Show jgM Utah outlook ACCUWeathercom Cache Valley outlook Forecast for Wednesday IbiwcMl tor daytime ooodition National temperatures JSK hiaMow twnoewtur— TODAY EXTENDED THURSDAY Cloudy with a 30 Partly to mostly cloudy with highs in the lower to mid-30s most of the week and lows in the lower Mostly cloudy witha20to30 percent chance of snow and 10 to 20 mph winds Highs in the lower 40s lows in the lower 30s percent chance of rain or snow Highs inthemid-30lows in the lower 20s s to mid-20- 8 O S664 AocuW4H mr csl Hi Lo Logan KVNU Smithfield- - Preston Pre 37 Mendon 36 Logan Peak 29 BeaverMt '34 04(1") m 41 23 11(1”) m Sunrise: 7:20 a m Humidity: 93percent UV Lo Pm 19 23 02(1") Index: 2 (minimal) Conditions: mist 29 By The Associated : 35 St George Tooele Vernal Wendover -- ZtonNP Boise Evanston 10a m dr 28 25 : cdy HI Lo 39 2 44 56 55 46 33 47 55 47 36 42 64 45 38 37 64 57 42 11 Pro 00Q 000 aoo 5 23 28 22 25 (LOO (LOO 15 30 26 32 29 27 36 27 13 25 40 36 27 t 005 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 038 t noon Wednesday Feb 18 "T'myiBmttESBIrt M 0 Qt a Mi 10 Cdy 12 40a Hi 00a 00a 100a 110a Press ' Winter storms drenched much of the Southeast on Tuesday and rain or snow was reported over large parts of the Northwest Idaho and Montana The nation's midsection stayed mostly dry In the West parts of California Oregon Washington Idaho and Montana were buffeted by rain and snow Near- of rain was reported in Medford Ore Six ty a half-inc-h inches of snow blanketed Hailey Idaho Tuesday’s temperatures around the Lower 48 states ranged from a morning low of minus 29 degrees in Presque Isle Maine to a midday high of 73 degrees jn Fort Lauderdale Fla Visibility: 125 miles astronomyOrocketmailcom Moon Feb 20 new Laketown Layton Moab Nephi Salt Lake City Snowbird 54 41 From the nows wire '20 The moon lies 50 degrees south of Neptune at 6 pm Neptune whose rotational period is 16fi hours (backwards) now has 13 moons It is so far away Neptune is that it would take you four hours at light speed to get there pm r on staopar Wopes al lower and middle elevations CondHione: avalanches poaalbte on Heap pravtr itfopet with underlying wnk Ityom For updried condl oudy wind-driftdona vialt wwwjvalancheorg or call (435) 797-414- 6 Up above Almanac 6:01 Hi WelteviHe Canyonlands Cedar City Green River HeberCity St Yesterday's Rating: City 04 23 13 m 33 36 Sunset: cdy m 11 Paul Mpis-28 cdy New York City 34 22 cdy 19 40 PhBadsjphia cdy Phoenix 81 51 cdy Portland Maine 22 3 cdy St Louis 43 28 cdy The AccuW6attMrcom forecast for Avalancho danger Local temperatures Brian Head Bryce Canyon LasVbgas Los Angeles Quality Department levels issues daHy advisories to reduce from burning wood in stoves or fireplaces Green means conditions are “satisfactory' yellow means bum if necessary” and red means to "avoid” Today's advisory for Cache Vallpy is RED 70 52 56 38 Tulsa Washington dr dr Honolulu Houston Air pollution advisory of Environmental The Utah IJV' San Diego Seattle Temperatures Indkats Tuesday's high and overnight low to 8 pm Eastern Time Hi Lo Pic Otk 20 dr 5 Anchorage Baltimore 37 18 cdy 53 32 cdy Boston 14 30 cdy 49 22 dr Casper Chartotie NC 41 28 cdy 35 15 Chicago cdy Columbus Ohio 40 22 cdy Denver 62 22 cdy Duluth 27 6 6l cdy Paso 70 34 dr Great Fals cdy (low) ' oou 2004 AoeuWMOwr Inc E3E3 CT© E3 EH ha mm annaNMV O Owny KChaiy Ohaiy CacheValleyforecast provided byNationaLWeatherService—SCUp Aboveifeature provided by Astro Data WIC Continued Sites eligible if they're breastfeed- ing recently had a baby or have an infant or child under 5 When someone applies for ' WIC benefits Officials are determinarequired to make a tion of eligibility within 10-- ' days for pregnant women and 20 days for children Farmer said that in the past the program has averaged about 3000 clients in Logan Recently that number has swelled to about 3600 She attributed the increase to both population growth and the struggling economy WIC also has offices in Brigham Gty Tremonton Randolph and Park Valley “We have new applicants just about every day” Farmer said Health Department spokesman Mike Weibel said that about two years ago he did a presentation for a women's studies class at USU Of the 60 students who attended only " one or two had heard of WIC ' “I was like 'You’ve got to be kidding”’ Weibel said "I’ll bet every' one of you qualify” Since then officials hiave worked hard to publicize the hem Al “WIC has a lot of bipartisan support because it has proven to be such a successful pro- gram” she said Farmer saidsfie thinks a lot " of people don’t apply for WIC because they think the income standards are equivalent to those for food stamps and they make too much money ' iThe income criteria for WIC is much mote generous” Farmer said VI think a lot of people' aren’t aware that it is as generous as it is” To qualify for WIC appli-- : ' cants must have an income below 185 percent of the poverty level Those who quali- fy for the program receive food vouchers that can be redeemed at any WIC vendor which includes all major grocery stores Perhaps more important- ly though