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Show r Rachael Alert enhanced to help save abducted children in Utah V descriptions at 61 roadside signs along the Wasatch Front. Highway Advisory Radio: Drivers traveling near 13 highway advisory radio transmitters can hear additional news about the kidnapping. Telephone, Website & E-m- ail Alerts: Abduction de- tails will also be .available on the 511 travel information phone line, the Web site at www.CommuterLink.Utah.Gov and CommuterLink ail alerts. Utah broadcasters, public safety and law enforcement of- ficials have also reviewed the Rachael Alert plan to seek ways to improve and expand the system. The discussions have resulted in several key suggestions for improvement: Age Criteria: Broadcasters agreed to change the age a victim will be considered for a Rachael Alert from 15 and younger to 17 and younger. Training: The Attorney Generals Web site has been expanded so law enforcement agencies can provide Rachael Alert training. The Department of Public Safety has also agreed to provide personal training to agencies. Testing: Broadcasters have received training on the Emergency Alert System. Periodic tests will help make sure radio and TV stations receive and respond to Rachael Alerts. Notification: Law enforce- ment agencies will now send in Rachael Alert forms by Forms will also be available to the media. In addition, the Rachael Alert Plan will also include: The Bureau of TRAK: i Calves, coyotes and dogs raise THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday, August 28, 2002 - Page 14 The Rachael Alert is about to get a lot more attention. Utahs child abduction alert plan has been expanded from TV and radio broadcasts to also include electronic roadway signs. The Utah Department of Transportation will use highway signs to let motorists know when a child has been kidnapped and provide details about a suspect. UDOT has offered several methods to inform people about abductions: Roadway Signs: Motorists will be notified about child abductions and suspect vehicle . Criminal Identification will start using the TRAK system with the Rachael Alert plan to immediately send out 5,000 flyers throughout the state. Trucker Advisories: The Utah Trucking Association has agreed to a plan that will notify 80 percent of the truckers within the state. The Rachael Alert is known nationally as the Amber Plan. When the system was initiated on April 2, Utah was the ninth state to have a statewide system. The plans around the U.S. helped save 16 children. Utahs plan received nationwide attention on June 5 when the Salt Lake City Police Department initiated the states first Rachael Alert after Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her home. Since then, six states have adopted statewide plans and ten children have been safely recovered. to go Buckaroo gridmen! Nice win over Way Richfield. The news from La Sal this season may not be as spectacular as last year. After the exodus of last years La Sal seniors, the La Sal gridiron stars are still up and coming. n Folks are ad- - Northern new fall school schedule- - to ,K( )M SIKKRA SAL f' by Maxine Deeter bed early so you don't miss the bus. It is hard to go to bed too early as it is still really summer outside. But the MHSMES bus still comes early in the morning. At least it is not cold yet. It makes it easier to catch that early morning bus. We caught Lelo Garcia sitting peacefully on the front porch waiting for the bus the first morning of school last week. Wait until winter, then there will be a mad dash from students to catch that bus before it passes by. The little ones at La Sal Elementary have been greeted by a new face behind the wheel of the school bus. After many years of Aunt Helen (Fuller) greeting them, a new bus driver now wishes them a good morning. Val Bradshaw has assumed the duties as the local bus driver. It is only fitting that Val drive this bus. If you count noses, at least a third of the students are Vals nieces, nephews or children. I guess we will be calling the new bus driver Aunt Val. a chorus - Sal to the Wall family Cary, Lori, Amy and Amber. They arrived last summer, then moved back to Indiana last winter. It took a trip back to make them realize that La Sal is the place they really want ' t , in La Sal Ir place early this year, again due to the drought. Then there is the coyote chorus, especially with the recent full moon. In addition, it seems that La Sal is full of barking dogs. They seem to be everywhere! to call home. La Sal is one of They quiet down about bedthose places that you really time and that is good. There is news of a police like or you really dont. Thank crackdown - the enforcement goodness a few folks like it. It dawned on me the other of a county noise ordinance day that one of the things I that includes barking dogs really miss in this droughty who disturb neighbors sleep. summer is seeing the big pivot If the neighbors complain, first sprinklers running. There just comes a verbal warning. Next, is no water to supply the sprina written citation. Third ofe Rover! He klers. It is a beautiful site to fense, it is see those giants spreading could just yammer himself their water across the hay right into doggie heaven. fields. Why is it that coyotes howlDid you notice that the rabing is an expected Western An old is bit brush blooming? sound and not disturbing, but a barking dog Native American tradition just raises is that blooms your hackles, bye-by- six appear especially it when keeps you from sleeping? Dogs are fine, but weeks before the first frost of the season. Somehow I am not quite ready for that. Can you tell it has been a slow news week in La Sal?! That is good. Nq accidents or new illnesses to report. It is good to see Bill Mallory up and about after a recent bout of illness. Ruthie Nicol has been seen hopping around - keeping all weight off that recently surgically be considerate of your neighbors, especially the nondog owningloving ones. Signing off for this week -your local reportercolumnist, confessed non-do- g lover. (Sorry about that! But, I need my sleep or I get really cranky!). re- paired knee. She is obeying Doctors orders, but sure could use some company! Stop by and visit her. Alot of choral music can be heard after dark of late. This includes the newly weaned The endless wonder of science is that the more we know, the more there is to know. 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