Show tVoll94ol33lKITiursdayNovember27r2003flHBrldgerland’t Woathor DailyNtwspaperHHHHHRLoganlUtahlO 2003IUQfp£ M Partly cloudy and perfect for a feast : By Jason Bergreen staff writer Utah Highway Patrol troopers will once again step up patrols on Cache County streets and highways to catch speeders drunk drivers and people not wearing their seat belts ' during the Thanksgiving holiday Comthe or Operation CARE bined Accident Reduction Effort program got under way in Cache Rich and Box Elder counties on ' Wednesday and will end Sunday Update l Thanksgiving disposal keeps plumbers busy them” UHP Labor Day weekend Bear River Health Department survey coordinator Todd Barson said those numbers are low but will slightly increase after the holiday: "Why is it that it continues to take something like a major holiday where there's lots of travel and lots of media information about increased law enforcement or increased risk for crashes to get people to increase those numbers?”- : Hutson said “We emphasize seat belts and the things that cause people to lose their lives — DUIs speed seat belts are always a high priority" A survey conducted Nov 4 through 10 at six locations in Cache County concluded that 67 percent and passengers wear their seat belts That number reflected the percentage of seat belt wearers spotted duiing a four-da- y study prior see — Page A16 EQM evening "It’s to enforce violations as we Sgt-Ton- : Despite the numbers Utah' ' two to three additional troopers will be on the road assisting troopers patrolling Cache County on Wednesday and Sunday “We tend to just emphasis the travebdavs'' Hutson said on-du- ty - 2002lhere were in - BarOson asked In car Crashes d according to Jackie Hails the traffic research coordinator for the Inter- - : mountain Injury Control Research Center Of those three occurred in Cache County None occurred during last year's Thanksgiving weekend ' to' drug-relate- 61 fatal DUI or ’ Valloy charity The Christian Science Monitor Plumber Bob of Kevin Shaw Plumbing has a pressing question for historians: Where is Squanto when we need him? The legendary native ' American taught Pilgrims the mean- ' ing of Thanksgiving in 1621 — but history records little of his advice on 'table-scra- p disposal : Thanks to that omission the-- ' nation's day of gratitude has a grow-- ’ ing and humorous dark side V Thanksgiving has become far arid away the busiest time of the year for pjumbers trying to take out what nature - or good sense — never intended to be put in So as turkeys cool plumbers grab plungers and overtime punch cards And some- times the scepters of peace ' Take Victor Gutierrez One November Thursday the V Redondo Beach Calif plumber arrived af a home where the man had bet his wife $100 that the culprit of their clogged sink’w&s not potato shake peels When the ' ' revealed that it wasindeed potato peels theman paid Mr Gutierrez $100 not to tell his wife:'''" And from those other trenches— the bathrooms downthe hall — T plumbers report holiday finds of 'everything from “hot wheel" toy cars to toothbrushes wigs and false:' -r- '' '' drain-cleari- ' ng i ' Eli LuceroHeraldJournal : v : Leo Robinson helps distribute food atthe Cache Community Food Pantry on Tuesday' afternoon ' ’ See PLUMBER on A8 ' Quick road Is there a fun or Jasdnating Web sits you would like to share with tallow HJ readers? Call Valey donations provide fixings for Thanksgiving feast for 200 families the newspaper at 1 and it could appear here Don't forget to leave your name and town of residence 752-212- ' By David Nelson Thia weak' featured staff writer alto: urbanextuiudedutufkey Jinkshtml y this is one of dozens of Internet pages offering turkey preparation tips links and hotline numbers for Thanksgiving cooks It is sponsored by the Universi' ty of Illinois Extension Sendee Pooplo Indox Following are some of the local names that appear in today’s Herald Journal: BarteH Canton (Ct) Said Ghabayen (Cl) Benjamin Kemp (Cl) Jeff Louder ' (A2) Richard Keeler (A4) Lydia White-hea- d (B1) Trad Weaver (B2) Coital Hodges (B6J Colby Campbell (B6) AMson Gamble (B1) Kayiene Murray (A3) KJ Hogan (A3) Stacie WMiamson (A3) Race Black (A3) Indox Two days before Thanksgiving frozen turkeys were flying out the door They wine joined in the exodus by shopping carts full of canned cranberry sauce pumpkin pie filling mashed potato mix and evaporated milk the holiday staples leaving as fast as Matt Whitaker had ever seen them go But the bustle wasn't in a giant : ' supermarket parking lot or the' tile aisles of a gleaming grocer's deli The steady stream of fouttraf-fic which tallied 200 families by the end of the day Wednesday was ' preparing for Thanksgiving at a ' y sheet metal warehouse at 359 S Main in Logan e- - the humble home of the Cache Community Food Pantry The wide range and iaige num-- : her of families senior citizens and others fed this holiday season by the local food pantry truly epito- mizes the community it set out to ' serve 15 years ago! 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Obituaries C7 Opinion C6 Sports wwwhjnewsoom A1 4 :A4 B1 doors’ 66 been doing this “I’ve for 15 years andJ’m'-stil- overwhelmed People give and give we couldn’t do it with' out them”: : -- JoyceTarbet local families in need comes from “It’s just unbelievable" said v Whitaker “Because of this community we’re one of the only food pantries that never has to shut its : l the end of the year “People give and give we couldn’t do h without them” " While Whitaker said donations came to the pantry all year long a food drive two weeks ago — that left tables overflowing with goods 200 frozen turkeys donated by an area family and a line of cars blocking Main Street while they '" ’ See PANTRY on Alt Snowpack drought SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Parched Utah is getting some relief with an snowpack for late November but officials warn it doesn’t mean the drought is over The latest snowpack figures were compiled Monday by the US Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service They show that river basins throughout the state average 108 percent above-norm- ed See AARP on Aid ' ‘T’ve been doingthisfnr 15 ' years and I’m still Overwhelmed said Joyce Tarhet who will retire from her position as the Cache Community Food Pantry director at ignites AARP member rebellion BOSTON (AP) — Senior citizens angry over the AARP's endorsement of the Medicare bill are ripping up or burning their AARP membership cards and flooding the lobbying group's Internet message board with complaints in what could be the biggest revolt in its ranks since the 1980s Many fear the Btraftt confusion bill approved by — Page A9 Congress on Tuesday will " harm senior citizens and they say the AARP — the nation's most influential retiree lobby with 35 million members — sold them out The bill “destroys one of the most successful programs in the history of this country” Isaac Ben Ezra president of the Massachusetts Senior Action CounciL said as he led a : Especially during the busiest time of year for providing holiday meals to those in need Bill RepuMi-can-back- ClafrftadsC9 Comics Movies - : AP photo Myra McCoy 76 of Cambridge Mara tears up her AARP card outside the organization's Boston office on Monday Several dozen angry seniors gffihered to criticizt the group's support of a Marfcars Mi that was passed by Congress on Tuesday More proteHsrs gathered agaai Wednesday ¥ al See EASE on Alt |