Show Tlia Aggies finish 'strong s take 2nd at meet — B2 3-te- am Mae Larsen keeps her home dressed up all year — A3 n Vol' 95 No? 52 ISaturday? February 21 f 2004 State textbook funds misspent? Weather Another semi-drear- Logan and Cache y — PageAlO By Darrell Edward Ehrllck staff writer Update j State report: i getting safer 19 v However after the money was distributed a slatET audit report revealed that some districts decreased local textbook funding Moreover Legislative Auditor Wayne Welsh said that some districts may have misspent the funds on teacher training or library books State schools superintendent Steven O Laing defended the dis- tricts saying they were forced to reduce money spent on textbooks after the Legislature reduced the public education budget by $15 mil lion He went on to point out that the average amount of money spent on textbooks in 2002 rose from $5844 per student in 2001 to $9246 Despite some districts that got blasted by the Legislature both Cache and Logan reported that they " spent as much if not more than ' average on textbooks during the 2002 school year when those funds were handed out A report submitted by Logan See FUNDS on A8 tisFD©S Utah’s roads SALT LAKE CITY (AP)— There’ were fewer crashes per miles driven on Utah roads in 2002 than the previ-ou- s year according to a new report from the state Department of Public Safety The rate for 2002 — the most recent year for which numbers are ' available — was 2252 per 100 million vehicle miles a 5 percent decrease from 2001 There were 329 fatalities in 2002 compared with 292 in 2001 The 2001 figure was so low that even with a general trend in decrcasinjfiftalities no one expected that to continue this year said Dave Beach director of the Utah Highway Safety Office “We’re certainly not getting less mobile” Beach said “(The report) says that through driving practices and safer vehicles themselves we are becoming a bit more safe” The report showed that a crash occurs every 10 minutey in Utah and a person is injured in a crash every " ut It was a bad book report on a statewide scale Legislators in the middle of the 2004 session leamed earlier this 'week that some school districts PublicTsafety i across the state had used one-tifunds earmarked for textbooks while at the same time slashing their own contributions toward books for students In 2002 legislators gave districts $237 million to help solve the problem of outdated and worn-otextbooks Districts statewide had perennially lamented that they could not replace textbooks adequately with a rapidly expanding student population and decreasing slate funds districts hot among those in question day r- - 'Logan? Utah 1© 20041 $501 Bridgerland’s DailyNewspaper mm SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Legislature gave final approval Friday to a bill eliminating firing squad executions for condemned prison- - the ' 4 ers — but allowing four inmates to current death-rogo out in a hail of bullets The Utah House gave final legislative approval to the measure that will abolish the ' firingsquad as an option for condemned killers and make lethal injection the state’s only method of capital punishment 'Gov Olene Walker said Thursday that it was “a said commentary” that Utah still had the firing squad “I think we need to make the death penalty as humane as possible I will certainly sign it” Walker said at her weekly news conference Final approval in the Hoase came wilhoul debate but the Senate on Thursday lookup the merits of the firing squad in a' 16--9 vote to do away with it w minutes In 2002 there were 53370 crashes in Utah accounting for 30433 injured people There was also an 18V percent increase in alcohol and other crash fatalities from the previous year In 2002 2102 crashes were attributed to alcohol and other impairments resulting in 61 deaths Speeding appeared to be the lead- ing factor associated with crash fatalities the report said: “We drive pretty aggressively around here on die Wasatch Front” Beach said “When you’re ata lot higher rate of speed you tut harder and you have less time to react” Though many crash numbers are slightly up or roughly the same the inclusion pf vehicle miles traveled means better news than may seem at first glance Even if there are more 'crashes the raite of driver safety is ' what’s important analysts say drug-relat- ed ey years The American Fork native said she was raised in a close family that are no magic formulas to explain the success of the minority of women who climb the career ladder to tlx upper echelons of administration itt Utah State stressed education in word and deed 'In the day: when a college education was for