Show fV vWvO ' - I ff erMM Locd state and regional news A In brief Two sdftxDoDs Smithfield ByHoMWMsi Sky View High staff writer Sty View High School will be holding parentAeachra conferences from 4 to 6:30 pm on Monday April 7 There will be an early release firm school Conferences will be held in individual classrooms different this spring and summer according to Logan City School District Superintendent Richard Jensen If all goes according to plan students will be returning to newly remodeled facilities this coming fall ‘These are old schools but they are still structurally sound” said Jensen The remodeling is going to really - meets with parents Ellix and Arinina FJivmtary Schools will be looking a little bit Utah IRS offers extensions for April 15 deadline A deadline is a deadline is a dead- -' line unless you ask for an exten- sion The Internal Revenue Service issued a reminder Tuesday that taxpayers may receive an automatic extension for filing their tax returns simply by asking That does not mean that taxpayers have longer to pay their tax bill though Any taxes due must still be sent to the IRS before April IS Only die paperwork of the tax return may be put off until July 15 after receiving an extension according to the statement from the IRS Taxpayers may request an extension by filling out Form 4868 and mailing it to die IRS Or they may submit a request over the telephone or through the Interoet Taxpayers to request may call an extension but they should first fill out Form 4868 as a worksheet to prepare for the call The IRS Web Thursday April 3 2003 improve the school euvuonmenL” Jeitsen said the total cost to remodel both buildings will be approximately $900000 which will come from die capital outlay fund The money from capital outlay is desig- nated for building improvements upgrades and maintenance Over die past few years portions ft© A3 bot mow of money in die fund have been ' reserved specifically to help defray the cost of construction of the district’s new ele- aside money in capital outlay for the new elementary school So if the cost aided up being more than $9 million die money would be there mentary school In the end interest although the bulk rates and bids for the roraMfionr8 “We might even get new school woe Iowa than expected ailtO-flUS- h bonding Jensen toilets" said said Jensen so the The majority money the district Sim Sorensen saved in capital outof die funds to Ellis Elementary principal lay to supplement build die new school come the project became from $224 milavailable for other lion in bonds that were issued in improvements 1997 The district set aside $9 milThe district began to prioritize lion of that money pr the new needs to allocate the funding Ellis school said Jensen so funding for and Adams Schools were bumped to the project would be there when the the top of the list said Jensen district decided to build Building “We’ll be doing some things to costs increase over time he said bring the schools up to ADA (Ameriwhich is why the district chose to set cans with Disabilities Act) compli- - - ance and there are some safety and security issues that need to be looked at” Jensen said Ellis Elementary Principal Sue Sorensen said the changes are necessary and faculty staff and students are excited Remodeling wiH begin immediately after the board approves a bid she said which will hopefully be within the next couple of weeks Plans for Ellis include remodeling the bathrooms putting lights above the stalls and widening one stall in each bathroom for wheelchair access Fresh paint and new mirrors will give the bathrooms a whole new look “We might even get auto-flutoilets” Sorensen said crossing ha fin sh 8s- - See FACE on A9 four-mon- th Ecologist speaks to Aggies on nature laws By Hekll Thiwson staff writer Janies MacMahon says he was once asked by a fellow ecologist “Who do you think you are : God?” siteiswwwirsgov The IRS expects to receive 85 million extension requests this year The government also gives an automatic extension for taxpayers whose primary place of employment is outside of the US or Puerto Rico Those serving on active duty in a combat zone for the armed forces have an even longer automatic extension Merely being out of the US on April 15 however does not qualify a person for either of these automatic extensions the IRS said “I thought about it for a minute” MacMahon joked : In all seriousness he said ecologists now know enough about ecology to design novel ecosystems by combining species that don't occur together in nature — in a limited sense playing God These approaches may be used in' certain circumstances lie said and they can be successful if natural rules are used " MacMahon who spoke to Utah State University students at a landscape architecture conference last week attempted to resolve the apparent contradiction between combining species that don’t occur together in nature and following “natural rules” Agendas V The Ttanton Town Council will meet tonight at 7:30 at town had 17 E Main Agenda items include: Discussing a business license for Maria Trowbridge Reviewing building permits from February Discussing municipal election ordinance Discussing resolution for countywide mosquito abatement district Discussing town legal services Discussing new water system Discussing fire department business El LuceroHerald Journal To IU OQtoh UdlVl I V The Cache County School District Board of Education wi meet in an executive session to dtocuss student personnel at 6:45 tonight prior to the echeduled study session thet wil begin at 7 V The Hyrum City Council meets at 7:30 pm today in the Civic Center 83 W Main Agenda items include: Holding a public hearing on an amend- merit to make sexually oriented businesses a condMonal use in the 1 manufacturing M-- zone 2 law enforcement Hearingma report non! onGnTT Lynn norkxi Considering an ordinance tor licensing 2001-200- sexually oriented businesses and