Show - s A10— The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday March 13 2003 IbMiMIJ Utah outlook ‘ aju inri Forecast for Thursday AcCUWeathercom torecast lor daytime conditions hictvlow temperatures Anchorage Atlanta Austin TODAY fbgdsn :6°AH Ste Lsfce CKyjw46 :v RidiMdSrMj cdf CHy8r37-- l 02003 AccuWsattwr Nil WO Inc Almanac 6:41 Up am above Rising in the northeastern sky at 10 o'clock is the Big Dipper or Ursa Major the Great Bear Watch the moon Sunset: 6:28 pm Humidity: 33 percent tonight and tomorrow night as it passes near the planet Jupiter tomorrow Index: 2 (minimal) evening at 7 pm EST just degrees north of Jupiter Conditions: Scattered Clouds Visibility: 10 miles ' 40 astronomyOrocketmailcom Moon: Full moon on March 18 Honolulu 81 From the news wire Houston Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Cleveland DaHas-FtWorth- 78 Denver Detroit 77 62 79 73 Nashville 76 NewOrteane 79 New York Oty 52 Press I g 79 83 54 84 PorfandOre 55 San Diego 67 San Francisco 64 SeatM : 55 53 Spokane Tucson 83 dr cdy 02 ody m dr ano cdy m cdy cdy 29 38 37 62 42 33 35 70 64 34 55 dr 10 m "idr cdy Mm 46 42 01 m cdy m Regional Temperatures 44 28 Brigham City 63 34 66 30 CedarCIty 64 37 Layton 61 38 Ogden Pleasant Qrove66 36 Provo 64 34 Salt Lake Oty 63 39 Snowbird 48 28 Spanish Folk 64 40 77 46 St George Wendover 64 43 Alta sno 01 cdy dr cdy cdy cdy cdy cdy 01 m ano 39 64 32 cdy '“'ano VtahngtonAC59 dr 55 dr Oklahoma City Orlando ' Phladelphia Phoenix Pro Otk 31 - 060 (LOO 060 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 0J 000 The AccuWCatherjcom forecast far noon Thursday March 3 MOS AesuHMtarlne oro colo e ia t3 e tm mmatwr HMmr Sony HOW 1 ut Smart I 17 45 65 23 48 Helena Cincinnati Rain and snow stretched across the northern United States on Wednesday and temperatures dropped in die Great Lakes and Northeast It rained in Oregon and Washington white snow blanketed northern Montana North Dakota and parts of ' South Dakota Snow also fell in Maine northern New York central -town Michigan and southern Wisconsin Further south rain showers were scattered1 across lower New England through the upper Ohio Valley and central Appalachians Cloudy skies also covered much of the Gulf Coast and brought rain and a few thunderstorms to west and southern Louisiana southern Alabama and parts of Florida The weather was partly cloudy to fair in the rest of the Southeast The lower Rockies the Southwest and California stayed dry with partly cloudy to fair skies Afternoon temperatures in the Lower 48 states ranged from a high of 87 degrees in Hollywood Fla to a low of minus-1- 2 in Baudette Minn Local temperatures Lo 18 76 73 59 67 53 42 55 50 68 44 49 By The Associated r- -- : Hi Windy and mostly 8kieswitha40per- - doudy with rain cent chance of rain and snow showers showers South- Holy for the next several days Aftsr-winds 10to20mph west winds lOto noon highs in the 20mphHUisin day Afternoon upper 40e to lower highs wl be near 6S the mid to upper and overnight lows in 50s and lows in the 50b and lows in mid 30s to low 40s the mid to upper 30s mid to upper 30s n rst(of9-4r- UV Baltimore Boise Boston Chicago EXTENDED al : Sunrise: FRIDAY Mostly doudy ‘vet s— : nufrfy Temperatures Indicate Wsdna day’s high and overnight tow to 8 pm Eastern Time tt ' iipihsgtoiwrtrtrtir Ndtional tomporaturos Cacho Valloy outlook i AWVV- irMiiiriimi Continued from A1 Anita Dickerson thinking that the man resembled the suspect left her car and looked him in the eye She didn't know at the time that the girl was Elizabeth but instead thought she was an older woman wearing a scarf she told The Associated Press “Lots of people had to see them they just didn’t put two and two together" Alvin Dickerson said Asked whether he believed Elizabeth was held against her will Salt Lake police chief Dinse said “at this point yes I do " He did not offer a possible motive Witness John Ferguson said the arrest involved a man who looked like a transient and two women wearing unusual clothing : He said the women had “longer clothing aiy blue almost like a pillow case over the face almost like a veil They were all just kind of calmly talking to the police’’ ‘ Feel Continued from Ai and curiosity she said Barnes explains that connection as a byproduct of media coverage ' “Through the medial espe- - J dally television we’re taken right into the Smart's home We have essentially met with the parents and the children” she said ‘The media give a closer connection than we would otherwise have sometimes to an unhealthy degree Sometimes it takes us on that journey with them — not that Ferguson told KSL television Elizabeth disappeared last summer part of a frightening string of incidents involving children that included the slayings of Danielle van Dam of San SamanDiego and tha Runnion of Orange County Calif Ed Smairt said his daugh- ter’s return “is going to be ‘ absolutely wonderful I don’t know what she’s gone through and I’m sure she’s been through hell” Smart urged lawmakers to pass a nationwide Amber Alert thesystetn many states use to notify the public to missing children