Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday November 24 1995 Thousands served meals Combined Herald Journal Associated Press reports tradition of offering free day continued its meals to anyone who walked through the door By midday more than 1000 meals had been served For 23 years owner Chris Ritzakis paid the tab personally But for the past three years Mansell & Associates a brokerage house donated most of the needed funds — $4000 this year Meanwhile Jennie Dudley provided Thanksgiving dinner under a highway viaduct for hundreds of homeless people transients and impoverished families For 11 years Dudley founder of the Eagle Ranch ministry in South Jordan has cooked breakfast Sunday mornings She said God told her to feed the needy “TTiat’s why I came here the first time with one stove and a coffee pot” die said “We’ll continue to do it until he says ‘stop’ ” 26-ye- ar V and SALT LAKE CITY — As thousands of meals were served to the needy on Thanksgiving Day ' plans for providing long-ter- m help advanced in real-esta- te sev-er- al Salt Lake area churches At Angie’s restaurant in Logan more than 300 people showed up for a free Thanksgiving dinner Diners who wished to pay for their meals con- tributed about $800 to a collection fund that owner ' Saboor Sahely will present today to the Cache ‘Senior Citizens Center “It was an excellent day” Sahely said “Spirits were high the waitresses were happy the cooks were happy” In Salt Lake City Nector’s restaurant on Thurs Page 3 aid sought long-ter- m Across the street at Pioneer Park people dined at picnic tables sat on the grass and snoozed Allen Philpot 44 a recovering alcoholic said “It’s fantastic that people get together like this to help homeless people I’m thankful for people like this all the volunteers the food thankful God sees to my needs every day” At the Hellenic Memorial Cultural Center dozens of volunteers served hot meals — more than 800 by 2 pm Guests also were allowed to sort through donated used clothing “It’s a team effort” said Dimitri Tsagaris a chemical engineer from La Mia Greece “Of course it is hard work but it is a rewarding project We do it from the bottom of our hearts” Meanwhile plans are going forward in several area churches and synagogues for a Salt Lake h Hospitality Network modeled after the Nation al Interfaith Hospitality Network operating in 12 states “We’re putting our personal choice of religion aside and getting back to our Bible teachings: Take care of the poor take care of the needy” said Vicki Neumann the Salt Lake network’s board president When the network begins operating in January its goal will be to provide up to 90 days of lodging and meals for three to five families Congregations would rotate as the families’ host The church or synagogue would provide Sunday school rooms or the like for each family for a week Neumann said Volunteers from the congregation would prepare breakfast and evening meals that they and the families would sit down and eat together A couple of volunteers also would spend the night at the church and volunteers also would try to help adults find jobs and permanent homes sit-do- Inter-fait- Work begins on new liquor store in Logan By Cindy Yurth staff writer Cache Valley liquor buyers can look forward to a wider selection and a much larger more comfortable facility when the Logan state liquor store completes its expansion next SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Llamas have become popular pack animals on the Colorado spring addiThe tion is under construction to the east of the building at 73 W 400 North It will allow the store to supply a host of new products including “boutique wines like you see in Salt Lake” according to manager Madelene McBride With the expansion the store 4200-square-fo- ot will take up times its present area The old building will remain standing and be used for storage and e sales McBride ot large-volum- added The property to the east of the itotfe was purchased and two homes razed to make expansion McBride said The project was delayed when some leakage from an old diesel furnace was discovered and the contaminated soil had to be hauled away room-for-th- e The $372000 project has been awarded to a local contractor Todd Jensen Construction of Providence according to Dennis Keller operations manager for the Utah Alcoholic Beverage Control Department (All wine and hard liquor sales in Utah are handled through the state) Unlike the present store Workers backfill along the foundation of what will be the new liquor store in Logan Wednesday afternoon In the last state legislative seswhich is at least 20 years old should open its doors in March looking for a new location for the new building will have “lots or April sion the legislature appropriatthe outlet but “there arc lots of ed funds for the state to buy off schools churches and playof natural light” and be of a Tom Young of the departcolonial-typ- e design Keller ment’s main office said the some of the property it was leas- grounds in Logan” and state law said Logan store has been badly in ing and the local liquor store prohibits a liquor store from McBride said the store will need of expansion for years but was one of the properties purbeing within 1(KX) feet of any remain open throughout the since the state was leasing the chased of those structures McBride At first the department was explained building its hands were tied expansion and the new addition Preston Friends of the Library seek support i J thanks to the By Brooke B Ormsby tor The Herald Journal fund-raisin- g arm persons wishing to donate money can do so through the organization and it goes i PRESTON — Just over a year ago the directly to the library ! A large percentage of the donations will library board found itself in a quandary ! Federal laws required the city to retrofit go to build a new addition on to the east its 1913-er- a building to accommodate side of the library and remodel the existAmericans with disabilities And at the ing building said Webb The