The Salt Lake Tribune from Salt Lake City, Utah • 32

B2 The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH Sunday August 23 1992 Front Brings Welcome Cooler Weather at Least Until Monday Shorthanded Utah Fire Crews Get a Grip on Three Blazes A bout of unseasonably cool weather rustled up a series of impromptu picnics Saturday at Liberty Park where families traded in their tank tops for sweat shirts and munched on take-out hamburgers "We needed this a nice cool Those who relished the reprieve have at least until Monday to take advantage of it forecasters with the National Weather Service said A deep and cool cold front stalled over the state Saturday and was expected to move slowly day" said Jessie Garcia who brought her three children and a nephew to the park for an early evening picnic "It's just been too hot so uncomfortable you don't feel like doing anything The kids haven't been playing outside until the sun goes down" Today's Report Compiled by Martin Renzhofer giWEATHERIREPORTiin Auto omissions ore the primary cause ot air pollution during a temperature Inversion You con help reduce) pollution ond cut down trotitc congestion by Call BUS-INFO 287-4636 taking the bus or 0 carpool NORTHERN UTAH ININIMMMMoiii Logat Cloudy 4769 Ogden Cloudy 5270 Salt Lake City Cloudy Park City 5673 Cloudy 4562 ProvoOrem Cloudy 4973 east today Thunderstorms are expected to accompany that movement in the afternoon and early evening meteorologists said Today's forecast calls for highs in the low to mid-70s and lows in the mid-40s to low 50s There's a 60 chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon and early evening that may be accompanied by hail and strong gusts of wind Monday's forecast calls for temperatures in the same range but the chance of rain is estimated at only 20 The weekend began with a harsh kick of heavy winds that knocked out power lines Friday night and felled heavy tree limbs in small pockets throughout the valley No injuries were reported Dispatchers for Airmed and Life Flight said they had bumpy helicopter rides during emergency runs throughout the night but that high winds did not force pilots to ground their vehicles Saturday's strongest micro-bursts were reported at Brigham Young University in Provo where gusts reached 76 mph Seventy-four mph or above is hurricane level said meteorologist William Alder Salt Lake City International Airport reported gusts up to 48 mph and Park City reported winds of 40 mph Pea-sized hail was reported Friday in Holladay Nephi and iVendover Cloudy 5871 Vernal Cloudy 4769 to contain it by tonight said Mr Riffle The Sand Mountain East Fire about six miles north of Lynndyl in Millard County was contained to 2750 acres and mostly out by Saturday said a dispatcher from the Richfield Interagency Fire Center A small crew was watching over the area Saturday All three fires were believed to be caused by lightning strikes None of the blazes was threatening homes or ranches and the weather did not seem to be a factor said authorities "There has been some high humidity and some lower temperatures but at the same time we've had some high winds" said Mr Cornell While crews were able to tackle the three fires this weekend officials hope those were the last at least until most of Utah's fire crews come back from fighting fires in Idaho "We're concerned that if we get any major fire going here in Utah it'll be difficult getting resources down here quickly" said Mr Cornell By Vince Horiuchi THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Firefighters got a jump on three Utah forest fires Saturday morning even though most of the crews for the state's interagency fire centers were sent to battle blazes in Idaho Crews controlled a 3500- acre fire just north of the Golden Spike National Historical Site in Box Elder County which burned mostly sage and pinyon juniper said Gary Cornell state fire management officer for the Utah State Lands and Forestry The fire was first spotted about 9 pm Friday The blaze was controlled early Saturday and crews spent most of the day looking over "hot spots" said a Box Elder County sheriff's dispatcher Meanwhile about 40 firefighters continued to battle the Monument fire in the Stansbury Mountains 10 miles west of Tooele said Neal Riffle fire management officer