Show —- - ( ' I f ' j ‘ ' I 'i A10 — The Herald Journal Logain Utah Monday December 22 2003 I ‘ TODAY Mostly cloudy witfi patchy morning ' fog highs In tie lower 30s Ctoer- Ingin tie evening wh lews in the CudwCtiy ‘ Party cloudy wlffi hUw In the lower 30s and lows In the high teens - Mosty cloudy will highs In tie lower 30s and chance of rain and snow Increasing towards Christmas day ' Quality Department levels Issues daiy advisories to reduco from burning wood In stoves or fireplaces Green ns conditions are “sattstactory" yeflow means “bum If necessary" and red means to “avoid ' Today's advisory for Cache VMey is GREEN - Siirmatiiil srar JL Honolulu LasVdgas Los Angeles New Orleans Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pttaburgh Portland Ore Reno Salt Lake CRy A- - o Seattle 52 26 44 51 01 cdy cdy 03 iody ' 43 82 56 iody : dr 43 m - dr 64 68 64 40 72 38 51 47 34 74 ' 18 38 25 17 27 27 25 Vernal 40 53 56 43 46 46 55 46 52 36 ZionNP 61 Idaho Fats 43 40 44 30 19 29 Canyoniands Cedar City ' ' HeberCHy' 53 dr 37 cdy 37 24 55 13 44 - 32 cdy 38 27 dr 30 41 cdy 45' cdy Laketown r Ogden Provo Salt Lake City St George 2 2 ' Fats TWin 51 26 36 12 - 000 000 000 000 ' 000 000 V I r i X' (MX) 000 000 000 000 006 000 000 National weattwr mspupplMilons Conditions: swam consequences ol an waknciM : Kansas City Key West Avoloncho danger on San Francisco 58 51 Santa Fa Denver Fairbanks Faigo San Antonio 'Inc 02003 EXTENDED Air pollution advisory of Environmental The Utah 40°ir w TUESDAY !'- I Temperatures Indicata Sunday's high and overnight low to 8 pjn Eastern Time W tor daytime conditions hWtow IsmcwSturas i National tomporataros Cacho Valloy outlook Forecast for Monday AceuWeather xom forecast v Loo icon n eJorlwea th e r info’ inks: HHE1WEATHER Utah outlook l ' re The AceuWeather xom forecast for noon Monday Dec 22 involving okl 'i i—'i wwwavalanctieorg i i From the nows wire By The Associated Press Scattered snow showers dusted parts of the Nbrth-ea- st and Great Lakes on Saturday while clouds prevailed in the Pacific Northwest Lake-effeJ snow fell in western New York and northwestern Pennsylvania with Wales NY reporting 5 indies Elsewhere light snow showers passed through the Ohio Valley with eastern Kentucky and West Virginia getting less than 2 inches of snow Partly Sunny skies and dry conditions were seen in the Great Plains Midwest Mississippi Valley Desert ‘ Southwest and Rockies mid-Atlan- tic Sunder 7:50 Sunsatr4:59 am : : Soisticel Winter begins today in the northern hemisphere at 12:04 am ' Today is also the lunar perigee this position brings the moon closest to the Earth during this orbit The distance to the Earth from the moon today is at its ' closest: 222661 miles' pnri- - Humidity: 8g percent UV Index: 1 - (minimal) Conditions: Light snow mist visibility: !! miles 1 astronomyOreckebnalLcom Moon: New Dea 2? FoSsmdl ct (low) '' - czzzzzz ' opto T CacheValley forecast provided by National Weather Service -- Up Abovetfeature provided by"Astro Data ' area spans now have beefed- up patrols undercover officers and mandatory checkpoints :Officials!are unaware of a Tha government raised the national threat level to orange on for trucks said Sgt Wayne means of or specific target Sunday saying attacks were possible during the hofidays This Continued fromAl attack but some of their intel-ligen- ’ Ziese division spokesman for marks the fifth time the alert status has beOn raised to orange the California Highway mentions New York since the system was put in place in earty 2002 ' level say-- " thesecond-highe- st Patrol Areas around oil Washington and unspecified refineries and nuclear facili- -' High threat level precautions West Ccipsf cities said a ' ing attacks were possible diir- ' ties also are getting extra i v senior law enforcement offi- ing the holidays and that' threat indicators are “perhaps attention he added1' cial who spoke on condition ‘ The FBI’s Joint Terrorist '! greater now than at any point’’ of anonymity' ' ' Task Force in Philadelphia set since Sieptll-200:v:New York City Police Orange means a high risk of missionerRay Kelly said his up a command post to receive : V terrorist attack more and check out tips said FBI v was putting department ' ' '! Since May the level had officers orithe streets estab- spokeswoman Linda Vizi been at yellow or an elevated Residents who hear or see ' lishing checkpoints at bridges risk and in the middle of the ' and tunnels and patrolling the something suspicious should ' ' ' ' five-col91 1 if they think a threat scale' call waterways': al- that cited imminent or the FBI if it’s is reports Ridge Mayor Michael Bloombeig Laden’s ter-' Osaniabin that can wail she were there said that Qaida something although rorist network is trying to! said' : no specific threats “we have ' find holes in US aviation to always act as if there are !' ‘“People shouldn’t deter- : becauie it’s thebest and that”extremists in their own mind mine y to security: Way deter a terrorist attack’’' - ' ' whether they think it’s signifi-- abroad" areanticipating : attacksthut will rival or cant they should let us take a “Our great strengths are look' at It” Vizi said exceed the scope of the tenbr- -' what make us the obvious tar-AP SOURCE:Hw Offios of Honwland Sscirty ' ' ' '! Patrols were increased 1st attacks of Sept 1 1 ! 