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Bridserianc p The Herald Journal Logan Utah In brloff Page 3 Report: Build more roads pollute less Hogle Zoo regains accreditation SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Hogle Zoo has regained full accreditation from the America Zoological and Aquarium Association The association put the zoo on probationary status for a year because of problems in maintenance and veterinary care “We are pleased to be recognized for our continued efforts and dedication not only to comply with professional standards but to exceed them” zoo Director Craig Dinsmore said Tliursday from an association meeting in Indianapnifo Meanwhile Hogle Zoo’s last surviving chimpanzee arrived Thursday at her new home at Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita Kan Tammy in her 20s was in good condition after the truck ride from Utah but was placed in routine quarantine before she will be allowed to join that zoo’s dozen other chimps said Hogle Zoo spokeswoman Jan Murphy Hogle Zoo’s two male chimps — Chip and Happy — were shot and then euthanized Feb 27 after all three chimps escaped their cage Saturday March 20 1999 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Building more roads would ease automobile pollution by decreasing congestion and increasing vehicle speeds according to a regional planning group's report The Wasatch Front Regional Council’s report also projects future patterns and comes at a time when the Utah Department of Transportation is widenin Salt Lake Couning 17 miles of ty The transportation department hopes to further relieve traffic congestion by building the Legacy Parkway in south Davis County Construction of the four-lan- e highway is opposed by le numerous environmental groups but supported by the regional council Among the more than two dozen charts and graphs included in the council's report is an analysis of how automobile pollution rises when traffic is gridlocked “At a lower speed you get a lot of emissions At a higher speed the emissions go down" said Will Jefferies the regional council's executive director If state and local governments stopped building roads now Jefferies said average speeds during peak hours in 2020 would hover around 17 mph Building the roads and making improvements now planned would add another 10 mph to that speed by decreasing congestion he said Automobile emissions technology has improved since 1968 Jefferies said and the will continue to advance so that vehicle emissions in 2020 will be a mere fraction of the pollution problem they are today “Every time you get a new vehicle you decrease the amount of emissions that you arc going to create" Jefferies said “And as this vehicle mix changes from year to year we get the cleaner vehicles into the system and the total emissions go down” Nina Dougherty chairwoman of the Utah Chapter of the Sierra Club agreed that vehicles emit more pollution when crawling along in traffic But she said building new roads is not the solution More roads will only encourage people to travel more often and for longer distances Dougherty said hut increased congestion results in fewer people driving Ursula Trueman director of the state Division of Air Quality confirmed that emissions from vehicles are declining through improving technology “Tlic hud news is that it seems every year we are driving more” Trueman said "So (hat at some point in the future increased driving will offset the decrease in emissions because of the cleaner technology” Vegans protest policy Chip attacked two zoo workers and Happy was shot when he charged other zoo employees responding to the attack Zoo worker Jamie Bradley 28 of Centerville was discharged from University Hospital on Thursday almost $ SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Animal rights activists are angry about the Jordan School District's policy banning the word “vegan" on students’ Activists gathered at Bingham High School on Thursday to protest against the policy They passed out pamphlets recipes and all bearing the slogan “Vegan: Free speech to free the animals” to hundreds of students Spencer Mcrklcy was suspended from Bingham on Feb 2 for three weeks after he was severely injured in the attack and underwent plastic surgery Bounty hunter jailed i i 90 days for shooting SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Boun-ty hunter who shot and wounded a gpl jr & T - bailjumper during a 1997 confrontation in a Midvale driveway has been sen- fenced to serve 90 days in jail Mark Brennan 29 also was fined $138750 by 3rd District Judge Joseph Fratto on Thursday and ordered to serve 18 months probation i Brennan had been a bounty hunter for more than 10 years when he and a trainee fired at Brad Larsen — who was dazed by a ricocheting slug that struck his head— the night of Nov ?1 199T Jerry Hanagarne who had been a bounty hunter for just three days when die shooting occurred was sentenced in January to 1 1 days in jail The bounty hunters claimed they fired when Lirsen purportedly in rammed their car with his pickup truck in an attempt to escape Police and prosecutors said they misused their power self-defen- se The pair were charged with felony aggravated assault but pleaded “no contest" to lesser class A third-degr- ee misdemeanor assault Most states do not require training or licensing for bounty hunters Utah now course and approval requires a two-da- y by a state board Hundreds attend cheerleader’s funeral PROVO (AP) — About 600 people attended the funeral of Katie Bills the Brigham Young University cheerleader who died in a ski accident At the service held Thursday at the Oak Hills LDS stake center Bills' family ami friends remembered her as a positive talented person whom everyone wanted to be around Her friends wrote letters detailing their memories scribbling private jokes in bright colors and including pictures of Bills smiling at dances in nor dorm and with the BYU cheerleading squad Men from the squad acted as pallbearers and the casket was accompanied by a huge carnation "Y" and a BYU megaphone freshman from Bills a Littleton Colo died Monday at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City from head injuries she suffered skiing at Brighton on Saturday Joseph Wright a friend of Bills’ was blue-ana-wh-ite skiing with her when the accident occurred He said she was skiing down a groomed intermediate run “She was working on some turns” laid Wright 19 a freshman from Anaheim Calif I All of a sudden Bills went down he laid “There was snow flying everywhere" Wright said “Then she was lust lying between the trees” Bills was majoring in communications and was a song leader for the BYU Cheer squad At her funeral big yellow sunflowers dotted the floral sprays Kerstin Lund-re- n said the flowers were meant to call to mind Bills' cheerfulness and the trail of the Utah pioneers Got a local nowa tip? Can City Editor Mike Wennergren 752-21Ext 3023 21 OOR COPY r wearing © “VEGAN” the sweater saying Another student was threatened with suspension by assistant principals at Copper Hills High School The district's dress code policy prohibits students from wearing clothing that is disruptive or which has been affiliated with gang activity According to