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I ' The Herald Journal Logan Utah staff writer Cache Valley students earned top honors in the Northern Utah Regional History Fair held March 20 This year students were instructed to address the theme “Frontiers in History: People Places and Ideas”- They explored topics dealing withghe advancement of scientific intellectual and geographic - competed according to their age group in four different categories: historical papers exhibits performances and documentary media Northern region achievers include documentary junior category winner Burke Peterson sec- winner Sarah Callister first-pla- ond-pla- WELLSVILLE — Local officials say now is the time to conserve land — not when open space is almost gone And it’s a responsibility that should be shouldered by Cache Valley residents as well as municipalities The American West Heritage Center hosted the “Protecting Our Agriculture” seminar Tuesday Developers private land owners elected officials farmers and ranchers spent the entire day discussing ways to preserve open space Boiled down participants came away from the seminar with two concepts The first is that tools exist or can be created to preserve land The second is a question of whether valley residents are willing to use them Is open space important enough that e' Mount Logan Middle School Winners of the junior exhibit catee winners gory include and Lilia Sanchez Clark Stephen second-plac- e winners Ben Kuhns David Luecke and Cameron Davis winner Natalee Allen all of Mount Logan Middle School In the junior performance category Tony Moser won first place and Thomas Done wonsecond place Both boys are Mount Logan Middle School students Logan Thirkill' It was a snowy noon beginning to USU Air Force 860th Cadet Wing's silent march and vigil for prisoners of war and soldiers missing in action The height of the April snow- storm swirled with thick flakes as cadets marched along Logan’s Main Street in tribute to wounded and fallen comrades and those who suffered while held in war prison steal”' 'The pod was reported missing March 26 The hospital is offering a reward for the pod’s return said Shane Hone Logan Regional spokesman Logan police are investigating Anyone with information should call 8 ' camps march around The Logan city hall block and vicinity set off a series of vigil events Opening ceremonies in front of the Cache County Courthouse included poem and story readings honoring those left behind on battlefields those missing in action or stripped ' of dignify and humanity in crammed prison cells Cadets also honored POWs by taking turns in a small makeshift' cage that replicated those in prison Good neighbor’s experience detailed Ella Maughan featured iq Monday's Good Neighbor article has traveled extensively to sing under the direction of choir director Will Resting She participated in the rededication ceremonies for the Logan Tabernacle when it was in 752-212-1 - Ext 323 nfarreflOhjnewaxom ' te camps-- LuceroHerakf Journal County Courthouse Tuesday night Members of the USU Air Eli i Cadet Brian Hendricks sits in a cage outsidelthe Cache Force ROTC took turns sitting in the cage for 24 hours'to promote the importance POWs MIAs and veterans f For 24 hours cadets occupied the shifts held by an cage in armed guard A midnight vigil was also part of the tribute The event was planned and instigated by the local cadets said USU Cadet Instructor and ROTC Detachment Cmdr Walter Fink : The vigil’s goal was to promote the importance of remembering our POWs MIAs and veterans while ' also raising funds to support the ' American Legion Post The funds for the post said Cadet Col Brett Pierson will go directly' to the World War II Memorial being built in Washington DC The cadets solicited local business contributions based on hours cadets vowed to honor POWs in the "' small cage said Pierson' “It’s to symbolize those POWs that had to suffer being in prison camps They had to endure a whole lot more difficult times” Pierson said “We need to remember those POWs those MIAs the veterans who’ve gone to war who’ve sat in one-ho- ur ' - : ’ : ' remembering ' ' said' “My family has been working for this country since the start of it ' That’s why I've got a lot of pride ' cages smaller than this” Pierson told cadets' glancing at the uncomfortable wet makeshift prison — ' large enough to only sit or squat using calf muscles The only veteran who showed for the march and opening events was' ' Charles Hoffman of Logan ' -Hoffman served in Vietnam for eight and half months before Jie was ' ' ': wounded : serving iii the military I Wear my colors proudly I am not ashamed" ' he said 'Hoffman said the ceremonial event was the first he's attended that's honored both POWs and MIAs But he said he's' shied away from' others because of the social stigma attached to Vietnam veterans “But I've walked up to other vc though and said ‘Welcome 7 home my brother’ because they are my brothers and they're your broth- ers too” he told the cadets 7 : “If you wear the uniform of this country be proud of that fact" he said to the group : ' The event culminated this morn- ing with closing ceremonies ' query Mature writer 1 By Arrin fire' in the Allen and Alice Stokes Nature Center sur- - Brunson staff writer rounded by fifth-grade- rs from Millville Elementary School LOGAN CANYON — Cache Valley rolled out the red carpet for author Barry Lopez Tuesday whose Com- -' ments were aimed to inspire writers of all ages' ' As part of a tour spon- sored by the larie- Eccles ' Caine Foundation and the American Studies Plrtigram Lopez addressed his first Lopez has written 1 3 books including “Desert NotesRiver Notes” and “Arctic Dreams” One fan ' qf Lopez’s award-winnin- g works Matt Burkhart said he appreciates