for the Wasatch-Cache National Forest The 700-acre fire was burning mostly pinyon pine and Douglas fir Firefighters hope An unseasonably cool upper trough will be over Utah before weakening tonight and Monday Tropical moisture will continue to move across much of eastern Utah To-days variable clouds and cooler temperatures with scattered showers and thunderstorms will decrease by Monday but keep the umbrellas handy today and tonight There is a 60 chance of rain today 20 Monday Delta Cloudy 4179 SOUTHERN UTAMSMOMIMIM110 Price Cloudy 5067 Green River Cloudy 6583 After weeks of triple-digit highs residents in Utah's Dixie will probably need their sweaters today and Monday as temperatures plummet into the high 80s The forecast calls for variable clouds and cooler temperatures with showers and thunderstorms likely mainly during the afternoon Also expect gusty winds near the thunderstorms Otherwise expect southwest winds of 10-20 mph Milford Cloudy 5278 Richfield Cloudy Moab 5176 1 Cloudy 6985 1 IBullfrog Blanch Cloudy Cloudy 7186 5577 Blanding Cloudy 5577 LUNAR Cedar City Cloudy SL George 5576 Cloudy 6587 CD ON August 17 August 21 August 25 August 28 Waning Gibbous Last Quarter Waning Crescent New Moon Salt Lake TV Viewer Helps Solve Alleged Kidnapping 'MUM MONII TU ESt TH11113 WASATCH FRONTSIDAY4ORECAST1 IWED2 dn A Iti ii 75 The weather will continue to be cob! but a bit warmer than the projected highs in the mid-70s of today and Monday Highs should rise into the 80s but partly cloudy conditions accompanied by widely scattered thunderstorms or showers will continue through Thursday Lows are forecast to improve from the high 505 to lows in the mid-60s 73 00s 00s 00s low 56 60 60s El 60s USU Names Vice President Of University Relations President George Emert of Utah State University has appointed Paul Norton Madison Wis as USU's new vice president for university relations and development effective Oct 1 Norton is now executive director of the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board and general manager of Wisconsin's public radio and television networks a position he has held since 1983 Norton recently was elected vice chairman of the board of the National Public Broadcasting Service and is a member of several PBS committees THUR: NUNS MONS SOLITHWESTSDAY: ORECASnsom However Salt Lake County Jail records established that a Patricia Farmer 60 had been booked into jail early Friday morning KUTV reported that her grandson 5-year-old Jarrod Lee Peters had been reunited with his mother Ladonna Morrow of Loving-ton NM at an undisclosed Salt Lake location Saturday morning The boy's story had been broadcast recently on the TV shows "Unsolved Mysteries" and "Maury Povich" A viewer called the state Department of Human Sel vices after recognizing Farmer The agency reportedly then notified the FBI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A woman who allegedly kidnapped her grandson two years ago was arrested after a Salt Lake viewer recognized the woman from a television show Patricia Farmer was being held in Salt Lake County Jail on Saturday for investigation of custodial interference and kidnapping charges KUTV television reported Saturday that she was arrested by FBI agents and sheriff's deputies at a residence The boy was unharmed The FBI's Salt Lake City office said it could neither confirm nor deny the report Southern Utah will continue to remain cooler than it has been but highs in the 90s still are forecast Widely scattered thunderstorms and showers mainly near the mountains still are predicted to accompany partly cloudy skies Gusty winds will be near any storms Lows from Tuesday through Thursday will stay in the mid-to high 60s At A A A A hig 87 89 90s 90s 90s low 65 El 60s 60s 60s ON BIM a EMI A A A A Navajos Recall World War II Code That Baffled Japanese 85 Moab and Canyonlands will have variable clouds and cooler weather today and Monday with showers and thunderstorms likely mainly in the afternoon and early nighttime hours Possible gusty winds will be near any storms otherwise expect southwest daytime winds of 10-20 mph The remainder of the week will have highs in the 80s and partly cloudy skies with scattered rain 80s 80s 80s 87 II Continued from B-1 61 low 69 60s 60s lbw DAILYALMA AO 0 11 0 19 0 46 11 55 260 