Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday March 19 2002 — A9 wrote How could cosmetologists do their jobs if the hair could not be sharply distin- Razor i guished fiom die beard he asked In the end the attorney general’s office said it was not qualified to make the distinction It asked the Texas Board of Barber Examiners to define the difference The Board of Examiners tided that sideburns end and beards begin at a horizontal Cootlnocd from A1 to seek the attorney general’! opinion regarding the restriction The codes did not define where die hair aided and die beard began especially with regard to sideburns Hunter line drawn fiom the bottom of the earlobe That still didn’t help Rand who wanted to know if she could shave hair around die ears and at the back of die ' neck hair that obviously cannot be called a beard Meanwhije some cosmetologists asked state Rep Ann Worth to Mowry introduce legislation that R-F- would let cosmetologists shave and trim beards and mustaches “With redistrifting everybody in the Legislature was pretty tense” Mowry recalled “So the speaker asked me not to introduce the legislation until it was really needed to help ease die tension” As expected the barbers attacked die word “shave” in the legislation and successfully sought to remove it fiom die bill Moiwry relented The proposal passed both houses of die Legislature and was signed into law by Gov Rick Perry While the law allowed cosmetologists to legally trim beards it did not help Rand’s cause The barbers’ opposition did pot surprise Jennifer Davis who gives political advice to the Texas Hairdressers and ' Cosmetology Association “This has been goin g on since the days of the Egyp- dans” Davis said “Egyptian barbers did the bloodletting and the shaving and barber-in- g It was the cosmetologists who did well the cosmetology Only the barbers used sharp instruments” Genius Continued from A1 Lettennan during which time Armstrong is scheduled to perform some of his original piano compositions Armstrong originally from Anaheim Calif has lived in Logan with his mother May Armstrong since becoming a student at Utah State University in August After he finished high school at age nine Armstrong received scholarship offers from several other colleges with premiere arts programs according to H Craig Petersen USU special assis- - ' tant to die president May Armstrong chose Utah State though because she and Kit had a good personal relationship with Dr Gary Amano who is in charge of USU’s piano program and because she thought her son would develop all of his potential in Cwdie Valley’s positive environment Petersen said Kit Armstrong blossomed as a musician when he started music lessons at an early age Compositions written at age six clearly show his genius Petersen said after hearing early CD recordings and seeing Armstrong play in person at President Hail’s residence for die USU Board of Trustees recently “We’re talking about something that a very talented adult could have done and he did it when he was six" Peterson said “I can’t begin to explain to you what a genius he is The other thing about him is he’s a delightful little boy” ' Armstrong already speaks four languages and although his studies have cratered pri-marily on die piano at Utah State die protegee immediately undertook an intensivn schedule including calculus and biology Dr Keith Mott said he was- -' n’t sure what to expect from his young student last semester but Armstrong who brought his babysitter and rode his skateboard to class mi eamedan“A”inhisBiakgy course “It is probably one of the harder freshman level classes on campus He was only nine then He is a in every way except nis intel- lect”Mott said ' Armstrong’s fellow students initially thought the ' boy with a slight build was die son of another stu- dent Mott said When Armstrong started asking : questions though they' thought he was smarter than jhey were be said i Armstrong also visited his professor frequently outside of class time to ask questions The questions about why tilings happen were challenging and sometimes impossible to answer Mott said Tt was interesting having him in class” he said “I ' " thought he might be obnox- ' ions and spoiled He was a lot fun It was easy to make him laugh He is a delightful little 1 nine-year-o- ld dark-hair- - ed kid"- : Lettennan recently celebnt- ed his mniversary as host of the “Late Night with V David Lettennan” He also made national news headlines fa week ago as ABC publicly ' f tried to woo Lettennan fiom CBS with a $30 million-plu- s £ annual salary ABC officials i 'offered to lepbcelfedKop- pel’s Nightline news program widi the Ermpy Award-win- ring Lettennan show butLet- terman announced on his ' show that he was staying puL' The episode featuring Ainkf t " V strong is expeded to be tapbd during tegular business hours Tuesday and will be aired V f Tiies-- 1 4 beginning at 1033 pm : 20-ye- ar ' l ji sdayonCBS ’ ' |