each i Although their successes feature all ' of the regular requirements in acade- mia female administrators at Utah ' State come from diverse backgrounds and they bring a breadth of experi- ence to the institution as the follow- -' ' ing three profiles indicate “These are exciting times for us as we witness the widening emergence of women in key faculty and admin- istrative positions” said John DeVit-biexecutive director of public - relations and ' marketing at USU Look for the answer to today's question somewhere in today's A section ss Peoplelndox ' Following are some of the local names that appear in today's Herald Journal: Beck-Dudl- Movies ’ : Beck-Dudley- : said her parents also fostered education by providing ahome furnished with ‘ions of books” As a youngster said she loved to ‘“play college” ' 2001 USU Faculty Results (rpm-th- e Beck-Dudl- ey has a Survey show that Beck-Dudlfamily history similar to many women in academia A large proportion of women faculty members at USU came from edixatedfamilies Thirty- six percent of the survey respondents ' had fhtliers with advanced degrees and nearly 25 percent had mothers ' that completed some college The choice to pursue higher educa- tion was never a question for Beck- budley who graduated magna cum laude from Utah State University in : political science and went on to earn her juris doctorate from the Universi- ty of Idaho College of Law She was one of only six women in 80 employ- ees working at a Salt Lake City law " : ' ’s grandfather set an example fbF his progeny by earn- ing a bachelor’s degree in education at the University of Idaho Her father Malcolm Beck was influential in his community where he served as the mayor for 16years and as a countycommissioner for eight Her mother Sharon Beck earned her master’s degree and was a schoolteacher before becoming an “ administrator in the Alpine School : : See CLIMBING onA2 AU-PRIN- - OpinionA4 I torched 15 homesinthe v west- - IT r- : An unidentified Jean-Bertra- SeeHAITI'oriAS A Logan fire engine respond-in- g to a car accident al 400 South and Main Street on ' Thursday got tangled in a wreck of itsown when it entered an intersection against a red light and was struck by a pickup Utah Highway Patrol Troop-e- r : V Shane Neheker who- ' responded to the collision Stud that neither the driver of the fire engineparamedic Doug Fullmer nor the driver : -of the Nissan pickup 1 old Aaron Dietienne were injured in the craish "S' Detienne's pickup struck the fire engine just behind the dri- -' ver'sdoor as it entered the intersection at 100 South arid Main Street An ambulance traveling about a half a block" ahead of the fire engine entered the intersection oii a V green light The fire engine ' ' did not: v“AS he approached the inter- - ' ' section it appeals the light changed color to red" Nebek- er said “He Was committed : - Fri-da- militants : r nt A6 Sports By Jason Biargreen staff writer ' : Haiti PORT- era port ofSt Marc overnight (AP) — Scores of foreigners ' and three people died in the including missionaries and aid fires independent Radio Haiti of out workers streamed Galaxie reported A day after the USgoverii--meon Friday to escape a two week rebellion that has overurged Americans to leave Haiti'more than 200 whelmed the impoverished Americans French tuid Cana- country’s north Many police y deserted their posts and rebels' diarig stood in long lines at Toussaint Louverture threatened new attacks:':: ' A8 to accident ey largely deemed unnecessary by the majority of the nation’s employers-- ey leave Haiti uprising as police r: wwwhjew8&mtS'"'M Vdkp 1 Beck-Dudl- Pickup hits fire engine ' District Beck-Dudley's- 45 I Index Comics ey Education has been a way of life Andy WUden (A3) Desmond Penigar (B1) Ashley Barr (B2) Kaysha A (A8) Cunnlnghdm Trlstyn Scott Cunningham (A8) Paul Jensen (A8) Steve Zslray (A8) " A lifetime in pursuit of educatkm: Caryn L dean of the College of (A3) (A3) (A3) of By Arrin Brunson staff writer : B7 Obituaries See SQUAD on A9' 3 women 3 paths to USU’s upper echelons : - - Mitch MascaraHerald Journal dean of the College of Business at Utah State University says education has been a way of fife for each Caryn L Beck-Dudlof her 45 years As a mother of two she Teels the flexibility provided in academia has triads it possible to raise a family and pursue a career in higher education University Classifieds- ' - Quick read " Gal Bingham (A3j Shirley Larsen Joseph Little (A3) Michele MHtori Yi Bobbie Janftie (A3) Jong-Su- n Utah Legislature student chants slogans against President a protest In Aristide during 'Haitl on Friday AP phrto - Port-au-Prin-de r V CRASH on A1Q ' ( |