Show aM "Sfr1 " J I t The Herald Journal Logan Utah j jin brief Search to begin soon for new landfill site 4 A recent survey concluded that build-in- g a new landfill in Cache County is the best option to replace the existing 1 landfill which is expected to close 'within 20 years The search for a new site could get under way soon after comments are collected from the public - Officials from Logan's Environmental i Health Department and its consultant HDR Engineering told the Cache County Council on Tuesday that a new landfill is the least costly alternative Next in line is building a local transfer station and hauling gaihage to a landfill in Box Elder County Other options include sending garbage to a large com- mercial landfill in Central Utah or building an incinerator A new local landfill is expected to 'cost $22 million to $23 million with !an annual operating budget of $14 million Public comment forms are available by contacting Ann Zimmerman at or by at Comments will also be accepted when the survey results 'are presented to the Logan Municipal Council on July 21 Wednesday July 14 1999 Page 3 Wanted: Athletics director USU isn’t wasting time with long search By Arrin Brunson staff writer Utah State University officials could hire a new athletics director ecn before Bruce Van De Velde's resignation goes into effect July 28 according to Fred Hunsaker USU's vice president for administrative affairs USU Media Relations Director John DeVilbiss said the search for Van Dc Velde's replacement is a top priority for Hunsaker “It could be within a week or it could go longer" DeVilbiss said “At this point 'expeditious' is the operative word because of the strong momentum within USU athletics" Van De Velde 43 was hired at USU on June 26 1998 to replace Chuck Bell Before that Van De Velde worked as associate athletics director for development at Missouri He was hired for that ri Athletics position by Director Joe Castiglionc Now the ath thcn-Missou- letics director at Oklahoma Castiglionc is hiring Van IX Velde once again While USU's top officials said Van De Velde's resignation came as a surprise Media Relations Director for Athletics Mike Strauss said he knew Casliglione wanted Van De Velde "We knew he pretty much had a standing job offer hut we also knew the path he wauled to lake was to be an athletic director" Strauss said "They just kept upping tlic offer until it was loo gixxl to refuse" When Hunsaker was recently named vice president for administrative affairs he was also placed in charge of athletics which had been overseen by former Vice President for University Relations and Development Paul Norton But that was not a factor in Van De Velde's decision to leav e Strauss said "1 don't think that had any hearing on his decision at all In fact he was looking forward to working with Fred Hun-sakHe told us that several times" Strauss said “And he liked working with Paul Norton" One person who will not be throwing his hat in for the position is former USU Athletics Director Chuck Bell Bell said cr this morning he just signed a four-yea- r contract to continue as athletics director at San Jose State University in California which is in the more prestigious Western Athletic Conference “1 left (USU) because it was a professional advancement to come to San Jose and the WAC and it's been better than I anticipated” Bell said “1 have a great future in the Bay Area" The person chosen to fill tlie position as athletic director at USU will have plenty to do DeVilbiss said USl' hopes to build on recent successes in coaching recruitment academics community support and infrastructure The recent completion of the new Stan Laub Training Facility a contract for a new Romney Stadium scoreboard and an improved broadcasting contract with KSL are a few of the accomplishments USU officials are celebrating USU also has a record number of student-athletwith a 32 or higher grade point average DeVilbiss said “These students have been recognized as Joe E Whiteside scholars" he said “We're leading the Big West Conference in student-athleton the academic es es teams" Man serving time on sex abuse conviction th ee counts of second-degre- e felony forcible sexual abuse for events on or around Sept 13 1997 Six of those charges were dropped and the remaining charge was lowered to a third-degrfelony in a plea agreement with Cache County prosecutor Scott Wyatt Monson was sentenced in April to nine months in the Cache County Jail He was also ordered to complete therapy and to pay all costs associated with his now-1- 8 -victim's therapy Monson’s year-old Guadalupe was sentenced to one year in jail this morning fa his involvement in a fatal accident in Antalga one month ago However because is an illegal is he immigrant expected to he deported instead of serving his sentence According the Utah Highway 27 of Patrol in northbound a ear was Logan on 2400 West approaching Utah 218 about 3:30 pm oil June 14 At Ac same time Kevin llill 3(C of Newton was driving a minivan west on Utah 218 Reports stated Rocha-Villanuc- ee Rocha-Villanuc- er