Show Friday August 30 2002 A3 Local state In brief FflflWDiiDj£ ByHolll Weiee Students compete staff writer in New legislation requiring school districts to pass a policy assuring that elected members of the local and state education association will only use public funds for activities that directly benefit students will not have an impact on die Logan Education Association said LEA President Connie Moigan “I believe that our Superintendent Richard Jensen working with our board has tried to be fair and objec- dve in complying with this legislative mandate” said Morgan donating blood In addition to competing on the football field Saturday Aug31 the University of Utah and Utah State University are completing off the field this week to see which school can generate the most blood donations The drive will take plaice Friday from 9 am until 3 pm in the Sunburst Lounge of the Tkggait Student Center at USU Donors must " weigh at least 110 pounds be at least 17 years old be in general good health and have not donated blood in die last 36 days Donors must bring photo identification and regional news Logan educators say law FOOD® on spending not necessary According to Moigan there has never been a concern by the school ' board or anyone else that the activities of the LEA do not benefit children She added that the policy will not change anything because it has never been ad issue “We have expressed our concern over some legislators’ need to micromanage to give our districts one more thing to regulate” said Morgan “It is unfair to give the appearance of a problem where there is General Session none” dents According to Pat RuskUtah Education Association President Wright said his concerns were directed at ensuring that taxpayer dollars were not paying for members to attend meetings and activities that would not directly benefit students In some cases she said districts will be requiring die UEAto pay the teacher’s benefits and salary for a missed school day due to a meeting or activity that is not related to stuPolicies outlining regulations for association leave are to be made by The legislation was sponsored by State Sen Bill Wright at the 2002 ’ ’ each district said Rusk so some districts were affected more than others or in different ways It will especially affect meetings of the UEA where travel is required on the part of the member she said “We used to meet on a Friday all day and continue meetings on Saturday” said Rusk “Now we have to hold the meetings in the evening on Friday” ' Rusk added that the elected members of the UEA are committed and willing to make sacrifices to meet “As an organization we are going to do whatever we have to do to meet” she said Smithfield Golf course land to be subdivided The 393 acres of land that Smithfield City has sold adjacent to Birch Creek Golf Course needs to be subdivided before developer Robert Saxton can parcel the 393 acres for his planned-un- it development project said Smithfield City Manager Jim Gass Saxton has announced plans to housing units put a 17 single-levon the property “Anytime you sever property of 10 acres or less the property owners have to go through the subdivi- sion process” said Gass “We have to go through it like anyone else” Gass said the process will take the Planning and Zoning Commission about two months to complete “We are dividing it as one large parcel” said Gass “Then Saxton must come in and subdivide again” The process is expected to&egin at die next planning and zoning meeting i v' V' el iWasatch Front Hearing canceled in hammen attack SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Concerned about possible retribution against a man charged with rape kidnapping and attempted murder in the attacks of an 11 -- year-old Midvale girl and a woman attorneys have canceled a ' Thursday court hearing Instead defense and prosecuting attorneys agreed to an Oct 24 pre-- : liminary hearing for Javier Sickler before Third District Judge Paul Maughan at which Sickler will not be present “The transportation officers woe concerned for die safety of Mr Sickler Once die defense attorney and prosecutor learned of this they decided they could set a date with- out the defendant being present” Assistant District Attorney Kent ' f Morgan said" A Police say that on Aug 19 they found Sickler in die back yud beating the child in the ' face with hammer Authorities say Sickler took her from her bedroom in the middle of the night and sexu- ally assaulted her before police ' i arrived Doctors working to rebuild the girl’s face say it’s too early to tell if she suffered brain damage or tost y' her sight ‘‘i f 1 i'?i LucsrtVHprld Journal r i in lam the Has books the in 3 looks children's Bessie section the at are the basement of the Hyrum Ciyic Katelyn through they outgrowing space they occupy ’ Brown Library in Hyrum on Wednesday Ubrary Director Girmy Tremayne sayr Center The city is working to raise $43 million to build a new ltbrtfy Hyrum library feels growing pains By Joe Rowley staff writer employees help borrowers check out about 203000 items each year And it’s all done within 38 hours a week on a budget of just more than $130000 and in a mere 4500 