Show ' tav 6W II ' Vl'lV'f r wwtow VV rb '?( '' ' vA-n's- - iVV‘ii'nli enana The Herald Journal Logan Utah j Thursday Preston to change By Charles staff writer H company is under investigation from Featherstone California Attorney General Dan for operating a “Ponzi scheme” with it’s offer to mail boxes of brand-nam- e cereal to people who send in SI with their coupons Preston High School band members sold the $30 cereal coupon books earlier this year to raise money for a California concert tour a trip the students recently embarked on despite the controversy PRESTON — The Preston School District is going to change its g requirements so students don’t get stuck selling anything like the United fund-raisin- Grocers cereal coupons again “I have taken all the ridicule I can for some time over this and 1 am complete- ly responsible” said Preston High School Principal A1 Koch speaking to Koch proposed three different ways the school board United Grocers a Lund-gre- n that people who are stuck with worthless California-base- d April 18 1996 Page 3 over coupons fund-raisin- g coupon books could recoup some of their investment “They can keep the book and see if it turns out to be worth anything They could turn in the coupon book to us and receive a receipt for a tax deductible donation for the amount they paid for or they could turn in the book to us and get a full refund for the coupons they haven't used” Koch said Of the options the school board liked the tax deductible receipt option the best but decided to give coupon book purchasers until Mav 13 to choose which one they wanted The board also wanted to know where the money would come from to pay anyone who wanted their money back “Wc have a fond right now that we can I'm opposed pay some of these from to taking taxpayer money to pay this with” Koch said In the event that Preston High makes good on some coupon books by paying back the purchasers Koch said that their books were numbered so that Preston won’t pay just any claim The board voted to make official an assault at school A Mount Logan Middle School student reported Wednesday that she was assaulted by a classmate were also passed including one sponsored by two local legislators that will give a tax break to Nucor Steel in Brigham Gty attention for her incident occurred during school Police are still investigating and had not yet talked to the boy However the report said the assistant principal did Brant StuvunaHaraM Joumtf talk with him and found he was carrying a broken cassette tape but not a knife Fire officials inspect the vehicle that caught fire at the Logan McDonald’s about noon Wednesday Main Street closed McDonald’s fire evacuated after drive-throu- to the police Man injures hand in gh accidental shooting A Smithfield man was treated at Logan Regional Hospital after accidentally window also cracked a drive-throu- gh McDonald's management evacuated the restaurant Eight firefighters from the Logan Gty Fire Department responded Logan Fire Chief Danny Dever got into the burning vehicle put it in neutral and other firefighters pushed it out from under the overhang “It was scary but it had to be done" Dever uid By Gina Howard Tire staff writer shooting himself in the hand Wednesday while cleaning a gun Randy Low 131 S 400 West Smithfield was treated for a gunshot wound and released according to hospital personnel A sheriff’s report uid Low was shot in the pinky finger Low told authorities he had taken the magazine out of the handgun and pulled the slide twice to make sure the weapon was empty But when he pulled A portion of Main Street was closed during lunchtime Wednesday and a Logan restaurant evacuated when a vehicle caught fire at the McDonald's drive-throu- gh window The fire started about 11:40 am caused by a small hole in the vehicle's foci filter which leaked gas and ignited the engine compartment according to the Logan Gty Fire Department The occupants of the 1976 Jeep Wagoneer had placed an order at the first window paid for it and had pulled up to the second window where the vehicle's engine compartment burst into flames said Corey Wood an assistant manager at McDonald’s 810 N Main Employees said the vehicle’s engine had been sputtering and killing and when it was restarted at the second window it started on fire One of the store’s managers tried to put out the fire with a fire extinguisher but was unsuccessful Wood er the trigger the gun fired The report Hid it appears a bullet was lodged in the explaining that firefighters wanted to protect the building because a gas line in the vehicle had ruptured and was feeding the fire This is the second time this week Dever has gotten his hands dirty Monday the fire chief battled a blaze with a garden hose before fire crews arrived at a burning mobile home in Logan Dever uid firefighters had to cut the battery cables to extinguish the fire because power from the battery kept an electric foci pump spreading gas on the fire Police closed Main Street from 1000 North to 700 North while the fire was extinguished Damage was estimated at $1000 to the vehicle which is owned by Salccn Ward Logan and $500 to the restaurant McDonald's employees Hid the vehicle occupants didn’t get their food but were given a refund Hid Flames scorched the overhang and heat from the Council accepts petition again a year The land was believed to be in Logan and the city's recent rezening efforts including the nine acres A public hearing on the annexation is scheduled May 13 In other business Wednes- day night the council adjusted its budget to cover the costs of connecting each of the major city buildings with fiber optics cable for computer links The adjustment included matching funds for expan- sion of the Cache Senior Center which were approved earlier this month 1 -- “ " m 3- ji V w r w- - Senate Bill 1004 sponsored by Sen John Holmgren was really a remake of a bill sponsored by Rep Eli Anderson that passed the House during tne regular session and failed by four votes in the Senate River Gty had maintained that the SenHolmgren ate really hadn't understood the bill and he hadn't had enough time to explain it properly during the last day of the session By 10 pm Wednesday he had managed to convince Gov Mike Leavitt of that fact brandishing a petition signed by 26 of the 29 senators — including some of those who had originally voted against it Leavitt added the bill to the special session's agenda at 10 pm along with an animal cruelty measure that had run out of time during the general session Holmgren's and Anderson's bill would exempt steel mills from paying taxes on capital equipment bought to- replace deteriorating facilities “People thought