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Senate • Vote ends ban on gay military members forced thousands of Americans from the military and caused The U.S. Senate on Saturday: serving openly; Dream Act fails to make it to floor. others to keep secret their sex- ual orientation. Struck down the ban on openly gay men and By CARL HULSE military and also blocked the By a vote of 65-31, with eight lesbians from serving in the military. Utahns’ re- and JULIA PRESTON Dream Act, which would have Republicans joining Democrats, actions > A16 The New York Times granted legal status to hundreds the Senate approved and sent Blocked efforts to pass the Dream Act, which of thousands of undocumented to President Barack Obama a would grant legal status to undocumented im- Washington • The Senate immigrant students. repeal of the Clinton-era law migrant students. Utahns’ reactions > A16 on Saturday struck down the The vote on gay service mem- known as “don’t ask, don’t tell,” Sen. Bob Sen. Orrin Pentagon ban on gay men and bers brings to a close a 17-year- a policy critics said amounted to Bennett • Hatch • R-Utah Beat back a Republican effort to block approval lesbians serving openly in the old struggle over a policy that Please see SENATE, A16 R-Utah of a new arms control treaty with Russia. > A3

Heavy snow halts travel across Europe World • Blizzards ’ and freezing tem- A.J. S MISSION peratures shut down runways, Survivor of 2007’s Trolley Square shooting rampage finds his calling in the hearts of Ugandan children. train tracks and highways across Eu- rope on Saturday, disrupting flights and leaving shiver- ing drivers strand- ed on roadsides. Airports in Britain, Germany, France, Spain, the Nether- lands and Denmark reported cancella- tions or delays of flights. > A14

The Associated Press U.S. ‘very ready’ to counter Iran JEREMIAH STETTLER | The Salt Lake Tribune A.J. Walker won the hearts of dozens of schoolchildren in the remote village of Namatu. There, the Trolley Square survivor found an unusual connection to Ugandan nukes youngsters who crowded around him, chased after him and joined him in finger games punctuated by words such as “peace,” “snap” and “pound it.” World • In a meet- ing with Bahrain’s king, Adm. Mike By JEREMIAH STETTLER hardly piece together sentenc- of whom live in thatched-roof Mullen, chairman of The Salt Lake Tribune es after being shot in the head huts — previously had only The Trolley Square the Joint Chiefs of during 2007’s Trolley Square two English titles. shootings revisited Staff, sought to re- Kampala, rampage, helped erect swings The young man, who lost assure Persian Gulf Uganda • Not at Ugandan schools that had some vision in his right eye, Sulejman Talovic opened fire in nations by saying long ago, A.J. nothing more than bicycle-rim gave sight to Ugandan young- the Trolley Square shopping mall the United States Walker was the basketball hoops and dried- sters by installing solar panels in February 2007. Within min- is “very ready” to victim. leaf soccer balls. that provided their school with utes, five shoppers were dead counter Iran should But beneath the tropical The young man, who had to its first-ever light bulbs so they and four others wounded. Police it try to build a nu- canopy of this African na- relearn how to read after the could study at night. killed the 18-year-old gunman, clear bomb and in- tion, where breathtaking nat- shooting spree, which also “This is the stuff I want to but not before he killed Kirsten timidate its neigh- ural beauty collides with Third killed his father, handed out be doing,” said 20-year-old Tribune file photo Hinckley, 15; Vanessa Quinn, 29; bors. > A4 World squalor, that changed. storybooks at a remote school A.J., pausing near the village A.J. Walker was shot in the Teresa Ellis, 29; Brad Frantz, 24; A.J. became the rescuer. along the shores of Lake Vic- of Namatu, where teachers head during the rampage and A.J. Walker’s dad, Jeffrey The young man, who could toria, where children — many Please see UGANDA, A6 at Trolley Square. Walker, 52. [

Deadly POLITICS • UTAH LEGISLATURE weekend HI across state 45 Utah immigration bill alleged 32 SUGAR HOUSE• Police are LO looking into the discovery of Today • Rain a woman’s body in a park. > B4 to have ties to extremist groups with p.m. snow. VEHICLE DEATHS • There were > B12 five fatal motor vehicle deaths across the state. > B3, B5, B7 But Sandstrom insists a red flag for those who see the Sandstrom met with the [Classified Ads W1 SALT LAKE CITY • A card game measure as racist. law institute’s general counsel, his bill is free of racist Puzzles H2 erupted in gunfire Saturday The Immigration Reform Law Michael Hethmon, on at least Editorials O1 and one man died. > B6 intent or provisions. Institute is the legal arm of the two occasions in the spring, but Lottery A2 Federation for American Immi- the Orem Republican said he Money E1 By DAVID MONTERO gration Reform — commonly re- had never heard of Tanton, nev- Movies D10 The Salt Lake Tribune ferred to as FAIR. er heard anything racist coming Obituaries B8 FAIR was listed as a hate from Hethmon in their conver- Sports S1 The legal affiliate of a des- group by the Southern Poverty sations and said he knew noth- Television D6 hent ignated “hate group” provid- Law Center three years ago on ing of the hate-group designa- Rep. Stephen W heg gets VOL. 281 | NO. 65 oing help. tough,thetoughget ed assistance for Rep. Stephen the strength of writings, quotes tion slapped on FAIR. Sandstrom • Sandstrom’s enforcement-only and correspondence made by “I have to look at my own per- R-Orem H4 Arizona-style immigration bill FAIR’s founder and board mem- sonal motivations, and I think — a partnership that has raised ber, John Tanton. Please see BILL, A17 A6 > UTAH ≥ SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE

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A journal by Jeremiah Stettler Toting an unusually Mabel. More books clogged Minutes before changed hellos, tied down Traffic was almost the SEEE Institute previous- DAY heavy backpack, I my carry-on and the backpack DAY midnight, my flight our suitcases and began the DAY cartoonish in Kam- ly had installed solar-powered stepped aboard an beneath my seat. landed under a hourlong drive to the capital pala. Honking. lights. 1 airplane that would The books — given to me 2 starless sky in En- of Kampala, where we would 3 Weaving. Lurching. Sitting on mats and wood- take me halfway around the by a humanitarian group tebbe. Unlike Salt Lake City, spend the night. All to get through a city of 1.2 en benches outside a mud- globe to an African nation I known as the SEEE Institute the Ugandan air was sticky Beneath a mosquito net, million people where motor- brick building, a handful of knew only by name. — were meant for children in hot as I descended the rolla- sleep came near 3 a.m. In the cycles, taxi vans and delivery women urged the SEEE In- Somewhere in the cargo some of Uganda’s most im- way stairs onto the tarmac. corner of the room, a fan clat- trucks appeared unrestricted stitute to help them acquire hold of my American Airlines poverished regions. A white van with a safa- tered, failing to alleviate the by traffic rules. a small-business loan to buy flight was my suitcase, stuffed ri top was waiting with the heat. At last, we escaped Ugan- chickens and, perhaps, sewing with children’s books that told SEEE Institute volunteers I da’s capital and headed east machines. SEEE’s founder, Bill of Dalmatians, parades, sled- would be accompanying for to a tiny school known as the Grenney, told them to prepare ding hills and a whale named the next two weeks. We ex- Hope Children’s Center, where a business plan.

Trolley Square survivor A.J. Walker forged an uncommon connection with Uganda’s children, tossing Frisbees, teach- ing songs and playing finger games at remote schools where bicycle-rim basketball hoops and dried-leaf soccer balls provided the only recreation.

count (six dead, including the from neighboring nations. excursion served as the “mis- The Salt Lake Tribune that he paved; where typhoid fever Uganda gunman, and four wounded) “As a victim of violent crime, sion” he might never get to fill wanted to travel to Africa to and dysentery rage because of ≥ Continued from A1 — multiply it by the thousands I can kind of relate to them,” for The Church of Jesus Christ do humanitarian work — per- contaminated drinking water; and you get Uganda. said A.J., who returned home of Latter-day Saints. But his haps to build an orphanage. where mass murder, rape and offered Christian and Muslim It’s a lush land that sees Thursday night. “It is just sad journey also proved to be a It was late when Peters read kidnapping remain not-so-dis- prayers to thank God for the thousands die every year from to hear what they have had to coming-of-age experience and a those words. But they stuck tant memories of war. new swings. “After you help malaria, dysentery, tubercu- go through, on top of every- nagging reminder of the health with him. So Peters — whose wife had someone who really needs losis, whooping cough, Ebola thing they are going through problems that still plague him Why? Because the West been a childhood friend of help, you feel lightened. You virus and AIDS. It’s a nation right now. And they don’t after Trolley Square. Valley City man could make A.J.’s mom — invited the young feel good knowing that it is go- torn by civil war and ethnic have the help or the resourc- — that dream happen. He wasn’t Trolley Square survivor to ac- ing to benefit that person’s life.” strife in which a rebel force, es to overcome that traumat- planning to build an orphan- company him to eastern Africa Within the thick forests of particularly in the north, ab- ic event.” Dream catcher • A.J. may age. But he was planning with the SEEE Institute. eastern Africa — where mud ducted tens of thousands of Enter A.J. and his fel- have had a dream, but Tim to help children in faraway “All you need is a heart to is mortar, ponds are drink- girls and boys to serve in its low volunteers. They lifted a Peters caught it. Uganda. help these people,” Peters ing water and kerosene lamps army. Many of those “child place too often laid low. They The Engineers Without The help was needed in a said. “That’s what I saw with are the only night-lights — A.J. soldiers” became sex slaves brought hope to a people who Borders volunteer stumbled place where poverty is so par- A.J. He had a true desire to fulfilled his dream: Leave the and were required to kill fam- too often have seen despair. upon A.J.’s ambition last Feb- alyzing that much of the pop- help other people.” comfort of his east Salt Lake ily members to show their loy- They brought toys and smiles ruary, when the then-19-year- ulation lives without running Outside a tiny school in City home and perform hu- alty. It’s a country that, while to young ones who too often old, speaking about his future water, electricity and sew- southern Uganda’s village of manitarian service in a Third growing more stable, still har- have seen too little of both. on the third anniversary of er; where not even 2,000 of Kiwumpa, A.J. conceded that World country. bors thousands of refugees For A.J., his African the Trolley Square attack, told the 28,000 miles of roads are his “desire” didn’t come with With the help of the Utah- based Institute for Sustainable Education, Economics and En- gineering (SEEE), he spent three weeks building swing 1 Namafuma • Cornstalks — the first of its kind in the English. The SEEE Institute desks. A school bell fashioned rise amid African palms region. Several women in the changed that, bringing sever- from a tire rim dangles from sets, wiring solar panels, giv- AFRICA ing away soccer balls and win- in the village of Namafu- surrounding village are in- al armfuls of children’s books a nearby tree. ning hearts in a nation that ma, where schoolmaster Mo- volved in micro-lending pro- that had been hauled over- The SEEE Institute in- A.J. could “relate” to, at least ses Kairigi founded the Hope grams to help villagers raise seas in suitcases. stalled swings there. Until this 5 at some level, even though he Children’s Center to give stu- tomatoes and chickens. Volunteers also built month, the only other equip- Murchison Falls had never been there. dents a safer and healthi- swings — the first play equip- ment on school grounds was DEMOCRATICCRATICATIC 4 A.J. has witnessed killing. er place to study. The school, 2 Namatu • Homes in ment in the schoolyard. a makeshift basketball court He has felt firsthand the grief fashioned out of handmade this remote village near (sans backboards) with two REPUBLIC Lake OF THE Albert of losing a loved one to gunfire. brick, has no running water, Lake Victoria are nothing 3 Katosi • A group of bicycle wheels tacked into He knows what it’s like to be no sewer and only a handful more than thatched-roof huts widows banded togeth- wooden poles as hoops. CONGO shot himself. He knows the of solar-powered light bulbs, surrounded by dirt so red that er to build the St. John Bos- UGANDA stress, pain and prayers that which humanitarian work- it could mistaken for pottery co Namwabula View Prima- 4 Murchison Falls National follow. He understands the ers — under the direction of clay. ry School in this Lake Victoria Park • This nature pre- physical and mental barriers retired Utah State Universi- The Namatu Prima- fishing town. serve — the largest in Ugan- 8 that can last for years or even ty professor Bill Grenney — ry School is here. Until this Although the school sits da — is home to a variety of a lifetime. installed last year. Grenney’s month, the school had only on a scenic vista overlook- exotic wildlife. 7 Take that burden — and SEEE Institute also has posted two storybook titles for help- ing the lake, it is crudely built. Safari vans cut through Trolley Square’s casualty a swing set outside the school ing its 360 students learn Dirt floors. Plank walls. No herds of spiral-horned cobs, WWW.SLTRIB.COM SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 ≤ UTAH < A7

