Show t A' f- ir BE8TAVAIUBLEC0PY ' ' h 1 ' " ' J‘ ' 1 I ' i'' vsv' i: I I i1' ' ' : J ' I i Conservation groups Want wilderness dedl tossed IV ' I Millville plans ' I By Mark RandaO staff writer t City officials in Millville are plan retreat later this ning an month to discuss the direction they see the city heading over the coming years “What we’re trying to do is just sit down pnd do some plan- ' Mike Johnson ning” said Mayor “You need to sit down and look down the road not just your immedi- stuff but ate looking at what you need to do as far as parks and roads and water and infrastructure and what you want to get accomplished in the next two all-d- WASHINGTON (AP)— A year after the Intake Department made sweeping changes to its management of millions of acres of proposed wilderness to resolve a lawsuit with ay long-ran- Utah conservation groups are pressing to have the deal tossed out Much of what ted up to the settlement remains cloaked in secrecy Under the agreement the Interior Department stated that it lacked the legal authority to designate new wilderness areas beyond 228 million acres identified in inventories ' prior to 1991 In doing so the department with- drew protections on nearly 3 million acres iii Utah that had berm deemed to have wilderness potential in 1999 Environmental groups have said the settlement also leaves millions additional pristine acres across the West vulnerable to oil and gas develvehicle use opment and off-roa-d The Utah settlement came after” extensive closed-doo- r negotiations including conference calls involving Gov Mike Leavitt and reviews by Interior Secretary Gale Norton according to documents obtained by The Associated ftess under the Free-do- m of Information Act and by The iWildemess Society as part of an open records lawsuit Indeed the records indicate that the department was considering die changes months before March 28 '2003 when Utah revived a lawsuit that had been dormant for five years By the time 14 senators wrote to Norton on April 9 2003 seeking the changes the Utah settlement was in its final stages Drafts of the agreement were being shot back and forth' among attorneys for the state the depart- ment and the Utah Association of Counties die records show Hours before it was put in front of a judge on April 11 2003 final edits were made to try to prevent legal challenges from environmental groups ' In one exchange Constance Brooks attorney for the counties wondered if the judge would agree to the settlement since it involved issues that were never raised in Utahfieuros 1996 suit “We’ve seen enough documentation and the timeline where BLM settles the case just days after Utah filed its new complaint suggestpret-t- y strongly this was not an arms- - length negotiation” said Earthjustice long-rang- e goals ' have in council meetings” Sewer and water pressure are the retreat marks the first time in expected to be at the top of die agen- about four yean the city has decided da The city bought into Nibley’s ' sewer to hold a forum project in anticipation that ' Johnson said he got a lot out of the Millville would someday need to last retreat because members were as hook continued to grow ' The up hasthey able to put together a wish list of also discussed the need city to build a high line reservoir to pro- projects and then prioritize their wishes with what the city is actually vide the necessary water pressure to able to afford 'accommodate all of the growth op the benches “Unfortunately what we found ' "Those are was that we had maybe $100000 certainly on my mind” worth of projects and $10000 to do said Mike Jessop one of the council it" Johnson said “We were so short newcomers moneywise It was a real Jessop who is strongly in favor of That’s why you need to prioritize the city hooking up to the sewer said and say this is all we can do and we See PLANS on A6 can plan fra the next two years” team-buildi- for newer councihnembers to catch up on the issues Millville has fdur new members on the City Council who were elected last November “I think it will be useful" said Councilman David Hair said “When you have new councilmembers come on board it just gives us the chance to speak openly about things and spend the time on them that we don’t re putdng-out-your-fi- to make years or five years or 10 years” The retreat scheduled for April 24 at Sherwood Hills will allow mem- bejs to talk in a more relaxed format about a wide range of issues and share opinions outside of the con- straints of a regular meeting It will also provide an Opportunity ge local state ana regional news eye-open- er In our schools k !s & IUMB - rM-- - i " 77 i " fe- - - F I Y‘ ' ffooira - f 11 "J li ! i ’ I r Brent StevensHeratd Journal Utah State University speech pathology student Luke Barber works with Summit Elementary Students on Thursday School club uses seasonal egg hunt to discover mathematic treats inside : - attorney UmAngdl “(The Interior Department) harried Utah a victory that Utah could not possibly have won in court