Show V" "V--n I ' ' ": " -- '" ( ' - i - '"':V 'v'-- 1 ' ' V' j'5 r ' ' A1 ' : ' Saturday April 29 2000 Tha Herald Journal Logan Utah Page3 4- Rodder Input USU students retain top © O -'- V By Arrin Brunson staff writer ? ' ' many of the other teams had corpo-rate sponsors and budgets three and four times the size of the Aggie team ' The competition in Wichita Kansas two weeks ago didn't stress the USU seniors who began prepar- ' For the second year in a row mechanical and electrical engineering students from Utah State Univiersity won first place in the Design-BuilFly event sponsored by the American Institute of Aeronautic and Astronautics CESSNA and the Office of Naval Research 0jbf 'w Hey hit those books and pass the test! Hey AP history students itSkjv View If you are reading this it means you're not studying for the test Get back to work Remember if you don't pass the test it's Mayo sandwiches and cheap noodles for you! 1 - well-reput- ' ed program Oklahoma State USU's rival iq the annual competition and X senior team members decided to prove their plans would actually according to Bryce McEuen 24 a work Each team member designed a mechanical engineering major different part of the aircraft and once “It was just a relaxing weekend for the plans were finalized the engi- c - Under the tutelage of Warren Phillips a professor in mechanical and aerospace engineering a remote control airplane built by 13 USU seniors outperformed powerhouse teams from Italy and Turkey as well as dozens of competitors from prestigious schools in the United States such as MIT and Georgia Tcch: which has a engineering the race: USU team members who quickly realized they would have extra battery power available decid- ed to make use of the resource and modified the plane to carry a fifth liter of Water Moffitt and the other engineers said the classes they had taken at USU before they built the plane prepared them to successfully modify the plane with ease Although the flying machine has been proven worthy of its missions in : the sky spectators shouldn't expect to see it flying above Cache Valley the young engineers said McEuen said he and the other students wouldn't be taking it out for any spins Instead it will be hanging' in the engineering building at USU “We want to leave it in pristine condition so we're hot going to take any chances with it now? McEuen ing their design last September d- Sound we've had with this thing - just seeing exactly what the plane can do" Christensen said Friday afternoon Alter taking first place in the competition for their design report the us because we took our plane it was ready to fly and we fiew and it flew the way it was designed to fly” he V said '' v" A showboat flight at the Bridger- land Remote Control flying field west of the Logan-Cach- e Airport Friday afternoon was the last one the seven by six foot vehicle will make ' for a while teammates said Jonathan Christensen 24 a mechanical aero- span engineering student said it was fun to see what the plane could do "This is probably the most fun neering students reviewed the plans together and built it as a team They finished the project on April 14th the day of the competition ! Rules of the Design-Build-F- ly competition required all contestants to design a vehicle that would carry four liters of water USU's remote control airplane underwent some changes Blake Moffitt 24 an aerospace engineering student said At the event because high winds approached 30 miles per hour the judges added time limits to nd last-minu- te said:' hj' J' t '''f Have yon heard that Logan city is laying off over halfof their employees? It's due The Japanese have invented a shovel that will stand upon its own so now they don't have to pay all those people to stand there and hold up a shovel Thb is to the person In Thursday’s paper that said God Adam and Eve and that he also mated gay people and that we x should leave them alone that they belong too What the heck are you Idling me and my family that God created murderers child molesters drag addicts and the such and that we should just leave them akme too? Yes God created man and he led us make our own choices and we have to suffer the consequences of those choices Being gay is a choice God did not create them that cre-at- ed pray! - " Your superintendent of the ‘ claims school Cache County system to be an instructor of history and government Yet he finds no public probity for the common good in the Sound Off column Does this mean leader of eduthat a cation in die Tbp of Utah has no use for free speech and public dialogue? Wow! I will sign my name for Mr Norton-Foster Hinckley (but Ai: even Norton will have to admit to the readers that many many of the Founding Fathen wrote ubiklet- ten under false names to avoid fall out from Loyalist Tory and British opponents) 1' ed Gas price in Willard $142 per gallon Gas Price in Logan $158 per galhm I urge everyone to buy your gas in Brigham City I Why do the media and others blame the road andor road conditions for accidents? Headlines read: Icy conditions kill 3 If you read the article there is always a highway patrolman quoted as saying ‘They were driving too fast for the conditions'' Widening a road is not going to make conditions safer people will only drive faster While it’s tragic when people die on the road drivers need to take responsibility for their own actions while tying It saddens me to hear the Mormon Church's stance on gays in Scouting For an institution that professes love and acceptance the Mormon Church is one of the most intolerant and prejudiced instituThe tions I am aware of church's intolerance makes me want to pack my bags and leave The sad thing is 1 know what response I'll get: If you don't like it here then go We don't want your kind around anyway I hate to tell you but our ' kind have been in this valley along time contributing to the community in many ways Instead of our kind leaving perhaps it's time the Mormon Church reevaluates its intolerance and prejudice of others The world is welcome here? Given the Church's latest stance oo homosexuality — gays in Scouting See SOUND on Puget School nawa tip? Cal education reporter Arrin Branson 752-21- 21 ExL 3826 abrunsonOhjnewscoi9 Got a local mwi tip? Cal Cy Edtor Ntoola Farrel Exl 3023 nfantlOhJnewicom 752-212- 1 BrstU SlevansHerald Logan City Firefightare ptk the shine on ptatform Track number 70 On 'V effectively