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TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2007 GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE WWW.GREATFALLSTRIBUNE.COM PAGE 6, SECTION A Great Falls Weather Service: 453-5460 or weather.govgreatfall8 GREAT FALLS FORECAST By Fred Pleifter: Weekdays at 5:30 and 10 p.m. on 3(11). U.S. extremes United States weather forecast for noon today Partly sunny, dry and cool. East winds between 5 and 15 mph.

Sunny Pt Cloudy Cloudy THURS. FRI. SAT. TOOAT i WED. Yesterday's hot spot: Death Valley, 114 degrees Yesterday's cold spot: Wisdom, Montana 29 degrees E3 STORMTrackBr mrw SUN.

MON. 81 i 80 94 87 94 85 HIGH! 73 (Yesterday in Great Falls) Temperatures: High: 75 Low: 47 Normal high: 78 Normal low 48 Record high (1971) 98 Record low (1911) 39 Precipitation: Last 24 hours at 5 p.m 0.00 Total this month 0.24 Total this month last year .0.82 Normal this month to date .1 .45 Since Jan. 1,2007 8 59 Same period, 2006 13.70 Normal this year to date .1 1 27 Relative humidity, 8 37 Peak wind: NNE 10 mph at 4:13 p.m. 90; 80 50 Y-rV S5tS 17 169 48 49 1 56 50 low i 45 58 55 Frontt PrtMur ps CoW Warm SUfexwy Low Hn)h Current conditions, air Quality and more: www greatfallstrlbune.comweather Montana road report: Call 51 1 State extremes Montana temperature and precipitation forecast Yesterday's hot spot: Hardin, 93 degrees Windy Cloudy Chance ol rain Chance ol Snow snow likely Partly Mostly cloudy cloudy Rain likely Clear Mostly Sunny Yesterday's cold spot: Wisdom, 29 degrees Yesterday's highs, lows, precipitation: City High low Prep. Albany.N 62 61 Clr AIDoqutiqut 90 64 .04 POdy Amanllo 92 65 PCIdy Anclwagt 67 55 PCIdy Asheville 62 65 PCIdy Mania 88 7Z PCIdy AtlanlicClty 64 66 Clr Austin 93 71 Cldy BallimOT 87 67 PCIdy Birmingham 94 74 .55 Ram Bismarck 77 61 .01 Cldy Soise 84 56 Clr Boston 76 67 Clr Brownsville 66 77 .27 Ram Butlato 83 59 Clr Burlington.Vt.

80 55 Clr Calgary 54 4 3 0 22 Cldy Casiw 84 69 01 PCIdy Charlestons 86 74 86 Rain Charleston Wva 90 63 Clr Criarlottt.NC 90 71 .01 Cldy Chevennn 60 63 PCIdy Chicago 79 60 PCIdy Cincinnati 92 66 Clr Cleveland 78 56 Clr Columbia.SC 91 73 .42 Cldy Columous.OIno 84 65 Clr Concord NH. 84 55 Clr Oallas-Ft Worth 98 78 PCIdy Dayton 84 56 Clr Denver 89 62 PCIdy Oes Moines 91 70 PCIdy Detroit 79 60 Clr Dull 78 63 17 PCWy Edmonton 55 45 0.13 Cldy El Paso 93 72 PCIdy Evansville 95 63 Clr Fairbanks 74 46 PCIdy Fargo 71 65 92 Cldy Flagstaff 76 53 .89 Cldy Grand Rapids 79 55 PCIdy GreensboroN C. 89 71 PCIdy Halted SpgllrJ 86 63 Clr Honolulu 89 76 Clr Houston 93 75 .14 Rain PHASES Sunrise Sunset Havre 724786 000 10 -Ol Ol 10t 201 301 Indianapolis 86 63 Clr Jackson Miss. 95 75 .01 Rain Jacksonville 92 73 PCidy Juneau 61 50 Cldy Kansas City 97 73 Clr Key West 92 86 PCIdy Las Vegas 93 .56 PCIdy Little Rock 100 71 Clr Los Angeles 64 65 Clr Louisville 93 66 Clr Lubbock 69 66 PCIdy Memphis 101 73 PCIdy Miami Beach 91 82 PCIdy Midland-Odessa 92 68 Clr Milwaukee 75 60 .01 PCIdy Mpts-St Paul 80 66 .71 Ran Nashville 99 73 PCIdy New Orleans 92 76 .16 Ram New York City 63 67 Clr Norfolk Va 83 74 Ck North Platte 99 55 Cldy Oklahoma City 93 73 Ck Omaha 94 74 Ram Orlando 94 74 28 PCIdy PendHtoo 75 45 Ck Philadelphia 66 67 Clr Phoenm 108 66 Clr Pittsburgh 82 58 Clr Portland! 78 59 Clr PorOand.Ore. 76 55 Clr Glasgow 9.