We stopped for the night Lake Victoria. There, the vol- The hunt for swing- the swings. So we stowed We planted the in Iganga, where kerosene unteers built a swing set and DAY set parts proved our bags in a guesthouse and DAY swings today out- lamps lined the marketplace delivered children’s books to a particularly diffi- spent the evening with a na- side the St. John after dark. school that had only two Eng- 5 cult today. With a tive family. 6 Bosco Namwabu- lish titles for 360 students. seemingly simple shopping The family fed us a distinct- la View Primary School in Ka- We spent the morn- While there, I befriended a list of bolts, metal pipe and ly African dinner of cooked ba- tosi. The school’s only play DAY ing in the market- young teacher who gave me a chain, we found ourselves nanas, rice and peanut gra- equipment had been two bi- place, searching for tour of his hut. It was hardly 8 on an eight-hour search that vy. We ate. Our hostess sat on cycle rims mounted on wood- 4 pipes, chains and feet in diameter with a wood- stole away our sunlight. the floor. en poles for basketball (minus other swing-set parts in shops en bench, a charcoal stove and By the time we reached our backboards). no bigger than utility sheds. room for a small bed. His en- destination — a fishing town Before long, our work at- Then we were off to a re- tire house could have fit into named Katosi — the night tracted the attention of nearly Stettler mote village of mud huts near my daughter’s bedroom. had grown too dark to build Continued on A8

PHOTOS BY JEREMIAH STETTLER | The Salt Lake Tribune Alongside humanitarian workers from the Utah-based SEEE Institute, Trolley Square survivor A.J. Walker helped assemble swing sets, deliver books and install solar panels at impoverished schools where playing fields were bare, libraries were sparse and classrooms were without electricity.

the same engineering smarts — were carved into one class- then ventured closer. of children who, moments be- flurry of fist bumps. do … but I don’t know how to as his tech-savvy companions. room wall, while painted Although the swing set fore, had waved furiously and In Kiwumpa, more chil- do half that stuff. So I’m play- He had never built swings. handprints decorated another. had caught the children’s at- tapped on the windows as dren followed A.J. in a spirited ing with the kids and sparked Never assembled solar arrays. Outside, on a playing field tention, A.J. soon became the soon as his van arrived. rendition of “Head, Shoulders, an interest in them. It has Never been to Africa. overlooking Lake Victoria, center of it.A tot with fuzzy At one point, A.J. ran, pur- Knees and Toes,” touching been really cool.” That didn’t matter. a tire rim dangled from a pigtails and a peach-colored sued by ripples of teal, orange their eyes, ears, mouths and And so A.J. found his niche. A.J. didn’t need that know- tree, doubling as a makeshift dress raised her arms to be and yellow uniforms. When noses in a classroom so small He ended up toting around how to reach the people he school bell. held. Another girl clasped the students surrounded him that the Utahn could have those tots at the Katosi school most wanted to help: children. But no students were A.J.’s hand for a thumb war. again, an out-of-breath A.J. stretched out his arms and while his fellow volunteers as- — around to witness the work A curious teen tried to mim- flashed a peace sign. nearly touched both walls. sembled the swings — some- taking place — at least, not for ic A.J’s Vulcan-inspired “V” “Peace,” he called out. The students then offered thing altogether new to the Through a child’s eyes • The the first five minutes. with his fingers. “Peace,” they echoed, copy- A.J. some songs of their own youngsters at St. John Bos- school was empty. Volunteers had hardly It wasn’t the first time — or ing the gesture. — some in English, others in co Namwabula View Prima- With the kids out for the dropped the metal pipes for the last — that A.J. became “Snap,” A.J. piped, snapping their native tongue — includ- ry School. holidays, the classrooms of a swing set into the red Af- the main attraction. his fingers with both hands. ing a hip-shaking ditty about The swings marked the St. John Bosco Namwabula rican dirt when a handful of In Namatu, kids gathered “Snap,” they chanted, trying visiting the zoo. school’s second piece of play View Primary School in Ka- children crept from the palms around him in such numbers to mimic their mentor. “Whenever we’ve gotten equipment. The first? A dirt tosi were nothing more than surrounding the school. The that only his head appeared “Pound it,” A.J. said, reach- into a village,” A.J. said, “all basketball court consisting wood planks and dirt floors. youngsters — some bare- above a sea of faces and hands. ing his fist out over the group. the kids have gravitated to of bicycle rims fastened to The words for numbers foot and others rolling a tire He laughed aloud, somewhat “Pound it,” they replied, me. The engineers are figur- the top of two wooden poles — — one, two, three and so on — watched from the shadows, overwhelmed by the masses meeting his knuckles with a ing out what we are going to without backboards. “This is an experience [the kids] have never had,” said Moses Kairigi, director of Hope Children’s Center in pause beside families of feed- it was scrapped when an un- 7 Kiwumpa • Deep in the 8 Byana • SEEE Insti- Namafuma. His school re- ing giraffes and bounce cross- identified illness killed 19 peo- tropical forests of south- tute founder Bill Gren- ceived a swing set during an country on the lookout for ple and infected 30 others in ern Uganda is God’s Grace ney began his work at Byana earlier visit by SEEE Institute UGANDA lions. The park is home to ele- a nearby province. Primary School, nestled in a Mary Hill school. In fact, his volunteers, the first of its kind phants, hippos, crocodiles and The sickness later was iden- village so small that its name idea of spreading swing sets in his county. panthers. It also has plenty of tified as a plague. doesn’t appear on area maps. across eastern Africa came “To the kids, that is a big warthogs, which wander like Moses Katulume didn’t from hanging a tire swing at thing,” he said. Kampala • pets around a tourist camp. 6 Uganda’s have electricity in his school the school, which turned out — The park’s name hails from capital served as the until this month, when the to be overwhelmingly pop- LaLakeke Ky Kyogaoga a waterfall along the Victori- base for the SEEE Institute. It’s SEEE Institute installed a small ular. A mountain to climb • As an Nile, which thunders from a bustling city of about 1.2 mil- 45-watt solar array on the The work of Engineers much as A.J. might have re- a redrock gorge with enough lion people that seemed forev- roof — enough to power two Without Borders and now lated to Uganda’s children, 1 force to fill the river down- er clogged with taxi vans, de- light bulbs, which will help the SEEE Institute is visible on his journey into the heart of 6 3 2 stream with mist and foam. livery trucks and motorcycles. students study at night. school grounds in projects Africa represented a coming KENYA The SEEE Institute stowed Outside the mud-brick ranging from a solar-pow- of age for the Trolley Square 5 Gulu • Although this suitcases full of books, soc- school is a tetherball pole in- ered water pump to a rainwa- survivor. northern Ugandan city cer balls, swings and even so- stalled by the SEEE Institute. ter-collection system to a fish- It wasn’t long ago that A.J. Lake Victoria originally was included in the lar-panel parts in the storage Volunteers added swings and harvesting pond. had to lean on his mother to SEEE Institute’s travel plans, room of a downtown hotel. teeter-totter during this trip. Please see UGANDA, A8 A8 > UTAH ≥ SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE

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Continued a dozen children from the sur- Uganda, killing 19 people and approaching. We turned back. Unfortunately, we spent have left the country. Institute’s fingerprints are all rounding village. The young- infecting 30 others. Although By early afternoon, A.J. was too long in the preserve and But SEEE Institute volun- over the school. During earli- sters seemed to gravitate to the disease hadn’t reached our feeling better so we headed had to make the return trip teers are staying. With the re- er trips, the group had put in A.J. Walker. The smallest chil- destination of Gulu, it had sur- afresh to Murchison Falls. along rugged back roads in mainder of the group’s work a solar-powered water pump, dren clung to his hands; older faced in a neighboring district. the dark. Our thump-clump- in the south, the institute de- a fish-harvesting pond, a rain- ones played finger games and So we called off our trip north. Took a break from ouch trek got us to a roadside cided to continue its projects water-purification system, a thumb war. We didn’t call off our trip to DAY humanitarian work inn about two hours later. unless the outbreak spreads girls dorm, a swing set and Murchison Falls National Park. today and toured to those regions. more. A newspaper clip- But our plans took an unexpect- 8 Uganda’s largest na- Discovered this Before more work could DAY ping forced us to ed twist when A.J. fell ill a half- ture preserve. Six hours of back- DAY morning that the Visited the Byana be done at Byana, SEEE has a change travel plans. hour into our trek. His hands country driving and riverboat disease in northern DAY Mary Hill board- solar array to install at God’s 7 An unknown dis- were shaking. His face went floating produced dozens of el- 9 Uganda is a plague. ing school for the Grace Primary School. ease had struck northern pale. He feared a seizure was ephants, giraffes and hippos. Some humanitarian groups 10 first time. The SEEE

