyzing a torn, tangled
parachute found in
southwest Washington to determine if it
belonged to famed
plane hijacker D.B.
Cooper.
• Details, p.5
Sometimes it’s
just best to back
away from failure.
Ford Motor Co. is
selling its storied
Jaguar and Land
Rover businesses to
India’s Tata Motors
Ltd. in a deal that
will net the struggling U.S. automaker about $1.7 billion —
roughly a third of the
price it paid.
• Details, p.11
How much for the
clapboard used in
the moon landing?
An online bidder paid
$41,825 for a checklist that astronauts
used aboard Apollo 10. A pair of needle nose pliers used
on the Apollo 16 lunar module toped
$33,000, while the
Buzz Aldrin’s patches sold for $30,000.
• Details, p.12
The black market
is alive and well
in Salt Lake City.
Salt Lake City police are searching for
a 6-month-old girl
who was advertised
as “for sale” in a local
classified listing. Police say the girl was
listed in the “baby
and children” items
on www.kutv.com for
$6,560.
• Details, p.5
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Flocking to Caucus • Nearly twice as many
Utahns than in previous years gathered in living
rooms, libraries and classrooms to choose delegates
who will ultimately select the nominees in this year’s
elections. Many had never been to a caucus before and
had come because of the heated presidential race.
tra x
Lines Could
Extend into
Centervile
FrontRunner might not be the
only rail shuttling riders in Davis
County. TRAX could stretch into
its southern cities as well.
The Utah Transit Authority is
in the first stages of broadening
its transit options in south Davis
County. On the table: light rail
and bus rapid transit.
The plan calls for dedicated bus lanes from Farmington’s
FrontRunner station to Centerville, where TRAX trains would
run south to Salt Lake City.
Currently there is no timeline on the project if it is approved and funding is found.
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Downtown Salt Lake City’s Abravanel Hall may experience some changes if the city manages to secure plans
to build a Broadway-style theater next door.
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Our City Is Growing Up
downtown rising • Although
City Creek Center and the Gateway
district get most of the press, developers say all of downtown Salt Lake
City is in the midst of a makeover,
which makes it one of the nation’s
most unique metropolitan areas.
New in the blueprint • The
possibility of stretching residential units across dilapidated Regent
Street anchored by ground-floor
specialty shops. There also could
be a new condo tower on the corner of Regent and 100 South, directly across from an entry point to City
Creek Center.
broadway theater • Stakeholders also are contemplating the
relocation of the Salt Lake Arts Center from the Abravanel Hall plaza to
a lot across from the Gallivan Center on Regent and 200 South. That
could create space near Abravanel
for a Broadway-class theater that
arts insiders say would create a miniKennedy Center adjacent to the Salt
Palace Convention Center.
price tag• The cost to overhaul
the two blocks directly south of City
Creek is estimated near $700 million.
the next five years • Other developers have outlined projects
including the $1.5 billion City Creek
Center, a new office tower on 222
S. Main St. and a bevy of new lofts
sprinkled throughout downtown.
Running to
Catch Tickets
a pastime?
TRAX officials are looking to
save riders time and money by implementing a contactless pass similar to the one that
graced UTA’s ski buses recently.
Riders would scan the pass
near a card reader. The system
would keep track of how many
uses were on the card and upgrade them from single-use
fares to monthly fares when that
threshold is reached, saving riders money.
The new system could be in
place by early next year.
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How Did They
Decide on
the Amount?
Chute May
Be a Clue to
Hijacker’s Fate
Utah Students
Get a Mixed
Bag With Tech
Salt Lake City police are
searching for a 6-month-old girl
who was advertised as “for sale”
in a local classified listing.
Police say the girl was listed
in the “baby and children” items
on www.kutv.com for $6,560.
The condition of the baby was
listed as “used.”
A member of the public contacted police after viewing the
listing on March 21.
Anyone with information
on the child is asked to call
801-799-3000.
Hoping to solve at least part
of a 36-year-old mystery, the
FBI is analyzing a torn, tangled
parachute found in southwest
Washington to determine if it
belonged to famed plane hijacker D.B. Cooper.
Children playing outside their
home near Amboy found the
chute’s fabric sticking up from
the ground, agent Larry Carr
said Tuesday. Cooper ­— thought
to be a BYU student — hijacked
a Northwest Orient flight from
Portland, Ore., to Seattle in 1971.
