Show A12 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday September 30 2002 THE iMrrV ypi‘ri - mrr-rrcir-i TV 11 - S ri Forecast for Monday IDAHO wvo 'Logan ’ Ogden National temperatures Cache Valley outlook Utah outlook Cljyy I 5942° VU- 5836' 'swyiSSJ' i fV VS - - Salt Lake City 66 45 (L 1 (Ssis? TODAY TUESDAY Mostty cloudy with Mostly doudy with a 50 percent chance of rain Highs in the lower a 30 percent ' NEV Provo 62 43° chance of rain and thunderstorms Highs around 50s J Temperatures Indicate Saturday's high and overnight low to 8 pm Eastern Time Hi Lo Prc Otk Amarillo 83 57 cdy 50 45 02 m Anchorage Asheville 72 58 cdy 75 49 dr Billings Boise 70 52 cdy Buffalo 70 47 cdy Columbia SC 81 71 cdy ' Columbus Ohio 77 52 dr Denver 79 42 dr Des Moines 90 ’ 59 cdy Detroit 77 54 cdy Duluth 49 44 cdy Paso 84 69 cdy Evansville 83 56 cdy 11 cdy Fairbanks 53 43 58 38 m Fargo 63 36 01 cdy Flagstaff Honolulu 86 75 dr Houston 88 68 cdy 80 57 cdy Indianapolis Juneau 54 43 12 cdy The AccuWeathercom forecast for EXTENDED Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain Highs in the lower 50s lows in the 30s 50s Synopsis: A low pressure system over southern Utah will leave the area Sunday The next pacific storm wiO push a Si T44TJ Cadar CIty i Vv 47 COLO cold front into northern Utah by early today From the news wire 42“ J By fi SL George' a - The Associated Press 7954' ' ' A Clear crisp skies stretched oyer the Northeast Sun- rr day while farther south scattered showers in Georgia South Carolina and Florida interrupted generally fair skies'' -- - 10a r- 0a - 0s t vra ni 10s 10a 30a 40a Las Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Memphis 74 85 New York City 70 91 Omaha Phoenix Portland Ore Reno Sacramento St Louis San Francisco ' Seattle 62 63 cdy cdy 56 cjr 95 62 72 76 86 69 61 dr 21 57 74 55 47 55 67 54 52 dr 29 m cdy dr cdy cdy 15 cdy Regional Temperatures 72 57 Brigham City Bryce CanyonNP 54 36 64 42 Cedar City 67 54 Ogden 64 54 Provo Richfield 63 43 67 58 73 49 81 57 ZionNP 74' 52 000 034 025 t 000 045 000 00& 012? 042 noon Monday Sept 30 i i Ha Ms : r 70a i i 100a 00a 10s 110a Banda aapamls high lamparalura zonas tar 3w day Showers and thunderstorms over the Great Lakes Indiana and Michigan largely dissipated but were expected to be replaced by a storm system developing in southern Wisconsin Almanac Sundae: 720 am Up Sunset: 7:1 5 Index: 4 (low) Condltlona: partly doudy Vtalbtllty: 5 miles Moore Had moor waning new Od 6 Lawn Water use: 5 days between watering water with 1 inch II E ip above pm Humidity: 45 percent UV Residents in the Florida Keys were bracing for strong wind and rain brought on by the approach of Tropical Storm Lili which was expected to begin affecting Eastern states by Monday or Tuesday piMtsMWsmMWO Venus is at its brightest magnitude Brighter yet when Venus swings over to the other'side of the sun passing through inferior conjunction which lies between us and the sun In December ' Venus wM be bright enough to be seen during the day : astronomyGrocketmailcom In the nation's midsection northern Nebraska and ' Iowa were hit by heavy rain and thunderstorms The West was mostly fair with isolated showers in western Oregon and Washington and heavy rain in Utah' Temperatures in the lower 48 states Sunday ranged from a morning low of 22 degrees in Stanley Idaho to an early afternoon high of 91 in Waycross Ga CschValley Iorecast provided bJtatlonatWeatherServlc6iUp aidMitiaMghJbtfMMi&LeASNi Senior Poverty Continued from A 1 Continued from A1 down at all “He can still do more work than most will doT said Gene Warrick said he still owns a CAT a semi- truck and a back hoe from a construction business he started years ago Gene said Warrick uses his equipment to help do jobs for people that they can’t afford to have done Tamara said that two years ago Warrick insisted that he build her girls a playhouse Gene said that he spent a whole summer helping him build a mobile home park When the Banida River flooded this summer Tamara said hie was there helping residents with their yards “He didn’t leave until he had everybody’s driveway looking good” said Tamara Ikie Talbot apother friend and neighbor of Warrick’s said not only is he ambitious but " very talented “He's quite the handyman said Talbot “He knows just about everything there is to know about a motor I rely on him quite a biL” Talbot said that Warrick has hauled gnlvel cleared out snow and fixed machines and accepts nothing in return “I've tried to pay him but he will never take any money” said Talbot “He's about the best guy in the world I'll tell you that” Gene said that Warrick has just taken a lot of hard knocks in his life and made the best mil of it “If you give him lemons he'll make lemonade’' said Tamara “I just like to help people out” said Warrick “I'm not as ambitious as I used to be but as long as I can go that’s the way I want to be” " In the US the poverty rate for children : s in was worse than in 19 other