Show I Wed March 20 2i A3 Local state Ilw ‘wagft®9 Logan man faces felony rape charge could consolidate department offices By Jtton Borgraen staff writer first-degr- division into one building would be erected southwest of the existing service center on 1000 West Construction could begin as soon as September with personnel and equipment moving into the building by summer 2003 But then again that assumes die project is approved and moves forward as planned Hamud is eager to have it built “There is no way on earth we can stay here” he said “We basically haw overgrown our existing facility” The environmental division is scattered between the service center a double-wid- e trailer the landfill and die old Performance Tire Building on Main Street But concentrating the division’s personnel is but one motivation behind the new building A more serious concern is overcrowded parking ' it By Jeremiah Startler staff writer Joe Edward Washington 32 Logan wag summoned to appear in court onMonday for allegedly sneaking into the bedroom of a female acquaintance and raping her while she slept “She wakes up and finds a male on top of her engaged in sexual intercourse” Logan Police Lt Greg Ridler said “She tells him to leave aqd he does She knows him some- what as an acquaintance she met at a party in December” Washington was issued the summons Monday at work He is charged with one count of rape a felony woman tokl The police she went to bed about 9:30 pm Jan IS Ridler said At 11:30 pnL she wolre up and Washington was in her bed When she asked him to leave he reportedly did saying to her “comeand see me sometime” Ridler said Washington who was known to the woman only as “Joe” was located and interviewed by police Jan 29 “He indicated he engaged in consensual sexual intercoursewith the victim” Ridler said “He said he was not sure if she was awake or not when he engaged in sexual intercourse” Washington had not been at the woman’s house Jan 15 prior to the alleged attack Ridler said “She’s not sure exactly how he got in the house” Ridler said “We didn’t find any evidence of forced entry” An initial court appearance in Washington’s case has not been tanDGaniiQ stacked bumper-to-bomp- er in the parking lane of the maintenance garage Others are double parked in a garage farther south Environmental Division Director Issa Hamud is asking for a change $4 million pricetag Logan's Solid Wrele Advisory Board recommended Monday that Logan city spend $4 million to build ia new environmental building “If the funds are there and u won’t dace an additional burden on the taxpayer then Til support it” said County Councilman Darrel Gibbons who' serves as a member of the advisory A narrow cement-bloc- k hallway lacking carpet or wall decorations divides the city's offices from its maintenance garage Through a doorway to the north three secretaries fill die workspace of one A few steps farther and one could find Collection Manager Steve Larsen operating out of a storage closet still shelved with dd manuals " and boxes To the south garbage bucks are and regional news board Hamud assured the board the building could be funded without a rate increase The proposed facility which is meant to bring the now-disjoint- ed conditions On more than one occasion fire has erupted inside a parked garbage truck Though each has been extinguished Hamud fears the city could experience a “total loss” if a fire were to get out of hand Under the current parking condi- tions the city would be unable to evacuate its vehicles quickly from the building during an emergency If approved the environmental building would house 40 full-sigarbage trucks and a handful of smaller vehicles A fire wall would be constructed down die center to mini- mize losses if a fire occurred The project will be presented to the Logan Municipal Council this sum- mer after city officials have come to a more concrete cost estimate ze ee v v v I VI ' ffir-'i-'i- '' tj T ’’V'Vf i X I v1 rJ 4 9 f jSuJ I'V— i v — ii1 A JV a i w: i $ 5 I i ? IS A j!u(rtTiv rfjt scheduled Agendas V The Logan Municipal Council meets at 6:15 pm tonight in the Municipal Chambers 255 N Main SL Agenda items include: Hearing annual report from fee ' f 1 - :V i 'a A V V‘ Rrary ' It V A-- t’i'i ' : Hearing report on ‘Angers Land- ing" Park Discussing petition collected by " the Ecological Coalition of Students regarding the WasatcthCache Forest plan Approving budget acguatments Considering fee increase at Logan River Goff Course ' Considering budget adjustments for Widow Park tree trimming and debt service for the Park and Recreation general obligation bond e Discussing Ihe vaBea system transportation Mitch MaacaraHerald Journal Irene Einzinger is an interpreter for the court systems in Logan city and Cache County Court ‘traductor’ bridges language gap By Jason Bsrgreon staff writer long-rang- and J The SmlthfMd Planning wH meet Zoning Commlaalon pm on Wednesday izen Center 375 Imagine being arrested and jailed in a Spanish spodring country for breaking the law The frustration of not being able to explain to rise authorities what you did or what ' happened to you would be over-- : whelming if you didn’t know die language For Hispanic arrested in America die feeling may be just as over- whelming In Cadie and Box Elder comity courts Irene Einzinger assists Spanish speakers in under--r Ktanriing what charges they face “If diey are not getting the mps- sage tiwi they are not getting equal justice and equal protectum under the law” Einzinger said Since 1997 Einzinger him helped Spanish speaking idefendants facing