Show rrr ry ' tt fr -- rr f-t rrr"rr r1 rh- v The Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday March 2000 — Page 5 HHNatiohlHK - ’ turning time back across the West i In New Mexico die By Barry Massey Associated Press VERMEJO PARK RANCH NM — Ted Turner the CNN mogul who has speeded up our sense of time and sent us hurtling into the future has embarked in just die opposite direction across die American we Since 1987 he has bought a staggering 17 million acres in Montana New Mexico South Dakota Nebraska and Kansas — becoming the largest private landowner in die United States according tQ Worth magazine — and is using his fortune to turn back the hands of time He is restoring the buffalo and other native animals and and tearing away the wire bringing back the wide-ope-n vistas that existed before die West was won Turner wants to preserve what this country lowed like “before white man was so bloody common across the landscape before so many ap ptmo shopping malls and so many David Vacfcw general manager of Ted Turner's Vermeio Park Ranch surveys a buffalo herd roaming roads and so many subdivon the northern New Mexico ranch in file photo Turner is using part of his fortune to turn back the hands isions’ says Mike Phillips of time on his growing share of the American West Turner's master plan is to preserve and restore executive director of die Turnnative species and their habitats espedaly the grasslands once home to huge herds of bison er Endangered Species fund streambanks that once wiere ’ trampled almost bare fTurner also has restored fire as a tool for managing the e That includes the 580 grasslands and forests Garpet Vermejo Park Ranch bought of grass have replaced brush from Pennzoil Co in 1996 for and small trees returning foe a reported $80 million landscape to die mote natural It is perhaps the crown jewel state that existed before man of Turner's Western holdings began fighting wildfires because of its size — nearly At Vermejo he is also workthree times the area of New ing to restore the endangered York City — and its diversity black-foote- d ferret and The ranch consists of high increase the number of prairie' prairie lush valleys pine and dogs and Rio Grande cutthroat aspen forests and peaks of trout nearly 13000 feet Similar projects are under 600 miles barbed of Nearly way on other Turner beddings: wire once cut across Vermejo restoring West Slope cutthroat and 7000 head of cattle trout at the Flying D ranch in grazed there Today half rtf foe Montana reintroducing the interior fencing is gone and so blowout penstemon an endanare the cattle Buffalo again gered plant in Nebraska roam the grasslands sharing restoring the Detectives search for dog killer as reward mdney pours in y fifth-large- st 000-acr- red-cockad- ed the property with elk deer antelope eagles cougars and bear Turner considers buffalo more environmentally friendly than cattle which were introduced to the region by early settlers Unlike cattle buffalo don’t strip the vegetation and cause erosion: With cattle gone at Vermejo the grass is knee-hig- h and willows and high-profi- le nia “We’re ) Sliding hill crunches houses MILLBRAE Calif (AP) — The Delgado family home leaned at a angle Friday its foundation ripped away by a mudslide that also disaster — a football field-siendangers seven other houses “We’ve gone through all of the emotions: denial sadness grid'” Mans Delgado 45 said Friday as she stood across the street unable to get any closer to her disintegrating house “But now we’re just angry We want to know phat 45-degr- ee slow-moti- ze on lumpens Name change? Beaver College located in GlenskJe Pa and a favorite of comics and comedy writers is considering changing its name Here is a look at the school ridicule in the form of derogatory remarks pertaining to the rodent die TV show ’Leave It to Beaver’ and the vulgar reference to the female anatomy” Beaver President Bette E Landman wrote recently in a letter to 20000 alumni students staff and benefactors And at a time when more and more high school students are researching colleges on the Web some Internet filters that screen out sexually explicit material are blocking access to foe Beaver College Web site The filters have even blocked delivery of originating from foe school Ltadmah 'wrote' ail ’ EnroUinefit:2300undefgraduateu and graduate students Founded: 1853 History: