Show HSDBfiST The Regional fishing ( magazine debuts — Special insert leam Seventh-grader- s to write with emotion — A3 Vol95 NoXJ2tlFridatfrApril 302004 House candidate faces challenger Weather KEEE 3 Neanderthals hit adulthood by age of 15 Thompson 45 and Watkins 29 will meet in round one of their race at the Democratic state convention May 7 and 8 in Salt Lake City where the two candidates will be trying to score a knockout by capturing 60 percent of delegate votes and advancing directly to November's now and that’s the first hurdle to get over” Thompson said While a potential November showdown with Republican incum-- general election If neither is able to do so they’ll duke it out in a June primary On the surface Thompson and Watkins appear to have similar platforms They’ve both been highly critical of Bishop for such things as his attempt to allow hotter radioactive waste in Utah In addition they both consider themselves environmentalists and each has stressed the See FACES on A12 Cheney Bush meet wlth panei for 3 hours le Graduate m sgii©©ss By Chris Kahn Associated Press Writer If you think your kids grow t consider this: A new study suggests that Neanderthal children blazed through Adolescence and on average reached adulthood at age IS The finding bolsters the view that Neanderthals were a unique species separate from modem humans since the time for humans to mature to adulthood grew longer oypr the course of their evolution said paleontologist Fernando V Ramirez Rozzi who led the study Rozzi with the National Center for Scientific Research in Paris based his study on analysis of Neanderthal teeth It will be published in Thursday’s issue of the journal Nature If Neanderthals and prehistoric Europeans could be seen side by side some 35000 years ago “the Nean- derthals would be bigger” Rozzi said ’’Probably human children of about 5 yean old would play with Neanderthals that were 3 yean old’’ “It’s a very exciting paper” said anthropologist Katerina Harvati of New York University “Our current understanding of Neanderthals is that they’re brutish and stupid even though it turns out they have larger brains on average than ourselves “Now this work actually supports the idea that they were dealing with the world in fundamentally different ways” up-fas- Quick read on today's survey question See Thirty years five kids and one mountain of motivation later than her first college experience Laurie ' Hornsby is earning her bachelor’s - 'student since 2000 A the single mom receives her English and technical writing degree from Utah State University on Saturday ' “I would just love to be a profess sional student” Hornsby said earlier this week “I love learning and education There’s just something about the aura of being on campus” d The warm brown- haired woman loved being a student full-ti- not a scientific sur- reflect Results the opinions of simply vey some of the people visiting the newspaper's Web page Important note: This Today question Are online surveys like this one dumb? 1) Yes v 2) No petite-frame- Tuesday’s survey results Do you Keep a daily joumaldiary? Answers 1)- Yes 2) No : : Number 23 166 Total Percent 122 878 Responses: 189 People Index Foiowing are some of the local names that appear in today's Herald Journal: Brad Hobbs (Cl) RMey Parldnson (Cl ) Rob Cruz (Cl ) Garrett Cranhey (C2) Ty Anderson (C2) Chris Cqtoqran (A4) Dustin Hunter (A4) Christy Cespedez v (AS) Arm Wilkins (A3) Heather Hansen (Bi)LeeRaiphs(B1) Kristen Kirby (B4) Chris Thomson (B4)i Index''' Classifieds Comics Movies--- — VC4 Cache ObituariesA8 OpinfonA4 Sports vrB1 See PANEL on All a degree in English high-bac- Single mother of five gets ready to graduate degree- tion on A12 Laurie Hornsby is retumingtd Utah State University after 30 years to receive ' Tuesday's newspaper for results andanewques- - : Brent StavensHerald Journal staff writer wwwhjnewscom to cast your vote The dictionary has always been her favorite book she said Her kids made a wooden stand for her giant er By Hilary Judd Go to The Herald Journal Web site WASHINGTON (AP) — Hoping to shape history's judgment President Bush told the Sept 1 1 commission Thursday his administration ' tijed to protect America from terrorists ax warnings grew before the devastating attack of 2001 Members pressed him on his response to a controversial memo that raised the threat of plane hijackings and attacks with explosives “I answered every question they asked’7 Bush said after he and Vice President Dick ' Cheney met with the commission for three hours in the Oval Office Presidential scholars called the session unprecedented Some of Bush’s answers ' woe “surprising” and “new” said former Sen Bob Kerrey A Democratic member but he declined to give details On Bush’s demand the questioning was done behind closed doors without a transcriber to make an official record and the president refused to discuss the substance of the dis- cussions k chairs Sitting in in front of the fireplace Bush and Cheney faced questions y about the lack of a US response after the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole that killed 17 American sailors the administration’s response to Sept 1 1 and the presidential memo that Bush received a month before the attacks warning that Osama bin Laden was preparing to strike members said It was Bush who responded to most of the questions officials said Cheney spoke only When Bush turned to him about details he didn't know according to one participant Charged with investigating the Sept 1 1 hijackings and three decades ago attending USU and Weber State University Homs- -' by didn't choose a major then opt- ing instead on “the fun classes!1 She filled her schedule with auto mechanics abnormal psychology shorthand and yoga “I’ve always had trouble sticking to one subject” she said But four years ago she knew she had to decide The Hyrum resident student which became a means she had at least a gap in her college attendance She came hack to USU after a divorce and a failed job search — one “failed interview" helped make " the decision me in “They (the interviewers) set ry five-ye- spe-cif- ic : front of a computer and started giving me directions of where to move in a my mouse” she said “I flunked ' I had world knew The hurry changed It was time to go back to This time because of her love for books and writing die chose to major in English “There’s something magical about the excitement of words on a page that’s different from words on a computer screen or a TV screen” shesaid - See RE- - ENTRY opens in Washington for-- - George Lynch an 81 year-old incr Marine from Washington “To see this memorial after all these ' yearn is absolutely marvelous”: Lynch was accompanied by -- : - com-missi- UofU appoints new president SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Following a nearly search the Utah Board of Regents on Thursday named Michael Young dean of the George Washington University Law School as the new president of the University of Utah ' Young had the strongest Utah ties of any of the candidates He’s a relative of pioneer and Mormon leader Brigham Young and received his undergraduate degree from BYU He described himself as “a committed active member of the LDS church” Young replaces Bemie Machen who became president of the University of Florida earlier this yearThe Utah joh is “the opportunity of a : lifetime” Young said after the announcement at Stadium at the uni- versify adding that Utah is “tnily a World-clauniversity Young said it was too early io outline V six-mon- -- Vbeautiful” declared - " ed Gray-hair- - school”' - WWI I Memorial WASHINGTON (AP) — war veterans sat in quiet reflection Tourists came by to qui- etly say thanks Schoolchildren on field trips crowded around asking for autograpfis Decades in the planning the National World War II Memorial opened to thq pubhc Thursday Under brilliant spring sunshine visitors of all ages streamed in to ' look at Washington's newest memorial and to pay their respects to those who served during one of tri- the country’s most difficult and ' umphant periods The memorial which sits prominently between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memo- rial on the National Mall was long overdue but worth the wait some ar mili-tar- th : : : AP photo With the Lincoln Memorial in the background visitors tour the World War II Memorial inWAshington on Thursday A national monument to the 16 million US men and women who served during the waropened to the public Thursday another World War II Marine William “Abby” Abernathy 91 also of Washington v “So many people have stopped both Abby and me and said thank “I can hardly talk about this without my eyes watering'up It really touches you you” Lynch said : See OPENS on A12 Rice-Eccl- es ss - 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