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Show i 9 .. 5fr - ? --j VOLUME 100 West Valley boxer makes pro debut in Ideas Sandy 13722 m? mm we&jw ammtg r rr m Ultll J Inrfiffii 4 I iuL Deadly mine 'bump' recorded as seismic event News The University of Utah Fundraising Seismograph Stations corded a magnitude-1.- barbeque The Christian Samoa Church, 8574 West 2700 South, is holding a fundraising barbeque on Saturday, Aug. 25. The barbecue will feature grilled fare with Poly-nesia- n flavor. An arson fire damaged the church in June. The original estimate of damages was $20,000 but the cost of repairing the building has increased significantly. Pastor Sai Tafaoialii estimated the cost of repairing the to closer church $100,000. The barbecue will begin at 10 a.m. Members of the community are invited to attend. Last Summer Fling Barbeque Summer is almost over and, for all the children in the community, the Magna VFW is holding its Last Summer Fling Barbeque. It will be held at the park across the Street from the Magna VFW Post 7398, 9057 West 2700 South. There will be games, prizes, lots of fun - plus salads, hamburgers and hot dogs. The barbeque begins at 4 p.m. and continues until 7 p.m. Book sale at Hunter Library Hunter Library will be back having a three-da- y sale to school book Aug. 30-Se- 00001 Page 8 Page 4 l NUMBER 34 Back To school 1. There will be a huge selection of all types of library materials at blowout prices. There will be many childrens books for sale. Hunter Library is located at 4740 West 0 4100 South. Call for more information. 944-755- JVIagna Senior Center open house The Magna Senior Center will be hosting an open house to gather information to be used in the planning of their new facility. The open house will be held Wednesday, Aug. 29, at 2:30 p.m at the center, 8925 West 2700 South. Ready to curl? The Wasatch Curling Club is hosting a Summer Curling league at the Olympic Oval in Kearns. The club is in the middle league of a seven-wee- k on Friday nights ending on SepL 21. In addition to league action, there is also an "open curling and Learn To Curl session available during this time. To find out more, call (801) re- tain where the Crandall Canyon mine is located. The University of Utah Seismograph Stations recorded the original mine magnitude-3.- 9 a.m. earthquake at 2:48 Geological Survey and the University of California, 6 seismic event at the time of a Thursday, Aug. 1 6 bump that killed and injured rescuers at a Utah coal mine where six miners were trapped by an Aug. 6 collapse. Seismic waves from the event at about 6:39 p.m. MDT Thursday indicate downward motion, consistent with further settling and collapse within the moun- collapse as a versity of Utah, the U.S. MDT Aug. 6. The downward motion of waves from that event - like subsequent including the one Thursday evening - are indicative of collapse, not of motion generated by natural or tectonic earthquakes. Seismologists at the Uni after-event- s, Berkeley, have pointed to increasingly strong e that the magnitude-3.- 9 seismic event on Aug. 6 was the mine collapse itself, not a natural earthquake. Thursday nights bump ern Utah County near Fairfield about 8:20 p.m. Monday. The two pilots on board the routine training mission, both members of First Battalion, 211th Aviation, died as a result of the crash. The cause of the crash is unknown, and officials from the U.S. Army Aviation Center in Fort Rucker, Ala., are en route to the scene to investigate. Identities of the pilots have not been released. Both were veterans of Operation Enduring Free seismic itys network. These events seem to be related to the ongoing set pre-existi- deadly was detected both ng Thursday nights bump was very shallow'. Initial seismograph recordings indicated it was less than of a mile deep, but considering uncertainties in determining depths of such seismic events, indications are the seismic event happened at a depth of less than one mile. This is quite unlike natural earthquakes, w hich are deeper. As of Friday morning, Aug. 17, 22 seismic afterevents have been recorded within about two miles of the mine. Twelve of those were within two days of the original collapse. However, the University of Utah Seismograph Stations in one-ten- th fr Wrr Helicopter crashes; both pilots killed A Utah Army National Guard AH-6- 4 Apache heliin westdown went copter tling of the rock mass following the main collapse on Aug. 6, said Relu Burlacu. network manager for the University of Utah Seismograph Stations. by the new seismometers and by part of the univers- stalled five new seismometers near the mine, so more of the small seismic waves now are being detected. dom, having deployed to Afghanistan with the in 2004-200Im deeply saddened by the loss of these veteran said Maj. Gen. pilots, Brian Tarbet, adjutant general of the Utah National Guard. Our thoughts and prayers are w'lth their families at this difficult time. We as a Guard family pledge all we can do to assist and comfort them as we share in their loss. The citizens of this " r i ftjr ( 5. m 'cr'( m w w- 4 A' f, f Out with the old- - Ph0, by: Francie Au,der,e State can be extremely 'Downtown rising' get ready for new office tower at 50 the grateful for the service to the State and Nation that these fine aviators have Center development y twenty-storEarly Saturday morning, South Main was demolished to make way for the City Creek given. Utah State Parks agency among top three in nation Utah State Parks and Recreation is one of three finalists for the prestigious National Gold Medal Award. The award is presented by the American Academy for Park and Recreation Admin- istration, in partnership w'ith the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA). Utah is competing against Tennessee and Georgia state park agencies for the 2007 award. It is an honor to be Powwow wows WV The Ninth Annual American Native Festial and Contest Powwow took place at Granger Park last weekend. from Dancers across the country participated three-da- y in Governor Jon Huntsman asked the Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration today to event. Robert Taylor, Sr. served as the spiritual leader for the 'ft'' u Right: Brandon Mansfield partici- pates in the Pow- - 2006. The National Gold Medal Award is presented every two years. Finalists are selected by a distinguished panin el who have the field of park, recreation, and conservation management. The Gold Medal Award winner will be announced Sept. 26 at the NRPA Congress and Exposition in Indianapolis, Indiana. se Guv requests mines inspected the event. among the finalists for this said Utah State award, Parks Director Mary Tullius. In 2007, we are also celebrating our 50th anniversary, making this a banner year for state park visitors and employees. Utah State Parks and Recreation manages more than 40 recreation, scenic, and cultural destinations throughout the state, and hosted 4.5 million visitors in Ks ;' mines. additional are only: the inspections beginning of a larger immediate conduct investigation that needs addito be conducted in Utah's inspections of two tional mines owned by deep mines to secure Murray Energy Corporsafety for our miners," Governor Huntsman said. ation in Carbon County. as comes "We must do all we can, The request the Governor prepares to at every level, to be preappoint an independent pared for a catastrophe investigation committee like this one. This is the least we can do to ensure to make recommendato that the lives lost have not tions for State actions ensure safety in Utah been in vain." " These |