Show 9th annual Gossner ' : Foods Classic is back ' — B1 Store touts longevity of many employees tVoi:94o?363JiMonda£Decembec29J2003 Meat sent to 8 Woamor ' Officials say meat fmm Hnktpin with ’ distribution to Consumers V “The recalled meat represents essen- ' zero risk to consumers” said tially 1 Petersen of the USDA’s food safety : agency ' He said the parts most likely to carry infection — the brain spinal cord and no1 ' lower intestine — were removed WASHINGTON (API— Meat from before die meat from the infected cow a Holstein sick with mad row disease was cut processed for human con- has now reached retail markets in eight sumption states and one territory but still poses Mad cow disease officially called no health ride Agriculture Department bovine spongiform encephalopathy is officials said Sunday a concern because humans who eat Dr Kenneth Petersen an Agriculture brain or spinal matter from ah infected Department veterinarian said investicow can develop a related gators have determined that some of illness variant Creutzfeldt-Jako- b the meat from the diseased dairy cow disease In Britain 143 people died of slaughtered Defc 9 in Washington state of mad cow in the '' it after an outbreak ' went to Alaska Hawaii Idaho Mon1980s tana and Guam Earlier officials had Despite their assurances of food said most of the meat went to Washsafety federal officials have taken the ington and Oregon with lesser precaution of recalling 10000 pounds amounts to California and Nevada for v of meat from' the infected cow and Are you ready to dig some more? : ' mad cow disease health risk poses PageA8 Updato mss Resolutions offered for youngsters brain-wast-j- ng - CHICAGO (AP) — With New Year’s resolutions on peopled minds the American Academy of Pediatrics is offering a special list of - health-relatpromises for the ' nation’s youngsters': But even the academy president acknowledges that kids like adults ' might have trouble following ' through For tiny tots the academy recommends they promise to clean up theif toys brush their teeth twice a day and wash their hands before eating and after using the bathroom They ! also should remember not to tease v : LoganUtahE© 20031550 Bridgerland’s DailyNewspaper 4 Investigators have found meat from a Holstein slaughtered Dec 9 sick with mad cow disease was sent to eight states and the Pacific Territory of 'V Guam from 19 other cows slaughtered Dec 9 at Vern's Moses Lake Meat Co in ? Moses Lake Was- hOfficials say they are still recovering mieat and won’t know how much has been returned until later this week Petersen said: “We expect by now that many of the customers who may have purchased some of this meat have been notified by the grocery chain or other store where perhaps they pur- chased it If not they can contact those stores” related to the recall’ Pietersen said the slaughtered cow weis deboned at Midway Meats in Cen tralia Wash and sent Dec 12 totwo ’ other plants Willamette Valley Meat and Interstate Meat both near Portland Ore Petersen has said that much ‘ of the meat is being held by those facilities-- ' Willamette also received beef ' ' ’ Statu that rscafvsd recalled meat cuts I ' ' HawaH ' V ap See MEAT on A8 ' ' - Recalled meat in more states ' - - ' f t ' n - - ' t : - ed ' ' L 'logSJ:"--'H:- Rescue workers join search after quakein Iran v School-ag- e children should resolveto drink lots of millu limit soft drinks and engage' in sports or other energetic activity at least ( some three times weekly the academy ' ' " ' ' - - says The nine resolutions for teens include’ eat ing at least one fruit and vegetable daily arid limiting video games and television to two hours a day : Thelist'got mixed reviews from a sampling of Chicago youngsters Putting away toys “is a good idea because you don’t want to step on something sharp” arid is important “because' you don’t want to spread germs' agreed v v Cole Robbins' year-ol- d But when asked if he would coni- mil to the resolutions himself Cole ' : : '' V ' ' ' ' Abigail Abolt said the resolutions djdn’t sound too drastic — provided they allow her to v watch the pojpular animated TV show “Arthur” every day She also added one resolution:-“tget Liam a boy in my class to stop kissing f " me te It’s the second year the academy' based iii suburban Elk Grove Vil- lage has recommended resolutions aimed at giving kids1 some responsi- --V bility for improving their health fit? ' V neSs and safety including having f teens resolve to avoid peer pressure Eight-year-o- : ld : '' ' 11 v t right weeps as other men carry the Corpseof a dead person In Baravat on the outskirts of about 630 miles eouttieast of the capital Tehran Irian on Siinday after it was hit by a massive earthquake Iranian Interior Minister Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari said Sunday that more than 20000 bodies had been buried andthe finalrioath toll cpuld : be much higher :'W A man f'£ 'V : - which hasreachedepidemicpropor- - tions nationwide arid affects an esti- mated I S percent of youngsters aged 6 to 19 vv’ See RESOLVE on A8 success Woman avoiding junk food arid a sedentary lifestyle that could lead to obesity the headquarters of the Army 's 142nd signal group in Decatur had served on a Navy I? For a jgiri who' grew up jii a ' destroyer in the Pacific The- ' ater during WWM While cut- home without " indoor plumbing in ' ting'the hairofa lieutenant colonel he rpentibiied Weeder Somerville Ala population ' ‘ 200 wanted to join a unit joining the armedser- - “They- - (the lArmy) were just vices as an adult and traveling the world was quite an 'adven- beginning with women and ? - V 'they didn't really know' What ture r ' “I don’t fhink any pf it was' ' ' to do with us" Weeder said In 1975 Weeder joined the 7 coincidence” Delia WeCder ? ' ' : : ' Alabama said “I think every bit of it Army National I Guard as a private first Class 7 was divine intervention : was “I understodd dearly the truly raised a little coun- responsibilities that came with try girl playing in cotton fields that commitment but felt : 7 and all that stuff” Weeder first begin working strongly that as an American : for the United States Army in r citizen no less should be v v i asked of me just because I was 1974 as a civilian secretary-said ' She was newly divorced with a woman"-WeedeAfter two years inthe- child and attenda Guard Weeder was transferred ing John C Calhoun Junior DecaturAla in try(to Hattiesburg Miss Shis wtis College - enlisted in a reserve unit of the ing to make ends meet: Women’s Army Corps and skills I hadwerc "The only secretarial skills” Weeder assignedto help herunitpre-jwi- d four-bedroo- m - ' :- : Pooplo Indox - - Following are some of the local names that appear in today's Herald Journal: kelly DuBois Davis': (Cl) Fred Berthrorig ' (C2) Mary Bennett (C3) Loma Wanlass (C3) Wendell' Waters (A3) Kevin AHSn (A3) Steven Denton’ (A3) Chuck Medrano (A3) Kevin Hansen AS) Kayfyn Misrasi (A3) Tamra Stones (A3) Darius’Carter (A3) Spencer Nelson (B1)Stew MorfNI (Blj Index CtaesifiedsC8 OMuarie8A8 04 j)pnion:A4 Moviea:':C2 Sports ’iB1 Wwwhjnewscom ' ' ' V-' ? 1 See QUAKE on A8 UN nuke touse drugsandalcoholo - Many of the resolutions focus on v ' : y ' - ed - - ' 4 : i ' 2000-year-ol- ng changed thesubject ' v-:- ‘ v help More than 2000Q bodies including one American killed while visit- -' d citadel ing the city'--s have been retrieved shiee Friday's earthquake shiiok theCity and surrounding region in southeast Iran a local government ' spokesman said Another 10000 people were the spokesman Asadollah ' ' (rahmanesh said Other officials have expressed fears that thedeath aty of Bam: toff could rise as hieh as 40 000 - 4-:- V ' - v-- Vyvv hand-washi- BAM Iran ( AP) — Hopes of find-- 1 ing more earthquake survivors in Iran's ancient city of Bam faded " Sunday as the sharp foul smell of death permeated the' pulverized rub-- ' bie where mud-bric- k houses became instant tombs for more than 20000 ' 1 " " people Rescue' workers from around the world joined Iranians in searching ' through powdeiy debris that left lit- tie room for air pockets which couid allow people to survive while await-in- g -- ‘ It was in jUniof college that? Joite Of Weeder’s instructors' took an interest in her and told hef she could make a better life for herself and her son Working for die government at the time her father as a barber at : ' pare for warV: During thattinieQne of Weeder’ssuperiots v approached her and asked her- to entertain an Aripy Corps evaluator who was in town from New York to detennine if - '' 'j See SUCCESSonAS - officials inspect 4 in sites TRIPOLI Libya (AP) — In' a major step toward disarma- - : ' ment Libya on Sunday for the fet nucfearoffitime -' ‘first QN ' cials inspect four sites related to its nuclear-weapopfo grain 'all previously cfixiked in secrecy ' The Visits led by the chief 7 U:N: weaptf ns inspector : ' Mohamed ElBaradei are part' ' (of un intcrnational effort to ensure the North African state has no weapons of mass destruction They followed the ' r surprise announcement by Liby an leader Moamniar Gad- hafi more than a week ago that his country would abandon its pursuit of suchVcapons ElBaradei head of the Inter national Atomic Energy Agenicy visited the fquf ’ nuclear sites in the capital : ' Tripoli accompanied by a ' team of inspectors alsofrom " the Vienna-base- d agency ElBaradei spent several ' ' hours touriiljg the facilities said his spokesman Mark Gwozdecky He described the sites as new facilities that pm LucenVHrald Journal ‘have never been mentioned Delia Weeder served in the Army National Guard andArmy Brves Her service took her from Alabama to Hawaii she also spent time working at the Pentagon ' ' : j ' ! 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