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Reader input - cr raism By Michael R Wettxrf staff writer Music door prizes from local businesses and Stuart little a character from one of the movies playing at g Cinefour Theater will be a part of deadlines quickWith local radio stations Family Night ly approaching “We're locally owned and operatand the Cinefour Theater are hosting a “Family Night” from 4:30 to 7 pm ed which means we have a vested Wednesday in the theater’s parking interest to improve the community and we believe that the ice arena is a lot to benefit die Bridgerland Combenefit to Cache ValIce Arena munity ” said 96 KIX Jeff free and offer will ley iQ92 Ewing part owner of family skating passes to every family the theater BCIA has raised $38 million of that donates $10 or more And tire theater will donate a percentage of all the $58 million needed to build the its soft drink and popcorn sales this arena with 2000 seats at 140 E 3100 Is u ly-- - much-need- - j i Contractore’ licenses must be checked Hyde Park The organization has enough money to move ahead with constructionbut iq would mean scaling back many of the amenities including most of the seats BCIA Director Janet Borg said one of die grants they received included a efforts condition that end Dec 31 1999 She convinced the donor foundation to extend the deadline to March 31 2000 Borg said she will ask for another extension but there’s not much time left g is expected because to be in May and another grant must North between North Logan and be spent by June fund-raisin- Id li 'll Page 3 Tuesday March 21 2000 Tha Herald Journal Logan Utah C I- t- week fund-raisi- ng ed ground-breakin- The orgJhization is seeking bids and proposals from companies to complete die desip and construction of the facility Bids will be opened April 7 In the meantime donationscan be made at local Zions Bank branches and the USU Community Credit Union The credit union has pledged to match up to $4000 of the donations it receives for the arena “The ice arena will be built for the community by the community” Borg said evenr family in Cadre Valdonated $10 we would reach a ley d goal” If ny ng ar- ras lea xc ICC ty to 60 canyon collisionare Seatbelts and airbags being credited with saving seven lives in a ing Monday morning Utah Highway Patrol troopers said Charlotte VanWage-ne- n 19 of Orem wasi northbound on US Highway near Dry Lake when she hit a slushy patch in the roadway and lost control of her car VanWagenen’s car slid into the oncoming traffic and collided head-o- n with a car driven by Paula Cook 46 of Lewiston 89-9- 1 VlU my name Is James MQligan V j : " 1 1 ’ f : I'm probably one of the few people to leave my name in the Sound Off cdumn rm sure some of die re sst? AP photo I arty" to to :ar- - min By Arrin Brunson staff writer See SOUND on Page 5 INewabusea fcharge toM ffeh£ard l staff writer ryV-- i 10-poi- nt le r seniors took home top honors and scholarships to Utah State Univerfour-yea- boy in 1989 Jay Toombs 44wai arrested year-ol- d last month to face three first-- g degree felony counts of aggra-- 3 I vated sexual abuse of a child f f based on the allegations The t nqjv charge another count of t aggravated sexual abuse iff child t filed March 10 Charges were against Tbombs on day after a warrant Was : i detectives who detailed the alleged abuse and said Toombs to come in for an inter-- j refused j view Tbombs was attending a 1 conference in Maricopa County J Ariz where he was arrested by s local authorities He wu extra-- f dited Feb 6 and booked into the j Cache County Jail early the next ? ? morning He was released Feb 9 s f on $60000 bail Toombs will appear in court 29 for a preliminary bear- - f March t ' JV 1 ! ing Preliminary hearings are held in felony cases to determine if prosecuton have enough evi- -j I dence against a defendant to war- ' rant a bud ' if d b £ v k Correction Charges not 'dismissed ut Logan woman recont-l-y converted of failure to report child A abuse qhargea did not have the chargee against her dtemiesed aa was stated In a Herald Journal article Fit ' day Judge Clint Judkins sentenced the woman to 40 hours of community service and ordered her to pay $300 1 Inlines sity under the direction of coaches Margaret Obray and Larry Litizzette For Sharee Hatch 17 the feeling was timilar to when she came from behind to win a big race for the state champion Mountain Crest cross country team Tire excitement of the win wu only one enjoyable aspect of tire Olympiad competition for Hatch though T just liked