Show ' A8 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday March 30 2002 mm 'immiff dowM' Mgltoami : sftoimes KANDAHAR Afghanistan (AP) — Outside the gates of the US military base at Kandahar airport Jalat Khan selected a stone from the grav- el on the shoulder of the road and swallowed it Then Khan a jobless wanderer in a turban and robe did it again And again Pretty soon a crowd had gathered oblivious to the USArmy Humvees rolling out of the base-oroutine patrols Even the clatter and roar of American helicopters and transport planes — part of the daily base traffic that ' usually turns heads — couldn't compete with Khan on Thursday who invited spectators to hear the rattle of stones in his belly as he prodded his ' swollen paunch g “When I started peo- pie couldn’t believe it They tola me cross-legg- stone-eatin- AP photo Jalat Khan 30 shows a crowd how he eats stones while he was resting hear the military airbase at Kandahar Afghanistan on Thursday Khan started eating stones when he was hungry and found it helped quell his desire for food Continued from A1 ' 50-pou- nd - : and “What really love about her is it didn’t matter who you were she I — Cam Cutler putting her in the front row and praising her often Sue said “She always made her feel so good"she said “It made such a difference These last three months J’ve never seen a happier girl She would try harder because if people think ' you're something you become something” Courtney had the same : effect on tier friends said Cam Cutler a freshman at Logan '' High I “What really love about her is it didn’t matter who you were she made you feel cialno matter who you were' he said 'Tve heard a lot of people say they felt like they didn’t have’ to prove anything to her for her to befheir friend It just felt good to be : around her" Courtney was always popu-la- r Cutler said but her friend- seemed to transcend nature ly school cliques and she went out of her way to include everyone “Our moms were Friends ' because they’re both interior designers and when I was in the fifth grade she (Courtney) invited me to one of her pa-rties” hie said “We were always friends after that She ' marie me feel really good at a ' time whenldidn’t have a lot : ' v re-rea-ds L- ' i : their entire putlook on the teen-ag- e social scene Nick ' Munson a freshmanat Logan High Schotol wrote tyat Y Courtney was jiis best friend and would “stand up for m£ 4nd protect me” when other kids picked on him Her father Drake wgs also known for his kindness and generosity Drake was an ''J - i ’ EVERGREEN Colo — Shayne Delmar Bland 34 passed away'Mareh 20 2002 in Evergreen Shayne was bom March 20 1968 in Salt Lake City Utah to Albert R and Delsa Bland He attended Utah State University and graduated with a bachelor’s of science degree in psychology and later received a master’s of science degree in psychology'While in college he was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity At the time of his death he was working as an epidemiologist through the Colorado University Department of Medicine at Children’s Hospital ' Shayne is survived by his wife Benita Joy Ramey Bland Evergreen his father mid stepmother Albert R and Shana Bland New Harmony Utah his mother and stepfather Delsa and Jim Demlow Ever-- ! green brother Bryon Bland ’ - - :45 aim In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Courtney Sell Memorial Fund in care of the Logan Cfty ' School Foundation us unconditionally Funeral services were held Wednesday March 27 2002 at the Horan and McConaty Family Chapel 3101 S Wadsworth Blvd Lakewood Delmar Bland ' California and sistersTaunia Bass Cedar City Utah Whitney Bland and Kalle Bland' both of New Harmony Shayne was the easiest person to Ioye becausehe loved 1 : APpboto Boeing passenger plane is carefully hoisted from Puget Sound Friday one day after engine failure totted a veteran test pilot to ditch the aircraft Friday in Seattle The Boeing 307 Stratofiner will be taken to a terminal along the Duwamish River where it will be thoroughly washed before being transported to a hangar at Boeing A 19408-er- a Field Dulles International Airport ' The refurbished Stratoliner yvas unveiled last summer after a group of Boeing retirees spent six years painstakingly restoring the plane for the Smithsonian which owns the aircraft Commodities Shayne - surely miss him : Inter-mounta- in LIVESTOCK AUCTION — Twin Falls Livestock on ' Wednesday Utility and com- - at wwwnelsonfuneralhome com Terry Nielsen LOGAN Death notice Utah— Terry C Nielsen (Spook) 61 passed away Thursday March 28 2002 at his home He was bom Jan 22 1941 in Logan to Glenn G and Lillian J Nielsen He attended Logan High School and Utah State University and was affiliated with the Sigma Chi Fraternity He is survived by his mother brother-in-laScott (Barbara) Budge Logan niece Shelly Budge Tremonton Utah and aunts Betty B Jones Mitchell Neb and Ruth Q Nielsen Logan He was preceded in death by his father Glenn sister Sonja Budge and nephew Craig Budge His family and friends will - w Idaho (AP) — Idaho Farm Bureau grain and livestock for Friday report No Grain Report Markets closed for Good Friday -- Colo : POCATELLO Graveside services will be held at the Logan City Ceme-- ! 