Located on the Beaver and Ohio Rivers it attained collegiate status in 187Z It moved toJenkintown Pa in 1925 and later expanded to Glenside Religious Influence: Originally under the auspices of the “These filtering services many of them have ‘beaver’ as a word that is inappropriate Especially when you consider the age group we are targeting it becomes tougher to get our message out Some students use this as their sole tool to choose colleges” The college's own market research shows that the school appeals to 30 percent fewer prospective students solely because of the name “There are alumni reports that our name presents an obstacle when seeking employment and that some have chosen not to display their diplomas to avoid unkind remarks from colleagues" said school the president of the 2300-stude- MethodistEpiscopalChurchit now maintains a relationship with the Presbyterian Church but is independently controlled SouictKBemm&tegKAPwIn AP reports nt now” The Delgados and four other families evacuated Tuesday as hillside slid toward their homes in this suburb the south of San Francisco The slide buckled one foundation punched a tree through the garage wall of another home and sent a wall of mud into the bedroom of a third Firefighters used poles and guns to break windows to prevent the glass from exploding outward Residents of three houses at the top of the unstable hill were told to stay but of their backyards and warned they might have to leave at a moment’s notice Heavy rains have caused several landslides recently in the San Francisco Bay area Millbrae has appealed to state and federal officials for aid for the families since homeowner’s insurance policies sometimes don’t cover natural disasters The city also declared a state of emergency and has authorized spending about $1(XM)00 on temporal repairs on the hiR San Francisco had its rainiest February in history and several storms over foe last two weeks sent foe hillside falling about 50 4 rain-weaken- ed feet DALHART Texas (AP) — A medical helicopter carrying a girl in respirato- ry distress from a remote Oklahoma town crashed Friday killing the baby and the c£?w-- National Transportation Safety Board investigators were ou their way to the scene about 20 miles north of this Texas Panhandle town “We don't know whether he hit power lines or had a mechanical failure’ said NTSB spokesman Doug Wig- - Bike Week death toll hits 12 TBS B0USK IQ MTtNN ATMIUi jure toc nw? iwruinjuttT 1 MMNIMMm ULd Sigourney Weaver nr DOG SKIP (K) MUHtfSTiamn ffiSSIOUTOMARSW) mwi ' wiwflmm MMWtfMiM NohmibBot Acres irk FOR - S4J0 M00 From Ran Away They Everything But Each Other inspired by i true story FmAS4t30r7H9Mni to4tXk7iOtl SwiSSSSBn m r MKinrnw Nut Best Barn Hangmo 445 7:15 The pe-i-a NlgMty 7:00 - 0:10 Sat Matinee - £30-4:- 40 Show Be for pm S200 Dbfcd 430 700 te ram 20SMm30 Dbfcrf 4:40 700 MOVIE HOTUNt Up 92Sii MmUi Wonder Boys Galaxy Quest IICAAWBWWrOWYnBCT Snow oar The (pm M0S Mw230 him Whou Nm Yards m DtArd 445 7:10 Sdt 10 FNiim-- Metm HO New Mexico and raising endangered Mexican wolves cm the Ladder Ranch in New Mexico At the same time Turner isn’t averse to making a profit i r See TURNER on Page 8 AMMNDlKIONGiua kLLBtOOHStX-lKM- GALAXYQLESTr aUMSMDa'fta sumtuiuen t Drownmo Mona V&d 435 705 9m pe-is- lUSXJHSNSErws rts ‘‘Usually it’s the guys who want than” she added ' 'Toimded in 1853 inBeaver County nea!f thfe" Ohio line the school moved across the state to suburban Philadelphia in 1925 “The name comes from die orig- inal location There’s no particular reason to keep it” Wiley said “It is a name that suffers from ridicule” Student Tom Bortner said he' wouldn’t diange a thing “People made jokes when I told them where I was going to school but it’s not a big deal” he said “You get ova it quickly Senior Rebecca Barlow said the name doesn't bother most students “I understand how our society has given ‘beaver’ a bad connotation but it seems to me that the issue is external to the college” she said “It’s not a big deal to us” mu AfflMM start the presses! The Herald Journal is a package of information Place your stories in columns on your page or pages Now concentrate on ithe headlines Make your headlines brief and informative something that will catch the readers eye and make them want to read the story lype or letter ft in a larger bolder type face and make it fit over our column Take