97 at Ogden 45 at Bryce Canyon 89 58 degrees 99 degrees in 1961 45 degrees in 1933 646 AM 115 PM Precipitation Pmpitation this month Accumulative deficit Precipitation since (kt I 1991 Accumulative deficit nab high Utah low Normal highlow for this date Record high for this date Record low for tins date SunriseSunset today TT Yesterday's Weather Summ Summ Amsterdam 70 55 cldy Jerusalem 88 66 cldy Athens 97 72 snny Johannesbrg 73 46 snny Bangkok 93 79 cldy Kiev 77 61 snny Barbados 86 77 snny Lima 66 57 cldy Barcelona 86 66 snny Lisbon 81 63 cldy Beijing 88 66 snny London 68 59 rain Beirut 84 5 snny Madrid 86 66 snny Belgrade 97 72 snny Manila 86 73 cldy Berlin 77 59 ckly Mexico City 73 55 cidy Bermuda 90 81 ckly Montreal 75 46 snny Bogota 72 45 cldy Moscow 57 50 cldy Brisbane 70 46 snny Nairobi 70 45 cidy Brussels 77 61 snny New Delhi 88 81 clrly Budapest 97 63 mmy Nicosia 95 72 snny Buenos Aires 68 50 snny Oslo 61 54 cldy Calgary 46 37 cldy Paris 75 57 cldy Cairo 91 73 snny Kin 75 57 rain Caracas 82 66 snny Rome 93 70 snny Copenhagen 63 57 cldy Santiago 61 43 snny Dublin 63 50 rain Seoul 86 73 snny Frankfurt 75 61 cldy Singapore 88 73 snny Geneva 82 64 cldy Stockholm 68 55 cldy Harare 82 64 snny Sydney 63 43 snny Havana 91 77 cldy Tokyo 90 75 snny Helsinki 61 52 cldy Vancouver 72 54 cldy Hong Kong 79 snny Vienna 91 70 cldy Istanbul 88 75 Hilly Warsaw 79 61 cldy After the war both men forged successful lives marrying and raising five children each And while they live on opposite ends ofArizona Claw at Parker in the west and Foster at Fort Defiance near the New Mexico border they became friends through NAVMA activities Foster now 68 returned to the reservation and spent nearly 40 years working for the US Public Health Service as an interpreter Claw 70 has labored in construction farmed and worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs' irrigation operations since 1974 the last 10 years as a water-master Roughly half-a-century later the men recall much of the Navajo code which was never broken They'll tell you the Navajo word for frog "ch'al" was code for amphibious operations or equipment Similarly potatoes became grenades eggs were bombs and America "nihima" literally "our mother" "We had code words for everything from dive bombers to battleships There were hundreds of words to memorize" Foster said "Yes I still remember the code" working at a San Francisco shipyard in 1943 normally handled coded messages from his artillery regiment to headquarters But on June 2211945 he volunteered to relieve tired Marines guarding the perimeter "Everything was fine for most of the night We had flares going up and there was a full moon" he remembered "Then about 4 o'clock in the morning the moon went down it got dark and for some reason the flares stopped" Against the horizon Claw saw the silhouette of a solitary figure approaching When the intruder didn't answer a challenge another Marine shot him The dying Japanese soldier threw a grenade as he fell Claw had survived sharp fighting at Cape Gloucester in December 1943 and Peleliu in September 1944 but as the concussion from the blast tossed him through the air he knew he was hurt "I was lucky All I got was shrapnel below my eye and cheek" Claw said Of the 400 Navajos who became Marine code-talkers six died in combat Claw and Foster are among the 300 still living NAVMA records show Yesterday's Weather Prep Prep UTAH ARIZONA Alta 70 52 0 12 flagstaff 57 54 216 Blanding 73 61 030 Phoenix 92 75 Brigham City 79 66 Tucson 93 73 Bryce 62 45 007 COLORADO Bullfrog Colorado Spgs 89 59 Capitol Reef 85 67 Denver 93 63 Cedar City 82 61 Grand Jet 82 69 Coalville 80 59 005 IDAHO Delta 84 64 Boise 73 52 Fillmore Coeur d'Alene 47 42 Flaming Grg 76 61 Idaho Falls 77 59 Green River 88 70 Lewiston 60 54 111 Hanksville 91 75 Pocatello 78 60 Heber City 85 59 Rexburg 73 59 004 Helper 78 59 Twin Falls 74 55 Kanab 76 56 090 MONTANA Logan 78 59 Billings 54 49 Milford 83 58 Great Falls 37 33 0 13 Moab 85 74 Helena 41 37 002 Monticello 60 55 005 Missoula 50 44 019 Nephi NEVADA Ogden 97 61 006 Elko 75 43 Park City 73 61 006 Ely 80 57 Price 80 62 Las Vegas 98 79 Provo 88 72 Reno 77 48 Randolph 71 58 005 NEW MEXICO Richfield 81 61 Albuquerque 89 64 Roosevelt 88 52 016 Santa Fe 87 60 Salt Lake 81 64 WYOMING Spanish Fork 