A.J. Walker’s journey stretched into a land of stunning vistas and staggering poverty. Spiral-horned cobs speckled a scenic African savanna in Murchison Falls National Park, while delivery trucks clogged streets in downtown Kam- pala. Elsewhere, a tire rim dangled outside a Ugandan school as a makeshift bell.

way,” she said. “There are scenic Murchison Falls Na- “ “I don’t know why this really need help and helping Uganda many cultures that have com- tional Park. It was Sunday. A is happening,” A.J. said af- them.” ≥ Continued from A7 ing-of-age rituals. This was mist had fallen over the for- I’m at the age that I need ter reaching his hotel bed in Bill Grenney, founder of the definitely A.J.’s. This was the est. And A.J. was sick. His face to be independent and Kampala that Sunday morn- SEEE Institute and a member learn — again — how to read, mountain he chose to climb. was pale. His hand trembled. do things on my own. ing. “It might be because of of Logan’s First Presbyterian write and speak after the And he has done it.” He felt feverish. the lack of sleep, or …I don’t Church, shared that spiritual shopping-mall shooting. His That coming of age contin- After pausing for several Thisisatripforme.This know.I definitely have to outlook. Providing aid to Af- father was gone. Jeffrey Walk- ued overseas. minutes along the road, vol- was one of my dreams, watch out for it.I have to lis- rica, the retired Utah State er had been gunned down that In the small fishing town unteers decided to go back and I’m making it hap- ten to what my body is tell- University professor said, is winter night at Trolley Square. of Katosi, A.J. spent the night to Kampala. A.J. wasn’t suf- ing me.” divine work. But Uganda was different. by himself in a guesthouse fering from car sickness — pen.” After rising at 5 a.m. — and “Each of us should return He decided to leave his mom, room with a hole-in-the-floor which would be understand- wrestling with sleep in oth- what we can from our tal- Vickie, largely out of the prep latrine, a 5-gallon jug for bath- able, given the rugged roads A.J. WALKER er locales such as Katosi and ents,” he said, “to help people Left his mother out of the plan- work. He ing and electricity that flick- — but rather had the signs of a ning process for Uganda. Iganga, where music thumped, in what I feel is the brother- turned, in- ered out before midnight. potential seizure. horns honked and crowds hood of man.” stead, to Pe- It was a potentially uncom- “This is what happens,” A.J. milled about until sunrise — Instead of bringing an ters. fortable position for A.J., who apologized wearily from the for the parking garage. fatigue could have been a con- evangelical light to Africa, A.J. There had complained to Peters be- middle seat of the van. “I’m Talovic, wearing a trench tributing factor. helped bring physical light to were practi- fore the trip of spiders inside sorry, you guys.” coat, confronted them with No matter the cause, A.J. a southern Ugandan school, cal reasons. his Yalecrest neighborhood The lingering ailments of a shotgun and fired at close summed it up simply: appropriately named God’s “As much home. The exterminator was Trolley Square, it seemed, had range. Jeffrey Walker was “This sucks.” Grace. Working alongside as she would coming, A.J. had told him, to returned. killed. A.J. was hit, but he — SEEE volunteers, A.J. con- like to say Jeffrey get rid of those “gross” pests. In February 2007, Sulej- managed to escape down nected rooftop solar panels to she is, she is Walker But A.J. was different in man Talovic went on a shoot- the garage steps, where he Called to serve • The health a control box inside the school. not an out- Katosi. During a game of Uno, ing spree at the east Salt Lake crouched behind parked cars setback revealed one of the Soon, light radiated from doors girl,” A.J. mused. he asked Peters if he had any City mall, killing five people for cover and prayed for peace. stumbling blocks that A.J. two 5-watt, compact fluores- But there were personal spiders in his room. and wounding four others A passerby stopped and has faced in contemplating a cent bulbs. The mud-brick ones, too. “Yeah, I think I do,” Peters before police took down the helped him. Mormon mission and why his building lit up like never be- “I’m at the age that I need to answered. “Do you have any?” troubled teen in a gunbattle. Although A.J. survived, he journey to Africa might have fore — as did A.J.’s eyes. be independent and do things “Yeah, I think I do,” A.J. said. With Valentine’s Day ap- was hardly unscathed. Even been as much spiritual as hu- He hurried to the door and on my own,” he said. “This is “I think you can deal with proaching, A.J. and his father now — almost four years af- manitarian. shut it. a trip for me. This was one of it,” Peters replied. had gone to Trolley Square to ter that shotgun blast left two- “I’ve wanted to serve a mis- “They are going to be so ex- my dreams, and I’m making He did. Days later, A.J. even shop and return a shelf at Pot- dozen pellets embedded in his sion,” A.J. said the day af- cited,” he exclaimed, “when it happen.” ate stir-fried grasshoppers. tery Barn. They eyed a few T- head — he has to take medica- ter falling ill. “But there are they close the door tonight Indeed, Vickie Walker saw — shirts — Jeffrey Walker even tion to ward off seizures. things that have held me back. and the lights go on.” an independent streak arise called home to check on his In Uganda, Trolley Square The biggest one has been my The school’s director, Mo- in her son this year, along with The road from Kampala • daughter’s size — but ended up never returned in the form of health.” ses Katulume, took A.J. by the added maturity. When A.J. fi- Sunrise had hardly come to buying just a few shirts for A.J. a seizure. But the threat was So A.J. found his “mission” hand. nally turned to his mother for eastern Africa when SEEE The burst of bullets came real for a young man who, be- in Africa. “Thank you for coming,” he help — with packing before Institute volunteers — hop- minutes later, as then-16- cause of his wounds, suffered “I definitely think the said. “You have blessed us.” leaving — he penned a thank- ing to escape the gridlock of year-old A.J. and his 52-year- a grand mal seizure last year things I’m doing right now Indeed, Katulume now will you note and left it on her desk. Kampala’s traffic — rumbled old dad, after stopping briefly while working at Mountain are like missionary work,” he have enough light to do eve- Vickie cried that night. along a Ugandan highway be- to pick up sandwiches to go at America Credit Union. said. “It’s kind of like a service ning lessons with the chil- “A.J. is trying to forge his tween the nation’s capital and Desert Edge Brewery, headed Still, it frustrated him. mission — going to places that dren. Before, he said, “there WWW.SLTRIB.COM SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 ≤ UTAH < A9

After a sometimes- to us. Some songs were in their gave me a firsthand glimpse at God’s Grace. Within a few Although the vol- After traveling for DAY slippery trek to native tongue. Others were at projects, ranging from pro- hours, we had wired enough DAY unteers have sev- DAY 31 hours, I reached God’s Grace in the more familiar such as “Head, tecting springs to installing juice to illuminate two light eral days of work Salt Lake City. For 11 rain, SEEE volun- Shoulders, Knees and Toes.” rainwater collectors to build- bulbs. 14 ahead, my time in 15 the first time in teers did the prep work for a ing latrines with hand-wash- Meanwhile, another crew Uganda is done.I traveled to two weeks, I put on my coat solar array. The system will Instead of follow- ing stations, all to provide worked in the schoolyard, as- Kampala to catch my flight and enjoyed the simple plea- provide enough power for two DAY ing the SEEE Insti- southern Uganda with cleaner sembling swings and a teeter- home with suitcases consider- sure of smooth asphalt. light bulbs, allowing the school tute into the field, I water and better sanitation. totter. The only other equip- ably lighter than before. With The world felt a little more to conduct studies at night. 12 spent several hours ment was a tetherball pole my notebooks full, my camera like Christmas as I pulled into But the trip wasn’t without looking at the humanitarian Busiest day yet. We previously erected by the clogged with more than 800 my driveway. There were ici- entertainment. With rain pat- efforts of the LDS Church in DAY installed the solar SEEE Institute. photos and this diary near an cle lights on the rooftop and tering on the roof of two tiny Uganda. array atop the cor- end, I boarded the plane just a Christmas tree in the front classrooms, the students sang A senior missionary couple 13 rugated metal roof after midnight and took off. room. What a feeling. Home.

PHOTOS BY JEREMIAH STETTLER | The Salt Lake Tribune A.J. Walker wasn’t alone in Africa.A group of humanitarians, led by SEEE Institute founder Bill Grenney, top, trekked to remote Ugandan villages to lift spirits with swing sets and lend light with solar power. Those helping hands includ- ed Roger Hansen from Orem, left, Kent Keele from Castle Dale, middle, and Tim Peters from West Valley City, right.

