Show A8— The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday April 2 2003 LookonlinoJorweatherJnfolinks Utahoulloolc ACCuWeather JOm forecast National temperatures Cache Valley outlook Forecast for Wednesday Temperatures Indicate Tuesday's high and overnight low to 8 pm Eastern Time ET tor davtima condWona higMow tamoeraturea HI TODAY THURSDAY Breezy and mostly cloudy skies Rain and snow Mealy in afternoon North- winds' 15 to 25 mph Highs in mid to upper 50s and lows near 30 Cooler and mostly Partly doudy wHh cloudy with a 40 chances of snow for percent chance of the next four days snow hfighs near Temperatures level-we35 and the lows big off wHh highs In the upper 20s prodded In upper 30s to lower 40s Clouds lifting and lows near 30 slightly tonight EXTENDED st Mostly light rain and snow showers were scattered along the jet stream Tuesday from the West Coast across the northern Plains and Great to New England A band of rain formed across northern California and light showers were scattered across northern Nevada into southeastern Oregon southern Idaho and Montana Moderate rain fell at Areata Calif Isolated showers also formed over Washington northwest Oregon and northern Idaho Some snow fell in California’s central Sierra Nevada as well as parts of the Cascade Range in Washington and higher elevations in Idaho Eastward from Montana light snow showers streamed across North Dakota turning to isolated rain and occasional snow showers in northern sections of Minnesota and Wisconsin Mostly light rain spread across Michigan into Ohio West Virginia Virginia and western sections of Pennsylvania and New York state A band of heavier rain rolled across New Jersey during the afternoon Sunrise: 6:07 sm above Tonight and tomorrow evening look to Jupiter to lie In the constellation of Cancer between its brightest star and the star cluster called the "Beehive' The Beehive lies some 600 light years from Earth Sunset: 6:49 pm Humidity: 23 percent UV Index: 4 (low) Conditions: Partly cloudy Moort Fust quarter on April 9 c 39 27 46 28 45 43 31 52 43 38 42 78 55 57 63 60 47 50 31 Pro Otk cdy dr cdy 02 cdy 01 cdy 06 cdy cdy 04 cdy cdy dr cdy 18 m cdy cdy dr dr cdy dr dr 09 cdy 'T CHOI tacuOMlNr Inc COLD ED E3 dr dr 30 59 44 56 52 43 38 55 32 cdy! cdy! 17 m cdy: m 02 m v 05 m cdy cdy 53 I Regional Tbmpereturee 49 29 Brigham City 72 34 68 27 HeberCKy Laketown 64 38 71 37 Nephl 71’ 88Ogden Pleasant Grove71 33 Provo 72 34 Salt Lake City 73 40 Spanish Fork 73 34 SL George 82 48 Wetldover 70 37 I Tb 44 000 000 Alta The AccuWsathsrcom forecast for noonWednesday Tuesday’s temperatures around the Lower 48 states ranged from a morning low of 4 below zero at Saranac Lake NY to a midday reading of 85 at Fort Stockton Texas The lowest wind chill was 6 below at Presque Isle Maine estronomyOrocketmallcom Visibility: 9 miles 81 Ft lke Up 62 50 44 75 Cleveland 67 Daltas-Woftti78 Denver 74 Detroit 73 Helena 47 Honolulu 82 Houston 75 Kansas City 79 Las Vegas 83 70 LosAngeles NashvMe 75 New Orleans 71 New York City 44 By The Associated Press Almanac 71 Cincinnati From the nuws wire Local temperatures 30 Anchorage Atlanta Baltimore Boise Boston Chicago Lo 18 Oklahoma City 80 Ortando 69 55 Philadelphia Phoenix 93 51 PorttandOre San Diego 64 San Francisco 58 Seattle 49 51 Spokane Tucson 89 WMfngloaDjG63 EE3 In 000 000 000 MO 000 000 000 000 000 000 April 2 HUM STATIONARY O tib Sunny KCtwy CMy CacheValleyJorecast provided byNational WeatherServiceSUp Abovelfeature provided by Astro Data helicopter went down The 507th Maintenance was attacked during some of the first fighting in Nasiriyah a Continued foom A 1 Euphrates River-crossin-g city where sporadic battles have further details raged since US troops first In a brief statement Brooks reached it Troops and military said: “Coalition forces have officials have said much of the conducted a successful rescue fighting there has involved mission of a US Army prismembers of the Fedayeen oner of war held captive in Saddam and other Iraqi paramilitaries who have dressed as Iraq The soldier has been returned to a coalition-con-trolle- d civilians and ambushed Amerarea" icans Central Command officials Lynch an aspiring teacher in Qatar speaking on condition ' joined the Army to get an eduof anonymity said Lynch was cation and take advantage of a rescued from a hospital in Iraq rare opportunity in a farming Fifteen other Americans are community with an unemformally listed as missing ployment rate of IS percent — The other POWs include two one of the highest in West VirArmy Apache helicopter pilots ginia She was also following in the footsteps of her older captured March 24 after their brother Gregory a National Guard member based in Fort Bragg NC Jessica enlisted through the Army’s delayed-entr- y program before graduat- POW Win Continued from A 1 Fadhel is a student of mine from last semester who made a point of stopping by after a class today He was excited to tell me that a college in New York had accepted his application to study engineering His paperwork was finished but he was waiting on approval for his visa We both smiled as we discussed his future adventure His dishdasha drifted in breeze as I gave the him advice about taking a warm coat When it became obvious that war was coming to the region and Patti and I had to decide if we were going to stay or run something happened that helped us make the decision Three different people called or came by my office to offer support and exchange phone numbers Every one of them had attended a university in the US and ee ple Any trip to Utah State University’s Hub patio on a warm afternoon will seem like a United Nations meeting I have shared a morning cup with an Israeli on one side