getting to know all the different people and learning about such a variety of topics” she said To select tire team members teachers looked at test scores the range of classes students were enrolled in and grade point averages Starting in January team members studied all the major subjects and current events at 6:45 am three days a week James Taylor 17 said the trivia he now stores in his head would make him a pretty good contestant on the “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” show He answered each of the five individual questions flawlessly in front of a panel of judges and hundreds of sbidents The thnll of victory didn’t win him a hefty check but there were rewards he said “I don’t play a lot of sports so it’s kind of like my football state championship” Taylor said Academic Olympian Jeremy Thompson 18 was a pitcher and catcher on the Mountain Crest baseball team that won foe state championship last year Feelings of victory that crane with academic and athletic excellence are similar hesaid “You realize how hard you worked ' how many hours you put in and then SeeWINooPhgelO Youth setfof Herald Journal staff ' Mountain Crest student Adam son of Rex and Shannon ' Larsen Larsen has met all requirements to qualify as a state finalist in the Deseret News-KS- L Television Ster- - ling Scholar program Larsen a ‘ Meydonjc jideiH will compete aguMtodMitndea'i throughout the state in the visual arts category Other nominees woe: April Elli- - son English Samuel Thomsen mathematics Jeremy Thompson social science Anna Holden sci--: ence Michelle McCann foreign lan- - guage Jacob Marble computer technology Bradley Parker trade f and technical education Heidi family and consumer sciences KyleEgnew business and I Christensen marketing education Anna Leah Morgan speechdrama McKenzie Maughan music Trisha Low dance jggi I was wedded to my wallet I was issued The warrant was 'j f based on a statement from Logan 1 J HYRUM — Members of the Mountain Crest scholastic team came from a deficit to win what they say was the most exciting and challenging component of the 16th annual Academic Olympiad — Star Wars This component of the Olympiad is a competition that pits college bowl-styall 22 high school teams in a rapid-fir- e barrage of questions from every area of academics : Calling themselves the “Dark Horse” the Mustang team of nine v A Benson man facing abuse charges for allegedly boy in fondling a v' 1993 land 1994 will face an addi- j lional sex abuse charge for i allegedly fondling another Ur : K pital Paula Cook was admitted to the hospital and was considered in fair condition this consid-£r£d’-iq fair Condition Cook's be ing uty on a mined and was ws-- to storm as a backdrop Paul Roper soars above the SpringvMe area on his powered parachute on Sunday With year-okL- hat ia ga in and 14--- linth-grade-rs ere i seatbelt and airbags deployed in the collision saving lives VanWagenen Cook and her passengers Jerry Bird 17 and Jennifer Bradford 17 both of Albuquerque NM Amanda Davis 12 of Orem Alberta Cook 72 and Theresa Corgill 12 both of Lewiston were all taken to Logan Regional Hos- ' parent that was concerned about v'theif 'lfcyc&rhld totidAing a 1 concern is why would date a this parent let the is the not problem being in a high school ’ old rad-- In wr “r I'm calling to respond to the ’ Troopers said both cars’ occupants were all wearing ifi sons that people don’t leave their hame in this column is because they are scared they are going to get harassed by toe police for dong so like Officer Cheshire said that ' anonymous calls do absolutely nothing So I say dial everyone that has complaints shows up at the police station on Saturday March 25 at around note and talk to die police and try to settle our griey- ances ' mil colli- head-o- n sion in Wellsville canyon Hey I was dreaming of a white spring first day of spring Isn’t it beautiful? Everybody out there cheer up " ng In brief Seven survive TVs is to all yon home bnDderi in Cache Valley Make sure your general contractor has a license make sure his subcontractors have a license You can check this by calling the State of Utah Department Commerce in Salt Lake This is from someone who has had this " experience There is nothing you can do to an unlicensed contractor if ' they mess lip your home ' ce fund-raisi- much-neede- Editor's note: Staffers’ Comer Is an occasional feature giving Herald Journal reporters erfitora and photographers a chance to offer a personal perspective on events and other facets of life Today's column is written by