Show Best Available Copy A10 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday February?! 2004 hf! mrmw Utah outlook " ACCUWeathercom tascaat lor daytime Look onlineJoLweatherilnfo links National temperatures Cache Valley outlook Souim NabanO WMhar Santo Forecast for Saturday Temperatures indcate Friday's high and overnight jgw to 8 pm East- emTime oondiliona Nghtow temperatures 32 Baltimore 55 Boston 40 Charleston SC 67 45 Chicago Cincinnati 54 Concord NH 40 Anchorage NEK TODAY SUNDAY EXTENDED Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent change of snow Highs in the Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow Cloudy with Air pollutloh advisory The Utah of Environmental i Cod ar Quality Hi Lo Logan '36 15 KVNU 31 16 Smithfieid 38 36 16 24 30 28 38 37 43 sno cdy m cdy 17 cdy 06 cdy sno Prc 37 Mendon 35 Logan Peak 20 Beaver Mt 38 23 visit 10 17 10 - 23 Wellsville tic Humidity: 72 percent planet is 27 Uranus' orbit period of the sun is 8401 years and its axial period (day) 1724 hours the diameter of this planet is 3T763 miles ' UV Index: 3 (minimal) ' Conditions: clear Visibility: 10 miles astronomyOrocketmallcom Moon Feb 27 lost quarter' Utah and at USU Kinkead Slid it has taken a long time! “Utah nationally is considered a difficult place for women to have leadership roles" she said 'That’s the persona of the state” This profession was one of several that White embraced ip the last four decades At USU she earned a master’s degree in the College of Family Life after she became' interim department head of the wmlministratiftfT! Slip worked in the Ebmmu--" nications department of the College of Agriculture at the Idaho of and when University the birth of her twin boys found White wanting for more time she took a part-tim- e job at the FM radio statidn KRPL She kept up the FCC logs recorded voice-overead the weather and earned out various other tasks for the station “I was basically a Girl Fri- day That was probably my most fun job” she said T was one of the only women there which has pretty much been the story in my career I’ve often been the only woman in my group” At Montana State where the family moved next- - White worked four very different jobs' oyer a period “I went back to school was e had three working ' children and got my doctorate : : ' 12-ye- ar full-tim- at Montana State” she said Stint for Following a six-yethe Department'of Agriculture Washington DC White returned to Utah'State in 1999 as the dean of Information and Learning Resources1 The posi' tion was revamped and in addition to being the institution’s chief information officer she is the vice presi- dent for Information Technology and a fully tenured faculty : member who teaches in addi- tion to fulfilling her adminis-- -tralive duties “That’s a huge jump from being a home economics ar : ' Pic t 000 003 16 TOa TMs 10a 100a 110a 46 NH e 2G0 AecuWWher COLO i mm o ' Inc ServiceUp' Aboveeature ca ed new so rapidly I don’t think any one person can keep on top of all of it” she said “I have a very good staff We have excellent people at Utah State who have kept up and so when I need something if I’m at all unsure or if I know enough to be dangerous I just call aid I always can trust what I leajm” Bring the only woman member of a senior group brings its challenges she said and “there are challenges when your staff predominantly are male” “But my personality is such that there are just very few people that I couldn't leave the working relationship with-ofeeling OK” she said White said her qualifications not the fact that she isa woman have spoken on her behalf with each career opportunity “I think my credentials are looked at I’m looked at to see if I'm qualified and if I’m qualified I feel that I’ve been given a fair shake at position” she said “I’ve made sure that what I’ve gone after I’ve given it my best but I never expected to be treated any way except with respect and equality” White also said her professional contributions have less to do with her femininity than her ability She said a “breadth Mitch MascaraHereM Journal of experience” is what she Barbara WHte vice president for Information Technology and chief contributes to her profession so that when she puts an idea information officer at Utah State University says she has developed a habit of turning obstacles into opportunities — something that has on the table it comes from a broad perspective qualified her for a top position at USU : : teacher to being the chief information officer of a university” White said that” she said “When lyou have people wanting more and expecting more you’ve got to be a good manager as wejl as a good leader so I want to' better myself” Perhaps no industry in the world is changing as rapidly as the area of information technology and White’s chid- - ' : The secret to her success White suggested is in part a willingness to accept people where they’re coming from ‘Tm willing' to give if my best I’m a very hud worker " and I think my staff knows laa w ummi l'V eeney ' ranaNMr ru MaaAc ieey provided by Astro Data ' is very important to me” White said she hopes the institution will find more qualified administrators who are women to lead Utah State into the future “I compliment President' ' Hall on