rich countries according to a study by Sheldon Danziger an economist at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor Referring to Bush’s campaign slogan he titled the study — “No Child Left Behind?” — with a question mark ' It shows that 223 percent of children in 1997 lived in families with incomes less than half the median The median is the level where half of households have more income half have less income By this measure Italy had 202 percent Britain 198 percent (perhaps less today) Sweden 26 percent Germany 106 percent The overall average was 108 percent Asked why the US devotes relatively less effort to reducing child poverty Danziger notes the popular view that poor people are poor because they don’t study hard enough at school or don’t work hard enough at work They accept less the idea that institutional factors such as inadequate schools also are important Or that government can offset to a degree the disadvantage of inept parents “Americans have a relative distrust of government” he adds A political factor may be that poor Americans are also poor voters Politicians have less to fear from their voting power “They don’t have the money to buy influence either” says Smeeding thinking of campaign contributions the-1990- HMflM COLD cT" : m E3 CD ED STATIONARY 02a a KCkwr 4&- - ci —w Above featureprovided byAstrctData Your view During the 1990s shrinking unemployment did reduce poverty The percentage of households that were poor fell from 131 percent in 1993 to 113 in 2000 and back up to 117 percent lapt year “The best way td lower poverty is to run a economy” says Jared Bernstein aa economist at the Eco- Continued from A4 nomic Policy Institute in Washington “You need a tight labor market to deliver the fruits of the economy to the lowers percenL” Beyond this government programs could lift more working Americans out of poverty Mr Bernstein estimates that a boost in die national minimum wage from its present $313 an hour to the proposed $663 an hour could trim two-tentto three-tentof a percentage the level off poverty point If all eligible families with children participated fully in key federal safety net programs 38 million people could escape poverty ah analysis by the Urban Institute in Washington finds This 20 ' percent reduction in poverty is a rationale for improving access to such programs as food stamps Supplemental Security Income welfare and the EITC For comparison the number of poor Americans rose 13 million to 319 million last year The number of households on welfare has been cut to about 2 million — an extremely low level But many of the often single mothers pushed or encouraged into work still can’t adequately feed clothe or otherwise provide for their children An extra $30 billion invested in reducing poverty would help a lot Smeeding says “Can’t we be a little more creative?” hs : hs We have weapons of mass destruction also The US has the world’s largest stockpile of weapons Plus we will prove ourselves aggressors willing to attack other countries without military provocation or inter- national support The US has virtually no international support for this attack Europe strongly opposes this action Tbe Arab world is crying “no war!” Our aggression could spark a flame destabilizing the entire Middle East Our only solid ally is Israel a nation who regularly launches military strikes on civilian populations in Palestine We are not fighting for freedom! The current administration’s unilateral international policies impede freedom Sure Americans may remain free But what about the rest of the world? Most of our allies in the Middle East are not free countries Plus we are not giving -- y m J ItH Hrf ' lil ' F’ ii i IH8 171 fel' jv iihiiih ' I - '- ’ tional treaties such as glob- ( al warming the international court or arms ' reductions I call on my fellow Americans to become edu- -' cated about America’s foreign policy instead of following our leaders in blind patriotism We need to ask ourselves why the US is hated How can we change bur foreign policy to make friends rather than J -1 ( enemies? Let us fight for everybody’s freedom by promot-- ! ing stability and the eradication of poverty and ! warfare throughout the world by dedicating more resources to world econom-ic aid instead of military spending Killing innocent people in Iraq or anywhere will not bring national security Only respect and mutual understanding can ' make the world a safer I place for all mankind ' 1 -- Alene Alder Logan n Worn HearingZone RMME -- If the U-- goes to war then both there arguments could be logged against us - other countries a vote on how the world should be run We are dictating it by refusing to work with the rest of the world on interna- - i:W t " fr : K i 5 129 East 1400 North Logan Utah V Professional friendly staff Berbers Friezes nodical community Locally owned with 7 locations Remnants Get Your Home Ready For The Holidays! 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