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' ''- - $: 4 v- £ - i ' Ini v - r ’I students create notification system for everyday tools USU :uropean unions banquet Thursday flto v USU Eastern European stu-dent union is hosting their annual By Hliiery banmietat7pmThursdayintto USU Ihggart Student Center Walnut Room There will be foods the various European cultures Turkets are $7 for students and $8 for the general public Tickets can also be bought at the door for $9 rcp-resent-ing u Judd Business information systems ting noticed four Utah State students may well consider themselves AMBER’S best friend The group combined its time and brains to make the Personal AMBER SB AtoSMPAALSmJtt- Hit-and-r-un Suspect heading to court : A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for a man charged with felony child abuse and aggravated assault for allegedly running over r three young girls as they played in the front yard of a Cove residence v ' last week The hearing for Jovencio Rojas-Flotwill be held April 13 in Logan 1st District Court Preliminary hearings are held in felony cases to determine whether prosecutors have enough evidence to warrant a trial The car crash occurred March 29 on Cannibal Road in Cove when swerved to avoid hitting ' muon D’Oriando Matt Jenson and JoshWhc along with congwter science major Alejandro Garcia learned of the contest through Wheel- er who is a student ambassador to MiCTMoft at USU Jauon’t wile with Iks nwip' - America s Missing: Broadcast Emer- gency Response system Created for a natkrnd Microsoft programming contest PAALS would rush missing person alerts to the general public everyday tools like the Inter-a- te cell net phones and pocket PCs seconds after alerts are posted Global Positioning System GPS abilities PAALS could also - vl ’ If an AMBER Alert’s aim is get- : i map out an sermere where they are in relation to a kidnapping : 'Ttetottom line is to alert people when kids have been kidnapped fast as we can using the Internet” said team member Darren D’Orlan-d- o “People are willing to help We’re just not able to inform them in enough time to do anything about it” jdeafordirir7riakedieVforkla Safer Place” theme A $4000 first-place prize encouraged diriT tforts : teams competed in Twenty-nin- e the contest thu urged groups to an original working design enhancing human safety The USU g team placed in the top nine international two for r program-oing ming competitions later mis year ' cre-throu- gh - qualify-Addin- "The bottom line is to alert people when kids have been kidnapped as fast as wp can using the Internet People are willing to help: We’re just not able ' to inform them in enough time to do anything ‘ about it'’ r v —Darren D'Orlando USU student ‘There are pretty alarming results s to the number of children that are vival is greatly increased Their online system allows people who use it to learn of an abduction within seconds of an abduction posting abducted each year whether by fain-ily members or by strangers” D’Or-Undo said “Statistics stow that 74 percent of all kidnapped children that are kilted are killed within the first three hours” Their project goal is increasing the speed of AMBER Alerts Wheeler ' said because research shows that if a child can be recovered within the first three hour their chance of sur- - Ed Smart whose daughter Elizabeth was abducted in June 2001 pushed for AMBER Alert legislation It took die Smarts six tours to notify enough people to actually search for Elizabeth D’Orlando said Though AMBER now uses TV ‘ See ALERT on A9 Idaho gas prices hit new ts Rqjas-Flor- ’ii 35-to- ur I' City OKs schedule ) for recycling fees The Logan Municipal Council approved a fee schedule for the new curbside recycling program Tuesday night Und put die program on track for a May 1 start Residents will be charged $6 per can in which month fora90-gallo-n can they recycle paper aluminum " and tin Glass is not allowed plastic The commercial rate for a can will be $10 per month Reeling containers will be racked up with weekly garbage couecdoni The program will apply to customers in Smithfield NorthLogan Hyde Park Logan River Heights and Providence Applications to enroll in die are available at the Environ- mental Department 450 Westin LoganThey are alsooffer-in- g a free month of service for diose who sign up in April For more information on die curbside recyj ding program call die Environmien-t3 Department at annoUhcahdidacy SJ A'-- Logan Municipal Councilman Steve Thompson will puWicIy J: announce his didacyfitrv:') fidPs 1st District election today Kickoff” wiUbe 'y'iTheat“Campaign pdd 9 a m at the west entrance y" of Logan City HaU 255 N Main and public is Invited to attend - & IN BRIEF on A9 pump- Ujm irlfc I p : v l‘baBeMlj(Hi ted against the setting sun East in Logan toFhst North in PTOvi- dence and has been negotiating to pur-before chase die needed any more development encnaches onto die footprint of the proposed roadway ' Several office buildings and a planned unit development approved byProviifonce in 2000 before the highway was envisioned already exist along the corridor One developer was planning to build an office complex on a key piece of land near Spring Creeks The proposed roadway is considered the No! 1 corridor priority in the region and would serve as the only north- - right-of-w- ay : ' yy - ay y ar ar :y right-of-T- he Whmanaccusedof forgery Boarddirectsstaffto fQimHorGmonalmaliiainnv rewrite body art rules Jason Batgroan staff writer forging as many as l7 company checks from torformeremployer RJDesign over r yy cyy-- - c A : x “ : v ‘ ' J The RaradtouonIbwn CouricM wi meet at fm V y 70 Wednesday pm "A i Agenda Heme induden Conducting unfinished buabieas i— wim ranm rtinoomnacni 8m AGENDAS on A9 ' "v y ' j Wright - ??