Show vrvwvrYM7rrr vv'r r 9 9 t r r ' tr ' ' 9 9 9 9 r V r' 9 f r‘ r ' ¥9 r r v r r i rr The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday July 12 1998 — Page 7 ORMOND BEACH Fla (AP) — With hellish flames consuming Earthly possessions and black smoke blanketing communities it doesn’t require n great leap of faith for some Floridians to believe that wildfires ravaging their state are a Clinton pumps more money into drug war o Forestry experts say Florida o fires are indeed a reckoning mmm By anti-dru- Denver In San Diego methampheta-min- e has become the dominant drug associated with the crime culture about 40 percent of those arrested were found to have used methamphetamine or crank By comparison in Washington DCL message Saturday g iMmuneing $32 million in federal grams to expand drug courts and Palmer-PSnsuU- curb a disturbing uptick in minister declared the fire a nec- "I think Revelations is hitting and arrested in San Diego Phoenix San Jose Portland Dallas and WASHINGTON — President Clinton urging Americans not to become complacent over dramatic declines in drug use over the last decade continued to build his "I think God’s coming" says o one resident Diane through tears after a essary purification greater numbers among those the Sacramento Bee 1 think God is going to come and take us” Ecologists agree the fires mg iag since Memorial Day are a cleansing event But if there are sins to answer for scientists say those transaressions are against methamphetamine use the rate was only Clinton cited new federal statistics showing that while more than half of the people charged with crimes are found to have drugs in their system at the time of arrest the trend continues to be downward especially for ing into rural areas and eastward into cities like Atlanta St Louis and Chicago Clinton offered $5 million in The new study by the Justice Department showed that after two years of decline methara- - Consider this: Fire is vital for most forests including these humid piney woods And decades of preventing fire have allowed folks to live and woik amid pro- even necessary - percent federal assistance to six cities with documented methamphetamine problems — Minneapolis Phoenix Salt Lake City Oklahoma City Dallas and Little crack cocaine amBot haven 1 In addition there are indications methamphetamine is mov- fuse greenery But these pines palmettos and greasy underbrush must actually burn periodically to be healthy So preventing fire especially on private property postponed the inevitable scien tists say until today's struggle AP photo Ted Schuster of Daivy Moot looks over his handhrorfc after setting a near Pierson Fla July S Forestry officials say such controHed burning ened the toN of the wildfires that have raged in Florida this summer between human and plant lue reached Judgment Day propor- - trolled fire for underbrush and “We've allowed the fuel to dead vegetation can prevent inevitable flash blazes from build up and we’ve built flammable structures next to this big pile of fuel" says Dennis Hardin of the Florida Department of Forestry “Natural fire is just not going to work down here anymore We have to switch to using prescribed fire" But ecologists have already considered mis And they are frustrated For this is an expensive lesson learned 10 years ago in Yellowstone National Pan where the worst wildfire in US history raged for nearly four months dunng the summer of 1988 By die time the last smoldering sable palm is doused in Florida experts forecast this state’s fires will rank second behind Yellowstone primarily because of the billions of 'ddr- lars worth of property commerce and agriculture at risk But residents of the Rocky Mountains did learn The Yellowstone experience may have r taught this: that wildfire is uncontrollable but that con fires This place was begging to burn Hermann says The Florida wildfires now are the state’s becoming catastrophes So Yellowstone now enforces in wilderpolicies of worst in m ness areas and of small-sca- le controlled burns elsewhere But researchers concede that environmental truth it is far SO yean with 2000 separate conflagrations already tallied on nearly 500000 acres Every day as many as 70 new fires have been sparking from accepted gospel in Central and North Florida among the areas country's fas where millions flock to vacation and to retire on their own slices of paradise Eden remember is supposed to be green not blackened “Most people believe that if although the pace has slowed It could wind up as the second-most costly natural disaster in state history following Hurricane Andrew which cost $23 billion Add to the controversy over fire suppression the stale's suburban sprawl wetlands draining and hot dry weather that broke all records Then consider the says Sharon Hermann an eco- only questions left for researchers to ponder: When would the flames erupt? How test-grow- th the fire was bad for them it must be bad for everything’’ logist with the Tall Timbers Research Station in Trilahassee Jhe nonprofit group studies the environmental effects of fire in Florida and the Southeast It helps government agencies con- duct regular preventive burns on 2 3 million acres of public lands to refresh overgrown forests and prevent huge wild would they end? New subdivisions currently less costly and more parcels inland with built on S- - to lots with trees lining driveways and shading roofs They are too small for government foresters to deal with and Son 10-acr- e tract bum on a earlier might have 600-acr- e if beyond laws compelling prop- S' -- ' J W erty owners to allow prescribed burns to reduce fuel that accu- JmminhHnkimOtir I to'fc VtlsfLnm Owners who want to burn underbrush complain about bureaucrats dispensing what they call "Mother-may-I?- Ziono Bank invite you to experience the beauty and bbtory of per " mits that restrict fires to narrowly defined times and environmental conditions And when the state forestry department and other agencies plan a controlled bum on public lands they face a firestorm of Moments in Time: Utah Pioneers and The Landscape opposition In December when 600 acres in Flagler County were ignited in a controlled bum nearby residents protested to their legisla- On exkiiit July - July 2J ZitMt Hunk lyan Office tors and threatened to sue Today wildfires are frying Flagler and have forced evacuation of thousands Homeowners' 10- 102 S&tk Main 9 nun - 5 pm MwAiy - TbursAiy 9nm gripes-over-controlle- burning? Ashes in their pools ashes on the laundry And more serious safety concerns: Smoke that can cause - FriAiy r ViLoy Eaton i twelve beautiful and hietoric painting collectively titled Mamntj in Time: I’tak Pwneerv ant The traffic and aircraft accidents and InniUnpr capture the life and landscape of Utah s earfy See FIRES on Page 12 settlers Zions Bank commissioned the artist to create this unique series for its permanent collection Some of I l I these works have already been featured in various publications The exhibition of this treasured art Classic Cuts Surgeon botches it yet again exhibit is being brought to your community and selected other communities throughout Utah by Zions Bank in honor of its 125th annivenaiy CMniting ZIONS BANK 125yaw TAMPA Fla (AP) — A physician who once amputated the wrong foot of a patient has been hatred indefinitely from practicing medicine for performing minor surgery on the wrong patient The Tampa Tribune 11 ofBanking North Main Downtown Loom am - e pm Monday tatorUay and Frtday tM S i reported today State officials rescinded Rolan- i do Sanchez’ license this week because he implanted a catheter into the shoulder of an woman with n brain disorder who could not speak b was the woman's roommate n woman of aboutthe same age who was supposed' to have the procedure hist November The MwJA " it? w - v ' II' ZV £' ' k 4 A - ' ' J ? 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Sliopioliun —t T -- B Mias tpny rAY 18 Khun HclJ months nfter that mistake Sanchez could not he reached for comment Friday His attorney Grover Freeman acknowledged many of the conclusions reached by state investigators But he said Sanchez performed the mistaken surgery after the patient was “miridenti-fied9- 9 bv Bines Ihcfildlrj flour mill Is homcifrjii Vinost colorful lilstbrv tiwr jLj LAM ’ Department of Health was —-rU- extreme and unnecessary” Freeman said “Had it been any physician but Dr Sanchez they would not have done iL" Nunes at the Yencor Hoqntal-Centr- al Hospital however told state investigators that no one pointed Sanchez to the wrong patient jifetaurant and X U “I think the nction of the J PGfOR COPY I -- j JU “ -- j— j— ( l( L- - f till mam hhm mm - |