was nothing.” PROFILE • THE SEEE INSTITUTE safe environment in which Those two light bulbs il- they would receive a good ed- How you can help luminated something with- ucation and at least one good in A.J. He found himself rat- meal each day. The SEEE Institute needs: tling on about returning to Kairigi steps inside his » Laptop computers Africa, about providing vil- Lifting Africa, one mud-brick school, where and educational soft- lages with HIV testing, about compact fluorescent light ware. humanitarian projects to tar- bulbs dangle over empty » Swing set compo- get widespread ailments such floors. Until last year, chil- nents such as seats as malaria and typhoid fever. swing set at a time dren had no choice but to and hangers. As A.J. sees it, his work isn’t stop their schoolwork at sun- » Solar-panel equip- done. set. ment. “You hear in the U.S. how By JEREMIAH STETTLER This group led Trolley later to Uganda to erect solar “We never used to have » Soccer balls and teth- people in Third World coun- The Salt Lake Tribune Square shooting survivor A.J. panels, install water pumps light at night,” he says, erballs. tries have it really bad,” he Walker across the globe to and more. switching on a dim bulb in » Battery-powered said. “But it is totally different Namafuma, Uganda • chase his dream of doing hu- But Grenney figured the a classroom no bigger than tools. when you are seeing it and liv- The swings don’t stop in this manitarian work in a Third schools could use more than a typical American bedroom. ing it. It is kind of unreal. You African village. World country. engineering. “It would be very black. So the Learn more at see how bad they need help, Instead, the hangers creak Swings “We recognized that there kids could not study at night.” O www.seeeme.org but they don’t have the re- with a rhythmic ree-ree have become were many more aspects to That changed with the sources to get it.” as child after child climbs the playful building a sustainable com- SEEE Institute, which put Hours after returning to aboard this Ugandan oddity, trademark of munity,” he says, “than just up a 60-watt solar array that as they could stand,” recalls Utah, an exhausted A.J. re- pumping back and forth on a Grenney and bricks and mortar.” volunteers carried across the Grenney, whom Ugandans mained enthusiastic, twice swing built for two. his SEEE In- Such as providing books. Atlantic in their luggage. The simply describe as “The Pro- emphasizing the phrase Children cluster. Some stitute. They And reading glasses. And school, which serves dozens fessor.” “We figured we had “when I do go back.” push. Others cheer. have risen in light bulbs. And computers. of orphans, now has light. better do better than a tire “I knew I wanted to do The swing set is hardly big remote vil- And health seminars. And And a swing set — which on a rope.” this,” he said. “But I didn’t enough for the school. But it’s lages along Bill Grenney mosquito nets. And swings. Kairigi describes as nearly Grenney’s nonprofit re- know how much I needed this, a promising step for an insti- scenic Lake • Founder of The result: the Institute as important. mains small, relying largely and how much, inside,I want- tution that fittingly is called Victoria and SEEE Institute for Sustainable Education, “Economically, that money on volunteers to pay for its ed this. I will be going to Afri- the Hope Children’s Center. outside an Economics and Engineering could have done something biannual African excursions. ca for the rest of my life.” Until recently, the schoolyard impoverished school near — better known as the SEEE else,” Kairigi concedes. “But Grenney has pumped That’s something a Trolley had no equipment for its 120- southern Uganda’s Masaka. Institute. The beneficiaries for those kids — for their self- much of his own money into Square gunshot can’t stop. some students. “In most cases, these are are people such as Moses esteem — it is good for them. the operation. It’s a matter The driving force behind the only swing sets these kids Kairigi. That is the only swing in this of heart for the now-retired [email protected] the school’s swings is Bill have ever seen,” Grenney says. In a village where brick county.” USU professor, describing his Grenney, a retired civil and “So it makes a great impact.” shanties sprout without wa- Grenney is convinced of efforts as both humanitarian environmental engineering The SEEE Institute grew ter, sewer or electricity amid the equipment’s worth. He and spiritual. More on the Web professor at Utah State Uni- out of an international orga- African palms, Kairigi runs saw the value in southern “We have a responsibility versity who formed a non- nization known as Engineers a school in the eastern Ugan- Uganda when volunteers cut to sacrifice a bit,” he says, “if For photo galleries, profit known as the SEEE Without Borders. Grenney, no dan village known as Nama- a tire in two and strung it up that is what it requires in or- O an interactive map Institute in 2009 to help idle supporter of that group, fuma. He started it three from a tree for hundreds of der to help others.” and videos, go to www. schools and orphanages in created a USU chapter that years ago to provide children schoolchildren. sltrib.com Uganda. traveled first to Tibet and — particularly orphans — a “The kids lined up as far [email protected] SECTION C » SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2010 • WWW.SLTRIB.COM/FAITH Utahns studying FAITH world religions

Face to Faith • Brighton piloting program in Utah; Hillcrest may follow suit. By ROSEMARY WINTERS The Salt Lake Tribune

Cottonwood Heights • In Jodi Ide’s world religions class, Brighton High stu- dents discuss issues in the global spot- light — ranging from the mosque planned near New York’s ground zero to a British ice cream ad that poked fun of Roman Catholic beliefs. Next trimester, Ide’s classroom discus- sions will include students from the Unit- ed Kingdom, Palestine, Israel, Indonesia and other nations. Canyons School District is one of the first in the United States to try out Face to Faith, a Tony Blair Faith Foundation project that taps technology to connect students of diverse faiths from around the world. Participating classrooms have face-to-face conversations through video Please see FACE TO FAITH, C3

Against For tougher tougher immigration immigration reform reform D&C 58:21 • “Let no Matthew 25:40 • man break the laws “Inasmuch as ye have of the land, for he done it unto one of THE GREAT that keepeth the the least of these my laws of God hath no brethren, ye have need to break the FRANCISCO KJOLSETH | The Salt Lake Tribune done it unto me.” laws of the land.” Yusef Farah, 17, participates in his reli- gions class at Brighton High. Matthew 18:33 • IMMIGRATION D&C 134:1 • “We be- “Shouldest not thou lieve that govern- also have had com- ments were institut- passion on thy fel- ed of God for the low servant, even as I benefit of man; and ROBERT had pity on thee?” DEBATE that he holds men KIRBY accountable for their Luke 10:27 • “Thou acts in relation to shalt love the Lord them, both in mak- thy God with all thy ing laws and admin- heart, and with all What would Jesus do?• A doctrinal divide grips istering them, for the thy soul, and with good and safety of all thy strength, and Mormons as church hierarchy stays on the sidelines. society.” with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as Exodus 20:15-17 • thyself.” By JEREMIAH STETTLER Doctrine and Covenants The “What Would Je- “Thou shalt not steal. The Salt Lake Tribune 58:21? “Let no man break sus Do” question isn’t Thou shalt not bear OK,I admit it. Ephesians 2: 19-20 the laws of the land, for easily answered in a false witness against • “Now therefore ye Here in Utah, the push he that keepeth the laws scripture-laden debate thy neighbor. Thou are no more strang- toward tougher immigra- of God hath no need to that has pitted biblical shalt not covet thy That big fire ers and foreigners, tion laws has become in- break the laws of the passages from Exodus neighbor’s house.” but fellow citizens creasingly tangled in land.” to Ephesians against one was my fault with the saints, and Mormon doctrine as di- Or would he, the oth- another and placed the Malachi 3:5 • “And of the household of vided Latter-day Saints er side counters, look be- parable of the good Sa- I will come near to ired as you may be of hearing about God.” defend their politics by yond border violations maritan on the opposite you to judgment; the fire here, there’s one more thing pointing to conflicting in- and extend a hand to- side of the ideological and I will be a swift you should know: It might have Galatians 3: 26-28 • terpretations of what Je- ward the nation’s undoc- debate from an anecdote witness against ... been my fault. “For ye are all the chil- sus would do. umented population un- delivered by LDS Presi- false swearers and I started connecting the dots dren of God. For as Would God, one side der principles preached dent Thomas S. Monson against those that the day after it started. Since there many of you as have asks, demand strict obe- in Matthew 25:40? “In- about Saints behind the oppress the hireling Twere only two, it was easy: 1. Sunday’s fire been baptized into dience to the law — and asmuch as ye have done Iron Curtain. in his wages.” began at almost the exact moment I was Christ have put on penalties to those who it unto one of the least So where does the doing a stake high council speaking gig Christ. There is nei- transgress it — as sug- of these my brethren, ye Utah-based Church of Philippians 4:8 • in Rose Canyon 3rd Ward; and 2. This ther Jew nor Greek, gested in Mormonism’s have done it unto me.” Please see DEBATE, C2 “Whatsoever things is an area of Herriman most affected by there is neither bond are true, whatsoev- the fire. nor free, there is nei- er things are honest, Mormons are big on correlation. It isn’t ther male nor female: ALSO• COLUMNS BY SEN. BEN MCADAMS AS WELL AS REPS. whatsoever things much of a stretch to correlate my scurri- for ye are all one in STEPHEN SANDSTROM AND CHRIS HERROD >C2 are just ... think on lous presence at that particular chapel’s Christ Jesus.” these things.” Please see KIRBY, C2 MODEL YEAR END SALES EVENT! NEW 2010 NEW 2010 NEW 2010 FORD RANGER FORD F-150 FORD SUPER DUTIES % Financing on all models. $ $ $ 90th South and I-15 /MO***/MO , OFF 0 199 299 13 000 *All prices exclude tax, title and fees. Payments for84mos @4.99 APR OAC. 2010 Ford Ranger STK#APA76058 MSRP $18,540. Sale Price $14, 055 Includes Ford Retail Rebate $2,500 Ford Promo Rebate $1,000. 2010 Ford 801-563-4000 F-150 STK#AKE32056 MSRP $24,905. Sale Price $21,118 includes Ford Retail Rebate $1,500, Ford Promo Rebate $1,000. 2010 Ford Super Duty STK#AEA73018 MSRP $56,860. Sale Price $43,860 includes Ford Retail www.LHMFordSandy.com Rebate $5,000, Ford Credit Rebate $1,000, Ford Promo Rebate $1,000, Ford Bonus rebate $500. Images forillustration purposes only. Offer expires September 30, 2010 ©2010 Saxton Horne Advertising SFL001-667 C2 > FAITH ≥ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2010 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE

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Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints really stand? Utah’s dominant religion hasn’t taken a definitive po- sition on the question. In- stead, church leaders have called for “compassion” and “ “ “ “ “ encouraged “careful reflec- There is We, of all If a law does So many of What you are tion and civil discourse” when debating immigration no place in people, should not respect our laws are seeing is a Above all, Everyone reform. LDS Church lead- responsible be sensitive the basic hu- so arbitrary … realization ers would not elaborate for citizenship to the desire man dignity of this unequivo- from the very remember must obey this story. In the absence of an offi- for dishonesty of others to every human cal demand to top that these compassion the law cial voice from the Mormon or deceit or provide more being, then it support the people [un- hierarchy, doctrinal defens- for willful opportunities is our respon- law is not only documented es are forming on their own By BENMCADAMS By STEPHEN SANDSTROM to justify — or decry — a pro- lawbreaking for themselves sibility as unrealistic, it immigrants] ANDCHRIS HERROD posed Utah law that would of any kind.” and their human beings is idiotic.” are incredibly A parable in the New Tes- clamp down on illegal im- families. ” to speak out.” necessary to tament tells of a wealthy king The LDS Church should migration. DALLIN PAUL MERO who forgives a debt owed by not be used as a political foot- Rep. Ste- H. OAKS Sutherland Insti- the church.” LDS apostle MARK DEE ROW- one of his servants. The par- ball by those who favor ille- phen Sand- WILLES LAND tute President doned servant later encoun- gal immigration and amnes- strom, R- CEO of Deseret Salt Lake City IGNACIO Management Corp Catholic Diocese’s GARCIA ters a man who owes him a ty. As legislators and active Orem, has government liaison BYU history pro- significantly smaller debt and members, we feel a response unveiled a fessor demands from him full and is needed to those constantly bill that re- immediate payment, invok- accusing us of not following flects the ing his remedies to the fullest our religion. controver- the basic human dignity of neighbors, rather than al- says the conservative extent of the law. The merci- The Church of Jesus Christ sial crack- every human being, then it lowing the fact that they Sutherland Institute’s Mero, ful king, upon learning of his of Latter-day Saints has a long down in Russell is our responsibility as hu- are different to cause us to who is Mormon. “See them pardoned debtor’s harsh ac- history of stressing the impor- Arizona — Pearce • man beings to speak out,” want to drive them from as children of God. Do not tions, remarks, “Should not tance of honoring and sustain- initiated Arizona state the Salt Lake City Catholic our midst. We, of all people, objectify them.” thou also have had compas- ing the law. The 12th LDS arti- by a fellow Senator Diocese’s government liai- should set a higher stan- But other Mormons see it sion on thy fellow servant, cle of faith and Section 134 of Mormon, son, Dee Rowland, says); and dard of concern, compas- differently and point to doc- even as I had pity on thee?” the Doctrine and Covenants state Sen. whether a church that prac- sion and love. Except for Na- trine to back it up. Policymakers in the Utah are canonized scripture. “The Russell Pearce, R-Mesa. ticed polygamy illegally for a tive Americans, we are all Rep. Chris Herrod, R- Legislature should exercise Family: A Proclamation to the Sandstrom’s bill would time really would condemn here because of immigra- Provo, maintains the argu- compassion in formulating World” warns parents of their tackle illegal immigration immigrants who might see tion. Common decency, and ments against tougher im- any response to the current sacred duty to teach their chil- from several angles. Among a higher purpose in crossing gratitude for what we have, migration laws overlook immigration debate. Com- dren “to be law-abiding citi- the highest-profile provi- the border to pursue their should cause us to embrace several key Christian te- passion doesn’t necessitate zens wherever they live.” sions: It would require police faith and feed their families those who have a desire to nets — precepts that came granting blanket amnesty. It Prominent officials tell us to check the immigration (“There is this broader idea share in and add to what is off of Mount Sinai with doesn’t mean ignoring the that obedient church mem- status of anyone stopped that people are coming be- already here.” Moses. Thou shalt not bear rule of law. Compassion re- bers played a significant role for a traffic violation or de- cause the Lord has some- That message also was false witness (to get a job or quires developing a compre- in receiving permission to tained for a crime if there is thing greater for the Latino shared on church-owned government services). Thou hensive solution to a complex build a temple in East Ger- “reasonable suspicion” that saints,” says Brigham Young KSL television and radio shalt not steal (people’s issue. many before the fall of the the person is in the country University history professor stations. identities). Thou shalt not Hard-line proposals that Iron Curtain, and this respect illegally. Ignacio Garcia). Tony Yapias, a Mormon covet (thy neighbor’s home would disrupt family units, for the law helped in recently It also would make it a Rock Ballstaedt is an in- and di- or job or country). jail productive members of gaining regularized relations felony to encourage un- ner-city service mission- rector of And yet the arguments our society and deny edu- in communist China. documented immigrants ary appointed by the LDS Proyecto go beyond that. cational opportunities and Many now scoff at the im- to come to Utah, expand Church to help Spanish- Latino de They touch on holy writ’s birthright citizenship to chil- portance of the rule of law, but the criminal prohibitions speaking Mormons in doz- Utah, sees repeated call for hones- dren, not for their own mis- Elder Dallin H. Oaks remind- against transporting illegal ens of wards and branch- the church’s ty (“Whatsoever things are deeds but because of the civil ed us that “all the blessings en- immigrants, allow residents es. He doesn’t know which hand in true, whatsoever things are transgression of a parent, are joyed under the United States to bring legal action against members are undocument- that cover- honest, whatsoever things not compassionate. Constitution are dependent a government agency that ed. He doesn’t ask. age. He ar- are just ... think on these Some proponents of a upon the rule of law. ... The “limits” enforcement of fed- Ballstaedt has come to gues LDS Tony things,” Philippians 4:8 harsh crackdown on undoc- rule of law is the basis of lib- eral immigration laws, and know those immigrants leaders Yapias • teaches), on the importance umented individuals seek erty.” require a legal-status check as husbands and wives, fa- are trying Director of of justice (“Whatsoever a justification of their propos- President Thomas S. Mon- before someone can receive thers and mothers, who are to “soft- Proyecto Lati- man soweth, that shall he als from the 12th LDS article son declared, “Let us not over- certain public service and li- trying to eke out a living for en things no de Utah also reap,” Galatians 6:7 ad- of faith that expresses our look obedience to the law. ... censes. their families. He doesn’t be- up” among monishes) and on the LDS belief in obeying, honoring In our time, when otherwise Sandstrom views his leg- lieve that the LDS Church members instruction to abide civil and sustaining the law. Such honorable men bend the law, islation as consistent with would look favorably on leg- before the church takes a law (“We believe that gov- application of this religious twist the law, and wink at vi- LDS doctrine — specifical- islation that would distance more decisive stand. ernments were instituted of code, taken out of the broad- olations of the law … and ille- ly with the church’s contin- those people — not when the Garcia agrees. “What God for the benefit of man; er context of LDS teachings gal conduct soars beyond pre- ued emphasis on Latter-day faith allows undocumented you are seeing is a realiza- and that he holds men ac- and Christianity general- vious recorded heights, there Saints obeying the law. immigrants to be baptized, tion from the very top that countable for their acts in ly, to promulgate their pro- is a very real need to return to The church’s family proc- serve missions, receive the these people [undocument- relation to them,” Doctrine posed government policies the basic justice that the laws lamation, for example, urges priesthood and qualify for ed immigrants] are incredi- and Covenants 134:1 states). may, like the harsh creditor provide when honest men sus- parents to teach their chil- temple recommends. bly necessary to the church.” Herrod says his position in the New Testament para- tain them.” dren to “observe the com- “We should stand back The LDS Church con- also has been shaped, in ble, satisfy their personal de- Fortunately, the vast ma- mandments of God and and see how the church tinues to count some of its part, by a doctrine found in mands for “justice.” Howev- jority of Utah businesses obey to be law-abiding citizens treats them,” Ballstaedt says. largest membership gains Acts 10 and Romans 2: “God er, such policies ignore our the law even at agreat disad- wherever they live.” “The church doesn’t push among Latin Americans. is no respecter of persons.” bedrock values of mercy and vantage to themselves. Po- Sandstrom’s most fre- them away. Who are we to The church has identified In other words, God doesn’t compassion and the 13th ar- litical leadersmust protect quent argument arises single them out and ridicule Mexico and Brazil as among pick favorites. Would it real- ticle of faith, which calls for them so Utah can gain the from the church’s 12th arti- them and persecute them?” its most prolific conversion ly make sense, Herrod asks, being “benevolent, virtuous full benefit of a market econ- cle of faith, which states that Indeed, the church’s ac- spots in the world. for God to “reward those and ... doing good to all men.” omy wherelaw-abiding busi- Mormons “believe in being tions may speak louder — willing to break the law Sound immigration poli- nesses succeed rather than subject to kings, presidents, than its words — or the lack over those who are willing cy will not ignore the impor- those willing to break the law. rulers and magistrates, in of them. ‘Thou shalt not ...’• The to stand in line and do the tance of enforcement as part Unfortunately, many view il- obeying, honoring and sus- Amid a series of in-depth scriptural backing for oppo- right thing?” of any solution. Yet much of legal immigration as victim- taining the law.” stories about illegal immi- nents of stricter immigra- Herrod doesn’t think so. our current federal immigra- less crime. They fail to see “No matter how much you gration this summer, the tion enforcement is found “We are actually discrim- tion policy needs updating to the tens of thousands of Utah tout how bad of a violation church-owned Deseret News in the New Testament, inating against ten of mil- reflect the economic realities children victimized by identi- it is, you are here illegally,” published a rare front-page where Jesus teaches about lions of people around the of our day. ty theft, the cost to Utah tax- Sandstrom says. “That is a editorial. It was accom- feeding the hungry, cloth- world who are trying to get A comprehensive approach payers ($453 million) or the violation of law.” panied by an image of the ing the naked and shelter- to the country legally,” he to immigration reform discrimination to millions of — Statue of Liberty with the ing the stranger (Matthew says. “They are following should not focus on draco- potential law-abiding immi- inscription, “Give me your 25). They also point to the the law.” nian enforcement measures. grants patiently waiting in line Actions speak louder • tired, your poor, your hud- parable of the good Samar- While LDS advocates of Lawmakers should work col- as a result of our “tolerance.” Opponents counter that the dled masses yearning to itan (Luke 10) in which tougher immigration laws laboratively to advance immi- We commend the church for doctrinal argument isn’t as breathe free.” Christ explains that loving lean on scripture, they also gration reforms at a national taking “no position” on cur- clear as Sandstrom suggests. Mark Willes, CEO of De- “thy neighbor as thyself” is draw on modern-day Mor- level or seek federal waivers rent legislation — since this Questions arise about seret Management Corp., a command that transcends mon leaders such as apos- allowing Utah to implement is a political matter — and for whether the nation’s immi- reminded the News’ largely political boundaries. tles Dallin H. Oaks (“There a unique solution reflective recognizing that what is com- gration policy is just (“So conservative, LDS audience Yes, the federal govern- is no place in responsible of our compassionate values passionate varies greatly de- many of our laws are so ar- of the state’s pioneer roots ment must find a fix to the citizenship for dishones- and the needs and realities of pending on where one stands. bitrary … this unequivocal and wrote this: nation’s immigration laws, ty or deceit or for willful our immigrant nation. demand to support the law “We, of all people, should they concede, but state lead- lawbreaking of any kind.”) Stephen Sandstrom of Orem is not only unrealistic, it is be sensitive to the desire of ers should help, not harass, and the late James E. Faust Ben McAdams is a senior ad- and Chris Herrod of Provo are idiotic,” Sutherland Insti- others to provide more op- the immigrants who al- (“Some laws seem irrational, viser to Salt Lake City Mayor Republican state representa- tute President Paul Mero portunities for themselves ready are here. but they are the law and, if Ralph Becker and a Democrat- tives. says); whether the proposed and their families. We, of “It all begins with a cen- wrong, should be changed ic state senator from Utah’s punishment fits the crime all people, should take the tral Christian concept: See by orderly process.”). capital. (“If a law does not respect time to learn to love our them as human beings,” Please see DEBATE,C3

