Show ' A12 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday Juty 9 2002 v - inwiwi:na' Cache Valley outlook Utah outlook Forecast for Tuesday VCCUWeathefcom -- o torocMl tor rtavtlm condHIona Notional- toiaparaferos '" ' “ ' ' Temperatures indicate Monday’s high and overnight low to S pm hWow Umontuf foj 0 jp "Vi- -f r -- NEK O ' " i Sm"aa fstuiwatylioflror 0— v i S’TN O:-’ : v-- 'S' K 'I-J-l- - : ar Inc Sunny and warm highs near 90 Clear in ths evening lows inthemkWOs Highs In the lower with to mU-9lows In the mid-- Temperatures remain in toe 90s with lows in the mkttOs 0 50s Chicago Dayton Danver Flagstaff Grand Rapids dr ody 49 dr -- dr cdy cdy 64 91 ody m Local temperatures j'1 I V 9t: 72 93 72 92 71 “'ody 64 85 55 'ody ? cdy -- 110 NP Bryce CanyonNP 90 87 Cedar City 100 Provo ' Salt Lake CNy 103 106 8LGooiga Tboate 102 Wendover 100 020 020 000 020 020 020 020 020 80 49 56 64 76 79 80 79 The AccuWeethereom foracast for noonTlieeday July 9 -- M 10l -- M ‘ dr i 'vrdr ! Thunderstorms soaked parts of Montana and the Upper Midwest on Monday and afternoon storms spread across Florida and the Gulf Coast A line of showers and strong thunderstorms rolled across eastern Minnesota Wisconsin and Upper Michigan with gusty wind frequent lightning and heavy rain Six inches of rain fell during the night at Brainerd Minn and lightning and wind caused scattered power outages in the area More than 2 inches of rain was reported in some parts of Wisconsin Showers and thunderstorms also were possible in parts of Iowa and northern Illinois Showers and thunderstorms also spread across the Northwest moving through Washington and northern Idaho into Montana Nearly 1S inches of rain fell during the morning at Havre Mont In the Southeast showers and scattered thunderstorms spread across Florida and into southern Georgia and up the coast into South Carolina Storms also framed along die Gulf of Mexico coast in Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama Some of that wet weather stretched northward into Tennessee and Kentucky during the afternoon t 57 "Tv dr 76 55 59 20 dr 73 :!dr 79 cdy 66 Arches By The Associated Press gjStOior— llOfffr 0 2002 AccuWaat EXTENDED From tho nows wlro -S 71 0 WEDNESDAY Synopsis: High pressure aloft wit remain over the Great Basin area through thf weekend MoNb’wari com rcidar TODAY ' iIkV OkUhomaCtty 91 Phladsiphia Phoenix v H2 Reno 94 Sacramanto 95 StLoula 96: San Francisco 82 75 8pokano v : 97 Tbpeka Tticson 103 WMhhgkxvDuG 92 : Pro Ottk m 60 68 26 cdy 69 ody 68 88 94 103 68 91- - 68 97 59 93 69 90 63 93 60 92 55 teva ' NorfbfcVk3 Lb Hi 1 ' Eastern Time IMHO 0 'rsTmw i: o "t 4'J - a Ms - Up above Almanac 8uk Sunrise: 5:57 Sunset: 9:07 HumMty: 17 percent uv 11 (Very High) ' Conditions: Clear Visibility: 10 miles Moon: New Moon July 10 11:03 MOT The moon to rapidly moving toward new But first at 6 am K nears Saturn 17 degrees north of Saturn They are 24 degrees from the sun Early tomorrow at 4 am the moon wit be just 13 degrees from the sun as it passes 1 5 degrees to the north of ' Mercury Lawn Water use: 5 days between watering water with 1 inch estronomyOrockstmallxom CacheValley forecast provided by NationaLWeatherServicel-iUp'Abovelfeature'provid“They grow and they grow these fires are quickly explosive” Keller emphasized the seriousness apparent in his tone of voice “One minute they’ll be under control the next minute they’re Fire Continued from A1 gast stoves but you're not to have anything burning in the out of the area” And they’re expensive to put out “The big fires have cost between $250000 to $400000 (to extinguish)' Keller said Money that’s not easy to come by especially with an annual budget as meager as $13000 to fight wildland open” Keller clarified That includes cigarettes Smoking except within an enclosed vehicle o building a developed barren area three feet in diameter is no longfcr al towed While open bum season is over agricultural bums — or die clearing of