Show I The Herald Journal Logan Utah I USU address to focus on appreciation of diversity USU made sendees The ninth President's Diversity Forum it Utah State University will again focus on intercultural communica-tio-n and the need for people to under-stan- d and appreciate the cultural differences that sometimes present chal- - lenSci forum is scheduled for Tuesday Dec 2 from 10 am to noon in die Harrison Auditorium of the Eccles Conference Center at USU The event is free and the public is invited USU President George Emert hosts a el of speakers beginning jvith from the Rev France' A dal Davis pastor of die historic Missionary Baptist Church in Salt Lake City Other panel members include: Christina Flo res reporter for KTVX Channel 4 News i spe-rema- in Salt Lake City William Afeaki director of the Office of Polynesian Affairs for Utah Patricia Hansen principal of Spring Creek Middle School in Providence A1 Smith professor of French and linguistics at USU and Anderson president of the a Following the discussion the audience is invited to make comments and ask questions The USU President’s Diversity Forum provides opportunities for people of diverse backgrounds to share expertise ideas and perspectives in a public setting Previous forums have focused on such topics as: leadership training on diversity issues women in Utah American Indian African American Hispanic and Asian perspectives people with disabilities and intercultural communi- For more information call die USU Affirmative ActionEqual Opportunity Office at People with disabilitieLwbo require acfiPfUfnpdArv tions should Wanrthe AAEO office' 66 by Dec 1 In brloff line Toll-fre- e set up The Idaho Deportment of Health and Welfare has set up a temporary toll-frnumber for southeastern Idaho residents who need assistance with energy bills this winter The new number will be used for residents in Bannock Oneida Bingham Caribou Fhmklin and Bear Lake counties The department is negotiating a contract with a private vendor to work with families living in die seven-coun- ty area who need help with heating ee low-inco- bills this winter For the time being families should call the toll-fre- e num- ber The department's Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program pays a por- tion of the heating costs of families whose incomes are at or below 130 percent of the federally established poverty cash benefit can level The lump-surange from about $100 to $450 depending on income level home location type of heating system and cost of foeL Last winter the program served about 3000 familial in the seven counties m Study: 'Net tax bill means big losses SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal legislation that would ban state and local taxing of Internet and online corn-puter services and transactions would result in Utah losing $457 million in tax revenue according to a state study 1 The Utah State Tu Ikx Freedom Act Gov Mike Leavitt is leading an effort among GOP state and local leaden lobbying Congress to make changes in the brUfoat he said would otherwise devastate Utah’s budget MNo one wants to tax the Internet but we must make sure we have a level fair tax system" Leavitt said He said tint among the issues to be resolved are which jurisdiction collects and how are consumers prothe tected against being taxed more man once "We're not ready to propose a solution” Leavitt said “Tnat'i what thia process ia all about’ l" local newt tip? '’Cai City Edttor Mika Wennergren 752-21- 21 Ext 3023 Pages Leavitt’s nuke crusade starts slowly SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — In word Gov Mike Leavitt's opposition the Skull Valley Band of the Goshutes' desire to store nuclear waste has been unequivo- employee to handle the opposition and spent only $73000 on foe project Most of the work of reviewing documents and preparing responses has been assigned to existing state employcal Last April he appointed a ees who must find time while juggling task force to battle dans announced by a other responsibilities consortium of eight electric utilities to State costs should rise in die future as file for a storage license three consultants begin submitting lulls But if commitment of employees and for specialized legal and engineering funding are measuring sticks Utah’s services but it still will not be a massive fight against the project seems to fall for effort short of Leavitt’s rhetoric "There isn’t anything critical that isn’t To date the state has added just one getting done” stressed Dianne R Niel son director of the Utah Department of Environmental Quality “This is a priority and we’re treating it as such” Still the money is not following the governor’s commitment at least so for The Utah Legislature set the fiscal year 1998 budget before Leavitt launched his effort to block the Goshute project That meant the governor and agency directors had to dip into existing programs and search for surplus funds to launch the opposition effort The Legislature will be asked in January for a supplemental appropriation to full-ti- cover this year's cost overruns and a special appropriation for fiscal year 1999 to cover ongoing opposition efforts Leavitt has not announced how much he will request said Nielson Utah's program pales compared to Nevada’s where a state