Show O 71 emiMi In brief UmDn) scores must Snarls south Logan A in I temporary power outage south Logan on Saturday afternoon caused some confusion at local and on the city’s Main treet where several ineffective Larsen resources manager for Jay J Logan Gty Light and Power said Ole affected area included 200 South to 1000 South from Main Street to 300 West The outage was caused by an underground high voltage cable that faulted near Wendy's Larsen said “It burned off and caused Our circuit breaker to lock out” he said “As soon as we found the problem isolated it we were able to start getting customers back on except for a minor area where a problem had to be repaired That took about 45 Qsamigiiini school would simply be monitored by the state According to Hanks if they meet the conditions fm three years the school would be taken off the list If they didn't Hanks said the state would literally take control of the school Hanks said his fust reaction was to gather his faculty and staff to come up with a plan “We talked about how to change instruction to prepare for tests” Hanks said “We spent time doing research on materials we would need and what direction we should take” The focus area pinpointed reading and language arts skills said Hanks Lincoln Elementary was put on a list of 22 schools in Utah that had tests scores drop on taken at the end of each school year Hanks said he was told by the state office that the semes needed to go up by May “We really felt the pressure" Hanks said Because semes dropped for two consecutive years Hanks said the school was placed on “program improvement” by the state This gives the school two years to produce rising test semes including scores from the 2001-0- 2 school year and the 2002-0- 3 school year If the scores improve for two years the Test remain at level to fend off takeover power outage end-of-lev- el By Holll Walss staff writer In October 2001 Lincoln Elementary School Principal Curt Hanks received a phone call from die Utah State Office of Education informing him that his school had failed to meet state learning standards “Our scores in reading and language arts had dropped for two consecutive years” Hanks said ' i 4' $ V jf ' A 'tv x t 7t vVvff v v '7 i'j f : - L if - Logan named !S — -:- - ' wr £ £ nrrT!iri-- ft j ' : v -- US State Department on special assignment s' to the United Nations as chief of personnel in Kosovo Serbia He finished out his career with the Logan Police Department in the re-sal- ed ’ us River Heights gears up for Apple Days r v River Heights city will bekbrate Apple Days on Saturday Aug: 24 at tjieHeber Olson Park The celebration begins at 11 am with attractions and food vendors j The parade will begin all pin It has 60 entries including bands and floats “This is a big parade with Small crowds” according to a spokeswoman There will be games and enter- tainmeut throughout the afternoon with a Hawaiian hum served at 5:30 pm followed by authentic Polyne- sian entertainment c community services division Logan police Community Services secretary Diane Anderson said Andrews is cur--' rently in die process of moving from Pennsylvania to Hagerstown Md where he will be the supervising agent in charge of security operations for Allegheny Energy There he will be in charge of internal and external investigations involving company interests and assets “The new job is going very well and I’m Frienjoying iC Andrews said in an day “ I retired (because) I was eligible under the Utah State Retirement System and the offer was just too good to pass up” ail Brant StevensHerald Journal — - bugging out David Knudsen and Stephan Kunz try to caich water skaters at Merlin OteanPark on Saturday afternoon The unrelated duo managed to break away from their family reunions to have some fun See RETIRE on A9 Bike path suggested to mirror dugway plan By Jaramlah Stettlor staff writer For some the image is residential streets awash in rush-hou- r traffic property values declining and elementarchildren walking to school y-age akmg a main traffic artery But for othen it is a treescaped bicycle path winding along the Muff It is an easily-travelaspitek surface an underpass doping under a newly built dugway and a continuous eastwest connection between Utah Sue Uni-' ' versify and downtown Logan Both views stem from the same pro-ed iRiverHeightsl See SCORES on A8 From top police brass to top security brass at a major energy company Lt Craig Andrews has retired from die Logan police force and moved to the East Coast to start a new career Andrews whose retirement was announced last week officially left the force July 19 after years of service A lieutenant since 1988 Andrews began his career with the Logan Police Department in April 1973 Although Andrews never achieved the position of police chief himself he served under five chiefs during his tenure at the department Andrews began his career as a patrol officer with Logan before switching to investigations as a youth bureau and crime prevention officer in 1977 “I was responsible for a youth advisory committee and also investigated crime in which juveniles were the victim of perpetrators” he said “This assignment developed into investigating sexual offenses against children” Later in his career Andrews worked for the Utah State Medical Examiners Officer for 15 years He was promoted to sergeant