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Sue wipes her eyes as she letters and cards ' Courtney's friends have sent since her detfthMore than one'" tel js her parepts how she was always nfce tq them how “she decided to giv$ me a chance”' v and that her kindness1 changed'' Khan 30 who sought safety on the border with Pakistan during the Obituaries tle? “No it was now This year!” Sue said with exasperation ' Courtney had dreams of being a movie star or a princess but her sister Brittany said she already was one “She thought she could do anything Everything was magical and fun and it was so neat to watch her” she said “She really was the world to USr Funeral services for Court- ' ney McCall Self will be held today at noon in the MtLogan LDS Stake Center 600' E Center St with arrange ments by Alien-Ha- ll Mortuary Friends may call from 10 to - ' make-u- p “She could be so embarrass- mg" said Sue laughing at a memory of Courtney and her best friend Alesha Grant accompanying her to the gro--' eery store “Alesha got a dog collar on Courtney’s neck and they had a dog bone and were following me around the store bark- ing” she said Was that when they were lit- 1 said to-d-o ne Triton” made you feel special no matter who you were" of friends” : “She was every princess that evercame out” her dad said “Every year we went to Disneyland or Disney World She was Ariel and I was King -- 66 ed arrived The plane was piloted by veteran Boeing test pilot Richard “Buzz” Nelson 60 of Seattle Also on board were Boeing test pilot Mike Carrik-e- r and Boeing flight test manager Mark Kempton Kempton headed the plane restoration effort National Transportation Safety Board spokeswoman Debra Eckrote said the vintage aircraft lost power before the pilot set the plane down in the water because he determined it was thesafest place to land “Ditching is not an easy and they did an thing excellent job” Eckrote said 307 Stra- The toliner was the first commercial plane with a pressurized cabin One of only 10 made the plane was tobe the center-piec- e of the new Smithsonian Institution’s air museum at SEATTLE (AP) — A a Boeing passenger plane was carefully hoisted from Puget Sound Friday one day after engine failure forced a veteran test pitot to ditch the aircraft The Boeing 307 Stratoliner was loaded onto a barge to take it to a riverside terminal where it would be washed and transported to a hangar at Boeing Field Boeing spokesman Tom Ryan said it was too early to tell how much damage the salt water had caused “Hopefully-on- e day it can be back flying” he said The four-engiplane — the only one of its kind still in existence — crash-lande- d Thursday across Elliott Bay from downtown near a barge and a waterside restaurant The pilot and three passen- gers were standing on the plane’s wings when rescuers 1940s-er- Boccalandro’s luge sled from crushing her Self was a volunteer on the luge track at the Utah Olympic Park for the 2002 Games But the compassionate girl who named every fish before releasing it on fishing trips with her dad had a silly streak too friends and family say ' Her kindergarten teacher Camie Palmer permitted her to dress up in princess' costumes for school and her scrapbooks are full of pages of pictures of Courtney ham- ming it up with her friends as they continued to play dress- ' up Her older sister Summer who woiks as a beautician in ' Salt Lake would make frequent trips home to see her family and do Courtney’s hair Courtney loved to swim and was always lively and active family members said Still even with her clean hill of health Sue hesitated to enroll her youngest daughter in dance classes as early as she had with her other girls “1 kind of tried to direct her to other things" she said “Piano and things like that" Courtney wanted to dance but getting a later start at classes than the other young dancers shook her confidence Sue said “She would say ‘Oh my sisters can dance but I'm not as good"" she said One dance teacher Jan Richins of Rhythm Connection helped erase Courtney's uncertainty about her skijls by : in October said he swallows up to one pound of stones daily He sticks to smooth round ones about the length of a little finger joint and passes them every three days “I had a very healthy and strong body when I started eating stones’ said Khan who compared his taste for pebbles to an addict who craves tobacco or drugs “Then I became weak and thin” Before the Taliban came to power Khan rented a plot of land in his home province of Helmand west of Kandahar and cultivated opium- bearing poppies But the Taliban banned the practice in 2000 and Khan’s father spent all the money earned from opium so nowadays Khan travels the desert He said he had just walked 67 miles from the Pakistan border to ’ Kandahar the biggest city in the southern half of Afghanistan Historic plane recovered from Puget Sound Olympic hero when he lost part of his index finger and risked his own fife by preventing Olympic athlete Iginia Courtney ' that this was magic ’’ said Khan who developed the habit three years ago because — in his words — he was US bombing campaign that began hungry “Tliis is the one quality I have Wherever I go people watch me and gather around” Part of Khan’s mystery is that he's not out to make money room his talent though he’ll take digestible food if it’s offered He’s happy to sit on the ground and talk And because he occasionally pops a stone into his mouth people listen — even though he admits to being ' out of touch "I don’t know what’s happening”- Khan said of the successful American bombing campaign that helped oust the Taliban and the hunt for holdouts in Afghanistan’s remote mountains “The Russians came and left after fighting and then the Arabs came and they left Now the Americans are here and I don't know when they are leaving” Khan : a- |