vegetation from ditches used for irrigation purposes — are still permitted “as long 8s they’re not next to a wilderness or inter:: face area” “We’ll allow it (agricultural bums) as long as people conducting die bum are with the fire at all times and out by recreor : fires “The state reimburses us when we go over that (amount)” Keller said’Two years ago we went over that' in the very first fire” With stakes that high cau- tion is the watchword “Just be very careful Don’t break die rules” Keller said Also don’t be afraid to blow die whistle on violators “If you do see somebody report them so that we can deal with it” Keller emphasized “The last thing we want here is a big massive fire like the ones burning elsewhere in the state” 1 dark” Keller said Intraface areas where burn- ing is strictly forbidden are spaces attached to wildlands like the foothills There and in other high-ris- k areas the smallest fire could prove dangerous Keller explained state’s water subsidies tunneling $145 million from loan repayments and $4 million frran water sales taxes into the general fund' special session bn the latest budget shortfall began Cuts Continued firom A1 would veto a budget that skims from education Legis- lators need to pass their budget by 50 votes in die House and 20 in the Senate — two-thirin each — to avoid the threat of a veto Leavitt wants to spend more from a highway fund for the $35 million The governor also disagreed with tiro Republican lawmakers when it Came to $185 million in cuts to human services and corrections Leavitt would take that money from the Cf"© E3 Hope any relief because the county’s '“fire season” is still a month away “Our worst time is in August” Pitcher saidadding “So to say that we haven’t spent it (our budget) yet is a knock on wood statement because I’m sure we Wlllt — a w The tight money situation means sacrifices for the county’s fire crew “We pay our people just a little more than minimum wage” Pitcher explained “Arid the only time we pay them that is on wildland fires: Most of our people don’t get paid fra going to stnurtural sdd A rampaging blaze that might take thousand dollars to put out would be ’ taken care of according to officials “We belong to a state-ru- n impact fund similar to an insurance fund” Pitcher JMe payan additional explauted $13p0Q)into theimpact fund every year and then everything we spend over the budgeted amount is paid out of that" $13000 acts like an insurance premium It buys the county insurance expenditure against any should a major fire hit Cache County sev-er- al over-budg-et ipatter states that “it would be difficult to establish that even assuming Bush possessed “It was a rush” said Speth material nonpublic informain lifetime “It was a once a Continued from A1 Continued from A1 tion he acted with intent to opportunity” defraud” She spun $105 and was elimi- Even though she was nerPressed to' explain Bush On Monday the president nated but was happy with her vous wringing her hands and said: “I still haven’t figured it testy at times with ques- pew winnings tions about his actions as & shaking a lime Speth said she put completely’ kept lira cool and enjoyed the Prevtously heluKl saidhe corpraate director on the eve “Altogether the prizes are thouit of a speech hewill give in experience' regulators lost the worth a little over $6000” New York on corporate she said “I have been begging people documents Last week die mix-u- p House White called a it ' responsibility ' to go to The Price is Right Speth attended the taping by lawyers r said! “People love to play poliwith she me” with four cousins one aunt In his dealings involving he said” You know tics” her mother and grandmother Her family has renteda Harken a decade ago Bush aaid die Democrats are' you who are all big tens of the beach house in Capistrano said Securities the sod mie based upon attack to “ going show They wore matching " ! Calif fra four years and she Commission “fully Harken That’s nodiing