Utah is doing a great job of using technology in education, but
not as well as most other states
when it comes to giving students access to computers and
high-speed Internet access,
says a report released today.
Utah deserves an overall
grade of C for technology in education, compared with a nationwide average of a C plus,
said the Technology Counts
2008 report by the Editorial
Projects in Education Research
Center and Education Week.
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Power Rate
Hike Might
Avoid Court
Instead of going through fullblown hearings where witnesses would be called and testimony taken, Rocky Mountain
Power is hoping to settle a rate
case pending before Utah utility regulators.
So far, though, there is no
hint from its ongoing secret negotiations with Utah business
and consumer representatives
on how much of a rate increase
— or how little — the state’s
largest electric utility actually
is willing to agree upon. Rocky
Mountain Power late last year
increased rates by 7 percent.
D e lta A i r L i n e s
Union Vote Looms
Delta Air Lines flight attendants will vote starting in
late April on whether to join a union.
Delta said yesterday the National Mediation Board,
which will run the election, told the airline that an
election has been scheduled for April 23 to June 3.
Last week the Association of Flight AttendantsCWA union received a letter from the federal agency
authorizing a union representation vote by Delta’s
13,000 flight attendants, but it didn’t set a date.
Nearly 650 flight attendants are stationed at
Delta’s Salt Lake City International Airport hub.
“We’re very optimistic it will pass,” said Danny
Campbell, a Northwest Airlines flight attendant
assigned to advise Delta attendants. It will take a
majority of favorable votes to pass. Attendants who
abstain from voting will be counted as “no” votes.
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Blotter
A collection of public safety
news from The Salt Lake
Tribune and wire reports.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Toddler identified • Authorities have identified a Farr
West toddler struck and killed
by a car in his uncle’s driveway
Sunday as Daxton Eberle. Daxton, nearly 2, was outside his
home on 2600 West with his father before the accident, according to a news release from
the Weber County Sheriff’s Office.
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cookie thief • A cookie
theft has become a felony case
in Murray, where an uncooperative suspect allegedly broke
a police cruiser window when
he was arrested for stealing a
$1 cookie from 7-Eleven. Court
documents state the West Valley City 18-year-old left the store
at 4811 S. State St. with the
cookie hidden under his shirt.
When an officer tried to arrest
him, the man struggled and
kicked, breaking a backseat
window, police wrote. He was
charged with damaging a jail, a
third-degree felony, along with
misdemeanor retail theft.
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If you’re roaming bear country, your best protection
against an unpleasant encounter is a can of bear spray,
not a gun, according to Brigham Young University wildlife
biologist Tom Smith. Bear sprays sell for $30 to $40, and
have wide ranges in discharge duration (four to nine
seconds) and distance of throw (15 to 35 feet).
mayhem • A 54-year-old
South Salt Lake man allegedly
struck another man across the
side of the head with a stick so
hard that he punctured through
an entire section of his victim’s
ear. The suspect was charged
yesterday with mayhem, a second-degree felony.
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UTA to Talk
About Airport
Line Tonight
Bomb Squad Blunder
A
n oddball driving a pickup with Utah plates, who approached the U.S. Supreme Court Building with a shotgun, crossbow and sword, was more of a danger than thought.
Michael S. Gorbey, who was arrested near the U. S. Capitol,
is now facing charges of planning to set off a bomb. U.S. Capitol Police are trying to figure out how their top-rated bomb
squad overlooked an explosive device that was rolled up in
some clothes behind the seat. Investigators stumbled over the
gunpowder, shotgun shells and buckshot contraption in a second search weeks later. The bomb “could have caused serious
injuries” if detonated, said Terrance W. Gainer, the Senate sergeant-at-arms.
So much for the millions spent on security since 9/11.
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The Utah Transit Authority this
evening will conduct an open
house to discuss its planned
light-rail line to Salt Lake International Airport.
The meeting is set near one
of the planned stops along
North Temple on the downtown-airport TRAX line, from 5
to 8 p.m. at the State of Utah’s
Bonneville Building, 155 N.
1000 West.
The topic is a draft review of
potential effects to the environment caused by the line.
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Night Light • Academics say in the Journal of Labor
Economics that the sun doesn’t matter much to sleep and
work schedules. Your TV zone matters more. At 7 a.m., people in the Mountain and Central time zones are 23 percent more
likely to be up than people on the East Coast, where prime-time
TV ends at 10 p.m. rather than 11 p.m. on the coasts.
