Show "T-i-- 7X7 - 3 j mrnwm www The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday April JEZL 7" mm -- wrTrwr" 23 1996 Page 3 Film crew member leads cops on chase Power outage closes Edith Bowen Parents rush to find alternatives classes expected on Wednesday By Cindy Yurib staff writer By Michael R Weibei staff writer A member of a Los Angeles film crew making a movie in A "misconnection” during the transfer of electricity from an old system to a new system sent about 320 kids home this morning from Edith Bowen Laboratory School on the Utah State University campus School Director Prent Klag '' said there was no electricity in the building this morning and without control over the temperature it was 100 degrees inside He said school officials were able to catch most parents as they dropped off their kids to send the youngsters back home For Charles Milner the outage didn't provide a break from school Instead he went to college attending an American history class taught by his mother Carol O’Connor Brant SlMniHinld Jounwl “He was very attentive” she A student stands behind on a door rt Edith Bowen Laboratory School Mriy this morning warning parents and chldren that the school signs said “I was pretty impressed is dosed duo to a power outagepotted with him” In fact after the lecture on the steps on Old Main Hill said noting that she'll be trad- president for university affairs return to school Wednesday late 19th century terrorism in and development said there ing them off with another parThe switchover started about Her husband came "barrelAmerica the youngster a problem the was who will watch ent two weeks ago he said as down the hill” with their ing reminded his mom that similar two sons this afternoon A “misconnection" was crews move from building to '' terrorism exists shouting that there youngsters today with was no school today she said Brian Andersen USU assismade Monday when Edith building across campus Oklahoma City and the Walker took her kids and a tant director of facilities oper- Bowen was being switched The change to the new sysUnabomber — points O’Conthird one she inherited from ations said the outage was over tem is expected to be completshe nor admitted that wanted another parent to work where routine as the university The problem was corrected ed by the end of this weekend to include in her presentation switches from its aging electrithey spent this morning playlater in the morning he said Because they are doing one Elizabeth Walker a writer ing on Old Main Hill cal distribution system to a and power was restored to the building at a time the i - and editor for USU Informa- ”1 should be glad for this new one school about 9:13 am unplanned outage only affecttion Services said she learned time with my children” ed Edith Bowen But Paul Norton USU vice she be Kids able to should of the outage while walking up Logan was arrested early Monday chase morning after a high-speinvolving a Cache County Sheriff's deputy and a Logan Police patrolman Rodolfo Hito Hito 23 of Santa Monica Calif was booked into the Cache County Jail on charges of felony evading driving under the influence of alcohol driving ed more than 33 miles over the speed limit and driving left of center He was scheduled to appear in court today Sheriff's Deputy Brad Noall said he was on his way home from work at about midnight Sunday when he saw a car driving out of the mouth of Wellsville Canyon on US 89-9- 1 at a very high rate of speed Noall turned on his radar and clocked the vehicle at 108 mph Noall turned on his flashing lights and pursued the vehicle but the car wouldn't pull over He radioed for help and by the time the chase hit the area of Macey’s supermarket a Logan police car was parked in the median its lights flashing The suspect vehicle came to a stop in the middle of the road Noall said The two officers arrested Hito Hito whose only excuse for driving so fast was that he was hun- and hoped to get to Logan and a meal according to Noall Evading arrest in a high-spechase is a third-degrfelony Driis a Gasa under the influence ving B misdemeanor while the traffic charges are Class C misdemeanors - el ed it 1 wrr ii i Sky View principal Myron Benson to retire after 8 years By Phi Jensen staff writer SMITH FIELD — Sky View High School Principal Myron Benson is retiring this summer aiding a career in education Benson 61 said he will leave when his contract expires June 30 after eight years as Sky View principal A successor should be named by the Cache County Board of Education before Benson 29-ye- ar leaves Holly Peterson director of human resources said Monday Benson is one of five teachers or adminis-tfatoat Sky View retiring at the end of the ifrhool year I “I debated long and hard on whether to wait mother year” Benson said "But I still like 4 hat I’m doing and I didn't want to wait until (m burned out" Benson was principal during the hazing incident Oct 11 1993 when a second-strin- g quarterback on the school's rs much-publiciz- ed $otball team was taped nude to a locker i ' : r “Let us put gender In history books give women a bad rep an author said Monday Carol Tavris said the nature of woman is badly misunderstood because differences coerced by culture are mistaken by both his- torians and researchers for some-- r thing natural "Let us put gender in context” Tavris told an audience at Utah State University "As human beings we share more than we differ” Tavris author of two women's books aod a social psychologist from Los Angeles was invited by the USU Women and Gender Research Institute to address its Arts and Lectures Series She said woman’s refvtation as : good job” Benson did say he would support a new "competency test” that high school seniors in the Cache district must pass to graduate The