Show emma Local state A3 and regional news i 19-year-o- Gov ld volunteers in Ecuador By Mark Randall staff writer A Logan volunteer is still surrounded by mountains but now lives in an alternate zip code And country And continent He’s even swapped hemispheres For 12 weeks anyway Cody Yeates son of Cache County Councilman Cory and his wife Darla Yeates is volunteering in Cuenca Ecuador orphan- ages with Orphanage Support Services Organiza- tion or OSSO He traded a taupe two-ton- e ' home with a “It’s a pretty interesting opportuni- ty to share information” Nielson said “But mostly to help get kids in school excited about water and the importance of water in our environ- Governor Olene Walker is hoping to double the number of community groups that have adopted one of Utah's water systems She also hopes to have at least one reclama-tion project in each of the state’s 25 watersheds Dianne Nielson executive director of the Utah Department of Environmental Quality said they're hoping to excite the school children of Utah as well as the public about taking an active role in helping to improve the state's water quality By Hilary Judd staff writer wide welcoming porch for a gated pushes a adopt watershed ment” Nielson spoke about the Gover- nor’s Watershed Initiative this week y as part of a Spring Runoff Conference at the Utah State University Space Dynamics Lab Walker introduced the initiative in November which is designed to help improve both water quality and quantity in Utah in the coming years The plan focuses on 25 key streams and reservoirs including the Bear two-da- River Watershed Watersheds are the land area that a water body drains into They are an important part of the natural ecosystem that not only provide water and habitat for wildlife and livestock but also help clean the air through the trees that grow there and filter dirt from water that will eventually become drinking water: The Bear River Watershed is made up of the Cub River Hyrum Reser-- : voir Lower Bear Lower Little Bear Newton Creek and Spring Creek Nielson said that the state is making a big push to identify problems in each watershed and come up with program solutions that involve both the gov- : emment and the public “We know what the impairments ' are” Nielson said “We’re trying to make the solutions locally supported and sustained” Nielson said that Utah’s water- sheds suffer from such problems as pollution from fertilizers animal waste runoff from our roads construction site debris and streambank erosion The state is working with various levels of government and local enti-tito develop solutions to the best es See PROGRAM on A10 Valley growth ' ' e yard in one of the country’s largest cities — and he loves it “Everything is going great here love every second that I am down to his here” Cody’s first said after he left family fivedays American soil “I can already tell that it is going to be hard to leave and I think I will cry” OSSO — oso in Spanish the pronunciation means “bear' — is a barbed-fenc- third-wor- ld ail Rexburg Idaho-base- d nonprofit volungroup sending college-ag- e teers to Ecuador in three month cycles Cody's group has 10 females and 2 males which spend their days feeding bathing “getting spit up on” and playing He thought he’d be changing diapers all day he said but he spends most of his time getting to know the 12-ho- ur kids- ‘They way overdress them for the weather because they don’t want ' them to get sick” he said “They : dress them in sweaters and the babies are drenched (in sweat) in the morning” Sometimes he teaches them too Some of the kids must learn independence and the volunteers have to let them cry Cody said “It’s real hard when you can't pick them up and hold them or play with them when they’re playing with your hair” he said OSSO volunteers typically get sponsors or pay their own way Their flight food and housing With host family are included Cody’s group members divide their time between several Catholic orphan-- : ages he said which are run by strict’ nuns’ Tadeo Down the special orphan-- " age is Cody’s favorite It houses ' seven kidsall under with mental and physical disabilities whose families come to visit but' ' don’t have the time-omoney to kids the care take of The volunteers have to be protec- tive Cody said because families-sometimes try to steal the kids and '' ' take them home ' In Corazones another orphanage some of the kids were brought in from the jungle They werp seized by the government Cody said because their parents were caught : Mitch MascaroHerald : Planners to keep natural areas a part of landscape ' 1 By David Nelson1 If took imagination to see homes where a small green horse pasture how borders a quiet strcam lt took creative planning1 to build around the landscape instead of the other way around It took over four months meeting after meeting -- multiple reviews and revisions before the community development department and planning commis- sion would give the OK See ECUADOR on A8 In brief ' But all the fuss may be worth it company that will build the new as the valley's population expands dwellings along Park Avenue “You don’t buildsubdivisions anymore and moves onto the undeveloped ' r without green space” land west of Logan “It’s safe to say were headed in a Citizens apparently agree When asked'for strategies to control direction where preserving open urban sprawl in a community stir- land (when building a subdivision) is more the standard than it is the- ' vey