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Travel Light • As struggling airlines
add extra-luggage fees and travelers worry about growing security restrictions, services like Luggage Forward and Luggage
Free have emerged as ways to bypass the
hassles of checking bags.
How it works • Customers load up
their suitcases as usual, with no special
packaging needed. Shipping slips for luggage are mailed to them. A pickup time is
scheduled, usually for a two-hour window.
If the bags are being sent to a hotel, the
concierge will typically call customers to let
them know their belongings have arrived.
Cost • Rates vary based on weight,
distance and delivery time (sending a
65-pound bag from New York to San Francisco in five days would cost $149 through
Luggage Forward).
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Air Mail • More Americans are using
such options for run-of-the-mill trips. Others are simply mailing bags themselves, using the U.S. Postal Service, FedEx or UPS.
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T r av e l
Airline Merger
Quickly Going
Nowhere
While talk of a combined Delta-Northwest and other airline
mergers seems to be in a holding pattern, further delays could
jeopardize carriers’ chances of
getting regulatory clearance under the business-friendly Bush
administration.
Antitrust experts say any
such combination will take several months to gain Justice Department approval, and that a
decision likely would be needed before Election Day or the
airlines will have to roll the dice
with whoever follows George W.
Bush into the White House.
The carriers are convinced
the Bush administration is more
supportive of their ‘‘business efficiencies argument’’ than the
‘‘constituency argument’’ that
may play better with a Democrat
or John McCain in the White
House, said Michael Waxman, a
professor at Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee.
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Meltdown • A chunk of Antarctic ice about seven times the size of Manhattan suddenly collapsed, putting an even greater portion of glacial ice
at risk. Satellite images show the disintegration of a
160-square-mile chunk, which started Feb. 28. The
chunk has been there perhaps 1,500 years.
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American
Cancels 200
Flights Today
‘Ride the
Green Wave’
By JIM CARLTON
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
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those without the designation.
And Pulte Homes Inc. is adding more insulation and energysaving appliances at some of its
subdivisions in the southwestern U.S.
Interest in green homes was
high at the International Builders Show in Orlando, Fla., where
the National Association of
Home Builders declared Feb. 14
‘‘Green Day’’ and announced a
national green building program that enables builders to
achieve certifications they can
advertise to the public. The numerous environmental sessions
included: ‘‘Ride the Green Wave
or Be Swept Away.’’
More builders are adding ‘‘green’’
features to their new homes. It is
a strategy born out of necessity.
In October, the Trilogy division of Shea Homes rolled out a
program dubbed Shea Superiology for its 1,500 to 2,000 new
homes this year. The homes will
have environmentally friendly
features such as increased insulation and energy-efficient electronic appliances. KB Home this
year also began including appliances awarded the federal Energy Star rating for high energy
efficiency as standard in homes,
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American Airlines canceled
about 200 flights, less than 10
percent of the nation’s biggest
airline’s scheduled service, today so its crews can inspect
some wire bundles aboard its
MD-80 aircraft.
About 50 departures each
were canceled at American’s
hubs at Dallas-Fort Worth and
Chicago O’Hare international
airports.
The need for the new inspections became known during an audit by a joint team of
inspectors from the FAA and
the airline.
Politics
Presidential
Wistful Joins
Libertarians
Long-shot presidential candidate Mike Gravel told supporters today he is leaving the
Democratic Party to join the
Libertarian Party.
Gravel, a former Democratic
senator from Alaska, said in an
e-mail that the Democratic Party ‘‘no longer represents my vision for our great country.’’
‘‘It is a party that continues
to sustain war, the military-industrial complex and imperialism — all of which I find anathema to my views,’’ he said.
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New Fishing:
First Release,
Then Catch
Ford Plays Hot
Potato With
Jaguar, Rover
A California aerospace company plans to enter the space
tourism industry with a two-seat
rocket ship capable of suborbital flights to altitudes more than
37 miles above the Earth.
The Lynx, about the size of
a small private plane, is expected to begin flying in 2010, according to developer Xcor Aerospace.
The Lynx is designed to take
off from a runway and reach a
top speed of Mach 2 and an altitude of 200,000 feet.
Scientists are testing a plan to
train fish to catch themselves by
swimming into a net when they
hear a tone that signals feeding time.
If it works, the system could
eventually allow black sea bass
to be released into the open
ocean, where they would grow
to market size, then swim into an
underwater cage to be harvested when they hear the signal.
Next up, teaching them to
coat themselves in batter and
hop inside a fryer.
