Show I i Wednesday October 1 2003 ' ' ' Local) state Logan hours for winter The Logan Landfill will close at 5:30 pm today beginning a new schedule for the winter months The landfill will be open from 8 am to 5:30 pm from October through April For more information call the landfill at 750-998- 1 By Damn Edward ' EMick staff writer If you build it they will come Stuart Howell director of secondary and regional news and J The Hyde Park Planning will Zoning Commission night True enough student population at the As the district builds a new school to be named later in the northwest section of the city school board members are crafting new boundaries for the elementary schools Even with the proposed boundary shifts which primarily affect Woodruff and Ellis elemen-tarie- s the new school will have plenty of ' students and help ease the number already r Revised Logan school boundaries jj busy streets The proposed changes would draw Ellis’ boundaries southward from 1300 North to 600 North Ellis’ boundaries would be expanded from 100 North southward to 200 South and Main Street would be kept as the eastern boundary District Superintendent Richard Jensen explained that the new Ellis boundaries are designed to lower the high edu- cation and instruction for Logan School District quoted that phrase from the movie “Field of Dreams” when talking about the proposed elementary school boundary changes at Ellis Elementary on Tuesday Agendas meet at 7 ' pm at City Hall 113 E Hyde Park Lane Agenda Hems include: Hearing buikfing permit report Hearing City Council report Discussing a permit for Nicole Robinson for a day-car-e business at 410 N 200 West Discussing a sign permit for Outdoor Specialists 3559 N US Highway 91' attending Ellis Even though building a hew school means students will come the district hasn't yet said how the students will arrive Parents from the current Ellis Elementary area spoke at a public input session on Tuesday night While virtually no one spoke out against the proposed boundary changes many raised questions about student transportation and especially about crossing Students will have to cross busy roads to get to 2 schools Landfill cuts back r" Woodruff Elementary! 650 S 1000 West ' ‘ j ' Center St ' 09 facili- 1 i ty Both Ellis and the new elementary school are surrounded by busy thoroughfares Ellis has parts of Center Street 200 North 1000 West 600 West and 400 North in its See SAFETY on A8 J The Lewiston Planning and Zoning Commission wiH meet at 8 pm In the dty office 29 S Main Agenda Hems include: Discussing master plan Discussing annexation Discussing planning and zoning concerns Herald Journal map On campus Inovar’s local job ' Council J The Logan Municipal in creation hailed meet at 6:15 pm the Logan Chambers 255 N Main Agenda Rems include: ' Holding a public hearing on a budget adjustment for fiscal year 2003-200- 4 appropriating funds to the sewer treatment budget class ‘C’ road foods storm water funds restaurant tax fund to Willow ParkSports Complex programs and a zoo education building Hearing a resolution requesting reappointment of Judge Cheryl A Russell to the Logan Municipal Justice Court Considering an adoption of ordn nance adopting the 600 West Eco- nomic Development Plan workshop on the downtown redevelopment pro- ject area and budget and considers-tion of an ordinance terminating the existing downtown redevelopment will CHy after-scho- - - ' writer J t : - V 1 ' Brent StevensHerald Journal Students work in one of USU’s computer labs on Thursday The school's studentbody grew by just according to a headcourti conducted on the 15th day of the fall semester 07 percent this year ' am in the Logan CHy Police Depart- ment Conference Room 100 W 300 North Agenda items include: Hearing a strategic initiative pom-mitt- Small enrollment increase reflects USU’s strategy on admissions Presenting the history and organization of Intermountain Power Agency by Russ Fjelsted Presenting issues of participation of iPP Unit 3 by Jay Larsen By Arrin Brunson staff writer Logan RedeVelopment J The will scheduled meet during a Agency break in the Logan Municipal Council meeting tonight at approximately 7:15 pm in the LoganCRy Chambers 255 NMain Agenda Hems include: Holding a public hearing on the 600 West Economic Development plan and project area budget indud-in- g presentations by RDA Attorney Randall Fail RDA Economic Consultant Jonnalyne Walker RDA Executive Director Nevin Limburg and RDA Chairman Alan Allred agency board questioning period regarding draft plan and budget public comment from property owners in the area taxing entities and other parties having an interest Hearing a summary of proposed on AS Franklin County Commissioner Craig Thomas was incorrectly quoted in the Friday Sept 26 edition of The Herald Journal in the story Too Late For Trash Referendum” on page Al Thomas was misquoted as saying he favored having the county's mandatory garbage pickup service on the November ballot as a referendum Thomas actually said that if a referendum question were' to appear on the ballot he would prefer that it appear in November during city elections when voter turnout would be higher Thomas said he’s in no way in favor of holding a referendum on the service - r ' 'f ' ' ' J A local electronics munufac-ture- r has announced a plan that will bring 20 new jobs to Logan through an effort by a ' Utah-base- d medical device developer to keep business surgery In addition to the added jobs Inovar is expect- ing to increase revenues by 10 I percent with the contract worth from$l million to $15 million annually “We’re making sure that we look ini instead of looking out” said FredLampropoulos chairman and CEO of Merit ' Medical stressing that his company wanis