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Show Monday, April 24, 2006 University Journal Page B2 Wind not foreign to Cedar City area By RACHELLE KILLPACK rkilipacksuujoumal com Cedar City settlers said they would leave once the wind stopped blowing And here we are. The wind that blows here in Cedar City is usually the result of our location relative to mid latitude cyclones or anticyclones, Frederick Lohrengel, professor of geology, said The orientation of the valley northeast to southwest aligns with the normal wind flow from these weather systems and thats why we get a lot of wind, he said. e are cyclones areas and the anticyclones are the areas, Lohrengal said. in Cedar City play winds High a big role in causing damage on campus, said Brent Johnson, Space Hanning, Safety & Risk Mid-latitud- high-pressu- g!(m3 ijDUflfiBle Onosioti U By CAROL MORELLO THE WASHINGTON be more careful and aware of the weather before they put out fliers, banners and other advertisements would If students pay atention to the weather and find out when high winds will be in affect, our campus would look a lot better, and fliers wouldnt be scattered all over the place, he said. Along with SUU having problems fiom the wind in Cedar City, Utah Power has had its share as well The wind has quite an effect on electricity m Cedar City, said Jeff Ilyinas, Utah Power spokesman. The wind causes power outages throughout the Cedar 'I I POST 1 A journey of pain and loss, beginning with roadside bombs in Iraq and pausing at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, brought seven soldiers to Mount Vernon on Thursday in a Purple Heart ceremony filled with reminders of wars sacrifice. of choice The George Washingtons estate for the ceremony was a symbolic return to the medals birthplace. It was Washington who established the Purple Heart in 1782 dunng the final months of the Revolutionary War. And it was beside his grave that Thursdays ceremony was held. The dusty, clamorous war zones of Iraq seemed a distant memory and yet achingly close as the six men and one woman arrived by bus on the sunny day. All seven soldiers and a four-sta- r general who spoke came dressed in desert camouflage uniforms that contrasted sharply with the expanse of green grass and flowering shrubs. Three soldiers were in wheelchairs, although one, Spc. Sergio Lopez, of Bolingbrook, 111., had a cane, which he used for support as he struggled to his feet to receive his medal. The presence of those who were absent was noted. Its not about you, said Capt. Robert Klinger, 38 of Frederick, Md., whose ankle was fractured in a bomb blast in Tiknt a year ago after Iraqs national elections. Im thinking about my soldiers. The ones I lost, and the ones who were wounded. This is the second year that Washingtons estate at Mount Vernon has hosted a Purple Heart ceremony for men and women wounded in Iraq. The Purple Heart was the nations first award for enlisted troops and is the oldest military award given, according to the Department of Defense. Thursdays recipients are all active duty, in the Army National Guard or Reserve. All were wounded by improvised explosive devices, roadside bombs planted by insurgents. IEDs left several with wounds that will alter the remainder of the loss of a foot, their lives a leg, a hand or sight in one eye. They are being treated at Walter Reed Speakers told them that their sacrifices were for a good cause. City arts, Hymns said. Some of the things that cause outages include broken tree branches and trash ending up on power lines, he said. Therehave also been incidents where poles hat e fallen down or have fallen on top of each other, he said If you do not like wind the only thing you can do is move, Lohrengel said. You have no control over the weather. manager. Recent high winds took the cover to the Thunderbird Park baseball field and tossed it into the backstop, bending it, he said. We ended up having to replace it, costing $1,500. Johnson said students should ' . . THEATRICAL VARIETY Carl Smith, a junior theatre arts major from Sandy, finishes his performance of Morning Glow from Pippin during Thursday evenings Vaudeville Variety Show at the Grind Coffee House. Vaudeville gives me a chance to practice and get better at performing, he said. The first season of Vaudeville will end April 27 with a best of show. III 1 k f. , I -- ili 4 : ye' j ' ft V K f it j i BILL OLEARY THE WASHINGTON POST Mount Vernon, George Washingtons estate in Alexandria, Va., guests and honorees pay respect to the colors at a ceremony in which seven soldiers injured in Iraq received the Purple Heart. Washington established the Purple Heart in 1782 during the final months of the Revolutionary War. At spouses, children and siblings. Others were strangers with a new feeling of fraternity. It joins us in one very said Alfred exclusive club, Ortiz, of Vienna, Va., who wore one of six Purple Hearts he was awarded over a gruesome stretch in Korea, his Military Order of the Purple Heart hat and a Purple Heart necktie. It gives me enormous pride seeing them get it. I know what they had to do to earn it. I'm We all have a common bond for of secretary shed our blood. said having defense, wheelchair, my Second Lt. Adrian Perez, who was he but the honorees to lost the sight in one eye in an determined The much had IED blast at Tall Afar, pondered be on his feet, common I in at how things have changed since with the three standing volunteersfrom attention, with soldiers such as Ortiz came his mother, home from Korea. Connecticut I dont think I deserved this, and wife who regiments children at his said Perez, 30, of Washington the received Robert Klinger side watching state. 1 was thinking of the guys first Purple him receive in the front row in their purple from Hearts location hats, and wondenng where their The Heart. the Purple Washington. They also volunteered to brought the solemnity of history ceremony was. When the ceremony ended, step forward and defend their to the occasion, he said. I now mean the same as the seven soldiers filed past country in its hour of need, General George Washingtons Washingtons grave so each he said. could lay one red carnation on to meant of him, Maxwell Lopez, troops Ramsey, 36, Spc. the ground. Tourists who were Hilton Head Island, S C., hugged 23, said. Its awesome. About 200 people filled visiting Mount Vernon for the his wife, Ayako, who stood beside his wheelchair, burying folding chairs or stood to the day stood outside the gates, his head in her abdomen and side watching the ceremony. explaining to their children the Some were relatives of the significance of what they were shedding a tear as he listened honored soldiers - parents and observing. to the speeches. Ramsey was the I cannot take away physical pain and the sense of loss I know you feel, said Gen. Richard Cody, the Armys vice chief of staff. But I can assure you your wounds are not in vain. We will win this global war on terror. We will vanquish the enemies who threaten our shores and freedom around the world. wounded in March when a bomb exploded under his truck near Ramadi. He lost his left leg above the knee and had hoped to be fitted with a prosthesis before the awards ceremony. I didnt want to be seated when I received the Purple Heart, he said. 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