Ford Motor Co. is selling its storied Jaguar and Land Rover
businesses to India’s Tata Motors Ltd. in a deal that will net the
struggling U.S. automaker about
$1.7 billion — a third of the price
it paid for the two brands.
The deal announced today
will expand the Indian carmaker’s reach around the globe.
Tata will pay $2.3 billion for
the British brands, but at closing, Ford will pay about $600
million into the Jaguar-Land
Rover pension fund.
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A train car loaded with lumber rolled from a side track onto
a main line and hit a stationary commuter train during rush
hour Tuesday afternoon, sending dozens of people to hospitals, authorities said.
About 150 people were
treated at the scene, and about
80 of those went to hospitals.
None of the injuries was critical.
The commuter train was not
moving when it was hit by the
car that rolled about two miles
from where it had been parked.
A Finnish tourist was detained
after allegedly stealing a piece
of rock from one of the massive
Moai statues on Easter Island.
Marko Kulju, 26, faces seven years in prison and a fine of
$19,100 if convicted of stealing
pieces of the right earlobe from
a Moai, one of numerous statues carved between 400 and
1,000 years ago. Kulju used his
hands to tear off the earlobe,
which fell to the ground and
broke,
Chile controls Easter Island.
An online bidder Tuesday at an
auction of air and space artifacts paid $41,825 for a checklist astronauts used aboard
Apollo 10 on its lunar module, nicknamed Snoopy. The
checklist also contains an original signed sketch of Snoopy by
Charles Schulz, the creator of
the ‘‘Peanuts’’ comic strip.
Needle nose pliers used on
the Apollo 16 lunar module sold
for more than $33,000, while
the patches from Buzz Aldrin’s
Gemini 12 suit fetched $30,000.
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Hey Man, Nice Shot » The Washington Capitals’ Alexander Ovechkin — the first player in 12 years to
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It Was All in the Cards
Hit Out of the
Park Before
the Run Home
Despite Charlotte’s annually finishing with one of the league’s worst records, the Bobcats frequently seem to give the Jazz fits. And the thought had to be rattling through more than a few
heads during the fourth quarter of last night’s game at EnergySolutions Arena: No way the Jazz
could have a second meltdown this season against the Charlotte Bobcats. But the Jazz prevailed.
Emil Brown found a safe way
home: hit the ball over the
fence.
One day after Brown made a
costly baserunning mistake, his
three-run homer in the third inning led Oakland over the Boston Red Sox 5-1 today and
gave the Athletics a split of their
opening two-game series.
Following Major League
Baseball’s third season-opening series in Japan, the teams
were to head back to the United
States on 10-hour flights across
the Pacific with a split. The Chicago Cubs and New York Mets
split their Japanese series in
2000, as did the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Devil Rays
in 2004.
Boston began its World Series title defense with a 6-5,
10-inning victory yesterday,
boosted by Manny Ramirez tiebreaking, two-run double.
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Utah Jazz forward Mehmet Okur tries to get past Charlotte Bobcats forward Emeka Okafor during the first
quarter of Tuesday’s game in Salt Lake City. The Jazz won 128-106.
near past • After blowing a
12-point lead in the final six minutes
against Charlotte on Dec. 19, the
Jazz were in even more danger. The
Bobcats went into the fourth quarter trailing by 20 yet had closed within three with 6:15 left.
present • But the Jazz were able
to restore order in time, outscoring
the Bobcats 27-8 the rest of the way
to take a 128-106 victory. The Jazz
improved to 31-4 at home, where
they are perfect against teams with
losing records this season.
major influences • The Jazz
lost their grip as Charlotte closed
to 101-92 after a Gerald Wallace
three-pointer was followed by an Earl
Boykins-to-Wallace alley-oop dunk.
Raymond Felton and Emeka Okafor
were not on the floor for the Bobcats.
major obstacles • The Jazz
took a 92-72 lead into the fourth
quarter. But Jazz coach Jerry Sloan
and Okur both were whistled for
technicals; the Jazz wound up in the
penalty with 9:47 left. The Bobcats
drew as close as 101-98.
outcome • Carlos Boozer, Mehmet Okur and Deron Williams each
posted double-doubles. “It’s good
for us to all have good games on the
same night. It’s kind of rare sometimes, either one or two of us — it’s
very rare that [it’s] three players,” Williams said.
Hearing on
the Hill Turns
Partisan
Roger Clemens got some new
Republican support in his dispute with Brian McNamee.
