European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 2007 stars and stripes Page 11 in the states heat wave hits West coast Las Southern California Temps near record highs the associated press los Angeles a heat wave sizzling across the West showed Little sign of letting up with Las vegas forecast to tie a record High and even Northern Idaho expected to top 100 de you can become dehydrated really Quick before you know you step outside said Charlie a meteorologist with the National weather service in Las Las vegas was expected to hit which would tie a record for the Date set in near record your View highs were also forecast for South Ern where the Mercury was expected to top 115 in a High of 101 was forecast thursday in and nearby Coeur which would exceed the record of 100 set in fridays forecast didst hold much Relief from the nearly we Klong heat i in Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered the opening of state Cooling centers in 13 and the operator of the statewide Power Grid asked californians to try to conserve Energy to avoid the High combined with an extremely dry win also worried wildfire Crews across the three firefighters suffered Jae Kaan Alara and Baris Beyaz All from tur key Cool off tuesday in the Mist on the strip in Las heat exhaustion while battling a 700acre wildfire that broke out wednesday Northwest of Santa said Santa Barbara county fire Craig moisture Levels in some of the largest logs East of the Cascade Range have dropped to what typically is seen in the hottest Days of Forest service officials were headed toward a hard fire the Way it the Public needs to be prepared for said Steve fire management officer for the Colville National Forest in Wash weve Slid into fire sea son without people making a big Issue about Bill seeks to bring visitors to after the Hull the associated press Washington the United states has lost billions of dollars and an immeasurable amount of Good will since the terrorism attacks because of a de Cline in foreign several senators Are now trying to get the government involved in bringing those visitors the Senate Commerce commit tee has approved a Bill to establish a nonprofit Public private Corpora Tion to promote the United states As a tourist destination and Clear up misperception about travel it also would create a new office in the Commerce department to work with other Agen cies on fixing visa policies and entry processes that discourage visits to the United states from countries outside of Canada and Mexico totalled million in Down 17 percent from a Peak of 26 million in Accord ing to Commerce department Fig in the same Cross order travel around the world was up 20 visits from the six countries that provide the most tourists have dropped 15 percent since its a situation that really is disastrous when you take into account the Overall global trends in International and the fact that the currency makes travel to the country so said Adam managing director for tourism economics at Oxford the new corporation envisioned by the Bill would be funded by Industry contributions and a user fee levied on travellers from the 27 countries participating in a visa waiver program with the United