Show Trie Herald Journal Logan Utah Page 3 Friday April 6 2001 In brief Mom charged for hitting man she says staff writer bothered daughter A mother National Aeronautics and Space Administration says he expects the information collected by him for agriculture to be applied to other segments of the community Phil Rasmussen a past head of the university's plants soils and biometebrology department is serving as a special space Extension agent for the state of Utah as part of a unique partnership between the College of Agriculture and NASA His duties include training county agents in the state of Utah in areas such as Global Information Systems' Global Positioning Systems and remote sensing -- technologies that use satellites in space to provide data to help farmers become more and environmentally friendly Satellites can identify plant stress' insect damage or lack of water Which harm food sources Other space agent duties include developing new applications of existing technologies in response to fanners’ her daughter and 'making suggestive comments Lora Paddock Logari said Logan police were less than helpful after her daughter went to River Hollow Park on Monday and was followed by two men described as being in their early 20s “She came home in tears and said two guys were harassing her” she said “They were saying either ‘Hey baby where you going?’ or ‘Hey sexy baby’" Paddock called 911 and headed to the park where another group of boys said they had heard and seen the girl being followed She said she fpund the men and asked if they had been following a girl around “saying sick stuff to ter” She said the men denied saying anything to the girl Paddock contin- ued talking with the men ‘Theq one of them got in my face and told me he was going to have his wife teat me up” she said ‘That’s when I popped one of them” When police arrived on the scene Paddock said the officer who interviewed her daughter intimidated her “One officer took my husband and daughter in his car and talked with them” she said “Basically he kept' telling her she as just afraid and they didn’t do anything But that’s not what die said” Paddock was cited at the scene with simple assault a class B misde- f v “My role is to educate the public especially n TUTyo-- 'LiL ilSJlQ nt o iiciiu&wuijmig against o Utah’s working parents fates are decreasing but an increasing numbef of children are being placed in outside child care According to statistics complied by the Department of Workforce Services Office of Child Care the potential number of Utah children age 1 to 12 needing child care in 1999 was estimated at 142100 That figure is expected to increase to 154100 in 2003 ' Increased reliance on child care services isn't necessarily a bad thing for youngsters or their par- ents Research shows that children attendinghigh-qualit- y programs are more lik'elyio develop the language prcmaihematics and social skills they need io succeed in The Providence Planning Commis- sion voted 2 this week to approve the second phase of Brookside subdi- school- 3-- The trend does present-som- potential difficulties though A recent customer survey of Child vision Commissioners Wes Baer and Brent Crosbie cast the dissenting votes Care Resource and Referral parents showed 416 percent of respondents said “no openings” was a barrier to finding care Additionally 324 percent indicated that “schedule problems” was a barrier to finding care beyond the typical 8 am to 3 pm’ workday The reality according to a The phase includes the construction of the Spring Creek Parkway Developers had not planned to build the parkway until the third phase of the subdivision Due to protest by residents and lack’ - of sewer and road easements the report' called “Measures of Child in Utah 2000” is that g child care is a must and is not read- - commission and City Council previ- ously tabled the second phase Residents were concerned that the parkway would not be completed if something like a dip in the economy prevented the third phase’s construc- tion That would mean traffic from approximately 90 houses would use 200 North which residents described as inadequate to handle that demand as an access to the city Well-Bein- ily available Connie Schultz director of Bridgerland Child Care Resource and Referral in Logan said another danger lurks in hiring unqualified child care providers who might not supervision safe and healthy meals or surroundings who might physically or 'sexually abuse children ' d of all child care is ' being provided by' unlicensed caregivers Schultz estimated A third of providers are family members and the final third are licensed through the Utah State Office of Child Care It is no guarantee that children will receive quality care but hiring only licensed child care providers is one way to ensure that first aid and CPR training regular inspections of the site and back- - ' provide-adequate Truck donated to food pantry One-thir- Cache County Search and Rescue is trucks donating one of its old one-to-n - sea-gra- As more families’ have two par- OK’d in Providence ' (OT CJ nt ents in the work force poverty Subdivision phase Pantry " Phil Rasmussen holds a small GPS unit that farmers can use farmers about the technologies that can produce higher yields and conserve the environment all at the same time" Rasmussen said “The key in nt By Arrin Brunson staff writer criminal and just let those men go” Paddock said She is set to appear in Logan Municipal Court on Tuesday Logan police say everything was handled according to regulations and had no further comments on the case to the Cache Community Food ' OTI Mr Well-kno- ar land-gra- Eli LuceraHerald Journal ld Department of Agriculture could also benefit state local and tribal governments Cities could use data generated by satellite to determine how much lawn grass is present and how many trees and parking lots are in place This data could be' useful in helping city officials fof example manage storm sewers and irrigation and water supply among other applications ' ' NASA recently funded space Extension agents in Arizona and Mississippi Eventually officials hope to expand the