Show Wednesday February 25 2004 A3 and regional news Local state In brief ambulance service delayed County Budget concerns mm servicesystem Guardsmen home after year overseas postpone system until January National Guardsmen based at the Logan Armory flew into Fort Canon Colo on Monday Thirty-tw- o 2005 By David Nelson staff writer g after completing a tour of duty in the Persian Gulf region the soldiers are members of the year-lon- After two decades of deliberation another six months of groundwork appears to be no stumbling block for the committee working to finalize details of a county wide ambulance 141st Military Intelligence Battal- - ion Company B They were among about 140 Utah National Guard linguists from the 141st who were returning home Nine of the 32 reside in Cache Valley according to Spc Scott Fad-dof the Utah National Guard Office in Draper They are Sgt 1st Class Michael Lofland Sgt David Teeples Sgt Spencer Willardson Sgt Timothy Griswold Sgt Ben Hill Spc Daniel Ricks Spc Math- ew Ward and Spc Jason Yocum all of Logan and 1st Sgt Charles Odd ofHyrum The soldiers will be flying into the Air National Guard base in Salt Lake City sometime on Saturday See Sunday’s Herald Journal for full coverage of their arrival Although Cache County and Logan Municipal Council members had proposed that ambulances be operational from north and south ends of the valley by July 1 recent funding complications will apparently delay the implementation until January 2005 The decision over how to pay for the enhanced service that has recently been hammered out by a committee of three Cache County Council members and two Logan Municipal Council members is at the heart of the delay Wliile a “city-pay- ” option in which City Council J ' Mitch MascaraHeraM Journal Cache County sheriff’s LI Kim Cheshire second from left and Sheriff Lynn Nelson second from right give county officials a tour of the new jail on 200 North in west Logan By Mark Randall staff writer ot ' subdivi-kxatedat10- 5S ot : -- Victim didn’t take : An article in Tuesday’s Herald Journal about the sentencing of local dentist on a sexual battery: charge may have been unclear as to th£ role of drugs in the case' John A Israelsen pleaded guilty Dec 30 2003 to one demeanor charge of sexual battery and one class-- misdemeanor ' charge of attempting to supply the " local a drug mefoyltestosterone to woman Tuesday’s article did not note that die drug was allegedly C administered to the woman without Msr knowledge as stated in police reports The drugging and battery 7 did not occur in Isradsen’s office a:: A PRESTON - Franklin ’ County has agreed to help the Preston Chamber of Commerce pay fora new brochure to market the city "' Commissioners will fund up to " $250 for the brochure which will be distributed by the Chamber and die ' Pioneer Country Travel Council “We’ll be happy to give what we can” skid Commissioner Alan Carter ' The Chamber is working oh brochure putting together a highlighting Preston tourism and businesses 77 Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Glenys Rasmussen said the r- full-col- or See AGENDAS on AS Clarification i— — — --—— f would ‘bring In enough to cover the new employees’ salaries for that period as well as $350000 in anticipated revenue from the jail that was included in the 2004 budget Nelson said that the more state inmates the county houses the more money it will make The requested staff could handle up to 250 inmates and only 150 county inmates are expected to be housed at the jail after it opens Cache County Executive Lynn Lemon said that next year the council could anticipate anywhere from $250000 to $400000 in revenue from the state contract The jail is also expected to increase revenue from the work release and pay for stay pro- grams The number of work release inmates who pay $20 a day to stay at the jail is expected to go from 50 to 100 In the pay for stay program inmates who aren't eligible to work either inside or outside the jail are assessed a civil penalty for each day they're incarcerated The 16 new employees would consist of one nurse six deputies two sergeants six con- trol room operators and one secretary The jail currently has 53 employees 7 Franklin to help Preston fund new travel brochure ’ class-Ami- s-' Sixteen new employees will be hired at a cost of about $650000 a year to help staff the new Cache County Jail On Tuesday night the County Council approved Sheriff Lynn Nelson’s request to move forward with the hirings which will take as long as four months for some of the positions due to training and certification d requirements The new jail on 200 North in west Logan ' is expected to open in late March Nelson told the council which toured the jail earlier in the day that the employees will be needed if the county wants to house up to 100 state prisoners under a contract with the Department of Corrections The state would pay the county $43 per inmate ' per day which would cover the new employees’ salaries and' possibly help pay off bonds oh ' the $13 million facility The state would start sending the county prisoners at a rate of about 18 a week after the facili- ty opens Nelson' said that if the county averages 65 state inmates per day at the jail for the last 81’ months of 2004 it 360-be- V The SmWifMd City Council will meet at 6:30 tonight at 69 N Main St Agenda items indude: Hearing citizen input Hearing the Youth Council challenge Considering the consent agenda inducting minutes from Feb 11 2004 Holding a public hearing to receive public input for consideration of Ordi“Amend the Toning Chapnance 03-2- 3 ter Section 1732070 ‘Definitions' and Section 1732070 Conditional Uses' and Table 17-- 1 land Use Tabt- eConsidering a request from Danny Spencer for approval of a planned unit development final platform a lot split boundary line adjustment for the upper two lots in the Country View Retirement planned unit development located at approximately 600 South and 900 EastZonedR-1-1- 2 (Residential: one unit per 12000 square feet) ' Considering a