86 68 Cheyenne 85 59 001 St George 94 70 Evanston Tooele 80 58 010 Laramie 74 55 Vernal 81 55 003 Rock Springs 78 59 Wendover 78 68 Yellowstone 62 46 Zion NP 88 62 1 ter recalled "In combat you don't -think about much except whether you're going to live from one day to another" Often under fire Foster translated and transmitted critical information for artillery and aerial bombardment of enemy positions "You'd have to send that message quick and get out because if the Japanese spotted you with a radio they'd throw everything they had at you" he said That was the case at Iwo Jima where Foster was struck in the leg by mortar shell fragments Luckily the wound was superficial and he continued his duties The role played by Foster and other Navajos was crucial to victory Maj Howard Conner signal officer for the 5th Marine Division would say "Were it not for the Navajos the Marines would never have taken Iwo Jima" Thomas Claw another Navajo code-talker walked away with minor wounds after a Japanese grenade exploded a few feet away during the battle for Okinawa Claw talked into enlisting by Marine buddies he met while POLLUTION INDEX Cotton lioreoxido Ozom Salt Lake City 11 50 Davis Co 50 50 Provo 33 Utah County 11 50 Ogden 11 40 Weber County 50 Standard so tIoMorrow 50 Good Salt Lake City Davis 51 100 Hoderalt Weber Comties- GOOD 101 200 Unhealotuf Ogden Provo S1 201 275 Very Unheolthful Utah CountiesGOOD UTAH UPDATES11111011 POLLEN COUN1AINNO1 Grass Very Low Grass very Low Wasatch Froni 575-7246 Air Ouality-533-7239 Highway 492-2400 Amor Rocrollional Forwatt-539-1311 Weeds Hmh poi Podweed ktcthest Trees 0 Mold Low The Accu-Weather forecast for noon Sunday Aug 23 ELSEWHERE INUSM10 Lines separate high temperature zones for the day 60s Lines separate nign temperature zones tor tne oay Morgan Riders End Weber Posse's 46-Year Race Reign 0 Continued from B-1 60s IkalljAIN(s1050m660stit 11111h Jim kat Anew' 9111 80s 4 1 It 117 7os dm" Airs 70s 1)60sititippAlk icikk Oka All PAPS ws vstor 411' 80s ikvo- gem" 80s -q411kabigul'4-0 90s--- -k 80s FIPPP14-11091110: I' 4 A 90s ta4- or OS SW-- Today I Fest 60 51 rain 84 70 tstm 80 66 snny 93 69 ptel 86 69 meld 60 54 rain 80 66 snny 83 57 snny 85 68 mely 85 60 eldy 66 ptel 83 60 snny 83 64 ptel 86 55 snny 93 72 stmy 84 61 snny 83 63 snny 88 67 mely 68 49 mely 71 62 rain 85 61 simy 87 58 snny Yesterday I Prep 52 69 51 68 68 014 62 61 50 71 51 65 53 61 47 69 58 53 67 44 67 016 49 51 77 77 Anchorage 61 Atlanta 84 Atlantic City 94 Austin 93 Birmingham 85 Bismarck 91 Boston 81 Buffalo 81 Charlotte 81 Chicago 83 Cincinnati 80 Cleveland 80 Columbus 80 Concord 85 Dallas 92 Des Moines 82 Detroit 78 El Paso 94 Fairbanks 73 Fargo 88 Grand Rapids 80 Hartford 84 Honolulu 89 Houston 91 Honolulu 89 Houston 91 Quist in the first leg up a mountainside Weber County eventually gained on the Morgan County upstarts but on the fourth leg Allen Me Ile's horse made a wide turn "His horse just overshot the corner and he couldn't rein him back in so I took off" said Mr Jones who turned the mistake into a 300-yard-lead for Morgan County "I made up a lot of ground but I just couldn't catch him Mr San- chez" said Weber County's an- chor rider Mr Russell "We'll be back next year for revenge We: didn't come here to lose" In the 1970s a member of Weber County's posse was killed in a Pony Express race near Hardware Ranch in Cache County when he was thrown from his horse But the danger didn't deter Ms Franich one of the few women who ride in a sheriff's posse in Utah "I love it" she said while she warmed up Sis Scat her tall black former racehorse "They think just because I'm little and petite I'm not a threat See that gray Arabian over there? Kiss it goodbye" Ms Franich made good on her vow climbing away from Weber County's 22-year-veteran Ivan ous due to an overnight thunderstorm that soaked the course which consisted of uphill climbs and downhill plunges along makeshift cow paths Jeep trails and a brushy creek bottom next to the town cemetery "You're talking footing in mud rock and sagebrush while you're going fiat out down a draw" said Morgan County posse commander Mike Schlosser who was sidelined after his horse was injured in a practice ride the day before "This can get dangerous for horses and riders" FRONTS: -V-V- -11-11L COLD WARM