program to every part of the United States under NASA and the USDA Rodney Brown Utah State University's'dean of agriculture is working in Washington DC facil- itating a partnership between NASA and USDA that for a appointment It is said Brown USU is a but university few people may realize that the institution is also designated a space-graprogram efforts of which are funded in part by NASA Brown is working to make USU a institution as wpl so applications for land sea and space can be ' explored one-ye- effi-cie- nt v needs meanor “They just treated me like I was a ' real-wor- A Utah State University professor who is the nation’s first space Extension agent funded by the was charged with Logan assault this week after she hit one of two men who she said were following’ ’ Extension is to work right along with the farmers in the fields so they gain experience" Ideally a partnership between NASA and US By Arrin Brunson - The truck was used to haul the county’s Snowcats that were iised in search and rescue work The county has since gotten a newer bigger truck according to Search and Rescue commander Merlin Bunn V "We help with the Boy Scout (canned food) collection each year" Bunn said "And they could really use this truck Each week they go over to Corinne and bring back a load from rt warehouse there" the The truck has already been given to the food pantry which provides food for about ISO families a week ! ground checks are performed Schultz said Licensed providers complete at least 20 hours of child - See CARE on Page 12 ' ' f Brent StevensHerald Journal ' Colton Parkinson right along with other children sings songs during his stay at that was recently honored for providing quality child care ’’All About Kids" a facility in Logan Daylof it heYo u n gC h d jfee lebrati on iI place since 1971 when It was established by Ore National Association for the Education of Young Children The Week of the Young Child high- lights the importance of families early childhood professionals and communities working together to support every child's healthy development and early learning For more Information about Sari urday’s events contact the Child Care Resource and Referral Agency Association for Family Child Care Sandy’s Playhouse Child Care Center and All About Kids Child Care Center This year's theme "Early Childhood: Where Our Future Begins” has been designed to build broader support for early cMdhobd programs that nurture young children's early ' learning growth The Week of the Young Child Valley The Cache Valley Day the Young Child celebration wil take place from 10 am to 4 pm Saturday irithe Cache Valley Mall 1300 St Free hands-o- n entertainment and activities will be sponsored by the Boys & Girls Club Logan Parks and Recreation Bear River Head Start H USU Extension Child & Family Support Center Northern Utah Child 4-- Abuse Prevention Team Montessori Preschool Stokes Nature Center Babywatch CHILD : which began Sunday and runs through Saturday has been taking 81797-155- 2 Wal-Ma- Clarification service By Paul Allen staff writer : ment of other health fees And it inspection costs Since then jails senior citizens allowed for the possible development of a statewide consensus or d centers and other interim studyon the issue facilities have been paying their fees But the board wasn't Sure then but local school districts refused to do so wjiat kind of an alternative to use to At its March meeting the Board of cover the cost of their graciousness Health passed a motion to' reinstate Board members instructed the health the public entity fee waivers as department staff to determine how 1° by the health department make up for the lost revenue ' Of the staff’s three alternatives the staffthird as chosen represents a The staff said the reinstatement allowed school lunch programs to be approach to both the proconsistent with the present food posed staffrhour reduction and fee issue inspection policy The second alternative suggested With schools hot following the policy the other alternative would increasing fees as much as $33 and have been the health department not’ reducing staff hours And the to first proposal was to not increase priclosing lunch programs for failure ' vate sector fees but reduce the envi: pay Reinstatement also avoided a ronmental staff's work as much as short-ter10 hours a week'' risk ui luring school pay The- - combined staff and fee approach appealed the most to board members and it also was the one coiinty-operate- Shot numbers skewed - A story in Thursday’s Herald Jour- nal about Public Health Week said 174 shots were given at a Bear River Health Department $1 immunization clinic in Logan The story should have read 174 people were given! shots With an average of three to four shots per person Got a local news tip? Cal City Editor Nicole Farrel Ext 3023 752-212- 1 nfarreflOhJnewsxom Schools and other public entities now won’t have to pay for food service inspections But the private sector will have to pick up the tab At its board meeting this week the Bear River Health Department Board decided to increase the private sector fees by $16 and reduce its environ- mental staff by five hours per week That hour reduction equals a savings Of $6500 and with the private fee increase earning the same a revenue of $13000 will cover the shortfall Problems emerged two yean ago when the health department stopped providing fee waivers to all public entities for food service inspections in an effort to cover increased recommended to them by Health " middle-of-the-ro- ' ' I r A ad Director John Bailey: : Bailey said he hopes to convince - state officials to provide local health ' departments with more flexibility in their' food service inspection policies' allowing the health departments to devote more time and effort to prob- - lem facilities He said ultimately schools must either agree to voluntarily pay their - fair share of inspection costs or be required to do so by the state Otherwise the loss will have to be made up through public: funding sources and requirements of the health department to conduct inspections will have to continue to be lessened - |