Salt Lake Tribune | 2000-05-27 | Page 19

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OCR Text The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH BEC Tornadoes DAVIS Woods Cross will hold a Memorial Day celebration on Monday beginning with a 5K run at6:30 a.m. in Hogan Park, near City Hall at 1500 South 800 West. At 8 am. a flag-raising ceremony will take’ place at the City Lake Valley, touching down as manyas three times, in West Jor- will also inthide a chuck-wagon breakfast "music provided by ee ‘Highlanders bagpipe the dan, Murray and then Holladay around6:20 p.m., Dunn said. The storm drifted out of Utah and swept into Wyoming, Spee 1,200 people are expected, with all procéeds from the break- [BB Counties Making Today's Headlines “a centof its flights to Moab from Salt Lake City when the radio beacon at Canyonlands ‘Field outside Moab failed to work properly. The antiquated piece of equip- mentthataids pilots in instrument landings at the airport has been a source of frustration for several years because of malfunctions caused whenthe device, whichstill contains vacuum tubes,was struck by lightning or:was damaged by a powersurge: : Now the .Utah Department of Transportation plans to replace the device with a modern radio beacon. : The new equipment should be installed by July 27. —The Times-Independent :O MORGAN’ - Wright said"the contract will be renewable oria yearly basis. Weber County will receive $45 per day for housing Morgan inmates and Morgan County will pay for medi- cal costs of its inmates. The state will reimbursé Morgan County$43 a dayfor medial expenses. =Morgan County News “a SEVIER | tonwood SUMMIT The Gorgoza resort just off Interstate 80 east of Parleys Summit in Summit County will open anew skating park today. The new park will offer a vari- ‘ The Richficla City Council has passed a new ordinance for ATV riders within thecity limits. Hours for the park are noon to 8 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on the weekends. Parents must sign a waiver for skaters younger than 18. reas for 10 to 20 sessions will be avail. able at reducedcosts. —The Park Record 20-foot-high tree neerPark. updrafts and warm humid air rises. More warm air Baxter, 33, is a Williamsburg. ~ Va., native. With degrees in politi- rushesin to replace it. cal science from Swarthmore Col- 3 Upper-level windscreate suction overthe top of storm. lege in Pennsylvania and a law degree from the University of Utah, Baxter worked as project manager for Envision Utah, a nonprofit planning partnership. He also 4 Updrafts and Earth's rotation begin spinning motion, forming a tornado. 5 Pressureinside the ‘swirling tube drops, worked for Bear West. “His workis consistent with my long-term goals for thecity,” said Creating an inward-pulling Anderson. “It includes preserving force. Eight months ago — only four a leg oflight rail, commuterrail and plans for Library Square and Pio- 2 Thunderstorm create trees in Ashley National Forestin northeast Utah’s Uinta Range. in for an intermodal hub, an eastern creating thunderstorms. At Cottonwood High School, school, Beginning July 6, D.J. Baxter will help Anderson track funding with warm, humid air, eight skylights were sucked from gles mangled. Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky: % Anderson has raided Envision Utah to find a senior adviser. weeks after the downtown Salt Lake City twister — an F1 tornado (packing winds of 73 mph to 112 the city’s unique characteristics Knight Ridderand Tribune and promoting walkable neighbor- mph] swirled through Vernal and hoods with more mass-transit options.” Baxter replaces Mike Melendez. who resigned in March after nearbyNaples. Tribune reporters Brent Is- raelsen and Lesley Mitchell contributed to this story. working months as Anderson's campaign manager, chief of staff andtransportation adviser. “We were watching the clouds circle and a lady in the classroom from Indiana said, ‘That's how tornados form,’ and I laughed and said, ‘Yeah, right,” said Craig Burton, a night custodian at Cottonwood. As much as nine-tenths of an inch ofrain fell in less than 20 minutes in Sugar House. Precipitation peaked in South Ogden, Q TheUte Tribe in Fort Duchesne is opening Bottle Hollow Reservoir onthereservation