Why would they do that unless they wanted to get there themselves?” solve1 SMITH FIELD — Forget Cadbury Eggs and marshmallow Peeps The Easter Bunny left educational treats for the students in Summit Elementary’s Math Club on Thursday afternoon “Is this the right answer?” fourth-gradasked “I got4 15659” Austin The multiplication problem on the slip of ptqier he found inside one of the plaistic eggs he collected from outside was by pencil scribbles said club advisor and par-close” j “Very ent volunteer Sonia Manuel-Dupo“You’re just one number off Try again” Austin concentrated on the problem the eraser of his pencil touching his forehead “It’s a three instead of a four” he said said “That’s right” Manuel-Ehipoholding a plastic baggie of trinkets and tretes for him to choose finMa “Yes” Austin yelled grabbing fra anoth In brief er El-Ba- USU’s education ranked ! ' in sur-tound-ed top 40 Utah State University College of Education and Human Services was ranked 38th in the top derby “US News & World Report” “The new rankings mark a major jump in its nationalreputationand are a tertament to the research of its gifted faculty” said Utah State University President Kermit L Hall While Utah State has been ranked in the top tier for $ix consecutive years this year's ranking exceeded last year’s 49th placement and may be credited to expanding doctoral programs and increased external research funding v There'are currently 'more than 1150 programs in the United States nt r nt pro-ductiv-ity ' : : Editor ‘s note: Each week The Herald Journal republishes articles that ran In the newspaper 25 50 75 or 100 years ago Today’s “Utah Thert ja fromAprti 4 1929i Spetiing and grammar appear in the story as K was originally written on North Cache Studerrts Surface Athletic Field That much can be accomplished in one well planned day’s work when the proper spirit of cooperation is in evidence was clearly demonstrated by the results of lastTkiesday’s efforts at North Cache A laige amount of work was still necessary in order to put the athletic field in condition for Sodding and for finish-- ' y The Cadre County Planning f i I Commission will meet id 1 pjn in die Multipurpose Room of the County Administration Building 179 N Main Agenda items include Holding a public heating to receive input on suggested changes to the Land Use Ordinance contin- uedfrom the March 1 meeting' : : i ' ’ : '“This one’s in the hundreds” he said pointing out the place value of each num-- s her in the problem “I don’t like to use culatorsIt’s like cheating” The students in Summit’s Math Club ' agree that they prefer to use calculators for checking work not for doing it “It teaches you to do it in your head” Brina Baldovinos said ': Math is Brina’s favorite subject especially division It’s better than every other subject in school fra one reason she said “You can have a better brain doing it” she said At the same time a group of students a few feet away wot trying to figure out an algebra equation “Whist times three is nine?” one student ' asked “If we know that we can find the rest” another added jfourth-grad- er '' Brent StevensHeinld Journal ! Fourthjrader Channel Webb and Utah State University new speech pathology student HolKe Chandler discover problem found in a plastic egg See JHATH on A6' : i ! North Cache class finished own athletic field in 1929 ' teacher-educati- om W er plastic egg and another math problem to By Hoill Wel staff writer fractions during a math dub activity lpn j s ' -e iwi nized under the ing the race track It was decided'to plan a work day to accomplish the task The Athletic Committee: : V ulty info units eachofwhich together with the coach asked the was given a task for the the board and superintendent to be done the Kirkbride with Mr and then day Hiow well they principal ptarmed the work respondedcould ' have been seen The Gipti Do Their Part Tlid girls of die school not to be by watclung the the Matco ourbegimu ' i' work in outdone by the boys undertook to clean the interior of the school build- - progress Tuesday Twenty teams all thfit could conveniently be used ing so far as soap water polish and were furnished Those who did not muscle might accomplish the task bring teams— about 200 boys in all — came provided with shovels WorkWenOrganized rakes picks crowbars and wheel- 'All the boys in the school wert "VV barrows asked to Cooperate and were orga‘ ' : : jr i 205 Loads of Earth Moved About 75 boys were assigned the task of loading sandy loam froma near by ditch bank inta wagons About 75 more were detailnl to upload the wagons and level the soil out over the field The men worked well so that by 3:30 pim when the trucks and trains began to depart from the school there hd been 205 loads of soil spread over the field In the task of loading Mr Hicken of v the seminary did his bit Besides the boys who were g and leveling the soil another group underMr LC Smith did a v: : - mov-rin- : 1 See FIELD bn A6 - i ' I ‘ ' ' ’ r ) V i:i' 'J" I jii'i V ' V - 1 j r ? i v ’ y t?- - fm |