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Show DAILY 12 Judge rejects environmental challenge to new cod mine THE ASSOCIATED CRESS SALT LAKE C3TY A federal judge refused to stop the embattled owner of CrandaO Canyon mine from opening another coal mine in central Utah's Emery County. U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball ruled against an environmental group that sought to keep UtahAmerican Energy Inc. from preparing to mine coal at the Iila Canyon mine. The company has said opening that mine was crucial in the aftermath of the August collapses at its Crandall Canyon mine that killed nine people. The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance said UtahAmerin can Energy would harm and soil at the she. ' Cryptobiotic soil is formed by bacteria, lichens and other tiny organisms that create a crunchy crust on parched land. It can take years to regenerate if damaged. UtahAmerican hopes to mine up to 4 million tons of coal a year when the Lila Canyon mine is operational veg-etatio- HERALD Saturday, December 8, 2007 Survivors and families remember Pearl Harbor the attack took turns setting wreaths before life preservers bearing the names of their Audrey McAvoy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii A few dozen graying and wrinkled Pearl Harbor survivors observed a moment of silence on Friday in honor of ship. The crowd of some 2,000 family members, friends, officials and the public honored their comrades who perished in the Japanese bombing of Oahu 66 years ago. Wearing aloha shirts and orchid flower leis, the veterans stood on a pier overlooking the sunken hull of the USS Arizona and saluted the flag as a sailor sang the "Star Spangled Banner." "We're honoring the people who were killed. We're not here for ourselves, we're here for them," said George A Smith, 83, who was on board the USS Oklahoma the morning of Dec. 7, 1941. Overall, 2,388 Americans died in the Dec. 7, 1941, attacks, including some 900 still entombed in the sunken Arizona. Hawaii Air National Guard helicopters flew over the harbor in "missing man" formation in honor of those lost. B--2 stealth bombers currently the survivors with a standing ovation and several minutes of bud applause. Smith, of Otympia, Wash., was standing watch on the Oklahoma when he saw planes darting through the sky over the harbor. - "One plane came in, circled, came right down to us. The guy opened the hatch to his plane and dropped his torpedo, waved at me and took of f," Smith said. "The next thing I knew there was a big explosion." Smith was able to jump overboard, just avoiding being squashed by the capsizing battleship, and then swam ashore. Smith was among 18 survivors of the Oklahoma who came to Hawaii to help dedicate a new memorial to the vessel after the main ceremony. The USS Oklahoma lost 429 sailors and Marines the second greatest loss of life among any of the battleships in Pearl deployed to Guam from White-ma- n Air Force Base in Missouri performed an additional Harbor. flyby. The $1.2 million monument Survivors of each of the nine battleships bombed in includes 429 white marble m Associated Press Rescue workers help evacuate the Lunalilo High School in Honolulu building was hit by a bomb during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in this Dec. 7, 1941, file photo. v standards, each with the name of a fallen sailor or Marine, surrounded by black granite panels etched with a silhouette of the battleship and quotes from World War ILera figures that were selected by some of the survivors. The Oklahoma was hit WTUIScefflMhil tnd (don to IK rm tarty loon ird $2.95 Exit Exxon, with the first torpedo of the mornmg assault. It capsized afterWeing struck by eight more; trapping 400 men in its overturned hull About 30 of the trapped men were later rescued by Pearl Harbor Navy Yardaorkers who hammered their Way through the ship's IX ETl&ljE& wWi ftnfi of Rwdtls (i after the roof of the main A &&IZm JL 273 PMMtlltyltl, i metal Retired Navy Cmdr. Tucker the McHugh, who USS Oklahoma Memorial Committee, said he thinks the memorial will bring some sense of closure to those who survived and even to those who perished. U JLvllr Mr. (Nil 9000 S. 700 East, Sandy $2.97 12600 South, Riverton $2.99 Maverik, 2707 W. $2.99 Holiday, $2.97 Maverik, $2.97 Flying J, $2.97 Flying J, $2.97 Mirastar, 660 S. 1750 We 73 J Opnfltictmokgy SIEMENS 1 Iy on Imufflvo wthndogy. MYUtt Imqwma Mfact hoy tacHRtltQlM IditOn Stanford Hearing Ctnttrt E0Q7 777 N 100 W Doctor Nrh 00 J Provo hi NMtMMty amI V V V mWtjfcWIth pfQprictoty ttctwofoffM to Complimentary imnnnin Hon No obltftf Wdaymoney back guunte ht out, pwttct Fori llmttdtlm 1313 1260(southf Riverton W. Exit H5 261, Springville Exit 261, Exit 265, Spring ''e ingville Prices reflect the cost of regular unleac 5 p.mbn Friday. More prices at www.h INTlUSSbavillabli for only: Mi Springville le at .comgas. Stocoo ea x r r i i. r t , V ' X.'' ,.. ' X - J, , p ..Mt i ! V ' r V C" . j.c. ,r . ' ; V V.. t - : U r ii iMI IKi. 88 I I n J -- ; ! i, i L : ... . . t Him ifUiiint tllMlll MMMII DM OJ 3 |