Show A2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday November 28 2003 Nation Student disappearance baffles N Dakota city GRAND FORKS ND (AP) — In a small state that boasts one of the lowest crime rates in the country Dru Sjodin's disappearance is as battling as it is troubling Authorities believe the 22-- 1 year-ol- d University of North Dakota senior may have been abducted while she' was talk- ing to her boyfriend on her : cellphone Even though they have ' received more than 450 calls to a tip line since she disap- peared last Saturday police say they have no suspects of anyone who has liny credible jV' : infbrmati(m''v ’ Grand Forks a city of abimt 49000 people is a place where people tend to know their neighbors and where the low crime rate is mentioned Kaycie Gamblin 6 left’ and Brandon Gamblin 11 ofHiqksville NY watch as the Square during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade Thursday in New York NEW YORK(AP) — Parents hoisted little ones atop their shoulders so they could see over the huge crowds and big-- : kids scrambled up la’mp ppst'to ' ' ger watch “Super Grover" hnd Barney float1" 'past in the annual Thanksgiving parade “ It's out here" said Sime-”- '' :'on Brown 41 who brought his four chi dren and four nephews up front the watch Charleston SC:to extraya- jam-pack- ' gana: v ’ of hits dose to home espe- dally in this town where1 somebody probably knew somebody who knew her” While most University of North Dakota students went homefor Thanksgiving about returned from Iraq in July “I'm thankful 30 of her friends stayed to that I didn't lose anybody in my unit’’ search for her ' Thanksgiving dinner also was a fitting We re going to be up here observationof the holiday elsewhere- it takes ’ unfilwe ibngas ' At San Francisco’s Glide Memorial - find something’7 said Hans ' irch 1200 volunr slept vTwee(I We h ills starting with 'V- M vt " pelitors i n iheTurkeyTrot a road race that preceded the parade Matt Engel-- 0 brc'cht 17 ran clad only in shorts and- - ' Macy’s Thanksgiving Day' photo '''' ingsharing and watchihgfootbaI:TheSattackgene’’ saidTopoL? them saying the Jes- - f “Everyonewho has thisgehe governor corrected u— u — a u - parade' balloon ( pie from Bush told some 600 sddicrs who were ’ stunned and delighted by his appearance' Army cikiks and volunteers prepared ' and scrved50(K) meals ai Fort Carson : outside Colorado SpringSColo Thirty- two soldiers based at Fort Carson have been killed in Iraq ' ’ ' : : Another huge feast Was set out for tHe-3rInfantry Division and 'lheir families arid retired veterans at Hunter Army Airfield at Savannah Ga ’ : ‘’U was really jnce to see them do that for like said us” something Spc: Joshua Cline of Boring Ore who have you 100 membersof ah towafam- ' ily where heiirt disease and j:-oal heart attack have been ' mein for generation after gen com-annu- : eration They found that members of the family with i heart disease had a MEF2A gene that lacked some keybiut: of DN A This apparently caiis- es the arteries to thicken and become clogged " It will take more studyto determihe if MEF2A plays a ' role in heart diseaseamong people outside of families where the mutation is inherit--' ed i The Physicians andStaff of Alpine Orthopaedic Specialists congratulate the Logan High Football Team on a great season played and agility The gene makes a protein’ ' that regulates some other ' said those and Topol genes will rtow be analyzed to see if : athletic achievements and even more the high caliber of their character For this too we congratulate them and are proud to be their sports medicine physicians rine : fctkopaedic Ipecialbts “We're on your team” 23B0Sorth 400 Ernst Suite A Lagan UT8434I Great savings on artificial Christmas trees wreaths and garlands Also on sale Salt City Candles tights ornaments and much muds more! ! Sports Medicine Specialists noted their Ve have Don't Forget Jonathan T FinnoJf DO : Michael L Clegg MD Keith J Gregory J Hicken MD Richard E Gordon MD Terry Finlayson MD Richard A Sl Onge MD Brent A Felix MD with Call: Toll Free: - Amaryllis Plants for tiie Holidays! Nelson MD Brad J Larson MD For a visit 'Traditional : 435-787-20- 35 Beautiful Nativity Scenes to Choose From! your specialist SEED & QARDENc 00 877-787-20- 31 69 West Center Logan (438) J 752-23- 45 ' 10i : We recognize the nationally ranked ability of our ariea athletes For years we have tested their speed strength ' Tn The extravagant parade down Broad- also delivered a little New York sasS way ' as gravel-voice- d actor Harvey Fierstein appeared as his flamboyant “Hairspray ” character Edna Turnblad The “Edna” character was dressed as Mrs Santa ' Claus ' nieinbe'rs-o- ' Researchers isolate first heart attack gene hjsieam J§ - AUSTIN Texas (AP) — It’s official: State troopers may not watch movies on the job Video shot last week by Austin TV station KXAN shows trixiper Cynthia Salinas : with a portable DVD player in her patrol car The trooper was in the driver's seat with all four dixirs closed and looking dow n in the direction of the DVD screen as a movie played “All Capitol troopers have been told that such conduct will hot be tolerated and they have been reminded they must maintain a high level of vigi- lance” said a statement issued by Texas Department of Public Safety: A trooper supervisor origi-- : nally responded by saying as long as the trooper was paying attention to her job she also could view a movie But the agency's statement issued Friday said the action violated policy 'ommL?t 1 bn - ' ' search but has referred calls tn iv1i f'fiSCIeveland daipp chill on-du- ty alive Period” church began serving the meals 28 years WASHINGTON (AP)r- -' ' ' ’v ago A band provided dance musicfor some ’ the first gene linked directly the more than 3000 people at theiv?L tu heart attacks has beeniso- - f Thanksgiving dinner put ion by the lated from an extended Iowa Beermari Foundation in Dayton Ohio plagued family that has for generations with rampant ' “It is a dinner for the homeless needy and the lonely so that no one has to spend coronary artery disease! i the holidayalone ’’spokeswoman The gene called MEF2A ' said Kathryn Panstingej pjays a role in protecting the llIin6isGov Rod Blagojevich visited a 'artery Vails from building up" shelter for homeless families in Chicago plaque that can impede blood toreadaThanksgiying taleand drop offfe- ' flow and lead to heart attacks books hats epats and gloves for children said Dr Eric J Topol of the Clinic headof a livinghereiV1 that discovered the genes’ll The children told him the riioral of is the first heart tale was that Thanksgiving is about )s instituted for troopers dof it onanegutive note if she js Ifs going to - :i Movie ban - : " - -- ' -- Elizabeth Smart Smart who turned 16 this month was abducted at knifepoint from her Utah homd June 5 2002 then was found and her alleged kidnappers arrested nine months later “The way we do investiga- tidns we do it on a positive note" said police Lt Dennis' Eggebraaten “We’re not - ’ - Linder aclear blue sky and enjoying hundreds of temperatures in the thousands of people packed Broadway standing 2() deep in areas Manywereso far back they could only see ihe giant bab"V loons floating overhead Rain dampened Thanksgiving feslivi-tie- s :’ in some other areas James BritUui kept a tight grip on a steaming milg of cappuccino as drizzle dampened the Woodward Avenue parade mid-5(- " barely and haven’t done'any- thing but worry about her” Athorities muin opli mistic lhat Sjtxiin is alive holding up the example of AP photo in Ronald McDonald balloon floats down Broadway Times ed - Unbelievable: University of North Dakota student Dru Sjodin shown in this undated family photo was reported miss-- ing on Saturday |