for free fishing as part of National Free Fishing Weekthat runs from June 3-10. “Angling on the reservation is the best-kept secret in Utah” says Robert ChapooseJr.the tribe’s fish and wildlife director. Several hundred lake trout with an average weightof10 poundswill be planted in the reservoir for the event. Thereservoir is located off U.S. Highway 40 in Fort Duchesne, seven mileseast of Roosevelt. where a total of 1.5 inchesfell. In east Mill Creek, 1.4 inches were recorded, and in upper Mill Creek, 1.21 inches, Dunnsaid. Attimes, 1-inch diameter hail mixed with the wind and rain. Most residential claims in Salt Lake County werefor flood damage, said Brent Tigue, Utah prop- erty claims manager for Farmers Insurance Groupin Sandy. Tigue’s. office handled claimsforscattered roof and fence damage, but most callers suffered water damage, includinga cluster of homeowners in the 84108 and 84106 zip codes where an east benchSalt Lake City sewer line backed up. Albertson’s reported up to Several special events will also $10,000 in damage to its Cotton- be held and service and information booths set up. The eventis being puton with help from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. —Uintah Basin Standard wood store. Total storm damage wasloosely estimatedin Salt Lake County byfireofficials at between Q higher. Thursday’'s twister was the fourth in Utah since August i, UTAH Students ofall ages are invited to the fourth annual “Utah Valley years old and whoholds a valid driver license; Streets in Richfield designated as permissible ATV routes are 400 West, 500 East, 500 South, 100 East, 500 North and 600 West between 300 North and 500'North. —Hal Edwards neighborhoods, a handful of car windows were shattered, several trees were toppled androof shin- nearby andin a cluster of bushes about50 feet east of the school. has a valid driver license. In addi- operator is under direct visual supervision of someoneatleast 18 adjoining four hours and helmets are required andcan be rented atthe facility, but skates or skateboards will not be available for rent. tion, no person-underthe age of 16 may operate an. ATV on the designated streets,of,the city unless the and the roof of a commons room. The frames were tossed on top of the The ordinance prohibits operation of an ATV by persons16 years of age or older unless the operator Mall ety of quarter pipes, banks, two minirampsanda “fun box.” Admissionto the park is $10 for UINTAH The Morgan County Council has approved a newcontract with Weber County to house Morgan County jail inmates. The current contract expires on May31. Morgan Colnty Attorney Kelly There were no_ reported injuries. In Utah, most of the damage centered in Holladay, where an Albertson’s grocery store, a home and a Goodyear Tire store reported roof damage. Around Cot- GRAND In January and February, Sunrise Airlines had to cancel 8 per- where a fourth reported touchdown occurred near Lyman. fast going to Woods Cross Elemen- tary and Woods Cross Youth City City Council; ‘~ Although conditions such as lake breezes come into play in the Salt Lake Valley, most tomadoes basically are formed from the same setof weatherconditions: 1Cool, dry air clashes @ Continued from B-1 Hall Memorial Plaza. Festivities AndersonSelects Senior Adviser How Tornadoes Form Avi NoStrangers To Utah Area - B3 Saturday, May 27, 2000 Reads” summer kickoff celebration at Utah Valley State College in Orem on Tuesday, starting at 10 a.m. Theactivity will be held in the student courtyard at the center of the campus where there will be free books, refreshments and balloons. In addition, there will be storytelling and puppet shows. —AnnShields $50,000 and $100,000, although “Memorial Day Sale 930 East 6600 South Murray ae Sat 10-7 288-9665 small claims may inch thetotal 1999, when an F2 storm in downtown Salt Lake City killed one,injured 80 and damaged 387 buildings from the Delta Center to houses in the Avenues neighborhood. That tornado caused damage estimated at $170 million and broughta federal disaster declaration. The August twister also broughtwindsof113 to 157 mph. Utah’s strongest tornado hap- pened exactly six years before and was an F3 tornado on Aug.11, 1993. 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