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Show Sunday, April30,2006 DAILY Protest “I’m sure me getting out and thengetting back in was,of course, an issue. State Sen. Parley Hellewell Continued from Al killed twe years ago in Iraq held a picture of her son, born in 1984 and killed 20 years later. One group marched under the banner “Veterans for Peace.” The demonstrators stretched for about 10 blocks as they headed down Broadway. Organizerssaid 300,000 people marched, thougha police spokesman declined to give Results House District 56 Votes David Cox 39 35% Kenneth Sumsion 72 65% as an estimate. There were no reports of arrests. “Weare here today because the war is illegal, immoral and unethical,” said the Rev. Al Sharpton. “We must bring the troops home.” Organizers said the march was also meant to oppose any military action against Iran, whichis facing international criticism over its nuclear pro- gram. The event was orga- nized by the group United for Peace and Justice. “We'vebeenlied to, and they're going tolie to us again to bring us a war in Iran,” said Marjori Ramos, 43, of New York. “I'm here because I had a lot of anger, and I had to do something.” Steve Rand, an English teacher from Waterbury, Vt., helda announcing, “Vermont Says No to War.” SA aeoe me rceee come home,” he said. The march stepped off shortly after noon from Union Square, with the demoristrators heading for a rally between a US. courthouse and a federal office building in lower Man- hattan, The deathtoll in Iraq for April was the highest for a single month in 2006. Atleast 2,399 U.S. military members havedied since the war began. An Armysoldier was the latest victim, killed Saturday in a roadside explosion in Baghdad. Thatfigure is well below some ofthe bloodiest months of the Iraq conflict, but isa sharp increase over March, when 31 werekilled. January's death * toll was 62-and February's 55. In December, 68 Americans died. Percentage Scouts around in the water,” said Ian. “You see some gold, you ask mymom to get a bag, and you get the gold andput it in the Continued from Al House District 68 James Ferrin S. Sandstrom HERALD 47 49 49% 51% astronomyand knot-ying werejust a fewof the demonstrations. Many were handson, offering visitors the chance to makea craft to take home. House District 60 Brad Daw 64 71%, L. Houskeeper 26 29% Garr Judd 45 52% Keith Grover 41 48% Manyof the booths were popular but one of the most busythroughout the day was Cub Scout Pack 1577's exhibit on panning for gold. Underthe warm, bright sun and clear sky, finding treasure in water and mud wasapparently irre- House District 61 sistible. Scouts of Pack 1577 led dem- onstrations. House District 65 “You grab a pan and you scoopit down both sides Aaron Tilton Carl Nielson 65 7 61% 6% Harold Mitchell 35 33% Margaret Dayton 149 62.6% Parley Hellewell 89 37.4% and with both hands swishit “Kids love water and panning for gold is part of Utah's history,” Ann Shumwaysaid. “It's just the attraction of get- ting to playin water and mud. lot of the kids are little surprised they actually get to take the gold home.” A few yards away, a table has collapsed at the booth on cracking secret codes, hosted by Timpanogos District Cub Scout Pack 845of Pleasant Grove. Eight-year-old Christian Andersen, who is helping right the table, has a gaping, bleed- ing gash on his arm. Witha straight face he explains the table cut him — and does not givein to the joke for nearly a minute. The truthis that his extraordinarily life-like wound, created from flour, food coloring andpetroleum jelly, was painted earlier in the day at another booth. Thereis another surprise here. The code-cracking booth has norelationatall to the Da Vinci Code. “I haven't evenreadit,” confesses Christian's mother and pack leader, Debbie Andersen. Code-crackingis actually a Wolf scoutelective, she said, opening ‘a handbookto prove their booth was neverinspired bythe mega-sellingfiction book. . Christian said he has been interested in codessince receiv ing a small safe — which is of today’s display — for his sixth birthday. Guests here are asked to solve a “playing card code” which, if cracked. spells out the combination to Christian's safe. When the safe is opened, guests areinvited to choosea piece of candyfrom inside. Thereis also a display about the “Pigpen Code” used by troops to send messages during the Civil War, but Christian sees present-dayadvantages to code-cracking. “I can write stuff and most people can’t read it,” he said Senate District 15 GET EVEN HIGHER CD RATES WITH ZIONS DIRECT. Candidates neededatleast 60 percent of the delegates’ votesin their races Saturday to secure the nomination. Theseare thefinal votes; in some cases there wasaninitial ballot that eliminated a third candidate. Convention Continuedfrom Al letter blasting Dayton and by revelations that people associated with the 1998 campaignin which Hellewell first wonoffice had en- gaged in negative campaigning, Hellewell said he was “s! prised” at 'y vote, and said the wayhe handledhis can- didacy — heinitially-announced he, wouldn't seek re-election, butfiled to run just before the deadline — could've hurt his image among delegates. “I'm sure megetting out and then getting back inwas,of Local Businesses 9.05% *" 5.25% *" course,an issue,” he said. “I wasn't going torun because I wantedto do lotof other things,like run mybusiness. 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