694481 2000 9 Kalispell Cut Bank L'bby 7739,84 704383 833890 000 000 i. 9 64 67 Ck 90 71 PCIdy 70 66 Ram 64 45 Cldy 95 63 Ck 86 71 .01 Clr 92 58 Clr 93 67 Clr 91 79 PCIdy 89 67 PCIdy 92 75 Cldy 79 70 Clr 73 56 Clr 88 75 Rain 89 55 02 PCIdy 81 55 Rain 72 55 Ck 100 76 PCIdy 90 71 Ram 72 47 Ck 62 57 Ck 92 77 1 75 PCWy 99 76 Ck 100 77 PCIdy 95 76 PCIdy 87 71 .18 PCIdy 95 74 Clr 82 56 PCIdy 87 66 Clr Providence Raleigh-Durham Rapid City Regina Reno Richmond Sacramento St Louis SI Peieisburg Salt Lake City San Antonio San Diego San Francisco San Juan.PR Santa Fe St Ste Mane Seattle Shieveport Sioux Falls Spokane Syracuse Tampa Topeka Tucson Tulsa Washmgton.D C. Wichita Wtikes-Bam Wilmington.Del. Great Falls 9. 734585 ao' Q.

Lewislown 674782 9 Helena 1000 79 49 87 Glendlve 634581 5000 Miles City a Missoula 8143,87 00,0 4 Buna 7438 83 000 Billings 674883 30100 Bozeman KEY 3 Broadus 694979 60200 UU'IU 824591 West Yellowstone 000 Tempeialures Todaytonightlomorrow 74,4079 Source National Weather Service. Great FaHs office 000 '1 i i i i i Todiylomghltomorrow Chance of precipitation Yesterday's highs, lows, precipitation: City High low Prep. Anaconda 77 39 0.00 Baker 78 56 Billings 80 54 0.00 Bozeman 85 44 0 00 Broadus 92 58 0.00 Butte 74 39 0.00 Cut Bank 69 42 Dillon 81 40 0.00 Drummond 76 38 0.00 Glasgow 69 54 Glendlve 77 54 Hamilton Hardin 93 54 0 00 Harlowton Havre 73 51 Helena 81 53 0.00 Kalispell 73 43 0.00 Lewistown 73 47 0.00 Libby Livingston 85 38 0.00 Malta Miles City 84 55 0.00 Missoula 78 50 0.00 Neihart Plentywood Red Lodge 85 43 000 Roundup Superior Thompson Falls Valier 73 44 0 00 West Yellowstone 78 34 0.00 White Sulphur 78 40 0.00 Wisdom 76 29 0.00 -10s -Os Os 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 11 Os 6:37 a.m. 8:15 p.m. Montana extended forecast By Dr.

Arthur Alt (aaltug1.edu) really strong. Unfortunately, if you are older, the blues and violets vanish, because the lens in the eye itself yellows. Also, we can't see ultraviolet, because the lens can't focus it, which explains why ultraviolet lights always look a trifle fuzzy so it's not your brain failing after all! When the light is truly dim, like seeing by the light of the moon, we lose all color-seeing ability and things go just black, white, or shades of gray. Two days ago I mentioned the eye as a marvelous invention. The parts of that structure providing our greatest angular acuity, and our ability to see the fantastic spread of colors in nature, are the cones on the retina.

The cones detect best in the yellow-green region probably no accident that the sun puts out its greatest energy in that area. At the extremes of red and blue, we can only see the colors when the light is East of the Divide Today partly cloudy. Highs 65 to 75. Tonight mostly clear. Lows 40 to 45.

Wednesday mostly clear. Highs 80 to 85. Thursday mostly clear. Lows 50 to 60. Highs 85 to 95.

Friday partly cloudy. of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the 40s to mid-50s. Highs in the lower 80s to lower 90s. Friday partly cloudy in the morning becoming mostly cloudy.

Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid-40s to mid-50s. Highs in the mid-80s to mid-90s. Lows 50 to 60. Highs 85 to 95.

West of the Divide Today sunny. Highs in the mid-70s to lower 80s. Tonight mostly clear. Lows in the 30s to mid-405. Wednesday mostly sunny.