district had such a test at one time but watered it down and eventually scrapped it Benson uid "It’s true some students are leaving here without these (reading and writing) competencies” Benson said "That's the system” Benson said one of the highlights of his time at Sky View came a few years ago when the school won its first state boys basketball championship followed the next year by state championships in boys soccer and girls volleyball "That was a thrill for all of us up here” Benson said "There is no evidence that Men and women are more alike than we like to think and ’ er than some national reports suggest "They (reports) come from meetings of business executives and politicians and they have all the answers but there are no educators there” Benson said "These reports are critical of education and I think we are doing a pretty Author: ‘Culture' often mistaken for ‘nature’ in gender differences By Phil Jensen Iran wniw : room rack by teammates and a girl he once dated dragged in front of him Benson said at the time he considered the incident a joke that was carried too far He had no comment today "That's old news” he said Benson’s wife May will continue to teach at North Cache Middle School She has been a teacher in the Cache district for 16 years Benson a Cache County native said he plans to spend more time on the family farm in Newton do some woodworking and go fishing The Bensons built their own home All of Benson’s 29 years have been in the Cache district including eight years as North Cache Middle School principal and just short of three years as a district administrator He started as a social science teacher The Bensons are the parents of eight chilat North dren ranging from an eighth-gradCache to a math teacher at Bountiful High School Five children are students at Utah State University from where Benson and his wife graduated Benson said public schools are doing better naturally sweet and passive is false As a result women who kill or abuse their children and mates 1 context As human beings we share more than we differ” woman by nature is more passive or more compassionate than man” Ihvris uid On the flip side Tavris men cannot be proven to be uid natu- rally mere aggressive than women — Carol Tavris social psychologist harsher punishments because they are considered face "unnatural” Tavris uid “Women pay a huge price for being on a pedestal because if you fall off you can suffer considerable injury” she uid Tavris said textbooks are biased in portrayals of women’s nature and research on differences between men and women is replete with errors The problem again is that popular but poorly researched studies often mistake culture for nature she uid "Differences are masking our similarities” Tavris uid adding that differences in all characteristics between the two genders are slight On the elusive definition of love Tavris said men think of behavior while women view lose as a feeling "Both are right and each has something to learn from the other" Tavris uid Tavris said the notion that women are more monogamous than men is not supported by evolution because many species of female animals are wildly promiscuous "But don’t use evolution as an excuse” she warned with a grin Sky View High School Principal Myron Benson wW retire at the end ofthis year t - Preston looks to buy new automated garbage truck By Charles H Faatheretona staff writer PRESTON — Preston residents can uy goodbye to the old white garbage trucks and hello to machines new high-tec- h "I think it’s time to package up the old white trucks and the metal dumpsters and rear-loadi- ng rear-loadi- completely automated” said Mayor Jay leusser at a meeting Monday of the Preston City Council City Attorney Clyde Nelson said Preston couldn’t get much for its old garbage trucks and disintegrating metal dumpsters "But you should at least put it out for a bid” Nelson uid The city is contemplating purchasing a used automated truck or leasing a truck and expects to make up part of that cost through selling the two old trucks and dumpsters "We’re not expecting to raise garbage fees to do this In fad this will streamline the process and make it more cost effective" Heusser uid after the meeting The council authorized the ule and gave the mayor the power to find out what it would cost to lease or purchase an automated trash truck In other business the council will still be meeting Monday at 4 JO in the afternoon "I think the meeting time of 4:30 excludes a bunch of people from the meetings" uid Council Member Dave Meek in a bid to get the meet V ing time changed "I think 3:30 is a moderate time 7 pm is better and preferred by most citi- zens Citizen input is what we need more than ever" But Meek's proposal never made it to a vote It wasn’t even seconded "I've never heard anything from anyone about this” said Nelson Citing the adverse affects of full stomachs and late meetings on civic duty the city attorney added "In Sola Springs they had their meetings after 7 pm and sometimes the meetings would last longer than four hours” is "Every minute past the first hour-and-a-h- wasted time” said Council Member Cedar Hodges Meek however uid that prior to pining his seat on the council he found the 4:30 meeting time inconvenient "This isn't the easiest time to get off work" Meek uid "I've been to more than a couple of these meetings” said Ryan llobley whose plat east of town has been before the council at almost every meeting since January "Not one person who works for me couldn't get the time off if they really needed to” home is Hobley’s request for a single-famil- y now slowly working its way through permits bonds and approvals Monday the council aiver for his water hookup fee "You're batting one for 10 Ryan” Heusser approved a uid w mi |