agency spends about $1 million a year to combat federal efforts to build radioactive waste sites at Yucca Mountain and the Nevada Test Site Nevada’s money comes from a federal gram said Robert R Loux execu- tive director of the Nevada Nuclear Waste Project Office One more reason for your thanks By Arrin Brunson ! sian writer Though the way we celebrate Thanksgiving differs from family to family and region to region one part of the tradition remains constant — foe bountiful feasts that are prepared in homes throughout die country Turkey a popular dish of the tradi- I- tional Thanksgiving feast was once jeopardized as a menu item by Benjamin Franklin who wanted to designate the wild fowl as the national symbol Instead the bald eagle was selected so Americans are free to savor the plump breasts and meaty thighs of the large bird In a nation that consumes more than 300 million turkeys each year the industry means big dollars for many American formers Although the economy of Cache Valley is based on agriculture to a great extern turkey forming as an industry here is rare if not extinct Folklore indicates that herding turkeys to market was a common practice by early fairness in the United States A foie of foe 1880s told by Arizona cqBlgking Henry C Hooker explained hd hftkey herding earned him only wealth Hooker was a latecomer to the California gold rush but made a fortune as a merchant to die miners He gambled and lost everything in the Fraser River gold le rush of 1858 Returning home to Calif he invested his last few dollars in a flock of turkeys which were plentiful in the area and marched them 60 miles over the Sierra Nevada to Car-so- n City Nev a rugged mining camp starved for good meat According to the legend he accidentally herded them to the edge of a cliff and they took wing Hooker thought he had lost die very fort of his fortune but he found the turkeys perched in trees at I Diane BuUVHmM Journal A wild tom turkey stmts in front of a domestic tom turkey the bottom of the cliff He reportedly sold them fix an incredible profit in Carson City and was well back on his way to becoming one of the ' wealthiest men in tiie West With turkdy herding a practice of foie many Cache Valley residents raise the fowl for reasons other than making a profit Floyd Israelsen of Spring Creek said his flock of 24 turkeys has been whittled to two after attacks by a fox raccoon or skunk William Allen of Cove has nearly 20 of the birds which he describes as beautiful He raises both wild turkeys and a type called royal palm Allen said his pets roost in the bam rafters each night and sleep until noon during the winter months A turkey’s habit of roosting whenever and wherever it chooses caused some problems for residents along the turkey trail Legend has it that at night the at Jensen Historical Farm turkeys would perch on the roofs of nearby bams causing them to collapse from foe weight ' JcrrBdtaaJKfarm fofemMPat the Jensen Historical Faon in WeJIsvi ' fakes eftfc of six turkey sTMTsJSf t is a competition between the farm’s est peacock and the senior tom turkey but after the feuding that takes place between the two each morning the turkeys get back to their regularly scheduled activity — eating Belnap said his observations of the turkeys at the historical farm have con- firmed the longstanding theory that turkeys ate dumb "They tell me that in a rainstorm turkeys will look up at the rain and drown themselves” he said “If they get cornered in a spot they'll scratch and scratch rather than turn around and go out the door they came in" But after reading some of the cus in Weilsville on Tuesday afternoon tomer questions from the Butterball Turkey hot line most would say some humans rival the bird in lack of i ntelli- i gcocc A West jboast' woman took' turkey preparation to extireihes by' washing her bird with bleach Afterward she called the talk-lin- e to find out how to clear the odor of the bleach To her dismay she was advised to dispose of the turkey A novice turkey chef wanted to know whether the yellow netting and wrapper around her turkey should be removed before roasting Envisioning a melted plastic turkey blob the home economist responded “Yes” then offered complete roasting directions Each holiday season turkey talk-lin- e staffers calm foe fears of nervous chefs and provide solutions to all kinds of : turkey trauma Thank goodness consumers unlike the turkeys can be taught Preston brightens up for Festival of Lights By Arrin Bronson staff writer PRESTON — When Wayne Bell and Walt Ross founded foe Idaho Festival of Lights over a decide ago they couldn't have imagined the fome it would generate in such a short time Or could they? Chamber of Commerce board member Ron Smellie said the festival put Preston on the map at an Epcot Center display in Orlando Fla The event which features the Festival of Lights Grand Lighted Parade on State Street on Friday and Saturday also received a recent mention in an issue of USA Today This year marks the first time Bell and Ross have handed the reins of leadership for the festival to another or actually to several others Smellie wu appointed chairman of the new council tint is running the festival this year and he is also leading the activities com- five-memb- er Cnmntisskin said it would take two to five