Show Monday March 17 2003 Local state r? - & J'tf '' Logan teen seeks - J- V j fi- 4--H leadership By Jeremiah Stetder staff writer to Kristie Bezold is building : sx ( and regional news PROVIDENCE— The city of Providence wants to identifyand preserve its history before mote wbo remember the stories of the pfoneen become history themselves " The City Council on Tuesday sgreed to create a Historic Rrerervsr tioa Commission The commission will help die dty identify preserve protect and enhance die historic and cultural resources in the dty “I think it's a great idea” said Councilmember Vic Saunders The committee will consist of at ' least five members two of which must have a background in either history architecture architectural history archeology planning urban planning American studies Ameri-- : can civilization cultural geography or cultural anthropology ' The committee will also nominate for the National Register p properties j? and enforce laws relating to historic preservation Karl Seethaler owner of the Old Rock Church said cities that have a historic commission are eligible for grant money to help classify buildings in the city as hisland-ma- : m since elementary Bezold a school is the president and founder of team Mimd at htiikHiiff 4-H- l its self-estee- fldf-estee- state 4--H ambassadors the said Kathy Allan her adult advisor will tell you that Bezold has done just that The senior at Logan High School has been involved in the teen council for the past four years filling 4-- H after-scho- ol Good Noionbors mviijiiwvi a seat on the governing board since luL m die School “We wanted to do something that would impact teens in a positive way” MfchMascamHaraid Journal Kristie Bezold has done extra work seeking a position as one oMO Out of that aspiration arose the selfesteem team a group focused cm building die confidence of teens in die program at Ml Logan Middle School The pro- gram comes as a requirement for being considered as a state ambas- tadnr the planning of craft fairs and instruct- ed a handful of known as Cloverbuds But dns year Bezold’s involvement has reached a new level The jg Logan girl is trying to become one of 10 state ambassadors for the orga- nization — a position where she could help other teens pre-4-H’- 4-- H 4-- H Instead of a program as required by the ambassador appli- cation the Logan girl has extended m the team into a seven- month venture that will end after the three-mon- th self-estee- school year “I think she saw the potential of the program” said Cheryl Empey agent See SEEKS on A6 J ik toric Seethaler said he received a matching grant to help him restore the Old Rock Church which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places “I’m hoping other places can get some kind of matching grants” Seethaler said According the die rules of the National Historic Preservation a structure jnust be at least 70 years otduud hav some historic signifi-- r cance in the community Providence has two buildings which qualify the Old Rock Church which already has a historic designation and the residence belonging to Robert Lilieholm Seethaler assured the council that the commission would not impact any future redevelopment efforts Other historic preservation committees have received attention recently The Logan Historic Preservation - See HOPES on A8 In brief Utah J founder dies in plane crash SUN VALLEY Idaho (AP) — A weekend plane crash near the Little Wood Reservoir killed three people including Jay Call die founder of the Flying J Fuel Centers Blaine County sheriffs officials said the Cessna SOI crashed Saturday afternoon but was not found until Sunday morning Sheriff Walt Fending said crews began looking for the plane Saturday around 5 pm but search efforts were hampered by rain and heavy snow Also killed in die crash were ' Richard “Buzz” Germer recently retired vice president of Flying J and his wife Ilene The trio were reportedly flying from Salt Lake City to Ketchum They were going to the Gamers' home in nearby Hailey Officials said they do not know What caused the accident A crew from the National Transportation Safety Board in Salt Lake City was investigating the cause Call leaves behind a wife and two children The Germers had three children Call founded the Ogden- - based Flying J Fuel Centers in 1968 with two truck stops The company has grown to 154'travel centers which employee more than 11000 people I nationwide Call named the compa--? Ay Flying J fter his love of flying Agenda f The Airport Development Tfcak FOrce will meet at noon Monday at Ihe Copper MM Restaurant at 55 N Main Photos by Mitch MascaraHerald Journal Firefighters perform live-fi- re training in a century-ol- d Wellsville home before allowing it to bum to the ground loans® training teaches fi refighters valuable lessons Live-fir- e By Joe Rowley staff writer WELLSVILLE — William Walker and four of his siblings watched Saturday as their childhood home burned to the ground Though sisters Venna Saunders Dora Parkinson and La Von Maughan still live in the valley William traveled from Salt Lake City and his brother Lee Walker came from Brigham City home’s last day to see the century-ol- d “We just wanted to document the final demise” William explained with his video camera trained on the home The family knew the house would bum that day because the Wellsville City Fire Department was using it for live-fitraining The firefighters spent much of the morning lighting the home on fire putting it out and lighting the fire again to gain valuable experience in various fire situations It’s training that Blake Christensen said they can’t gain anywhere else “If we can bring somebody into this situation when we have control over it it’s much better than making them do it when we have re no control” firefighter Steve McBride said “We want to give them a good experience but keep them safe It gives them the excitement of seeing those flames” Safety is what it’s all about in a situation like this Assistant County Fire Chief John Keller told firefighters in the briefing to remember that even in a controlled situation they are still playing with fire — and live fire always makes him nervous Any freelancing or messing around and the offender would be taken out of action for the rest of the morning he warned Before burning the house! the fire department gutted it to an empty shell removing many of the walls the insulation the carpets and furnishings and making sure it was free of asbestos They boarded up the stairs to ensure no one would go to the upper floor and blocked off a closet space below the stairs There would be no surprises for the firefighters that morning Keller told the group Although a real fire is foil of unknowns there should never be any surprises in training he said Firefighters received a layout of the home beforehand and were told just where to find See HOUSE on A6 v IV M J'J w ft A- - Editor Journal Sunday school conference was held in our ward last Sunday March 8 We were favored with a visit from WW Maughan of the Stake Presidency Prof James H Linford SB Mitton and Charles H Skidmore of die Stake Sunday School board The first meeting convened at 10 am at which the exercises regular were gone through the visiting bretheren desiring to learn the progress of the school and the manna in which the classes woe conducted At 2 pm the afternoon session convened The house was well filled with children and parents After the usual opening exercises Superintendent Nephi Martineau reported the vJ r' : t : Firefighters use live fire bums to gain practical expewith unpredictable fire in a controlled aetting rience An accounting of Sunday school conference Editor’s note: Each week The Herald Journal republishes articles that ran in the newspaper 25 50 75 or 100 years ago Today's "Utah Then is from March 17 1903 Spelling and grammar appear hi the story as it was originally written - school as bang in a good thrifty condition The head teacher of each department reported in his respective work and expressed his felings as to continuing the same The teachers WG Reese and AJ Reese arranged a set of questions and answers covering the origin authorship and teachings of that sacred record The rendition of the exercise brought forth words of praise from the visiting bretheren who expressed themselves as bong highly pleased with the good show- ing and thriving condition of the Benson Sabbath school 1903 I desire to inform a number of your good citizehs living on “Wall Street” Mr Editor who ignorantly question or even censure the good judgement of the people of our ward in using sleighs that the sleighing between Benson and Logan across “the bottoms” is spelndid After this writing one can get around our ward better with a sleigh than with a wagon Before casting stones at our neighbors it is always best to first determine their conditions Yours respectfully “ZaZa" Benson March 10 1903 |