Show enaiM Saturday August 17 2002 A3 Local state Aly two cents worth Cache In brief Richmond Valley views on topics of the ‘ l By Tiffany Erickson staff writer Ai I that time of year again where Cache Valley finds students from kindergarten to college gearing up to go back to school For some students these last two weeks are packed with plans to make their summer complete before settling in for another nine months of books r V Laura Fischer Logan “I want to spend f Logan Courtnay Mattson Bear Lake area want to go to another country and be around people I can’t "Spend lots of time outside catching rays in my muumuu” roommate before she leaves on a mission and also get some sweet summer lovin'” understand” want to go to an exotic island and veg and surf all day long It’s not going to ”1 I "I’d for like to camp a week in the Wind Rivers and basically do as many door things as I can out-happ- en Mark Twain gave us the weather sentiment "Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it” President Kermit L Hall told a group that included legislators community leaders and Utah State University employees Friday that USU was going to prove Mark Twain wrong “Utah State has indeed dpne something about the weather with the help of many friends” Hall said “We have designed built and installed a central heating plant Now the weather can beas mean as it wants outside and we will laugh at it inside from our cozy campus buildings” Hall was the keynote speaker at the dedication ceremonies for USUrs new central energy plant and utility tunnel project north of the Spectrum outside the new central plant headquarters The system will provide not only heat but other utilities throughout the campus he said Planners included for example' a space for centrally-chilled water for more efficient air conditioning campus wide They also provided for future ation of electricity for previously wasted resources Hall said This was no small undertaking what these people have done” he said The $40 million system also features 6200 feet of tunnels that crisscross the campus which if put end-to-ewould be stand four times taller than the Sears’ skyscraper The system’s three new boilers can produce some 220000 pounds of steam per hour 100000 more than the old system produred Hall said This will enable our campus to grow by 50 percent in the coming decades” he said This is a facility not just for today It is a system for tomorrow as co-ge- ss - B : Corrections W v rj y V i it tvi Numbers clarified Tamara Grange president ofthe Cache County School District Board of Education called The Herpld Journal Friday morning to say she was mistaken when she said foe district had spent $800000 of thereserves at the public hearing Thursday night After reviewing die budget Grange found that the district was $800000 short of reaching it's savings goal in the p?st fiscal year Quote misattributed Friday's Herald Journal story about tax increases in die Cache County School District featured comments from North Logan resident Floyd Krebs The comments by Krebs at a public hearing were his brother incorrectly attributed to ' 'Leoi i Got a local news 4? Call Qty Editor Darrell Efarlsck EzL 323 1 i viTrt t ' ' f I Si ' ‘ USlTs new steam plant is 100 percent operational and By Arrin staff writer r' Like parents whg often learn about the escapades of their children only after they’ve reached adulthood after foe completion of USlTa heating plant the public learned tome of foe blunders and mishaps that occurred along v yV n y :'Vj( y scan-alo- us I ' :$Y-- § ' j?- ' T T’ wM save MflctiMaacaroHerald Journal energy and cut pollution' officials say : 1 Those in attendance at the dedication and operihouse of USU’i new central energy plant on friday had a few chuckles about some ofthe situations reddled by those involved with the ' ' project Mari: BOdell of Bodell Construction said hundreds of people worked on die project iq the past 18 months constituting! 