Show itt Inside MS School tax item going on ballot ‘Leeway would boost local budget at no extra cost to Cache taxpayers By Miriam Rand staff writer Keving Blotter wins Logan River Men's Championship Page 12 Update bulk of property taxes go toward “It’s a tax shift not a tax increase” he stressed If the leeway is added he said other property tax categories would be reduced making the measure “tax neu- sup- porting local school districts “It’s the state’s way of evening things out” said Cache County School District Superintendent Steve Norton Cache schools already benefit from tral” state transportation and capital fund “It won’t coat us anything to apply for Hansen laid “Not going after it would be like throwing it away" If the Legislature in turn appropriates state equalization funds to Cache during the next legislative session the district could qualify for $750000 in new state money in the year 2000 $1 million the next year and $14 million each year after that “I think its a win-wi- n situation" Nor it” equalization he said Cache County school officials say they’ll ask residents to pass a voted leeway dud in turn may allow the district to qualify for about $1 million per year in state equalization fonds Equalization fonds direct state dollars to school districts that have a low properbase per student In Utah the ty-tax Oxford goes ‘full monty’ in dictionary By 'r iW The voted leeway is expected to appear on the ballot during November’s general election Although the leeway would be yet another item on the list of property taxes district residents pay it would not raise their tax bills Cache County School District Business Administrator Dale Hansen said ton said “It would he foolish of us to pass this opportunity up" Davis Tooele and South Sanpete districts have already passed a leeway he said Cache voters are being asked to pass the leeway because recent legislation requires that school districts demonstrate a willingness to tax before coming to the state for more money “What the Legislature was concerned about was that sane districts had plenty of tax authority but were shifting the burden to the state" said Doug Bales an attorney with the State Board of Education See BALLOT on Page 14 Logan woman dies in Valley View crash MaraBetaby Associated Press witter LONDON — "Road rage" made it So did “reality check” and “LOL" the abbreviation for “laughing out loud" It’s OK to say “muck” instead of “sneaked” And a “bare burner” is a “very exciting evenL” Language purists may groan but researchers at Oxford University Press — creators of the authoritative multi-voluOxford English Dictionary — insist it's time to formally welcome new phrases and words into the English language The New Oxford Dictionary of today does just that addmg'OOO words that have entered die language since the 1970s The 350000-wor-d dictionary is the first written from scratch by Oxford leScgrighers jn TO years A team of 30 editors and 60 consultants from throughout die world spent six years and $3 million compiling the book They looked at every word and fed 20 years worth of written material into a computer system for analysis That material could be scanned in seconds to list a word's different mean-jn- 8 John VWWnStwald Journal Thma destroyed vehicles sit on the Valley View Highway nt about 1600 West after n foupcar accident Wednesday afternoon that claimed one life gs Four-ca-r ’ “What this shows is how the words are really used — not just their formal meanings” Oxford press spokeswoman Helen McMaamers said Wednesday The results are both new words and new twists on old words springing from pop culture sports politics food and computing The North American “pot pie” makes an entrance albeit as two words A “Bhdrite” is a follower of British Prime Minister Tbny Blair Even the much-feare- d “millennium bug” computer problem is included The “foil monty" is also in Tb want the “foil monty” the tide of a recent British comedy film means to want the foil amount while “road rage” is a violent anger caused by the stress and frustration of driving in heavy traffic In addition to new meanings the word listings offer advice about when muse a word warnings about common misspellinga and tips about changing pronunciations Political correctness is also addressed The dictionary says "Mack” "while” and “person of color” are fine But "poetess” and “authoress” are sexist and patronizing so use “poet” and "author” instead Cache tonight v The Utah Watoraolor Society and Washington Federal Savings are axhWt-mg paintinga by Collaan Bradford this mondial 399 KMalnSt Othor events Ptgo4 pileup results iti injuries to two others one seriously By Jeremy Pugh staff writer A Logan woman was killed Thursday afternoon in a fourar accident on Vrtley View Highway Ida O Anderson 75 was pronounced dead at Logan Regional Hospital after die accident Anderson 75 was westbound on die highway west of Logan also called Utah 30 when she slowed or stooped