Michael R WeM I felt miserable early one Saturday morning about six months ago as I drove up and down Main Street looking for my wallet I was in Richmond the night before helping a fanner bum off part of his field wfaenj moved a pile of clothes and equipment from one car to another Sometime diving die move I guess I left my wallet on top of my car — where it remained at least for a few moments after I drove Rich-mood-’s off I frantically searched die street and gutters looking fra any sign of the wallet At the same time I drew nylon ' a mental picture of each item that had to be replaced if I couldn't find the wallet: driver's license credit card ATM card check book the list got longer the more I thought about it And my anxiety level increased too It didn't take long for despair and depression to set in as I realized that it could be years before someone would stumble across my wallet and if they nately the starter is still cranking like could find me return it it's supposed to The drive home was long and quiet A few more months passed and my I immediately called my credit card life was back to normal or at least as normal as it was before I lost my wacompany and started die dreadful llet Then I got a phone call process of replacing everything Unfortunately I didn’t have an ordinary waA Utah Department of Transportation llet Mine was more of a traveler’s crew found my old wallet oo the road pouch with room for cash cards a between Richmond and Smithfield checkbook a note pad and more At the That’s where I expected it to be but I time when I bought it it seemed to never imagined that anyone would find make sense — carry everything togethit so soon er But after losing it I had to wonder if It was caked with mud but everythat wu a good idea thing inside was fine — even the carA few months passed I got a new bon check duplicates And if I can license new credit cards new ATM crawl out of bed early enough before card ami a new checking account I work I'll take the cash that was still in even bought a new wallet to keep diem the wallet and buy that UDOT crew a all in — die same kind of wallet that I couple dozen doughnuts w something had before I guess I didn't learn my I am grateful that they found it But lesson as I looked at the pile of cards receipts I still cringed ooce in a while when I checks and other stuff that had piled up remembered something I needed in die in that old wallet they didn't seem as lost wallet bke a receipt fra the starter important as they were when I had lost I put in my car That came to mind them If I had known that then I when my engine made a funky noise as wouldn’t have been so worried and 1 turned the key one morning Fratu- miserable MMNMl other passengers and VanWagenen were treated fra minor injuries and released hospital officials said Man who raped child sentenced A Logan man who raped a girl was sentenced Monday to spend a minimum of 10 years in prison after which he will be deported to Mexico 25 was Jorge Torres-Cru- s charged in August with three counts of rape of a child a tetKfcpKfek)llylvW()fte in wcrc chlrJ November in exchange for guilty plea Torres-Cru- s' Cache County Attorney Scott Wyatt said Torres-Crhad sex with the girl on three us separate occasions in July Judge Thomas Willmore sentenced the Mexican national to serve at least 10 years of his prison sentence and then be deported Usually those who are not United States citizens are deported to their country of origin instead of serving any prison time Convicted felons are not allowed to return to the country however many do under assumed names Immigration Naturalization Services will deport Torres- Crus upon his release after the year 2010 Agendas The Smithfield City Council meets at 7 pm Wednesday at the city office 69 N Main St Agenda items include: Hearing dfaen input Reviewing minutes of meeting and woftahop bids and salaries Addressing business license requests by Dan Brown for Cache Portal Dan'a Performance Co and Soon MiBs tor Students Wbrita Paint- ing Addressing a request by Bonnie Fanner to hang a banner tor Public Health Weeklrom April 3 to April 8 Considering a request by Charlotte Harris to putfluoridation on the November baSot Discussing fluoridation with Sharon KNne of the Cache Citizens for Sale Drinking Water Considering a request from Cache Badtot to hang bamors Considering a request from Lowdy King lor approval of phaso 2 of Apple Creak Commercial subdhri- - sion at 836 S 100 East Considering a request from J L minor Jausai for approval el a two-l- See AGENDAS on Page 10