to create more jobs in Utah Lampropoulos who plans to run for governor next year said new jobs benefit the ' whole community creating customers for local businesses and enhancing the tax base He added that finding a local company that met Merit's standards was also an encour-agin- g sign of cooperation between the two Utah entities “It’s not just because you're in Logan It's because Inovar is the best at what they do in : report Thomas opposes trash referendum ' ' t - ' - V The Logan CRy Light and Power Advisory Board win meet at 7 Correction v ‘Sv te ' AGENDAS V"'! V S relationships Inovar Inc the local mami- -' facturcr has been selected by Merit Medical Systems Inc of ' ' South Jordan to supply printed circuit board components for- - : Merit's digital inflation device that is used during heart ' : See ' ' ol Presenting of dugway analysis water rate information and funding for Legrand Street realignment by Public Works Director Mark Nielsen : - - !ff By David Nelson T staff area ' A3 Safetw not boundaries worries parents In brief ” ' ' ' This year the studentbody grew by only 07 percent e A total of 17234 equiv- alent students or students taking at least 15 credit hours were counted onday 15 of the fall semester V' compared to 17110 one year ago FTE fall headcount The is used for national census data and will be the number the state Legislature uses to consider fund- ' ing for the university according to Joyce Kinkead vice provost for undergraduate studies and research at USU “Utah State’s emphasis is on quality not on quantity” Kinkead said “We need to be careful stewards of enrollment so that we continue to foster a campus where academics come first” USU President Kermit Hall said a concentrated effort to manage full-tim- 15-d- ay - It’s the old quality versus quantity tagument Great gains in the caliber of new students at Utah State University don’t mean great numbers gains in the size of the studentbody officials contend With shrinking state funding and rising class sizes administrators at ' USU have sought to stabilize growth over the next few years ' ' enrollment for the last two years has had positive results Budget constraints at the state level have been one impetus for controlling growth he explained Every new student that arrives on campus this year essentially receives no state funding Hall said This fall USU turned away 400 new students out of more than 5000 applicants who did not meet admission standards “Wheri I came here the selectivity rate was 99 percent We got it down to 87 percent this year and it'!j go down to 85 percent in the' year ahead” Hall said “I feel very confident that we can maintain quality and build the size of the institution” Other benefits to managing enrollment include an improved : See GROWTH on A8 See JOBS on A8 e Legislators discover it's hard to get a drink under their laws case delayed again 3-year-- SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Legislators planning a national conference of state lawmakers next year in Salt Lake City want to show their guests a good time and also dis- the notion that you can’t get a drink in C:1 i They are discovering that under the liquor laws they enacted it will not be easy to welcome the visitors with free wine and beer at social events Sen Cariene Walker Heights asked about serving mixed drinks at the 2004 annual meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures “We’ve had people say can't you get a drink in Utah We want diem to have a good time We should be sensitive to the fact they might expect liquor” she said The opening social will be held at the Utah Capitol but legislative attorneys are not sure whether alcohol may be allowed in state-ownbuildings “We need to research that” said Legislative General Counsel John Fellows ed Lake suggestRep Roz McGee ed doing a wine tasting as was done at a NCSL meeting in San Francisco However event organizers said there were logistics complications Vintners can't donate the wine or ship it into the state without going through the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control where it is tagged and taxed old sex-abus- D-S- alt Rep Marda Dillree asked about holding a reception at Thankstheme park giving Point a family-oriente- d complete with a golf course gardens and dinosaur museum However the park does not have one of the state's coveted liquor licenses The conference planning committee chairtnan Sen Pete Knudson City suggested encouraging “big-time- ” their recepNCSL sponsors to piggy-bac- k tions with liquor on the official socials lt Lake said it Rep Ty McCartney ' D-Sa- See DRINK on AS By Jason Bergreen staff writer The trial of Manuel Edgardo o 28 a Hynim man accused of molesting a teenage girl three years ago was postponed Tuesday and an arrest warrant for the alleged victim was issued because she failed to appear in Cortes-Sot- court Cache County Deputy Attorney Bruce Want said the girl whio used to live in Logan was issued a subpoena to appear in court earlier this year but has since moved to Ogden At Ward's request 1st District Court Judge Gordon J Low issued the bench warrant for the girl’s arrest to secure her appearance in court An arrest warrant for Cortes-Sot- o 28 was also issued Tuesday morning but was withdrawn less than five minutes later after he showed up Ipte to court Cortes-Sot- o is accused of ' molesting the teenage girl on Feb 6 2000 when they were parked on the side of a Hynim road He faces a third-degrfelony charge of forcible sex abuse and a class-- B misdemeanor charge of damaging a communication device Earlier in his case Cortes-Sot- o pleaded guilty to the charges but then hired a new lawyer and withdrew his plea A new trial for Cortes-Sot- o ee is scheduled for Oct 7 i |