pushing and helping us get more discussion going” she said “There needs to be a lot more” Crash Continued from A1 He felt he was safe to start Into the intersection and made if almost all the way across” Both emergency vehicles were on their way to a two-c- ar accident that occurred at 6:04 ut - ' 10 SOa - " rs - - httflrst ‘‘stint ing and textiles Turning obstacles into ' opportunities: Dr Barbara White vice president for Information Technology and chief information officer 7 Any humps along the way have only helped Barbara White develop character determination and a sense of humor In her 58 years White has systematically turned 40a is to keep Utah State its its and employees a few steps ahead of the game "There’s no way to keep up with all of it It’s just changing and-shortl- ' 34 38 Alta Brigham City Brian Head Band separata high twnperaturffjinM for theday eco-nomic- ' whiit most people would con- sider obstacles into opportum- ties a habit which has served her well and most recently qualified her for a position as Utah State University's chief information officer With a blithe smile White ' ddmilsthat she is not only one of the fpw women in the upper echelon’s of administration at ' USUbut she is probably the oniy administrator' with an inmate number While spent the first six 7 months of her life in an orphanage in Iowa a fact her adoptive parents explained to her and her adopted brother early on Only after her father's death though did ' White discover documents ' Identifying her by a different given name and an Iowa state 7 identification number ' “I'm probably one of the few people you know with an inmate number” she said White grew up in Missouri where her parents both edu- -' dated with master's degrees - were teachers and her father was a geneticist Who dealt ' " with hybrid com 7 “My folks were very strong Mb on education’' she said “I think I always was going to be a teacher and I was a high school teacher (home ' 'Lo 9 Hi - Press CacheValleyforecast provided by National Weather Continued from A2 Regional Tsmperatures I on stsaper slopes at lower human triggered avalanche are poe-ibt- a Skies were mostly dry in the East on Friday with rain and snow in parts of the Midwest Rain snow and sleet were reported in the Great Lakes region with most of the snow in Iowa Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan Wind gusts reached 38 mph in Chariton and Mason City in Iowa with a gust of 48 mph in Belleville III Jn the West conditions were mostly clear and calm with partly cloudy skies in portions of the Pacific Northwest The afternoon high in the Lower 48 states was 77 degrees in Brownsville Texas! The low was minus three in Berlin 06 (low)" Women ' wwwjvalanctieorg or call (435) 797-41- By The Associated Uranus is at conjunction today at 7 pm The latest moon count on this Sunset: 6:05 pm cdy cdy From the nevrs wire Up above Sunrise: 7:15 am 59 cdy Evanston 79 49 01 cdy The Accu Weathorcom forecast for noon Saturday Feb 21 T HT?E!B- J- are unlikely For updated dondWora and that natural avalanche Prc Lo Hi City 61 m m San Antonio Avalanche danger Yesterday's Rating: and middle elevations Conditions: 13 Tulsa Washington 56 25 35 43 37 44 50 ' : AflIZ Almanac : Pro OHk 61 - levels frorfl burning wood in stoves or fireplaces Green means conditions are ‘toattoactofy yellow means “bum if necessary and red means to ‘avoid" Today's advisory for Cache Valley is GREEN Local temperatures Preston Department issues daily advisories to reduce 02004 AccuWeather Inc a 30 percent chance of snow by the in the morning' end of the week Highs in the Highs in the uppers 30s lows upper 30s lows in the lower 20s in the lower 20s lower to mid-Slows in the mid-20- s City Lo Hi IMHO San Diego Santa Fe Seattle - pm The fire engine was struck at 6:08 pnL three blocks from its destination Witnesses told police that the fire engine’s lights and' siren " were on when it was Struck by the pickup Nebeker said it is not known if the fire engine came to a stop at die red light Detieniw told police he didn’t notice the ambulance pass ' by nor see or hear the fire before siren engine’s liglUs and altering die intersection “He said in his stement he looked and thought the intersection was clear” Nebeker said Both vehicles were traveling at less than IS mph when they collided Nebeksr said The ' impact caused about $800 in damage to a running board on the side of the fire engine A second firefighter ridmg widi Another boost to her career V Fullmer was uninjured has been the fact that she is Only minor injuries were " r accident ' reported in die very independent at the intersection of 400 South “I’ve taught my kids that and Main Street die scene die there’s nothing wrong with fire engine was called to: bring independent as long as it doesn’t get in the way of 7 Z The crash involving die file being caring and compassion- - 7 engine and the pickup is still ate” she said “I wanted to be under investigation pending able to take care of myself if I liability issues No citations were: ever needed to and r - : two-ca- : ' -- Make your tubshower and bathroom safer wtfa quality frab ban instaBed Cd today far free written estimate! r x ? !&KSAVE $25“ 0 hit! 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