the writer's efforts to create environ- mental and cultural awareness with rich powerful and eloquent language Millville teachers Scott - local audience Tuesday afternoon in a setting much like those he has described in many of his published" Carles Leslie Deschaine works Snow dusted Logan and Rocky Maughan preCanyon as Lopez sat by a pared their 10-- and 1 1 year- old students for the author's visit by studying Lopez’s “Crow and Weasel” which won the Parent’s Choice Foundation Award in 1990 Shawn Christensen’ IQ son of Jim and Margo -- ' Christensen of Millville said he kept a journal as he read the adventures of the characters The story was interesting to read and taught a lesson about devel-opin- g relationships with Christensen others : explained For more than an Lopez patiently ’ hour’ and - AGENDAS on Page 4 Of dered patriotic service Hoffman said he grew up with the idea that it was his job to fight for his country “My war was Vietnam My cousin's war was Korea My dad's ' war and (his) four brothers' was World War II And my grandmother was a DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution)" Hoffman ' ' Clarification Got a local new tip? Cal City Editor Nicole Farm! don’t' want to sell their land to devel oring the property rights of their residents" Church said “It’s just a lackof will to use the tools” ’ In what is being called a “bizarre theft” a hyge Deseret Industries donation pod was stolen frotn Logan Regional Hospital The donation pod 18 feet long and 9 feet tall was left several ' weeks ago to help collect donations for a Wellsville family whose home was severely damaged by fire last month The mother works at the hospital v According to Deseret Industries Manager Steve Stowers the pod was almost full when missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints noticed it was missing “I think everyone assumed we picked it up but we hadn’t” he said “We would really like it back It would be a difficult thing to: ' conservation easements Farmers who wish to leave the business but' 24-ho- ur Donation trailer for fife victims stolen v House of Representatives One' option is to raise money for can’t sell his land and get money he was depending on for retirement “Cities have the authority to conserve space but they believe in hon- nptfree” In brief use a a temple minority leader of the 'Montana field training yearbook titled “Freedom is not Free” “I thought about a graveyard at the bottom of the sea Of unmarked graves at Arlington No freedom is ' f Daniel Kemmis former speaker and s wondered just how many times thalTaps have meant ‘amen’ When a flag covered a coffin of a brother or a friend” Utah State University ROTC Air Force Cadet Stefanie McFarland read those words of an unknown author Tuesday The poem was in a 1 ' setbacks” said keynote speaker council may be committed to preserving land but il'-- a different story when you' have to tell a friend he “T ’ve School won third place in the junior historical papa1 category Rebecca Pierce of Logan High School won second place in the senior exhibit category and Menaka Kalaskar of Logan High won second place in the senior historical paper category The Northern Utah Regional History Fair was presented by the Utah History Fair and Weber State’ University The Utah History Fair is a program of the Mountain West Center for Regional Studies at Utah State University It is funded by the ' Utah Division of State- History the Utah Humanities Council and Brigham Young University Winners will compete at dm state contest 716-546- “If you’re going to be involveid in this you need to be in it for the long term because there are going to be staff writer also of Mount Logan Middle 1 lies also with valley residents not just local leaders officials said There are setbacks though that come not just at the state level but rather at the local community level David Church attorney for the Utah League of Cities and Towns painted a scenario What happens when a farmer who lives in a rural town wants to sells his hay fields to a developer? The town By Paul Allen first-plac- r “cluster” houses together on smaller lots The leftover area could be used to build a park for example They can zone open space areas as “agriculture” which prevents or lim- its residential development But the ability and responsibility Vigil raises POWM1A awareness ce third-plac- e conserve open space They can approve more developments that counties to pass a 08 cent sales tax addition The funds would have been dedicated to land trusts within the county The legislation was never opers have options Public land trusts can be organized locally and set up to protect a specific resource like agricultural lands Trusts usually protect land through conservation easements IRS code allows a landowner to receive significant tax benefits when development rights are given up to a land trust for the protection of “various conservation resources" according to the Utah Critical Land Conservation Committee The committee was created by Goy Mike Leavitt in 19 to advocate land conservation Land trusts assist the owners in designating their property for preservation while receiving economic benefits ' Some legislators have asked the state to assist local land trusts: For the past three years former slate Rep Evan Olsen lobbied to allow ce and third-placwinners Nathan Jensen and Joseph Burns all of and Page 3 4 2001 residents will take action? There are ways a municipality can By Tucker Heap staff writer By Arrin Brunson Students April open spaces addressed History fair winners announced frontiers: Wednesday See WRITER on Page 4 ' 1: - 7 Brent StevenaHeraM Journal Elementary students ask' internationally acclaimed author Barry Lopez questions at Stokes Nature Center on Tuesday after-noon Millville |