| Show I a V TO op Standard-Examin- Utah on Comics5 ReligionT Saturday May 1 3 2000 er Local News Editor Mew M ‘ Texts for middle intermediate schools stalled while budget is set ' AT A GLANCE Utah BBB adds to database I school But the books and maps will cost at least $138447 probably several thousand dollars more The kindergarten through social studies materials have been used since 1991 The science books in the secondary schools have been used since Board President Teresa Garrett said she used to hear about how much money the board would spend on textbook and be horrified “But the state says we need to spend a certain portion of our money and they earmark money for textbooks” Even with Advanced Placement physics books costing $84 each Administrative Assistant Ron Frandsen said the district will be within the budgeted amounts for new textbooks You can reach reporter Melisa 3 Ann Wilson at or 625-423- c m Kids get ON THE FARM: (from left) Rachel Christian KamberPentz and Amanda Hennessey pick flowers along a fence line (above) during Farm Reid Day at the Thurston Farm in Morgan (Left) Brian Rose reaches for the udder of a dairy cow during a 1 By BETH DOVE staff of - A group 4 Y z fifth-grade- rs learned the difier-enc- e between dirt ' and soil Friday “Soil is on the ground Dirt is the stuff that gets tracked Jnto your mom’s house” Jason Roper an engineer for the Utah Association of Conservation District said i The kids learned some serious lessons too Such as why people can’t eat grass but cows can and how long it takes to generate one inch of topsoil -- database rs Local youngsters leam the ways of the farmer! ORGAN ' Morgan down ip the dirt Standard-Examin- ' V W r milking i demonstration ? t I 800 years Kristen Broadhead 11 was shocked at the topsoil number “We don’t even live that long -that’s like eight people ” About 110 Morgan Middle School students and half as T1MSCHOON Standard-Examine- many parents participated in Morgan County Farm Field Day held annually at Thurston Farm The event sponsored by the Morgan County Farm Bureau and the SoilConservation District is designed to give look students an at farm life fifth-gra- Volunteers from the Division of Wildlife Resources the Division of Water Quality and other industry professionals staffed 12 learning stations delivering lectures on such subjects as how to boxes of Pokemon cards valued at $65 and ran put the door The ’other boys soon followed staff OGDEN - Four juveniles were caught by a store clerk after an alleged organized heist of a box of Pokemon cards The clerk told Ogden police she noticed the four juveniles boys three younger than 8 years old 3580 Washingwhen they walked into the ton Blvd and began canvassing the store as they spread out according to an Ogden police report After going down the candy aisle the boys then brought some candy to the clerk to purchase The clerk told police she noticed one of die older boys point to a Pokemon display on the counter and one of the smaller boys nodded “as if to acknowledge something” the report states As the boys stayed in the store walking around after purchasing the candy the report states the limits mysteriously went off and the clerk went to red-hand- ed A witness who was walking into the store as the boys were running out said he saw one of the boys packing the box of cards under his arm the report states i The clerk sdid she began a search of the area for the boys whofn she later found near the store Police were at the store when the clerk brought the boys back and began questioning them I The boys’ parents were contacted about the incident which was apparently not the first time they had allegedly ’stolen merchandise from that store the report states Because of the ages of the youngsters no further action was taken by police other than warning them not to return to that store of the younger boys allegedly approached the counter grabbed one of the You can reach reporter Joey Haws ail at 625-423- 1 or by at jhawdstandardjiet Not only do motorists get info stickers they go crazy over vanity licenses ByTIM GURR1STER Standard-ExarTtin- er staff - GDEN Attention you who ordered the HPUCKR-UP- ” “XQZ-MI- “DIP-PIN- ” ” and LITE ’NUP tags for your bumpers your license plates are in at the Ogden ofllce of the state Department of Motor Vehicles Those are the more attention-gettin- g among the 20 or so per- ALANMUnRAYStondant-Examma- A variety of specialty stickers ’ serious learning was plenty of fun and games According to a spokeswoman for the Utah Farm Bureau Federation 99 percent of the state’s population is now at least two generations removed from the are available to put sonalized license plates waiting to be picked up currently at the local DMV the state’s retailers of ad space on license plates In addition to the personalized or “vanity plates DMV offices learning what the kids like” Grant Leishma 11 agreed “This place is a blast I liked riding the horses” Peterson resident Amanda Wright 11 showed off her new necklace which she made herself at the FFA booth She ex- - farm “It really is a great way for kids to understand where their food comes from” Jennifer Dahl said “Kids don’t know their bacon doesn’t come from See FARM10B Hospital happy about $2 million injection Fund will Foundation “The new unit will be larger and better equipped than the current one and will continue to play a key role in the recovery of patients suffer- be used for rehabilitation unit By RYAN R OLIVER StandanJ-Examne- r staff OGDEN - The fund to build the new McKay-De- e Hospital received a $2 million shot in the arm recently The funding from the Mary Elizabeth Shaw Foundation will be used to equip the hospital’s Stewart Neurological Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Unit “The Stewart Rehab unit has made a dramatic difference in the lives of many men women and children” said Jack Lam-prchairman of the Shaw ing from head and spinal cord