UTAH MOMENTS

"Marijuana will be legalized one day. And from that one act the world will
be a better place." -- San Francisco pot activist Dennis Peron, speaking at
Southern Utah University's Earth Day observance

"It's the worst drought I can remember . . . if we don't get rain by July,
we'll have to quit being cowboys." -- LaVar Foremaster, St. George rancher

"We have an obligation not just to prosecute somebody, but to find some
answers so we don't see them back here again." -- Sim Gill, prosecutor for
Salt Lake City

"The idea is not to turn reporters into investigatory tools for law
enforcement." -- Media lawyer Jeffrey Hunt, on writer Carolyn Campbell's
refusal to reveal sources in a polygamy story

"I actually painted it as a kid and it was a blast. But those days are
over. Graffiti begets graffiti." -- Roger Stahl, Sandy, on the
disappearance of the popular painted boulder in southeast Salt Lake County

"I would just as soon see us celebrate an American Earth Day. We don't need
an international Earth Day. We had international socialism and we had
enough of that." -- Clyde Nielsen, VFW District 7, opposing the Utah
observances

"What a shame. Anytime you lose such a major store from downtown it is an
awful thing. Ogden lost its Nordstrom, and now this." -- Carolyn Troyer,
Ogden, on Nordstrom's decision to close its store in Salt Lake City

"They hit that age when they get credit cards in the mail, they buy a new
car or motorcycle and take a trip . . . and they don't understand what's
happening to them."-- Rep. David Hogue, R-Riverton, advocating money
management instruction for young people

"Maybe [other commissioners] can see that it's not an evil thing to drink.
You can drink and still have family values. I know that." -- Mary Ann
Mantes, newly named to the Alcoholic Beverage Control commission