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SNIPPET: "The fire was reported about 11:23 p.m. Thursday by someone who called 911 reporting flames coming from the covered slips at the Halls Crossing Marina, a remote part of Lake Powell on the Kane/San Juan County border. National Park Service firefighters from all over responded, some flying up from Page, Ariz., to help. Photographs provided to the Deseret News showed boats engulfed in flames and burned out hulls floatingon the water. There were more than 150 boats moored at the marina — firefighters saved about 130 of them." SNIPPET: "Anyone with information on the fire is asked to call...

San Juan Biodiesel Cooperative tests alternate-fuel supply The San Juan Biodiesel Cooperative wants to know if anyone is interested in a biodiesel facility in the Four Corners. SJBC mailed surveys to farmers and crop growers in hopes of garnering more enthusiasm for a facility. “Questions are geared toward determining growers’ interest in raising sunflower and canola,”... other queries from the survey include whether assistance would be needed for crop storage, anticipated yields of individual farms, and whether farmers would be interested in becoming part owners of a potential biodiesel facility ... Biodiesel is a nonpetroleum fuel made from refined vegetable...

MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Sept. 2, 2005) -- During World War II, about 400 Native Americans enlisted as code talkers to aid the Marine Corps with a secret communication the enemy never broke. Pvt. Keylon W. Yazzie, Platoon 3097, Company I, plans to uphold the legacy of his Navajo ancestors by following the footsteps of a group of Marines who left a lasting mark on the Marine Corps - a mark of traditions, values, history and language. "My great grandfather Harding Yazzie Sr. and my great uncle George Kirk were code talkers and they inspired me to...