released last October 85 per-cent of Cache Valley respondents ' exception” said Nielsen: Several planned developments in said new subdivisions should be the past few years — including the ' required to indudeopen space arid ' 90 percent want zoning regulations past three major subdivisions to be " to encourage open space approved within Logan city limits ' — have left chunks of land alone The preference of the community to preserve natural open space as' ': ' isn’t likely to makean impact unless awareness to preserve space growth occurs Although it’s nothis in the minds of those currently iii ing new to protect sensitive areas like wetlands which is required by the market for a home Fortunately1 the federal government the trend said city planners arid private to make thoM areas compatible developers the preference for a with the new neighborhoods is ' natural landscape in the backyard is slowly gaining momentum noticeably different i “We liked the challenge because Tt will definitely be a new trend” said Shad Peck of Horizons people are looking for green Construction and Development the ’ staff writer ' :“But they left witbrall that prc- served community area” said Logan City planner Geoff Butler referringto the37-lo- t subdivision at 850 Park Avenue on the weist side of Logan that was approved earlier this month The eight-acr- e Park Avenue subdivision will leave approximately 5 acres of land untouched to wetlands a high water fable and small wildlife areas on the ' property While Butler said the was amenable to' developer requested changes such coopera- tion hasn't always been so easy to come by ' “Some of these folks we have to take kicking and screaming” said Logari City Community Develop- ment Director Jay Nielsen who said every planned development that has been approved in recent memory has needed at least four ' " " - pro-te- ct ' dddddugEIs spa©© ©pSOfl - Journal Logan city planners are working with developers to ensure new subdivisions preserve natural environments near sensitive lands as the city expands : - ' - - revisions' SeeOPENonA8 USU The - : r : ' Editor's note: Each week The Herald Journal republishes artides that ran in the newspaper 25 50 75 or 100 years ago Today's "Utah Then' is from March 281954 Spelling and grammar appear in the story as it was originally -' threat Utah State University will present UTSAV 2004 an evening ': - of Indian classical music and dance ' on Tuesday at the Kent Concert Hall on campus The event will : begin at 6:30 pni and features the Blue Grass Band and the African drummers in a medley of musical '"traditions' '' Tickets are available at the Utah State ticket office in the Taggart j ” Student Center and the Spectrum The cost is S5 or $3 with student identification Proceeds will benefit ' Utah State's Center for Persons i with Disabilities and Shlshuadhar an orphanage near Bombay India For details contact Ram Swami- ' ' nathan at 7 or visit ' : written ‘ ' - ' Local mother of nine vies for Mrs Evening of Indian music this Tuesday Consortium for Indiari Cut- ': 757-179- wwwusueducic - ' entered jn the- annual contest which is to be held in Ormond Peach Florida Mrs Crookston is one of the first- v entrants in the '? ' intermountain area ' and is also the entrant with the largest family thus far registered She had nine’ children ranging from ' i toi0years: Mrs Crookston believes that she was only there for a year when she met Ray Crookston whom she mar- - : : has rolyed the problem of for such a large family Each ried shortly after Mr Crookston one of the older children has his entered the Army and the couple ' tasks io do around the house traveled around the country as Ray "It surely is nice to get up from the was stationed at different camps table and know that the dijics will Ray was discharged after serving a be taken care of" she said “The term in Korea and the couple moved ' children wash the dishes clean the back to Logan to settle down house and make their own beds" Mr CrookSton's parents are Mr she continued listing some of the and Mrs Byron F Crookston 340 chorek North 3rd East Ray was graduated frbm Logan High School and attends v: Ajsba big aid to this mother of ' ' ' ed USAC before entering the spr- I nine' arc her various appliances ' - " V which help to ease the tasks' around 'vice the house Like the old pionecrs she With nine children most of Mrs bakes bread once a week in her two' Crookston's time is spent in the home She does find time tkrweyer ' ovens Unlike the pioneers' she to be active in the PTA' and to parstores it in her deep freeze She ' ! entered her favorite bread recipe in ticipate in her church activities : the contest as ah example of her ’S'''' ' Each Has Responsibility ' See CRQVN WnAlO : house-keepi- ij ng : : if 1 : KnewMissTruman Mrs Crookston was bom in Inde- pendence Missouri where her father is a plumber She was a friend of : Margaret Trvnian in high school Marvel wonascholarship for Brigham Young University on the basis of her scholastic ability She - : " - - ' ' ’ ' T J if J' Logan Mother of 9 (Age 29) Enters Mrs America Contest Utah Division v "I never thought that anything : would come of il? modestly admit- ted Mrs Marvel Crpokston 29 247 N 4th East who is a candidate for "Mrs America'! honors "I saw an ad in a magazine lying aroundthe house and thought that ' because Mrs America selection is to be based largely on homemaking ability I would give it a try" Now it appears that Mrs Crookston will be -- crown : |