request submitted David Ullywhite for approval of a by ' ree-lminor subdvisfonintrabtack located at 427 W 200 Zoned Considering a request from Reed ' Oder for a minor subdivision on prop-at 98 W V erty owned by Kent Hardle 400 South zoned RM " ' Considering a request from Diane Weeks for a three-lminor lOOWest v Considering a request from Mike Christiansen agent for Anna B Math-e- l’ for approval of a two-lminor subdivision located at 462 N Main St ported J ’ : Agenda items include Hotting work meeting with Gl MRer Discussing a request by Gordon and Bruce Rigby for a subdivision at 3450 S 250 West Discussing a request by Craig Anderson for an amendment to a sub- division at 3556 S 250 West drugs voluntarily and worked out to be an See DELAY on A8 : The NRriey Planning and Zoning Commission will meet at 6 pm at City Hal 625 W 3200 South -- le advantage” The recommendation to wait was endorsed by Cache County EMS Coordinator Jay Downs and Logan Fire Chief Mark Meaker Meaker By John Wright staff writer wfll meet at 8 pm at City Hal 13 E Hyde Paik Lane Agenda items include: Discussing new council assignments Discussing progress report on the CMPO 200 East Road Discussing progress report on bridges to be built Discussing progress report on Lions Park property exchange Hearing mayor and council reports ! time-tab- 16 new employees will help staff facility due to open in late March 1 ot city-pa- ©50 ©K§ Agendas 7 The Hyde Park before starting a program that has been discussed for over 20 years “It made a difference” said Craig Peterson one of the Cache County councilmen on the committee of the y response to the option “It caused us to think hardier about the Cache law enforcement is ’ each municipality would contribute to the new system was recommended by the committee to get the service start-ed this summer objections from a group of mayors has the city and county officials resigned that a property tax increase — estimated at somewhere from $ 1 2 to $ 1 8 per year — be proposed by the County Council in mis fall’s budget session Since anticipated funds from a property tax increase don’t become available until the beginning of a calendar year the committee chose to wait for the money to come in Pioneer Country Travel Council has told her that they could easily hand out 5000 to 8000 brochures a year touting Preston “People are so interested in this area” Rasmussen said’ ' Had the county had the brochure : available this year they could have handed out thousands more at the Salt Lake Travel Show which draws upwards of 300000 people “It would have made people very aware of us” Rasmussen said d Rasmussen said the city and to do a better job of telling outside world what Preston and Franklin County have to offer Utah gets 18 million visitors a year she said Unfortunately only : about 1 million of those visitors head coun-nee- : - north oif Salt Lake City “It’s because they don’t know what’s up here” Rasmussen said “They don’t think there is anything up here We need to change that” Rasmussen said she thinks they have a good base to start building on Earlier this month 600 people came to the Preston Hill Climb snowmobile event Preston also gets about 15000 visitors during the night rodeo in the summer and another 7000 come for the Festival of Lights V “We’ve got wonderful things to By Jason Bergman staff writer ' A Logan man was sentenced to an indeterminate j ail term Tuesday for woman at : sexually abusing ah 'a Ward last in 7 Young year party First District Court Judge TbomasL Willmore ordered Jay Lynn Anderson to serve 1 80 days in the Cache County JaiL After six months his case will be reviewed to determin if he is eligible for release Anderson pleaded guilty lastsummer to forring himself on a woman in the tack room of a Young Ward home where a party ld HMMaMiMII ’ offer” Rasmussen said The county needs more hotel ' rooms though to keep those visitors in Preston rather than losing the ’ lodging to Logan she said Man 20 sentenced for sex abuse Logarvresident indeterminate jail term: : ltd was held Nov 16 2002 ta December 2003 Anderson attempted to withdraw his plea because he said die Cache County Attorney’s Office had threatened to file additional rape charges against him if he didn’t take the deal The Cache County Attorney VOffice said it had been investigating other allegations 7 by women who said Anderson had sexually assaulted them but that Anderson was j never threatened with further prosecution! Willmore reviewed Anderson’s plea agreement for nearly two months before making a memorandum ruling Feb 6 stat-- ’ ing that Anderson freely arid voluntarily entered info foe plea agreement and that no threats were made by foe Cache County f “If we make it so they come here we’ve got to make it so they can also ' stay here” Rasmussen said 7 Rasmussen said there is a big push j to market the area The Bear River Heritage Area Council based out of Logan has a brochure describing the area’s many unique features some of which are in Franklin County ‘They are really pushing southeast ' Idaho" Rasmussen said 'They’re ' pushing heritage sites and w’e have a lot of therm” The new brochure will also be available id the Bear Lake Center in Malad and the Oregon Tail Museum in Montpelier The county has a brochure with a ' See BROCHURE on A8 CVTD ioin federal - 7 See ABUSE on A8 By David Nelson: staff writer : The Logan Transit District TansitDis- andLCache trict joined a federal program called “It all adds up to cleaner air” earlier this week and will now tap into federal resources to promote the local bus system The program organized by : foe US Department lias 70 community members from 31 states including regional neighbors Fort Collins Cota Denver the Community Planning Associ tion of Southwest Idaho and ' seven communities in Califor- ilia Logan is the first community in Utah to join Asa jpartner in the program foe LTD and CVTD will have access to DOT and EPA statis-- : tics studies and marketing ofThrns-portati- on and Environmental : nofection Agency already 7 See PROGRAM on AS |