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Show Page 10 Nephi, Utah tb 'STlye Wednesday, August 12, 1998 GClJ ianudl Du2a.i Haley's Cornels Co uca perform cl Jaab County Fair afl C":o Jacb (Scuafy FcS? Around The Juab County Fair will be They Dill fea- se Brothers, Sonet, and Essex. Moreover, the group has earned a place in The Guineas Book of World Records, for selling 43 million copies of its greatest hit, fl3 Rock Clock. turing Bill Haleys Comets on have appeared in seven motion picThursday, August 13th at 8:30 tures, including Rock Around The Build- Clock, "The Girl Cant Help It, and p.m. in the Multi-PurpoLet The Good limes Roll. ing at the fairgrounds. A1 Rappa, "The Original Walking Bill Haleys Comets were the first Rock and Roll band. Since Bass Man seen in many motion 1952, they have sold over 80 mil- pictures and in Dick Qarks Amerlion records for leading labels ican Bandstand video, has been such as Decca, M.C.A., Warner with Bill Haleys Comets since The 6th Annual Dutch Oven Cook-owill be held at the Juab County Fairgrounds on Saturday, August 15th. Registration will be at 12:00 noon. Judging will be at 4:00 p.m. This event is by Jenkins Sales & Service, South Forty IFAand KYKN Radio. The 1956. rules can be found in the Juab The Juab County Fair Association Fair Premium Book. would like to invite everyone out to County interested is eligible to Anyone this special concert. It is free to the I ' participate. public. A new division this year will be ff a Scout Competition where scout troops can compete against each other for some great prizes. So dig out the old Dutch Oven and practice your favorite recipes, then come join the fun on Saturday, the 15th. Spectators ssfHtaaJ cc!!i-C-3 are welcome. There will be some delicious samples. Participants can refer to the wcrldr.3 fcrrd Ci; c"a:!i Veer UwJ iaWww by Mark R. Jones Fairbook for details. Call Dennis Community First National Batik 6 Ken Sevy, Everitt, 3 or Kevin Taylor, Its just a few weeks intqihe for more information. Year 2000 and you go to yqur mailbox. Inside is a statement from a credit card company. You open it, expecting to see a of $1,245.67, but instead the statement shows that you owe five times that amount. Concerned, you call the companys number to complain.: But the phone just rings and rings: The FreestyleFlatland Bicycle Dont miss this great specta- You then try to log on to the CoDemonstration will take place at tors event! You will want to see mpanys customer service the Juab County Fair again this our local talent perform their center via its web site, but again, year. This is sponsored by Ser- new spectacular stunts on their you are unable to access it. YoU vice Cycles of Nephi. It will be freestyleflatland bicycles. This throw your hands up in frustraheld Saturday, August 15th at is offered free to the public, so tion as you reach for a pen, pa2:00 p.m. south of the dont miss it! per, envelope and stamp... : building at the fairgrounds. this hypothetical situation sounds humorous right how, U it wont be very funny if it comes true. And it could happen; to you and to millions of other people throughout the world., Its just one of the possible effect of whats been called The .Year 2000 Issue. The Year 2000 issue which Also reported to the Utah State also is referred to as The MiDuring the first six months of 1998, fire departments across Fire Marshals Office were 6,763 llennium Bug and simply, the state of Utah have respond- rescue calls, 1,554 false alarm Y2K refers to the possible ed to 12,989 calls. This is accord- calls, 810 hazardous condition failure of computers because ing to information compiled by calls, 382 service calls, and 1,615 they wont be able to recogqizS the Utah Fire Incident Report- other calls, as well as 468 mutu- the calendar change to the year al aid calls to other fire depart- 2000. ing System (UFIRS). , Overall in Utah, based on in- ments. This issue came about because formation provided by the particThe Fire Reporting System is of some d thinking ipating fire departments, 12,989 a cooperative effort of local fire by early computer programmers. incidents have been reported. agencies, state agencies, the Fed- In the 1960s and 70s, when These include 1,397 fires that eral Emergency Management many software applications were have caused $12,855,740 in prop- Agency, and the U.S. Fire Admin- first designed, computer memoerty losses, 37 civilian injuries, istration. It is operated by the ry and disk storage were expeneight firefighter injuries, eight Utah State Fire Marshals Office sive and in short supply. To save civilian deaths, and no firefight- in Murray. space, programmers used two er deaths. digits rather than four to represent the year. For, example, September 24, 1974, became simply 092474. Unless this programming flaw is fixed, computers on January 1, 2000.will read 010100 and may interpret the date as January 1, 1900. 