Show Friday August 15 2003 A3 Local state and regional news There’s magic in the air Book sale excites kids for upcoming school year By Hoill Weiss staff writer read 20 minutes each day Offering books through a book sale and offering a free magic show were two ways to get children excited Books and magic brought about 40 Cache Valley children and their about reading and the upcoming ' school year Oak said parents to Mount Logan Middle ' “It gets them reading” she said School last night to luck off the new school year with a reminder to “They see the books they get ' excited and they read” read n From “Who Moved My Cheese: “Our goal is to get as many For Teens” and Harry Potter to the books out into the community as “Captain Underpants” series and possible” said Margaret Oak of the Family and Information “Strawberry Shortcake” coloring Resource Center which sponsored books children of all ages browsed through books to find the event The center works in conjunction something that interested them Catrina South who will be in with local school districts to get sixth grade at Mount Logan this children up to the fifth grade to Milch MucaroHwald Journal Comus the Magician entertains the crowd at Mount Logan Middle School on Thursday Schedule Today year said she has been reading all summer and was excited to pick ' out a niew book at the sale The book sale was a good idea she said ' “Most kids don't really read" said South who enjoys reading horror book? “This might help them to read more" Fellow sixth-gradJames Ross agreed that a lot of students don't read enough especially during the summer “Reading is good It's interest- ing" Ross said “You get smarter and learn faster when you read" er : Academy will need additional parking Valley thoator am — Enter Open Class 8--9 By Mark Randall staff writer Daily — Judging Daiiv 9:30 e-10:00 am — 4--H Dutch Oven Cookoff Shelter 2 pm — Daily heifer sale Livestock Pavilion Tonight's entertainment 4 pm — Classy Clickers Shelter 5:00 pm — Cowboy Poetry with Dave Tlngey Shelter 6 pm — Jam Sessions (Glenda Sessions Jeanie Crockett Marsha Noyes Lynne Ball if and Janet John- son) Shelter 6 pm:— Market Animal Auction Livestock Pavilion 7 pm — Arm Wrestling Tournament Shelter (Contact Stan McEntire at 7:30 pm — Preston Community Orchestra Robinson BuBding 8 pm — T(uck and Tractor Pull Rodeo Arena' 237-934- 5) Saturday (Farm Bureau Day) 7:30 am — Open Class Horse Show Rodeo Arena i 8:00 am — Ladies Elk's Breakfast Shelter Baby Contests: 13-2- 3 months 9 am 7-- months 10 am 0--6 months 11 am is required for baby contests Franklin County residents only Cost is $5 per baby Contact Teresa Anderson at 852-2531) 10 am Livestock Pavion — Round Robin Contest Saturday's entertainment 11 am — Farm Bureau Arena' - In brief Regents chairman seeks nomination SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Regents Chairman Nolan Karras has stopped hinting and has openly declared he will go after the Republican nomination for governor “I believe I am a good candidate with a good resume and I think I have spent my time paid my dues and have earned my way” Karras said “I have as good a shot of being governor as anyone” Karras 58 Idrig served as campaign chairman for Gov Mike Leavitt who was announced Monday as President Bush's choice to lead the Environmental Protection Agency Leavitt previously had not decided whether to seek “Frankly we've tried to send the signal irrespective of what he did Wve been trying to do it very politely He is a good friend” Karras said “Frankly the governor leaving makes it easier for party loyalists who might be worried about picking on the incumbent” Karras is a native of Roy and has had a steady involvement in political office dating back tothe when he was named to the Roy City Planning Commission mid-197- 0s Eli : Members of the Martin Harris Pagent perform during a dress rehearsal Thursday night and runs Tuesday through Saturday through Aug 29 AluSg alllllU&B Games I pm — Farm Bureau Variety Show Robinson Building 3 pm — Shantel Bingham (vocals) Shelter 4 pm— Neil Harris Family Shelter 5 pm — Andrew the Hypnotist Shelter 6 pm — Crimson Rose Band Shelter 8 pm — Legends Band Shelter 8 pm — Bull Bonanza Rodeo See MAGIC on Ail) By Mark Randall ' staff writer Pageant info For three weeks every August Where: Ctarkston Cemetery triples overnight People flock to the little town on the edge of the valley — not for the beautiful scenery and small town appeal — but to hear the story of Martin Harris the Man Who Knew and see his final resting place This weekend marks the 22nd year of the Martin Harris Pageant a musical drama about the life of Martin Harris me of the original witnesses to The Book of Mormon “When you see die town and real-iz- e there are more people at the pageant than there are people in town that’s amazing” said pageant President Don Jebsen Pageant author Rhett Jones along with Frank and