Show ( t S)- ir Jlv Over the past year The Herald Journal sent reporters and pliotog- ? raphen across the valley gathering die stories of traditions We've been to Black and White Days in Richmondand die Martin Harris Pageant hi Clarkston From die Maypole ih Mendon to die Cache County Fair we’ve put die spotlight on die unique gatherings rites and celebrations that represent the rich tapestry of life in our towns !’ v 11 - Town I Look for Hus Year’s Bridgerland Edition in Today’s K‘ - y Herald Journal Home-- D The 4VoF93- NdZ90JiSundaVr March 31 J2002 Weather Brjdgerland’s’DailJtewspape l LoganJ UtaF&© 2Q02£$J 5 Road work ahead on Mairi Street A perfect Easter Day By Jeremiah Startler staff writer delays said Logan'Public Works Director Kevin Hansen but the finished project promises improved traffic flow through Logan’s core The project sits well with Logan Mayor Doug Thompson who has advocated light synchronization since the outset of his first administration in 1998 Beginning this spring UDOT plans to widen the intersections of 400 North and 1400 North with Main Street Each will be equipped with two turning lanes Project list — A1 2 : — PageA12 Update 1 Malone has eye on Utah governorship The Utah Department of Trans- portation has its eye on Logan’s Main Street By the time its work is done in late fall the state will have widened the intersections of 400 North and 1400 North synchronized Main Street’s stoplights and left Logan ' city with a new road surface between 600 South and 1000 North It won’t come without traffic ' nl®W left-ha- ' Traffic light synchronization will immediately follow The project will cost roughly $15 million By late summer the state will tear up and repave Main Street between 600 South and 1000 North Though much of the work will be done late at night or in the wee hours of the ' morning Hansen said the project will disrupt traffic flow significantly ' nd sr i i V i C f: r f V ' A F: See STREET on A12 GO® A SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Karl Malone says he’s serious when he talks about being a Republican can1 ' didate for governor scorer The NBA’s No 2 all-tias the GOFs No 1 Utah leader? “It do interest me matter of fact’’ the Jazz star said before practice Fri- for two or three weeks Outside of UDOT’s projects Logan city is planning street projects amounting to $13 million this summer The sum will be paid out of federal class-- C road funds which are generated from the gas tax Among those projects is one based on handicap accessibility Logan city plans to spend $132000 to reconstruct the comers of seven intersections- £ 3'i wj-iIwa- University puts its a - 8- - : image reputation under microscope mSM Editor’s note:This is the first article in a five-pa- rt series on current efforts at Utah State University to assess the institution’s overall effectiveness and image vi day “It really do"- After an inspirational visit with President Bush at the White House prior to last year’s NBA Game Malone publicly pondered a career in poll-tics when his playing days 'ended k All-St- ar By Arrln Brunson staff writer ' In February Interior Secretary Gale Norton named Malone to the hat conies to mind when you think of Utah State : newly framed National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Commis-- V' f : : Jr ‘ indi-vidua- ' ‘ A calf waits to major contributor to the Republican Party in Utah saidhe and hunting buddy Don Peay have been batting around the idea of actually teaming get weighed during a calf management class at the Caine EH LuceroHerald Journal Dairy on Wednesday in Wellsville ‘Cow col lege la bel em braced - staff Writer Peaylof Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife is a lobbyist who has represented Utah Republican Sen Ornn Hatch at land and wildlife meetings Peay and Malone were in Canada “and we just kind of kicked it ince the institution’s “He said ’What do I said ’Who knows you ' beginning in 1888 Utah State University students have had a special fondness for anything ‘bovine' The state’s college was first known as the Utah Agriculture College and today Utah State continues to produce skilled graduates who work in a variety of agricultural fields The affection for bovine though is shared by Aggies in land-gra- Malone insists the laughter has subsided Now he’s no longer Itid-’di- ng ‘ Becoming governor be said is “something that’s land of intriguing tome” nt he said Shortly after coming to Utrii State in January 2001 President Kermit L Hall announced plans ' Cox said that in his former work as an engineer at Thiokol he found that students from " top goals' V " Since President Kermit Hall came on board in January 2001 faculty staff and students have been involved in an endeavor to identify both strengths and weaknesses of the institution through a wide variety of activities Hall toured every county in the state in his first months on the job and he invited other top administrators to join him for “Roads Scholar” tour of USU’s facilities throughout Utah “All of these things have been designed to ' assess the pulse the attitude towards Utah State" said Provost Stan Albrecht “I think all of the efforts have resulted in a fairly signifi-cabalance of strengths and things that are ' going well yet we are not perfect There are i university should be recognized : The seat now occupied by three- -' term Republican Gov Mike Leavitt is up for election in 2004 Already Maloneis making cam- ' paign promises make “What would me a good ' governor is when I tdl you someit’s Malone the riud truth” thing ‘ farms who had graduated in ' engineering made the best employees because they had already learned how to deal with machinery and solve problems Farm boys turnout to be inven-- ‘ tive engineers who make prod- -' nets that work Cox said At Utah State the farm atmosphere should be promoted and the quality the farmer brings to the ByArrin Brunson torun you think?’ know?’ ’ !& tr-A fir-'-!- again Malone an avidoutdoorsman and it” Malone Said Student loans tough courses easy A’s Big Blue turning cart- wheels in the Spectrum cap and gown ceremonies pretty co-eafternoon football games in the fall 'wild Aggie fans painted blue who never sit down during the course of a basketball gatpe fraternity parties and sorority dances — the ls images are as varied as the who attend USU Exactly what you think about ' Utah State is the question being explored by the administration and improving any negative impressions you might harbor is one of this administration's ds sion a panel created to suggest ways to preserve pristine lands and endangered wildlife Now with retirement on the hbri- Malone is zon die thinking about public office yet ‘ University? nt ' See COW on A5 Y’: Seb USU on A5 : ' i-- A6 ObituariM:A10 Opinion MoVfe SfjDrt8MB1 a 'i- 4 ’ “ ' wwwhjnewscom mm n n jfLxr death came seven weeks after the ' keeping with tradition : She was best known to younger gen- death of her younger daughter erations as tire mother of Queen Eliza- Princess Margaret at age 71 Queen Elizabeth II was at her moth- - beth n and grandmother of Prince Diaries Remarkably sprightly despite erV side when 'she passed away The : her age die queen mother was a fix- queen mother had bepn rarely eep jn ture at royal occasions delighting in recent months because ofher failing ' :' 'health mixing witii the ptiblic and greeting ' The (jueen mother “had become 'people who flockedtomeet her increasingly frail id recent weeks fill- - ' v' But those' who were young when lowing hra bad cough and chest infec- - ' German bombs rained down on tion over Diristmas” said a Palace V ' ' spokesman who was not namefl in v 'y See MOTHER onA12 1 - - Cro8fwofdC5 VQ6 LONDON (AP)—nie Queen Mother Elizabeth a symbol of courage and dignity during a tumultuous centu- ry of war social upheaval and royal scandal died in her sleep Saturday Buckingham Palace said She was 1Q1 yean old Aftra yean of frailty riidiUhMltii jthe queen mqthered at Royal LodgeWindsor outside London the Palace said She was beloved by generations ofBritons despite ups anadovrtis in popplarityof the royal fripily Her ' Jndos Entarpris s - ! - ' ‘ |