the Salt Lake Mitch A greenakeeper niowsa green at Logan River Golf Course Friday afternoon Goffers could be paying more to play If MascaraHereld Journal the city council has its way fees Golfing swing np Cost inches up in Logan River Golf Course’s first hike By Lance Pitcher staff writer This time of year everything's on the rise Temperatures hemlines — you name it they're rising Even golf scores are typically up this time of year as hackers work out the winter kinks But right now at Logan River Golf Course scores aren't the only things up from earlier this year — prices are too but not by much Instead of paying $16 for 18 holes golfers will pay $17 and instead of paying $850 for nine they’ll pay $9 — not much of an increase as city officials see it especially since it’s a first “We haven’t increased fees since we opened” Logan Parks and Recreation Director Russ Akina said All course course prices increased at the with the exception of golf cart rentals and passes for kids under 17 So it’s a first but probably not a last 20-rou- When Akina approached the Logan Municipal Council which approves fee increases like the golf course's the council didn't just approve it but suggested he consider it more often “It seems like a modest increase” Councilman Steve Thompson said For now it is but Akina said he'd be back after seeing how finances work out this year and the course's advisory board makes further suggestions Overall the council said it is pleased with the city's management of the golf course In 1996 Darla Clark hired a private company to oversee operations Links Management was selected by the mayor without consulting the city council or members of the golf course advisory board who resigned in protest then-May- or Before taking office Mayor Doug Thompson said he would form a committee to look at the options for the course and the committee recommended the city regain management Since switching back the course has run in the black Logan Finance Director Don Fulton said the course showed an approximate $82000 profit last year from a $77000 deficit under Links Management However he said the true test will be this year's operations with Links completely out of the picture “It looks pretty good” Fulton said While the golf course is an entirely new division within Akina’s department he said it's been nice “We have a better feel for where we ought to be" Akina said “We've got a really tight budget to work with" Akina said the difference between private and city management is city officials understand they have to answer to the council which allocates the money “We understand the responsibility" Akina said Logan River golf pro Jeff John said golf officials are also considering suggesting higher fees on weekends “We've come up with some ideas" John said Akina said they would readdress golf course issues with the council during the city's annual budget process in May and again at the end of the season Mayor Thompson also suggested the golf course present a semiannual report to the council Area Gang Project some vegans are Straight Edgers administrators say vegans could be Straight Edgers “For a school to dent for promoting School (hat means all mistaken for suspend a stua compassionis ate healthy lifestyle blatantly unconstitutional” said Alison Green student coordinator for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals “Veganism has nothing to do with violence" But Bingham High principal Tom Hicks said the school's first responsibility is to the students' safety "There are those that would promote their own agenda in spite of district guidelines and established policies regarding school safety” he said “We do not want to promote or allow anyone else to promote any violent gang-relate- d illegal or other criminal activities at school” This week John Ouimctlc filed a lawsuit against the district alleging his First Amendment rights were violated when he was told to remove a promoting veganism and to stop circulating a petition protesting the district's strict dress code policy Ouimette’s attorney Brian Barnard said the lawsuit also includes a request for a temporary restraining order against further action by the district against stu- dents expressing their vegan lifestyle Man extradited to Logan pleads Author church not guilty to bank robbery charges reach settlement By Lance Pitcher staff writer to court documents A man charged with robbing two Logan banks pleaded not this” The note said “Give me four stacks of hundreds I have a gun” guilty Friday in 1st District Court Stephen Michael Fairchild 20 was was arrested in Pennsylvania on Jan 11 and extradited to Logan where he faces two counts of aggravated robbery Fairchild was being held in the Cache County Jail on Friday and is scheduled to appear before 1st District Court Judge Gordon Low on Monday for a bail hearing and a preliminary hearing According to courtdocuments a young man entered First Security Bank at 889 S Main St on Dec and asked about car loans checking accounts and business hours After being told he'd have 18 to wait a few moments according the man left the building returned slid a teller a note and said “I need to cash but the teller could not read it and the man showed a gun the report states The thief made off with $1100 After the initial robbery police received a tip Jan 4 about Fairchild being a suspect according to court documents Court doc- uments say that lead was not followed until the Zions Bank at 133 E 1400 North was robbed Jan 6 In the Zions robbery the thief made off with $2000 after handing a teller a note that said “1 have a gun Don't make me use it I want $2000 in $100 bills” according to court documents According to court documents police went to Fairchild’s apartment that night and left a business card asking him to call them when he returned Two days later police returned and Fairchild was gone according to court documents After bank tellers positively identified Fairchild in a photograph police searched Fairchild's garbage and found shoes believed to have been used in the robbery and evidence of a bus pass to Pennsylvania Aftec a warrant was issued Fairchild was arrested at his father's home in White Haven Pa Before leaving for Pennsylvania Fairchild lived with his wife and sister-in-lain an apartment at 70 W 700 North in Logan He was represented Friday by Logan lawyer Barbara Lachmar w SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Author Rodcllo H Hunter and the Mormon church have come to a settlement over her hook “A House of Many Rooms" Hunter sued The Church of Jesus Christ of LatterSaints in January 1997 alleging violations of an agreement granting the church permission to stage a limited number of plays based on it The terms of the agreement were not disclosed but church spokesman Dale Bills said it involved payment of a “nominal amount” Hunter's attorneys could not he reached for comment Her tale of a large Mormon family was published by Alfred A Knopf in 1965 The church negotiated contracts with Knopf in 1972 obtaining temporary permission to make it a play and publish a pamphlet with excerpts from the book But Hunter sued for copyright infringement saying the church had widely violated the agreement The church has denied her claims -day |