Show er SUM A3 Local state Annual satellite conference begins at USU Teenage girl struck by car injured badly Conference hosted by USU and SDL would become so popular when it was initiated By Arrln Brunson staff writer By Jason Bargraan girl was struck by a car and seriously injured Saturday tunning as she attempted to cross Main Street in Logan authorities Said The girl whose name was not released was crossing the intersection at 400 S Main St about 1 :30 am when she was struck by a Chevy Blazer Logan police Lt Tames Geier said She was not in the crosswalk “Indications are she was south of the crosswalk" Geier said The girl reportedly suffered multiply injuries to ha head and body “The word that I got initially was (she had) a punctured lung and broken legs” Geier said “She was unconscious initially and then she ' The Small Satellite Conference There’s nothing little about the 16th Annual Conference on Small Satellites at Utah State University Nearly 500 attendees from around the world made opening exercises seem like a meeting of the United Nations on Monday Additionally more than 200 exhibitors turned out to show their wares at the four-da- y conference eclipsing previous registration records Frank Redd chairman of the conference and director of the Space Dynamics Laboratory said he never imagined that the Small Satellite staff writer A ana regional news was born out of a request by former USU President Stan Cazier for campus organizations to plan events in conjunction with the university's centennial celebration in 1987 Redd said Attendance at the conference has more thanlquadrupled since then and its reputation has reached around the world Mazlan Othman director of United Nations Space Operations from 1999 to July 2002 officially opened the conference Monday with the keynote address at the Eccles Con- - Terence Center at Utah State Othman who is from Malaysia followed the latest developments in small satellite technology by reading the proceedings of Cache Valley's Small Satellite conference from her homeland in years past proving that the happenings are of interest around the world Raid said ' She told a packed auditorium of scientists 'and engineers from around the world that space technology has become an important industry for everyone — even undeveloped countries who can use small satellite technology to deliver information and solve emerging international problems: Without access to the - technological advances in space science Othman said the digital divide leaves underdeveloped countries farther and farther behind “We don’t expect anybody else to solve our problems so we need to posture ourselves to solve our problems” Othman said “We know that small satellites are here to stay Let us make good on our promise to make them accessible” Doran Baker director of the Rocky Mountain NASA Space Grant Consortium and professor of electrical and computer engineering at USU said Redd espoused this See USU on A6 County courthouse regained consciousness” Geier said he didn’t know which direction the girl was crossing the ' street or why she was out so late The Blazer that hit her was going south Geier said It was driven by a male ' “There was no indication of excessive speed or anything else1” Geier said ” He was just getting off work and apparently going home There wasn’t any alcohol involved” No citations are expected to be issued in the crash The girl was reportedly taken to Logan Regional Hospital and then was life flighted to LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City Her current health condition was unknown Monday evening Geier said “She did regain consciousness which is always a good sign because a head injury is a determining (recuperation) factor in those kinds of cases ” he said Geier said he wasn't sure if die girl was dragged by the car during ' the crash or if the driver ef the car was able to brake before hitting her Agendas J The Board of Education of the Lxgan City School District will meet at 4:30 tonight in the Board Room of the Logan City School District offices ' 101 W Center St Agenda items include: Discussing the revised district calf photo courtesy o( Jeanne Sorensen An old postcard clarifies the original color of the Cache County Courthouse pfDsttffiaD’dl ' ender By Leon D’Souza staff writer Reviewing travel requests Discussing the comprehensive trict professional development plan ' Reviewing the Teacher Association leave policy budget Discussing the 2002-200- 3 Discussipg the Recreation Center joint fund for fiscal year 2002-200- 3 Reviewing opening school actividis- beckoned She picked the album off the shelf and thumbed through it studying the picture postcards from a bygone era that filled its pages: It was a souvenir album that belonged to her hus- band’s grandmother “The album has a lot of postcards from the early 19Q0s” Sorensen explained One color print of an old red brick courthouse with white trim caught her attention The postcard was dated Dec 8 1912 and the picture was that of the Cache County Court “I thought ‘Oh how interesting’” Sorensen r recalled Hearing concerns andor reports of board members Hearing report of conditions in the district : V The Hyde Park City Council will meet at 7 pm on Tuesday at the city office 113 E Hyde Park Lane Agenda items include: Discussing an appropriations resolution Discussing canals and airports with Lynn James Hearing a request from Jackie Jensen for ordinance amendment home