Show PK'P'KIHI flll" P' ¥ r-n- -r I ' I k vdsi C3 Wrccday March 29 Igsldo J I 2000 " v BridgeHandfe Daily Newspaper tr k By Michael R Weibei staff writer areas But Smiftfield-are- a customers will have to wait until the end of May for new equipment to be installed to improve telephone ser--' vice Beck said foe company’s officials may keep their feet to foe fire if PSC regulators are breathing down their 'necks Shay add The Herald Journal last week foe primary cause for the service problems is foe number of people using foe Internet Instead of 2 to 15 minute calls telephone lines are being tied up for hours She said foe improvements however would only be temporary “It’s physically impossible nor is Hie Cache County Council unanimously endorsed a letter Tuesday night to the Utah Public Service Commission complaining about anyone's game ' tennis is “ $50' over service i&fa' a taw adaptations : HD H With 02000 Logan Utah :v: v: Page 11 nmawwBi Update Americans warming to recent telephone service problems Telephone customers have complained in the last few months about slow dial tones Councilman Layne Beck who proposed the letter said some residents have reported that it has taken six to eight minutes to get a dial tone Last week Leanne Shay an area manager for U S West said equipment was installed for cus-- i tomers in the Hynun and Richmond - there enough money to put in enough lines to overcome that situation she said Data transmissions could be routed across another network but she said U S West cannot afford to build a new network : At least not in Cache Valley The company also announced last week it was installing 31000 miles of fiber optic communications lines to connect foe Olympic venues as part of U S West’s $175 million contribution to the 2002 Winter Olympics Beck in foe letter drafted to the PSC said U S West as a regulated monopoly “has an obligation to provide basic service to all parts of foe state not just the most populated Beck noted “U S West should be required to present in a Cache Valley forum foe' full details rtf its plans to correct foe curwell-publiciz- ed rent dial tone situation Further (since planning for Cache long-ter-m Valley does not seem to be high on its priority list) U S West should be t required on an annual basis to its long-tergrowth plans specific to our Cache Valley needs” He said it’s a public safety issue if people cannot readily call 911 The councilman also noted that U S West should change its publicity campaign of encouraging customers to get a second telephone line for Intonet connections if the company cannot handle the load pro-sen- m areas" Citing one of his constituents By David Briscoe Associated Press Writer ' WASHINGTON — A study says a laigc majority of Americans have surprisingly positive attitudes toward a growing globalization trend attacked from both the right and left While conservatives complain ofa shift from American to global values and labor and environmental groups protest the growing power of gjobad economic institutions the Program for International Policy Attitudes concludes that Americans are warming to the idea of an interconnected world They generally support global institutions foe survey showed Only a small minority support resistance to globalization the study sarid' 1 I The conclusions are based on a sweeping review of polling data special group discussions held in three US communities and a hationwide poll conducted by the Crr nonpartisan program whichiaasso-- dated with foe University of Mary' land “Overall Americans see global-izatias somewhat more positive than negative and appear to be growing morefemiliar with the concept and more positive about it” foe r study said Despite support for free global trade a strong majority feels trade “has not grown in a way that adequately incorporates concerns for American waters international labor standards and the environ- - ' ment” it said The study’s own poll found that 61 percent supported globalization 35 percent said it should be slowed down or stopped and 76 percent supported nee trade Hie poll found 67 percent support for strengthening foe United Nations 59 percent support for a stronger World Trade Organization and 56 percent support for a stronger World Court Support for a stronger International Moratory Fund was at 44 percent still higher than the 36 percent who said it does not need to be strengthened 20 percent expressed no opinion The October poll of more than 1800 people had an eiror margin of far-flu-ng on SJohn Kayo Robertson hdps Tristan Hite place : i- - See GLOBAL on Page 10 Weather Snow? a alone on a retaining wal foe School of Natural Learning is contracting for a rock garden at Pioneer Park Possblebut Page 10 Index QsssjfwcliHiMinlS OpWonw12 Conilcimnmiutul 3 ObttuarfeiM4 6 14 Sports Movies - Thursday ' Strange visitors to t Logan Religion Vi Mendon resident Paul Wiley chairman of foe Mendoa Ttee Council ' Mendon city officials agreed to allow space for the project and install a sprinkler system for the area Roger Kjelgrcn a botanist at Utah State University has also helped with foe selection of plants to go in foe garden Students from the School of Natural Learning have given their time too On Monday and Tuesday the young students toiled in the garden building the rock walL Teacher By Arrin Brunson staff writer P idling knowledge funding and manpower from throughout Cache Valley Mendon’sKoneer Park will feature a new garden this r spring A rock wall and variety of native plants were paid for by a $2000 grant from the Utah Humanities Council as well as a donation from Kayo Robertson said each of foe students worked cooperatively to build the permanent structure They will return to the site next week to plant native woody seedlings and shrubs as weU urn the future to weed arid care for the plants ' “We were really impressed with the sense of teamwork foe kids had" Robertson said “What we prothought would be a four-da-y ject we did in about a day and a favorite part of foe unit of study has been learning about the different plants in Utah He also enjoyed attending a play at Utah State University about “a plant from outer space that eats everybody” called : “Little Shop of Honors” Joel Watkins 11 of Mendon said doing service for foe community makes him feel good Watkins said he is grateful to donors who paid for foe materials to build the wall half" See GARDEN on Page 10 Doug Hills 9 of Logan said his' Going formal on casual work dress NEW YORK (AP) — Dressing casual at work was supposed to make life easier But now confusion is rampant across corporate America with some stodgy types thinking casual means taking off your suit jacket and others showing up at the office in or with bare midriffs ratty Hie situation has gotten so bad that some businesses are hiring consultants to help peo-pl- e figure out what is appropriate for work — and what is better left at home One law firm has even teamed up with Polo Ralph Lauren and Esquire magazine to hold a “business casual” seminar for its attorneys next week "There is a lot of casual confusion out there people showing up at work in outfits that they wash their cars or walk their dogs Dress down do’s and don’t raosnins Decant athletic Button-dow- ehbts n Sweaters Drees sandals umni axnmc Btazere Drees sandals Sldrts Nonverbal Communication and Dress Down for Success" “Companies are realizing that it isn’t so easy to go casual In fact it can cause some headaches" - 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