Show Sunday February 1 2004 A3 Local state arid regional news Rescue Aggie health care: call seen By Arrin Brunson staff writer as hoax Utah State University Board of Trustees approved a resolution dur-ing Friday’s meeting that revamps ' the student health care plan The plan will now allow a stu- dent’s spouse and children to receive health care through the university The USU Student Health and Wellness Center located north of the foot-ball stadium on the Logan campus ' offers a variety of health services to students A large percentage of USU students utilize the services where 50 to 100 students daily receive basic health care services at a cost of $26 per semester according to Dr Jim Davis director df the USU Student Health and Wellness Center Stephanie Kukic graduate studies vice president for Associated Students of USU said students often make very little money and paying By Darrall Edward Ehrllck ' staff writer V ' The Cache County Sheriff’s Office is looking into a prank phone call that mobilized the search and rescue team as well as the Logan Fire Department on Saturday moming Rich County dispatchers notified Cache County Search and Rescue that they’d received a call about a hypothermic camper who was in the sinks area near the county bonier Cache County Sheriff’s Lt bn Williamson said the county mobi-lize- d its search and rcscue teams and sent an ambulance up to the area It was the search and rescue’s second call of the evening and second call to stradle the border of a neighboring county As rescue teams made their way up to the area Rich County dispatchers got another call reporting the camper Was in a red truck in the sinks parking lot “Although when we arrived we 'couldn't find anyone or any vehicle matching that description” : Williamson said "There were a lot of snowmobilers Wehave figured that it was probably a prank phone " call We would dearly love to find who called this in” He said that investigators are trying to trace the phone call although it came in through another dispatch center He said if the phonecaller can be found the county will pursue ! Benefit plan to include a USU student’s spouse and children for health insurances not a high priority Kukic has been working with USU administrators and meeting with insurancecompany representatives to find the most equitable and cheap way to fund health insurance One solution to help make health care more affordable for students and their families received the recommendation of USU President Kermit L Hail and the unanimous support of the USU Board of Trustees on Fri-- : day The board agreed to a proposal to expand services for students as well as allow their spouses and chil-- v ' dren to pay $35 per individual per semester to receive primary care at the ySU Student Health and Wellness Center For (hose who wirii to participate in the program the fee will allow unlimited visits to the Student Health and Wellness Center access to the pharmacy physical therapy radiolo--: : gy laboratory and other services offered at the same rates that stu- - dents currently pay ' The plan would be beneficial for students as welt as Utah State University Davis said By the lime they graduate approxi mately 50 percent of USU students are married and many have children These students tend to remain close to the campus community during the summer semester and holiday breaks because their homes have been established here Davis said Also stu' dents with young families are sav-inparticularly interested in the cost offered by utilizing the services of the Student Health and Wellness vices to children will be added at a time when the expansion can be Davis explained Officials say the initial' start-u- p cost is minimal since the dibit is already in operation The USU well- ness center is already equipped with an area suitable to serve as four exam rooms and two offices Davis said Costs will consist primarily of equip- ment for approximately $16000 : which can be provided from the cur- -' rent health center budget with payback anticipated from funds generated by the expected spouse and dependent fees Center' Juan Franco vice president of stu- dent services at Utah State and Duke Revenues generated from the addi- tional fees will allow incremental : DiStefano studentbody president expansion of the wellness center staff said student response to the proposal to include personnel experienced in has been overwhelmingly positive v “We’ve assured our students that the care of adults and' children Addi tional staff and equipment will be this would not be detrimental at all to added as needed as tong as the pro- - : our students” Franco said “If it becomes (detrimental) we will not gram can paydoLitselfrServices lo doit” spouses will be added first and ser : - 99-ce- nt gs Lowe joked She said that most clip cus- - i their haircut into the middle of Super Saturday and expecting an appointment might be like waiting for the mullet to come thanks local clients evfent wEg into style' “It’s mass chaps” Lowe staff writer said “You know forit being so chaotic it runs well It It’s cut rates for haircuts : that shows them On the last Saturday in Jantime is money and you have to uary New Horizons Beauty speed the process up They're College in Logan offers hairglad to have the opportunity to cuts for 99 cent? The tradition ' do it The gills honestly do a started over 1 1 years ago and wonderful job and people go 'everyyear it’s ended up a leshome pleased” son in success if not chaos Stephanie Delaney is'one of Amy Lowe an instructor at those pleased customers This the college explained the is die only place to go tp get