Show iJ i - A12 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday December 26 2003 i v BEST AVAILABLE COPY ' I T Utah outlobk ACCuWeathercom National teinporatures Indkate Sen Francisco Cacho Valloy outlook Forecast for Friday F lowcM 0f dxvtlmi condltlont McMcm tnoarhJrB Temperatures Thursday's ' 63 Atlanta 46 J Buffalo 42 Burlington VI 60 Chariotts NC60 25 Chicago Cincinnati 33 - EXTENDED SATURDAY TODAY Mostty doudy wtti Moaiy cloudy chance of snow chance of snow wlh BraiNnyiBVi Mosly cloudy the beginning of tie weak wlh a 40 percent chance of anow Monday jows Mar 10 HghinearSO Iowa near 10 e 80 percent a 30 percent AccumtMon4ta duringltedny theupper20t above "' Air Kay West MpIs-StPa- City Hi Lo Pro Logan 35 36 '38 33 32 U 42' '26 36 32 KVNU Smithfield Preston ' 36 Marxian 39 Logan Peak 22 m 57 (45) Sunrise: 7:52 am Visibility: 1 mile ' Jr ' astronomy O rocfcatmaiicom Moon: Rret quarter Dec 30 28 67 54 SSrCffT - Lo Pro 22 16 14 24 36 0A9 31 0A3 32 32 26 064 uciiv 33 Spanish Fork Tooele Utah list Range ZtonNPf Boise : Pocatdk) Evanston - : H 30 27 33 44 019 062 002 063 034 048 22 32 0A8 31 057 023 32 40 35 32 28 39 48 42 41 32 ' 031 051 012 031 006 cic wtend wwwJvalanchMig From the news wire By The Associated Press Snow swept across parts of the Northeast and Midwest on Thursday while much of the West endured a wet Christmas In Michigan as much as 6 Inches of snow was reported near the Lake Michigan shore while Buffalo NY got 5 inches Elsewhere snow totals were around 1 to 2 Inches Light snow hit the Sierras and Biua Canyon CaJifomta as well as farther north in parts of Utah and Idaho Lighter pre' cipitation was found over the Pacific Northwest with Ityit rain showers In Bellingham Wash and parts of Oregon ’Temperatures in the Lower 48 states on Wednesday ' ranged from a low of minus 6 in Woodruff Wise to a high of 72 in the Texas communities of Corpus Christi Brownsville and McAllen ' (minimal) Conditions: Light SnowMist h—dlnfl imp bactoxmTry thil Bryce Canyon 39 32 33 70(6) :30' Two nighte ago I said to look in the high southern sky (at 10:30) for the asteriam in Taurus called the Pleiades ' a tiny cup-shapconfiguration of stars Tonight in the same constefla- tkm look for the Hyades that ' is part of the bull's head Humidity 100 percent 1 16 wifi Up above Sunset: 5:01pm UV Index: Pro 25 32 - 1 Almanac ' Lo Hi City 81 ul ' Alta Brian Head 5 cdy 28 cdy 12 cdy A8 dr 51 The AccuWeatherjBom forecast for noon Friday Dec 26 ' an Heap upper ateMflone Rating: CondHkxw: rtone could ineraaM Mh pradtolad wmiMI tie canM Wellsville 4 i Norfok Vs Oklahoma CKy Orlando 78 Phoenix 68 Avalanche danger Lecal temperatures 34 30 37 60 29 77 62 Los Angeles Miami Beach 36 27 67 48 01-cd- 51 m advisory Th Utah Department of Environmental Quality levels Imum dally advfsoriM to rsducsair-poautlo- n from burning wood In atovae or flrepteoae Oman meai conditions era ‘tatMactory' yellow means "bum H necessary- - and rad means to ‘toroid" Today's advisory tor Cache Valley la GREEN - V Daljlaa-nyVbtth- Indanapdls Pro 06k AO ano M cdy 31 JST cdy 36 'A3 cdy 22 dr 17 dr 22 g40 26 dr 30 04 cdy 23 cdy sno 32 43 ' cdy 18 08 cdy 63 14 cdy 66 01 cdy 56 cdy 12 cdy 41 131 dr 33cdy 48 cdy 50 05 m Lo HI Seattle Spokane Washington ' Eastern Time Albany NY ' ' NghandotemV4lowto6pjn - c'01(tow)' a son cold © © ixl r 1 ’1 Mi ' mum t Mn HGMlCM 1 ' CacheValley forecast provided by National WeatherService'PgUp Abovetfeature providedW Astro Data City happens to be the liaison between the scouts and the LbS Church So Parker told him the story : v v t “He says Can yoti prove : it? If you can prqyejurjl get enroll ever achieve and V V you the eaglg ' become an Eagle Scout Parker casually mentioned 'the conversaition to his mother Even though Parker did the who thought )ater - hours of work asf a teenager a nothing of it because she ' generous ptjrtion of credit assuniedv the paperwork had V v goes tthe beat-u- p yellow bera left in California years paper folder Parker had on the ag0 shc to another dcsk-ohis Lbgan real estate aroiind the house found oflice Tuesday afternoon the folder with the documenta- SmalLrnerit badges fagged tioft that said Parker had com- with labels fell frorii one pleted all requirements j : t of the folder when ptK-ketheconstnictiori of a including Parker pulled it opento dis- flag pole in-- cemetery for piay the mementos mdcopiesAmerican veterans as ol Boy Scout perwenk that and his “Eagle project” through the a “tearyphohe call to Auburn Califiscout:Qflu:e in- - now with ice caps of frozen carbon dioxide but scientists think that billions of years ago it might have been warmer and had enough water to susr tain life V : ' Beagle 2 is to probe and analyze rocks and soil with its robotic arm Mars Express expected to orbit for at least a-"Martian year or 687 Earth ' days will map the surface cam- with its ' era and search for water with a powerful radar that ban scan' several miles underground Intricate maneuvers are still ' - - yjjj - : '- -y a mw matt - - s I lv f - Thanks change m com? Parker said the paperwork - wiis neglected and delayed Eagle-Scou- t M stashedaw'ay ni JS4II1 ' t “She'wasbeside herself” PaAer -- So I called r' V- - - - fAIkin) and j ’ ‘Gmi his JM - ’ kadccicntisL -' Officials wdJfel&lMind Beagle could have landed With its ahtenna (rointing at' J the wrong anglefor Odyssey the Martian cold could have distorted the radio fre- -' ' quency it emits 7 ' -4- vTh's is just so unique So ' " '' Thursday - Pick 3: -2 Wednesday PowsitaJM -31 4-44 Wild Card 2: Ace of Spades On the Net: wwwldaholotterYcom (208)334-260- 0 l V Vf -- YUGiOh - TV - and the volatility of other energy markets such as natural gas “Oiie thing about Wind power is there’s no fuel cost so there’s no 7 volatility” she saidThat’s been a- ' ' ' ' ' : i ed ite-an- : windpowk PPM spokeswoman Jan Johnson said interest in wind energy is increasing partly due to advances technology larger wind farms ' Continued from A1 - '7 big factor” "Z Uinta County was chosen because: of its relatively high' wind speeds and distarice from bottleneck in the electricity transmission system FPL worked closely with the US Rrii and Wildlife Service and Wyoming fianv and Fish Depart- - 7 ment to dftrn"" piarirynt of the turbines to reduce danger to r birds "" — 7 : :V Legislature’s approval of a measure : that provides a tax break on equip-ment purchased to produce electricv ' iity from renewable energy Ore-basPortland PPM Ener- gy a division of ScottishPower will purchase the power from the Uinta market itto cus-County tomera in Wyoming Utah and Col- ' orado Logan is among Utah1 communities considering buying the hi ! ' - ' : Idaho lottory : : v nt a ceremony during Natrona) : 'APpMto ' -- don t have a prayer said vanrement ' : Boyd'Call Before his 1‘amily ieft ' chairman for the Trapper neighbors arid ward members ias well as Trails a Council threwa going siwav party for cousin (o Parker who the family While a nice sign r said Parker will be the first of friendship for the departing ' person over lg to earn the family it was a fortunate 7 from he the award council event for Parker in another : the “But with works scohte kway —hot that he knewit ' ‘ still will We 7 honor ' say 7 you the time ' for doing it’ A family friend who was “It’ something kids do" also ap official from the scOuts : Parker said a bit embarrassed v handed a stack of papers' that he that will a group of 18- llnformother join to Parker's day in the “Eagle’s hoys tittle year-ol- d meant to gift tunatelythe Nest" after filial approval :a family in the middleofa comeis from the hational board 7 ' hectic move at the time in the next two weeks :' it she “Obviously just put “But it is