Reprising the partisan nature
of last month’s congressional
hearing that examined whether
Clemens took performance-enhancing drugs, the leading Republican on the committee that
heard testimony from Clemens
and McNamee released a report Tuesday questioning some
of the Democratic majority’s
findings.
SWIMMING
Tonight’s Games
Speedo-mania
NIT, quarterfinal, Dayton at Ohio
State, 7 p.m. ESPN2
BOYS’ PREP SPORTS
McDonald’s High School AllAmerican Game, East vs. West,
7:30 p.m. ESPN.
the associated press
NBA
Phoenix at Boston, 5 p.m.
ESPN
Utah swim coach Greg Winslow has a handful of swimmers who are Olympic hopefuls, and all four want the
same thing. Like, say, becoming an Olympian.
In the meantime, they wouldn’t mind sporting an LZR
Racer, a slick full-length body swimsuit made by Speedo
that has caused a craze among swimmers worldwide. The
problem is, it’s not available to everyone — mostly just
Speedo-sponsored swimmers.
There have been 14 world records set since mid-February, and only one of the swimmers wasn’t wearing the
$550 swimsuit. It’s available though pre-order on Speedo’s Web site; however, the suits won’t ship until June,
and then only in limited supply.
sports&rec
MEN’S COLLEGE
BASKETBALL
NIT, quarterfinal, Mississippi at
Virginia Tech, 5 p.m. ESPN2
ÔÔ Speedo • www.speedousa.com
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Celebrit y Scuttlebutt
Falling Bullet at Golf
Event Hits Chef
Paul Prudhomme
Earth Day to Ring
Loud and Clear
Celebrated chef Paul
Prudhomme was setting up his cooking
tent on the practice
range at the Zurich
Classic of New Orleans golf event when
he felt a sting in his
right arm, just above his elbow.
He shook his shirt sleeve and a .22 caliber bullet fell out. Deputies believe he was
hit by a falling bullet, suffering a minor cut.
The Roots, Ricky Skaggs, Los Lonely Boys, the
Neville Brothers (including Charles Neville, right)
and Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead are among the
headliners for eight simultaneous Earth Day festivals
planned at major cities around the U.S. on April 20.
The free events will be staged at parks in New
York, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami
and San Francisco. The flagship event will be the
Earth Day 2008 celebration on the National Mall in
Washington.
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‘Heiress’
First-rate
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Where • Simmons Pioneer Memorial
Theatre, 300 S. 1400 East, University of
Utah campus, Salt Lake City
When • 7:30 p.m. today and Thursday; 8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. matinee Saturdays
Tickets • $21-$39; 801-581-6961 or
www.pioneertheatre.org
In the second act of Pioneer Theatre Company’s
production of “The Heiress,” Dr. Austin Sloper
is delighted by a stethoscope he purchases in
Paris.
“It’s for listening to
people’s hearts,” he says.
“I wish I had had it years
ago.”
The irony is that Sloper has let himself become
so embittered by his
wife’s death that he’s never listened to the hearts
of anyone around him,
especially his daughter
Catherine, and that has
disastrous consequences.
Catherine Sloper has
grown up in a house-
hold devoid of love.
Then Catherine meets
the handsome, charming Morris Townsend,
who says he loves and
wants to marry her. Austin pegs him as a fortune
hunter and forbids the
marriage, but Morris’ attention sparks something
in Catherine, and she
starts taking steps toward becoming her own
person.
Every performance is
first-rate, and John Going’s direction nicely balances the plot’s developing tension with its
tenderer, more emotional
moments.
• Barbara Bannon
W i n e Pa i r i n g
Film Screening
Wine Wednesday at The Gateway
fi le • t he salt lak e t ri bu ne
Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon and
newly inaugurated Salt Lake City Mayor
Ralph Becker will hold a meet and greet
from 5 to 7 p.m. today.
There will be food for $10 per person
and wine pairings for $15 per person at
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, 20
S. 400 West, in The Gateway mall in Salt
Lake City.
This Wine Wednesdays event is subject to
Utah liquor laws.
Fleming’s will donate a portion of
proceeds to the Utah Hispanic Business
Leadership Foundation.
For reservations, call 801-355-3704.
See Egyptian
Drama at Fine
Arts Museum
The Egyptian drama “Yacoubian Building’’ will screen at 6
p.m. at the Utah Museum of
Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center
Drive on the University of Utah
campus.