at 7 in the Senior Cit- E Canyon Road In SmlthfMd Agenda lama Include: Hearing citizen input Discussing Paul Swaner's applca-tio- ri for approval of a condHkmal-us- e permit for a dog kennel for four Inside dogs located at 1 54 N 300 West zoned ' See AGENDAS bn AS Correction sh Working (or a living In Cache Valley -- i - country Mexico but couldn’t afford to for financial reasons - Einzinger did graduate with a degree in accounting from the University of Chihuahua before moving from there to Logan in 1989 When she arrived she could hardly speak or understand English herself “My main motivation for learning ? cannot say in court “The difficult part of the job is when my people so to speak want me to answer ques- tions for them and I can't” Einzinger said “That part is hard because I don’t want them to think ' I’m being obnoxious but it’s for their own sake” Einzinger said it is sometimes challenging trying to explain to defendants Spanish speaking-onl- y that she is time only to translate what is being said in the courtroom “It’s not my job to explain things” Einzinger said “Sometimes they think I’m there to help A lot of the them and I’m not time they drink I am their advocate but no I am theit mouthpiece only” Before translating in court His-pani- cs ‘ : See COURT aid A6 j In an article tided “Aspirantsrush to file for local seats” appearing in Tuesday’s Herald Journal a paragraph on county offices open fbr'v' r v" elections should have read: A11 but flie candidates for county attorney are incumbents” ' s ' The article suggests tiuit there may becandidates from other politi-cparties vying1 for the positkm This is incorrect All candidates run1 ning for county office are Republi-icans Also we misidentified southeast ' Cache County candidate Monti s Jones Jones is a demdant and is for the position with Paul Code and Gordon Rite-Ai- d closes pharmacy will shut down Friday Ehrifck By Darrell Edward ' ' staff writer ing sales and the store’s lease was due to be renewed The pharmacy will ckxe on Fri- day AU of ite prescription records will be transferred tb Albertson’s Food and Drag Scroes the street 'from Rite-Ai- d according to CooL However Albertson’s officials cquld not comment on the transac-- ’ tion saying they had not had official confirmation that'they were receiv-irtg the prescription fife' ' The rest of the store will dose no later than June 8 according to Code ' T0ust depends on how things sell” Cook said “You just sell ax ' A kmgtime drugstore which sits in tiw heart ofLogan will close its ydoonby eiarty Jane according to u' Drag- corporate officials Rite-Ai- d storeandPhanriacy50E400 v i bin mid-Ma- Tim Hudson i running for Housc District 3 igainst incumbent Crsig ' Butters ’ f-Th- sprirprom : ci:::"::::::::1!::::11 v ' O 7 s as a corporation has evaluated moist basis v of its stores on a The Logan store Cook said had offered job transfers T guess scMne of tire employees been underperforming for years “When the new management todc are (university) Students so tbey won’t be ade to take advantage of oyer in 1999 they started taking a that (transfers)” Code said lookat the store base and pinjxtinted all tire were die stores that were not performing -Jnployees Although offered transfers Qook add that where they should be” Code safd could incian moving Since then tiie corporatibn has and outside of tire area There are no dbaedOO stores ' Rite-Ai- d other Rite-Ai- d stores in Cache Cbun-- 1 Corporation employs d : approximiatdy 77000 part-- iy-tire' leaser time asaodates in 28 staes and fee Cook said that was not in the best intoest of the cur-District of Columbia Rite-Ai' i than more 3J600 v :i: reotiy operates cotporatiqri Tt doesn’t make good financial stores reporting total sales of sense” Cook said $14491 billion at the end of its 2Q01 V fiscal year For tiie past three years Rite-Ai- d v case-by-ca- se ‘ i : North will close its pharmacy on week asix4o-eig- lt Friday and menandise liquidation on April 8 shut its J 'v That means the store could ' y doors by Spokeswnnan Jodyfiok said die dedsion to dose the store was made after a management team concluded i !" the store wu “iHiderpeifonning”( : muchuyoucan” e decisitm to dose die stare in " Logan Rite-Ai- d employees were informed of the decision on Satur-late by slump- - S: day Cook said the store has about 20 employees all of whom were r y Y '! English was my children” Einzinger said “I was afraid I wasn’t goin£ fo be able to help diem with them homework or I wasn’t going to be able to read the labels on the bottles of medicine when they were sick” Einzinger enrolled at Utah State University and attended English as a Second Language and general education classes She now speaks English fluently and actively strives v:- to faun more Tfeel like I’m stifi learning the English language ”shesaid“ Reading is the best tool I surround myself with books magazines the dictionary the Internet” fo becoming a court interpreter proEinzinger attended a two-da-y gram in Salt Lake City to learn a code of ethics interpreters must follow mu) also what they can and judges are saying about their cases Einzinger became a Spanish-Eng-litranslator traductor in Spanish pardy because she always dreamed of going to law school in her native : are Republicans al v criminal charges understand what English speaking lawyers and - R-1- Discussing Todd WUarns’ appflca-tio- n for approval of a commercial permit for a machine shop for fabrication of plastic Injection molds and general machinfog of parts All : : r full-an- : v t d ’ ' 3 V :v i cross-count- ry W !V I- |