Show A8 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday September 13 2002 Obituaries LaVar Leonard Sorensen age 77 passed peacefulaay from natural ly causes on Sept 10 2002 He was bom April 20 1925 in Smithfield to Martha and Thomas L Sorensen He is now reunited with his parents and beloved wife Mary to whom he was married in the Logan LDS Temple on March 24 1947 LaVar was a graduate of North Cache High School and received a BS and Masters degree from the University of as well as a PhD from He State University Oregon was an active member of the Valley View 1 0th Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat- Utah- - y Saints Among many church callings he served as a member of the bishopric Scout-mastexecutive secre-tar- y and high counselor He served in the Navy dur' ing World War II as a medic Naval and was stationed at the ter-da- er Hospital in Honolulu Hawaii LaVar was affectionately known as "Doc to hundreds of South High School alumni He served as Principal of South High from 1975 until it closed its doors in 1988 He was an avid fan of all things pertaining to South High and he truly loved the students and community surrounding the school He loved learning and his professional career was that of an educator teacher and admlnis-tratwith the Salt Lake City School District It was the perfect career for him as he loved young pedpfe and they loved Surplus area and was involved with the community He was a member of the Salt Lake Lions Club serving one year as the president He was a scouter and had a great love for the scouting program He organized countscout camps less week-lon-g where his boys not only earned merit badges but learned to love and respect the outdoors Most recently he served as a docent for the Jr Science Academy at the University of Utah's Museum of Natural History ' LaVar loved family gatherings traveling and University of Utah sports After his beloved wife Mary passed away in 1987 he with his enjoyed dear friends whom he lovingly referred to as his “medicare group" LaVar was an optimist who loved life and Bved it fully and joyously He'll always be remembered for his big heart friendly smile and quick wit His personality and outlook on life will be carried forward through his children grandchildren and SLC LaVar Sorensen Continued from A1 businesses Lawmakers trimmed a total $401 million from the 2002 and 2003 budgets during the d Legislature’s general and special sessions The 2002 budget was balanced at $74 billion “The good news is we didn’t have to take fund as ' quite as much out of the rainy-da- y we thought" said Kim Thorne director of the state Division of Finance “We certainly want tq err on the side of being conservative" said House Speaker rr West “We still Marty Stephens ahead times have hard of us It’s best to be ' conservative and protect die taxpayer’s Republican-controlle- -- Continued from A1 to actually quantify that is very difficult if not impos- sible” He is survived by his four children Martha (Reed) Richards Ogden Richard (Flori) Sorensen Salt Lake Thomas (Debbie) Sorensen Salt Lake Michael (Linda) Sorensen Bountiful 16 grandchildren and three Funeral sendees will be at the Valley View 10th Ward 2000 E 3900 South at 10 am Saturday Sept 14 Friends may call at the Wasatch Lawn Mortuary 3401 South Highland Drive from 6 to 8 pm on Fri Sept 13 and Sat‘ urday at the church house one it hour prior to the sendees will be inthe Smithfield City Cemetery at 1 0 pm The family thanks the staff of the Highland Care Center for the loving care extended to LaVar during his short stay with them Kelly conceded the system’s not perfect “But is it usu said to an overflow crowd including state regents and legislators faculty staff students and community members “We are neither ina state of despair or disrepair but we have infinite ambition and finite resources That means we have our work cut out for us It also means that we need the help of others” Hall first turned for help to his administrators faculty staff and students when he came to Utah State 21 months ago by asking them to participate in an intense institutional culminating in a university “compact plan” Utah State’s compact plan will be used to guide the institution into the future Hall said after identifying the char- acteristics of a great public research university - “The vision for our univer’ sity that haS come from this process is to put academic achievement first and to realize that success in academics will count for more than any- - Sagers and Matthew North Logan a boy§ept8 BARFUSS — Kimberly Wilson and Ryan Millville a girl Sept 10 WILDB-TAYLOR- Amy and John Logan a girl Aug 2' LOWREY— Lori Clark and Chad Logan a boy Sept 1 BOLAN — Lori Nelson and Michael Smithfield a girl ?GUNG — Undsi Pinker- ton and PauLLogiatC'Yllit! jept 5 ! J CARLING - Kimberly Johnson and Coby Logan a boy Sept 9 GODFREY— Tammi 1 : JABBOURI — Nancy Patten and Ayad Logan a girl Sept 11 KUNZ —- Kamille Sparrow and Travis Preston a girl Sept 10 BIESINQER— Tana Griffiths and Josh Logan a boy Sept 11 Selocfed stocks Stock prices am quoted in wtwto and fractional dollara per sham Mutual funds am quoted in doilam and cents At approximately 4:30 pm yes- terday the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 837941 - 20176 These quotes wem taken at that time and provided to The Herald Journal by Edward Jones 2670 2420 AT&T 1244 Autoliv Inc 2273 Boise Cascade 2592 Campbell Soup 2232 2915 Citigroup 2510 ConagralNC Edison bill 1060 ' Exxon Mobil 3359 Ford Motor Co 1089 068 068 024 010 064 059 099 045 048 ARwrtsons American FW GenDyn Gen Electric Gillette Idacotp IBM ‘ Iomega JC Penney ' 101 027 253 100 021 058 223 053 027 8301 2800 3135 2384 7187 1246 1818 5397 060 2465 164 4910 1768 4715 021 123 003 1143 027 243 5170 948 3927 PG&E 1260 Pharmacia Corp 3998 4642 Philip Morria 023 Kmart Lucent Tech Merck & Co Micron Microsoft Moors Novel Nucor Oracle PepsiCo Polaris Questar Qwest Reeboktntl Rohm & Haas Scottish Power Seam Starbucks ' Union Pacific Viacom Vital Mart Webs Fargo Zions ' ' 1111- - work-accordin- 113 1917 032 2540 029 1625 - 041 8228 - 206 --- 1221 1295 697 728 1337 1775- 1673 1775- - 034 023 024 024 1089 1125 280 712 748 026 002 001 Lord Abbott Affiliated US Govt 042 019 121 Bond-Debe- 