town. drowned under a flood, or neighbor was positive a heav- unsaid is the possibility that I saw all sorts of exception- Kirby If this sounds farfetched (or didn’t have their head pulled enly messenger — possibly one God liked those people less. al explanations — firefight- ≥ Continued from C1 simply idiotic), consider that off by a gorilla just when it of the Three Nephites — rang It’s human nature to look ers, heavy equipment opera- the scriptures are filled with seemed imminent. his doorbell. for logic in catastrophe, for the tors, and other public safety lectern with the fire that near- examples of the Lord getting Less than 48 hours after No one was there when he reasons why we were spared personnel who had spent the ly burned the place down a even in far more convoluted the fire, I overheard someone answered it, but opening the when all seemed lost. It’s even night between the flames and few hours later. ways for even less cause. talking about a line of angels door allowed him to see the in our nature to want the ex- us. Note: I am not on the High Also, divine retribution is seen standing between the flames and get his family out planations to mean something Filthy, exhausted and Council. I was the warm-up no more off the mark than flames and a Rose Canyon in time. exceptional. parched, they certainly didn’t act for Spencer who is, and some of the things I’m hear- home that didn’t get burned. Wow. Gives you the holy But in Herriman you don’t look like angels or miracles. called in a favor. Technically, ing about divine intervention. When I tried to pin the per- shivers, doesn’t it? It gives me have to look far to find excep- But for those of us whose the fire could be his fault. In There’s nothing like a close son down regarding his source, something. tional explanations for why homes didn’t get burned, they that case, I don’t see why the call for some people to start he told me he must have heard Exactly how these divine the fire didn’t claim more amounted to the same thing. Lord didn’t just burn down seeing a heavenly reason why someone talking about it at rescue stories square with the homes, and even some lives. Spencer’s house instead of they weren’t burned in a fire, the store. homes that did get burned is On Monday, while driving Robert Kirby can be reached taking a shot at the entire squashed by an avalanche, Another person said his never part of the story. Left around delivering sandwiches, at [email protected]. WWW.SLTRIB.COM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2010 ≤ FAITH < C3

RANDY COHEN Values voters seek more from tea party Everyday Ethics By ADELLE M. BANKS icon Glenn Beck’s Mormon- “The historic problem that Mormon theology. Religion News Service ism, but says he saw a kindred I have … with social issues not While some religious con- spirit in the broadcaster’s re- getting the proper attention is servatives are warming to the Washington • With its cent God-and-country rally in not with grass-roots groups tea-party movement, the Rev. emphasis on lower taxes and Washington. like the tea party,” Farris said. Barry Lynn, executive direc- smaller government, the tea- Many of the estimated “It’s with Republican elected tor of Americans United for party movement hasn’t spent 2,000 social conservatives who officials who rely heavily on Separation of Church and a lot of time on the social is- flocked to the nation’s capital social conservative efforts to State, sees it as little more sues that animate social con- last week for the annual Val- get them elected, then they than political expediency. servatives — abortion, gay ues Voter Summit say the tea ignore those issues once they “Religious-right leaders are Studying marriage or stem-cell re- party’s smaller-is-better con- get into office.” frustrated that their issues search. servatism resonates with them, Family Research Council have been placed on the back But that doesn’t worry even if it doesn’t always hit all President Tony Perkins, who burner, and they’re hoping to while in Leigh-Ann Bellew, the New the same hot buttons. has built the annual Values ALEX BRANDO | The Associated Press get back in the game by join- Jersey leader of a conserva- “We’re not just one issue Voter rally into a must-attend Glenn Beck at his “Restoring ing forces with the tea par- disguise tive mothers group, who sees only,” said Dale Burroughs, a event for leading GOP figures, Honor” rally in August. ty,” Lynn said. “We’ll see if “faith-based” activists among pastoral counselor from Bra- is among those concerned that that marriage of convenience the tea-party foot soldiers denton, Fla. “We have a so- the energy of the tea party is Beck, who has said that gay takes place.” For a class in a doctor- heading into the fall midterm cial agenda but we also recog- overshadowing the social is- marriage and abortion aren’t Although polls indicate the al program in psychology, elections. nize economic problems, too. sues that energize this crowd. his focus because “we have stagnant economy tops voters’ we have been studying un- “What I’ve seen in the tea It’s like a train track. You have “We can have great econom- bigger fish to fry,” neverthe- priorities heading into No- derserved and marginal- party [events] that I’ve been two rails and they’re going in ic power, abundant goods and less gets significant support vember, the fiery base of so- ized groups. For one project, to is it’s a highly pro-life, tradi- the same direction. They’re services, a thriving financial from evangelicals. cial conservatives gathered our instructor required us to tional-values group — not all of just two separate tracks.” system, the finest and best A new poll conducted by here say they have other is- spend an afternoon walking them, but many of them,” said Mike Farris, chairman of equipped and most techno- Public Religion Research Insti- sues on their minds — and in the shoes of a member of Bellew, vice president of MOM the Home School Legal De- logically advanced military tute and Religion News Service their agendas. such a group — examples for America. “I wish they’d be fense Association, said coali- in the world,” Perkins said in a found 49 percent of evangeli- “The economy is important,” include a homeless person more vocal about it, but I think tion building — with the tea recent speech, “but they can- cals have a favorable opinion of said Alan LaRue, a pastor of a requesting money, an over- they’re afraid that might di- party or any other ally — is not last without strong fami- Beck (compared to 28 percent nondenominational church in weight person shopping for vide up the movement.” key for evangelicals and oth- lies and a culture that upholds of all Americans), although Angola, Ind., “but if the other clothes, a same-sex couple Texas lawyer Matt Krause er politically minded social the sanctity of life and the those views dampen among values go down, what do we visiting a wedding store. Is may not agree with tea-party conservatives. centrality of religious liberty.” evangelicals who disagree with have?” it ethical to falsely assume such an identity even for ac- ademic purposes? –Name Withheld, Louisville Face to Faith About Face to I’m uneasy that this as- ≥ Continued from C1 Faith signment condescends to those it purports to study conferencing. The foundation What • An educational and wary of its ethical im- provides a moderator for ev- program run by the Lon- plications. I’m also skepti- ery chat. don-based Tony Blair Faith cal of its educational val- “It will be interesting to get Foundation that con- ue: Will a few hours on the a different perspective,” said nects students from di- street really yield much Mallory Robbins, a 17-year- verse backgrounds around insight into the incessant old senior at Brighton, “to see the world through vid- grind of homelessness? how their religions influence eo conferencing and on- Unless the unmarried stu- their thoughts about politics, line chats. A curriculum ac- dents among you are given the environment and other companies the program acting lessons, can you ef- stuff like that.” that helps students discuss fectively portray lovebirds Robbins said this will be global issues such as the shopping for wedding gear, the first time she will get a environment, poverty and whether you’re straight or chance to speak to people her freedom of expression. gay? Is some sort of padded age in other countries. Who•Participants are suit provided to classmates Ide, the world religions secondary-school students pretending to be grossly teacher, will use Face to Faith in the United Kingdom, overweight?I don’t mean as the foundation of a new India, Singapore, Lebanon, to be unduly harsh about World Religions II course, FRANCISCO KJOLSETH | The Salt Lake Tribune Canada, Pakistan, Jordan, your instructor. An after- which starts after Thanks- Jodi Ideteachescomparative worldreligions at Brighton High,one of twoschools in theCanyons Palestine, Indonesia, Unit- noon spent trying to get giving break. The program in- School District that is helpingbring anew program, Face to FaithtoBrighton and Hillcrest. ed Arab Emirates, Egypt, around town in a wheel- cludes in-class lessons so that the Philippines, Israel chair is apt to yield more students have an understand- Noor Ul-Hasan, a parent on and Australia. Students insight than never trying ing of topics, such as freedom Brighton’s community coun- in Utah’s Canyons School such a thing. And review of expression and poverty in cil. Her son, a senior, plans to District would be among panels do approve proj- particular countries, before take the Face to Faith class. the first in the U.S. to join ects requiring deception if, they engage in international Ul-Hasan, a member of the Is- the group. among other criteria, the dialogues. The elective class lamic Society of Greater Salt Cost • The Tony Blair potential results are suffi- will count as a social studies Lake, said it’s important for Faith Foundation covers ciently important. But your credit. her son to have opportunities the cost for participating assignment falls short in “It’s really a way for these to connect with people out- schools, including training too many ways. kids to learn how to dialogue side the Muslim community. teachers and providing and engage in civil debate,” “I want to encourage my son video-conferencing equip- At the high school where Ide said. “This school district to learn about other faiths,” ment. I teach, our English depart- itself is becoming more and she said, “appreciate com- On theWeb • www.face- ment sponsors a creative more diverse. Kids need to be monalities and build those re- tofaithonline.org. writing contest every spring. able to navigate that.” lationships. The judging panel consists Canyons also plans to bring Too often in Utah, she add- FRANCISCO KJOLSETH | The Salt Lake Tribune society. He pointed to polar- of three English teachers Face to Faith to Hillcrest High ed, “Mormons stick with Mor- Mallory Robbins, 17,center,inher religionsclass at Brighton High. izing issues of faith, such as who promote the contest as part of two classes: World mons. Muslims stick with the Manhattan mosque and schoolwide and encourage Civilizations and IB Theo- Muslims.” religion,” Doty said. “We will entire cost, including training a Florida preacher’s aban- their own students to enter. ry of Knowledge. Hillcrest’s Canyons is adopting Face be learning about what [peo- for teachers and video-confer- doned plan to burn copies of Therefore, these teachers community council will be to Faith with an eye to the ple of faith] believe and why, encing equipment. the Quran, Islam’s holiest text. judge general submissions asked next month to sign off First Amendment and sepa- but there will not be any at- Doty hopes other Utah “I see these conflicts in our against their own students’ on the plan, which has been ration of church and state, Su- tempt whatsoever to say this schools will follow Canyons’ society getting worse — not work.Each entry bears its endorsed by the superinten- perintendent David Doty as- is how you should believe.” lead. better,” Doty said. “If we don’t author’s name; money priz- dent and the district’s board. sured parents at the Brighton At both schools, the class- As educators work to pre- teach kids to dialogue now, es are awarded; winners can Brighton’s community coun- community meeting. es will be optional. The Tony pare high school students for then what will our world be list the distinction on their cil gave its unanimous support “This is perfectly legiti- Blair Faith Foundation, brain- college and careers, he said, like?” college applications. Is this last week. mate under our state and fed- child of the former British students will need the skills ethical? “It’s absolutely great,” said eral laws. We can talk about prime minister, covers the to communicate in a global [email protected] –Name Withheld

