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Show Thursday JULY S 1,2004 www .harktheherald.com ft & n Utah valley I YOUR TOWN YOU I If edition V K 50 CENTS YOUR NEWSPAPER w IN UV TODAY r Reba headlines this year's Stadium of fire. Read about it in UV, located inside Classifieds , OUR TOWNS WnKOil n SINCE COT IRTRT JT,TNG ,Jl 1 . estival fieats up with road races, parade Justin Hill HERALD DAILY When it comes to the Fourth of July, Provo is no towa And when the rest of the nation is celebrating 228 years of independence on Sunday, this city will be right in the middle of its Fourth of July festivities. In fact, on July 4, America's Freedom Festival at Provo is hosting a Patriotic Service with former Gov. Mike Leavitt as the featured speaker. This festival seems to have everything people want at an Independence Day celebration: firee works, talent, hot air balloons, arts and crafts and a parade. big-nam- 7 from 8 am to 10 pm And then the big show the Stadium of Fire starts at 7:30 pm at Brigham Young University's LaVell Edwards Stadium with radio talk show host Sean Hannity and singer and actress Reba McEn-tir- e headlining the events. With all the commotion in Provo, Provo Police Lt. Scott Finch suggested that people wait until after 1 pm Saturday to do business or travel through Provo. The parade an always attracts a big crowd estimated 250,000 people attended ' ' last year. "We're going to have quite a few people,'' Finch said. And organizers said they have surprises planned. Freedom Festival events this year started in March with a youth essay contest. The big day this year, however, is Saturday. The day is packed from start to finish. The Freedom Run features 5K and 10K races, which start at 6:45 am and 7 a.m., respectively, from Kiwanis Park, 820 N. 1100 East in Provo. There also is the Mayor's 1 Mile Fun Run, which starts at 7:15 a.m The Balloon Fest runs from 6:30 1100 N. Freedom Blvd. The Grand Parade hits the street starting at 9 am with some activities. The Festival Days, with music, arts and crafts, runs to 8 am at pre-pa-ra- See FESTIVAL, Jesse Morgan of - SpringviUfi carries a truss to its position as he helps to assemble the stage used during the Stadium of Fire on Wednesday afternoon at LaVell Edwards Stadium. MATT Daily A4 ,.,- - 1 SMITH Herald it - Fed raises Fighting the War on Drugs rates for first time in I -- '; I . j?.. four years 'tV' i. if r. ! Martin Crutsinger THE ASSOCIATED f WKS 'X WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised rates for the first time in fmir votirc rmorcinty rfliircp crs thp economy strengthened Policymakers signaled only slow increasrates es ahead in the rock-bottoAmericans have enjoyed Wan Street rallied modestly on the Fed's continued promise of a "measured" pace for future rate in creases, with the Dow Jones industrial average climbing 22.05 points to 10,435.48. Bond prices also rose on the news, pushing the yield on Treasury notes down to 4.59 percent, compared with 4.69 percent the previous day. In what was the most telegraphed rate increase in Fed history, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and his colleagues announced they were boosting the target for the federal funds rate by of a percentage point, to percent. This rate, which represents the interest that banks charge each other on overnight loans, is the Fed's primary tool for influencing economic activity. The Fed's decision triggered a percentage point increase in commercial banks' prime lending rate, which also had not risen in four years. This benchmark borrowing rate -- f J 0 , ar - i ; m 4 one-quart- CORCV PERRJNEDaily Herald John Walters, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, shows the recent drui campaign that was started by BYU student Michael Richardson. Unlike other drug campaigns, this one was fnade by students for art audience of the same generation, which will be advertised on television and in print this summer. now-graduat- BYU student's campaign goes nationwide Elisabeth Nardi DAILY HERALD Brigham Young University graduate Michael Richardson was able to turn a negative experience into a national antidrug campaign. His inspiration: an accusing look he received from a woman after he smiled at her children when he was 15 years okL "I felt so negatively stereotyped,'' . he said. This is for that woman and all adults who stereotype teenagers. You cant stereotype teenagers, who he or she is or what they stand for ... or what they will become. And (the ads) make it clear that marijuana is not part of that equation." The anti-dru- g advertising campaign that is supposed to prevent drug use was a hard homework assignment for Richardson. The campaign now has become a nationwide campaign that will be seen by millions of Americans. Richardson's idea and subsequent creation, direction and implementation of print, radio and television advertisements with help from fellow BYU students was chosen to be the federal government's new anti-dru- g campaign. The campaign was launched Wednesday at BYU with guest speakers Sen. Orrin Hatch, Rep. Chris Cannon and John Walters, di ' THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Firas Ad-na-n BAGHDAD, Iraq need only open his mouth to HUMO MAUA Associated Press firai Adrian, his tongue cut off more than a year ago, talks to a reporter in his home in Baghdad, Iraq, on ' Wednesday. give evidence of Saddam Hussein's legacy. Just before the laborer regime fen, the quarreled with a Saddam loyalist, who punished him by chopping off his tongue with a box cutter. Now Adnan awaits the prosecution of Saddam with mixed feelings happy the former dictator will have to answer for his crimes but bitter because he must Kve National Drug Control Policy, also known as the country's drug czar. The anti-drucampaign specifically focuses on prevention and education, and the BYU project was chosen out of several others that were put together by major advertising companies. The campaign win begin to air on with the scars from the regime. "Saddam win stand trial, OK. But I'm handicapped. What's the use?" Adnan said Wednesday, his slurred words barely comprehensible. "It's not that I'm not happy ... But nothing win give me back r my tongue You know what I mean?" Iraq's new government took legal custody of Saddam on Wednesday, read him his rights and informed him that he would face trial on war crimes charges. Iraqis will get their first look at their former leader since his ar i See RATES, A4 rector of the White House Office of g See ADS, A4 Saddam's victims eager to see his trial Nadia Abou one-quart- rest in December when he appears in court today along with 11 of his top lieutenants. Saddam's trial is not Hkery to start for months, probably not before 2005. Adnan said he would definitely watch if the trial is televised, as offidals have promised "It should be entertaining; 111 laugh about him," Adnan said Then he paused and added, "It's not in my nature to gloat over ' someone's (misfortune)." Asked if Saddam should be See LEGACY, A2 Children's Parade Come bring your kids and your family to America's Freedom Festival at Provo's Children's Parade. It starts at 6:30 tonight and is free. The parade route is from 800 L Center St to 200 E. 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