Show I" ' f ' ' The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday December 28 2003 -- A6 Ca ' v World D ' r: - ' ' : ' ': :aV' y' 7 ' v "p ' ''' v: y:- Nation fit Green card -- Federal contractor paid to fix own slips : ? 4 iriiinaidtMcdivetqiiipnjont - entrants ' k iii's ystefn by iming the same jra replacements govern- - ! ii : far fewer designed iii keep power flowing IoMorm-detecl:-- ': widai then quietly rcjilucc'd the : i ' 4iiioiitl Wcajlicr Sen fee bought and r V"' NEWYORK fAP) —There have been less than half die usual number of entries for the green card lottery this year and immigrants' advocates blame a new rule requiring hopefuls to apply by comput' ' s v-- i si' ’ ’ iirtetiiil investigation has con- Weather Service officials "seri- mishandled4' " ju'Iv thecontracl by vs mi Ini i lie failed unit s rather thaii " i1'1' iiisMlii1 ioiiiiaetor (o cover the' ' sK' 'avr i'ifriMienl lawyer liid v r o 5& r-- : Vi i : n k'lf : : bilged- fMi-Mli- ''I - the- nomeniifin-o- i'iii'Uo pi ''“4'- - ' - - lor defective equip- -' I'likiaf recordsaecording 'intents obtained h The Associated ii: m iM : ' - " - u li'tw cusv i(w ay for a handful ol i'le Vi violate established public i 'WHcaiicms t1'-- tvnglnalyonttjaii that mVv i aitivcomplarticd to a top ‘ V the settlement lie was ieivi:1 write vvould itnpropeily pay o' ji:i4Vtor toi the delev live equip: 4l1KVI'li?lltU i r national itniili'impaetal “ plv:M'l'vrts m wchtto ' ' t'vnv ' h ' V -' : Veaiiiererv ice siiul ' ho iiulieirtion that the iadar-- ilVlit-Ui- ' com- - vjeied documents explaining the nego- -' v olltcials iieJlnied'eom-- fi - - J:- 1 : - i units were at 94 sites r:: ' Nations '‘'I vvasit't'awiire iq'hpvv hchadliandied it’" I hompstni said explaining vvliy his'iloeumeiiN didn’t mciitum ’ PaOng'Uv defeelive equipment:'4! didn't go through the lile rn enough — ik'lail to find the inlomva- - "v : ' v i- 1 ” r- after the first units vv'ere insialled'By thai iinie thc faulty 2()t)(): ivvV'vvars 'm'’ — - :4'- ''I'Vy' 'y ' " Vv- ' y :i’H‘i II ll - ' ' 'J - ‘'pjjid frnrii U y — ' '4 ' hoursyspnieiinic yV opening as cariy iis6' of eon kTiiil jviitive4 spiijiiiiji ajmbsphere ihat'driws the'bargliiii shop- - : r y -- 1 V: in y'J'y y-- ' ' :f ' I'lciliyiiave oj-- ui tihcilav gef ' y i ' i f'v'M' n es jrtd create aiul miviysiv'''c Biemiiirt pro Hiaiketrtig-ifri1 y' ulSi- lyiii K I i 1 1999 On Sept 23:2(XK) - a complflinttf impropriety at that time Jwl yrayWhalc I '4 niries havv-kyiS year lor the siimc period- ()n IVc 20' the Saturday fvli iivC 'lifistiiias and friUir litHKiilv ihc biisicst day of the ycaj'salcs reaclieil S7d bit- iion! 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Alternators p ' ‘ time: e - ' past five years can apply for t the iotterywhieh givesinvitar tions to apply for a visa to ' I10()0() winners About half are deeiiled unqualified or qot tmpldie the "process ill list - ' - " ' V ' - will an pircfeistl - ' 4 ! vv-T- pitinypei'pleaiitually like to ' shrip in CRtw'ds ' ‘Even back in Ihe days- 1' v hen we were hunters and market to f guiherers (going was the chance to liKk at iiilicr pci)ple4‘says Paco--- ' L'lHlerhillauthor ofthe soon ‘“Call of the yy: lobe rcL-ase' Mall7Aiictlie isolating suburbanlife have aspects of only made the desire to min- '' gle in public places even ' have greaterheadds'Tcople f an entire bceiicoopod upfor day with their families atid l they- are iiot used t( it It's a sal cty ' valvel Let 's go shop- piiig let's hot focus on each ' yy ing' d recording to'Mr'rijsuit siie 'ol: higher lhan’' a y' y c "'v : Viiunting cycle bv sic ' IX nsit inay seem: diiy Stnuigc i 'yi'yifV'iiiieii p : Shi ip- - t :pel-- ' 'iiiiN cai iiovvcu-Jhc oiheri'iul rciallcrs'' vtv ific ji (percent “ are trvingto bleak the' diy' v''!1 Dec y v’xtvaiydinarv iih'L ereatysa - ' AiiiinThaiyouplW : ytioiragninstPowetw'arehe wrirter' ' ' - - n- v-- " But advixates argue that !C spoKesman iow me times “U's not being donc as a tool - for enlbreement it's being ' done for administrative improvement ''The newspaper said that 'V when preskedPatt addedv ' W()uld we make lhat ihfor: aid in ' iV- - lhcscsilinneiitehejv ' v V in' slannLrs iniLrne nnet" turns needed to enter TTiey say some are afraid of having their identities in a computer data- hase esneeiallv iflhev areliv- - Langsleinsaid Ppwerware was "hent : mcree ':fiiievie ' ! - Service s parent the Commerce '' government s performance standards for-thamount $45said was the Depiirtment equipment couldn't ho rnet But unlike his written warnings "no million hut the fired specialist Curtisi : "'record can be found of it was $1X million k' alleges Langsteinv " ' V ' appnival Asked whether he provided that NWS (National ' written consent Langslein answered' WealherService) did indeed pay for O-TidefeeiiVe equipmenlV the insjiectpr' believe I did but J carit hieate it :V l the whistleblower tiHik his Curtis in general reported September -- — 1 r— - -1 mi- - - r uiegulaptres before T hompson : ' - ' :enoiigh 'ihc N- ' v kifkiVii' Towerwaiv' iif '' C'irp ' AP photo storm-detecti- ‘ in' iV'i 4 dome on the Federal Aviation Administration NEXRAD weather radarsystem rises above a group of abandoned buildings on The National Weather Service bought and installed defective equipment designed to Middleton Island in ’Alaska Nov radar then quietly replaced the problemsystem by paying the same contractor for new keep power flowing to the ynits government' documents :$hdw 7 resulting ' the lower number of entries — fur yojilraeiing:" "said Robert '!' ivnxi ibeX'iatlier'Sefviee:e)iitraet- - ' As the Dec 30 deadline hems the government has received 5 million applica- lions compared with as many as 13 million in previous years The New Ytirk Times 1 v reported Saturday : (Government officials say the new computer-onl- y policy has prevented fraud and dupli- ‘ In' i:i'iijifiiiaile ' ' pioN also lound officials ‘i'11'lir the second set" oi' equipment i'ouf voiijadcriugcoiiipeiiliye bid- - ' r cr v lston : 435-258-245- lit 233-651- 0 V 6' 1 -- 800 : 0 v v 227 Spilth State SuiteB Preston IP 83263 inside StokeSThriftwayj (208)852-242- 0 t : |