“Unethical” is too caus- tic a word, carrying con- notations of evil intent, Garcia, theBYU history pro- social and moral ill: It could envelopes filled with cash Debate LDS conference fessor. They break one law to hurt families, and even tear discreetly left on a teach- ≥ Continued from C2 obey what they perceive as a them apart, across the state. er’s desk, shadowy meet- Many observers will view next week’s LDS higher calling. This doctrinal tug of war ings in a parking garage Current LDS President general conference with an eye toward “I doubt that anyone ever on immigration is expected — follow the metaphors. Thomas S. Monson offered what President Thomas S. Monson and says, ‘I am not violating the to continue among Mormons “Imperfect” better de- this anecdote in 2007 about other church leaders may say about cur- law.’”Garcia says. “Only that — as it did on some gay-rights scribes this judging sys- his years overseeing East rent social and political issues, including there is a greater purpose of issues. Once LDS leaders en- tem. Because even the Germany as a member of the immigration. The conference is scheduled being here.” dorsed Salt Lake City’s an- most honorable English Quorum of the Twelve Apos- for Oct. 2 and 3 in the Conference Cen- And how significant, in the ti-discrimination ordinances teachers are susceptible tles: When the church sought ter, 60 W. North Temple St., Salt Lake City. end, is a violating a border? protecting gay and transgen- to unconscious influenc- permission to build a temple, Thomas S. Saturday’s sessions are at 10 a.m. and 2 Salt Lake City Police Chief der residents from housing es, notably their feelings and later to call young mem- Monson • p.m. with a priesthood meeting for male Chris Burbank, a vocal oppo- and employment discrimina- (whether warm or frosty) bers to missions beyond LDS Church members at 6 p.m. Sunday’s sessions are nent of an Arizona-like crack- tion, other local governments about students they know the Iron Curtain, commu- President at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. down, has noted that illegal followed suit. well, and to conflicts of in- nist leaders responded, “El- immigration, by itself, is a If — or when — the church terest (surely some reflect- der Monson, we’ve watched — “civil violation” of federal law. speaks further on immigra- ed glory shines on a teach- you for 20 years, and we’ve Legislature considered immi- That’s significant, accord- tion, Utahns could see a shift er whose students triumph learned we can trust you and gration reform in early 2008, Higher law • Truth is, the ing to state Sen. Ben McAd- on that issue as well. For now, in such a contest), they your church because you and Monson assigned a member church hasn’t always obeyed ams, D-Salt Lake City. He says the church, a week before its should recuse themselves your church teach your mem- of the First Quorum of the the law itself. The faith didn’t violating a civil code is consid- semiannual general confer- from judging their own bers to obey the law of the Seventy to urge lawmakers end polygamy until 1890 — erably different than breaking ence, remains silent. students. land.” to use “compassion” in craft- more than a decade after the a moral one such as robbery Except for this: “Finding a Better still, teachers Sandstrom says the same ing their bills. U.S. Supreme Court ruled that or murder. The penalties, he successful resolution will re- whose students enter the principles apply to illegal im- “Immigration questions are the practice wasn’t permitted says, should reflect those dif- quire the best thinking and contest should withdraw migration. questions dealing with God’s on religious grounds and that ferences. good will of all across the po- from judging it altogether. “I can’t, in my wildest children,” Elder Marlin K. violators could face criminal “We should seek to obey the litical spectrum, the highest The English department dreams, believe that the Jensen said at the time, and indictment. The church be- speed limit,” McAdams says. levels of statesmanship, and would do better to bring church would come out and legislators should “measure lieved it was following a high- “But that doesn’t mean that I the strongest desire to do in outside readers — mem- say illegal immigration is OK,” twice before they cut.” er law. should seek capital punish- what is best for all of God’s bers of another school’s he says. “That would com- Jensen suggested “a more So do many immigrants ment for those who don’t obey children.” English department, per- pletely violate all the basic thoughtful … not to mention who come to the United States the speed limit.” haps — who can be more doctrines of the church.” humane, approach is war- seeking a better life physical- Sandstrom’s bill, he warns, [email protected] objective judges. And yet, when the Utah ranted.” ly and spiritually, according to threatens a more significant SECTION C » SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 2010 » WWW.SLTRIB.COM/FAITH FAITH DOUBTING THE DOUBTERS • Scholars point EASTER SERVICES • Thousands of Utahns out errors, contradictions and historical mis- will flock to Easter services this weekend as cues in the Bible. But many believers stand by Christians celebrate the holiest time of the the Word, opting to focus on the big picture year. To locate a service, check out our list- and not sweat the small stuff. > C7 ings, provided by area churches. > C6 }

ROBERT KIRBY Shroud debate Getting ready to strike with rises NUTZ

he recent arrests of nine members of a Chris- again tian militia plotting to murder police officers highlights the growing Face of Jesus? • As interest in militariz- famed cloth goes on More on Ting religion. Commandos for the Web Christ are popping up every- display, old questions where. become new again. • The Tu- I totally get the attraction. O rin Ca- It’s dang hard to fall asleep in thedral’s Holy a religious meeting when even By KRISTEN MOULTON Shroud Web the stupidest person in the The Salt Lake Tribune site › tinyurl. room has a loaded gun. com/yzrxurx Being a warrior of the Lord The Shroud of Turin may be • Joe Nick- is so much more interesting history’s most contested reli- ell has writ- than just sitting in church. gious relic, but it still holds a ten about the There’s simply no comparison strong allure for Christians shroud for the between another lesson on who, starting next week in Ita- Committee for paying tithing and robbing a ly, will be able to see the famed Skeptical In- bank to take the government’s fabric for the first time in a de- quiry at www. tithing. cade. csicop.org. I’ve started my own Chris- Since December, nearly 1.2 His Web site › tian/LDS militia — Noble Un- million exhibition tickets have www.joenick- dercover Troopers of Zion. been given away by the Ro- ell.com. Don’t tell anyone. NUTZ needs man Catholic Archdiocese of • Barrie to remain a secret until we Turin, which has housed the Schwortz has strike or get arrested. linen burial cloth — reputed amassed the In- We haven’t figured out ex- to bear Jesus Christ’s image — ternet’s most actly where we’ll strike. Right for more than 500 years at the extensive data- now, we’re debating (arguing, Turin Cathedral. base about the really) between blowing up the The April 10 to May 23 shroud ›www. U.S. House of Representatives showing marks the first pub- shroud.com. and robbing a zoo. Both have lic viewing of the shroud since their merits. the church, in 2002, had tex- “We” may be a bit presump- tile experts remove sections tuous. So far, NUTZ is just scorched in a 1532 fire as well Larry, Sonny and me. Howev- ANTONIO CALANNI | AP file photo as the patches and lining added er, since Larry only has a .22 The Shroud of Turin, the 14 foot-long linen strip revered by some as the burial cloth of Jesus, in the wake of that blaze. Please see KIRBY, C7 is pictured at the Cathedral of Turin, Italy. It will go on public display from April 10 to May 23. Please see SHROUD, C2 ] v VOICES A $2 million Mormons and all those meetings TV ad for free The ‘block’ shock • Historic shift 30 years “three-hour block” that has Vince Horiuchi • On become a mainstay world- Wednesday night’s “Mod- ago gave members more time on Sunday. wide for the Utah-based re- ern Family,” Apple got the ligion. greatest gift any consumer By JEREMIAH STETTLER little time for loosening ties While the three-hour company could ever get — The Salt Lake Tribune or shedding stockings on the block seemed long and un- prominent product place- Sabbath. comfortable to some at first — ment without having to Think Mormons love their Instead of cluttering the “I don’t want to go to church,” pay a single dime for it. meetings? They used to love day with meetings that start- Michigan Mormon Sue Carl- them even more. ed at sunrise and ended near son remembers her toddler Thirty years ago, The sundown, the church an- crying each Sunday after Read the blog • Online at Church of Jesus Christ of nounced in March 1980 the change — it spared Lat- SCOTT SOMMERDORF | Salt Lake Tribune blogs.sltrib.com/tv Latter-day Saints abandoned that it would clump its ser- ter-day Saints from spending A group of worshippers leaves the Ensign LDS Fourth a meeting schedule that left vices together into a single Please see MEETINGS, C3 Ward in Salt Lake City’s Avenues this past Sunday.