annual event dubbed “Super her son Dakota's ' ' Saturday' is beneficial to both haircut the students and customers' “I had to drag him in here” " Customers get a haircut at a Stephanie' said ' r much reduced rate and stu- - Two months have passed V dents gist a lot df experience Since Dakota’s Iasi cut She! VA whole lot ' v didn’t mind it growing out ' Most students average 17 for that time during (except haircuts during the day Lowe that tail in the tiack) Nit with ' ' Spring around the comer it is 22 said did record-holdset a few years back Students was time for a shearing in the 2000-hou- f V “Now it’s time to to program arc go back ' required to have 400 haircuts ' normal” Stephanie said under their scissors before Dakota said it's not as bad ' as when Grandma gets irritat- graduation! Super Saturday ed with his long hair and lakes get closer to the helps than ' the clippers to him goal ' ' Some haircuts arc easy oth- “Basically it is customer ers that require coloring and appreriation” Lowe said kits of gel can be more tricky Though the waiting was at room customers “It's about getting it how y standing only seemed tp be appreciative and they like it” student stylist' Belle Jensen said willing towait forthe bargain-basemeprices in the baser Getting it how they like h ' ment of dte Oocktower Plaza requires students tpiiy and ihLogan imagine what: the customers '' All 60 student styfists " : ' ' worked Super Satiutlay and Sup Sadler's brought her Were expected tai cut shear four kids to Siipier Saturday ' coif over 400 local for the past couple of years MMi Mucarofttarakf Journal Style : The first time sire didn't make Danielle heads of hair total Joshua Hatton smies wNe having his hair cut by student-styli: die an appointment is of This a pari required Lulhi during the ’Super Saturday hah cutting event at New Horizons Beauty College in comse--:- ' event TTm to thank a as the r hairculi annual 99 way during Logarc colege ollere pert See CUTS oo Al9 “Unless they ’re dead" as wel as help students get tfieir required number of cuts lor graduation By Darrall Edward Ehrllck (tire-student- - charges' As search and rescue teams were mobilizing onscene a local resident with a scanner overheard the call and ' became worried because he had a son who was camping with a Boy Scout troop in the area “Dispatch became inundated with phone calls” Williamson said Williamson said that search and fescue crews located the Boy Scout troop and all the scouts were doing -fine “We’re not in the habit of with-holding any information” Williamson said “We do everything wecan to gd a hold of family members and let them know what’s going : on in these types of situations’’ Search iftdiiesc to search for the victim “We couldn't find tmy though” Williamson said Rich County Sheriff’s Search rmd Rescue was not part of the effort ' ' Williams said He urged anyone with information about the hoax to contact the Cache County Sheriff’s Office at (435) 750-740- 0 ed i- - - : 1 ' er - : -- - : nt In brief MB! ad Search and rescue ‘ cus-tome- re crcws were able to find and help four snowmpbilers who were' stranded in : a Friday afternoon snowstorm near the Wete-Cadr- e county fore wcocr county nrarepavea a report that four experienced snow- mobilers were trapped sriipewhere v near FowderMountam They had y left fccadayofsoowmobiling when ‘ skies were dear at around 10 aim on Rich County to settle on : B Cadre County Sheriff's Search and Rescue learns were called into ' help search for the snowmobilerS V whine ages ranged between 70 and : :4 80 Cache County was ca route late last night headed towards Hardware i Ranch acconiing lo Cache County v Sherifrs lx Von WjUjamaorcy iS v Weber Iv were notified that They vv1 County located die missing snowmo-:-hflen in die Hat Top area of Powder -- - : r’ V- v cleared Depretmeat of ftbbc Safety hehooiner was able 10 airlift them o the parldnglotc ' Qislo parking lot They v staff writer Friday v : v i sdipc was built arouiid l919 The foundation is cracking and the oUl band room is fidlug down v lt also hai classroom deficiencies '’ot'::- - Voters in Rich County will head tothe polls an Tbesday to decide whether to Americans with DisaNlities Act standards approve a $3-- milUbii school bond to S- - v fire codes' or for and school f£i fandanewekmenlary y “h’s g' V cke to being 100 years old" improvemeiris at the high school Kesri said “ft’s served ifor district wdl “It’s badly needed” sahlSuperaitendem Christine luari These are studeat acade-- but we’re at the point whefewe need to : one get the kids pot of that building” The district bonded for a new high addbess those needs for the lads here’ school back in 1989 and had pinned on The district wants to tear down the old Rich Elementary Schoolandbuild anevvj building a new elementary but decided to hold Off - y- - ''' N' one with a special education center and dassrooms for music art and sewing They neverdidbbndfortlmelemcQ- ' classes for the middk school students tyschool”Kearisaid’Theybuill what Rich High Sdiod wolild pH a new din-- 1 th bonded for bm the elenratxy was'': never incinded inthaL” " V’r The newfireility will beasine-leve-( media center s remodded enoe fodlity new art and diop finality bmlding andwill homegrades K dwpugh ' 5 ft will inchaie the middle school mnsic ioom and two new locker rooms Keari said tfrere are serious structural Sec BOND an Alt problems at the dcmmlary schooL The 'r I y' i 5 1a ’ 1 : : v1' Xit 4 -- ' te dre snowmobile oul None were injured ' : WeCoiuity Seaich and Rescue s" st id finds snowmobilers v f : " ? 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