yean for Utah to feel foe foil impact of the Internet Got Thursday November 27 1997 Plac-ervil- for heating help T& Bridgeriand The monthlong event which will draw power tor thousands of lights as well as an estimated 10000 to 15000 spectators is a community effort Smellie said Although he had no idea foe job would entail so much he described the support of businesses and individuals throughout Cache hlley u “The Main Street Grill donated all of the food for a candlelight prime rib din- ner for 350 people to kick off foe Calendar packed with action excitement pm: Farads on Dials Sheet 240 pjiu International Bod Roco on Plate Onset M — ne 9 pnt: Kids free movie MaMda at the niBHyi OTTi 10 am: Holiday muslo In the otty and Worm Creak Opera House tint Festival of Upito ssfcsthaM Toumo- Fieparads stage shear at die pjn — throughout the day and ovonlng at of Lights main stags ‘ " ‘ 940 pja Festival of Lights Grand Lightmoon ragn csonooi gymnMMTiy 151 ed Farads on 6tats Street 4 2008otXh 11 M0 pjw Fhsworhs I Decorating the festival Christ 7 mas tree at State and Onskla strests Deco- pmi Explosion of thousands of rations are rovldsd by grade-schohofkmy NgMa 9 pjiu Bar J Wranara Conoart at students Candy wNt given out to Mis kids Preston HUi School gymnasium 1:30 pja: Kids Day Farads and Here Comas Barts Cham on 8Me Sheet 9 pjaj Gangsman of dm Court vocal mOis Wnnn ffrtth riptn house 2:10 pjiu Kids program at Ore Festival of Lights main stags 45 S Stale 81 I pjn: Kids free movie - Matted alOw Saturday Dos 9 Noon: Chamber of Commerce Christ- Worm Cisak Opera House 70 8 8tale St B Bm Eee at WlW rromooon Drawing h m worm mwr 5 Diwh nwHIOo nNo IRMi IB Oval of Lights mam stags Opera House bobony 12:30 pm: Sants In his houso with 0:00 pm: Festival of Lights Grand LkMsd Paradt on SIMs StratL states and Oneida streets pja: Fireworks Extravagamal on Tuesday Dog 0 7 pm: Explosion of thousands of 740 pjaj Preston Mhtohoot Chriot- tha high school audkortum I pjnTGsnttemsn of tea Court vocal at Ora Worm Creak Opera House 11 g pjn: Dancing In ttw Hobday counky Tha Nutenekar H dance tettw Prsston 8oumr '740pjaj CrtakOpmHoiiBfc " Nov 20 Friday Dae 12 740 pjn: Tho IMefackar te the Worm House day and ovonlng' — robdl te Stale and Onskla Iv’ Vr Esturdsy Dso 12 by ttw festival Christmas treeNoon: Chamber of Commons ChrlsV 1 pjiu France meeting for Pis Mams- - Amas £ donal Bod Raos te U4 Bank 1 & Stoto 8L'promotion drawing te tha Worn Crsek International Bad Raee Opam House" 2:10 Catsndar of Events lor tha 1907 Idaho - FsaM- val of Lights Cham-plonalif- ti Fee-Ov- 1 ra ua: - ' m mi ‘043 : i pmi C-rr- and south ends tit town btilon that” Lori mittee is led by Kelly and Marilee lights downtown — no one ever gets the Light Committee chairwoman said the number of volunteers this year hit an high She Lee-How- ell aU-to- a local church earlier this month to test hundreds of strands of lights ' City employees have since been busy downtown Ptestoti tining foe streets with foe decorations and lights New items to be displayed include welcome batmen that will be placed at the north 4 The advertising and promotion com- Kelly Speckman said busi--I individuals havr donated L time money and merchandise to the Sunday Deo 14 9 pm and 3 pjiu Preston Rotary Club Christmas program at the Prscton North r Cantor Monday Deo IS 7 mm Preston High Ichooi Christmas Chokr Ceneart to Ora high school audBorium 740 pjiu TIM Nutenekar A tho Worm Cisak Opera Houso ‘ftisodsyDooig 7 pja Prsston High Sehool Band can Lii m ragn aaikaal Bcnooi gynw mi t f"- Opera House - A ' 'X'-''-' r?"' Can- - v of ComiMiw ChrM- oi ra vrain uiw j 12:20 pm: Santa In hla house with treats at tha comer of 8tale and Oneida Kkto Baa swvto — Jkigb At Wfyte the Worm Creek Opera House 140 pjtu Vw - - event" Smellie sakL "And Utah Fewer donates all of foe electricity for the 12:30 Santa In his house with te 8tato and Onteda tomato 1:30 pm: Kids free movie — Swan Prtnoau Ik Escape kom CasMe Mountain at tha Worm Creak Opera House 1017 rsadval of Lights Homo ond Buolnooo Doooratfng oontoot vrimra ovmounood 740 pjit: TIM Nutenekar at the Worm Creek Opera House Area or dinner for two and a movie courtesy of the Main Street Grill “We're getting participation from both ends of the valley” Spademan said "People all over the valley think it is 'r Monday Dec 22 US' Noon: Chomhor of Commorea Chriot--i promodon rinsrinp at Ota Wotva Greek OP1 House -- ored and will officially turn the switch on the Christmas lights at foil year’s Light Explosion The festival starts Friday and ucs iU 1 fea-tiva- The three most outstanding lighted floats in foe parade will win prizes: a weekend trio to Mesquite NevM includ-hot(tinner and golfr sponsored by el orris Travel or a night’s stay at Beaver Greek Lodge and ski passes for two donated by Beaver Mountain Ski Wendy West heads foe production hoottl! committee which makes sure the sound feiBGaIljp'Pl systems and stpaei for events are mdf for toe scheduled entertainer! map call msTlnkiSMerhfudintttiefce te A committee will judge foe Last week the Lamplighter and 852-270- 3 Queen of Lights were chosen by foe homes and businesses in foe middle of December and prizes will be awarded to community for their service to others Walter and Una Ross have been bon-- the winner of each category JU - |