K should have five Continued from Page the job for free sometimes there is mentality that somebody's going 'to lake their job Although that is not the case it is a valid perception e The program will hopefully defuse that situation" The volunteer force which consisted of about a dozen people with varying kwh of training was dis- banded six months ago after con- diets between paid and volunteer firefighters compelled the depart- ment to eliminate the program Although Dextras felt the pro- gram could successfully augment the department's existing staff he 1 discussed in greater detail once a new fire substation is built near part-tim- Utah State University Dextras anticipates a positive response from the city because the plan saves it money in health insurance and benefits that are required e for employees lie hopes the integration of a part- time staff would diffuse many of the conflicts that led to the collapse of the volunteer program v "People take a great deal of pride — as they should — in their occu- - a weP staffed day the station mans the track full-tim- : H I ' - ' fjf three people To with ‘ J use the track most 'A & the administrative side as well as from the labor side to entrust volunteers with some responsibilities" After several months of internal conflict the general feeling of the staff was that if a volunteer force wasn't going to be effective the department needed to take a step hack and look at alternatives ’ required Ideally the volunteers would have been used for the more suming roles and responsibilities" That meant freeing up paramedics "timc-con-t- truly Journal he for medical services instead of fighting fires The stumbling blocks said Dextras were a lack of trust between paid firelighters and volunteers and a lack of departmental training "Our intent was to get more pie interested in this line of work while offsetting some of our staffing said "But as the pro- problems" - Dextras said the staff felt the reserves would inhibit the departe ment's ability to hire peo- - nt full-tim- P "The concept of volunteers is really good but they do1 only augment a paid staff" said Dextras “Sometimes there arc some hurdles to overcome in combining people paid and people volunteering" said its implementation Wasn't received with the support and effort Students get handle on tools of many trades By Arrin Branson staff writer HYDE PARK - The zip of a battery powered hand drill the whir of a computer generating images in AutoCAD the rustle of blueprints and the flick-flic- k of a snake's tongue are a few of the sounds Cedar Rulge Middle School students overhead at the school's first annual Tool Fair Friday Farmers nurses chemists hair dressers travel and insurance agents interior designers plumbers carpenters orthodontists and of course teachers were on hand to show youngsters the tools of their trades in the gymnasium of the Richmond school Teddy Reck 12 of Hyde Park carried his pencil and a worksheet as he visited the various stations where he questioned the presenters about the services they provide to the commu- nity Teddy already wearing the appropriate buzz haircut said he fixed talking to the soldiers at the Army Reserve's display Although he's never tried it Teddy said he'd be willing to shoot a firearm if he had to go to war as well as travel around the world Max Kirschman 12 of North Logan agreed with his peer Army staff sergeant Randy Churchman showed the curious preteens the cam- ouflage uniforms dehydrated food and radar programs used in combal “The Army- - that's awesome The hummer was the best part and they gave you a lot of free stuff - maga- zines pencils stickers and stuff" Max said "Well now 1 want to be in the Army but before 1 wanted to either make movies or play baseball" Cedar Ridge career center coordinator Lisa Anhdcr who organized the dozens of volunteer presenters said she isn't worried about Max's sudden change in career plans At this age it is highly unlikely that the middle schoolers would know for sure what they want to be when they grow up she said "At sixth grade level our goal is just to expose kids to different jobs" Anhder said "We don't want to pinpoint them We want them to just see various jobs to give them an idea of goals that they can set as they get into junior high and high school" Eric Curtis 11 Smithfield liked the zoology display where he held a yellow corn snake that came from Key West Florida Larry Brown a scientist at Thiokol shared his collection of snakes reptiles and amphibians He explained that research sometimes requires zoologists to mark measure and sex a variety of animals Brown has even collected rattlesnake venom which was sold to laboratories and serum used to make A favorite display for the girls was fashion design hosted by Colette Pulsipher of Avon Pulsipher who teaches fashion merchandising at the anti-veno- m Bridgerland Applied Technology-Cente- r computer technology and communication to the young students The first annual Tool Fair at Cedar Ridge Middle School was a fitting celebration that end to a month-lon- g allowed students to explore careers in their school and throughout the community at various job sites Anhder thanked the volunteers who provided expertise generously shared their time and (nought supplies to share with the students in Logan said the career is a viable option for men as well as women "You've got to consider Calvin ' Klein Ralph Lauren and some of those famous male fashion designers" she said "I'm showing them everything from patterns to textiles We are also using the'computer a lot in designing nowadays" Likewise some of the young In brief Bus Road-E-- 0 to be held today The 2000 Utah North Regional Road-E-- 0 is from 9 am to 4:30 pm today at Mountain CRst High School 255 S 800 East Hvram The public is invited to observe the event in designated spectator areas School Bus Safety women at the tool fair showed interest in fields traditionally dominated by males Jana Hull 13 of Hyde Part said she is interested in becomNorthern ing an architect some day Although where bus drivers from she chose architecture as one possible Utah will compete in safety skills career choice much earlier the dis- events A food Kwth with hamburgand drinks will be set up play by Design West architect Larry ers hot dogs the costs of those sponcover the more her about to help llcpworth taught the event stressed use the of worth soring subject Hep i |