attorney I ' ' Lyle Hillyard of Logan last month His motion was denied based on Wyatt's argument that “major concessions were made in the plea agreement” and that Matson’s sentence was considerably less than what the prosecution had argued for Rocha-Villanue- ran the stop sign and was n broadsided by Hill's at the intersection Jose Luis mini-va- Editor's note: The Herald Journal makes an effort to publish all child-se-x offense convictions in Cache County The item above was missed by the newspaper when the sentence was handed down in April but has since been brought to the attention of The Herald Journal by a caller Vasqucz 31 a passenger in the car was critically injured and died after being flown by helicopter to LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City Rocha-Villanuev- negligent homicide failure to The Hyrum City Council meets at 7:30 s Thursday at the city office 83 W Main St yield the right of way fleeing the pm I Agenda items include: Adopting an ordinance to Incnporate about five acres of property at approximately 330 N 800 East into the cHy Amending provisions for deviations of minimum setbacks for buildings Renaming 380 North "Ridgecrest Circle' Hearing a request for a home occupation business at 825 W 150 North Hearing a request for a home occupation business at 145 N 800 East Hearing a request that “no parking signs be posted at the 400 West 300 South intersection Hearing a request for city sponsorship of the Ms Senior America Pageant subdMsion Hearing a request for a five-l- ot Discussing property next to the northeast comer of the High Valley subdivision Hearing objections to nuisance abatement at 95 E Main St The Cache County School Dletrlct Board of Education meets at 7 pm Thursday at the district office 2063 N 1200 East North Logan Agenda Hems include: Approving minutes from previous meeting Paying biUs Discussing the 1999 property tax levy Discussing Affinity fund raising The Smlthfleld Board of Adjuatment meets at 7:30 pm Thursday at the cHy office 69 N Main St Agenda Hems inchtde: Reviewing Grant M Mathews' application for a variance to the setback requirements from the canal crossing his property at 408 8 900 East Addressing Geoff vonGermeten's application for an appeal of a decision concerning nonconforming animal rights on his property at 282 N 100 East The Cache County Board of Adjustment meets at 4 pm Thursday in the County Cound Chambers 120 N 100 West Agenda Hems include: Holding a public hearing on an appeal filed by Weilsville CHy Manager Don Hartle against the Planning Commission approval of a conditional-use permH for a subdivision at 4410 S 471 1 West northwest of Wsltsvito Considering a special exception for the division of 25 acres In the AgricuHural Zone at 1040 E 2900 North near North Logan Considering a special exception for the See AGENDAS on Page DR COPY 14 without a license or insurance and giving false information to a police officer All hut the negligent homicide misdemeanor charge a class-were dropped in a plea agreement with prosecutors A hearing with officials from the United States Immigration and Nationalization Service has been scheduled for next week Prosecutors expect to be deported to Mexico after that hearing If he is nol he will serve his one-yesentence in the Cache Jdif Hovrcvcf ft tunty is deponed a bench A Rocha-Villanuc- va ar Rocha-Villanuc- va warrant for his arrest will he issued so if he returns to the United Stales legally or illegally he will he arrested and forced to serve his sentence Another passenger in car Julio Lopez 25 was taken to Logan Regional Hospital where he was treated for his injuries and released UHP officials said Hill was also taken to the hospital where he was treated fa a back injury and released Hill's three passengers were also treated fa cuts and bruises and released Rocha-Villanucv- Gun control panel fumbling for focus at 200 N West Hearing a proposal for relocating Westridge subdivision's irrigation system Approving subdivision design standards and construction specifications Discussing irrigation water rationing Approving a statement about possible Y2K computer problems Discussing the Miss Cache Valley --Logan Scholarship Program reportedly Rocha-Villanuc- ran away from the accident and was arrested later He was originally charged with Agendas i va Rocha-Villanue- attempted to obtain work release for his - client scene of a fatal accident driving By Jeremy B Pugh staff writer was originally charged with seven J er Man sentenced for role in fatal wreck A Logan man who sexually abused a girl is in the third month of his sentence Roger Mon-so- n 39 of Logan pleaded guilty to one count of third-degrfelony attempted forcible sexual abuse in February He nine-mon- The next big deal lor USU athletics is the 1999 football season which opens Sept 4 at Georgia Aside from ticket sales and associated activities USU could benefit greatly from an athletics director to guide the program through recent changes in conference affiliation including Nevada's departure from the Big West to join