Show A10 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday September 16 2002 - Lookionlinojonweathe 0 National temperaturei Cache Valley outlook Utah outlook Forecast for Monday HCCUWeathercom toncwl lor davfrna : Temperatures indicate Sunday's high and overnight low to 8 pm Eastern Time conditions higMow temperature IMHO t'O — -0 :- 0 ersr utocwiT O 0 O RIcMMdM'SO 0 icU T Q M VM--l NEV wsr TUESDAY EXTENDED Partly doudy with 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms Highs In the 70s Mostly sunny highs in the 70s lows in the 90s Highs in the 70s lows in the 30s partly doudy with wind ' Synopsis: A pacific trough will move across northern and western Utah on Monday A strong wester flow following the trough will bring weak weather disturbances in N Utah f jivsT-'- y i From the hews wire O By JLflk Ootyl4-M- n V4V TODAY Mt 02002 AocuWeemer h O The Associated Press The remnants of Tropical Storm Hanna downgraded to a tropical depression brought rain and overcast skies to the eastern third of the United States on Sunday stretching from the Gulf Coast to the Rainfall spread from the Florida Panhandle north- City HI- Lo 84 48 46 49 84 82 Logan- Mehdon Pic Almanac HI Lo Logan Peak 84 60 KVNU 8Q 43 52 44 City SmlthfieM ward across the the Northeast parts of Georgia South Carolina i Strong storms rolled through central North Carolina bringing rainfall up to 3 indies per hour in some areas Sanford NC saw morethan 4 inches of rain Sunday while parts of Florida saw up to 2 inches A cold front brought showers mid thunderstorms to much of the Ohio Valley Midwest and Northeast Severe thunderstorms and heavy rain struck southern Texas with around a half-inc- h of precipitation in many areas Corpus Christi had 264 inches of rain by late afternoon The northern Plains Rockies Great Basin and Pacific Coast all saw cool dry weather Sunday’s temperatures around the Lower 48 states ranged from a morning low of 30 in Leadville Colo to a high of 97 in Phoenix Pic Up above Man: Sunrise: 7:05 Sunset: 7:39 Humidity: 51 percent UV Index: 6 (moderate) Visibility: 10 miles Moon: Ful moon Sept 21 Lawn Water use: 5 days between watering water with 1 1nch ’ today Mercury is at ltd greatest latitude south of the ecliptic plane degrees) Today at 6 pm the sun enters Virgo Having just left Leo Virgo Is the sky's second largest constellation (1294428 sq degrees): Leo is the 12th largest constetaHon At 11 pm r astronomyOrockatmallom to rlto to Ito Sto Ito 4to Ito tto Sto Banto Mpurati high tarvpurakjrvzonto lor tw toy cTo Continued from A1 Iraq Continued from A1 arrived saying they had won the grand prize They were awarded $300 worth of bedding plants that were delivered from Salt Lake City They really didn’t use many of those flowers though ' because LaMar prefers to stick i with flowers of his own choice specifically annuals ' In planting only annuals he starts over every spring plant- ing between 10 and 15 different types of flowers arranging them in specific patterns LaMar said that it takes about three days every spring to : r i ‘ ' plant “I tell him what flowers I want and where and then I shut the door” said Janice with a chuckle “Most of the time it is completely different from what I tell him but it is always beautiful” The Spackmans are used to the attention their yard has been given They have had people from all over the country stop to look at their yard Some actually get put arid compliment then while others (Hill over and take pictures Janice said that one time they received a letter from some people in North Dakota who had heard about it and wanted to come see it They told the Spackmans that it was the most beautiful yard they had seen in the whole trip They have even been asked for the use of their yard for bridal pictures and a wedding “We don't mind at all” said Janice “It makes you feel good that you are doing something that others enjoy” As for future plans the Spackmans anticipate that they may have to give up the flowers next year due to road construction depending on how far the road is widened If not they don’t have any plans of giving up planting flowers However planting flowers is hot without a cost “Everything you do costs money though and this is worth it" srud Janice “We enjoy meeting people andIsee- ing them enjoy our yard” “It’s a lot or work but a lot to come Much depends on how the ’ campaign against Hussein here But from develops right now it seems possible drat one way or another US inter- vention in Iraq could be a ' defining geopolitical event equal in import to the fall of the Shah of Iran or the 1967 Arab- - Israeli War “What the Bush administration has in mind is a broad vision which really involves changing the character of the Middle East” says Meyrav Wurmser director of the Center for Middle East Policy at the Hudson Institute In Washington it’s dear that the faction of the administra- don most interested in pursuing military action against Saddam Hussein has goals for change that go beyond Iraq’s borders In a speech in August Vice President Dick Cheney argued that the removal of the threat posed by Saddam would Schools Continued from A1 Park Gty has taken 16 superintendent applications from coast to coast and expects more by month’s end said district personnel director Tom Van Gorder About six years ago that board took about 30 applicants Provo School District last ' year had 11 people clamming for the top job that eventually went to Patti Harrington Davis School District earlier this year received 10 applications including one from ’ American Heart Association est percentage of respondents favoring an attack on Tri- Iraq- bune ’s independent pollster Vhlley Research of Salt Lake Gty carries a margin of f error of plus or rqjnus 2T - Females those younger than 30 and older than 60 as well as respondents from rural Utah were the most - inclined Male and female respon-den- ts equally favored armed andopjption r r Iraqi govern- ment and the way surrounding nations view such a new regime Iraq like virtually all Brian Bowles Bountiful High principal and former vice president of Hawaii’s Polynesian Cultural Center who eventually got the job Bowles says he threw his hat in die ring “because the way I can affect education at a district level is different from die way I can affect education in my classroom or even as a school administrator” But he can see why other qualified applicants might holdback “It certainly is more comfortable not to (apply)” Bowles said “It’s a volatile time to be in education” Superintendents are not mily instructional leaden who (New to Bush as nations in the region has no history of democracy Its current borders are a creation of : British colonial rulers who melded together areas dominated by Kurds Shiite and Sunni Muslims and other sometimes antagonistic groups into one state But Iraq also has a generally urban population and a tradition of entre- well-educat- ed preneurship Optimists say that democracy and capitalism could thrive there if allowed to take root “Iraqis have the potential to be the Japanese of the Mid- - negotiate with teachers unions and oversee thousands of workers They are die public relations face of the district They take swipes in newspapers mid TV at the Legislature and from angry parents They get sued This year they’re slashing budgets And they don’t have the job security of tenure “There is so much turmoil and it doesn’t seem like foe public is really behind the public school system” said Winston Cleave executive director of the Utah School Boards Association “Most superintendents I’m talking to now are saying it’s not fun today fora AD and receive a Exam Free Cleanins an Whitening! 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Center ‘peace "W on the Israeli-Palestini- an question in the year following foe US victory fra instance Progress was but incremental Some go so far as to call the -- optimistic outlook overly romantic — foe unrealistic dream of Cheney of Arabia Iraqi ethnic factions are so1 hostile they could make a Iraq a seething caldron Afghanistan political by contrast might look as serene as Vermont Surrounding nations fearing for their own safety due to the instability across foe Iraqi border might well become more autocratic not less Turkey fears Kurdish claims on its territory fra instance Iran which fought a grinding war against Iraq in the 1980s fears its reemergence as a post-Sadda- m an ' strategic competitor Palestinian extremists see- ing the loss of a prime backer and the rise of tire US in the region could become even more violenL Their rage could sweep into Jordan threatening a key US ally whose population is generally “If we have any illusions pro-Husse- in about this transforming the Middle East into a democratic place let’s think about that a little more” said Shibley a Middle East expert at the University of Maryland during testimony before tire Senator Foreign Relations Committee last month Tel-ha- mi Business Flan For Success Learn Successful Business Techniques Financing Options Marketing Strategies Advertising Approaches Manual Record Systems Financial Analysis & Control Building Your Business Plait Free Consulting Provided Dates: Tuesday40ctrt-fcovl9fk6:lSpm-8:4S- L E V‘ E L pm' Cost: $280 Partners $120 Scholarship Availableon Income 2002 SHDC Register By September ys 7524533 Sponsors Include: USU Small Business Development Center Zions Bank Bear River Association of Governments USU Community Credit Union USU Extension A College of Business m Partnership with the SBA c i - 1 Of course similar optimistic projections of regional change were after foe first Gulf War over ten years ago Few came to pass James Baker then- Secretary of State made a concerted push for progress It might also make Saudi Arabia less important to the United States Iraq could serve as a Gulf region base replac-in- g US installations on the Saudi peninsula Iraqi oil reserves could replace Saudi ones in the US geopolitical calculation “The goal at the moment is Iraq but the ripple effects of this mean that for the first time one will have an American relationship to the Middle East based on foe interests of the populations in the region as opposed to dealing with autocratic regimes like Saudi Arabia and Egypt” said Kanan Makiya a noted Iraqi dissident and Brandeis professor of foreign relations following a conference of Iraq opposition figures near London on Sept 6 - 87X710NMY O die East" says Jay Davis national security fellow at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab and a former UNSCOM inspectra in Iraq With a beachhead in Iraq democracy might then spread throughout foe region in the view of some in foe administration In particular it might lead to more openness and accountability in the Palestinian Authority and a correspond- ing Israeli receptivity to a renewed peace process T By sending money to the families of suicide bombers and generally urging Palestinian extremists to confront Israel Saddam has contributed to the cycle of violence His elimination alone could brighten prospects there for israeli-Palestini- to lOto 797-22- X-ra- tend Only) 10 cdy 12 cdy m 75 76 67 anymore” Mention this 1both expire Oa 16 2002 J ' p lessen tensions throughout the Middle East including those between Israel and surrounding hostile Arab states Those interested in more freedom and democracy in the region would find their hand strengthened Cheney argued before the Veterans of Foreign Wars Projections for such positive developments rest crucially on two dungs: the nature of any post-Sadda- m : v u i j tclabel criticism Call Offer Does Your Heart Good J The survey conducted Sept 3 through 5 by The of fun” said LaMar !ia intervention into Iraq but those older than 60 were the least enamored with die proposal Utah County had the high- - Continued from A1 - LLLsa llto lUUW G2 El E33 Data Yard I 70s COLD E 1 i i i mid-Atlan- tic Local temperatures 90 New Orleans 93 New York City 81 Phoenix 104 80 dr 81 m 58 Pittsburgh Reno 93 54 dr 81 Richmond 62 05 m Sacramento 92 57 dr Seattle 76 58 cdy Tucson 95 67 dr Tulsa 78 67 M cdy m WasNngtan&C 83 67 Regional Temperatures 84 50 000 Brigham City 81 Cedar City 43 000 85 54 000 Layton 83 54 000 Ogden Provo 82 48 000 Salt Lake City 86 54 000 97 64 000 St George Tooele 88 59 000 Wendover 88 55 000 95 62 000 The AccuWeathercom forecast for noon Sunday Sept 15 I Qgdwi Miami Beach t |