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ftflE Spectmjm Tuesday January 4, 2005 www. thesp ectrum.com California, Nevada Jazz lose in Memphis Page Bl 1 High 45 0 mired in snowstorm I nui 39 SCATTERED showers Page B4 Page AS So Morning briefing Huntsman optimistic as I 1-15 crash victims identified by police By RACHEL OLSEN rolsenthespectrum.com ST. GEORGE Remembered by their daughter as hard working individuals who worked to give the best life possible to their children, Leo and Dena Lauren, 54 and 47, St. George, died Sunday night in a head-on collision with a vehicle driven by Kristen Dodson, 22, who also died on impact "They'll be greatly missed and we'll always love them," said Louise Lauren, 13, the couple's oldest daughter. The collision closed down the northbound lanes of Interstate 15 between exit 6 and exit 8 for nearly two hours Sunday night when traffic was taken through Si George.

The red Nissan Altima, driven by Dodson of Page, ran head-on into the Laurens' white van as she drove southbound in the northbound lanes of the interstate, according to a news release from the Utah Highway Patrol. Dodson entered the freeway on the northbound exit 8 off-ramp and only drove about half a mile before colliding with the Laurens, said UHP Sgt. Jim Lloyd. Dodson was driving approximately 80 miles per hour and the Laurens' vehicle was going about 65 miles per hour, according to witnesses' said UHPLLLeePyper. "That was basically an explosion when you hit at those speeds," Pyper said.

"You're talking about 140- to 150-mph collision." None of the three individuals wore a seat belt, according to the news release, and the vehicles were crushed at least as far back as the passenger compartment, Lloyd said. Lloyd said drivers should move to the right to help in avoiding vehicles traveling in the wrong direction. St. George Police Department Spokesman Craig Harding agreed, saying vehicles should only be in the left lane to pass. There are probably one to two reports a month of a vehicle traveling in the wrong direction, Harding said.

Drivers should be particularly careful when driving in left lanes around left curves in the Virgin River Gorge, Harding said. The reason Dodson drove southbound in northbound lanes is unknown and it will be another two or three weeks before blood tests reveal whether Dodson was under the influence of drugs or as governor Douglas C. Pizac AP City. Huntsman's wife, Mary Kaye, TheSpectrum 1 Southern Utah's home See Huntsman's Speech To read the full prepared text of Jon Huntsman inauguration speech, go to www. thespectrum.comnewsextras speech.html on the Internet.

country with Secretary of State Colin Powell, Huntsman spokeswoman Tammy Kikuchi said Monday. Dignitaries that did attend included Lan Ligun, minister from the Chinese embassy in Washington and members of Taiwan's economic and cultural office in San Francisco. Others included former Gov. Mike Leavitt, Mormon church president Gordon B. Hinckley and members of the state's congressional delegation.

The election of Huntsman, the eldest son of billionaire Utah petrochemical industrialist Jon Huntsman brings to an end a dozen years of leadership by Leavitt and his lieutenant governor, Olene Walker. Walker Utah's first female governor and its shortest-serving chief See HUNTSMAN on A8 f', tew he's sworn in emony Monday in Salt Lake holds the Bible. younger generation can find a "My administration will deliver innovative and novel approaches for creating jobs and expanding our economy," he said. "This will be my single-minded resolve because so much educating our children, providing health care for all Utahns, and paying for badly needed improvements to our infrastructure depends on a viable economic base." Huntsman also reached out to the opposition in heavily Republican Utah, and paid recognition to his Democratic opponent "my friend Scott Matheson Jr." at the start of his speech. "It must be clear that although our defining roots may be different, they need not divide us," he said.

"A fundamental aspect of my administration will be to eliminate divisions by creating a common destiny. The best way to bring people together is by developing ways to work together and by doing so we learn that our differences are not always as great as we might imagine." Guests at the ceremony were expected to include foreign dignitaries Huntsman befriended as a Bush administration trade diplomat and U.S. ambassador to Singapore. Among the invited guests was the Sri Lanka ambassador, but he was returning to his tsunami-ravaged Cedar Auburn wins Sugar Bowl Auburn made an improbable bid to share the national title by hanging on in the Sugar Bowl. Now, all the No.

