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Show ato DAILY HERALD BRATIONS Thursday, April 27, 2006 Ukrainelooks at restoring contaminated land Natasha Lisova PRESS areas where radioactive particles fell in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia, and a U.N. report CHERNOBYL, Ukraine last year found that many suffer from a deep sense of gloom — Ukrainians paid homage Wednesdayto the victims of aboutthe future. Now, with experts saying ra- the Chernoby!disaster while still grappling for waysto live diation levels havefallen signifi- with the legacyof the world's worst nuclear accident, restore cantly in some areas, the United Nations is turning its attention to returning life to the region, Saying it is time to overcome a contaminated land and give hope to survivors. Arriving by helicopter at the shuttered Chernoby! nuclear culture of dependency and help transform the population from victims into survivors. Yushchenkosaid his govern- powerplant for eee tions of the catastrophe’s 20th anniversary, President Viktor ment supports this move and he has called for scientific studies to determine how the land Yushchenko said Chernobyl should be transformed into a Peterson, Burgener, 80th Simpson Elna Loveland Burgener is celebrating her 80th Birthday. Family andfriendsareinvited to an Open Houseon May 1, 2006 from 4-7 p.m Barbara Lynn Peterson and David Ray Simpsonarepleased to announce their marriage on April 8, 2006. An Open Housewill be held in their honoronFriday, April 2s, 2006at the Condie Residence locat ed at 325 North 900 West in Spring ville, Utah. Guests are invited to join themat the Open House from6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Letters to the Editoronline www-heraldextra.com at the Pleasant Grove Senior Citizen Center, 242 W. 200 S. Elna was bornin Rupert, IDon May 2, 1926 In 1934 her family moved to Provo, where her father owned the LovelandDrive-in Market. She graduatedfrom Provo High and on May 2, 1947 married Nephi W. Burgener in the Salt Lake Temple. They have hildren. Elna worked for unity Action for 20 years and etiring has worked as assistant director at the Pl. Grove Senior Citizen Center. Please come help her celebrate No gifts, please. Written memories welcome. could be used. Among the ideas is using land to store Ukraine's used nuclear fuel and creating beacon of hope, and he urged that nuclear energy not be feared. “Chernobyl! must not be a a nature preserve that would take advantageofa wildlife resurgencein the zone that had to be abandoned by humans. mourning place; it must become a placeof hope,” Yushchenko said after laying two red carnations beneath a monument to victims of the 1986 disaster. Thatwill be difficult in a Somehave also floated the idea of promoting Chernobyl as a tourist destination. “I see nothing wrongif in Kiev there will emerge a couple of tour excursion companies,” Yushchenkotoldstate televi- nation where Chernobyl’s emo- tional wounds remain raw. Thereis intense disagree- mentoverthe health, environmental andsocialtolls two decadesafter the electricity- sionin an interview broadcast Wednesdaynight. “To see Chernoby!villages with their open windows,unlocked doors generating plant's Reactor No. 4 exploded during a pre-dawn test on April 26, 1986, spew- ing radioactive clouds over the western Soviet Union and and overgrown gardens are northernEurope. Bringing red carnations and flickering candles to Chernobyl a ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/Associated Press Vera Toptunova, the mother of Leonid Toptunov, who was a control engineer at the Reactor No.4 of the Chernobyl nuclear memorials aroundthe country, Ukrainians repeated a common plant when it exploded on April 26, 1986, mournsover his grave at Mitino cemeteryin Moscow on Wednesday. mantra: It can’t be allowed to sarcophagus hastily built to happen again. Local Businesses * Phone Numbers BG ccstoe ET shy www.heraldextra.com/yellowpages “Let God not make our grandsons relivethis,” Va- spewed out radioactivity for the toll that will be taken over 10 days, contaminated 77,220 lentyna Mashina, 56,said at a memorial in Chernobyl, a town 11 miles from the plant where square miles and forced the the years. 4,000peoplestill live — but for no more than two weeks at a time, to work in the most highlycontaminated zone. ‘The shattered reactor, which Join the Family. 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