| Show IV Pago 1 Top of Utah 2C SatndayMay62000 Standard-Examine- r ©OUMTV l5j¥t(t'cii wtUulfhlb flitf' Hi' flini: Itili '?lUlliU)r!KLV POX ELDER COUNTY Commission OK’s zoning change TREMONTON - A zoning change will allow for apartments to be developed on 350 N 600 West in Tremonton After a public hearing on Tuesday the City Council voted to change the zoning from an 0 to an RM-1- 5 on 31 acres of property The change allows for 15 y units to be built per acre Kelly Harris addressed the Council saying he was concerned about the density the change may create “I just don’t feel (the change) would serve the interests of the city as a whole Council Member Blaine Mauchley suggested that the Council approve the zoning change on the condition that the Planning Commission review all plans for development to ensure that there is adequate grass and parking The Council voted 3-- 1 on the measure with Ken Campbell opposing R1-1- multi-famil- ‘ BIRD CLASSES: Candice Monson Visitor Services and Animal Care Coordinator at the Ogden Nature Center teaches a class on how to reintroduce injured and stranded birds into the wild at the Ogden Nature Center Thursday (Below) Baby finches are fed a mixture of cat food and water Classes given in injured bird care ened to “mush” in water Volunteers picked up pieces of the correspondent The coming of food and pushed it into the OGDEN birds’ crop Monson said most spring also means the coming of sick and injured baby birds to baby birds are fed moistened cat or a special formula Once the Ogden Nature Center on foodbirds start the they west 12th Street cat food and eat eating quit Twelve people gathered in a foods particular to their species small room in the Nature Centhe feedings extensive During ter’s Visitors Center to learn is not recommended touching about caring for injured birds “Try not to handle them as The lecture was led by Candice much as possible” Monson said anivisitor services and Monson Handling the bird frequently or mal care coordinator for the Natreating it like a pet “imprints” ture Center the bird she said Imprinting “It was education for anyone means the bird accepts the huwho wanted to come and learn” man as a parent and makes the Monson said bird unable to survive in the Some came for personal wild knowledge while others came to Baby birds gain enough learn how to be a volunteer in strength to survive in the wild afthe bird rehabilitation program ter about two to four weeks of Monson advised the class that care Monson said the center’s the only birds people are allowed volunteers are vital to the birds’ to care for without a license are success English sparrows starlings and “If you weren’t here I would pigeons Nature Center volunhave to take 200 birds home” teers can care for all types of Monson said “We’d like more birds volunteers” Volunteers at the center nurse Bird rehabilitation is only a back to health sick or injured seasonal project for the center birds that have been abandoned Laurie Caldwell volunteer coor“Our goal is release birds dinator for the Nature Center back into the wild” Monson said the season started four said The volunteers feed the weeks ago with the windstorms birds exercise them and ulti- and will go until September mately release them During this time she anticiThe job can be time consumpates a great need for volunteers “We need a great pool to ing as sick birds need to be fed every 30 minutes to an hour draw from” Caldwell said Last year 400 birds needed to Those attending the meeting had the opportunity to feed three ba- be cared for requiring about 50 by birds cat food thatwas soft- - volunteers By TANNA BARRY CACHE COUNTY Standard-Examin- - Water lab ranks high nationally self-feedi- LOGAN -- The US Geological Survey evaluation panel rated the Utah Water Research Laboratory at Utah State University as one of the top centers nationally with a strong research education information transfer and collaborative program The water lab was recently recommended for recertification of eligibility from the USGS to receive grants that will assist in solving state regional and d international problems Last year it achieved the highest level of non-stat- e funding in its history approximately $4 million water-relate- DAVIS COUNTY Davis financial reporting awarded FARMINGTON -- For the sixth straight year a certificate of excellence in financial reporting has been presented to Davis County The certificate of achievement from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada was recently presented to County ClerkAuditor Steve Rawlings for calendar year budget 1998 The award from the GFOA based on the county demonstrating a constructive “spirit of full disclosure” is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting ' Austin was originally charged with aggravated kidnapping accused of demanding sexual favors at gunpoint from a hitchhiker in a 1994 incident Austin said he never owned a By TIM GURRISTER Standard-Examine- staff r OGDEN - Phillip O Austin whose kidnapping conviction was overturned on his second appeal is suing the law firm that handled his unsuccessful first ap- gun and never threatened his passenger insisting that after he was rebuffed he stopped and let the man out Austin’s accuser claimed he escaped by leaping from the moving car No weapon peal Austin accuses the Ogden law firm of Richards Caine and Allen of malpractice in a suit filed last week in 2nd District Court The Utah Court of Appeals in January overturned the 1995 kidnapping conviction of the former Weber State University administrator who was accused of demanding sexual favors at gunpoint from a Hanks accepts plea bargain - OGDEN A man charged with kidnapping and raping his estranged girlfriend unaware - she had summoned police -- has pleaded guilty to reduced charges in a plea bargain Aaron Malcolm Hanks 30 was charged with five felonies in the Jan 22 incident: aggravated kidnapping rape object rape forcible sodomy and aggravated burglary He was also charged with violation of a e protective order a felony and a misdemeanor count of resisting arrest In return for guilty pleas to the remainder of the charges prosecutors this week dismissed the rape object rape and sodomy charges Hanks faces sentencing June 22 The victim was awakened at 2:30 am to find Hanks in her bedroom according to '' testimony He sexually assaulted her several times then dragged her screaming from the home driving her up Ogden Canyon where he raped her again and threatened to kill third-degre- now-vacat- “It’s Prosecutors at Austin’s trial were allowed to instruct jurors that if they could not find sufficient evidence to convict Austin of felony aggravated kidnapping they could find him Other volunteers share Fell- er’s enthusiasm Carrie Serrano and her husband Tony brought their three children to the meeting to learn about caring for birds “It is something we can-das a family” Tony Serrano said “We really enjoy it” More volunteers will be at the Nature Center today at 9 am to talk about volunteering and the o different projects available ing which he was prohibited from leaving Salt Lake County and was subjected to intrusive mental health therapy” The suit asks for damages to be set at tri- first-degr- How Will PACE SELF PROPEL SYSTEM Model 20043 Personal Pace system puts you In control of your mowing speed from 0 to 4 walk mow! and mph Just 60 hp Toro GTS engine quaranteed-to-sta- rt on the first or second pull for S years or Toro fixes it FREEP Includes rear bag PATENTED SUPER RECVCLER cutting system mulches for a healthy and beautiful bnvn Durable cast aluminum deck Austin claims Caine did not provide crucial tri- al transcripts to the appeals court in the first appeal The second appeal was handled by Salt Lake lawyer Earl Xaiz You can reach reporter Tim 8 Gurrister at or - 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