photos if you wish to illustrate your story Paste them on your mockup or scan them in and place them on your computer-generated pages) write captions that briefly describe the photos Be sure to give your photographer or artist credit Use the Herald Journal as an example Time to go to press Print your computer- generated news pages) directly from your home or school printer or make copies of your pasteup pages Look over your pages one last time fbr any errors or omissions Now get out there and deliv- i Hr— ftrww The Tioger Movir m Mytf 440 7 10 Sat Mrihnc40 hllalM Cider Hours Rules PMd WB r Reindeer Games m M KN S mm hllHf SCHM3 nt m tuTauDifti auo iye 05SdMw 2:35 wsawui ItllaW in suburban Philadelphia ' Beaver College has appeared on David Lettennan's Top 10 list Oman O’Brien and Howard Stern have made jokes about it And when “Saturday Night Live” writers invented an annoying film critic for a recent sketch they made him a of Beaver College campus radio “My own daughter made a crack when I told her where I was going to work” said Judy Wiley a professor of psychology “She said ‘Moan do you know what people use that word focT” Heather Linsley a senior said: “When we’ve gone away to different conferences we would swap items with0foer students and our sweatshirts and would be the hot item” er the news ' UflIDPit IteaEVTzas Academy Awards tm S4mp AlS Show Bei o The fcjfAMm WHO GETS WESTATES THEATRES MS 15feMm2JS Myrf 4 40 h tim no mam 7534444 Wwnmwr' ington “We are also looking to see if weather might be a possible cause” The Life Star helicopter left Northwest Texas Healthcare System in Amarillo to (rick up the girl in Boise City Okla about 100 miles to the north and crashed while returning Bfc Girt BooFAvaBiruB DAYTONA BEACH Fla (AP) — At least 12 people have been killed in motorcycle accidents during Daytona Beach’s Bike Week this yew malting it the deadliest such gathering in mote than a decade Some died in wrecks oo rural roads cm their way to the annual event which began in 1937 and attracts 500000 bikers from across the country Others were killed in collisions after beer-filled nights of carousing “Bike Week gets bigger and bigger each yew” said Florida Highway Patrol spokesman Lt Chuck Williams “Putting this much motoreyde traffic with the normal mix the mathematical probabilities are against us We just hope for foe brat” plantation in northern Florida returning desert bighorn sheep to the Fra Cristobal Mountains at the Armendaris Ranch in cottonwoods stand along GLENSIDE Pa (AP) — Settle down class That will be enough giggling Let’s all behave like mature young men arid women while we discuss why Beaver College is considering changing its name “The word ’beaver’ too often elicits : little bit surprised’’ said San Jose police spokesman Steve Dixon “Clues are being sent in People are calling in license plate numbers” Witnesses said the suspect was upset after the car driven by the dog’s owner Sara McBurnett bumped his from behind on Feb 11 The dog Leo later died at a veterinary hospital McBurnett worked with sketch artist to come up with the composite of the suspect which police released Friday He was described as a white man between the ages of 20 and 28 with a goatee He was driving a dark Ford Explorer or Expedition with Virginia license plater The suspect could face felony animal i cruelty charges and as many asthiee years in jaflpiuMv-- t The Santa Clara Valley Humane Society says the reward fund for die arrest and conviction of the suspect has now reached about $40000 from people concerned about the case with an additional $10400 pledged “I guess he has become such a symbol” McBurnett said “It’s so symbolic that such an innocent little fluffy ball rtf life could be with such needless violence” woodpecker at the Turner name j SAN JOSE Calif (AP) — Police have assembled a photo gallery of suspects and spent boon working up a sketch of the man who reached into a woman’s car snatched her dog from her lap and threw him into oncoming traffic in a case of road rage And people throughout the nation have donaled mote reward money to help find the bichon ftise’s killer than they have to solve missing children’s cases in Northern Califor- billion- aire owns almost 11 million acres — 15 percent of the nation's state In brief 6 11 Story 2 m Toy IUDE WE EEC 2000 Nwwspapwr In Education Mairaa UO 540 hllnftm MMUh ' : |