Show The erato Local veterans featured in book — A3 Tatting tales of one Smithfield woman nHiHlli — Cache Vol 93’ N6T270Fridatf Septembe£27f Logan Utah I© 2002I$50 Bridgerland’s Daily Newspape Weather Mostly doudy with winds from10to15 mph — PageA12 Cache County research may prove NSAIDs or aspirin can reduce risk By Arrin Brunson staff writer Update Hi 1 Mitt Romney entific study about Alzheimer’s disease the important findings of which were released Monday In an article published in the latest issue of the American Academy of Neurology’s journal “Neurology’’ on Sept 23 scientists reported that long-teruse of aspirin nonsteroidal antior an inflammatory drug or NSAID may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s The findings were based on Cache County research which initially involved more than 5770 local residents age 65 and over m over-the-coun- Have researchers with the help of Cache Valley residents found yet another reason to take an aspirin a day? For the past seven years several thousand senior citizens from Cache County have participated in a comprehensive sci See RESEARCH on Ail Memory walk set for Saturday By Arrin Brunson staff writer The Alzheimer’s Association of Utah will host its annual Memory Walk fundraiser at 8 am Saturday beginning at Logan’s Wil- low Park 419 W 700 South In addition to raising money for the research of trying to woo female vpters BOSTON appeal One of People Magazine’s 50 most beautiful people Romney appears barechested in a swim suit in a new television ad in which he and his wife speak tenderly about their courtship The telegenic former Winter Olympics chief also invited reporters and photographers this week to watch him run along the Charles River with his dog and one of his five sons ratic Party Tbdayfe question Do you wear your seal beft every time you get in your vehicle? a) Yes b)- No' ' i - " r Tuesday's survey results Do you or does your famiy attend parert-teach- er Answers a) Yes b)- No i ' conferences? Percent Number 111 77 ' 23 33 Index'':'''-- ' ClassffiedsVMC4 Obituaries: ComicstaMMC2 Opinion Sports Movies Cache wvvwhjnewscom v M B1 V By Holll Waits staff writer “What is he running for prom king or governor?” said Sue Harvey a Democ- Go to The Herald Journal Web site (wwwhjnewscom) to cast your vote on today1 eurvey question See Tuesday's newspaper for1 results and a new question SeeWALKonAS' offer from Pepsi gets icy response gubernatorial candidate Mitt Romney in an apparent effort to woo female voters is turning on the sex See ROMNEY on A8 - Scoreboard (AP)— Republican Romney 55 who was known to take bobsled rides and ski the moguls while overseeing the Olympics is downplaying the new strategy And his campaign denies it’s an overt attempt to attract the female voter — which will be a key facto in the Nov 5 election “I run every other morning three miles This is nothing new" said Romney his hair tousled after the run with his Weimaraner “Marley” “One of my favorite cartoon characters is Popeye” he continued “I’m pleased to say 'I am what I am and that's all that I am'” Romney’s Democratic opponent state Treasurer Shannon O’Brien scoffed at his focus on the physical which also included a round of golf with former President George Bush over die weekend “Rather than having the pretty ' pictures rather than having the jog across the Charles it should be about what women really care about Alzheimer's disease the walk is held in celebration of the courage of victims and the devotion and dedica- tion of their families and caregivers said Gordon Walker executive director of Utah’s Alzheimer's Asso-nation Mitcti MascaraHerald Journal Cache County Jail Inmates are shackled before being taken to District Court on Thursday afternoon Valley’s jail housing blues County questions state inmates taking up space in jail not prison By Joe Rowley staff writer The Sheriffs Office and Cache County Council are facing a $440000 problem with few solutions: Too many prisoners and too little room However the problem is compounded because the state keeps its own beds empty Sheriff ’s Lt Kim Cheshire said With a much-needjail still more than a year away and more inmates than beds the county is fast running out of money to house prisoners elsewhere The $440000 the County Council ed budgeted for that purpose this year is almost gone and Sheriff G Lynn Nelson has asked the council for more than $200000 to finish out the year Cheshire said Until 1998 Cache County’s jail population was not a problem Lemon said When the population began to increase beyond what the jail could hold Lemon thought the county could control it until the new jail is built by letting people out early who were near the end of their sentences But when district court judges put pressure on the county to make sure inmates serve their full sentences the beds began to run low “Most people want inmates to serve full sentences” Cheshire said “And my job is to make sure they do” Utah state law allows inmates to be housed at county