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Press By The Associated tiud each of the state’s nine public col- leges and universities provide a home for its president on or near campus Just force years after Utah State UniWhen Emert arrived at USU in 1992 versity spent $319000 to buy President there was no presidential home Former Emert home the school is a George Stanford Cazier bought his new break on a to president gearing up ground home from the university when he $800000 presidential mansion “This is a residence for the current retired and Emert was forced to rent a president but it is also for many (future) house while school officials searched presidents' said Fred Hunsaker an unsuccessfully for a suitable residence In 1993 Emert and his wife Billie associate commissioner for the Utah moved into in home they System of Higher Education State Board of Regents policy requires purchased for $133000 The Emerts off-camp-us off-stre- u off-stre-et approximately $200000 Cazier paid USU for his home The University of Utah’s presidential mansion was donated to the school in 1985 ft has 9400 square feet and had an appraised value of unive- $900000 when it was donated Heat keeps firm grip on Bridgerland m Page 19 foamonds i T0 Update IE n vi ronmcn tMHB Popular herbs prowding out iative plants WASHINGTON — St John's wort ad other medicinal herbs may be treat for what ails you but they can be nell oa the environment - The growing popularity of these plants mmy ofwhich are not native to the areas they grow in — or even to the United States — his led to their uread across the countryside where they have crowded out native plant species and driven some toward extinction St John’s wort and other hertad plants cu spread from the farms -- Where they're cultivated if growers aren’t careful about when and how they harvest them “If people want to start planting tumdrcdsof acres of klamath weed Ud do not keep tha plant from staying in tfaa growing areas and let it go lb seed meplant growing area” said Nate I the California Department of Food and Agriculture “For many yean St John’s wort was a major pest to agriculture in California" he said "Bio-contr- ol agents have ben developed and released and established that resulted in pretty dam good control" ' Now heavily marketed as a natural St John’s wort is in some (daces considered a noxious weed In Ventura County Calif for example St John’s wort — also known as hypericum and klamath weed — nows wild throughout the county choiring out native plant species State county and federal agriculture departments have introduced beetles and moths into the ecosystem to reduce die prevalence of the weed St John's wort grows wild throughout much of the United States and Canada - Other popular herbs that various state agriculture departments list as noxious weeds include: Milk thistle used for liver disorders Common burdock advertised as a blood purifier a treatment for skin diseases and a weight-los- s supplement In addition to choking out native plant species burdock “is a very senous threat to sheep as the bun can significantly damage the quality of the wool” the (joiorado Weed Management Association reports Wild fennel used to relieve gas and acid stomach is on California's list of “most invasive wildland pests" ' Yellow toadflax introduced from Europe is now “a serious problem to rangeland and mountain meadows" according to the Colorado Weed Management Association Foxglove a source of the heart ftimnlanr digitalis is an “escapee from cultivation” that grows in “disturbed’’ areas such as dear-cu- ts said coor- William Gregg invasive-specidinator far the US Geological Survey nt Values drive agenda of high-profi- le 1- es Vocfher Deal with ft Page 10 j fndoTt' ' About Cache 4 8 Enterprise CrosswordM23 Mini Opinion 38 25 Sports 11 Page fUl Uj r'- By Jacob Santini staff writer " ? Vr freshman There hasn't been a high temperature record set in Logan yet But there still is a chance The forecast for the ares is predicting high 90s but the chance of triple-dig- it day is still out there simmering in the sun's hear councilwoman but not all want to ‘assimilate’ ' r i' j i f By Lance Pttcher ' staff writer or CORE during former Mayor Darla ft— sdminiitratinq A year later in March 1993 Borg tv tn fwtpr ifi pplitKlI fwdy rfy ’f ring aSaa elected affidaL After consuh- f n May 8 1989 foe Star Dtk ing her children Kate Christian Amelia ’ and Lizzie she discussed the idea with community was introduced to foe Barg & her husbmdTtaL The second Next Generation' ' during t - I' “The kids were the most enthusiastic season about it" Boq said Their quality of life When the USS Enterprise-- was y was also her biggest concern Dining the buried through space by a being simply & known as “Q" the starship came in can-fell of 1995 she defeated Steve Thomp-j aon for a Logan Municipal Council seat Since then Borg has made a name for Mliatyoio herself is foe tooic of editorial cohimns and the subject of four political cartoons tact with aa entity of no remoree no including foe most recent depiction of individual thought ind no regard for Borg as the creators of Star Thek might have seen bet human life And so grew the infamous ' While Barg a fen of Star Trrk says quote: “Resistance is futile you will be JS I v - j there is no comparison wifo foe Borg on uee years later the political commu- - television rod who she really is there I nily of urnhe County was introduced to may actually he one- “She is voy coocoued with planning'' h snofoer Borg Former Logan Mayor CNeWd Dairies appointed Kfren Bdri Logan Mayor Dbog Thdihpsmsaid'''’ T the Boundary Comtnisskat Thd wife tod pfayjttfaaonale over foe (daniung ‘ s iissne mother of four had no serious political ' A is the Borg of Star 7hrL Once aspintioiis to that pdm but slowly ' ’became involved assimilatedooe becomes all and they ' commimicate simultaneously forouh foe A later appointment to the Logan collective accomplishing much in short jv Library Bowd by former Mayor Russell Fjekisted moved Borg along before the v periods Karen Borg said she is i t “Somebody left the furnace Dave Sanders on" laughed & D senior forecaster for foe National