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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, August 22-24, 2007 \The Park Record A-10 State says Utah bridges are safe LEARN TO SPEAK SPANISH IN JUST 30 DAYS WITH SPANISH BOOT CAMP! LAYTON, Utah (AP) - Utah has one bridge similar to the Minnesota span that collapsed into the Mississippi River, in a remote area of Box Elder County with very little traffic, state officials said. The disclosure came as officials again insisted the state's 2,800 bridges are in good shape. Six percent are rated poor but that doesn't mean they're risky. "They're safe bridges," said Carlos Braceras, deputy director of the Utah Department of Transportation. "They're classified as having elements that are structurally deficient, but they are safe." The deficiencies are usually small, such as potholes, he said. The Utah Transportation Commission got an update at a meeting Friday in Layton. Minnesota bridge gets only 20 vehicles a day in Box Elder County. Utah has 111 bridges deemed "structurally deficient," McMinimee said. Of those, 32 are being reconstructed, 38 are funded and in design, and 41 still need money. "That 41 represents $300 million worth of needs," McMinimee said. Earlier this month, after a Minneapolis bridge collapsed, killing at least 11 people, Gov. Jon Huntsman ordered inspections of Utah's 200 most-traveled bridges. Another 100 have been added to the list. "We'll have all 300 inspected by the end of October," said Jim McMinimee, UDOT programdevelopment director. The Utah bridge similar to the Cattle unaccounted for after Utah wildfires For just $9 a day, your PERSONAL trainer will whip you into Spanish shape! That's right you can finally learn the Spanish basics in just 30 days. The program is fun and inexpensive! Books and tapes do not work. Neither do boring classes. This program, does! Call us at 1 -801 -651-1512. (1 888-708-8867). We teach you more in 30 days than most high school kids will learn in FOUR YEARS of high school. Your training is 100% personal, and ONE-ONONE! Why keep putting it off? Call Now! Evenings and weekends are okay too! SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Utah wildfires burned more than land, trees and brush. Nearly 300 cattle and calves were killed, 90 were injured and about 1,300 are missing, according to a federal survey of ranchers. From the northeastern corner to the southwest, Utah had a series of significant wildfires in June and July. Five people died, including a California couple riding a motorcycle when smoke swept Interstate 15 on July 7. At more than 560 square miles, the Milford Flat fire in Beaver and Millard counties was the largest in Utah history. Clark Bradshaw of Beaver lost 38 head in that fire. He hopes recent rain will give him a few more weeks to graze his cattle on public land, although he'll have to bring home the herd long before the traditional October deadline. "Til have to get a loan and start buying hay," Bradshaw said. Indeed, the federal survey found ranchers need tons of hay to feed nearly 9,700 displaced animals. The U.S. Agriculture Department still is deciding whether to declare a disaster in Utah, which would qualify ranchers and farmers for low-interest loans. Gov. Jon Huntsman's letter seeking help was dated July 27. "Typically, government response to agriculture doesn't have the same immediacy of, say, when people have lost their homes in a natural disaster," said Larry Lewis, spokesman at the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food. Utah State University has set up a Web site, www.Utahexchange.org, for producers wanting to sell or buy hay. There's also a link for anyone wishing to donate feed. Salt Lake mortgage broker Lawrence Whetman, who owns 640 acres near Monticello in southeastern Utah, is offering ranchers a place to graze and water their cattle. "The land is availablerightnow and ready to go," he said. Prank calls, hang-ups to 9-1-1 increasing Till'. 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ADOPT A BALL FOR $5.00 OR 5 FOR $20.00 OGDEN, Utah (AP) Emergency dispatch operators say they're getting an increasing number of prank calls and hangups made by children playing with disconnected cellular phones that can still be used to make 911 calls. "Kids call us and swear at us because they know we can't do anything about it," said Clearfield Dispatch supervisor Wendy Brimhall. The Federal Communications Commission requires that cell phones be able to make 911 calls as a safety feature even if they're no longer subscribed to wireless service. Brimhall said dispatchers are helpless such calls come in because emergency-call-only phones do not show a callback number or any location information. Young pranksters know that, she said. "They'll call and giggle and the dispatcher will say something like, *I know where you are,' and the kids will say. 'No you don't,'" Brimhall said. Deborah Mecham, executive director for Weber Area Dispatch, said it's enough of a problem that she had dispatchers start documenting the calls early this year. There's been a dramatic increase, she said. The Weber Area Dispatch center, which dispatches for Weber and Morgan counties, documented about 20 of the calls in February; several hundred a month during the spring and about 1,600 in July. The center receives about 30,000 calls total each month. Brimhall and Mecham both think that parents have given old cell phones to kids to play with, not realizing they can still be used to make 911 calls. "If parents are giving the phone to the kids, they should take the battery out," Brimhall said. Dispatchers from several other dispatch centers said the problem is growing. "We've seen quite an increase in that," said Sara Judson, a Bountiful dispatcher. "You get calls where you can hear background noise, and we have no way of calling back." It's a problem because the calls clog emergency lines, making it difficult for people who really need help to get through. Last week, three Pleasant View boys - two 9-year-olds and a 7-year-old - used an unsubscribed phones to call 911 and falsely reported that the father of one of the boys had been shot by a neighbor. Nine police officers, a medical crew and a fire crew responded. When police approached the area with guns -drawn, the boys dropped the phone and ran. Police caught up with them and talked to the boys and the parents. Pleasant View Police Chief Scott Jackson said he doesn't know what the total cost of the response was, but called it "quite an expenditure" and is looking into seeking financial reimbursement for the various agencies involved. Both Mecham and Brimhall said they have contacted wireless companies to try to address this issue but wireless providers told them there was nothing they could do. Bob Kelly, a spokesman for Verizon Wireless, citiDg the FCC requirement said, "As long as the cell phones have battery power, they are still capab.'e of reaching 911." But, as Brimhsll suggested, he also said parents should take the battery out of the phone before letting kids play with it. GRAND PRIZE CONTINENTAL AIRLINE TICKETS SPONSORED BY T H E PARK RECORD N E W S P A P E R *S5 11:00 am THE "FUNKY O L D MINERS DAT PARADE" DRESS IN YOUR FAVORITE TIE-DIE'S OR FUNKY SKI OUTFITS ' FROM THE 6O*5, THE 7O's (... EVEN THE 8o's) AND GET FUNKY ALL OVER AGAIN WITH YOUR FRIENDSflcFAMILY. INCLUDES A Want to help "bridge the gap" between your Hew dream home and your existing home? VINTAGE U S A F STEARMAN FLY-OVER FROM H E B E R AlRPORT ' '•' 12:30 pm KIDS GAMBS % KITE MAKING IN THE PARK PLUS VISIT SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE NON-PROFITS IN THE PARK! MUSIC BY MOTHERLODE C A N Y O N BAND 1:30 pm MUCKING AND DRILLING COMPETITIONS N E W LOCATION AT LIBRARY FIELD. 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