Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday March 30 1986- -3 erator Phones age” Continued from page 2 g long distance Lee said with the Logan exchange the first in Utah to have that service The phone company also moved into new offices in direct-dialin- conjunction with the changeover But Lee and Carlson agreed that something was lost to the technology of the dial phone “The personal touch was gone” said Carlson to the he said Perhaps the most visible aspect of that evolution has been the divestiture Carlson said The way the telephone sysitr was set up prior to divestiture it was “one system but one which could be used only for telephone service Carlson said With the coming of the computer era phone lines were being looked at as one means of transmitting the almost infinite amount of data generated by these omnipresent electronic brains The telephone lines had to be made available for all to use end-to-en- d” “The operator was still there but there wasn’t someone to answer every call” Carlson became Mountain Bell’s local manager upon Lee’s retirement in 1964 In that Carlson said long-distan- which was position which he held until his basically the result of retirement March 1 Carlson divestiture But to most consaw the telephone system enter sumers the divestiture was not seen as an opportunity for the information age “We’ve really gone from the broad access to the information personal attachment of the op- - age he added Volunteer Roseanne Foley broadcasts the day's news during the KUSU's afternoon program Newspapers on the eir KUSU By Chris Jorgensen staff writer It wasn't that long ago that Cache Valley people who couldn’t see well enough to read the local newspaper were excluded from something a lot of people tend to take for granted — reading the local newspaper But now thanks to a free service provided by the Logan based public radio station KUSU The Herald Journal newspaper and several popular magazines are read each day on a special frequency From pm volunteers and staff members read the paper to over 200 4-- 6 V - patrons For convenience the evening reading is recorded and played back the following morning beginning at 10:30 The station also offers selected readings 12:30 to 2:30 pm daily from popular magazines such as Readers Digest Sports Illustrated and? Utah Holiday around but I can’t read the newspaper” Hillyard said she has subscribed to the service for over three years and adds that it has been a real “blessing” “Before I just had to get along without it” she said “My neighbors would have to tell me the news” “I’m really grateful for it” she concluded “My favorite part of the paper is the letters to the editor “Some of the readers even add their own comments” she said “I don’t know if they’re supposed to but it makes it interesting” “For the most part students do the readings and there are some older community volunteers who read" said Richard Meng program director at KUSU Meng said surveys have been done to see what is of prime interest to the listeners and besides local news listeners also are interested in obituaries letters and even the major grocery and display ads to Radio recievers which are pre-sthe special are distributed free by Salt Lake’s State Library for the Blind “It’s the first time these people have et sub-stati- “It’s really a great service” said Logan resident Lucille Hillyard “I can see just enough to get In the on 1967 Finally Ihere's an RA lhat lets you start a small investment but stil earn high money market interest In the past only the two larger Salt Lake City newspapers had been available through this service Those papers were recorded onto cassettes and then mailed to patrons By the time patrons got them Butters said “the news was old news” The only other alternative available to people with visual impairments was to ask someone to read them the news Butters added And many were reluctant to do that — they didn’t want to impose “We feel we have an obligation to use the airwaves to serve the public" said Jerry Allen supervisor at KUSU “These people (the blind and handicapped) are a significant portion of the population” Allen added that he is very pleased with the overwhelming positive reaction the station has received about the 1 AIR FILTER 3" EXPIRES TOYOTA QUALITY SERVICE OIL CHANGE WFILTER IndMdniiptoSauartsofoifandMnuiM ham 51 A oil hltaf Toyota doubk-WtariConpfctaundw-ito-kooddwdio- and ibid 19 oil boh i look 95 EXPIRES PARTS MANAGER SERVICE MANAGER RON DAHL ALSHIFFLER WE'VE GOT MORE forvou! 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