Show 7" Three Aggies sigh NFL deals free-age- nt — B1 Pivotal game at the Delta Center — B1 I Logan- Bridgerland’s DailyTJewspapet Wbalhor - UtahJL® 20031 $-5- 0 Fire damages Utah Water Research Lab Ready for some more rain? — PageAlO Update EffllZZZZ Iraqis celebrate new freedom to commit sin By Jason Bergreen staff writer According to USU Police Lt Steve Milne the fire started on the roof near the middle of die building where contractors were using a propane torch to repair the roof Workers were heating a temporary patching substance so it would adhere to the roofs surface Milne said it was not known if the torch or the heated material started the fire Fire crews scaled the building on ladder trucks and ufed axes to cut away pieces of the roof to determine ' ' Fire crews from across the valley scrambled to help extinguish a blaze that damaged the roof Qf the Utah Water Research Laboratory Monday afternoonWider tenders and ladder trucks from Logan North Logan Smithfield Hyrum and Utah State University responded to the fire shortly before 4 pjaMonday on Canyon Road Rrepicture — A3 7— if the fire had spread into the build- ing Milne said it appeared that insu- ltron on the roof may have been burned but that the steel roof may have kepfthe fire from spreading Milne said it was unclear how many people were in the laboratory when the fire started but that every- body had been accounted for No injuries were reported Estimated damage to the lab was unknown at press time Fire crews spent several hours Monday monitoring and investigating damage to the lab ‘ Researchers at the water lab study plant material and the effects of floods and erosion near lakes and streams Milne said Estimates of damage to the lab were not available at press time mw Ddm® IflBstoirsf BAGHDAD Iraq (AP) — When the Atlas Cinema last showed “Blue Chill” people screamed: “Yes! Yes!” every time the actors began kissing only to see die scratched reel jump to the next scene On Monday they sat in awed silence as they viewed formerly forbidden sex “The movie is much more beautiful now because there’s sex" said a beaming Mohammed Ifcher 18 Since Saturday when the theater reopened with a freshly uncensored et version of the American flick he has seen “Blue Chill” three times! Baghdad has gone through a revolution in the past three weeks casting off decades of censorship and state control with shock and awe Banned books satellite dishes and video CDs are now sold pn the street — as are alcohol and women Nobody knows how long the permissiveness will last Iraq’s American governors brought together Iraqi political leaders Monday to discuss a new government and many Baghdadis believe that once it’s in place some of their freedoms will disaplow-budg- pear Conservatives are counting on it Horrified by the changes some Iraqis blame America for what they call a cultural degradation If it continues for long they promise to rise up in a holy war against the US forces occupying their country “Everything against Islam everything we hate has been imported by the Americans-lika disease” said merAbbas Hamid a chant “We’ll fight them We’re tired now but we’li rest up and use our guns to drive the Americans out” For now Hamid appears to be in the minority as Iraqis excitedly discover 'worlds of vice — and virtue too — long forbidden by the repressive regime of Saddam Hussein: Teenagers gape at Christina Aguilera’s navel via brand-ne- w ' A house reported to be the oldest Quick read Go to The Herald Journal Wdb site wwwhjnewrscom to cast your vote on today's survey question See Friday's newspaper for results and a new question in Idaho is moved through the streets of Franklin on Monday morning The home was being relocated to the city park Pioneer house to be preserved By Mark Randall staff writer the Hatch House another of the tiny town’s historic buildings The Idaho Historical Society is planning on restoring the house “I’m really excited to have it preserved” said Ann Harris whose built the home The one room sandstone home sat for years behind the family property at 48 N 3rd East in They crossed the ocean in a Mormon immigrant ship from England then walked across a continent as part of the first handcart company before settling in Franklin Idaho Now John and Ann Doney’s little sandstone house — believed to be the oldest home in the state — will be preserved forever in the Franklin Historic District The house built in 1864 was lifted from its foundation Monday and moved to the city park behind SeeSINonAlO Mitch MascaraHerald Journal Franklin the first town in Idaho was settled in 1860 by Mormon pioneers who came to the northern edge of Cache Valley to take advantage of the fertile soil The Doneys were among the first a residence along the banks of the Cub River in what was known as “the old foil" “They each had a cabin in the fort ami then four years later they started building their homes” said Harris’ sister LaDawn Allen John who was 33 and Ann Doney who was 24 came to America from Liverpool England on a Mormon immigrant ship and joined the first Mormon handcart company under Captain Edmund 13 families to set up " great-grandpare- Franklin in Franklin I Ellsworth in 1836 “They had an child (Ann T Doney) that came with them” Allen said “The child got sick while they were on the ocean and they prayed that the child would live until they got to land It was about six days after they land' ed that the child died” A second daughter Mary Jane was born during the trek across the Great Plains near the Sweetwater River in Wyoming “The day that she had the baby she had walked 22 miles” Allen said “They had a few wagons with Sec HOME on A10 Important note: This is not a scientific survey Results simply reflect the opinions of some of the people visiting the newspaper's Webpage Iraqi delegates agree Today’s question Do you sing in the shower? a) Yes to Jbuild government b No Friday’s survey results Did you care that Utah's Carmen Rasmusen was voted off of the America Idol contest? Answers Number Percent 54 169 a) Yes 266 831 bj No 7ofa respondents: 320 BAGHDAD Iraq (AP) — Delegates from inside and outside Iraq agreed Monday to hold a nation-buildimeeting next month and fashion a temporary Hussein government that the United States predicted could be in place within days after that Iraq’s new American administrators charting the future of the land they invaded secured the pledge to meet again in May from a multiethnic assortment of delegates It represents the first specific 'timetable for trying to assemble the foundations of democracy in postwar Iraq and a more secure tomorrow ng wwwhjnewscom 179 most countries BANGKOK Thailand ( AP) — The World Health Organization said Monday the worst of the SARS outbreak appears to be over in Singapore Hong Kong and Canada while Vietnam has become the first country to contain the highly infec- tious respiratory disease But SARS is spreading in China even as the government takes increasingly aggressive steps to halt the disease said David Heymann the chief of communicable Tests throw doubt on chemical find— A6 post-Sadda- m Index 8 WHO says SARS has peaked in - 9 “I think we have enough I V come up with aroad map " said US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad adding that an administration could be in place within weeks Monday's daylong conference coincided with a date that had been a national holiday: It was ' Saddam Hussein’s 66th birthday “Today on the birthday of Saddam Hussein let us start the democratic process for the children of Iraq” the US civil See IRAQ on A10 to V A municipal official wearing a mask goes off duty after watching over residential houses marked in quarantine areas in Hangzhou Zhejiang eastern China on Monday : Heymann who is in Bangkok to attend an emergency summit on SARS of Southeast Asian leaders Tuesday said the situation is worrisome in China See SARS on A8 1 ' |