2001 said Bloomberg get” ' that hit the World Trade Cen- - ! v immediately at Florida's Port ' erdalewhere some $0000 The Golden Gate Bridge Ridge alw spoke abiiut the! 13 cruise on ter on Sept 11 originated were Laud"increased terror risk to gove- r- ' "ahd'other Sain Francisco Bay- passengers at Fverglades Fort officials added more state ships port spokeswoman Ellen Kennedy said police at curbs terminals and V “It looks like this is proba- - V At Boston’s Logain Airport Karen Kahl a meteorologist ' along perimeter roads Sunday ' iii 'the agency's Salt Lake City -- bly going to be it until Christ-- : where the two hijacked planes' Logan spokesman Phil mas day” she said office Kahl said ftecasfcrs ' expected more rain and rain- - ' ! A arid front is expected to ' Continued from A 1 arrive in Northern Utah on ! snow mix They were closely sailed from the kitchen in monitoring thestorm to deter- Thursday afternoon bringing ' response"d mine1 which areas of the state v rain iind then snow overnight Sunday mom-- ’ But One niU a few weeks afternoon main ! Kahl said The storm could icarly white wouldsee : ing By ' While I was engrossed in later roads wererelatively clear and “It really just ended up linger until Saturday morning Continued fhHnA4 ' ' ' the news my wife evening bit sidestreets were covered in smaitar With another storm colder than being a little : room and the Sun-da- y f living "entered : snow and slush it behind in on we thought” she said adding moving work I reviewed some of her ' handed hie a round deep So depending on that “very wet snow” was 'They’re hitting it hard' and ’ findings Roman soldiers brown cake The top had a-- " whether accumuldsnow ' heavy" dispatcher Tom falling but not sticking in the apparently carried cakes made Christmas Stevens said of Logan city's:: melts on Lake glossy sheen and was decorat- r Salt morning valley Sunday of raisins pine nuts' and £ ed with colorful bubbles of holiwhite not be the but snowplows on Sunday after- - ': - afternoon may pomegranate seeds imxed in a candied red and green cher-- ! noonv:!'!" ' Kahl said the storm was ' day weekend likely will V barley inash (tasty) Some Sheffer said the timing of Winter solstice which ries V It was weighty r expected to move out of Utah food scholars dated fruitcake ! iat the storm was fortunate ' : rainoccurred 12:04 A me a knifeand am Shehanded 'on today ' Sunday evening all the way back to the ancient because there were not a lot of snow mix was falling in local time was the traditjcuial I a slice The cut tentatively Egyptians who considered it vehicles on the road early start of winter celebrated by without knife Logan' at 430 pm as temper- through passed essential sustenance for the which made it Sunday alures hovered above freezing ! the pagans At winter solstice dead in die next life' (hardly V effort I took a bite And then er for crews to dear wrecks ' another Before I knew it I 'and snow in parking lots was the sun is directly over the surprising) and likely reduced the number Tropic of Capricorn as far was helping myself to another turning to slush “Hey hraiey” I called from of accidents south as it’s going to get That '“The heaviest stuff should the didng room “now I know piece Some may say that it ’Traffic was very low in be by us ” Kahl said at 3 pm!" means that from now on days how the was the systematic deadening lasted have pyramids volume and that was really that another band con- - V' will start getting longer ' of my taste buds from thousands of yean!” A green ' adding ' nice” Heffer said “It was According to the National tairiing up to an inch was pos-candied manKhino projectile unremitting subjections to one sible “By later this evening it great to havefthe storm) on)a Soyice winter runs ' should really Start to tape from Dec i through Feb 29 ' Sunday rixjmihgearly” Tlie National Weather Ser- 2004 is a leap year) Using 'vice's initial forecast called Kahl said skies were expect--! that formula winter is25 per-- ! ' inches of accu- - V ed fo cfear in Cache Valley by for about cent over The solar winter mulation in Logan from Sun- - V this afternoon and remain that does hot end until vernal ' day’s storm according to equinox which is March 22 way through Wednesdaynors and other state officials' in a conference call Sunday Orlandella said Many airports resumed or were planning to resume ran- -' dom vehicle searches includ- - Protection atthe high threat level r : ! ing those for Dallas-Fo-rt Wrath Miami Minneapolis-S-t Pad Philadelphia and San Francisca In some cases all cars will be searched said Doug Wills spokesman for the Air Transport Association the airline industry’s main : trade group Travelers were advised to arrive at airports an hour earli- er than usual to get through the additional security Border officials said the heightened alert combined with the holiday season probably will mean longer waits for people entering the United ce : - ’ or ’ : ' f-- '' '' : ! i " “We will siearch more vehi- cles arid more trunks of vehi- - r cles’-saiMike MilneaU-- S Customs Service spokesman Z 'in Washington state That ! doesn’t mean US travelers should not buy Christqias gifts' in Canada or vice versa he' said — “just draft wrap 4i ' : them !' ' -- - " snow-covere- - : ! : ' : : : ! foiled experiment after anOth-e- r while others may argue it was simply fatigue but the fruitcake tasted good In fact it was delicious lt was moist' " and chewy and laden with " spice that lifted the corners of my mouth into an unavoidable smile Shehad doneiL " Ever since I have been an advocate eageriy explaining to unbelievers that fruitcakes are sort of like people: Some ' are dry and dense while others are picked with fruit and ! spice And some just need a little extra holiday care to help ' ' them turn out just right : : Dean P Johnson is a writer and highsOhool tanguage-art- s 'teacher ’ off': OUTiOFJNK? 1- -2 iiiiir : C"z &S tf'- - FIEI v Vzllsy LIzli tf'Ai '$!K Pecy vir-- rear Deseret Book IISC iJltli ny urcfesiil For Your rjM- - - Xl t a 00 fS Ki ''ipsEaeedSBtigab I ' f? ! 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