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Show Y SECTION SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 2008 METRO EDITOR" Amie Rose 344 2530 .aroseSheraldoxtfa com Students juggle bilingual broadcast Brittani Lusk 1 DAILY HERALD Provo might not be the center of the universe, but what happens at Brigham Young University can be watched in other parts of the e world, thanks to a new newscast broadcast on BYU Television International. After communications students write and tape the show entirely in Spanish, BYU Television In ternational translates it to Portuguese and broadcasts it all over South America. The first Spanish newscast was broadcast March 7, but students have been taping shows all semester. Friday they taped their seventh show called " Ventana al Mundo" or in English, "Window to the World." Erin Goff, the broadcast news Spanish-languag- MARIO RUIZDaily director for the department of communications, said the stu- dents picked that title because it translated nicely between the two languages. Moving between the languages has proven to be both an opportunity and a challenge for the students. Executive Producer Joshua Molina said it is nice for Hispanic journalists and international students to have an Outlet, "It helps Hispanic journalists, especially ones that are more comfortable in Spanish ... to be able to use their talents in a way they are more comfortable Ay in," Molina said. , On the other hand, crossing so many boarders has its hiccups. "It's always a big challenge to know which words to use," Mo- - See MARIO RUIZ 'Daily Herald Spanish news anchors Marco Villarreal and Viviane Hernandez BROADCAST, B3 Quintcla read the news at the Brimhall Building at BYU, on Friday. Herald Seth Brown of Payson takes look at his grab bag rocks with his Wolf Den Leader Kim Long, on Friday, Eight-year-o- a closer In Training K-- 9s Young and old flock I:" toglinipse rare gems j : Caleb Warnock DAILY HERALD Beware: these gems and minerals can become an addiction. Utah Valley residents swarmed yet again to the Timpanogos Gem and Mineral Society's 49th Annual Spring Parade of Gems on Friday. Last year 6,000 people attended, and organizers expect the same or more at this year's three-daevent. Again and again, visitors on Friday said they wait all year to come back. "We don't ever miss it," said Karl Hale of Mapleton, who came with his six children, ages 13 to 2. Why does the family love this event so much? "Every reason you can think of!" shouts out Jonathan Hale with exuberance. Karl Hale said he home schools his children and the sheer number of faceted and raw gems and minerals, glittering by the tens of thousands in rows and rows of displays here, is an education. And the children save their allowances, looking for sparkling treasures to take home. Michelle Beardall of Springville said her children have been asking for months how many days are left until the show. "They love rocks and they collect every rock they can find so I thought I'd show them what real rocks are like," she said with a laugh. "This is the only place to go. My has been obsessed with it for months." See I :" -- r 1 I TV ..... - CRAIG DILGERDaily Herald fficers observe as Roc, a K-- 9 dog with the Utah County Sheriff's Office, locates a stash of narcotics hidden in baby carrier as a part of a series of test for the dogs and their handlers on Thursday. GEMS, B3 Man awakens for first time since ricin found at motel Ken Ritter the head of a pin. Ricin has no antidote and is legal only "It is our understanding that there is no for cancer research. A man LAS VEGAS established link to any terrorist organization or "It is our understanding that there is no established who may have been exposed terrorism at this time," link to any terrorist organito toxic ricin in his motel THE ASSOCIATED PRESS room a month ago has regained consciousness and was being questioned by investigators, authorities said Friday. Roger Bergendorff, 57, remained in critical condition in a hospital, where he has been hospitalized and unable to speak since Feb. 14. Several vials of ricin powder were found in his room two weeks later after a friend went there to remove belongings. Investigators were speak- - zation or terrorism at this Rick Eaton Nevada state homeland security director ing with Bergendorff for the which it is derived, at an first time Friday, said Speextended stay motel where cial Agent David Staretz, an he had been living several FBI spokesman. Neither he blocks from the Las Vegas nor Las Vegas police would Strip. Officials have said they've provide more information found no contamination anyAuthorities hope Bergendorff can provide informawhere, and no link to terrorism in the discovery of the tion about the discovery of the deadly powder, along exotic toxin, which can be lethal in amounts the size of with castor beans from time," Rick Eaton, Nevada state homeland security director, said in a statement Friday. "We defer to Las Vegas police and the FBI concerning the details of this case." In court documents made public this week, police call ricin a "biological weapon" ; and say four "anarchists ; cookbooks" marked at sections describing how to See RICIN, B3 State rounds up leaky underground tanks THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SALT LAKE CITY Underground fuel storage tanks are leaking throughout Utah, but not at a rate that should alarm , residents, a state environmental official said. According to the state, more than 40 communities earlier this year had at least one storage tank that has been or potentially could pollute soil ana possibly groundwater. , "Yeah, ve have a problem," said Dale Marx, branch manager of Department of Environmental Quality underground storage tankprogram, which oversees leaks, cleanup and prevention. "Are people dying in the street? No. We've got a pretty good handle on it. Once in a while, one gets away from you." State records show that Utah has about 5,000 underground storage tanks, most containing gasoline or a petroleum product. DEQ records list 12 Utah cities had between six and 13 leaking tanks, eight cities had five ongoing cases, six cities had four and 21 cities had two cases. 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