injuries and many other debilitating illnesses and injuries “The Shaw Foundation is proud to be able to provide the vital service to our community” Lampros said The foundation was created by the late Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw and her daughter the late Elizabeth Dee Shaw Steward for the purpose of providing a continual os Utah DMVs are offering H r the store” It is Fred Thurston’s fifth year to host the event and he plans to continue “as long as the kids want to come It’s getting better every year We’re preserve water quality and measure acreage Combined with the ! t investigate It was at this time one de up-clo- se Four caught in Pokemon heist By JOEY HAWS i The Better Business Bureau of Utah has agreed to contnbute compliant data related to criminal matters to a new international database known as “Consumer Sentinel the BBB announced this week The complaints forwarded from the Utah bureau will not only help identify trends iq crime but will assist law enforcers in quickly obtaining the data and evidence - ! to con artists necessary pursue The Federal Trade Commission and the USJ1 Postal Inspection Service are heading the effort that makes the database available to law enforcement agencies by feeding complaints received from consumers about " telemarketing direct mail or Internet fraud directly into pie ' -- 1 de 1993 I 1 i i - LICKR PLATE KLAYDfc on Utah license plates SEAT VC-'- - er i r V staff New textbooks FIELDING for high school science classes were approved by the Box Elder School Boards but science books for' middle- and intermediate school and social studies books for elementary schools were put ' on hold The board agreed to pay 578685 to supply the biology chemistry dnd physics classes in the district’s two high schools ' Purchasing textbooks for the middle and intermediate schools was put on hold while the state redesigns the state core requirements Steven Johnson district administrative assistant said the book selection committee didn’t want to choose books before the requirements were available The board decided not to approve 'the elementary social studies books and equipment until more exact costs were available The figures presented to the board were not calculated for the number of classes per elementary Standard-Examin- v ' ' t By MEUSA ANN WILSON Standard-Examin- -- - i - 625-422- 4 ni 1 t science books on hold sixth-gra- TV Advice4 -- offer more than 30 specialized plates ranging from Armed Forces monikers to Olympic boosters to fish even ham radio operator call signs Actually they’re not whole new plates but stickers affixed to trumpet causes interests history etc Most are fund raisers The $25 proceeds from the Army Navy Purple Heart POW etc plates the DMV sends to state veterans’ organizations The S22 Olympic plate fee goes to the 2002 Winter Olympics here Similar fees for alumni plates go toward the school named State wildlife has its plate So does the Soil Conservation Service More recently in one of the more noble efforts volunteer child advocates in juvenile court fund to support See FUND3B a full plate plate got their The vanity plate’s $55 fee goes to the State Tax Commission which runs the DMV “Some people are really into license plates” said David Swan state DMV deputy director “It’s an interesting part of the culture: plate culture” Most recently the Legislature has approved plates for Boys fund-rais- er Scouts Emergency Medical Technicians and snowmobilers Snow boarders made a valiant effort to get themselves a plate through the Legislature Jenny Stanger manager of the Ogden DMV office said “There was a lot of interest in the snowboarders’ request” she said For now they’ll have to rt to putting the word “Board" x Consumer Sentinel is currently utilized by 250 law enforcement agencies across the United States and is being made available to law enforcement in other countries Company seeks to bury line on divide OGDEN - US West has asked the Wasatch-Cach- e National Forest for permission to bury a fiber optic line on an established utility road on North Ogden Divide The fine would tie into a system of upgraded lines recently installed in the upper -Ogden Valley and run partially adjacent to a paved highway : leading from the summit The Forest Service is taking" public comments on the request and a related proposal to rebuild a hiking trail near the summit County raises firefighters’ salaries BRIGHAM CITY -- A new county contract with Tremonton Fire Department will pay Tremonton firefighters $9 an hour Box Elder County Commissioners signed the annual contract agreeing to pay $345 per time the Tremonton department is called out That fee will cover firefighter costs for the first hour After that the county will pay $9 per firefighter per hour For the past six years Commissioner Lee Allen said the county has paid $750 an hour Tremonton City raised the hourly wage and the county agreed to follow suit Tremonton City so far is the only department the county contracts with which will have the higher wage But Allen said he is sure the others will make similar requests soon Delta: Airline plans to stay In Utah - SALT LAKE CITY Delta Air Lines officials on Friday dismissed reports that the company was considering moving its Western hub from Utah unless it received tax breaks from the state Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson and representatives from the nation’s airline joined at City Hall to reassure Salt Lake residents that the company does not intend to leave To the contrary Anderson said his administration and Delta officials still are discussing expansion at Salt Lake International Airport He said he was confident the airline will be in Utah for a long time Delta spokesman Tom Lazour reiterated that the hub operation in Utah will not be moved and the airline never threatened to leave - Standard-Examinstaff third-large- er and wire sendees re-so- TOCKSX See PLATES10B rVi' a u |