The movie, based on Alaa Al
Aswani’s novel, follows the intertwined stories of residents in
a popular and dilapidated Cairo
apartment building.
A discussion by Lawrence
Loeb, professor of anthropology
at the University of Utah, will follow the screening.
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$ *
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BASED ON AVAILABILITY.
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April
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PICK YOUR COLOR
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Chuckle Bros.
By Brian & Ron Boychuk
O n a C l a i r e Day By Carla Ventresca & Henry Beckett
Girls and sports
By Justin Borus & Andrew Feinstein
Diesel Sweeties
By R. Stevens
TheStars
Tomorrow’s horoscope today.
Crossword
Answers • p.21
VOLUNTEERS
WANTED FOR A
RESEARCH STUDY
IF THURSDAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY
• You’re a fast learner, but you like to do
things your own way. You’re keen to try
new things, but you’re always realistic.
Many of you are scientific or technically
proficient. All of you are intuitive about your
surroundings. You know what’s going on.
And you’re passionate! Work hard to build
or construct something this year. Your rewards will soon follow.
ARIES (March 21 to April 19)
You’re extremely restless. Don’t
worry about this, it goes with the territory.
Mercury has lined up with unpredictable
Uranus, and this makes everyone jumpy.
GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Stay
light on your feet when dealing with
authority figures. People will say and do
surprising things!
CANCER (June 21 to July 22)
You might change your point of
view about something religious, political or
philosophical. Take a new look.
LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Surprise
news related to other people’s
money might catch you off-guard. Stay in
touch with your bank account.
VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22)
Someone quite close to you is really
rebellious about something. Don’t expect
cooperation.
LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Interruptions to your job are likely. Computer crashes, new personnel or power
outages are just some possibilities.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)
Parents should be extra vigilant
about children. This is also an exciting,
flirtatious day. Keep your eyes open!
You may be eligible to join
an important clinical study
of an investigational drug
for genital warts.
Convenient, once-a-day ointment application. Screening
and investigational treatment provided.
Creators Syndicate © 2008 Stanley Newman (stanxwords@aol.com)
ACROSS
1 Wile E. Coyote’s
supplier
5 Flick
10 Sandwich-shop
orders
14 Herr’s wife
15 “You __ serious?”
16 Tangible
17 Lions’ home
18 Western spread
19 __ does it
20 Be
phosphorescent
23 TV-sect. listing
24 Permit
25 Tiny Alice
playwright
28 Curve shape
31 Winner
35 Emotional support
37 Word joke
39 One’s wheels
40 Mischievous look
44 Stimpy’s sidekick
45 Valets
46 Brave New World
author
47 In a strange way
50 Beer container
52 Unreliable ones
53 Guitarist Paul
55 Bank file: Abbr.
57 Short-lived
success
63 Largest of the
Marianas
64 Midwest
metropolis
65 Marine mammal
67 Annapolis sch.
68 Stretch
69 Zodiac beast
70 Pharmaceuticals,
to pharmacists
71 Set forth
72 Endure
DOWN
1 Trade-union org.
2 Rocky outcropping
3 Knight wear
4 Continental
5 Auto racer Andretti
6 Florida county
7 Let off steam
8 Part of a foot
9 Aunt of Maria
Shriver
10 Inhalation
11 Cordelia’s dad
12 To-do list item
13 Like a fox
21 Destroy
22 Last mo.
25 Jetsons’ dog
Sudoku
26 MAR 08
26 Mooed
27 Duck hunter’s
hiding place
29 Courage
30 Light source
32 Fast Amtrak train
33 ’40s movie mogul
34 Victimizes, with
“on”
36 Common street
name
38 High degree
41 Mouse-sighting
sound
42 Mozart in
Amadeus
43 Election Day
inquiry
48 Andean animals
49 “You bet!”
51 Amass
54 Broadway
offerings
56 Crowd noise
57 Join together
58 Touch down
59 Faux: Abbr.
60 It’s nothing to
Miguel
61 Soprano’s solo
62 Cpls., for example
63 Ruin, with “up”
66 Hill dweller
Answers • p.21
Instructions • Complete the grid so that every row,
column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9.
GENITAL
HERPES
RESEARCH
We are conducting
a research study
to evaluate a new
investigational
drug for the treatment of genital
herpes.
To qualify you must
be 18 years of age,
be HIV negative,
and have a history
of frequent genital
herpes outbreaks.
Compensation is
provided for time
and travel.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan.