WARM STATIONARY FRONTS: v-v- ALA way- 1992 Accu-Weather Inc Pressure r'371 El E2 35 NIGH LOW SHOWFRS RAIN TSTORMS FLURRIES SNOW ICE SUNNY PT CLOUDY CLOUDY me Assioalawl PAnso Aid hing Educators Seek Partnership With Parents as Teac IS Continued from B-1 ommilmEnimmlini 89 76 snny 68 90 70 ptcl Indianapolis 82 62 83 65 mcly Jackson MS 88 67 001 89 70 ptcl Kansas City 83 59 86 60 srmy Little Rock 87 66 88 67 ptcl Los Angeles 83 72 83 69 fair Louisville 83 70 002 86 67 tstm Memphis 85 68 040 86 70 ptcl Miami 87 80 020 90 77 tstm Milwaukee 77 59 82 62 ptcl Minneapolis 82 63 84 65 ptcl Nashville 85 68 85 68 mcly New Orleans 86 70 035 87 71 tstm New York 82 59 86 63 srmy Oklahoma City 88 67 89 68 snny Omaha 84 64 87 65 vmdy Orlando 91 73 012 91 73 tstm Philadelphia 83 61 86 65 snny Pittsburgh 83 56 85 62 suny Portland ME 84 53 80 53 snny Portland 66 56 73 mcly Richmond 79 61 84 65 ptcl Sacramento 84 56 86 54 snny San Antonio 92 69 93 71 ptcl San Diego 79 71 78 69 fair San Francisco 75 75 54 snny Seattle 72 57 74 50 smy Sioux Falls 64 83 69 ptcl St Louis 85 65 87 67 ptcl Spokane 55 42 033 63 40 plel Tampa 94 74 003 90 75 tstm Tulsa 8964 91 66 soy Washington 79 67 snny Wichita 88 63 90 66 snny Wilmington 82 56 83 62 smy Southwest promoting more heavy storms from southern Arizona to western Colorado Flash flooding is likely tonight and Monday in the southern Rockies A winter storm will strengthen its grip on the northern Rockies Brisk cold winds from the northeast will ascend the higher terrain of western Montana causing heavy snow in elevations above 6500 feet A mixture of snow and rain will fall in lower elevations Wet pow will reach northwest Wyoming including parts of Yellowstone Park Cool air will push into the interior Northwest Offshore winds will bring sunshine from western Washington to southern California Warm humid air will spread east from the southern Plains across the Middle West and into the Northeast Hurricane Andrew will buffet the northern Bahamas with gales and torrential rains starting this afternoon The dangerous storm should be packing winds near 120 miles an hour as it pushes westward toward the South Florida coast A large ridge of high pressure building along the Middle Atlantic Coast will direct the hurricane mainly west toward the region between Cape Canaveral and Key Largo A slight jog to the southwest would greatly increase the danger of landfall in the densely populated area between Miami and West Palm Beach on Monday afternoon Meanwhile Hurricane Lester will weaken as it crosses central Baja California The tropical storm will make landfall in northwest Mexico later in the day Moisture from Lester will pour into the Desert calls or home visits should be common Parents have the right to know what's going on in the classroom she says "Too often parents hear from schools only after there is a problem" says Samuel Sava executive director of the National Association of Elementary School Principals "Parents need to be involved from the beginning" "Effective teachers are willing to work with parents" says Lily Eskelsen president of the Utah Education Association But large numbers of students and too many parents make communication difficult she says "When it comes time to meet with parents the teacher can only donate seven or eight minutes to talk about incredibly important things" Ms Eskelsen says Some schools are experimenting with a parent-teacher lounge says Dennis Tierny of the San Francisco-based Far West Laboratory an educational research institution "Schools need to be demystified so parents are more willing to help" says Mr Tiemy "But we also need to encourage teachers to use parents in the classroom" The Utah state Office of Education offers classes to help parents and teachers understand how to work together 404 1 is chairwoman of the Education Commission for the 7-millionstrong PTA "The parent is a child's first teacher" she says "Teachers are professionals but they can't do the job alone Parents and teachers need to work as a team to do what is best for children" Ms Be lter says the education institution still is recovering from the "professional teacher era" of the 1950s when educators turned their backs on parents Good teachers will try to communicate with parents often Ms Belter says Notes telephone Pt.