Show ' A6 — Thd Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday February 18 2004 Utah & The West Q I I weighs toili to revise favoritism law In brief US Bank to Odah® open 15 new Utah branches BOISE (AP) — Proposed changes to a state nepotism law could benefit the careers of some relatives of elected ' municipal officials the’ which The bill passed House last week would allow some relatives of mayors city ' council members and county commissioners to work for and pursue career advancement in the local governments in which their relatives have authority: Existing law deans it illegal for a city or county to give SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — US: Bank announced Tuesday it will open bank branches in IS Smith’s Food & Drug stores in Utah replacing Zions Bank locations Zions decfdedto close the branches to reduce duplication in it branch network ' " spokesman Rob Brough said' Five of the IS branches that US Bank will take over are remote banking sites for Zions offering only compute s ami ATMs Those sites closed Feb2 The remaining 10 locations will close March 24 Brough said Damon Miller president of US Bank in Utah said all IS branches will reopen as full- service US Bank branches sometime later in the spring More than 70 new employees will be hired The contract with Smith’s gives the Minneapolis-base- d bank two additional branches in Ogden andone additional branch each in Salt Lake City Brigham City Cedar City Draper Heber City Murray " Payson Pleasant Grove Provo South Jordan Sunset Syracuse and Woods Cross Once the deal is completed US Bank will have 42 full-- : service banking offices in Utah making its network the in the state behind Zions and Wells Fargo ' Bank Miller said V : Grant Graham) right former chief financial officer for Qweiefs global business unit arrives at the federal courthouse In Denver with his attorney Daniel Seam on Tuesday for the jury selection in the trial of Graham and three other former Qwest officials Prosecutors' say the men devised a scheme that allowed Qwest to improperly book $34 million from a computer equipment sale ’ woman sues says store m istook her $50 bill as fake third-lairge- st Relative opens explorer exhibit - IDAHO FALLS (AP) A descendant of Corps of Dis- covery leader William Clark1 has brought to Idaho Falls about 100 items to display in the Museum of Idaho Peyton “Bud” Clark brought his famous great- -' -r-- OGDEN ( AP) — An Ogden woman has sued claiming she was detained at a Harmons supermarket for hours when store personnel mistook her $50 bill for counterfeit ' Last September Cutler hurried irito an Ogden Hannons while a friend waited with her three children in the car Brit when she pulled Put a $50 bill a clerk “loudly rind unreasonably announced that ’This lady has a counter--' feit bill'” accordingtothc suit filed in 2nd District Court Cutler says a security guard grabbed her and began questioning her in front of other shoppers Then despite being presented a bank statement for thecash the guard and store great-gregrandfather’s arti- facts for the grand opening of the “Discovering Idaho: The World of Lewis and Clark" ' “I can’t think of a more appropriate place to tell the story of Lewis and Clark than here mbeautiful Idaho where much of the journey unfoid-ed’- ’ Said Clark a retired engineer from Dearborn Mich who' attended a museum at - : ' manager escorted Cutler to the deli section of the store and questioned her for some 45 minutes the suit states OGDEN (AP)— A Weber State University psychology professor and Air Force researchers plan to identify peak energy times for Air Force fighter pilots and possibly determine ways to assure when most needed ' Lauren Fowler will spend a year as an Air Force consul- taint arid will be coordinating with researchers at Brooks in San Antonio The City-Baformer Air Force Base is run by the city and leased to die Air Force Fowler and Air Force researchers will study the cor-' relation between a person’s body clock and its effect on ' attention levels “Life forces us to do things when we’re riot physiologically prepared” Fowler said ' “We’re better at different tasks and events during differ- -' e - se - : : ent times of the day” She will spend about three weeks this summer doing experiments in a research lab on the base The study will involve fighter pilots living in box cars with no windows and no way to leil time for at least three days Researchers will examine how their bodies adjust The research also will involve air battle managers simulatwho will dp missions During ed the managers’ intense ses sions researchers will test them for hormone and stress levels as well as their eyepupil response levels Other factors to be studied include temperature lighting diet and sleep rhythms Three Weber State psychology students are studying top- ics that may be incorporated 13-ho- ur air-batt- le - : Force into the study and are volunteering to help Fowler collect and analyze data “It’s so important for the Air Force to know what the factors arc that influence these decisions that have huge consequences” said student Erica Alleman 24 of Bountiful Hie goal is not only to find how people react to different physiological aspects but also to figure out how different factors can be tweaked in order to gain peak performance at targeted times “We want to find ways to manipulate factors so they work for us” said student Dirk Mitchell 24 of South Ogden Fowler has spent years studying sleep and the human with chimbrain panzees during graduate school to learn about sleep patterns sleep-relat- ed She-worke- - Find Out How to get Free Portraits & Special Offers reception Monday night " He said the exhibit is the best one he hasseen on the " expedition yet It also is' the largest one in the country miiseumstaff say' with repljcas of the four boats ' the party used arid items they carried a replica of a C SpecklWrthdaj-an- - b Preferred UUeoanU tntfbet ''" Feb iri9 Shqshone villagedisplays of and fauna the party found in Idaho and a display the-flor- y excluded “It was just one of those not related to elected "In fact some local governments can have a hard time finding any applicants — relat- -' ed or not “he said Weber State professor to consult for When an Ogden police offi- high-incidenc- missioners when the employees are related by blood or marriage to the second egree Undei the new provisions only members of die elected official's household would be to peak performance times Air cer arrived questioning con-- : tinued in die store's upstairs office where Cutler said she was initially refused use of the telephone Police eventually returned the $50 bill to her at her home Harmons issued a letter denying Cutler was detained and saying there had been of counterfeit 20s and 50s The suit alleges slander bat- tery false imprisonment and negligence It seeks $35000 in general damages and unspeciV fied punitive damages i merit raises or promotions to employees related to city council members or county com-- r PORTRAIT SALEI ' ' AP photo Qwick trial? full-servi- ce Idaho Legislature things that needed to be tweaked a little” said the bills sponsor Rep Richard Wills Wills isaid it was unfair for government employees to lose salary increases and other career advancements because a relative was elected to office Wills said that in lightly pop-b- e ulated areas it can difficult' from' American Rivers on the water routes they traveled i Last of original wolf group killed ' YELLOWSTONE NATION AL PARK Wyri Aft ± Fed- - ft's Free to Join Ic open to children aptotheagebf 5f ( eral officials have shot the last : of the original Canadian gray wolves transplanted in' Yellow- stone National Park in the mid- ' after the predator cattle killed repeatedly young The female wolf known as v No 41 was shot less than two-" weeks: after her sister wolf No 42 was killed in a battle with 7::V-- ' other wolves AutlKtritiessaid wolf No 41 : 'had tribe killed because she S: fiik) been preying on calves in ' the Sunlight Basin area north pf X': Cody Along with four other triinsi’ plants she fortnedlheDmid Feak pack intheJLamar Valley : that became one' of the park’s v 'V : most observed packs No 41 left thepack because of conflicts with other metnbqs ' and joined another male to ' form a new pack in the Sunlight Basin in 1998 Recently No 4 1 lost her place in that pack and began ' traveling with another wolf by themselves for several months said Ed Btogi the US: Fish : : : ‘ : 1 : 4'? 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