Show rM and 4 'i i J The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday July 27 1998 In Teachers work on pay deals Ranger District OKs 'removaj of cable ' National Forest is Education officials across the Utah will be busy in coning weeks as they try to negotiate teacher contracts in time for school According to the Utah Education Association only 14 of the state’s 40 school districts have settled pay and benefits deals with teachers But those with contracts include the Granite and Jordan districts the state's largest Thus 674 percent of Utah’s 20000 public school teachers are covered by new contracts for the upcoming year with pay hikes averaging 34 percent allowing AT&T to remove coaxial cable from sections of National Forest between Hyrum and Randolph The diameter cable will be excavated and removed with heavy equipment The cable has become obsolete and new fiberoptic lines in other 4-in-ch it locations will replace from the State Office of Education Pay accounted for $31886 oo average and benefits $12392 Here in Cache Valley the Logan City School District negotiating team sealed for a 33 percent increase before school let out for the summer Combined Herald Journal and Associated Press reports The Ogden Ranger District of Wasatch-Cach- e Page 3 This approval only applies to about five miles of local National Forest land but is a pan of a huger project by AT&T to remove 245 miles of abandoned cable from Brigham City to near Sweetwater Station Wyo The Forest Service has reviewed the where teachers will get a 2 percent salary jump plus other pay adjustments A tentative 3 percent pay hike has been set for the 3500 teachers in the Granite District pending approval from its school board said district spokes- The Cache County School District also settled teacher contracts earlier this summer but several attempts by The Herald Journal to obtain specific figures or comments this morning were fruit- Utah teachers last school year received average salary and benefits totaling $44258 according to figures woman Michele Bartmess The Jordan District’s 3600 teachers less Teachers in Salt Lake City Park City and Emery districts are among the highest paid with avenge salary and brae-fit- s totaling $50000 or more according to state figures Salt Lake City teachers also negotiated one of toe highest pay hikes for next UEA officials said environmental effects to soils vegetation and wildlife from the project Since the work will be within a increase Among toe smaller pay hikes was northeast Utah's Daggett District year settling on a 4 percent pay will receive a 33 percent pay raise and other benefits said David Moss of the Jordan Education Association In Northern Utah Davis teachers set- tled on a 35 percent salary increase with other salary adjustments said Sandra Wilkins district spokeswoman The contract covers 2936 educators Last week a tentative agreement also was reached in Ogden District where teachers settled on a 332 percent salary increase and other benefits said Marshal Garrett district personnel depart- Some 750 teachers are ment represented by the Ogden Education Association Earlier this year a group of 1 10 teach- ers sued Ogden City School District claiming they were owed more than $500000 in back pay A settlement was reached in the case in which educators alleged they were paid the wrong salary for as long as seven years in some cases Weber District teachers also in the Ogden area settled earlier this year on a 332 percent pay increase for its 1418 teachers Districts without new teacher con- tracts include Beaver Emery in eastern Utah Grand in Moab and Southern Utah's Washington based in SL George right-of-w- ay and consistent with other heavy maintenance projects the effects are considered limited and can be managed For further information contact Rick Vallejos at the Forest Service office in Ogden (801) 625-511-2 Father denies he beat girl in polygamy case '1 r Richmond woman dies in car accident A woman killed in an automobile wreck Saturday night in Franklin County has been identified as Danielle C Hampton 27 of Richmond j According to Idaho State Police Hampton lost control of her 1996 Dodge Neon about 8:30 pm on the West Side Highway near Clifton and overcome ted The car went down an embankment and into a hay field rolling over and landing on its top according to the state police State police said Hampton who was not wearing a seat belt was thrown from the car sad pronounced dead at the BRIGHAM CITY (AP) — A man today pleaded innocent to a charge that he whipped his daughter because she rebelled against a marriage to his brother: John Daniel Kingston made no comment in his appearance before 1st District Court Judge BenHadfield The judge last week had ordered Kingston a prominent member of a Utah polygamist group to stand trial for the alleged May 24 assault on the girl - ' - '1 - ' 4 9 - s' He is charged with one count of second i degree child abuse and faces up to IS years in prison if convicted Kingston's daughter wept during her father’s two-hopreliminary betting on Thursday as she told how Kingston took her to a remote gigaw-- ' ur scene border and family ranch near the Utah-Idawhipped her with a belt She said he struck her Fire destroys shed 28 times and then she apparently passed ouL The girl said she was married last October to bo - on farm in Nibleyc tuhC iiridvd - Hfi cyWI ijcbv!' - U her uncle David O: Kingston 32 a union jjiif arranged by her father She told police she was David Kingston's 15th wife and was being ! Fire destroyed a shed at 2876 S 800 'West in Nibley on Friday afternoon A Cache County Sheriff’s Office report said a fanner was burning weeds when the fire got away from him and spread to a nearby shed being used to store hay The shed owned by Dennis Smith was fully engulfed when Hyrum and Cache County firefighters arrived Damage was estimated at $2000 for the shed and $150 for the hay 'rvv'V' ' "V ' ’ v Agendas t’s uled for the morning of Aug 24 That's the same day John Daniel Kingston is to reappear in Hadfield's court for a hearing That judge set that hearing for 1:30 pre-tri- al f v V- - y pm Rowena Erickson a woman who defected Dim Harbor Village 785 N Bear Lake Bivd Garden CHy Hams on the agenda include: Discussing community development i ' block grants Discussing community housing plana Discussing Garden City