20000 plus man County schools limit Jri- ByHotilWrin out-of-sta- inqxxtanL staff writer Only high schod sbidents including ' ! graders are allowed tri take out- ta A revised student activity trips which must be approved ms accepted by the Cache (it the board y ty Board ofEducation Thuraday night travel portioa of the The field trips because policy was broadened to include ninth limiting and requiring that high-ris- k grade in the high school category even activities be replaced wuh ‘less risky V thougbthey do not iecfanicalfy attend ' ' high sdiools according to Board Pres- ahemalives” The board said theyrecognized the idem Tunara Grange’ benefits of field trips and Discussion to include ninth grade m activities but fliat student safety and tins part of the policy began when BrfuratfifWfll mre wflff off-camp-us jrtrtflerMdnewuM ’' way afliaty V " The old heating plant which burned natural gas See PLANT on A6 Best laid plans: Officials recall mishaps during plant construction the hours of work Branson 1 (MdtyrqwderJaenriihStetfler fc f well” ' of-Sta- : '’ ' s ' : ' ' i £m out-of-st- 4 Logan state-of-the-- art A Logn Seth Lund oft-quot- ed a class-- misdemeanor and two counts of lewdness both class-misdemeanors He was then released to his parents “His mom was either in the store with him or close by” Ridler said news tip? A By Arrin Brunson staff writer shopper and tvdekr8ck0Wwxo V heating plant fully operational then rubbed up against a 12- - or girl “I don’t know why he did it but he did it” Ridler said The boy was reportedly handed over to store employees who then ' called police The boy was arrested on charges of lewdness involving a child a class-- A misdemeanor gross lewd-ne- : : USU Ridler said the boy exposed him- S - - Logan but girl” 752-212- Jay Chambers can wish Box Elder County A boy was arrested on lewdness charges Thursday afternoon for allegedly exposing himself to shoppers at the Old Nvy clothing store The incident occurred about 1:45 pm Logan police reported kid “Basically a thought it Was appropriate to hang it out there” Logan Police Lt Greg Ridler said “He not only hung it out there he brushed up against a ' - V i cited for lewd behavior ! rr S ”1 time with my most just want to be outdoors and enjoy the nice weather while it is here ' DavkIFagar some quality and snow A few residents want to travel while : 14-year-- old v v i k1 vTj£- Logan ‘ r y-- school starts?” A Lewiston girl was hospitalized Thursday evening when she fell off a friend's hone while riding in a pasture in Rich- mond Stephanie Bankhead was taken to Logan Regional Hospital about 5:15 pm and then flown by heli copter to Primary Children’s tal in Salt Lake City She i suffered some bleeding on t brain Police are unclear whether die head trauma caused Bankhead to fall or if the injury was sustained because of theifall The bleeding on the brain possibly caused her to have a seizure” Cache County Sheriff’s Lt Dave Bennett said " She was petty much unconscious or in and out the whole time" A spokeswoman for Primary Children’s hospital said Friday that Bankhead was still in critical condition in the hospital’s intensive care unit Bankhead was reportedly riding horses with several friends when die fell “It was a 4-- H (club) thing and that’s one of the reasons she was there” Bennett said The horse which Bankhead had reportedly ridden before lost it’s footing and also fell in the accident The horse was apparently not injured self to a day Question: “What is the one last summer activity you want to get in before Girl hospitalized after fall from horse t and regional news ' in-sta- te put into this project Inconveniences and some mishaps are bound to occur an aj Thompson of die Carter Burgess company v MI know we create quite a stir when we dig a hole that’s a little over a mile long and 20Teet foe campus" Thompson deep right throiigh i'"1 te ' favored allowing trips that have been successful in the past ' There is a ninth grade program in which they go to Yellowstone and Zioa Park and it may be covered because ninth grade is considered high school outside ofthe limits” Knight said “It’s agreat program and I hope 'that our pdtaycan accommodate it" J Each district high school is limited to a maximum of six trips beyond a 150 mile radips Ninth grade will be allowed two trips beyond a 150 mile tadhis evwy school each year - See MISHAPS on A6 field trips the txtardwill not approve trips where students will be gone for more than two consecutive school days and will not sponsor trips outside bf the contiguous48 states School clubs and organizations are also required to follow safetyand lia- bility guidelines or the district will not activities sponsor them High-ris- k rodeo and including rugby clubs will not be sponsored Also activities such as rock climbing rafting and hone back ridjrig will not be permitted by the district ’' s 4 Vi' i I V |