while in investigations and then transferred back to the patrol division as a lieutenant In 1999 Andrews was given a leave of absence from the police force to serve the l North Logan resident Lyimette T Hansen a former Utah State University graduate was sworn in Friday as the newest member of the institution’s top governing board Hansen took the oath of office to become a member of the university’s Board of Trustees during die board’s regularly scheduled meeting She replaces Eugenia Echols who moved out of state earlier this year as a result of a job transfer “It’s fun to be back” Hansen said during an interview afterwards “It feels like old home week” Hansen received her bachelor's and master's degrees from Utah State in business education She went on to teach at Mesa College in San Diego Most recently she has been involved in real estate and resiand management dential es Although she has not been involved in higher education at Utah State for the past 20 years she said she feels as though she is “not skipping a beat” “I understand the challenges higher education faces today and the direction that President Hall wants to take die university" she said “He has the right vision for Utah State University and I am looking forward to working with him and members of the board of trustees USU is moving in the right direction and I am optimistic about its future” University President Kermit L : Hall said Hansen fills a much-needniche “I am delighted to have a person of bier caliber and educational imd business experience as a member of our board of trustees” he said “As an afomnae of Utah State she brings a unique perspective Her ties to Cache Valley and the Salt Lake community will be especially valuable to end-of-lev- By Jason Bergreen staff writer New trustee from N end-of-lev- el Lieutenant retires from police force t t - With the 2001-0- 2 school year already under way there was little time to implement new ideas before testing Besides having teachers focus on reading in the individual classrooms Hanks said the PTA became involved reminding students and parents that adequate sleep and proper eating habits would be especially important during testing week In the meantime Hanks said a grant funded helped with reading in classrooms and Lincoln received help from reading specialists in the district el When scores for the end-of-lev- el 1' extra minutes” The electricity outage affected Macey’s Food and Drug from about 2:30 pm to 4:10 pm Shortly after the lights went out the backup generator Came on to run cash registers and a few lights Employees quickly coveted die coolers with boxes' and thermal blankets to keep the food products cool and meats were removed from cases and stored in coolers in the back of the store manager Scott Campbell said Other employees continued to stock dry goods in the dimly-l- it aisles of the store in south Logan “It usually happens once or twice a year” Campbell said “Basically we just jump into action” t'i'J s©Diiaxa A3 State and regional neWS mmmm—mmmmmmm—mimmmm LoCCll ject wy stretching up ihebhiff between 400 East and 600 East ' The aim is to i out of die Island District J But among die less controversial proposals is an asphalt trail system that would be built in tandem with thechig- - The concept has not come on its own ft has emerged from residents like Sean Damitz who has never owned a car And from Mark Lunt who fell in love with the bicycle as a college student when he couldn’t afford to insure his Tbyota pick-u- p “To so many people it’s a Lunt said “Most people are going to drive That is a pattern that is £oing to continue But what so many cities are doing apd what Logan needs to do is farilitate a way for peqple tagd around without driving” Public Works Director Kevin Hansen said a trail system would “absolutely” be included in the dugway design If the trail system unfolds as Lunt suggests a hardtop trail will begin at the Logan Thbernacle in the form cif a double-wid- e sidewalk with inlaid ''I i- i v brick-'"' ' The 'the bluff onto wind will path near Canyon Road dipping briefly under die proposed dugway and continue up the slope to the intersection qf 400 North and 600 East Cyclists will then follow the sidewalk two blocks east cross through a pedestrian underpass and climb an aqihalt trail up to Utah State University Not only will die trail provide a more ' bicycle-friend- ' ' ly ' ’ 1 environment city residents but it will dhannel more pepple into downtoten Logan Lunt said t Though Logan Mayor Doug Thompson is skeptical about 'extend- ing the path as for west at the Logan Trixrnacle he said he supports the concept along Canyon Road “I don’t think there is anyone who doesn’t support it" Thompson said But the trail discussion takes bn a new dimension for Lunt who lives on foe northeast comer of the steep ' dugway Hie Logan man has become for1 i - - : ' ' ( ( ' accustonied to people knocking on his door asking if they can use his So phone to report a fender-bendtoo has h become acquainted Wdi stalled cars blocking traffic oh cold er 1 : winter mornings But Luntpdcq of a frustration v outside the' typical traffic complaints He described the steep dugway as - “die biggest barrier to walking or riding abike in the Valley in terms of v commuting” : He spoke of narrow sidewalks of popetual slush and ice in the winter v- See PATH on A9 |