Weather Service H Analwcic: i '! iV ’t t became' a member of Citizens Organize tion for Responsible Ethical government ? On Karen r : J r deserts like that one Sanders said ' ’AlarCAIIred some relief The heat has receded in South- a ' s ” ' 5: JohnHardec JarenBorgi tr However there is hope for A iPOnn VfNiVTIliVN J JOUfTml M - ’ v 1 you have to represent Sometimes religious Vnorate influ- - ent&mwmtrlnfal'v'1 values ethics and ponithink I ever focused v on being LDS with an issue with the exception of alcohol : C - K - vV t very high temperatures When high pressure gets locked in like this foe air sinks toward high pressure zone is what creates See BORG on Page 10 ::V The real reason for the extra degrees of heat Northern Utah and the rest of the West are feeling is that a strong zone of high pressure has become locked in over the region The high pressure sits in between 15000 and 30000 feet above foe scorching streets of the area and results in the ground As it sinks the air becomes wanner and dry “You always hear ‘warm air rises’" Sanders said “It does but it cools as it rises Air warms as it sinks" That is why it feels like Cache Valley has been moved to foe Sahara Desert The locked-i- n - 1 ’ J $125 14fo North in Logan and will have plenparking The design has ty of et yet to be completed and groundbreaking likely will not happen until next summer at foe earliest Funds will come from the sale of the Emerts' current residence as well as foe then extensively remodeled the home and in 1996 USU made it the official presidential home by purchasing it from foe Emerts for $319000 It has its problems far as serving as a preadentiid home — it is too for away from campus and there is no parking for parties and receptions “It’s just not appropriate” said Regent Brent Hoggin “It's too small and it's in the wrong neighborhood" The new home will be built on a rsity-owned parcel near 14fo East and fun Is the winner on Logan softbaO s 0 1933 Logan Utah ? USU to build new president’s mansion Insido 'A : ‘ fftaf scares the heU out of me Her mind is general- ty made up before we even discuss it ern Utah and above Idaho because the high pressure has been moved by moisture that came in from the West Coast There is also a chance foe zone will move to the east and allow the temperatures to get back to normal "It's still going to be hot" 2 it 3 Sanders said Tn late July it’s a questkm of whether it will be 95 or 100 If the high pressure moves it will take us away from the extremely hot" Spirit (and cash) fueling Utah’s Olympic flame SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Community pride The Olympic spirit Welcoming foe world n The catch phrases spill out on cue when hoteliers and property managers are queried about foe prospects rtf about financial possibilities hospitality managers typically dismiss such notions as overblown and secondary “We want to be supportive of the Olympic movement in Salt Lake City and have an available inventory of rooms" said Robert 1 Gaymer-Jone- s gen- rooms SLOC is obligated under its agreement to host the games that it will line up e accommodations for Olympic brass sponsors news media and a host of other officials and dignitaries attend-th- e cor-pom- event eral manager for foe downtown Marriott city of Sydney is considering conHotel playing host to the tracting wifo cruise linen to dock their millions of visitors That’s what the Salt Lake Organizing ships as floating hotels during foe 2000 Committee likes to hear as it rushes to Summer Games It worked in Barcelona expected to converge here for the 2002 Vnno sign up more than 20000 rooms by foe in 1992 Winter Olympics end of the year Organizers are more But John Sindclar won’t have to he tourist' than halfway to meeting their goal havthat creative There are nearly 22000 Making mooey off the y bonanza doesn’t come up Whmi asked ing contracts signed for some 14000 rooms available for organizers to choose from along the populous Wasatch Front running north and south of Salt Lake City according to the Utah Hotel and Lodging Association And hospitality industry consultant Hire & Associates in Denver said that by 2002 another 6000 rooms meeting Olympics specifications will have been buift But despite public pronouncements of pood intentions Olympic boosterism isn’t what dictates whether a hotel or condominium owner signs the contract and locks into a room rate more 20-pa- 17-da- See OLYMPIC on Page 10 Memorial to Civil War’s black soldiers dedicated WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of spectators sat through 18 speeches under a blazing sun Saturday at the unveiling of a $26 million bronze statue dedicated to black veterans of the Civil War The 11 -- foot statue becomes one of the few monuments in the nation marking black military achievements "They fought not only for the preservation of die Union but for their freedom from slavery" said US Army LL Gen Joe Ballard foe keynote speaker "Perhaps more than any other men these soldiers knew foe value of freedom" Knee the end of the Civil War black veterans have fought a long battle for public recognition of their service According to Ballard 10 percent of the Union's soldiers were black and one- - COPY of the black soldiers died in service After the Confederacy surrendered though the North in large part erased their contributions from foe public memory Black veterans were not allowed to march in the Union’s victory parade in Washington In the 1880s Congress rebuffed efforts by black veteran George Washington Williams to construct a memorial near Howard University William's wish finally was realized Saturday Within sight of Howard the Civil War Memorial third African-Americ- an lies in Washington’s Shaw neighborhood a predominantly black area named after white GoL Robert Gould Shaw leader of Massachusetts’s S4fo Volunteer Infantry a Mack regiment which fell at Fort ti nOOUcU ana nounaea AP photo WhBa hoodad marchers walk past demonsMore on tha Streets of Coeur d’Alene Idaho Saturday as tha white supremacist Aryan Nations staged a controversial march HurKtods of protesters and onlookers fried foe mein street in foistekaeiderseort See story on Page R ! |