Show Horticulturist Offers f'V :r i SLC committee tot Ideas for creatl ng 3 iL J iV Host action' meeting i i'i " r and Quality Growth a political issues committee based in San Lake City has scheduled a “Volunteer Action v? Meeting” ibr7pin oa Monday ' Aprilli Hie meeting will be held in i Northeast Conference Room of r HaQ in Logan 255 N Main X lie group is supporting a $150 m‘ i conservation Initiative and is cess of gathering 120000 i from Utah yotm to put ? : bond on the 2004 ballot Tlus be the group’s first tin Cache VaUeysaid Jamie of Utahns for Clean Water dean Air and Quality Growth The committee is in search of local vok - Y I g°i Adding mulch will keep but weeds and help the soil retain more mois V tore he said Also adjusting your sprinkler heads and timers can save a lot of water" r y “Just fixing sprinkler heads where they distribute water more efficiently and adjusting them so they aren’t spraying foe street or watering so much that it's just running off helps" Anderson said ''We love to water the sidewalks here And keep an eye on yourtimers If it’s raining don’t water” Homeowners can also conserve y water on landscapes by “hydrozon-ing- " — or grouping plants together ‘ r Y : - : See SAVE on A9 vJ i V Mid Dave Ander- - vly it’s drowning instead of (hying up” no son project manager of the Utah Most of the time Utah’s heavy f Botanical Center at Utah State Uni--' soil doesn’t need as much water as ' y wnity Especially he said in a state people add he said Homeowners Utan-rrienaiyya- ra foat is chronically short on watery can train a lawn to grow deeper roots ' and expected to double in population by letting a lawn go brown once in a r v over me next 40 yearai’ By Mark Ranrhdl VY while which forras the turf to search staff wntefg “On average ‘we’re applying two- - V for more moisture The recommend' v: ’ ed water rate for lawns is t 'A to 2 - foirds of the water that we have to inches per week WifoUtahemeringwludl0okifo3outdoorjrrigatioh”AndeTsonsaid hie ity sixfo straight year offooug) Anderson said other measures HHiere’sdefoiitely s(Mne room for horticulturists are encouraging resisuch as raising foe bright of your' savings in foat area” ' Anderson said a lot of Utahns dents to take some single steps that ylaWn mower blade or adding mulch will hielp conserve the amount of f unnecessarily waste water on foeir? also can help cut back on the amount water needed for foeir lawns and lawns of water a landscape needs V1 Vriy-fThe tendency is to ovowater” “Mow it taller " Andoson said gardens' Utah is foe second driest stale in foe Anderson said “Sometimes people i “That allows it to shade itself and nation but uses foe second highest see foeir plants turning brown and V retain more moisture and keeps it amourtf of water per day per capita ? 7?they think it needs water when actual healthier' - 'll and circulate petition and recruit new members in the area For more information contact V Ciibbs at (801) or 531-73- 04 ? jgjbbsutah1ands2004org Pet questions in Walk-arth- on tomorrow N Logairi v":- Hie Cache Humane Society’s 12th annual V on i7 - walk-a-th- walk-a-th- on - s ' A v v v 10 £ r f pv'r on 38 ' PARADISE —Arms rovered in blood from swarming mosquitoes A slight exaggeration? Maybe But that’s what Councilman 'Y Dave Anderson said conditions in V Paradise used to be like As years have gone by howevw er the problem Anderson remem--: ws bers has receded in theminds of other councilmembers v “I don’t know if I’ve ever been :?rK bit by a mosquito this year” said v & i vrs:Councilman Gary Winn -' ' ' l ' "'N As Cache County officials foe 1"x Bear River Health Department and 'v yEl LucwoHeraJd Journal other valleyresidents discuss the talks along tte bank of the Bear River about the growing concern of foe West Nile virus etectedofficials in Paradise i y ' ' - ykfr- ? - " Rras a member of the Benson Citizans Agalnst KtosquitoescommittM problems the community Is haring with the bugs - - w 2 Benson committee calls for abatement d strict night opinions were as far apart as and others say it’s time to take action T would love to have the county foe sides of a stagnant pond that 8teff Writer They’ve fomnH a committee Benson come on board butif foeydon’t couldbreed the bugs Citizens Against Mosquitoes turi ’? we’yegottodotomrthinginBensom” ? foe “(A program for) Paradise alone Johnson a' after m of chunk ? ? said $500XX) crinmittramembjErTuiii BENSON— r There were few ? go won’t make a difference” Winn Local Videoconference participants in state funds available to communi- Fourfo of July picnics in fois wtmII with have scheduled a ties abatement with saidwbo favored exploring the prorcpremeeting but inadequate not farming community last year sentatives from all Cache cities to dis-- cotihtywide abatement district ? grams Members of foe Benson because residents aren’t patriotic cuss the possibility of acountywide It’s just foat foe mosquitoes woe so committee accounted for half the qXionv districLThe meeting will beat 8 pm Bear River at local the However some wonder if foe! particqiants bad most people optedtostay inside Health foe Room in for of Dertment Multipurpose ( Wednesday Thwday pffcctiveness is worth the cost to In say it's been like With state officials the Administration Building : Paradise videoconference a ' County n foat during each of foe last two in Salt Lake City The videoconfer- Benson committee wOl meet at 7 The and not gettiiig Are we raying ever since Logan city