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and a copy will be sent Spectrum 674-6212 Daily News GANNETT 586-7646 2005 The Spectrum 50 CENTS Jon Huntsman Jr. is sworn in as Court Chief Justice Christine M. About Jon Huntsmajn Jr. AGE: 44. FAMILY: Married to Mary Kaye Cooper, six children.

PUBLIC SERVICE: White House Staff Assistant, President Ronald Reagan. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Development. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. U.S. Ambassador to Singapore.

Deputy U.S. Trade Trade Ambassador. BUSINESS EXPERIENCE: Current Chairman CEO, Huntsman Family Holdings Company, LLC. Holding company for Huntsman Corporation ($10 billion in revenues, employing 15,000 people worldwide). First President CEO, Huntsman Cancer Foundation.

Responsible for organizing and funding the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, a leading center for cancer research and care. EDUCATION: Attended the University of Utah, graduated from University of Pennsylvania. Utah's new governor by Supreme Durham during the inaugural cer- 16th Utah governor, pledges to focus on state's economy By PAUL FOY Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY Jon Huntsman Jr. was sworn in Monday as Utah's 16th governor, mixing optimism with overtures at bridging the state's political and cultural divides. He also pledged to give singular focus to expanding and diversifying Utah's economy.

"We will not fear change," he declared. The 44-year-old Republican said he'll charge into office to accomplish his goals regardless of the political fallout or his chances at re-election in four years. Huntsman took an oath administered by Utah Chief Justice Christine M. Durham in an elegant, flawless ceremony at Abravanel Hall in Salt Like City that featured a National Guard band, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and a 19-gun salute by live video. Other state officers, including his lieutenant governor Gary Herbert, also took the oath.

Huntsman offered an agenda of optimism, saying he would work to make Utah a leader in technology and tourism and a place where the Global relief makes inroads across tsunami-hit Asia woman survives tsunami Countries contribute At least 48 countries have pledged monetary or humanitarian support to help tsunami victims totaling about $1 .5 billion so far. Largest national donations BSHBI350 group carrying thousands more Marines was headed in to help. "Look at that, look at that! It's so big!" shouted a 6-year-old girl, Khairunisa, as a U.S.. Hercules cargo plane roared over Banda Aceh, the capital of Sumatra island's devastated Aceh province and the base of the aid operation in Indonesia. The Americans flew missions from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln along a 120-mile stretch of Sumatra's ravaged coasdine, further revealing the extent of the destruction.

The tsunami, triggered by the world's most powerful earthquake in 40 years, has killed more than 139,000 people in Asia and Africa; consid- By DENIS D. GRAY Associated Press KARIM RAJIA, Indonesia U.S. helicopters rescued dozens of desperate and weak tsunami survivors, including a young girl clutching a stuffed Snoopy dog, as the American military relief operation reached out to remote areas of Indonesia with cartons of food and water on Monday. Although the United States was not among the first at the scene after last week's natural disaster thousands of miles from American shores, it is now spearheading the international relief effort and delivering more supplies than any other nation. A U.S.

warship strike Japanfe United States Britain Sweden Spain China IS Frances Canada SOURCES: United AP research gize for riot being able to alleviate your concerns and worries earner." Leon Matheson said that when he first got news of the disaster, he contacted the State Department, and they got in touch with the Chennai-Madras consulate in India. At that point the consulate did a name-byname search and Kay Lynne Matheson was located some miles away from where the disaster hit. "She was in a retreat over the holidays and was a couple miles towards the hills, By ELIZABETH MILLER emillerthespectrum.com CEDAR CITY It took four days to determine, but Cedar City native Kay Lyme Matheson, who lives in India and was there when the tsunami hit, is alive and well. "Wow, where do I begin?" she wrote in an e-mail to her parents Leon and Barb Matheson. "I guess to tell you that I am safe and that my home is safe as well.

I am so sorry for the lack of communication and I apolo Kf74.e 64.2 57.0 55.1 47.1 Aa of 5 p.m. Monday 33.9 Nations; AP so she didn't know what happened until they searched for her," her father said. "She and her friends are now involved in the relief effort." Kay Lynne Matheson has been living in India to teach English and, because of the holiday, most of the children who lived on the beaches were out of the country. However, a fishing village she would occasionally take a 10-minute walk to was completely destroyed. See MATHESON on A8 Wireless Radio Phones 99 WITH ACTIVATION C.ni, 4 04 AC Not good wany other offer erably more than half of the deaths were on Sumatra.

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