Show i ' a The ©IMS i’ Settlers dug irrigation panal in three weeks —A3 umovers help Logan past Mountain Crest :v — B1 Vcather You wouldn't know it’s v October — PageAlO yOOTT OMMfOflD Agency to spend $36 billion on doesn’t address the transportation headaches caused by interstate congestion along the Wasatch Front home to die vast majority of Utah’s 22 million people document g The called Transportation 2030 lists more than 500 projects that the department would like to complete in the next 27 years along Utah’s areas next 27 years non-urba- Update in Shots offered as flu season n SALT LAKE CITY (AP) —The Utah Department of Transportation on Friday unveiled its$36 billion long-ranplan to improve non-urbUtah roads But state officials said that cost an ge forward-lookin- 6000 miles of non-urb- an highway “Every community in the state will have work done” said UDOT Executive Director John Njord That includes Beaver City a com- - u “Every community in the state done" UDOT will have work -- John Njord executive director munity of about 2700 resident three hours south of Salt Lake City UDOT is financially helping the city replace 53 street lights in the downtown district with decorative ambient lights “It’s going a step beyond the normal replacement needs It will add to the comfort” Mayor Wade Bradshaw said of the $1 80000 project of which the state is paying $80000 Among larger projects covered in the state’s plan include improving roads in Northern Utah The trucking industry has expressed concern about the state’s See PLAN on A10 M In our schools Jobs up for first time in months By Joe Rowley staff writer With flu season drawing near the Bear River Health Department will begin vaccinating residents on Monday As in other years the health department will focus its vaccination efforts on seniors and other residents who have a r' v” higher risk of £ catching the flu v This year is ferent than the Flu shots cost last few though $15 but Medicare because health ’ and some health care provideis insurance policies already have ' £? enough of the vaccine to take Health Depart- of evervone ment will be offer- wants it who big the shots from The 9to11 amMoni Disease days throughri- Pre1 to 4 r Control and from days the vention for pjn onTues-day-s last few years Thursdays and Fridays andjs has recommended that health fromt to 6 on Wednesdays 2 districts restrict vaccinations to k high-risonly people for the first months of the flu season' couple ' ' Despite abundant supplies of the vaccine the Bear River Health Department will continue to focus WASHINGTON (AP) - Getting shot dif-ypr- ! - 5j Cen-tersf- or on seniors with traveling clinics at local retirement homes and senior citizen centos in October “We’re still targeting the high-ris- k groups because we don’t want to let them slip through the cracks” said Carol Morrell immunization coordinator for the Bear River Health Department Infants people with weakened immune systems and women who will be more than three months pregnant between now and March should also get flu shots That isn’t to say that healthy people should young or middle-age- d pass on the vaccinations though “The advantage (to them getting immunized) is they're not taking it home to a young baby or family member who is at high risk” Morrell said Last year the health department gave 7000 shots in Cache Valley Morrell said However since the SeeFLUonAlO $50 I U$m Utahs© 2003 Vol’M No? 277® Saturday: OctobeC4 J2003 ' — Businesses added jobs in September for the first time in eight months and the nation’s unemployment rate stayed at 61 percent indicating better days maylie ahead for frustrated job seekers Payrolls grew by 57000 last month the Labor Department reported Friday and there was even new hope for the slumping manufacturing sector Some 29000 factory jobs were lost considerably fewer than in previous months Overall job losses in August initially reported at 93000 : photos by Mitch MascaroHerald Journal Cache High students — from left Danny Hansen Holly Blaylock and Michael GHden — put some finishing touches on their sand mandala earlier this week at the school The completed mandala is shown below mira- Wall Street surged on the news with the Dow Jones industrial average up more than 84 points and the Nasdaq with 44 points at dose President Bush said his administration's efforts to spur' a healthier economy were starting to take hold “Things are getting better” Bush said in Milwaukee standing in front of a huge poster of the city’s downtown emblazoned with the White House theme “Strengthening America’s Economy” “But there’s still work to The colors of the sand seemed to compliment the colors of the tie-dhanging on the walls And what better song to listen to while creating a mandala than Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters”? For the last week students in Craig Yeager’s art class at Cache High have taken on designing and creating a mandala a traditional Tibetan Buddhist monk sand- rts painting Two weeks ago the studentbpdy of Cache High went to the Ellen Ecdes Theatre to watch Tibetan Buddhist monks create an intricate mandala Students were sq inspired by the performance that they decided to design and create one of their own “I went two times (to see the monks)” said Jedd Wallace mandala represents the unity of d The the school and its individual panels were designed by the students: One panel had a heart in it symbolizing love another an owl for wisdom another a peace sym--1 bol while still another had scales for a balance In all eight brightly colored panels were surrounded by the rainbow-hue- d borders “When we went (to the Eccles Theatre) we went that together It just represented us It was what we wanted to do It was the school” said student Holly "Wonder of wonder jobs By Darrell Edward Ehrllck staff writer ye : ' cle of miracles there actually are jobs being created again” said Joel Naroff president of Naroff Economic Advisors : Inc Economists had expected the rate to rise to 62 percent with a loss of 25000 more Students create mandala to show their school unity 1 woe revised sharply to 41000 also a positive sign do” he said student-designe- Blaylock Chi Wednesday afternoon the students were still filling in sand with the chakpurs the copper-colore- d instruments that dispense the grains of sand Qn Thursday the same students who had worked hard on the mandala dumped the colored sand into the river — a blessing that will flow eventually to the He challenged Congress to make permanent recently enacted tax cuts rather than Id them expire on schedule Analysts warned against too much optimism from the first jobs increase since January “We should keep in mind that See JOBS oirA9 See COLORS on A9 Weapons report adds to Bush’s recent setbacks By Tom Raum Associated Press Writer Don't miss the bus Spotlight Index Classifieds B8 Obituaries Comic8B6 Movies Opinion — AS Sports wwwhjnewscom A8 A4 B1 WASHINGTON — Failure so far to find banned weapons in Iraq is the latest in a lengthening series of setbacks for President Bush It could increase public skepticism of his leadership — a decline already reflected in polls — tW'A and give Democrats new ammunition to claim the rush to war was a mistake The interim report by the CIA’s David Kay the chief US weapons inspector was more bad news for a White House already Justice from a probe into whether it leaked the name Analysis of a CIA agent from criticisd on Capitol Hill of its request for $87 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan and from a rebuff at the United Nations to its plea for financial and military help With costs and attacks on American sol diers climbing Bush has found his job approval numbers falling — to the lowest of his presidency at or below 50 percent in York Tunes some recent polls A CBS-Nepoll released Thursday night found that just 45 percent of Americans now have confidence in Bush’s ability to deal wisely with an international crisis down from 66 percent in April w three-day-o- ld ooo AP photo President Bush pauses while speaking at a in Milwaukee Wis on Friday paign fund-rais- Bush-Chene- See BUSH on A6 y 2004 cam- er vV ? 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