installed included officials from S? - am Saturday at Dairell’s Appliance rnntman naip Anderson said Paradise Mayor Lee Atwood to an area already home to : idents to its first meeting last month the videoconfercnce local pounds and said that a county wide agreed Cutler Keservou has distributed mosquito abatement ito foe valley ’s may- - luve responded foe outsidp yyy Committee members if foe 7 summertime We have to take our to bfoer ?cbnductedaiurvey that bo 2 did agree to at least children out of town to parks to pUyr” communities for a countywide district unanimous support among Benson residents for some form of abatement ' explt foe information available fails as it has in previous '' The problem urns bad enough for a countywide program 1 district and Rees and Johnson said f before Wat Nile virus appeared on Mp members of foe Benson committee 'V “Wit peed to get involved with foe horizon but as the threat of jm ? ? said foey’ll apply for foe $300QQ : ? availabie BENSON See in to A9 on rides something" Dave Anderson said: putbreak Carim Valley looms Rees V By Jcfon Wright V ? ? 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'Recreation Pepotoietit is hosting its annual Easta Eggstravaganza ? from 1 to3 pm at me Willow Park jSpmts Complex 500 W 700 Souths is for children in kindergarten igh fifth grade The Easier tunny will be thereFbr more formation pall Smithfield city’s annual Easier egg mt is at 11 am in Central Farit s is forchildrca ages2to 8V ’ y ’ - ? 50 fresits sum-me- i'’ v : jThis : r Lxigah man charged lf:sSa(toer3 t Logan pccused of sexually abusing a 15-- v girl last year has been y" year-ol-d Y'Y Charged widi two counts of second- -' V iftejneefcloqy forcible sexual abuse 1 The Cache County Attorney's Pffice filed foe charges against Jose s on Monday v told authori-Y'Hie j t'yjlies in February tbri MgueI-'J- ’' Cabanas forced her to fouch him Inappropriately while at a friend’s " r"' it jbonie last November The girl also said molested her a )npnth later while she Was attending ' ' dV£?-ft party 4 “She started yelling andhe ' --ji jjQggn police Lt evHt: v Salvesensaidl ? 4 I Though the alleged sexual abuse v trauma in 2003 the girl didn’t :?? vvy iegister her conlaint with the : ’V- - pquutment of Child arid Family : Services until February 2004Tbe base was dien forwarded to die ! Logan Fdke DqwrtmenL i Pdice interviewed Miguel--" ’r Cabanas on Mardi 31 v1 “Hie admitted to n fiiendly reia : v ' ‘ p but kind of denied every- Salveaen said “He later said it was con8ensuaL” Y ly- vr' Under Uudi law a v :ry I cannot give consent to sexual activV ity involving an adult bverl8-”:-is bang hdd in y o foe Cadie County JaiL ? ' nariqipatgS A20-year-d- d :"-k 3-- years-r?--'-:i- : - t ’ iv-v'-- ' fi Y 'v!m ' 'i V ' - V S A: - f' JY iS i j A y'Vi s ' ‘v v ' vr ' —rr? ‘ Y-- C Miguel-Caban- as n -- Y ing at an increase on foeir property tax hUB--- - Vsv v- -- - rV Mayor Vic Jensen said foe city may need foe extra revenue to balaboe future budgets butnodeterminadon has been made asto v r bow much foe percentage could rise “Wie Jensen said costs to a run ?“It dty” are just looking into it We haven’t had a tax increase in River Heists fork long time and we’re finding fori we’re yery low as tovriiat people in' River HeiUs pay” ' Sid foe Miguel-Caban- : as ( : : t the same for foose foe lari five years But nqw Logan and Cache County have V? derided foeycahlppentteat foose leveB andneed to find more money for those i ' 'flt Governor tax force d remaking special ed SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -A task force appointed by Gov dene Walker is remaldng the Carson Smifo schriv- --- r ’ £ vices? River Heightsfijnds moriofits budget???sriid childrenwifo foroui the state sales tax revenue That : revenue has been steady in ach of the lari But Write few yean heesure of foe good economy but Jehs said he expects foat sOurce bf vjffo use foe $14 funding to eventually level off operate mostly on die sates tax' Jensen said “Property tax pays minor Y '4 vdiings” ?? : v :: Property - dd itoWritundtai fbui5ra:? Miguel-Cabana- 'f v V Hekfl V L-- nJL - v 1-- 12 ?!? By Jamie Karras stoffwriter ' v : Several Easter egg hunts in the valley for Satur-- ? day They areas follows: The Logan Eagles Lodge will ' hold its annual lads’ Easter egg hunt ri 10 am ri the lodge 870 R200 West The hunt is for kids ages whose parents or grandparents V belong to Eagles Prizes wifi be ' given refreshments will besierved For mote information call Lee 716-92- v -- lv'- i ' ' j’ s Several Easter egg hunts scheduled ‘ r'v V ke 797-19- : — r'” ' 7 ' et severity of - V will be from 9 am to noon on Saturday at Elk Ridge Park in North Logan This year’s which will include frisbee catch and look-aliowner-pcontests was State Utah organized by University v students as a service project The cost for entering one of the contests is $15 which can be raid this week at PetsMart located at 1050 N Main in Logan or at the park on Saturday proceeds from the will go toward construction of the Humane Society’s new animal shelter For more information call Katie Treasure at ? walk-a-th- fees A committee of Logan city and Cariie County couiynlmembers recently scrapped a proposal that would have required rides : throughout the vaD fo pay mdrefor''1 ? valueshave increasedinRiver' but the city hasn’t seen revenue from foose higher valuations increase pro portioiiately Hrits ? 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