Highs in the 80s to lower 90s. Thursday partly cloudy. Slight chance I 6:00 I 6:30 I 7:00 I 7:30 I 8:00 I 8:30 I 9:00 I 9:30 I 10:00 10:30 I 11:00 11:30 I 12:00 12:30 vurc News(N) Entertainment Live From New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live The begin- Law Order: Special Victims Unit News(N) (:35) The Tonight Show With Jay :37) Late Night With Conan O'Brien Last Call With LUtnj hbc Tonight IN) nings ol the show. (PA) (CC) "Florida" 0 (CC) Leno N) fi (CC) (N) fi (CC) Carson Daly 0 Tci k-cnn That '70s Show That 70s Show Just for Laughs I Just for Laughs I i-Caught (N) (CC) Primelime; Crime (N) (CC) News(N) (:35) Nightline (N)lj06 Jimmy Kimmel Live William Paid 1:36) Friends i ulu m-pp -Baby Fever" 'Ramble On' (N) ft (CC) (N)o(CC) CCJ Baldwin; the Almost. (N) (CC) Program (CC) firm ubtv Jeopardy! (CC) Wheel of Fortune Power of 10 Contestants compete to Big Brother 8 Veto meeting and com- NCIS "In the Dark' ft (CC) News (:35) Late Show With David I (:37) The Late Late Show With Craig (:37) CBS Up to Ol tj mi iv (CC) win cash.

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Call 761-3881. A tour and talk of the Vinegar Jones cabin is from 5 to 8 p.m. each Wednesday at Gibson Park. Admission is free. Alive5 features the 49th Street Blues Project, children's activities and concessions from 5 to 9 p.m.

Thursday on the 1 00 block of Central Avenue. Admission is free. Dogs are prohibited. The seventh annual Music in the Library Park features the Johnny Mack Band at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Great Falls Public Library Park, 301 2nd Ave.

N. Bring chairs or blankets. The program moves indoors in the case of inclement weather. Admission is free. Call 453-0349.

The West Side United Methodist Church presents a tent meeting and gospel music at 7 p.m. Thursday at Rhodes Park across from the parish, -726 Central Ave. W. Bring a chair or blanket. Admission is free.

Call 452-3900. A park ranger presents the history of the Island Park waterfalls from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday at Ryan Dam Island Park. Weather permitting. Admission is free.

Call 727-1212. i The Great Falls Dog Training Club presents its annual Obedience and i Rally Trials with demonstrations, course work and more at 9 a.m. Friday at Montana ExpoPark's Trades and Industries building. Admission is free. Call 761-5603.

Sox take on the Missoula Osprey at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Centene Stadium, 1015 25th St. N. Admission is $5 and S3 for children. Call 452-531 1 or visit www.greatfallswhitesox.com.

The Brown Bag Lunch Music series features the acoustic music of Richard Matoon from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Great Falls Public Library park, 301 2nd Ave. N. Bring a chair or blanket. The program moves indoors in the case of inclement weather.

Admission is free. Call 453-0349. A Tea Dance is from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Elks Lodge, 500 1st Ave. S.

Admission is $4. Call 454-1305. The Farmers' Market includes fresh produce, baked goods, crafts and live entertainment from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Registration is from p.m. Admission is free but donations are accepted.

Call 791-5928. Bingo is every Tuesday at 6:45 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, 500 1st Ave. S. Food is available from 5 to 6:30 p.m.

Admission is free. Call 454-1305. Around town One eastbound lane of the Warden Bridge (10th Avenue South Bridge) is closed through Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The closure will accommodate routine bridge inspection.

Northbound traffic on 13th Street South between 33rd and 24th Avenues South will be detoured to 17th Street South from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., today through Friday. The closure will accommodate utility construction. Story Hour is 10:30 at the Great Falls Public Library, 301 2nd St. N.

The topic is "Happy Hats." Call 453-0349. Coming up Story Hour is 10:30 Wednesday at the Great Falls Public Library, 301 2nd St. N. The topic is "Happy Hats." Call 453-0349. The West Side United Methodist Church presents a tent meeting and gospel music at 7 p.m.

Wednesday at Rhodes Park across from the parish, 726 Central Ave. W. Bring a chair or blanket. Admission is free. Call 452-3900.

It's Sutherland's MVP and Pepsi Hat night when the Great Falls White Today's events Rides to Fort Harrison are available for medical appointments. A Disabled American Veterans van leaves Holiday Village Mall in front of Ross Dress for Less at 7 a.m., returns at 5 p.m. Ride reservations are not required. Call 761-1264. It's Beartooth NBC and KBGF Bat night when the Great Falls White Sox take on the Missoula Osprey at 7 p.m.

