Show 7 s : ©IP A3 Local state dairy the Rose Ranch has every mjor good point: access to water good hay the closest neighbor is five miles away — upwind" Loveless ' PRESTON— Bosen Land & Livestock is expanding on a massive noted "You just couldn’t pick a better site It's perfect scale' ' The company which has operated “Tb look at it it looks like a big out of Preston for over 50 years is ' expanse of nothing but there are some nice opportunities there” purchasing nearly 27000 acres in When asked when Construction in BoX Elder County Utah for the cre10000-cowill begin Loveless replied ' Utah ation of a new dairy “Soon” operation v “We hope to be milking cows next “It will be the largest dairy in the state of Utah” declared Bosen dairv yean The first 5000 in 2003 and the ' “It’s Loveless David manager going next 5000 in 2004 to be S major undertaking” Adding incentive to the Bosen’s Located five miles west of expansion is a $316500 Industrial Assistance Fund loam die company Snowville and adjacent portions of both State Highway 30 and Interstate was recently approved for by die Board of Business and Economic 84 the site will employ 211 people e basis Currently on a Development It is designed to help facilitate growth In Utah's rural work known as Rose Ranch the operation force Loveless said Bosen Land & will also include about 15000 beef Livestock was told about the IAF pattU “If we went down a list of things money by Box Elder County offi-cials who encouraged them to apply in like for have a location a to you’d “We’re very pleased with the way By Jeff Hunter staff writer : w ' foil-tim- Woman hurt on aquatic center slide and regional news to to® sOaDF Thursday July 25 2002 things have gone over there” Loveless said Loveless said reaction to the proposed operation in Snowville and Box Elder County has been “remarkably silent” No one for or against showed up at the public hearings held by the planning & zoning and county commissions "The feeling we’ve got from most people is that if we do what We say we're going to do it will be of real ttofoiowvil Box Elder County and the state” Loveless said “The salary for every job will be at least 125 percent of fhc county’s median salary and some will be six- figure salaries” “It will really change the economic pattern of agriculture in Box Elder County” Loveless added For Bosen Land & Livestock the downside to that is die company is already being overwhelmed by people seeking employment and trading jobs However Lovelesi " ’s Dsfeesfi cautioned that Bosen isn’t far enough along in the process to respond to tne bulk of those inquires “Right now we're still working on hammering out all the details” he said Unlike many other agriculture- related jobs Loveless said the 21 1 and jobs will be full-tidulled In order positions primarily to qualify for the lAF money die operation will have to remain in Utah for at least five years and Loveless said Bosen will do all it can to retain its employees for as long as possible “We won’t be able to have the usual turnover you have in farm labor because it will just cost too much” he said Bosen will operate a company store at die new site and will also build a housing development to accommodate many of its employees “With the standard Utah family year-rou- nd size of about four people that’s a minimum of 600 people moving into the area” Loveless said “That should really help the school district which has been suffering from declining numbers” In addition Loveless said the Rose Ranch site also has historic signifi- cance In one corner of the property are the remnants of a wagon stop that once served emigrants traveling along the Hensley Route of the Cali- fomia Trail Loveless said Bosen plans to work with the state of Utah and Box Elder County in the preservation of the historic site “At some point we plan on restoring it and making it a worthwhile stop hopefully bringing in a little more tourism to the state” Loveless ' said Even after the completion of the new operation in Utah Loveless said Bosen will continue to run its current 500-codairy near Preston w Author Pioneer Day colobrations tells tale of black By Jason Bergruen staff writer ' The Logan Aquatic Center pools were briefly evacuated ' Monday afternoon while medies attended an unconscious Logan woman who hit her head while riding a water slide Emergency medical crews responded to the aquatic cen- ter about 4: 15 pm About 2000 people swimming in all three of the center’s pools were evacuated for about 40 minutes while medics trusted? ' die woman i (vu “She was unconscious : (briefly)" Logan Fire Depart-ment Assistant Chief Sid Carpenter said “When they (medics) found her she was ' alert and oriented ” The woman had been riding the aquatic center’s speed slide when she was injured The speed slide shoots a rider down a slick drop into a pool of water at thebottom ‘ “She was tryifig to scoot down and she states she felt a significant blow on her head and the next thing she remem- ben she was fkwdng in die water" Carpenter jaid V Paramedics transported the - pioneers t r r tV f- ' T i' 4 ' ' OGDEN (AF)— As Utah celebrates its Mormon pioneer heritage Darius Gray hopes residents will remember that not all of the settlers were white “Black and white slave and free (they) walked the same trails faced the same adversities had fhe same dreams” said Gray president of the 'x 'Vt tr TBnS?tSro£i3vhichwas! V Dia Aotinri AAntmct wwl I ICO I rlo 5' A ' palll ly Morgan Ketter of Littleton Colo loses some of his food during the pie eating com test part of the Pioneer Day celebrations in Logan Keller took first place in the in Willow Park wind and lightning later in Young Monument “Green Flake was Brigham Young’s wagon driver" Gray said “Some papers say that he was driving die wagon when ' Brigham Young came into the valley and it was to him that Brigham Young said This is the place drive on’ “ Flake married Martha Cros- -' by and they li ved as a family while both were still slaves with different masters At one point Flake was church prop- erty having been paid as tithing by his owner Brigham Young freed him and gave him some property and when his owner inquired" about having him back in order to sell him Young reported him as sickly so he wouldn’t be sold Gray said Among the blacks arriving with early pioneer companies T were Jane Elizabeth Manning u sey°ucatevf?stivetoasbu the evening Days of’47 floatspatriotic thad to be called to the aquatic center Logan Farks and Recreation Director ' SALT LAKE CITY (AP) —The Days of’47 Parade celebrated a nation Wednes- day not just the pioneer trek it commemorates Floafs marching bands covered Wagons sported and v kits of red vite and blue in honor of this year’s themes “Pioneers and Patriots America’s Heroes V The annual parade held : each July 24 celebrates the arrival ofMramon pioneers to tbe Salt Lake VUDey in S u umr Massacre papers Vrx briefly di (LP)--Qo- urt documents in and execution of Johrfp Lee ' for his role in thel857 Mountain Meadbwgjriassacre were 'Tuesday by ivists- :’-collection included i Brigham Young's 1857 deposition an 1857 letter Utah's f: temtbrial goverqot wroteto 'V S die US commissioner of Indian affairs and an 1857 let- ter Lee wrote td Young about v n the massacre vv ' £ Also included were various v court pkiadings indictments' J : subpoenas and jury instruc-dons and an 1896 affidavit by " the family pf indicted spirator John MHigbec sue-- 1 t cessfully asking that the Charges against Higbee be : 1847 - i co-co- n- AP photo i In Ufoh July 24 is a state v : V v v - S' VSeeHiOAXS onA12 m F? i Winds !0- ppdiegll ' At approximately 10 pm : wind kicked up and the (t ' ‘ ' neoole lisiening to the last i Alighthingandwiiid at Willow ' their cais ' for ) headed T Park tew JA'TheiiKidua 7? required July 2tl Pioneer Day Cel- enforcement to cal) for f ebratidp fireworks display V backup officers to help and end die festivities early direcnraffic in the area t ' according to infonnation f Wednesday evening Herald Journal staff report - 1 Afloat pslebrating pioheets and patriota moves flirough downtown Salt Inks City dUring the Days' Of ’47 pkrade on WednesdayThe Day of '47 Parade cetebrated a nalionon Wednesday notjust V!:?-- ' ptoneer'trRoonmibmorat' ry-':!-- s : j - l (’’ ' S V' i dark at Willow Park 500t ' ' ii’ewwksfdiBplay being exchanged by police officers at the scene and the dispatch center as heanfon' die police scanner According to a press ‘Jy release from the Logan u Parks and Recreation I" ' Department the Logan city fireworks will be resched- uled on Saturday niit at : i ‘ - rj'- - nr K 5 El LucenWHefald Journal TMs is die first medical at the pool where ii SALT LAKE CITY Margaret Blair Young have just finished the third book of ai historical fiction trilogy based on blink Utah pioneers “The stories' and people presented are based on extensive primary and secondary historical research We’ve represented them as faithfully as ' possible” Gray said Gray said that among die first Mormon pioneers were three black male slaves The three Green Flake Oscar Crosby and Hark Lay are mentioned on the Brigham i r Hone pital spokesmanShane V e ’v TA HoroitaL i “She complaiiiedQf a headache and lower back ain” Carpenter said i woman was treated for her injuries and released hos- In ! University English professor 48-fo- ot M V- ' created by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints to support its members of African descent Gray and Brigham Young r -- ( ‘ Wr700South “The weadier came dur ing our last perffxmunice but diat won’t be reached-uled” said Russ'Alona Lpgan’s parks ud recro-- ? ation director: The band has f3- other commitments on that i 'r: dayvheaaid -- " James her husband Isaac James and olne child The fam--' ily4eft from Nauvoo and a second child was bop in Farr Westi Gray yaid The James famjly came with the second company to enter ttyp valley in September 1 847 as did one of Margaret Young’s ancestors :: - : : 'J- - "' In a life historyj which Jane James dictated she said:1' Isaac James s “My husband worked for Brother Brigham and we got along splendid accumulating buses cows oxen sheep and chickens in f V v s ' abundance ' ' a |