finished iame time the Idaho State Library found library will be approximately 10000 ! the Preston book center woefully lacking square feet three times larger than the m space for the customers it served existing space Cecelie Costley a member of the PreOut of those two pressures was born ston Library Board said since Friends of Friends of the Library The ! arm was organized said the Library was organized in July 1994 it g Chairman Sid Titensor to has done a marvelous job They started at Board Library the city library reach a goal of an ground zero Costley said and have been help Estimated $1 million to renovate and add laying a solid foundation for the future ! And the community has responded to the existing library Friends of the Library is on its way to although members said there is always a die $1 million mark with approximately need for more Last year the Friends of g $60000 donated by the community said the Library board mailed out a ! the letter each of to kind The of Titensor library’s patrons community support is essential he explained to show poten- - asking for donations That drive was so dal donors that Preston citizens successful that tne board decided to make it an annual event Webb said their dare about library A letter was also inserted Before Friends was organized all monin directso the group the local went the to donations newspaper library etary ly to Preston City which then dispersed could reach more people and give all of 1 ed 2 fund-raisin- 2 big-tick- et ng See LIBRARY on Page 10 Kate Kitchell BLM district manager in Moab and the owner of three llamas objected to the tentative proposal She argued that more study was needed before blaming the llamas If those studies show- a need to restrict llamas or other potential carriers of Johnc's disease a rule should be designed to deal with specific problem areas instead of a sweeping ban on all public lands “I have a hard time conceiving of us dosing all public lands to llamas” she said “There are plenty of places and opportunities for packing where there is no conflict w iih bighorn sheep” - 2 the money to the library fund said Friends President Sandra Webb Now Johnc’s disease is a bacterial infection of the intestinal tract that causes animals to slowly lose weight When a group of animals is infected it often will kill some and weaken others Some appear immune to the disease Once a group is infected it tends to be a chronic condition Some biologists for the Bureau of Land Management believe Johnc's disease could present a significant risk to bighorn sheep and they have circulated within the agency a tentative proposal to ban the use of these pack animals on all public land in the West fund-raisin- fund-raisi- sheep” llama-transmitt- ! much-need- Plateau but some federal biologists fear they spread a disease to desert bighorn sheep They are talking about whether limits should be put on the use of these South American relatives of the camel to forestall any spreading of the debilitating Johnc’s disease to (pronounced desert bighorn in the Four Corners region Gus Hansen a llama breeder from Huntsville contends llamas arc being singled out unfairly for a disease spread more commonly by other livestock “If they’re going to be consistent they should ban all animals that carry it" he said Beth Williams a professor of veterinary sciences at the University of Wyoming who has studied Johnc’s disease in several herds of mountain bighorns in Colorado and Wyoming agreed there is little justification for blaming llamas “As far as I know only four or five cases of Johne’s disease ever have been reported in llamas” she said “If I were worried about the spread of this disease it would be much more reasonable to be worried about cattle and yo-knc- two-and-a-h- 2800-square-fo- Biologists consider limits on llamas R Hart Evans Herald Journal Sharon Keller and Sandra Webb are friends' of the Preston Utxary Defense wants Ligertown trial moved from Pocatello area Idaho (AP) — Defense attorneys been too much publicity for Robert sly there’s Rebel and Dotti Martin to get a fair trial on charges they mistreated lions and other wild animals at their ligertown center at Lava Hot Springs !After court arguments this week 6th District Magistrate Mark Beebe took under advisement a defense motion to move the scheduled Jan 22 trial for Fieber and Martin iTfce couple was charged after 19 of their African lions escaped from poorly constructed cages on law enforcement effi- Sept 20 and wtre killed by I POCATELLO ccrs They also had 43 wolf hybrids and at least 27 other lions all of which have been remov ed They each face 107 misdemeanor charges including cruelty to animals creating a public nuisance possessing protected wildlife zoning violations and possessing marijuana drug paraphernalia and a prescription drug Public defender Kim Gausscn said it's impossible for the pair to get a fair trial in the Pocatello area “The defendants have a right to have a fair trial and (to have) unprejudiced jurors listen to the facts of their case” Claussen said He said news reports POOR COPY r had inflammatory statements about Ligertown using words like “filth" and “squalor" to describe living conditions there Deputy Prosecutor Richard Dichi argued that Bannock County has 80000 residents a large enough pool of people to find “six impartial jurors" He said up to 50 witnesses many of them working in Bannock County could be called to testify and it would be inconvenient ard expensive to move the trial Claussen also warts to throw out as evidence fair-mind- ed material that sheriff's deputies took from the couple's mobile home arguing the search warrant to search the home was vague The affidavits he said didn't show Fieber and Martin had committed a crime and gave no sound reason to enter their mobile home Diehl said having large carnivorous animals at e created a public nuisance which is a criminal activity Diehl also said a legal description cf Ligertown on the affidavit allowed deputies to search the mobile home la-g- I |