occupation Discussing Lions Park and recy-cJibins Discussing the alcohol ordinance Hearinga report from Mayor Kooyman on meeting with North : Logan ' Holding a master road plan da-cussionon the following roads: Main Street north of 300 North 450 North 200 North Center Street east of 400 East 700 East 400 South 200 South50 East intersection 50 East width and 300 South width ' : Discussing proposed subdivision ‘ ordinance amendments Vi 1 ' ' J The RIver'Helghts City Counci wM meet at 6:30 pm on Tuesday at the city office 520 S 500 East Agen- i da items Include:' ' ' : Discussing an aerial view of River Heights bj) Salisbury Photography ' Discussing a resolution to set a fee tine boundary adjustment Reviewing Storting Codfer's con-tra- ct ij' Discussing the proposed 200 East j See AGENDAS on A7 photograph that was taken between this photo- graph and when they painted it (the courthouse) in 1955’” he said “We’re hoping someone can find a good photograph of this building some-tim- e after the additions were put on” The restoration team currently has pictures of the finished courthouse but none of them are ' color portrayals “We have black and white pictures that are very good but we’ve never had anything in color of the building as it was before it was painted white” Daines said 'The discovery puts to rest nearly two months of debate over what the structure must have looked like in the first half of the last century In May while trying to determine the original color of the building so that a decision could be made about how the restored exterior was going to look the restoration team discovered not one See COLOR on A6 Former reporter given five to life Monastery could n) ' Aware that the color of the old building had been the subject of much debate in county circles in recent months she called former Logan Mayor Newel Daines a key member of the county’s restoration team “I contacted Mr: Dairies thinking he might be interested” Sorensen said Daines was elated “I think it’s ideal” lie said smiling “This substantiates what we’ve found in the records and therefore with the approval of the county council we’re going to go ahead and try to restore-thoriginal colors” Although very revealifig the picture still has a few drawbacks It wa$ taken after the construe- tion of the west wing but before the addition to the east end in 1917 However Daines hopes the postcard will spur more valley residents to rummage through their photo archives “What we’d really like is now someone can see this photograph and say ’Well I’ve got a ‘ It was a quiet laid-bac- k Sunday afternoon like most Sundays in Cache Valley Hyde Park resident Jeanne Sorensen was taking a break from the day when an old household treasure ties ©©toe povoaDs By Jason Bergreen staffwriter A former Herald Journal reporter received a potential life seqtencein prison Monday for sexually abusing a boy last year i (( Former epunty-starejrter v Paul Wayne Allen 38 was sen- - ' fenced to a mandatory sentence aftpr pleading in July to r aggravated sexual assault " of a child V r Allen admitted tojalaying ah the inappropriate while the boy was af his Ihodse Sept fO 2001 He also told police that atsome point jrithe game he and the boy were nude and that he fondled himself in front of the child truly sony " Allen said Monday before sentencing “I’d like to publicly apologize for the te ‘ 1 a five-year-s- to-li-fe To first-degr- ee : ’ the presence of four children three girls and a boy The resident alleged Allen also fondled one of the girls and took nude photos of her on Several occasions The grandmother of these four alleged' victims asked 1st District provide relief for abusive priests dpNTSVllii (AP) — Leadets of Roman Catholic religious orders say sexually abusive Court Judge Clint S Judkins Monshould be kept away from children but ’ ' priests life- t i ' day to sentence Allen to the hot expel led and the leader of the Abbey of time sentence He gave them Our lady of the Holy Trinity monastery says “He’s not fit to walk the (alleged victims) life streets” she said ” He gave r his order may provide appropriate work for' ' the offenders ’i them1 (alleged victims) a l(fe sen-- 1 ) they’ll The Meii Conference of Major Superiors rtf tence that they’ll have for the rest of have for ' of their lived I think he needs to aiiVssociation ofheads of groups such as their lives" : Benedictines and Jesuitp said Saturday that stay in (prison) as lorig as the some abusers can recover and serve the there" him can court keep ' church in administrative jobs far from young') tional alleged victims accused Four of the five Allen of abusing them in 1993 ' felony aggravated sekual abuse of people ta their document released at the and of their annual meeting Saturday in Philadel- An investigation into the 1993 a child charges against Allen were for in surfaced in after an phia the religious orders pledged the men Oct allegations dropped July exchange ' would undergo treatment and remain under 23 story about Allen’s arrest was his guilty plea Allen was ajso ordered Monday ' close watchThey also added language sug- printed in The Herald Journal A to pay restitution to thp Cache Valley resident who read gested during the floor debate that anyone ' who violatedrestrictions set by their orders the story reported to police that See ALLEN on A6 could be dismissed Allen allegedly fondled himself in I 9 I " a sentence that the rest first-degr- i ee - : ! a |