square feet “We can’t all be here at the same time because we’d just fall over each other” Tremayne said Those numbers represent fewer hours employees and dollars than libraries that see less than a third as much activity The library in Brigham City was the most comparably-size- d library in Tremayne’s study it employs e e three and 12 librarians is open 60 hours a week and runs'on a budget more than three times the size of Hyrum’s Hie 45000 items in the Hynuri city library fill the shelves to capacity When die library moved into their current space in 1989 j only 4000 books came with it which were from die of permany HYRUM — City officials here have recently been biiyjng up property along Main Street in order to build a new library and museum It’s a building that Library Director Ginny Tremayne says is much needed as ‘her current facility seems to be bursting at the seams Tremayne recently surveyed sev- eral other Utah libraries that serve similar populations and found Hynim’s library is doing a lot of work with comparatively few resources And an independent state study agrees dial the library is just too small to meet it’s current needs The fedlity serves more than 12000 residents of Hyrum Millville Wellsville ami Nibley as well as many other people throughout the county who buy a card for e $30 each year Five full-tim- part-tim- part-tim- Hyrum library facts The library serves more than 12000 patrons ' There are 45000 Kama avail- able for use at the Ubrary Five part-tim-e employees cover 38 hours per week " The Ifcrary occupies 4500 !' square feet of space sonal collection of the library’s founder Bessie Brown And as the staff buys new books each year they must box up as many to store until they can move into a larger space The upside of that plight is that because the library’s holdings have increased by ten-foin as many years the collection is one of the newest in the state With a limited staff and less-tha- n ample space the library is not able to offer many of the programs it ld Wfater floods coal mine PRICE (AP)— Arch Coal Co is being frarad to pump 8000 gallons of water a minute from the Skyline Mine curtailing operations at foe mine on foe border ofEmery and Carbon counties The water could be coming from foe consider awarding a grant when it meets Sept 5 in Cedar City The cost would be paid ty government mining royalties The problem is forcing foe Skyline Mine to keep pumping water and dig in new directions for coal Huntington ower Plant’s reservoir PadfiCorp meanwhile is worried r about Electric Lake which has been losing d losing water fra its 600 acre-feof water a month since ' officials County power plant say foe March Utah Power spokesman Dave utility may have to find it new source of r: Eskelsen said V water after February 2003 to replace foe f water But officials aren't certain and plan to being lost fr6m Electric Lake askfoe state for a $60QL00Q emergency I r Senate Minority Leader Mike ' Dmitrich grant for an underground survey County and other from an Utah have urged central may bring Theprpblem opportunity y Legislators a poskfofenewsoutce of drinking water foe Permanent Community Impact Fund fra Emery Carbon and Sanpete counties Board to award fundinethat wouldbe JSome beneve foe souspe is a used to hire an engiheering company: mile aquifer under all three counties “In no way does anyone want to “Is this new water no one knew about? affect foe operifoon of foe Huritingtbn We need to determine foroui eedogical Powerplant in that area It's veryimpotv tant to keep its operation going fra foe testing ud find out foe siw and scope iof ’ the aquifer arid the viability 'of making that ecraioiny of Carbon and Emery couri-ausaMe water resource” sudhfichadS ties” Dmitridi said “But at the same - time a new source of water is critical to Miloykfo chairman of Carbon County’s area The idea is to fold the Munidpal Building Authority The state’s 11 member Permanent out how we best get at it and share costs' i v)Community Inqiact Fluid Board will of distribution” y could Tremayne said In Brigham e City two of foe Library’s staff members work exclusively with literary programs including adult literacy and English as a Second Language courses Brigham City Library Director Sue Hill said The need fra providing help with adult literacy is growing and there is a burgeoning Hispanic population in Hyrum that could benefit from ariESL program “We don't (have a literacy program) But you know what if we had the room we would” Tremayne said “When people call and they want to do a literacy program we would love to do that As soon as we get a new library that will bea top priority” The library staff does what it can however 600 students sighed up for the summer reading program this year Three times a week they part-tim- See LIBRARY on AU iteEsiitlriimes Ann Millner president - 7:0GDENUtyh-(AP)- After 20 yean at Weber State ' University F Anri Millner has a special meeting at 2 pm on Friday at the Garden Oty Office ' BuVdhng 145 W Center (Logan y Road) Agenda Rame include: jCulinaty 'Discussing Swan Spring ' - water 'V win hold - V fi' School aewi tip? 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