Show The ceraii® Furniture for Gautemala classrom on its way — A3 m at Utah State's defensive backs A look bb iyoli93JMo7232JB‘uesdayFAugust 202002 — B1 Qi ILoganJUtahl© 20021S50 Brldgerland'6 Dallyewspape Weather ° Mostly sunny with highs in the mid-8- 0s — PageAlO By Jerimlah Stattler staff writer "7 on the open market Ron Saville director of the power department described the savings as Public rumblings persist over the of a $9 million power plant in southwest Logan Questions of pollution natural gas leaks and noise linger among its foes But three months after the first generator was fired up power officials are claiming the plant has been a financial boon to city Logan Light and Power reputed Thursday that it has saved nearly a half million dollars from generating power locally rather than buying it “significant” He said the power plant is keeping power prices low while providing the city a fiscally stable source of local generation Logan’s power plant operates at an average cost of $62 per megawatt hour That includes fuel costs administration and debt repayment Power officials deem the price inexpensive when compared to the market upgrade Update MEL rate-paye- Attacks gave rise to new vocabulary In April for instance the city would have paid $81 to buy the same power on the market In June the price rose to $121 And in July it climbed one more dollar to $122 Resources Manager Jay Larsen told the Logan Power Board on Thursday that the price difference amounted to $414000 over a newly-upgrad- ed rs ' Logan officials say new plant is a boon three-mon- facility would cut costs by an average of $100000 a month At that rate officials figured the plant would pay for itself in nine or 10 years' But Thursday's news was more promising Larsen’s report indicated an average savings of $138000 a month “It is very economical power” Peterson said Saville said the money saved is not being channeled into depart- - ' ment’s reserves as he would prefer but is rather being used to offset high power prices and avoid a future rate increase th period Power board member Jack Peterson said the savings was more than he expected When the power plant concept arose last year Peterson believed the 11-year-o- girlin critical condition after rape beating Associated Press By The Some words rad phrases that became part of Americans’ vocabulary after Sept 1 1 : ANTHRAX: Infectious bacterial disease of sheep and cattle transmissible to humans Pulmonary anthrax caused by inhalation of the bacteria killed five Americans via anthrax-lace- d letters in die months after Sept 11 It has not been determined who was behind the mailings AXIS OF EVIL: Refers to Iran Iraq and North Korea according to President Bush who accused those countries of supporting terrorism against other nations and trying to develop nuclear chemical and biological weapons Bush first used the phrase in his State of the Union address in January BIOTERRORISM: The use of biological agents such as anthrax or smallpox to induce tank disease or day-to-d- ay SALT LAKE CITY (AP) —An girl was kidnapped from her bedroom Monday by a man who raped and beat her in her backyard before he was captured police said Javier Sickler a framer high school classmate of the girl’s father was arrested after authorities found him attacking the girl with a hammer outside her suburban Midvale home police Sgt John Salazar said The girt was in critical condition ' Monday afternoon after undergoing several hours of surgery Under police questioning Salazar said the man remembered banging on the door of the victim’s house rad nothing else “He’s claiming he had a blackout” Salazar said "He’s claiming that he suffers fromthem generally” was no connec tion ’between Sickler and Elizabeth Smart who was abducted in June from a bedroom she shared with her sister in their Salt Lake City home During police questioning Sickler didn’t ask for an attorney Salazar said It wasn’t immediately clear whether Sickler had retained an attorney Police said Sickler 28 and the girl’s father had renewed their friendship in the last few weeks Salazar said the attacker slipped ' into the home through an unlocked side door and went into the bedroom the girl shares with her brother Police said the intruder asked the boy where his father slept then ‘ death- - 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Answers 7 Number ' 71' a) Yes ’V 2 kidnapped the girl The boy didn’t feel threatened and there was no indication of a struggle Salazar said The children’s father and grandparents were asleep in die home at die timeA few minutes later a neighbor called police and reprated ' hearing moaning outside Salazar said two officers followed suspicious noises to the girl’s location where they found the man attacking the girl’s head and face “I believe they saved her life” 7 Salazar said After officers jumped a wall rad shone flashlights on him the man ran several blocks toward his car until he was stopped by a police dog ' Sickler’s criminal background includes drug theft and resisting arrest charges said Salt Lake County AP photo Sheriff’s spokeswoman Peggy Brad WUdnabh left judges ROTC cadet Shyto Drabner as she keeps on going Faulkner'In 1994 he was arrested while Jesse Thompson gives up during puslHjp testing at Uberty Park in Salt - wit the Salt Lake 18usP°nof Lake City on tog 5 Drabner fulfilled all of her requirement while Thompson failed ' -- 1 think there was a lot of reflect ' 7 stirs students but not to action Olympic lessons helped sharpen security Page 8 'quesSon I 1 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Sept 1 1 terror attacks briefly united a usually apathetic college crowd but they didn't move Utah's young adults to volunteer in their communities enlist in the military Despite passionate letters to The Daily Utah Chronicle at the Univer-- Go to The Herald Journal Web site (wwwhnews£Oin) to cast your vote on today’s eurvey question See Friday's f Journal Sunflowers in an Avon field turn their backs to the setting sun Monday evening looking instead towards the East for it to rise The weather today promises to be to their liking: dear and sunny with highs in the mid-80s Quick road A’ TnGnuS hair-weatn- er See WORDS on A9 going —beck to school? SL ld 1 : respect and support from students parents and thepeoplewho know them As a teacher I feel mortval- ued than the group M Some teachers say they sense a commitment to lack of long-tereducation among state ’ : teaches at Logan High School and is' running for the Legislature ‘If education funding had been anywhere near the national Average toe would not see 37 students fo a m policy-make- " 40ne of the biggest issues is the attitude some legislators have about teachers students and public educa-- class and go6d teachen g leaving for jobs else- - 7 where?’ she said sixth-gra- rs ' tion” said Connie Morgan who ' de better-payin- See MORALE on AS i ‘i: 7! ' : 7 7- - n' 'v II - - VV’' '1 — ‘ |