their - mployeee V The Logan Planning Commission meets at 5:30 tonight in the Logan Munici255 N Main St Agenda pal Chambers ' kpmsi ' for a subdivision Considering and boundary Nne acfustment tor a seven-lo- t subdMsibn at 365 S 500 WM Considering a design review for a Fazoft restaurant at 1475 N Main St six-l- ot sutxfvision for Temple HM Town Homes at 215 E 200 North Considering design review and conditional-use permit tor portable refrigeration' container at 1000 W 200 North Considering a design review and use permit for a project at 222 W Golf con-dtlon- 60-un- Gun left tries to avoid being tagged out by sales steady during war By Jason Bargroen staff writer just before the war began but have flattened out since He said it was hard to determine if the increased sales were related to international think it’s a true fact that lot of Utahns are already pretty well A armed” More than ever people are also affairs educating themselves on gun safety Naylor said “We have adults looking it and know their children to more wanting ‘There's been a slight increase but Cache Valley confronts war about it and I think it’s been good for our country” he said “ A lot of very slight” Val Spillett e of Al’s Sporting Goods said people became new and them lot “A are of (customers) 11 since and it “We’re selling a few more handguns— Sept gun owners guys that will buy a gun every two continues” than we normally do and military ' Don Bienvenu lead caliber (ammo) is selling probably at months whietha they need one gun depart- not” he said a 5 or 10 percent increase in sales” salesman Gart Sports said ment Dave’s Den Inc Lynn Naylorof increased or sales have neither has been said an there gun Spillett said guns aid ammo sates increased decreased increase in 9mm 233mm and after Sept 11 and have stayed steady ammo Al’s 308mm military-styl- e “Probably since the war started “Afta Sept T 1 the nation experialso sold about five handguns a day (we’ve sold) maybe one gun a enced a huge increase in gun sales last week instead of its normal three week" he said “ Things slow and Utah did witness that but overall down after Christmas to four Rifle sales have remained but it always weaaw an increase in ammo sates does slow down after Christmas It's steady at six to eight pa week more than anything” Naylor said T kind of normal ” Spillett said gun sales picked up Some sporting goods stores and gun shops in Cache Valley have seen a slight increase in gun and ammo sales since the war with Iraq began while others have remained steady a OMEFRONTI Vice-Presi-de- nt a request Considering! design review and Qp AQQiG USU basketball player Mark Brown Jake Flores as Melissa Bingham watches during a dodgeba game at Greenville Elementary School on Wednesday Brown and other basketball NortflLo9an school to play with the class as a reward payerB camfl to al CoutseRd Sea AGENDAS on A10 first-tim- a a -- f Correction Haystack fire attacks Petersboro sheds Boot story in error Herald Journal staff report In a story on Tuesday it was reported that a parking service in Logan that had booted Mayor Doug Thompson's car had also booted 50 others According to Stan Smith the owner of Premier Parking Enforcement the lot at the Century East office building only contains around 25 stalls and the company only has 10 boots for its Logan office An early morning fire in Peters- boro Tuesday caused thousands of dollars in damage to several sheds and property Firefighters throughout the county respbnded to the fire in the 6000 block of West Center about 12:23 am “A guy was burning a couple of bales of hay the day before and I guess he thought they were out and the wind caught it and it' started a stack of hay on fire” Cache County Sheriffs LL Dave Bennett said About 1000 bales of hay and two sheds were destroyed The total loss was estimated about $3000 Bennett said “Fire units were able to extinguish the blaze but spent several hours on scene pulling apart the hay stack” a Bennett said Fire crews from Mendon Wells ville Hyrum Newton North Logan and Cache County helped fight the fire “The reason that all the units were there is because there’s no fire hydrants in that area so they had to bring their tankers” Bennett said No homes were affected by the fire and no injuries were reported I To point out the value of follow-- ! ' ing natural rules he drew from his in field the which experiences included an experimental project to revitalize land stripped of vegetation by mining In the experiment two methods were used to replant the site In one condition triads of plants were evenly spaced like corn rows so that theoretically the triads would- n’t have to compete with each other for water The rows were watered and fertilized In the other condition triads were clumped together and left alone the way plants often grow naturally The hope was that the clumps of plants would help each other trap nutrients The evenly spaced crop failed twice The clumps however grew larger plants and new plants cropped up A great example MacMahon saidi of how the natural system has power When humans do make changes to the ecosystem MacMahon said the secret is to pick the right scale to view the problem If you look too closely he said you get a lot of detail but it’s so specific to one level that it can’t contribute to generalizations In the past people have had tunnel vision when it comes to ecosystems MacMahon said citing the Egyptians’ use of the Nile to get hydroelectric power as an example “The Egyptians got hydroelectrical power but by tacking up the silt' they also slowed down the river which increased the population of the snails which carried a disease that causes people chronic illness” he said " What happens is that there are cascades of other relationships that create havoc all around you white you’re solving the one problem You may absolutely solve that problem but the consequences of solving one problem may be dramatic" ' |