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Show m rn STEP ... TWO, THREE TAG Nathan Langston puts his right foot forward, eyes down, and makes his way across the floor like a man headed to the electric chair. New Mexico Ten-year-o- ld HJU WAIR a. 1 limit c t pe jttomer f parish FM( t Miwrrem rwit t j. LIFESTYLES, 'EM the Cougars LOOK beat INSIDE 17-1- 3 in 10 innings Saturday in Provo. SPORTS, Bl TODAY'S COUPONS Dl Be sure to save CIRCUS FUN Today's Weather A A money by taking advantage of the coupons inside Ca dTan, the fabled winter home of the Ringlings is again bustling High 88 Low 59 with glamorous parties. TRAVEL, today's paper. MATT SMITHThe Daily Herald New Mexico's Mike Svetlic slides into second base, covered by BYU shortstop Ranger Wiens, during Saturday afternoon's game in Provo. El j!W X ...At HP WW y 'Ml I THE NEWSPAPER OF CENTRAL UTAHVOLUME 79 ISSUE 292 $1.50 MAY 19, 2002 A Family Affair Odtk Skating programs drawing crowds Pot Move escalates fears of war . By NIRMALA GEORGE , Associated Press Writer i NEW DELHI, India India ordered the expulsion of Pakistan's ambassador Saturday as shelling across their shared border escalated, renewing fears the nuclear neighbors are on the brink of another war over the Himalayan region of Kashmir. Thousands on both sides of the heavily armed frontier fled their homes, setting up camp in schools and government buildings to escape what the Indian military described "as the most intense hostilities this year. Pakistan's ambassador to New Delhi, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, was given, one week to return to Islamabad. His expulsion was announced after Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee met with top officials to decide on a response to a militant attack on an army base in Kashmir. ByTADWALCH The Daily Herald a possible security By NANCY BENAC Associated Press Writer " WASHINGTON It comes in fragments of con- versations, snippets of technical data, whispers from foreign agents, and boasts of audacious schemes. Most of it means nothing. Some of it means everything. In the summer of 2001, tjhe river of information flowing into Washington about DAILY a threats was cresting. "There was a lot of chatter in the system," in the words of national security adviser Condoleezza Rice. But what to make of it all? the principal challenges for the government's intelligence analysts is to cull tiny bits of wheat from all the chaff. Tens of thousands of tips One of See CHATTER, A8 DAN By DONALD W. MEYERS The Daily Herald Fl Lifestyles. Dl travel El Horoscope D3 ;Movies D3 A10 Obituaries Opinions ........ A6 Sports Bl Weather.... B8 AMERICAN FORK The US. Forest Service won't ' be removing arsenic- - and n mine tailings from the American Fork Canyon's mining district. Instead, the Forest Service will move the contaminated material to Dutchman Flat, where it will be entombed in a repository and secured behind fences and barriers to keep people out. "Well select a contractor and start work in July, early August," said Ted Fitzgerald, the Forest Service's coordinator for the mine lead-lade- on-sce- cleanup. The Utah Environmental Congress, however, wants to see the Forest Service ban vehicles in the mining area and take steps to protect wildlife from exposure during and after the clean-u- p process. The cleanup plan deals off-roa- 6 '61055 0015 Qllll Interest PROVO I J LUNDiThc Daily Herald Steady ... steady: Cole Grace, 8, left, keeps his balance while skating at a Learn to Skate class at The Peaks Ice Arena in Provo. NEWSPAPER ... V gen-nrnt- hv the Olvmmps has mure it.. uie uuui quaui upieui n. number of people in beginner ice sports programs at The Peaks Ice Arena this spring, the building's manager said. More than 240 children and adults have participated in Learn to Skate and Learn to Play Ice Hockey programs at the arena, site of 24 Olympic hockey matches during the 2002 Winter Games. During the same spring sessions a year ago, 50 to 60 children went through the programs, said Peaks manager Max Rabner. The increased interest coincides with the possible loss of Utah Valley's Junior B minor league hockey team, the Golden Eagles. The team, which has drawn small crowds to its home games at The Peaks, is for sale. Rabner fully attributes the growing number of beginners hitting the ice to the Olympics. See SKATE, A5 Forest Service moving mine contaminants in AF Canyon HERALD PROVO, UTAH Classified - See INDIA, A8 Telling clues difficult to see among 'chatter' THE Online: leHerakLcoii d ,4 Pacific Mine were more The engineering evaluation and cost analysis for the project found that putting all the material in a stockpile at Dutchman Flat was the cheapest option for dealing with the situation. con- taminated with cadmium and lead. Fitzgerald said the Forest Service considered many options, including shipping the material off to a landfill, capping it in place, moving it to a repository in the canyon or just fencing it off. The engineering evaluation and cost analysis for the project found that putting all the material in a stockpile at Dutchman Flat was the cheapest option for dealing with the situation. Removing it completely from the canyon would require spending $20 million to haul the material to a licensed landfill in Tooele County. Also, a road would have to be built to accommodate the trucks needed to remove 100,000 tons of material, which would add another $1 million to the environmentalists, because they kick dirt up and would allow the lead and arsenic to become airborne. The Forest Service has already put barricades up at several sites, such as the Pacific Mine to keep d 1950s. riders out of the piles. ? The old mine sites have The sites also pose A rjsk piles of waste rock and tailto the American ForkTfiyer. ings that are contaminated Contaminants from the mine with lead and arsenic. Tests can be washed down to the found the levels were high river by rainfall and poison enough to pose risks to peo- - fish. pie hiking through the site or ; An environmental study vehicles. found moderate nsksfor-- project; using d vehicle use arsenic exposure to somedrie"!. .! 'Based on these unmand The of was special concern to eating fish from the river ageable costs, this alternative both the Forest Service and while iish closest to the is not viable and will not be with the Pacific Mine, the Sultana Smelter, Dutchman Flat, Wild Dutchman and Bay State sites in the canyon's mining district The mining district was created in 1870. Mining at the various sites continued until the ( , . off-roa- '2 . , off-roa- ; off-roa- evaluated for consideration as an implementable alternative," the report stated. The engineering report puts the price tag for the repository project at $1.2 million. The repository will consist of a hole in the ground with a drainage system that will take contaminated water to an evaporation pond. The material will be buried under a layer of soil that will not allow much water to seep through. Fitzgerald said the repository will be barricaded to prevent people from walking on it or driving vehicles on it, to ensure the material stays isolated. The UEC, in its comments on the plan, warned that ATV use will be a problem during the reclamation project. It recommended that the Forest Service take steps to restrict it. The group warned that See CANYON, A5 " |