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Show iiil 50 CENTS GOOD fflLY HERALD THE NEWSPAPER OF CENTRAL UTAH WEDNESDAY. mh MORNING! 65 ion goveiruoirs Special ;: Cougar Nation By ROBERT GEHRKE an exclusive interview, President In The Associated Press Merrill SALT LAKE CITY Bateman answers questions about ft' 3 LOCAL BRIAN WINTERThe Daily Herald Well done: Burn marks scar West Mountain on the north end as the South Shore Farm orchards were saved on (right). The view is from the north, looking south from a helicopter. Rollover collisions on Interstate 15 slowed traffic through frovo to a crawl. One woman involved in a crash near the Center Street exit may have been critically injured. A3 the west side, Two fining inMb fining 53 Tuesday, was greeted by Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt and his family and about a dozen other political supporters. He was given George W. Bush a birthday cake with chocolate frosting and a Utah belt buckle. "I hope to run well out here. I try to remind people I'm from west Texas." Bush said Tuesday night. "I understand how people think out here." Bush said he backs a limited role f01 Families Analysts seek best solution the wrist Republican presidential frontrunner George W Bush landed here Tuesday night t meet with governors from six western states to discuss regional issues during a whistlestop in his campaign for the White House. Bush, who turned kid leadership of BYU's athletic program. Inside In JULY 7. Utah to visit vMb High 98 Low Online: http:www.heraldextra.com .J A Utah Valley doctor has seen success in using pins instead By MARTA MURVOSH The Daily Herald of casts to heal broken SPANISH bones. Many patients once healed yith casts e complained of arthritis after seven years, according to one study. CI Nation scorcher A FORK Firefighters had a window in the weather Tuesday morning to finish surrounding a 7,976-acrblaze that has blackened Eastern states endured temperatures above 100 degrees the third day in a row Tuesday, triggering blackouts and at least eight deaths. A4 s of West Mountain. Dale Jablonski and Larry Lovitt watched the flames set by firefighters to create firebreaks. The two men are fire behavior analysts. It's their job to predict the fire. two-third- The Daily Herald Cellular surprises Dinner and a show The Little London Dinner Theater is bringing a taste of Europe's cosmopolitan culture to Utah Valley. See BUSH, A? Hot spot: Rick Snawder, a hotshot firefighter from Prescott, Ariz., walks past a burning bush on Tuesday as workers attempted to contain the West Mountain fire. See FIRE, A7 Crews contain Railroad blaze By STEVE TANNER Thursday i Ordinance stink continues By AMY K. STEWART Business Some cellular phone companies begin charging even before the first "hello" is spoken. CIO They eyed smoke rising from the set burns and watched the valley haze rise up the Wasatch Front. Between dawn's high humidity and the afternoon winds, a window of opportunity was found, and crews dripped an ignited mixture of gasoline and diesel fuel on the vegetation. The dry grass crackled. "Earlier, it won't burn, and later, it burns too much," JUAB COUNTY More than 466 firefighters had contained the 61,417-acrRailroad fire near the towns of Eureka and Mammoth as of 6 p.m. Tuesday, said Jerry e Rohnert, information officer for the Bureau of Land Management. A contained fire has been surrounded with firebreaks for 24 hours. A controlled fire is when firefighters have surrounded it with firebreaks for two days. Fire control personnel will start to demobilize fire units today and send them to other areas of concern, Rohnert said. He said they are expecting storms to take dry lightning to southern Utah over the next few days. To combat possible fires there they will be staging some teams in Richfield. If the weather is not as forecast, they will send the teams elsewhere in the state or country. The fire began Friday as two smaller fires near rail- road tracks, which is where the fire got its name, about 50 miles southwest of Provo. Firefighters are still investigating the fire's origins, which could be said Rohnert. He said Mammoth's 6Q residents were allowed to return to their homes Saturday night and Sunday. Fire damage to fences, water pumps and outbuildings is estimated at $1.5 million, Rohnert said. He said the entire town was evacuated twice but no man-mad- e, in lost were homes Mammoth or Eureka. The fire had closed state routes 6 and 36, but they were reopened Sunday. The popular Little Sahara Recreation Area was also opened. Firefighters are discouraging visitors from visiting the area because equipheavy ment and blowing dust made the area unsafe. The BLM has put a fire ban in six counties in southern Utah because of dry fire-fightin- g The Daily Herald PROVO Residents of southeas: Provo must keep holding their breath. The City Council Tuesday night postponed further debate on a proposed ordinance that would affect the animal rendering plant owned by John Kuhni Sons Inc. Next up: A special session has been proposed for July 27, when the public will have a chance to offer opinions. Meanwhile, the council members will meet with city administrators and legal advisors. Also, they intend to give Kuhni officials a chance to study the ordinance and offer input. The ordinance was discussed during a study session before the City Council See UPDATE, A7 See KUHNI, A2 THE DAILY HERALD PROVO, UTAH A BRAND NEW DAY NEWSPAPER Index ;, what were you doing Tuesday? I had a date with Miss Utah. Really. OK, it was more like an ment, but let's not be picky, eh? Anyone would be happy to spend a couple of hours with Vanessa Bellam. And why not? Y i Business Classified CIO D2 Comics C6 Families CI Horoscope Movies C5 Obituaries A8 Opinions B7 Sports Television Bl C3 Weather B8 6 H,l61 C5 055 0005 Qll II she said. "I thought maybe I forgot to read one of the instructions." Is Vanessa cool, or what? Connie King, a member of the pageant's board of directors, said she couldn't recall when so many other contestants had rushed up to hug a win- So Vanessa i9 several tiaras better than your average beauty queen. Exhibit I: "Almost everybody who wins a pageant breaks down and cries," Vanessa said. "Bui me? k "Wheithey announced the first runner-up and I realized that I was Miss Utah, I just burst out laughing. "It seemed so funny, because it never even occurred to me that I might win." Exhibit II: When contestants descended on Orem from all over the state during the ner. AW Steve Cameron third week of June, all but one were wearing nice outfits or business-typ- e suits. VANESSA showed up in a Utah State jeans and a pair of sneakers. "I looked around and almost died," "Vanessa really doesn't think she's beautiful or special," King said. "It's like everybody sees it but her, because she's such a person." But special nonetheless. down-to-eart- h VANESSA qualified for the Miss Utah showdown by winning the Miss Cache ValleyLogan competition: A regular in local theater and drama circles, she's also a gifted singer. ' . And crusader for arts in education. And great fun. The new Miss Utah visited The Herald Tuesday as part of her preparation for the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City on Sept. 18. The whole idea of it, Vanessa insisted, fills her with awe. "I never thought of myself as being Miss Anything," she said, "but I remember how my grandmother and I used to watch the Miss America show together every year. "This time, we get to go in person. "And guess who the emcees are? Would you believe Donny and Marie Osmond?" Of course. Let the fairy tale continue. v Steve Cameron is managing editor bf The Daily Herald. 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