1 2 1 will The financial implications of perform at the Juab performed at many other local this issue on businesses could be on functions. Fair Utah County Saturday, August 0 15th at These 3 young men are talent- enormous. Banks and financial p.m. in the e Building at the ed, fun loving, and energetic. services companies are vulnera fairgrounds. This performance is Their show is full of fuq, excit- ble to tjhis glitch because theyre free to the public. ing, upbeat, rock and pop melo- heavily computerized an 1 2 1 is a dynamic teenage trio dies that will leave you wanting cause many of their products and services involve featuring Dan Cahoon age 14, more. calculations. The problem could, Justin Martin age 15, and Scott for example, cause automated Porter age 14. They have perteller machines to deny access to formed together for two years. off cash, bank vaults to close or open They have performed the National Anthem for the Utah Jazz, the improperly or bank statements to report inaccurate data. . -Utah Catz, several University of To be sure, this glitch isnt jvfet Utah athletic events, as well as isolated to financial services. Any for Weber State University, Salt Lake Community College and The Juab High School Future industry that uses computers is many other local colleges and Farmers of America will sponsor also at risk. In fact, one of Amerbusinesses. a dance, Friday, August 14th at icas Big Three automobile manreceived the Juab County Fair. It will be ufacturers recently announced Having professional training in both dance and voice, begin at 9:00 p.m. at the County that it expects to spend about these boys have traveled to Ja- Road Department facility at the $500 million to debug its computpan many times for the Honda fairgrounds. There will be a $ er systems. Fortunately, this potential Corporation, entertaining the 3.00 per person or $5.00 a couJapanese people as well as ple admission charge at the gate. problem can be fixed through an spending the summer of 1996 as Jason Gibson will be the D.J. for exhaustive process called becoming Year 2000 Compliant.Tb Lagoon entertainers. They have the dance. The FFA would like to encour- address this issue and to become age everyone out to enjoy a good compliant, companies must astime at their second annual Juab sess, evaluate and test (and if County Fair Dance. Your support need be, fix) computers and ogH would be appreciated. erating systems. In fact, Anything controlled by computers including elevators, sprinkler systems and voice mail systems needs to be evaluated. In some cases, computer programmers at some companies may have to scour millions of line's of computer code for any references to dates. Then they must rewrite that code to recognize the The Salt Creek Gobblers, the Year 2000. r Because of the threat this bug local chapter of The National Wild Turkey Federation will be represents, and due to the fiduholding its first J.A.K.E.S. Day ciary responsibility that banlci on September 26 at 9 a.m. in the have to their customers,' the Elk Pasture for all youth lead- banking industry has been in97 ers and volunteers. vesting time, money and resourcThe day will consist of '30 es in becoming Year 2000 comminute work stations with out- pliant. or When it comes to the banking door information, such as the Women in the Outdoors Pro- industry, rest assured that all figram, Shotgun Shooting, Turkey nancial institutions need to comCalling, Conservation, Habitat ply with several types of regulaEtc. tory requirements to become Lunch will be at noon. We hope Year 2000 compliant. to make this a fun day for tike First, Federal agencies intend kids and give them a good view to conduct examinations by June of the great outdoors. A head 30, 1998, to assess Year 2000 count is needed as soon as possi- readiness. Next, examiners are ble. 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