cases through media outlets News that Elizabeth was alive touched off a celebration in front of the Smarts’ home in affluent Federal Heights with neighbors and members of the family’s Mormon ward holding blue and yellow balloons V “How can I even talk? This is such a miracle” said Lynne Godfrey 57 a neighbor “I had given up hope — I mean where would she have been? Who would have taken care of anybody else can recreate what those parents have felt and the brothers and Sisters' — but the media takes us right ' into it in a personal way” For whatever reasons the Smart family was able to garner a strong media interest in the case of the missing teenage girl Such intense media coverage “absolutely” makes society more fearful and protective Riley said Cases of kidnapping have always been there she said but people seem to be more aware of the danger now Though she has not specifically studied the subject Riley has read that ’people seem to think crimes Elizabeth Smart the giii whp vanished from her bedroom nearly nine months ago in Salt Lake City was found about 20 mites south of her home Wednesday June 2002 Efizabeth Smart is seized tom her house around 4 am in front of her younger sister Hundreds of volunteers search for her in the surrounding foothills 5-- 6 June 22 Authorities interview transient Brett Michael Edmunds whp had been seen in the Smart's neighborhood the week the girl vanished Edmunds knows nothing about the case ' tbofctf State T3&) IPstes Uraitessa (ftothm Apr "$150 1) - & reporters' suspendsd ' A month ago the Smarts held a news conference and released a sketch of a longhaired bearded Mitchell As recently as Tuesday the fami- ly openly criticized police for not devoting enough ajtentiori to the former handyman Mitchell’s sister called authorities with his identity after the family’s Feb 3 news conference The man’s step- such as kidnappings have become more common than they are “We think it’s more likely than it actually is that something like this could hap pen but if you’re a parent it doesn’t matter" she said ' Elizabeth Smart’s case didn't necessarily cause a joss of innocence in the community cases like Otherhigh-profil- e the Trisha Autry abduction may have eroded that safe feeling However the net effect of these cases does have an impact “If people maintain an innocence about the vulnerability of our children they're not listening and watching and thinking” Barnes said SgraSsil State iB 1 per customer for $150 2for$2a0 Feb 32Q03 Mary Katherine Smart identifies Brian David Mitchell a transient known as “Emmanuel and she said the gunman threatened to hurt Elizabeth if she didn’t keep quiet Last month Elizabeth’s parents said Mary Katherine had come to them recently to say “Emmanuel” bore some resemblance to the kidnapper This week they chastised police for not going after Mitchell “It is truly a miracle to me that she was able to come up with him” Ed Smart said Wednesday “It i$ nothing but ' as resembling the man she saw abduct her sister AP son MarkThompson gave investigators photos of a clean-shave- n Mitchell and said his stepfather was “capable” of kidnapping a child He also said Mitchell believes he is a prophet who needs to preach to the homeless and has no source of income other than handouts Mitchell was often seen panhandling and preaching to the homeless in downtown Salt Lake City before Elizabeth’s disappearance Elizabeth's mother Lois Smart has said she met Mitchell downtown when he a miracle” ' Smart had earlier expressed his “frustration” at public statements made by police dismissing Mitchell as a potential suspect Police said they followed up more than 16000 leads from the public in addition to those they came up with themselves For months the top potential suspect was Richard Ricci a handyman who once worked in the Smart household He insisted he had midl and he died Aug 30 after suf feting a cerebral hemorrhage while in prison on a parote violation Ricci’s widow Angela heard the news late Wednes- day afternoon “It’s a very joyous day for us and the Smarts” she said “We had lots of support” Over the summer die Smarts held twice-dail- y news briefings and thousands of volunteers combed the foothills of Salt Lake City searching under brush for any sign of tiro blonde girl The family often got calls from the police alerting them to grisly discoveries that might be linked to their missing daughter they wanted the Smarts to know before the story hit the news Sometimes the news beat the police Hands and feet had been found in a canyon or bones had been discovered in the desert The Smarts would call police to ask if it was Elizabeth Every time the answer was “no”: On the Net: http:wwwelizabethsmartcom Image Enhancement Seminar at' Bridgerland Applied Technology College 1301 North 600 West Logan Utah Making The Most of YOU Keynote Speaker: Louise Young Topic: The “Perfect” Woman ’ Workshop Topics : Body Makeover - No Exercise Required Wardrobe Basics on a Budget Conquering the “1 Have Nothing to wear” Syndrome Clue in on Color Hair Helps About Face! 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