Norma Dupree and WhereAug Tickets: 15-1- 6 26-2- 9 19-2- 3 wwwrnartinhar-rispageantor- Clarkston The pagent opens tonight : Martin Harris Pageant stj draws sellout crowd ‘ Clarkston’s population: literally in LuceroHerald Journal g Tickets are stiH avaHable for the final perform mances Michael Cottle set the story of Harris to words and music in 1983 The show has been playing to sold-o- ut audiences ever since “It’s just grown by word of mouth" said volunteer LeRoy Goodey In fact the pageant is so popular among LDS church faithful that getting tickets can be a real chore Tickets for the free show are made first-seravailable on a first-com-e Internet basis over the starting in In addition a few early February ve The Oneida Stake Academy will need about 40 parking spaces to meet city codes once it is moved o a church-owne- d park Members of the volunteer group Friends of the Academy which raised the money needed to move the historic structure appeared before the Preston Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday to find out how much parking they will need to meet city code and open the building as an interpretive center City ordinances require buildings to have adequate parking for the public “Most of it is based on total square footage” Planning arid Zoning Commission Chairman Cedar Hodges said “That gives you a number" Hodges said the board wanted to let the volunteers know what the rcquirernenis are ahead of time so they can make sure their design plans ' meet the code or so they can " try to get a variance ‘1 don't think it's going to be a big hassle but it's some- thing we need to get out in front of them right now mi their architect can design something" Hodges said “Now is the time to come to the city” Volunteers raised $12 million to move the academy from its present location behind Preston High School to Benson Park two blocks away The school district needs the land behind the highschool for a new cafeteria and library Supporters have hired Lindsay Moving and Rigging of Washington state and expect to move the building this fall-ta new foundation where it will be renovated into an interpretive center and museum The structure is one of the last remaining Mormon Academies built in the 19th century that is still standing lucky LDS wards get a handful of tickets to give out “They go real fast” Goodey said “A lot of years they are gone by the end of March” The pageant draws more than 30000 people during its three-wee- k run “Most people come from Utah and Idaho but we've had people from China Holland Italy France” Goodey said “You name it” “Last year we had seven people from Africa call They were here in the United States on business and they called and wanted to come and see it” Jebsen added “We got people who called us from Canada the other day and are planning on coming to the pageant from Toronto” Such is the powerand appeal of Harris' incredible life story ' See PAGEANT on A12 1 See PARKING on A10 Amalga warns speeders to slow down in town By Mark Randall staff writer AMALGA— Motorists passing through Amalga had better lay off jhe lead foot City officials are tired of people speeding on 6800 North and now they lave decided to fight back The town council on Wednesday voted to reduce the speed limit on 6800 North from 40 mph to 30 mph and will ask die sheriff’s office to start issuing tickets to offenders “We just want diem to slow down” Mayor David Wood said “That’s not asking too much” City officials say cars heading south through Amalga seem to think that 6800 North is their own personal race track It’s especially a problem as the road curves Wood said he saw a motorist zipping along that corner a few days ago “He was probably doing 70”' Wood said Resident Curtis Child said stepped-u- p patrol will make it safer for children who live along the route and pedestrians “It’s dangerous now” Curtis said “People think it’s some kind of curved race track I think we really should make a push to have an offi- cer out there” Child said most of the offenders are coming from nearby Utah towns and Idaho “It’s not the people in Amalga” Child said Wood said town officials tried to get speed limits lowered on state east-we- st roads coming into town but the Utah Department of Transportation turned them down However the sheriff’s office regularly patrols tiie southern end of town which already has a speed limit of 30 mph “We’ve got it on the south end -- There’s no reason why we can’t have them be up there" said Councilman Keith Hansen The new speed zone would make it 30 mph from the western border of the town to the comer of 8600 North and 2400 West That should send a message to people that the town is serious Wood said lie'll ask the sheriff's office to give out warnings for the fust month After that he wants the sheriff to start writing tickets “We’ve set the direction for thenl” Wood said “We’U put up new nage and see how it goes" sig- |