Show r Vol 91 Naj34 Saturday May 13 2000 i BridgertancTa Pally Newspaper V4' $ I Inside 02000 Logan Utah £ &' 50 § Ml Governor says he is trying to transform Utah into Silicon Valley Jr SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — In a bid to transform Utah into Silicon Valley Jr Gov Mike Leavitt said he will begin aggressively wooing h to to them convince companies expand into the state In the next month Leavitt said he plans to travel to California’s Bay Area and meet with chiefs of com- puter companies to find out what they will need when they look to high-tec- expruid He hopes to build the state’s infrastructure to fit their needs and imple- ment a recruiting plan by August The governor hopes the Wiley Alliance will create a new generation of jobs for the 21st century and make Utah a Utah-Sili-c- on '' Sky View begins state touma- ment with a win Friday Page 11 Update ? high-payi- ng hub The governor said high costs of! office space and salaries in the San Rrandsco area are preventing companies from growing the way they would like He said Utah’s proximity to Silicon Valley and its highly educated work force make the state a natural for the Bay Area overflows “I believe Utah can become the and place to grow your company in doing that we’ll become the next great place for venture start-up- " Leavitt said Friday at a meeting of the Utah Taxpayers Association a tax watchdog group As an example of the type of company Leavitt is romancing the gover- high-tec- h pro-busine- nor pointed to Ten North Inc a rapidly expanding Silicon Valley software company Ten North founder CJ Fitzgerald said the price of growing in San Francisco was so high that the com pany — which has grown by 450 percent in the past year — decided to open a satellite office in Salt Lake City It will eventually employ 75 people in Utahi “This is not about just taking Silicon Valley's spillover’' Leavitt said Once the companies relocate it's h more likely that employees will dream up new companies that will stay in Utah Partners in the governor’s initiative will include venture capital firms high-tec- Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers Accel Partners and APV Tcchnolo- gies! attorneys and an investment banker along with Utah businesses such as Novell During his comments Leavitt also said the existing sales tax system dcs-perate need of an overhaul with tra- ditional retailers and online sellers treated equally ‘The sales tax system is a mesS It will not work in the 21st century” the governor said “We will not be able to- sustain the inequity that is created innately when are treated differently than retailers” Others on a panel earlier in the day I i V: Valloy writers urges new system for primaries doc-phobi- a? INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The smallest states would vote first and the biggest would wait till last in the next Repub lican presidential primaries under a plan endorsed by state GOP leaders Friday over the objections of the large states The state leaders postponed a decision on whether to exempt Iowa and New Hamjv shire from the plan and allow them to retain their status That question will be left for this summer's Republican National Convene tion which also will consider the primary plan The bigger states will have more clout at the Philadelphia convention The subject gained urgency this year after both parties' winners were decided by early March before half the states had held primaries or " t Minneapotis-S- Paul Star Tribune Michael Haug of Brooklyn Park Minn is married to a model patient His wife Diane Haug never misses an annual checkup and heads to the doctor as soon as she or one of the " couple's three young boys is ill But Michael avoids doctor visits as much as possible It was only -after much prodding from Diane " and after she called to make a recent appointment that the graphic designer grudgingly consented to his first physical exam in years “I don’t know what it is" he said “It’s not that I'm scared of going it’s just that I don’t I guess it never seems like a priority” When it comes to medical care — or lack of it — there are plenty of !men whose attitudes and habits mir-ror Haug’s Men don’t see Or cians as often as they worse they putit off until it’s too physi-shou- ld ilate In March an independent report confirmed what frustrated wives and partners have long observed Commissioned by the Common- wealth Fund a New health research foundation the report found that a significant number of men are ‘‘dangerously out of : touch" with the health-car- e system One out of three men had no regular doctor compared with one in five womenAnd the majority of men ‘said they wait at least a week or as long as possible before getting care when they are sick or in pain ‘‘Men take better care of their cars and trucks than they do their York-bas- i Weather That’s more like it! 