Tuesday in Centene Stadium, 1015 25th St. N. Admission is $5 and $3 for children. Call 452-5311 or visit www.greatfallswhitesox.com. The Argo Cross Country team presents "Blue and Gold Fun RunWalk" with prizes, raffles and more at 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday at the McLaughlin Memorial Center, 1301 20th St, S. More rains soak soggy Wisconsin By COLIN FLY Associated Press Writer i7 4: vi mm v- AP PHOTOMILWAUKEE JOURNAL-SENTINEL. RICK WOOO With the smoke smoldering from a house fire behind them, workers from the Wisconsin Energy, disconnect the electrical power to a home in Wheatland, Wis. The smoldering debris is from a electrical fire that destroyed the home of Paul Zarnstofrr. i AP PHOTOGRAND FORKS HERALD.

JOHN STERNNESS Rescue workers wait while a mobile home that was blown off its foundation by a tornado is stabilized before searching for victims inside Sunday in Northwood, N.D. The tornado destroyed the mobile home park, killing one person, and blew out windows in a nursing home and school, officials said Monday. Tornado kills one in eastern North Dakota BURLINGTON, Another round of thunderstorms brought more rain and a flash-flood warning to an already deluged southwestern Wisconsin on Monday, forcing residents below four dams to evacuate. Strong wind knocked out power to parts of Vilas and Oneida counties, and the National Weather Service briefly issued a flash flood warning for Vernon County as up to 3.5 inches of rain drenched the area. Elsewhere, cleanup and recovery were under way in parts of the Great Lakes region hit hard by last week's storms.

President Bush declared north-central Ohio a disaster area, clearing the way for residents of the heavily flooded region to apply for grants for temporary housing and home repairs. Storms and flooding were blamed for at least 18 deaths across the upper Midwest. In Wisconsin, Bush had declared Vernon and four other counties federal disaster areas after last week's flooding forced people out of their homes. With more storms expected Tuesday, about 80 people living below the earthen Runge Hallow, Hidden Valley, Yettri-Primmer and Seas Branch dams were told to evacuate beginning at 4 p.m., said Linda Nederlo, a spokeswoman for Vernon County Emergency Management. A week ago, the same dams filled when torrential rains of up By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press Writer to 12 inches caused flooding.

All the dams held, but overflow at the Hidden Valley dam caused some erosion. As the storms rolled east on Monday, Francis Adams, 75, was struck and killed by lightning as he sought shelter from the rain under a pine on a golf course in Madison, authorities said. It was the second deadly incident involving lightning in Madison in one week. Three people boarding a city bus Wednesday were electrocuted when lightning struck a utility pole and dropped a live wire into standing water. On Monday, Federal Emergency Management Agency teams also were assessing the damage caused by last week's storms.

Jeremy Knopow, 30, of Burlington, was waiting to see what federal aid would be available to cover his belongings or the estimated $10,000 in structural damage to his home. "If homeowner's doesn't cover it, and that doesn't cover it, we're just screwed," Knopow said. In Ohio, floodwaters have receded in the heavily flooded village of Ottawa and surrounding area, officials said. About 1,000 homes in the county were affected by the high waters, and disaster estimates are expected to rise as residents continue to pump out their flooded basements. The electricity was back on for most of the more than 1 million customers who lost power from storms across the Midwest in the past week.

classes were canceled for the week. Residents of the town's health center, which includes a small hospital and a 77-bed nursing home, were moved into corridors before the storm struck and none was injured, nursing director Carla Sletten said. Windows were broken on one side of the nursing home, she said. Gov. John Hoeven issued an emergency declaration Monday and sent the National Guard to help with cleanup.

Wreckage and fallen power lines blocked some streets after the twister struck Sunday night. Electricity was cut off to the entire city as a precaution. Generators were set up for the health center, and the school was closed Monday. National Weather Service meteorologist Greg Gust estimated the twister's wind hit 170 mph, and said it was nearly a mile wide when it hit the town. Grand Forks County Sheriff Dan Hill said the extent of damage "just floored me." "There were cars that looked like they went through a crusher," he said.

The tornado demolished two neighboring trailer parks on Northwood's north side, which had 19 units in all, and killed Larry Weisz, 57, who was pinned between the base of a mobile home and a tree, Grand Forks County Sheriff Dan Hill said. NORTHWOOD, N.D. A tornado destroyed two mobile home parks, killing one person, and blew out windows in homes and buildings across the town, officials said Monday. At least 18 people were injured. "This town is a mess.

This town is a disaster," said Kevin Dean, a spokesman for the town's emergency operations center. "There's virtually nothing that hasn't been damaged." The roof was torn off the town's school and water was inside the classrooms. Monday was supposed to be the first day of classes for the school year, but.