Show The erauc ma Stajn sJEUHLoU Weather Sunny and very warm — Page A10 flax OHwaamra Council trims budget scales back on plans By Darrell Edward Ehrllck Q23HSE New Mormon pilgrimage site may be bought — Cache LoganJUtahJl©2002I$5Q DnSEs© tional $70000 in the city's budget to lower the amount it would need During a budget workshop on Thursday night the council left few' “sacred cows” untouched as the council debated in some measure cutting things such as extra law enforcement and the July 4 fire- works The city council eventually passed a resolution for only a 60 percent of the original $103000 increase Though exact numbers still have to be figured by the county this means ment of Stauffer from the sheriffs office after nearly 30 years and it marked the first time in at least 23 years that Hyrum has raised its property taxes — at least City are still unsure of when exactly the last increase was Originally the city council was proposing an additional approximate increase of $103000 in revenue which would have amounted to a roughly $49 tax hike on a $123000 home However the council cut an addi coun-cilmemb- staff writer Update Cemetery markers tell stories of communities BridgerlandXDailJJewspape 6?2002 kVolI93lNol228JLEridayTAugustJ Leafy spurge bursting creeping into valley — A3 HYRUM — The last time Hyrum passed a tax increase disco music was still in style and councilmember H Michael Stauffer was just a young deputy in the Cache County Sheriffs Office But Thursday marked the retire r No kidding Northeastern Pennsylvania may become a Mormon pilgrimage site because church officials say it’s the place where most of the Book of Mormon was written down almost 200 years ago The Church of Jesus Christ of LatterSaints plans to buy land in -day - they help fight fires By Arrtn Brunson staff writer JNoRTH LOG AN — The idea to use four-leggfriends to prevent the spread of wildfires was bom out of love The practice of goats grazing to thin brush to protect homes from fire is becoming increasingly popular as its effectiveness is proven The mayor and fire chief of Wood- land Hills near Spanish Fork embraced the unique practice by welcoming a small herd of goats into the community this week The goats are more than guests though Their job is to thin oakbrush and reduce the amount of fuel available should a fire start Kathy Voth is the leader of the research project which is sponsored by the Bureau of Land Management Utah State University and the Utah National Guard The idea first began tb develop in 1994 when Voth was a public affairs officer for the Bureau of Land Man-- ’ agement She was on duty at the South Canyon Fire on Storm King Mountain in Colorado when news came that 14 firefighters had been killed on the fire During the following year Voth worked with the victims’ families and with the community to create a memo-ria-l in honor of the fallen firefighters “That many deaths had a huge impact on the families on the community on me" Voth Said “I began to think of ' ways that maybe we could help firefighters be at less risk and help protect people's private property” Voth has kept goats as pets for years and has even named many of those -n animate which are part of the research II It is an honor for family and friends to have a goat named after them she said “These are my colleagues” she i j I i Vi?1 said of her herd ifcLi When Voth moved to Utah she soon whose work was related to "teaman Journal Ufnij National Guard’s ed the SusquehannaOaklandLanes-bor- o Industrial Park on the north bank of the Susquehanna River Susquehanna County commission- ers on Wednesday helped clear the way for the sale by advancing a plan to maintain an access road to the rite The church was expected to purchase on complete die 'i Thursday The land will cost $60000 according to Susquehanna re County economic development director Justin Tkylor Taylor said it is not out of the question to think that the site could be a place ‘‘every Mormon would be drawn to visit at least once in their lives” - ’ Some believers already make pilgrimages to the area which was once part of neighboring Harmony Township and home to church founder Joseph Smith A monument marks the site where Smith was baptized in the river and many Mormons are still baptized there The church said most of the Book of Mormon which members believe was translated from ancient records provided by a heavenly messenger was written down in 1829 in the Smith home Church spokesman Coke Newell said officials plan to ' build a replica of the home which burned down in the 19th century Newell said the project could wind up as part of several Mormon Her-itage tours that currently visit PalmyraN Y Nauvoo 111 and Kirtland Ohio ' The church counts 11 million ’ members world widemore than S million of them in the United States Area leaders said they hope die purchase — and the : l El LucenVHerald A goat grazes on grass high Are risk arena Quick rood ir you could change one thing in your ' MwquUbeyour: Answers EfiEGfiDt 15 '36 29 i residence 'V ' 47 i i" ap':-? Indox ( f 'r COflllOBeassaasMaseeeC4 OpWOflaBSsessssssaA MOIjWimewCiCto SpOrtSeaaspaiseeaMeB'1 wwwhJnevrecxM "J low hi kin sue Saudi princes banks school tax hike Trilliorvdollarsuit filed by over 600 victims’ families approved after public hearing WASHINGTON (AP) — Some £00 fiunily members of Sept 1 1 and Arrln Brunson it victims filed atrillion-dollThursday against the Sudanese government and Saudi officials banks and charities charging they financed Osama bin Laden’s network and die attacks V onAmerica federal lawsuit i The modeled after action filed against Libya in die Pan Am Flight 103 By Holll tra Saudi royal family as a deter? rent to terrorist financing scocmeSs ' f i But the suit also is therapeutic for relatives of the victims who j acknowledge they face long odds of collecting anything’ “tt’s not the money Wfe want to do something to get at these pe J Waits i i staff writers law-su- ' ChOSMOdeeboei'seseCS : 1 goats are used to keep the grass if:f U : Number 25 59 ispouse 9-1- of Green Canyon on Thursday The See GOATS on A10 ar Tuesday survey results V near tfie mouth ' Today's quMtion Do you ttiink you’re coot? ' i See SITE on A7 Go to TTw Herald Journal Web sile (wwwhjnewacoin) to cast your vole on today's survey question See Tuesday's newspaperfor results and a raw qussflon See HYRUM on A10 Valley safety SUSQUEHANNA Pa(AP) — Land on the Susquehanna River in 24-ac- the approved tax increase will generate around $63000 in taxes That will translate to around a $29 to $30 increase for a $123000 home Though the council only needed about $35000 to bridge the revenue gap after the cuts they decided to take the remaining money from the tax increase and use it to lighten the burden the sewer department puts into the city’s general fund Councilmembers also warned that 1 ' MM J "I ' ’ ' K 1- --- r ' AP photo ' the Sept 11 terrorist attacks look on during a Washington news Conference on Thursday where It was announced that legal action would be taken against Saudi officials and Institutions charging they flnanqed Osama bln Laden’s terrorist network FamHy members of victims of ' - said Matt SelUtofathreof Spina whose Matthew Carmen Sefiitb 23 who daughter Lisa LTirerotola 38 t ' also died in the World Trade Cen- CenTirade World in the perished ’tec “Tbere’s nothingelse we can ter “If the odds are stacked pie” said Irene rfo" -- 7 “This ia the right thing to do" ' "y‘ SeeSUEonAlO i NORTH LOGAN The Ckche bounty School District Board of Education approved the 2002-0- 3 property tax iikredse for resi- dents Cflter a Truth in Taxation public hearing' ' Thursday night Thcincrease on i residential propert for r ' : i No cost o i - 8!?“ Sww--'SSISm- a home ? valued at $1000 and ' " v apptoximately $2349 on Page' A3 a commercial property ’ valued at $135000' r according to Dale Hansen business administrator for the school district The decision came afire several concerned individuals said the tax would be ah adddl ' See BOARD on A6 ' s V - - ? 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