the WAC “Obviously we're going to transition with the loss of Nevada and we feel real strongly that the division needs strong leadership to shore up any erosion that (his might have created in the conference" DeVilbiss said ‘That's why the first objective is to fill this vacancy as quickly as possible" Officials hope to avoid a long committee search as well as the appointment of an interim director Using last year's list of candidates and input from former committee members and trustees llun-sakwill consult with Emen before the president makes the final decision “They are looking at all of last year's list of nominees and candidates" DeVilbiss said “The list is still relatively fresh and some viable candidates could emerge — hut we’re not limiting ourselves to lust year's finalists" Fishing for cool time fisherman tries his luck and stays cool Wednesday afternoon while floating on a tube on First Dam The sweltering weather should cool a bit today with a 50 percent chance of rain in the forecast A SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — If anything the question of what gun control measures would go before legislators in a special session later this year has become even murkier Lawmakers on the Judiciary Interim Committee had hoped on Tuesday to narrow the focus of issues they believed should be addressed in a special session Gov Mike Leavitt is expected to convene in CX'tobcr Instead they took a step back guideline abandoning a five-poideveloped by committee leaders in fava of criteria so vague nearly any proposal would meet the standard “We voted to accept what we already had two meetings ago" said an exasperated Sen Terry Spencer of the committee But Spencer wasn't the only nt gun-contr- Drum Corps event ‘Music in Motion’ tonight at Romney By Katrina Morrison staff Writer The only Drum Corps International event in Utah “Music in Motion” is tonight at Utah State University's Romney Stadium The Bridgerland Festivals Committee associated with the Mountain Crest Marching Band is scheduled to host the competition in Logan Formerly known as the Corps Encore the event that had been held at Wildcat Stadium in Ogden fa 20 years will now bring thousands of participants to Logan Two years ago Logan also hosted its own event and Ogden has now pulled out because of money issues allowing the Bridgerland Festivals Committee to fill the gap “We definitely know what we're doing” said Sarah Jane Clayton a committee member “If we do a good job this year we should have the competition Then we'll get to have it around fa another few years” Participants range from the Northern Lights of Longview Wash to the Troopers of Casper Wyo and many points in between Music students from Utah and Idaho who are performing in drum and bugle corps this summer will be in town to perform fa their peers as well Drum Corps International encompasses thousands of performers ages 13 to 21 every year Auditions are held and those who make it are required to attend several preseason camps to learn music and marching drills Performers also travel for roughly eight weeks in the summer at their own expense Some of the past winners of the competition See DRUM on Page 14 ol an lawmaker who walked away shaking his head “I think we’re going in about 15 different directions" said House Majority Whip David Urc following the unproductive 2 12-homeeting “Everyone was very very frustrated with what was taking place ur in there” And there remain numerous lawmakers who oppose Leavitt's plan to convene a special session altogether “I personally don't favor a special session" said “I Rep John Swallow think these issues arc too complex and multifaceted" outline developed The five-pa- rt by Spencer Rep and Lamont Tyler Democratic leaders on the com- mittee included keeping guns from the mentally ill including violent misdemeanors on background checks allowing access to juvenile records for background checks penalizing those who sell guns to anyone who doesn't qualify and making it harder to erase violent crimes from criminal records But committee members unanimously agreed to deal with a vaguer standard — any changes to concealed weapons gun pachasing laws In failing to narrow the focus for their July 21 meeting the a committee essentially allowed Leavitt to set the table In order to have something firm to consider Senate Majority Leader Lyle Hill-yar- d said he would meet with representatives from the governor's office to draft legislation reflecting proposals Leavitt put forward last month Leavitt wants to ban all guns from schools churches state offices and mental hospitals and backs prohibiting the mentally ill and those convicted of violent misdemeanors from buying guns Committee members heard testimony on those items in a June meeting and on Tuesday but could not agree which of the issues to put on the agenda for public hearings next week While having drafts of Leavitt’s proposals on the table will give lawmakers firm language they can shape as they want it also means the process is no further along than it was a month ago |