WIC educates them about breastfeeding and nutri-tio- n That means clients don’t have to pay to see a registered V dietitian "We like to think the educamilestone shows tion is more important than the ' 5000-cliesuccess had that think-it'they’ve said: “We food" Farmer ' “I’nii pot going to take credit a nicecombination" for it but somehow we must be Farmer said one of the main doing a good job” Weibel said goals of the WIC program is “I think word is starting to get it For example prevention but the state is still sending oul "costs $22000 per pound to ’ back money and that just does-raise a baby tonormal weight WIC prenatal n’t make sense” To find out whether you or care benefits reduce the rate of babies r very yoiir children qualify for WIC call 792-645-1 or visit the by 44 percent Medicaid costs an an: reduced Department at 655 E average of 1 300 North The WIC office is $12000 to $15000 for every open from8 am to 5 pm prevented '! “WIC is very committed to Monday through Thursday and from' 8 anito 1 pm on raday helping these moms have the healthiest babies possible” )'v Some evening appointments 'Farmer said' : are also available Fanner said women are eligi- - V ble for WlC as soon as they OnthaWab: : become pregnant They’re also wwwhealthutahgovwic ! Continued from A3 " yy v Weather In a press release the Bear ' River Health Department encouraged everyone and particularly the elderly chil- Continued from A3 dren and people with respira-- lory diseases to stay indoors That’s weli above die Environ- - whenever possible Cache Valmental Protection Agency’s ley residents are also urged health standard of 65 micro- notto use fireplaces and V stoves and to grams pet cubic meter wood-burni- nt V ‘ : - ' faster “Next time we are going to go a bit higher We are trying to get where it will fall straight down as a meteorite ' would” Wiggins said but most of of MartiiVUSU CEE important “the test department Courtesy Randy The Wellsville Mountains arevtsibie above Cache Valley's inversion in this photo taken from atop the showed we could do this with- out hurting anybody” ridge between Logart and Dry canyons Monday morning : ! meteorites The experunenters also want to try different altitudes but they believe it won’t be necessary to soar to great heights for their tests After falling a certain distance an object stops accelerating because of air resistance So higher won’t get it dropping “Losing a conqietitor in this of market hurts con- - ' sumers especially when -you’re merging the trig players” said Mark Cooper direc-to- r of research at the Consumer Washingtop-base- d Federation of America “It’s not five and six that’s merg-It’s two and three and that’s a much bigger impact ' Wireless : Continued from BellSouth Coq'of Atlanta said it will pay $15 cash per share valuing Redmond AT&T Wireless d at $467 billionCingular also will assume $6 billion of AT&TWireless debt Thecombined conqiany will cany die Cingular Mnie Once adealis appro ved: billing and other operational ffinctions will be merged though there will be no immediate effect on customers said Ralph de la Vega Cingular’s chief operating officer De la Vega said he did not expect federal regulators wopldask die ctxnbined company to divest assets in order to gain antitrust approval kind Al neither company could have achieved on its own and will mean better coverage improved reliability enhanced call quality and a wide array of pew arid innovative ser--' ' vices” said Stan Sigman president and chief executive of Cingularwho'will continue to lead the company Some fear the merger could reduce the fierce competition that has driven down prices in the US cellular mariret trim- ' ming the number of national ' players fromuX to five - ng Wash-base- : : Federal Bureau of Land : ' Management officials were uneasy about the test worried that the experiments could endanger the people animals weather stations record setters and automobile commercial filmmakers indigenous to the Salt Flats 1 To sidestep BLM red tape for the first test Wiggins got permission to drop the ball on private property owned by Bonneville Seabase a scuba diving facility at spring-fe- d ponds in Tooele County He also consulted Federal :' Aviation Administration to confirm (he flight not violate any rules land-spe- ed offi-cia- ls v- oncompetition” : reduce their use of vehicles “Residents did a fantastic job reducing pollution last month whenair quality reached unhealthy levels” : Health Department environmental scientist Grant Koford said in the release “We heed everyone to pitch in and help improve our air again today” Guzman and Co analyst Patrick Comack mid he does- n’t expect prices to go up if the deal is approved: “You still have some very aggressive competitors out there” Cingular a joint venture between SBC Communica- tions Inc of San Antonio and On th Nat Test data: httppianetstateutusMETE-OR01HTM- Does Your Heart Good AmsricaiHtalAaodaticfiy - WWi IRjHKWV BBBMtHktlbfal aid bathrooa safer with quality rabbin instiled Cal today for a free writtn estimate! 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