-- ' : a With v tv s' 17 had A local judge has ordmto a Logan ben charged Nyman feltoy Vv an i earioto A Callit : n healtiievalua-tiocounts 43 and i woman s of mental exemption it I fotgety toundergoa Studios that pierce only earlobes which are' considered before sentencing her for stealing more V counts of thefr In January she pleaded A less susceptible to infection tilan other bodyparts likely will y thani$30000 fromhtfemployer jguilty to three felony untsof be exempt from a portion of the Bear River Health De-”1 want to know why you rud this and forgery mid two class-- misdemeanor: y : r nient’s new tody art regulations However toe piercing stu- counts of theft by decqrtion Nyman used what foe proper treatment is” 1st District if tiie1 'rife-- X Court JuThtoiasL:iWilhnoreiiaid y:y the stolen money topay for car insurance: :Aydio would still be forced to relocate or shut down ' credit card debt make gss payments aw fulatums are qipnived Willmore ordered Coy y Bear River Board of Health members to Tuesday directed hire legal services for a relative yy$ staff to rewrite the legislations to allow bo(fy art technicians “I krep asking myself ‘When are y ' 'T employee thefts going to subside?'” Will- - C to use plasticpiercing guns tot only if tiieyare properly v y " another from a doctor — tiiat stated she y ' more said“Steaung u stealing whether it’s v P sanitized and only to foe lower part of theev The Bomd of f fydone with a gun a Pto' St' suffered from deprettito and anxiety y In tears Nyman turned and freed tor ft “She really has some psychiatric iswoi ' mer boss during Monday’s toning and that need 'to be addreued” tor attorney Shawn Rotoison said during a court hear- - ' apologized risk” said board member Lytm Lemon Ttiwems like we v a y — wiuld beless restrictive there than in other areas”: T tope youcan find someday in ing Monday Robinson argued that Nyman’s disorders J hdut to forgive me” die said tbidl art whidi Tto rukn wotild v iqndy proposed tody Tr ' Her boss then read a letter to the court ' p busiiiesses in Cache Rich and Box Elder counties that departiyto blamforhertomihalbehayv lor However Willmorenoted that die stating his business had dwindled from yi ry' y tom piercings tattoos branding or scarification— include ievien reports Robinson referred to filso stated the “not were 'action mental Nyman’s problems oflSce but must source of primary 'responsibility” for her i 'A V Criminal actions JV-j SeeMENTALtoAlO Nyman was arrested last October for a : - 12-'t- o I8-mb- A'-- ' period" 'y ' third-degr- -- y " y i: ee V A h hf s youry ' ' gets land to preserve Providence road The Cache Metropolitan Planning : Organization has secured enough from property owners along to ensure thafdevelop Creek Spring ment won’t intrude rm is futurenortii-sout-h : corridor from Logan to 1 Providence “it’s very godd newsw said Jay Aguilar a transportation planner with the CMPO “Otherwise we would have had to toy a constructed building”r CMPO is kxddng to extend 100 By ' Dave Carlson of A AA of Idaho said high demand for El LucareHefald Journal gasoline and low supply con- tinue to drive prices up h Sch0(are slh0(et' Tt’s definitely an ouch for Monday evening die consumer” Carlson said It’s too early thouglytb tell ' whether the high price of gas will force vacationers to cut back mi travel plans during the busy summer chiving months south road other man US Highway 91 “I don’t think we'll have will keep Punchasing theright-of-wa- y massive defections among die land dear forttoproject until the travelers” Carlson said ' CMPO is ready to build the road which Higher prices may cause planners say is kill five to lO years away some traveleis to pay the Aguilar said they are just waiting to prices tot cut back mi other V expenses such as the type of get clear title to the land “What they aredoing is finalizing hotel theychoose some differences that stowed upon “When we looked at gas ' the title report” Aguilar said “We before they may go ' prices we have enough at this point to from a thrre-sthotel to a tolieve ' J two-stpreserve that right of way” y property of some- The Utah Department of Transporta- - thing like that Carlson said tion allocated $150000 for ISceGAS on A10 way acquisition V V - Gas prices in Idaho on Tuesday hit record levels topping $184 for a gallon of reguku' unleaded — up a penny from the old record set last September With the jump: Idaho now has the eighth highest gas prices iri the US Nationwide the price of gas is averaging $177 for a gallon of nnteaded 1 The price increase cames on the heels of OPEC’s dearioh 1 to cut back oil production by 4 percent- ‘ l Steve Thompson to IL Drivers in Idaho are paying record prices to fill up at the right-of-w- ' c y:: By Mark Randall staff writer staff writer Downtown Alliance hosts Easter paradei iff1 f m By Mark Randan al - im Mm CMPO 716-975- The firetannual Historic Down-town Logan Easter Sidewalk Parade is scheduled for Thursday Friday and Saturday in downtown Logan ’ Children are invited to visit downtown retailers with a bunny sticker-i- n the front window during the :K M ' parade where they will receive free I Easter candy The event is sophsored by the Logan Downtown Alliance ’M At tho setting of the sun pro-jgra-m O m fj 90-gall- rjtf i ft ?ii Rojas-Floras- on 5! i ir m M4 : Cache County Sheriff’s detectives arrested March 31 after a manhuntfor the driver of the Tfcurus The three girls ages 5 8 and 10 were injured in die crash but all had been released from the hospital less than three days later ' I ' i Taurus and hit the girls authorities said Rqjas-Flor- cs then sped away I it : cs a bicyclist lost control of his Ford ‘ r !V' HKTi) J ' r — wmm— n miiiiii iiiiwin n naniMin iiaini iiim |