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" ' ' - WUuiVHerald Journal Aleisha Jorgensen left and MlncH Kidd from White Pina Elemsiritaiy School In Richmond work on creating dream catchers at the Utah State Fine Arts Bulking Thursday morning The two Mxttigrade students Joined other Cache Valley middle schools tor the Young Writers’ and Artists’ festival titled Dream Catcher 2000" By Arrin Brunson staff writer outAt ' ' educators who help host the event which draws more and more talent each year Representatives from North Cache 9 Center South Cache 9 Center White Pine Willow Valley Spring Creek Cedar Ridge and Mount Logan middle schools presented their original work Host Guy Ray Pulsipher who worked for 34 years as a teacher and school administrator oversajv one group of students His goal was to get them to relax so they could read their written work “I was amazed I knew kids had great potential" Pulsipher said “It always thrills me when kids come out with their accomplished feat when they do what they are capable of 8-- ' 8-- was a cool spring morning and the cloudless sky was as blue as the ocean It was the perfect day for a hike in the mountains to find a myste- rious hidden lake” ' When Marina Murray 13 of Smithfield penned her short story she wrote about what die likes — castles and ghosts The North Cache eighth-gradrecently read her work to peers and professors at Utah State University at the ninth annual Young Writers and Artists Fest in Logan Murray was just one of approxi- mately 350 students from seven middle schools inCache Valley to participate in the event Thursday in the Chase Fine Arts Center on Utah State University campus Sherry Anderson a teacher at South Cache 9 Center is one of many 'j-- er 8-- doing” Kathy Christiansen a Cedar Ridge Middle School language aits teacher the festival with Jeri who Malouf said written entries come in the form of autobiographies poetry fiction essays and foreign language co-chai-rs Young members of the North Cache Jazz Band performed at the beginning of the festival Sixty artistic entries done in various mediums were on display in the Tippets Gallery of the Fine Arts Center “Every student who comes is a winner” Christiansen said "There are no prizes If they make it here they have been selected from their school as an outstanding student and writer” The event has many purposes Christiansen said One goal of the festival is to help develop students' writing and art abilities and to give them a forum where their abilities can be recognized The locale gives students an opportunity to nib shoul-- : ders with university people community members and other people their age who share the same interests and talents Christiansen said Malouf a language arts teacher at North Cache 9 Center established 8-- - al ‘ nominee “I don't want the headlines to be about how we arc going to elect a president in 2004 1 want them to be about electing this president” said Susan of Texas a Weddington ber of the party's rules memcom- mittee Committee member Robert Bennett of Ohio added' “Realistically this is a battle and we feel we arc getting the short end of the stick" Bennett did win approval for setting up a subcommittee including both opponents and proponents to try to adjust the proposal so it will win the endorsement of more slates Jim Nicholson chairman of the Republican National Com- mittee said the proposal would make the primary See WRITE on Page 10 process more meaningful Valley views on topics of the day Question: What do you think about USU President George Emert leaving? By Ann Bluemlein staff writer w Y d: 4 ilhthe announcement that Utah State University President George Emert will retire in December people have been reviewing what they know about the man The Herald Journal asked five people rt this week what they outside of the about resignation Some had thought ' ft Vartyna Hanris North Logan Anita McHalta Logan Lynn Kkkl Logan Diana Humphries Enterprise Wal-Ma- When railroads met Sunday Focus wwwhjnewscom r never heard from or seen the president “With all the controversy on what he has been doing lately it's probably good for the university and city said Lynn Kidd of Logan Kidd said he did disagree with the See VIEWS on Page "Well it WBS "With all the hisdedsion' controversy on what he has been doing lately it's probably good for the university and city” good for him11 to felt he did a good job But I disagreed with "I his spending measures” thought he was a pretty good "I guess he was both good and bad I have heard he likes to spend money" "I i t I—'-- M ' vV' Several of the' large states' leaders warned that the change could lead to a floor fight at the convention and distract show of from the hoped-fo- r solidarity behind the presiden-ti- ! -- rst caucuses Write on: Youth talent revealed My two conts worthCache Index Classified small-states-fi- ed See HEALTH on Page 10 Covnics ' See HOPE on Page 10 Do most men have secret ByJiNBarcum ' i mmimn I ' |