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and other critics put too much Shroud On display weight on the alleged medi- ≥ Continued from C2 eval forger whose name is un- The Shroud of Turin will known and who left no signed burial is ludicrous. go on display from April confession. The bishops of the The evidence, as he sees it, 10 to May 23 at the Turin 14th century, he says, like- is all against the shroud’s au- Cathedral in the north- ly were jealous that someone thenticity. He believes it was ern Italian city of Turin, else was making money off painted in the Middle Ages. home to the 2006 Winter the shroud. “No burial shroud in the Olympics. The shroud and its histo- history of the world has had Venerated as the pos- ry are entirely compatible a neat picture of its tenant,” sible burial cloth of Jesus with early church history and he says. “Decomposition just Christ, the 14-foot-long John’s account, Schwortz ar- leaves a mess.” shroud has undergone a gues.A separate head wrap- Christians believe Jesus major restoration since ping — and one exists in rose from the dead two days it was last shown to the Oviedo, Spain, with similar after his crucifixion — on public. bloodstains, he says — doesn’t what they celebrate as Easter In 2002, a team of tex- mean the shroud didn’t also — and his glorified body as- tile specialists removed cover Jesus’ head. cended to heaven 40 days later. pieces burned in a 1532 Schwortz says early Chris- For starters, the shroud fire and a lining fastened tians would have kept the doesn’t fit with the Gospel of in 1534. shroud a secret, not broadcast John, he says. Scientists have Pope Benedict XVI the news, as Nickell contends, found no trace of the 100 will visit the shroud May because it was illegal to pos- pounds of spices the apos- 2, celebrating Mass and sess a relic with human blood. tle says were buried with the praying privately in front Moreover, Schwortz adds, body. Moreover,Nickell asks, of what the church calls such linens with a sophisti- why would the shroud show the Holy Shroud. cated weave were made in Jesus’ face if a separate head More than a mil- Syria as long as five centu- cloth was found in the emp- lion pilgrims visited the ries before Christ. ty tomb? shroud when it was last To the argument that He also contends the linen exhibited in 2000, and at there is no evidence of the is a more sophisticated weave least 2 million are expect- shroud before the 14th cen- than was used in first-centu- ed for this year’s display. tury, Schwortz points to a ry Palestine, and he questions By early March, nearly 1.2 Hungarian monk’s illustra- why there is no documented million tickets had been tion in the 12th century that history tying this particular issued, mostly to Italians. contains striking similari- shroud to Jesus’ burial cloth, Tickets are free and ties to the shroud’s image. An which was alluded to by early available at tinyurl.com/ eighth-century pope wrote of Christian writers. yzrxurx a linen cloth with the Lord’s “If Jesus’ burial cloth had “glorious image ... divinely his picture on it ... we would transferred.” have heard about it from from New Mexico’s Los Ala- As for the traces of paint day one,”Nickell says. The mos National Laboratory. found by the microanalyst, Shroud of Turin “has no his- “The carbon dating might Schwortz is unsurprised. tory for 1300 years.” be in error, but why is it in er- Throughout the centuries, Nickell believes a key piece ror exactly at the time of the pious artists on dozens of oc- of evidence is a letter draft- forger’s confession? What are casions were allowed to paint ed by a 14th-century Catholic the odds?” replicas of the shroud and at bishop. The cleric was trying Nickell views all the ar- times they would drape their to squelch popular devotion to guments for authenticity as freshly painted canvases over the shroud after it turned up “pseudoscience” and calls the shroud to transfer some in the possession of a French scientists still pursuing the holiness to the new painting, knight at Lirey, France, in cloth’s authenticity “shroud Schwortz says. The shroud it- 1349. buffs.” self may have been thus taint- The bishop’s letter to Pope “They are starting with the ed. Clement VI claimed a pre- answer and working back- It’s true that the STURP vious bishop believed the ward,” he says. “This is like team’s main objective — to shroud a forgery — and said having the Flat Earth Society determine how the image that earlier bishop had the picking the scientists that are was made — never has been confession of the artist who going to decide whether the reached. had painted it. Earth is flat.” “We don’t have a real good The pope apparently did clue because it’s hard to find put a stop to shroud exhibi- Authenticity written PAUL FRAUGHTON | The Salt Lake Tribune a mechanism that will result tions, but only for a short time. in blood Acolorfulrendition of thecrucifixiononthe ceiling of Salt Lake City’s Cathedral of theMadeleine. in the same chemistry and Perhaps Nickell’s stron- physics,” Schwortz says. “But gest anti-shroud argument, Schwortz, conversely, con- to say it’s medievally manu- though, is that the image of tends that most of the science from Los Alamos, that gained years before he became a true of the thousands of others factured intentionally flies Jesus looks like an artist’s pic- is on the side of believers. permission to analyze the believer in the shroud — if not tortured and crucified by the in the face of everything we ture — not the residue left by He has his own allegation shroud for five days in Turin. a Christian, since believing Romans, is based on this fact: know about it.” a tortured body wrapped in of bias against the Center for The findings gathered by it is Jesus’ shroud is not the Bloodstains consistent with a For his part, Schwortz cloth. Skeptical Inquiry, which he that group, Shroud of Turin same as believing Jesus was crown of thorns. doesn’t think the science yet “You put a sheet over a sees as a shill for atheists. Research Project (STURP), the promised Messiah. Moreover, there are blood exists to unravel the shroud’s bleeding body, it soaks into “Is there too much agenda- still provide most of the basic What clinched the deal for serum “halos” around the mysteries. the cloth. It doesn’t leave neat driven science out there? Of science on which research is Schwortz, he says, was blood stains that are not visible to And so the debate, like little trickles and rivulets on course there is. But is Joe any based today, according to the experts’ explanation for why the naked eye. What medi- the lines of pilgrims each the locks of hair,” Nickell says. less agenda-driven? He writes church’s Holy Shroud Web bloodstains would remain eval painter, he asks, would time the shroud goes on dis- “A child can see that it doesn’t books that attack things. site. rusty red centuries later. have known to include those? play, will continue. look right.” That’s not an agenda?” Schwortz, raised in an Or- Those experts told him that “Science can’t prove it’s Je- “It’s the most controver- He believes that an es- Schwortz says he wasn’t al- thodox Jewish home, says he the trauma Jesus endured sus,” Schwortz says, “but it sial object in the world. It’s teemed microanalyst, Walter ways a believer in the Shroud was a skeptic and reluctant to broke down his blood vessels, can prove it’s not a painting emotional, it’s religious, it’s McCrone, nailed the forgery of Turin. join the team, but quickly gave causing the liver to flood the and it’s not a photograph.” science,” Schwortz says. “It’s when he found paint trac- He was asked in 1978 to up his notion that the shroud bloodstream with bilirubin, one of the most polarizing es on strips of tape that had photographically document was painted once he saw it in forever altering the stains. ‘Glorious image’ things on the planet.” been held against the shroud the work of a team of U.S. gov- person. His belief that the shroud by the 1978 team of scientists ernment researchers, mostly It would be another 17 wrapped Jesus and not one Schwortz believes Nickell [email protected]

“ Meetings parents with young children — — that their ecclesiastical ser- It was truly visionary wrestled with the three hours vice might have precluded in ≥ Continued from C1 straight at church. How the Mormon Sunday changed the past. to bring the meetings Carlson, a Michigan moth- On the down side, the even more time in separate together, not only for er of six, found the sched- Before thechange (all meetings spaced throughout shorter Sunday schedule day): meetings. the efficiency and time ule almost unbearable for makes it easier for youths to “Church leaders were con- her youngest kids. She had • 90-minute sacrament service. stray from Sabbath obser- cerned that members were savings, but also for enjoyed the split schedule — • 90-minute Sunday school. vance, a concern Shipps has spending so much time going allowing the exchange the afternoon gap between • 90-minute priesthood meeting for men, older boys. heard LDS parents raise time Afterthe change (all meetings backtoback): to meetings on the Sabbath,” of ideas between the meetings was perfect for in- and time again. explained Richard O. Cow- viting guests over for lunch • 70-minute sacrament service. “Kids became much more an, professor of church his- meetings” — but the single block bored • 40-minute Sunday school (with Primary for chil- aware,” Shipps said, “of what tory and doctrine at Brigham her 3-year-old. Carlson men- dren). was going on in the rest of the TRACIE CAYFORD Young University, “that there CUDWORTH tioned more than once the • 50-minute priesthood for men and older boys world.” was not enough time for fam- South Jordan resident tears that accompanied the (with Relief Society for women, Primary for children Still, the schedule change ilies to be together.” family’s half-hour drive to a and meetings for older girls). seemed to have an immedi- Instead, the saints spent chapel in Grand Blanc. ate positive effect overall on their Sundays shuttling be- Thirty years later, Carlson church attendance. Accord- tween a trio of stand-alone faithful. “Take time to be to- hasn’t grown much fonder of she said, “not only for the ef- Away from Utah and its ing to Cowan, the church meetings. There was a gether as families to converse the schedule. She doesn’t have ficiency and time savings, but seemingly ubiquitous LDS found that foot traffic in- 90-minute priesthood session with one another; to study the to deal with restless children also for allowing the exchange chapels, some members used creased in 25 LDS stakes that for men and older boys and, scriptures; to visit friends, rel- anymore. But she has to wor- of ideas between the meet- to devote virtually their en- served as pilot congregations for all members, a 90-minute atives, and the sick and lonely.” ry about her diabetes, which ings.” tire Sundays to the church. for the three-hour block. Sunday school in the morn- There were practical ele- forces her to slip out between The change in schedule also In places where saints had to Sacrament meeting atten- ing and a 90-minute worship ments to the change as well. meetings to grab a snack. brought a change in culture drive long distances — some- dance shot up 9 percent (47 service later in the day. Then The United States was emerg- South Jordan resident Tra- to the LDS Church, accord- times several hours — they percent to 56 percent), ac- there were several more meet- ing from a historic energy cie Cayford Cudworth felt the ing to Jan Shipps, a longtime even brought food and dined cording to a 1980 Church ings during the week for wom- crisis that included gasoline three-hour shock, too. She Mormonism scholar and an together between meetings. News report. And Relief So- en (Relief Society), children rationing and cries for con- was a Brigham Young Uni- emeritus professor of history What these members lost ciety saw its activity surge 11 (Primary) and youths (Mu- servation. versity student at the time of and religious studies at Indi- in time, they gained in fel- percent (33 percent to 44 per- tual). The consolidated meeting the change and described the ana University-Purdue Uni- lowship. cent). Most of those meetings schedule allowed chapels to meetings as sometimes “gru- versity, Indianapolis. Today’s fused schedule of- So is another change in were merged into a three- cut energy costs by switching eling” in length. For one thing, Latter-day fers church members more sight? Maybe a two-hour hour block in early May 1980. off the lights or turning down But Cudworth believes the Saints now spend less time uncommitted time — both on block? Probably not. A Youth activities continued the heat earlier in the day. It compact schedule has made on the road. Sundays and during the week. church spokesman said the during the week. also saved members frequent meetings more productive. A “Before the move to the On the plus side, they can faith has no plans to short- “The consolidated meeting trips — sometimes at great Sunday school lesson, for in- three-hour block,” Shipps said, spend more time with their en or otherwise change the schedule was implemented distances — back and forth stance, can dig a little deep- “the definition of a Mormon families at home. Or, Shipps three-hour schedule. After largely in order to provide sev- between meetings. er into a sacrament meeting was a person planning for a added, they can devote more all, that neighborhood chapel eral more Sabbath hours for Many members welcomed sermon. meeting, going to a meeting, time during the week to com- still is called a meetinghouse. families,” then-LDS President the additional hours at home, “It was truly visionary to in a meeting or coming home munity causes by serving on Spencer W. 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