jails for no longer than one year and Cheshire said the average sen- tence is about 90 days The law allows for prisoners to be released early only when they earn the privilege through good behavior But die county’s own inmates have been joined lately by an increasing number of prisoners that Cheshire said should be occupying some of the 700 extra beds at the state prison This only compounds the county’s problem At the beginning of 2002 there were 25 probation inmates in the county jail That number has now risen to 41 Cheshire said JorSen Chris Buttars dan confirmed that the state has about 20 percent of its prisoners in county beds Department of Corrections spokesman Jack ' SMITHFIELD— Giving Pepsi exclusive rights in return for a $10000 scoreboard at Richard V Hansen Park in Smithfield isn’t worth it say members of the Lions Club Coke outsells Pepsi at their concession stand said Lions Club member Paul Buttars and it is just for the tastp of it “We ain’t gonna do it” said Buttars ’ who raid he had sjpoken to other members of the Lions Club about the proposition “I’ve asked arouhd and people said they’d sell two Cokes toevery one Pepsi People said they’ll just bring their own Cokes” According to Smithfield Recreation Director Brett Daniels the board that currently keeps score needs to be t replaced and Pepsi offered the deal “The scoreboard has been fixed to 1 the point that I don’t think we can fix it anymore” Daniels said “I just happened to call Pepsi first” From what Daniels understands the Lions Club isn’t against the idea erf the scoreboard just the idea of limiting die' brand of beverages they sell at the concession stand Patrons are awfully fond of Diet Coke said Buttars and the Lions Club would rather the city found a way to get the scoreboard without giving Pepsi exclusive rights Buttars said the Lions Club spent - $927 total to syrup and cups for both Pepsi and Coke last year If they only R-W- JAIL on A12 Congress averts federal shutdown WASHINGTON (AP) — Conly Thursday gress voted to keep agencies open for the first v four days of the government new fiscal year qfter House Republicans and Democrats traded accusations over who is to blame for budget and ' legislative gridlock win 370--1 call The House roll ' while the Senate gave its assent by voice vote and with no debate: The only altemadve wan unacceptable to both parties: The risk of a federal shutdown whoa fiscal 2003 begins ' on Tuesday just five weeks from congressional elections The bill was forced by a stalemate between President Bush and one-sided- V Congress — and among Republicans themselves — over how much die 13 bills financing federal agem cies next year should cost As a result lawmakers have completed none of them a slow pace even by Congress' usual lethargic standards Though there was agreement over keeping the government open Thursday's House debate became a campaign-seaso- n clash over each party’s priorities The rhetoric often heated underlined the high stakes of the Nov 5 voting when the Democrats' Senate majority — and perhaps Republican control of die House — are in play “They are spending with addic tion They are addicts’’ Rep Tom DeLay of Texas the House’s No 3 GOP leader said of the Senate Senators of both parties have voted for bills thdt would spend ' several billion dollars more than many House Republicans prefer a called Rep Jack Kingston the Senate a “giant sinkhole on the other side of the Capitol” because it has failed to approve homeland security prescription drug and other bills Democrats said the House has slowed to a halt because its GOP leaders realize they lack the votes to approve bills low enough to fit ' into Bush’s budget ( R-G- - i SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Almost four years after the Olympic bribery scandal broke this city's two bid leaders are still fighting to put criminal charges behind them A federal judge in Utah threw out the indictment against Tom Welch who was president of the Salt Lake bid and organizing committees and Dave Johnson who was senior vice present ' But the US Justice Department is try- ing to salvage the felony case in an appeal set for Friday at the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver A decision by the appeals court coulcj take months “This has gone on interminably” said defense lawyer Max Wheeler who plans to argue the feds had no business' ' leveraging a Utah commercial bribeiy law intjo federal racketeering case Justice Department appeals attorney Richard Friedman will counter that the Travel Act and the Utah law prohibit-in- g business kickbacks can apply to Olympic bribeiy The Justice Department insists the case boils down to “boldface bribes’’ not cordial gifts as the defense has made them out To underscore the allegations the government nine times in a ' appeals brief employed “outright” ana “mistakable" bribeiy and ' other emphatic terms - i See See SCORE on All Feds appeal dismissal of 2002 Olympic bribery charges i : ' f - ' - I - ge iX i |