and a Palestinian on the other Over the last 10 years I have taught people from all over the world I have taught former Russian MIG pilots and the grandchildren of North Vietnamese Army soldiers With luck some day I will GRAND OPENING!! & Sen Jay Rockefeller called the rescue a miracle “God watched over Jessica and her family” Rockefeller said through a spokesman in Washington “All of West Virginia is rejoicing This is an amazing tribute to the skill and courage : of our military” have the opportunity to grade a paper written by some child who sleeps tonight in Bagh- dad I watch White House and CENTCOM briefings nightly and the phrase “winning the hearts and minds" gets repeated over and over again I know that the higher education system in the USi which allows people from all over the world to participate in American culture has been doing exactly that for as long as it has existed Today as the current conflict 11 progresses in a post-Seworld I hear a slow and ominous creaking of a door that stands poised to slam closed against the world’s students I hear rumors of Congress moving to severely restrict student visas to American universities and I only hope that saner minds will prevail and in doing so continue the long tradition of open access I know one thing for sure: Living here at this time I am pt reaping the benefit ' iT X 5 us or tho AP photo Pledge Continued from A1 say they have no problem with the Pledge of Allegiance said in school especially since they have a choice to say it or not say it Logan High School junior Kelly Dabb said he feels the pledge is important and the words have meaning to him but it’s the right of every per-son to choose for themselves whether or hot to say it “Here we have the right to choose whether or not we want to do things That’s part of it (freedom)” said Dabb “They students) have the right to say it or not say it” Dabb said the pledge is said very rarely at Logan High recited mostly at assemblies and pep rallies The new legislation isn’t a bad thingi he said “Saying the pledge once a week won’t be hurting anyone since it is a choice” he said ng t r Nibley Elementary PTA representative Marina Heidt said she supports the pledge of allegiance in school It’s a way to teach children about the freedoms they have “I think it’s important It refocuses our priority” said Heidt "When you say the pledge you’re saying I swear that I will do my best to be the best citizen I can be” Heidt whose daughter is a fifth-gradat Nibley said young children probably don’t understand what the pledge of allegiance really means bait it will take on meaning later in life “It is important for them to ' become familiar with the er 'lx" - ‘rraftCteTfrW State 9$7?! (435)7871300 H y Lczihtr Ewlhds Skfa r CktieecISix Styles 23 C0I0& 36oHl2Ma8AMA$CAniOAC i I I t Mr- is Jd r ' SouthGata Dairy :Cr 904 South Maim Zr Inaldo Ball SouthGata C ’ bitter (w right on with things” Onr$3 ' fVf 2300 North Mam North LooAi'itaw&ald' words so as they get older they will have a desire to understand” she said Most elementary principals have said that the pledge hasn't been an issue even for those students whose religious beliefs conflict with the oration Woodruff Elementary Principal Dave Welch said there have been instances in the past where parents have approached him and explained that their child would not be saying the pledge but it never caused a conflict or confrontation “We’ve said the pledge pretty consistently at the elementary level for some time and in the past there have been times where students will not participate but that’s their choice” said Welch Welch said recent legislation has not had an effect on students or parents as far as he can tell “I don’t see that anything has changed” he said “If someone doesn’t want to say it they don’t and we just go thing for everyone” f Amf tmrkmr “Things are looking much brighter” Woods said “It definitely helps us and it builds some momentum” Dabb’s mother Logan City School District PTA President Carrie Dabb agreed with her son “I don’t think a lot of kids have an understanding of what it’s like to be patriotic” said Carrie Dabb adding that her family shares a love of early American history “Personally I think the pledge is a great Vj ft $SNf VaG)Skk t V The group has until July 1 to raise the nearly $25 million for the project Raising a hand in celebration and relief Greg Lynch Sr left along with his wife Deadra and cousin Pam Nicolais gather with friends and family outside of their Palestine WVa home Tuesday night to greet friends and family after the Pentagon announced that Army Pfc Jessica Lynch 19 had been rescued :iir£r FURN ITURE V Supporters are hoping to move the academy to a church-owned park two blocks and it for an renovate away interpretive center alongthe ’ Pioneer Historic Byway which runs through Preston D-W- mssa:k it: -- V Ezra Taft Benson and Harold B Lee here” A Brothers Continued from A1 ing from Wirt County High School in Elizabeth “You would not believe the joys cries bawling hugging screaming carrying on” said Lynch's cousin Pam Nicolais when asked Tuesday about the rescue “You just have to be P have children studying at American universities They had received worried phone calls from their children and I guess some of the concern carried over to us The common thread in all these stories is American higher education the greatest system in the world This is the same system that draws flocks of students from the four comers of the globe where they can convert some of the stereotypes that they know from the movies into facts about the American peo- Save ’SOSOOJ-- § t$2P Off of Mjr DQ Frozen Coke valued at $9" or more Expint April 30 March 31 - April HP 2003 ' 003 "ZZZSZS' |