exciting And if said Parker right in a box' 7 :In 2001 ' Parker was work- nothing else 1 can prove to all 7 ing with Brad Allen bn busi- the young hien I work with - that 'I wasn’t lying to you’” ness Allen from Salt Lake ' V AIex Jame8 guitarist for pop group 'Bluf waits for radio from the 'Pod' of the Beagle 2 mission to Mats in central London Thursday Alex James wrote the music which would be the firat trans- mis8ions from the pod signifying the landing was successful s- two-thir- ds wniecavethFawtoa ’ - aheadControIIs must the orbit of Mars change snals ' lad Express from a high elliptical But space scientists said one around the equator to a lower polar orbit that will let they had several nine chances' to hear from it and remained it cover more of the surface i Mara Express firing its main with its instruments optimistic about Europe's first ing theyhad regained the mission to search for signs of Still the Mars Express orbit oibiter's data feed after it : engine to slow if into Mbit 7 ' Several hours of tense wait maneuver was a major success past orpresent life onMars emerged from behind Mars ' Also'thoJdars Express' :: circle for the' agency’s first mission first its ing followed after the craft following 7 which turned Beagle loose six' ceased sending data having “At least the initial checks v to another planet ' able to be have Mara often Missions to show that the spacecraft is in turned its main antenna away days make contact with the lander ' very good condition” Said 7' from the Earth so it cduld failed 'Of 34 unmanned in a few days after adjusting v point its engine in the right 7 'American Soviet and Russian flight director Michael ' i its orbit' vdirection The focus of the ' ' V- ' missions to the planet since “ McKay j Earlier controllers at the V have ended mission —as with two NASA' David Southwood the I960 with the craft lost" landers scheduled to arrive European Space Agency cen- - 7 space agency 's science direc- terat Darmstadt clapped and next month— is to search for If it can begin sending data tor said it was ‘a wonderful evidence of life hugged each other when a big : Christmas moining” Beagle would be dnly the fourth successful landing screen showed blips indicia- The maneuva1 began with " The planet is cold and dry cr y high-resoluti- on : sul - r - -- to necessary review for final approval “I thought ‘If it’s not ' important to them it isn’tto me Which I have regretted many timessince’ said s : : Parked family s scouts organization later including baclround checl made tliejdecisibh tomcive-tle3 3° wuhhis : Cache Valley leaving no time California in bhanl wait for the ’ ‘ a bit disappointing but it's not the end of the 'World please don’t go awa ’ from here believing we’ve the spacecraft” said Colin Pillinger Beagle2 project’s site-‘‘It'- earlier-shoul- ' tanird review'' at the sanw ' : ' What Continued from A1 ' : OnthaNat: - :'vr countries including Mexico and others” saida national security officiaL insisting on anonymity US officials were closely monitoring the ? - : coun-terpa- rts FPL Energy: httpwwwFPLEner gycom ' PPM Energy: htlpwwwppmener-i- n ' flyxmi - ' situa- tion in France where six AurFranccflights ' between Paris and Los Angeles were canceled Wednesday and Thursday French investigators questioned seven men pointed out by US intelligence but found no evidence they planned to use a Los Angeles-boun- d jet to launch terror attacks against the United States V French authorities said Thursday US intelligence officials told their French would try to : that members of board the planes over Christmas said a French of judicial official speaking on condition '' ' anonymity - - OUTiOFJNK? iumtasarem I W hkemon 1 Magic Baseball Basketball ft football I IF WE DON'T HAVE IT WE CAN GET IT (25) BoTaByaclg SlrTgfe? 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