Show i 1 I 1 i : V i 'f v ' i ' ! ' I M ' ' : ' ‘a A t I ( w 'I ’ V s I i ' ' t " V V ” 'V VvVV:T ' ASP"- Local state and jegional - jiws m This becomes a really straightfor-- 1 ward example 6f evolution in action” Brodie said “You could explain it to elementary school stu- dents and they would understand the concept Some people have said that this will be in textbooks a couple of years from now" That pleases Brodie along with' the calls from different media organizations curious about die research “Part of the excitement too is about a grad student (Young) setting in the premiere science journal” Brodie said Young has been tracking the lizards since 1996 “I almost noticed by accident that lizards had many of the been a victim of the shrike” Young said “‘At first I began collecting the remains because I thought it was fun Then I thought to myself ‘I should do something with these!’ “I began to measure the horns and it didn’t take long to come up with the hypothesis that perhaps those homed lizardstudy makes edjtion of Science Flat-taile- d By Darrafl EdwardEhrMck ‘ steff writer ‘ f Kevin Young Edmund Brodie and Edmund Brodie III have beefl on the horn a lot lately For the past couple of summers r Young along with the father-so-n duo have been studying the flattailed homed lizard in die deserts rtf Arizona Their findings show that the longer the hom of the lizard the better their chance for survival The study demonstrated the relationship between the lizards and the logger-hea- d shrike a bird that feeds on the lizards Lizards that had longer horns tended to fend off the buds better thus increasing their chances of survival and reproduction Young and the Brodies are heralding the study as a simple yet elegant example of photos courtesy of Edmund Brodie homed lizard these lizards are usually around 150 millimeters long A Utah State University Left: A picture of js study published in today's edition of the journal Science demonstrates the longer their home the greater their chances of survival Right: A stripped skeleton of a homed bard hangs from a branch in the desert of Arizona The lizards often fal victim to the loggerhead shrike a bird in the southwest flat-tail- flat-tail- ed natural selection The scientific trio’s research is published in today’s edition of Science The shrike kills the lizard by impaling it on a stick and then stripping the flesh from the body The skull and skeleton hang in bushes and dry in the hot sun By measuring the horns of killed lizards and com1 paring it with living lizards Young and the r£st of the team discovered that the survivors have hom lengths that are generally 10 percent longer than dime who fall victim to prey The horns are usually between 12 and 13 millimeters long Brodie a USU biology professor said most of the time traits and natural selection in the animal kingdom are not as simple He said that the shrike seems to be the main factor in lizards with long horns surviving longer A textbook example is exactly where Brodie believes the research will end up In brio! Fugitive arrested in North Logan home changes in Adult Probation and Parole agents and North Logan police arrested a parole fugitive Wednesday wanted in Ogden on suspicion of committing a home invasion robbery with two other men earlier this week Johnny Arellano 38 was arrested Wednesday afternoon at the Cinnamon Ridge trailer court 2500 N 300 East AP&P reported Authorities found Arellano in North Logan after tracing phone calk' he made from the trailer park Arellano was in the bathroom of the trailer and arrested without incident A search of Arellano’s car also turned up two pipes allegedly used to smoke methamphetamine authorities said Arellano was booked into the Cache County Jail on a fugitive warrant issued by the Utah Board of Pardons The home invasion robbery reportedly committed Ttiesday is : still being investigated by Ogden police No formal charges have been filed in that case Arellano was on parole for first- degree felony criminal homicide v when he was arrested Wednesday AP&P reported Several calls made by The Herald Journal to AP&P for further information went unretumed Thursday By Holli Weiss staff writer step” end-of-lev- ar end-of-lev- : Milch MascartVHeraid Journal ' V ‘ Friends forever ” right-han- nd right-han- : Some road widening work will ato be done a a part of dm project The 5438000 project is scheduled 'to last until early June and traffic be limited to ode way later in the project saidNeflf “We anticipate mostly shoulder V r closures” said Neff although the rV ' y highway may closeintennittently V for shiort periods of time during the initial wort “Delays should be prej-- " v ty minor five minutes or less”' V : V The Logan Municipal Council wtt meet at 4 pm in the Mayorb Room of Logan City Hal 2S5 i N Main Logan Agenda Rama inckida i Considering a request for d dosed session todacuea a personnel issue' Con-tafon- )J :r ' ' X : ' v: el ‘ Beginning Monday drivers can expect minor delays along US Highway 30 just westofLqgan Construction crews will slow traf-fi- c for an intersection improvement project at 19(X) West said Andy Neff of the Utah Department of : ' d turn Transportation A 1' lane vwll be added to US 30 also known as Valley View Highway for driven traveling outbound and westbound traffic will receive a turn laneonto 1900 West Left- - and turn lanes d will be added to the intersection L from 1900 West for drivers travel ' ing north r “This will help prevent rear-en-d v accidents for people slowing down : el ht : : step 1 ' - realistic Zsiray said All students need tobe accountable but it may not be practical to expect every stu- dent to test at the same level the Expect minor delays along Highway 30 totyro’saidNen NCLB v Schools will benefit from the most recent change to the No Child Logan School District Secondary Curriculum Director Stuart Howell Left