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Show www. heraldciitra.com ONLINE!: SRifirilillll) Saturday March 15, 2008 Utah County's LAni:R in Local News 50 CENTS YOUR TOWN YOUR NEIGHBORS YOUR NEWSPAPER Check out Utah's newest outdoor website 1 f it - .mi ' ? .!' MOUNTAIN WEST TOURNEY States Cougs Soar to Final ' w " Vtl -- look to JACKSONAP BRIAN , VSi Rev. Jeremiah Wright is pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. iriM l Obama rejects i)''b p. pastor's remarks J" - r migran worte Nedra Pickler , THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 7 Jacques Billeaud - WASHINGTON Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday denounced inflammatory remarks from his pastor, who has railed against the United States and accused the country of bringing on the Sept. 11 attacks by spreading terrorism. Obama called the statements appearing on television and the Internet "completely unacceptable and inexcusable" in a Fox News interview and said they didn't reflect the kinds of sermons he had heard from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright while attending services at Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ. Obama, a member of the church since the early 1990s, said he would have quit Trinity had such statements been "the repeated tenor of the church. ... I wouldn't feel comfortable there." Earlier Friday, Obama responded by posting a blog about his relationship with Wright and Trinity on the Huffington Post. Wright brought Obama to Christianity, officiated at his wedding, baptized his daughters and inspired the title of his book, "The Audacity of Hope." Obama wrote that he's looked to Wright for spiritual advice, not political guidance, and he's been pained and angered to learn of some of his pastor's comments for See OBAMA, A2 PHOTOS FOR SALE :':7,' A A available online at heraldextra.comgallery. BYUs 63-5- EDITORIALS A5 OUR TOWNS B1 p.m. OBITUARIES B4 showers BUSINESS B6 SPORTS C1 WEATHER C6 48 28 VOLUME 85 ISSUE 228 llli6i055, 00050u" See A2 WORKERS, ol find college, F;,-,i;iy.4"-,,j- " in PRESS f A4 6 er Grocery Utah colleges buck national trend costs up Nationwide, should it as wheat students easier to get into but not this state soars LUBBOCK, Texas -I- you think the cost of gassing up your car is outrageous, wait until you need to restock your BRIEFING M PRESS Brittani Lusk INSIDE PI RAUCHAssociated Press Trent Plaisted shoots over San Diego State's Amoroso during the Mountain West men's basketball tournament in Las Vegas on Friday. BYU won the game 4 and will advance to play in the championship game against UNLV today at 5 p.m. Plaisted scored 19 points for BYU, while Lee Oommard scored 20 to lead the team. More in Sports. Betsy Blnney It STYLE 7.1 LAURA THE ASSOCIATED COMICS ;. ASSOCIATED As a labor contractor in PHOENIX the nation's winter lettuce capital, Francisco Chavez struggles to hire enough workers to pick and package the produce. Last year, ripe romaine sometimes went bad in the fields around Yuma, Ariz., because Chavez didn't have enough people to harvest the crop, which must be picked by hand. "That's my challenge to get the crews, he said. "It's Such complaints are common so becoming indentured that lawmakers in Arizona and Colorado are labor." considering creating their own Hector Yturralde programs to attract more immigrant laborers. It's president unclear whether states ofSomos, have the authority to Americanos, in reference adopt such measures, but to a proposed legislators are tired of Arizona waiting for Congress to overhaul the immigration migrant worker and they are system program taking matters into their own hands. State Sen. Abel Tapia, the Democratic of the Colorado proposal, lashed out at Washington: "You had your chance to do a comprehensive immigration package a year ago, and you didn't do it, and I can't imagine that you will have anything by 2010, so what are we to do in the meantime?' The federal government has run guest-workprograms for more than a century, but congressional efforts to overhaul the system stalled in 2006 and 2007. guest-work- DAILY LIFE fl ! L high-scho- See a photo you would like to have in your home or office? Daily Herald photos now are HIGH LOW 1 THE . pantry. The price of wheat has more than tripled during the past 10 months, making Americans' and bagels and daily bread feel a little pizza and pasta like luxury items. And baked goods aren't the only ones getting more expensive: Experts expect some 80 percent of grocery prices will spike, too, and could remain steep for 8 See WHEAT, A2 HERALD The number of high school graduates is expected to start decreasing across the country and the clamor for seats at the nation's top schools may let up. But if you think that will mean more empty tables in the Cougareat or more spots to study in the student center, think again. Utah Valley State College is preparing for more students and Brigham Young University isn't expecting a decline at all. "We draw our students from the Latter-da- y Saint population," said BYU spokesman Michael Smart. "There has long been and there long will be an interest and demand for a BYU education." According to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, there should be 3.2 million gradu- - VV7 CRAIQ a senior at Provo High School, DILQERDaily Herald given information regarding potential scholarship opportunities during a meeting with counselor Helen Patterson on Wednesday. Ginny Apgood, ating seniors next May. After that, most states should see a slow and steady decline in the number of students and potential college freshman. is But in Utah things look a Little different. According to the Utah State See COLLEGE, A2 |