new” Exchange fluorescent green that has always wanted to go to a ' looked into the matter they Bushalso faced said “9 wives frran Utah love taping of the game show at looked at all aspects of it and between Bob” CBS studios in West Holly- Harken transactions under his they did so in a vety thorough ‘ wood This year they decided While they were walking ' watdh and the sham aff-th-e way and the people that to go and got their tickets tp into the: studio Speth said proIndeed into it said there is no books paitnenhipsdutt Enron v ducers asked them for their “the show two months in case’V: more recently used to hide “ ' advance' names what they did and The SEC forced the hundreds of millions tif dolwhere they were from Afterlars in losses Arthur Andersen Speth who is a beautician at wards they kept looking in was the accounting firm in Hair in Logan and is ' reflect milliniM of dollars in Bejrond the group’s direction so she botii losses that had hidden cases been Weber by at studying radiology was pretty sure ode of 6mm the sale of a subsidiary to a “ As Bush described it Mon-da- y State said she would like to would be called to “come on when the SEC cried foul group of insiders ' “V go on another game show down” on And Bush who was the Harken’a v on sale of a wl sometime' ' audit committee on it looks how to conqumy’s Contrary v sidiarytoapartnenhmofits “I’d probably like to be eta was the Hitnect of a separate " own executives arinch had the ' insider-stoc- k trade investiga- - Veffectuf cwjicealmg $10 Price Bush 4 “ - - 1 unoranfrat-ablecoirqieriso- - mil-jtiot- : Spetii’i appearance on The Price is Ridit will air on Sept' 26' : “The SEC took no action s 'against Bush in that inquiry tii agency sunmiaty on die h AUANNUnTESmNOrtinaMEOUAU I I ' - - fj‘v i- - y complicated transactiou” ' ' i" a i- nj r “'v' '' ’i ' ' AT ' : t ''ifC: i : ' lv MtoryaurfMEsdueNtonteelMonARP y Mnntiff Angus RograiT i vrAbodUtodNidnidtthttoiWGlwVwlnincW' donom facing union todty“ FajHVE copy eWm mm plaining oonoI ' X V V- - i i ' ipvyivIivi“ D0N0TVMNTY0UT0KN0WI H i V1' n fi opinion “ as to hbw to account for a si L?- - - 'I if L' ItaiikifpBiwaLan'' honest difference of V i'A" WK 1 i ' i YounMdanuNntomnjiknpoitoniquMiianitogaRfng 'YOURNMUnY nLaniiiJiSAta (iJ6i ip bOyH tnnupii ptywQ v NO R8X to yourprindptoi Rnj out HMtaannoi Compintoiind Banks na : " ‘I: one-ten- th i r v” he I i : ! “The state reimburses us when we go over that amount” Keller said In addition a portion of die county’s contribution to die impact fund— about 75 percent— can be withdrawn and utilized for fire prevention projects Prevention is key according to Keller Incidents like one on Sunday involv ing a single tree on fire across from the Preston Valley Campground in Logan Canyon cause Pitcher to flinch National According to Wasatch-CacFproptDistriaRangrrRpbGnii the fire whidi burned about of en acre and attracted die attention of both Cache County and Logan city fire departments was “human caused” Tt was pretty small but it could have taken off if conditions were right” Cruz warned ( The county's paltry wildland fire budget pays fra wages and meals only “We have another line that pays for equipment and things like that” Pitcher a cue card with the person’s name on it June 26 resumed Monday and‘ is scheduled to end Tuesday The governor came back with his own plan on Satur- day Under law the state’s budget must be balanced Beyond the $101 million in ' program cuts the GOFs plan would take the rest of the shortfall from the Centennial Highway Fluid at $387 mil- -' lioo delays in capital facilities project! at $163 million and popular phrase because of ill the noise and excitranent in r $J7 million from the $437 million tobacco fund the audience so they hold up ds 1 b Astro' Data’ ed that” Continued from A1 &A O E3 S3 ES3 fires The individual cities take care of w : aSmonm SOM '3 TS&Zm CT 1 - I" s rf ! ’ - ? 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