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STUCK BETWEEN A SLOC AND A HARD PLACE: SLOC WILL INVESTIGATE

          SLOC trustees "pledged an independent investigation"
     into whether bribes were paid to secure the 2002 Winter
     Games, according to Lisa Riley Roche of the DESERET NEWS. 
     SLOC Chair Bob Garff said that the ethics board will "be
     given free reign."  Garff: "We are not dictating or limiting
     the scope of the investigation.  What we owe the public is a
     complete and thorough report."  Roche wrote that the board
     will be headed by former UT Supreme Court Chief Justice
     Gordon Hall and will finish its work "no later" than
     February 11 (DESERET NEWS, 12/20).  In Salt Lake City, Mike
     Gorrell wrote that the SLOC wants the board to "detail all
     payments and gifts handed out by bid boosters and to
     determine if they were bribes" (SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 12/19). 
     USOC member Howard Peterson: I've seen cover-ups and this
     one smells like it has potential" (TORONTO STAR, 12/20). 
          HEAR NO EVIL, SKI NO EVIL: The SLOC spent "nearly"
     $10,000 on skis, shotguns and rifles that "went to people
     associated with the Olympics" in the two years prior to
     winning the 2002 Games.  Six shotgun invoices were directed
     to the attention of former SLOC President Tom Welch. 
     Browning Shotguns President & CEO Don Gobel: "We didn't ask
     what they would be used for, and we didn't feel that was a
     question to ask" (Guy Boulton, SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 12/20).   
        

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