19) You’re full of bright, new ideas.
There’s extra electricity in the air. Expect to
meet new faces and go to new places.
For more information regarding either study, contact a study
coordinator:
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)
Keep an eye on your money and
your possessions. An unusual opportunity
to earn money suddenly might occur.
PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20)
You’re full of energy, bright ideas
and enthusiasm. It’s hard to know what to
do first!
Qualified participants will
receive medical exams, laboratory tests and investigational treatment related to
the study. All study related
visits and study drug are provided at no cost to eligible
participants.
(801) 585-9874
Difficulty Level: Gold
Creators Syndicate © 2008 • 26 MAR 08
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec.
21) Spontaneous family gatherings
could occur. Surprise company might
drop by. Expect the unexpected.
Requirements: 18 to 50 years
of age. Can be co-infected
with HIV. Must not be pregnant or breast feeding.
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TAURUS (April 20 to May 20)
Expect to meet new and unusual
people. People you already know might
do something that really surprises you.
Do you have genital warts?
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Exhibits
See Collection
Highlights,
Abstract Art
The Utah Museum of Fine Arts
offers highlights of the collection tour. The 30-minute tour is
offered at 6:30 p.m. today and
1:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
at the museum, 410 Campus
Center Drive, Salt Lake City.
For info, call 801-581-7332
or visit www.umfa.utah.edu.
Also see “Suitcase Paintings:
Small Scale Work by Abstract
Expressionists” (right, by Melville Price), through Saturday.
calendar
Wed.
you how you may protect yourself
against Alzheimer’s and other memory disorders. Alzheimer’s Association Office, 855 E. 4800 South,
Suite 100, Murray; 5 to 6 p.m.; free.
call 801-265-1944 to reserve a seat
Music
Family Fun
JAZZ ON THE BOX • 9:30 p.m.
at The Zanzibar, 679 S. 200 West;
801-746-0590; www.zanzibarslc
.com
CURIOSITY SHOP • Discovery
Gateway, 444 W. 100 South, Salt
Lake City; March 26, 11 a.m. to 4
p.m.; 801-456-KIDS; www
.discoverygateway.org
WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY
SYMPHONIC BAND AND WIND
ENSEMBLE • Austad Auditorium,
3650 Harrison Blvd., Ogden; March
26, 7:30 p.m.; $3.50 to $4.50;
800-WSU-TIKS
Dance
ABOUT LOVE • Presented by
Transfusion Hype Dance Company;
Leona Wagner Black Box Theater
138 W. 300 South; March 26-28; 8
p.m.; $15; $12 with student ID
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
BAD MANNERS • In the Venue,
219 S. 600 West, Salt Lake City; 6
p.m. $13; www.ktix.net
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ARMOR FOR SLEEP • with A Cursive Memory, Auromatic Loveletter; The Music School, 350 E. State
Road, American Fork; 6 p.m. $13;
www.ktix.net
THROWDOWN • with Soilwork,
Through The Eyes of the Dead, War
of Ages; Avalon, 3605 S. State St.,
South Salt Lake; 6:30 p.m. $16;
www.ktix.net
LOUIS XIV • This show at In the
Venue was canceled. Refunds are
available at the point of sale.
HEADLIGHTS • with Evangelicals, The Alligators, David Williams;
Kilby Court, 741 S. Kilby Court
(330 West), Salt Lake City; ; $7;
www.24tix.com.
A PACK OF WOLVES • with
Chudda, Liquid Koala; Burts Tiki
Lounge, 725 S. State St., Salt Lake
City; 8 p.m.
JET LAG GEMININ • with Farewell, Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer, The Morning of, Kenotia;
The Outer Rim, 996 S. Redwood
Road, Salt Lake City; 6 p.m. $8;
www.24tix.com
Etc.