behind Logan resident Harry Willmore 68 according to UHP Trooper Jason Kendrick Kendrick said Willmore had stopped and was waiting to turn left across the eastbound lane when Jennifer Smith 21 of Ogden hit Anderson from behind and pushed her into oncoming traffic Anderson was then hit again by Thayne Lemon 17 of Mendon according to Kendrick Lemon was also taken to the Logan Regional pital where he was treated for cuts Smith was flown by helicopter to LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City where die was in critical condition this morning suffering from multiple injuries Willmore was not hurt in the accident at return of bodies ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE Md (AP) — It a somber scene the bodies of 10 Americans killed in the US embassy bombings in Africa returned home today Than streaming down hia face President Clinton caskets arrive watched foe one by one As a military band played “Nearer My God Tb Thee” the names of the dead were solemnly anaouaced An Air Force mane flew 10 of the 12 American bodies home from Ger many landing at Andrews just outride Washington as Clinton and his wife Hillary Rodham Chntoo met privately flag-drap- ed Remember how cold ft was? Appreciate the heel while R !metre Page 16 Cache 4 Ctenlfieds 22 About Comics COPY Crossword —20 Opinion Sports !- - the victims and three wreckers removed the cars Kendrick said citations are still CHATTANOOGA Tenn (AP) — Shopping becomes an extreme sport in four Southern states this weekend as bargain hunters cruise a 450-mil- e route called the “World's Longest Yard Sale” From Gadsden Ala through Georgia and Tennessee to Covington Ky thousands are expected to bmve traffic jams and sweltering hear in search of — what else? — a bargain fun begins today The and tuns through Sunday along US Highway 127 where everything from hubcaps to antique china win be far sale “There’s a lot of bargaining to do” saidEd Gillum 67 who started shopping Tuesday when some vendors began displaying their wares “They’ll usually come down a lot on the prices they’ve got marked Don’t give them what they tsk for" The outdoor sale began 11 yean ago when Fentress County in northeastern Tennessee sought a way to kaw tourists off the interstate op AP photo C-1- Weather Kendrick The accident stopped traffic on Valley View Highway for about an hour while emergency personnel extricated World’s largest yard sale to be 450 miles long Tears flow with families of those killed and wounded in the bombings Military honor guards carried the caskets out die rear of a hulking gray 7 transput into a hangar where Clinton and senior members of his udmiaistntion stood in silence One of the American victims was being buried in Kenya another was broaght home Wednesday nt the request of her family Among the mourning family mem-bo- s escorted into an akoaft hangar to meet with the Clintons was a tearful woman leaning heavily on her military Anderson was the only driver not wearing a seat belt according to The llagriraped ooffint of 10 of tiw 12 Americans MM in Via bombtnga Embassy In Nairobi Kenya are canM out hum a US Air Foret 7 plant at Andrews Air Fore Bant near Washington DC today at tw US C-1- tmnaport coffins to a military transport for the journey to Dover Asr Force Base DeL where autopsies will be performed before the remains are returned to their line with the strictest State Department guidelines The State Department meanwhile disclosed Wednesday that the US escort ambassador in Nairobi Prudence The president's meeting with about BuihneU had expressed concent last 100 family neriben was private and December that the Keayaa embassy ' dated to the news medu at the request warn i aoegnary protected against an attack because was surrounded by of the families Inside the hangar 10 bnsy streets She wanted a new Mack hearses were lined np to take the embassy in a more isolated location in same time "We were able to take care in effect of the other issues The location question as vou know was a question of bow much money wc had to spend on all our embassies world-wid- e and whether Nairobi in particular s Undersecretary of State Thomas Pickering said today that BushneQ had asked for several other changes at die met the priority and into smaller communities The event grew steadily and last year drew mare than 30J100 people and more than 3J000 vendors This year shoppers could be seen cruising along die route a wed before the sale officially begins “We had phone calls starting in April It’s been unreal” said Wanda Hatfield of the Featress County Chamber of Commerce "We’re answering dose to 100 calls per day" Antique dealers and pack rats have been emptying their stockrooms attics basements and closets hoping to lure buyers Country cooks are preparing fried apple pie and corn-btea- d to sustain the haagry travelers and higb-ceiling- ed See RETURN no Pige 16 t i ' m IIWPMHU yvv 1 Sea SALE na PUge 16 1 V - £jSfi - - OWV i 'y |