022 -- 267 n 126 Putnam Gk)i Growth 027 HI Yield 022 166 108 126 TE Income 602 629 - 012 690 724 887 921 001 001 1320 1328 - 033 1422 1509- - 035 Voyager Gr&lnc VahKampon 219 agreed m On the Neb US News & World Report well-educat- ed http:wwwusnewscom who are successful Hall said Rewards will be offered to departments for outstanding teaching if a new initiative by Provost Stan Albrecht is implemented Hall said The College of Family Life was eliminated as an administrative entity and its programs and personnel woe relocated in other colleges Hall said thing else we can do during our time at Utah State” “Without doing so we are unlikely to build the academic reputation of the institution in ways that will serve well the students faculty and taxpayers of Utah There should be no confusion: we need to be stronger academi- cally” A weak economy coupled with the highest population in the nation of both public school-ag-e children and college-age youths has created “something of a revolving door” for undergraduate students with mediocre retention and graduation rates Hall said Utah State will focus on opportunities to enhance the reputation of the institution for learning discovery and engagement by making hard choices and plac- -' ing resources in those areas where reputation can be enhanced Academic and administrative organization will be scrutinized Hall indicated Research programs that fail to' draw significant external stufunds and high-quali-ty dents will be eliminated and funds reallocated to faculty administrators will examine whether other reorganization would be appropriate The College of Agriculture will shift emphasis to scientific agriculture and with other colleges into functional genomics Hall said He announced the formation of the Biotechnology and Genomics Research Center and introduced USU’s Dr Bait Weimer director of the Center for Microbe Detection and Physiology as the interim director of the center The colleges of Natural Resources Engineering and Agriculture have proposed a multidisciplinary effort to restore Utah State to its his- - ( tone prominence in the study of water Hall said Other goals are to expand and diversify the revenues of the university adopt new busi Center and technical information to researchers educators indus- - Continued from A1 outstanding credentials and national visibility and he has experience with commercialization of biotechnologies” said Vice President for Research Brent C Miller “He is an excellent fit for the job” Formerly known as the Biotechnology Center the new center will combine the current role of the Biotech Center with the increasingly important area of genomics “We are going to maintain our support of biotechnology research and education and continue to provide training : ' try government and Extension agents in the biotechnology arena” said Noelle Cockett dean of the College of Agri- culture “With the addition of genomics we are enhancing the center and setting ourselves up to become a major contributor in national and international research efforts” said Cockett The changes will make the center stronger” Miller said “The new focus will maintain an appropriate emphasis on agriculture and also bring more collaboration with colleagues across campus” The new center will focus on agricultural biotechnology ness models that embrace accountability and strengthen recruitment retention and ' graduation “The university’s future is to become a premier institution in the areas of engineering science and technology — as they are manifested in their many forms - supported - by programs in the arts humanities and social sci- ' eoces mid enhanced by teacher education” Hall said These goals will be compli- mented by existing strengths in agriculture and education new prominence in business a heightened emphasis on the natural environment and revi- talized Cooperative Extension and continuing education programs he said “We are going to do what is intelligently necessary to extend quality throughout the institution while selectively building some programs of excellence” Hall said “But we cannot walk this road alone and in the end no matter how much we select and choose we must have the help of others — of the commis- sioner of the regents of the Board of Trustees of the governor and of the Legislature” natural populations and microbial genomics “It’s exciting now to be able to understand the genome of a living organism — not only of humans but also of animals and plants” said Miller “Applied genomics is a perfect example of science contributing to the betterment of living organisms and improving the quality of life” Kamal Rashid continues at the center as associate director for education and Tom Grover continues to serve as associate director for technical support For more information about the center contact Miller at (435)797-118- 0 or Cockett (435)797-221- 5 1471 1544 002 717 761 -- 015 1442 1530 - 029 USA Pace POP Chg Presi-- r total score Other education experts 2550-04- 5 on Gold US Govt World Growth ' 020 118 said Travis Reindl director of state policy analysis for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities in Washington DC said the role played by college presidents in the overall rankings taints the offset an economic decline in the first quarter Parry said the end of the recession probably will be marked at last December or January though he said the effects linger showing in the unemployment rate and bank foreclosures on homes Utah’s jobless rate in August was 3 percent with about 56900 residents to the state out of Workforce Services of Department “As a result of the slowdown the state government faces a substantial deficit” Parry said “The shortfall equals nearly 3 percent of this year’s budget and the necessary adjustments will be a drag on growth going forward” State legislators have had to balance and rebalance the state budget five times in the past year to close a yawning $401 million revenue gap Last month Gov Mike Leavitt said tax receipts woe showing signs of stabilizing Parry was bullish on Utah’s long-tereconomy saying the state has a high quality of life a population and young a healthy industry base Growth Herald Atf&ljournal USPS BtfiM - 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