THE MIDDLE EAST THROUGH
ITS FILMS: ‘YACOUBIAN BUILDING’ • Utah Museum of Fine Art,
410 Campus Center Drive, Salt Lake
City; 6 p.m.; free
MAINTAIN YOUR BRAIN • Recent Research sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association can show
SHUT UP & DANCE • Odyssey
Dance Theatre’s Sping production
— check the company’s Web site
for details on the three different programs and which days they will be
performed; Kingsbury Hall, 1395
E. Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City;
March 19-29, 8 p.m.; March 22 and
29, 2 p.m.; $15-$35; 801-581-7100;
www.odysseydance.com
Theater
CABARET • Egyptian Theatre, 328
Main St., Park City; Wednesdays
through Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. (8
p.m. opening night); through April 5;
$31 to $45, discounts
for children, students and
seniors; 435-649-9374; www
.ParkCityShows.com 435-649-9371
ROMEO AND JULIET • Utah
Shakespearean Festival touring
production Grand Theatre, 1575
S. State St., Salt Lake City;
Wednesday, Thursday March 26
and 27, 11 a.m.; free; www.bard
.org/education/tour.html
ROOFSLIDING • Brigham Young
University grad students Pardoe
Theatre, Brigham Young University
campus, Provo; Tuesdays through
Saturdays, 7:30 p.m.; March 29
matinee 2 p.m.; through April 4; $14
weeknight and student discounts,
$7 matinee; 801-422-4322; www
.performance.byu.edu
ROOFSLIDING • Pardoe Theatre,
Brigham Young University campus,
Provo; Tuesdays through Saturdays,
7:30 p.m., March 29 matinee 2
p.m.; through April 4; $14; discounts
available; 801-422-4322; www
.performance.byu.edu
THE HEIRESS • Simmons Pioneer
Memorial Theatre, 300 S. 1400
East, Salt Lake City; MondayThursday 7:30 p.m., FridaySaturday 8 p.m; through March
29; $21-$39 (half-price tickets for
children Monday and Tuesday);
801-581-6961; www
.pioneertheatre.org
SUMMER AND SMOKE •
UVSC Black Box Theater, 800 W.
University Parkway, Orem; Monday
through Saturday, 7:30 p.m.;
through March 29; $10 general,
$6 for UVSC students, $8 for other
students, UVSC faculty/staff, and
seniors; 801-863-8337; www.uvsc
.edu/campusconnect/events
Crossword
Answer
More Bad News • Sales of new
homes fell in February for the fourth
straight month, pushing activity to a 13-year
low as the steep slump in housing continued.
The Commerce Department reported
today that new home sales dropped 1.8
percent last month to a seasonally adjusted
annual rate of 590,000 units, the slowest
sales pace since February 1995.
The median price of a home sold last
month dropped to $244,100, down 2.7
percent from the level of a year ago.
The 9.8 months’ supply of unsold homes
was the highest level in more than 26 years.
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whether it is at a faster pace
than their comparable, nongreen developments. And the
higher cost of green construction is proving a hurdle.
Overall, as much as 10 percent of all housing starts are
expected to include environmentally friendly construction
by 2010 — up from 2 percent
of starts last year, according
to the National Association of
Home Builders.
There is some evidence that
the green push is working. In
KB’s Orlando division, for instance, officials say 35 percent
more buyers have opted for
upgrades like better-insulated
rooftops and higher-efficiency
washing machines.
Consumers have also responded favorably to Shea
Homes’ new green program,
although sales prices of the
homes with environmentally
friendly features run 3 percent
to 4 percent higher than those
of comparable properties.
Environmentally friendly
building doesn’t always result
in immediate new sales. At its
78-home Timber Creek development in Las Vegas, which
opened in April, Pulte Homes
had retrofitted in January
the models to be certified as
green under local green building standards. Features include dual-pane windows with
a coating that blocks out the
sun’s heat and low-flow toilets.
Visitor traffic has since increased, but officials say it’s
too early to tell what impact
the move will have on sales;
to date, 50 of the homes in the
development have sold.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Sudoku Answer
The push for environmentally friendly construction
comes as the housing industry
remains mired in a deep and
protracted slump, with singlefamily housing starts off more
than a third from 2005 and
widely expected to keep sliding
this year. To stand out from
the crowd, big home builders are going green for the first
time or are expanding their
existing programs — a departure from previous practice,
when environmentally friendly
building was mainly limited to
a niche of smaller builders.
But results so far are
mixed: Some developments
report increased traffic but no
pickup in sales. Other builders say sales are on the upswing but it is too early to tell
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Don’t expect
a lullaby.
Brahms
Piano Concert 1 in D minor
Brahms rattled a few cages—and symphony halls—in his day.
his wall-shaking performance left critics stunned and audiences
breathless. Hear for yourself.
April 17 At 7:00 p.m.
(Music Exposed Series with insights from the artists)
April 18-19 At 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Horacio Gutierrez, piano
v isit u ta hsymphon y.org or ca ll 533-note (6683)
tex t u tsy mphon y to 41513 for speci a l offers a nd info
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