Behind Act but local district said the US Department of Educaofficials say over time participation tion has already indicated that it is rates probably won’t be what keeps schools from makrethinking the guide- lines and rules specif- adequate ing yearly ically regarding these progress groups Changes may “Any time we can be made in the future help a school that “Any time we can to make accommodadidn’t make jt help a school' that tions for students (AYP) it’s a step in with disabilities and the right direction ' didn’t make it students with limited but it’s not a very in (AYP) it’s a English proficiency big step” said skills in response to Cache County right direction concerns by educa- School District but it’s not a very tors and politicians Associate Superinacross the nation he tendent of Secbig said ondary Curriculum As far as participaand Education — Steve Zsiray tion rates go the Steve Zsiray number of students ' The Bush admin- tests for this who took istration announced Monday that second at Logan trimester the requirements for student particiyear's pation rates will be relaxed Schools High ha$ already exceeded 95 per-- : cent Howell said Ninety-eigwill need an average of 93 percent per: of the students taking the test over a cent of the total student population three-yeat Logan High participated in the period of time to meet exams Howell said he expects the the requirement Before the change schools needed a 93 pendent partici- -' numbers to be as high for the exams in May which will pation irate each year to make AYP used to determine AYP Although participation rates alone be ' The high participation rate may kept some local schools from makbe due in part to a new schedule v said AYP the this ing year Zsiray main reason schools didn’t and will implementedon test days at Logan continue not to meet the standards is High Students took one test each because all students must take the day over a three-daperiod rather ' than testing during regular class ' same test and meet the same time and extending exams over a requirements including students with disabilities and students with period of several days “Even though the Feds may case limited English proficiency skills the — all students participation rate LHS will despite Requiring strive to oimun 95 percent participatheir circumstances — to take the same test as other students and meet tion” Howell said “We need to test as many students as possible” : the same standards jsnot always : left-ha- See LIZARDS on AS Officials: Schools will benefit from 3HEEI - flat-tail- ed Apigeori seems genuinely tmafraid of the plastic owl mtended to scare birds Off ' ' ' a LOgain windowsill y : ' ' ' suspeot makes his first court appearance Hit-and-r- un By Jason Bergroen staff writer AFairview man accused of run ning over three girls as they played i the front yard of aC6ve home made his initial appearance in court Thurs-da-y on felony child abuse aggravated assault obstructing justice and sever- M misdemeanor duuge Pint District Court Judge Qint $ Judkins appointed public defense i vid Perry to rcixesient20-year-ol- d attorney Jovencio is dmged widi one Rojas-Flor- Rcnas-Flor- es second- es felooyandtwodiird-degre- e -degree felony oounts of child abuse three thinMegree felony charges qf aggravated assault a charge of obstructing justice three class-- A misdemeanor charges of failure to remain tf an accident three dass-- A misdemeanor charges rtf reckless endangennentand one dass--B misdemeanor charge (reckless driving - Cadie GruntySherifFs detectives on Wednesday arrested Rojas-Flor: after a manhjint that led es 35-ho- ur - ‘J : s ' ' ' Police still searching for school van theft culprit es Rqjas-Ftor- es had not been estimated but Salvesen said the van was totaled An unclear image of foe van V Authorities are still searching for Imng stolen from dte norfo parking f a suspect who stole n Logan School tot ofLogan High School was cap- -' hired on asecurityvidepabotS District minivan last weekend and embank- drove it down a am Sunday It is unclear how : : menL several blocks from Logan many people entered the van and : totaled the yehicle was started how The School was yian High so quickly that a ' ' said dusted for Salvesen Police have Logan i the bumper was knocked Because of damageto die van’s oil in the recovered 1 996 off the car as he left the scene ' unable Ford but Windstar to were pan axle and engine pofipe believe Because he is an illegal immigrant die van drove it west find any evidence pointing to who whoever strde is being held in the Rqjas-Ftorstole die vehicle Logan Police Li down 100 South and then crossed Cache County Jail without bait oh a Richard Salvesen said Thursday v the train tracks al 600 West at a high Bureau of Immigration and Custtniis Sunrate of speed Thesuspert then drove van ' was The stolen hokl Enforcement reported ' die vim into' the parking loud West- -' of by day morning employees Theforeegjriage$58andl0 Westera Mechanical Iric who : em Mechanical Inc at 120 $ 200 were injured in the oash but released West and down the embankment from die hospital earlier this week found thevan down an embank-mer A pretrial conference in Rojas-Hbehind their business around The case is still undo: investiga- res’ case is scheduled fbr Apnl 6 v m tion ' 9:30 am Damage to the vehicle : : : authorities to theowner of a silver Ford Taurus that hit the girts The owner of the vehicle told investigators borrowed his brother the car Monday When police spoke he denied dnvtog with Rojas-Florthe car foe day of the crash but polit believe he was lying because he changed his story several timies while' being interviewed authorities said Eyewitnesses told authorities that tite Tbprus swerved tomUs a bicyclitt' the driver lost control of the car and hit the girls instead Investigaton believe ' : - 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