it was a new tax exemption but actually they’ve had the exemption on the equipment they already have” Holmgren explained “This won't cost us anything in revenue It was revenue we’ve never received anyway” seemed surprised to see the bill Anderson resurface having had no inkling of Holmgren's efforts “Yes that is my bill I guess” he uid when it came up on the call Holmgren explained Anderson had agreed to sponsor the bill after Nucor Steel executives had complained the company had done a S13 million renovation only to discover it owed taxes on the machinery The original equipment was ar injuries the report said The workshop Tuesday night that state law voids the action if it’s not filed within er SALT LAKE CITY — While a bill prohibiting gay clubs Logan City Police report The Logan Municipal dent and the school board But prior to this fund-raisphone calls to other organizations selling the coupon books revealed no problems with the scheme “Doesn't make any difference that wc checked it out it still makes us all look like fools” Koch said took the spotlight and the lion's share of the debate at Wednesday's special legislative session several other bills said The girl did not seek med- Council accepted a petition Wednesday night to annex nine acres at 430 S 1200 West The land was annexed by the council two yean ago but was never formally filed with the county City Engineer Ross Wilson told the council at a The procedure will also require the approval of the principal the superinten- By Cindy Yurth staff writer with a knife The girl told that the police boy blamed her for getting kicked out of a group during class He started calling her names and waved a knife scraping her shoulder a according report fund-raise- Legislators take action on Nucor animal cruelty bill Girl reports knife ical rs unofficial policy that requires to describe in writing what the purpose of their project is how much they expect to raise and who will be raising it - pt Other bills passed included: Rep Frank Pignanclli’s legislation stiffening penalties for animal cruelty offenses A bill Kiting standards for “Mcdigap" insurance A bill Ktting up a public trust to allow people to save for their children’s college education A bill providing that the stale’s “rainy day fund" can be used to cover any deficits in public education (the measure is a lure to get the Utah Education Association's support for a Constitutional amendment that will allow the state to share the Uniform School Fund between public education and higher education) A bill replacing voter registration agents with “Htcllite registrars” who will be fewer in number and open for a shorter time period than the precinct-base- d agents Rep Evan Olsen's bill Ktting aside $49000 for a farm safety program that is no longer funded by the federal governpt ment A capital facilities funding plan that includes Utah State University's Widtsoc Hall (see Page 1 story) USU-bui- lt telescope Bannock County bulldozes to be launched Friday burns Ligertown game farm By Phi Jensen staff writer A high-tec- h telescope built by Utah State University to detect and destroy enemy missiles is scheduled to be launched into space Friday The telescope will be aboard a US satellite planned for takeoff from Vandcnbcrg Air Force Base in California early Friday morning It is part of a $900 million Pentagon project to test new techniques to track spacecraft and keep an eye on Earth The telescope named Spirit III “Is the most advanced infrared instrument yet launched into space” the Defense Department said ”It will provide e obKnrations of critical missile targets” The Defense Department said heat-detecti- first-tim- Spirit III will represent the first in- space use of new technology designed to identify and track incoming missiles As part of the test the telescope will detect and track Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles that will be launched from US territory and targeted for safe destinations in the Pacific Ocean the Pentagon Hid The telescope also has abilities to “spy” on Earth to gain information ranging from volcanic eruptions to forest fires “This repreKnts an unparalleled scientific opportunity to study the composition dynamics and energetics of the atmosphere” The Defense Department said The 42-fo- ot 2000-poun- d tele- scope was put together by scientists at USU's Space Dynamics Laboratory It is Kheduled to remain in 0 orbit conducting tests for months USU Hid The Vandenbcrg satellite has a number of other test instruments 18-2- billed as a scaled-dow- n version of President Ronald Reagan’s “Star Wars” to shield the United States against attacks nuclear-arme- d missile LAVA HOT SPRINGS Idaho (AP) — Ligertown a squalid game farm where African lions on the loose terrorized the Lava Hot Springs community is being demolished About 13 Bannock County highway employees wearing respirators and protective suits on Tuesday began cleaning up the compound The work is expected to take several days The cleanup began because Ligertown operators Robert Fieber and Dotti Martin both 57 failed to apply for a permit by Tuesday to bring the compound's structure plumbing and electricity up to building codes The compound also w as considered a public health hazard County officials condemned Ligertown last fall after lions escaped from ramshackle cages surrounding the couple's mobile home Nineteen of the cats eventually were killed Thirty officials who have tried to make Fieber and Martin comply with zoning and animal care law for nearly a decade watched the cleanup “Isn't this great?” Bannock County Sheriff Lorin Nielsen said to county Commissioner Tom Katsilomclcs “Most people in this valley want to sec this cleaned up They consider it an eyesore and a health hazard” Potential cleanup hazards included tavirus from rodent feces and han- toxoplas-mogond- ii a fungi associated with feline feces Workers were warned to be aware there may be pockets of methane gas from burial of organic material A bulldozer shoved all the waste into a pile to be burned Carcasses of a lion and a tiger were found stuffed in rocks behind the mobile home and covered with insulation “The meat was gnawed off the bones” Idaho Fish and Game conservation officer John Nagel said “Somebody brought the skeletons down here and tried to cover them up “If I had to guess I'd say they were eaten in the compound” The couple were convicted recently of 13 misdemeanors including animal cruelty and being a public nuisance The US Department of Agriculture plans to file charges against them within about 60 days for their alleged violation of the Animal Welfare Act Hid Kirk Miller department senior investigator |