issues Discussing social services block grants lor 1999 i Discussing advisory board vacancies UuMhMHtrald Journal Mather comforts her daughter There there Jw fail while in her this playing pm Tuesday at yard Tanaya after she morning from the Kingston clan in 1993 after 53 years as a polygamous wife said toe group probably has 1000 members and operates numerous businesses with a value at $150 mil lion Judge sends woman in rape case for evaluation By Miriam Rand nostic evaluation at the Utah State staff writer T Prison A judge this morning ordered a evaluation for a 31 year-old woman accused of raping two teen-ag- e boys who were staying at her home with thrir mother last spring First District Court Judge Gordon Low delayed sentencing for Kathy Cain Logan until Nov 2 pending the diag 90-da- y t The Providence City Council masts at 6:30 pm Tuesday in the city office building 15 8 Main St The agenda Indudea: Considering a business license for Crystal Aesthetics doing business as Breakthrough Inc The request by Ruth Arm Hofloway dermal hygienist and who offers facials skin care pedicures manicures and lymphatic massage is tor a busineee at 582 8 225 East Hokfing a public hearing on a rezoning request by Creekside bit a commercial and residential subdivision at about 500 Wept and 100 North Crsekside is asking for a zoning change on 911 acres y tom agricultural and one- - and homes to a commercial business district Considering a plat modification for a nine-lresidential subdivision at 325 W 300 South The developers want to adht toe placement of curb and guitar ' ' 1 aae-thetici- an two-tamH- ot o' College WanVYoung Ward Moaquf-tAbatement District Na 1 meets at 8 pm Tuesday at the College Ward LDS o church house to discuss poficy regarding extended spraying on private property -- Cain was originally charged with two felony counts of rape and one count of sodomy but in June she first-degr- ee agreed to plead guilty to reduced charges She could get up to IS yean in prison for second-degre- e felony rape According to court documents the bout of rapes occurred after a drinking in April revolving Cain and the late-nig- ht boys mother The family was staying with Cain at the time The boy told police Cain approached him during toe night while he was trying to sleep The other boy 14 said Cain approached him as he was getting out of the shower later that nighL The mother said she remembered Chin waking her up during the night and telling her she had just had sex with her according to Logan police Detective Rod Peterson but she tod not believe it and told police she went back to sleep She called police the next morning after Cain told her again of the encounters Peterson said at that time Cain was the first woman he had arrested for rape Cain was arrested as she was packing to move out of state Old inkwell brings up deep memories for Aggie Editor’s note: Each weak The Herald Journal rapuNshes aifldse that ran In too newspaper 25 50 75 or 100 years ago Today's ltah Then la from 50 years ago Spaing and grammar appear in toe story as I was originafly written July modem fountain pen is symbolic of the improvements that have been made throughout the college since its early days To Mr Larson toe man who can per- 271948 s a ' KO Can Recall the of UAC Very Early Days "That was about toe time I fust came to the college — 1891" commented RQ Larson as he examined the patent date on an old inkwell recently uncovered during remodeling in the of Old Main at Utah State Agricultural college The Can City Editor Mika Wennergrah ? 752-2- 1 21 Ext 3023 jl - S The Bear River Association of Gov- Got a local raws t!p? r PWfv The Logan City School District Board of Education meets in a work i skm at 3 pm Tuesday In the Board Room of the Logan City School District Offices 101 W Center SL 1 abuse But the judge cited a portion of the e state’s statute that refers to torture which he defined as "methodically inflicting continuous pun and suffering" The girl is now in foster care and a'juvenik court hearing concerning her custody is schedchild-abus- r ernments meets at punished for running away a second time The girl suffered a swollen nose cut lip and deep bruises on her arms buttocks and legs according to testimony Defense attorney Carl Kingston described by a former clan member as a cousin of the defendant argued during the hearing that the offense did not qualify as second-degre- e felony child inkwell is oval and has a sloping bottom so that shapd the ink is deepest under toe opening ft was found under an old floor in a storeroom of the college bookstore The room was originally part of the USAC ed the state erf our beginning creamery w hen it was located in the Old Main Symbolic Eric Johnson college purchasing agent and bookstore manager who called the attention of college officials to the old inkwell pointed out that the contrast between the old inkwell and a - I sonally recall the changes on campus from its first session to the present the old inkwell brought back many memories Mr Larson came to work on college hill the summer before the school's first term opened in 1890 At that time he was was 21 Now 58 years later he still directs the janitorial crews in the Old Main and he is custodian Jo the t keys to its offices carriage drawn by a team of princely greys Joseph M Turner the president with the hearty voice William J Ken a vigorous president who gave Ml Larsen his longtime job as superintendent of buildings and grounds John A Widtsoe whom Mr Larson terms "a live active worker with tremendous energy" Elmer G Peterson who guided the college through 29 years including two war eras one era of prosperity and one of depression and Franklin S Harris nationally and internationally recognized as an administrator and scientist of great ability and handlehar-mustach- ed vision The quiet little old gentleman remembers weU all of the seven presidents of USAC — Jeremiah W Sanborn the Vermonter who was Utah State’s fkst president Joshua H Paul the Englishman who made his surveys of the campus and Cache Valley in a - white-haire- d RO as the bent old gentleman is affectionately called has sera die buildings of the campus rise from toe south wing of the Old Main which was the first building erected In 1890 tq the-giant new technology building now taking shape oo the southeastern comer of the campus |