Show The Youth fishing catches on in Cache Valley -- Cl Stangs rally to defeat Grizzlies in baseball — A3 QjJ Vol95 No114IFriday April 23 Logan Utah!'© 20Q4E$50 Public presses Logan for lower fee Weather imal as possible” said Nielsen By David Nelson staff writer less rain and a lot A little ' more wind Prior to two March public meet- ings on a proposed stormwater utili- -' ty fee for Logan residents Mark Nielsen was concerned he “hadn’t heard much” from the community Since then the Logan City Public Works Director has acquired a pretty clear picture about how citizens view the issue “You need to keep this fee as min- - — Page A12 Update B22E ess Study: Call in sick do your boss a favor ' ' repeating the comment his office heard most frequently during the twomeetings and subsequent phone ' calls to the department As a result Nielsen and city elect- ed leaders have that goal in mind as they work to satisfy the unfunded federal mandates and improve the city's stormwater system “That message was yery weil received the city needs to look at other ways” said Nielsen “And I agree with that” The most vocal opponents have been business owners Businesses would be required to pay for the amount of property that doesn’t retain stormwater For some busi- nesses the monthly fee could be hundreds and in some cases even thousands of dollars The city estimated it woujd charge each city residence $770 per month “Some of the fees that are pro-posed for businesses are quite ‘ ' " In our schools extreme” said Steve Thompson of the Logan Municipal Council The estimates were based on com- mitments the city made to improve an aging system and were required by federal stormwater regulations System improvement practices — which range from monitoring the Logan River for pollutants to com- munity clean-u- p days — will cost $11 million annually When capital See FEE on A 12 - SYRACUSE NY (AP) — American workers should stop trying to be heroes and just stay home when they're sick— it could be cheaper for their employers according to a study Workers who come in sick cost their employers an average of $255 each per year according to Cornell University labor researchers Sick employees have difficulty concentrating work more slowly arid have to repeat tasks bogging down productivity according to the study ' sick (They also get their : but those costs were not counted in the study) Economists refer to slack prbduc1tivity from ailing workers as - ‘ : See SICK on All Note to readers Look for TV listings in - Saturday’s paper launches' a new The weekly television guide on Saturday ending a format in which TV listings appeared each Friday in Cache Maga zine The new guide called “TV Week" will offer a variety of features including color coding of pro- gram types on the TV listings grid plus children's viewing iecommenda- -' lions for parents Herald-Journ- al Quick read ' Go to The Herald - Haily Maw : ' Journal Web site wmvhjnewscom to cast your vote - on today's survey ' question See hewsTuesday's paper for results and a new ques- - r ' “It’s : : 3) Italian- -' Answers T) Yes v' : :2)No Number: - Percept " fifth- cou- -' - ' Total Responses: 200 Following are some of Ate local namesthat appear in today’s HeraldJouma): J Refnhard Jockel (Cl ) Bob Jardine (Cl ) Jocelyn Wallings (Cl ) Josh Guest (Cl ) !' Matt Flygiar (B1 ) Kaycee Hunt (B4)‘ : Tyler Adams B4) Chris Cooley (Bt) Rounds Jessica (B3j Jesse Kurz (B1) ’ ' Kathy Beutler (A3) Suzy Roundy (A3) 'v:' SEOULSouth Korea (AP)Two Comics: -- y Obituaries: A8 :pC3 Opinion!:vlA4 Movies:vvCache :Sports:::-:B- - Utah State t wwwhjnewscpm - ' See TRAINS on A12 Customs and immigration stop 'A Sinulju Customs and if : I ! 1 - r- 7 9 ‘ ’ " toi'isiOQgU ivrtKOriM'l : :'Pyyeng - KOREA Ybmju KOREA Edit China nil '5ton-- ' soRCES: Vbohap New - '' Sea--'- Xgency Uonety Planet ESRJ - 'i- - : v p A" VV ' V- Former Utph State University nien's basketball star guard Carck'lt ButlcF: and two Current tcamnieriibcrs were X issued dtationS April 10 for allegedly interfering with jMiliteonVefs who'? to d ndisc coniplaipl at a v Logari apartrnentcomplcx ' Butler22 Jason Williams2) and Quenton Harvey 22 were cited about ?3:3() atn' at aii apart mental 776 N: 750 Eajit near the USU campus -- - v'X" ' s s V - 'j v' a By Jason Bergreen staff writer- - iinmigratibn Stop '! X ” '‘‘'j Ryongchon p loo mi China The numberof casualties wa$ unclear South Korean riieidia reports said that as many as 3000 people might have beeri killed or injured The" Chinese Embassy in Noith Korea confirmed the first fatalities saying Friday that two Chinese ' : ' were killed and l2 others injured the ofriciaL '! Xinhua news agency reported If did riot say how many Nordi Koreans were ki led 1 Qandong 'reports have as many as 3000 people killed or injured ' : f - Two fuel trains collided rind exploded in a North Korean train station Thursday Early : 1 "collided at a North Korean railroad station near ‘ the Chinese border Thursday igniting a deafen- - : ‘ ing explosion thai rainedxlebrisformpre than 10 miles artiurid and knocked down more than' 20 ' houses South Korean officials and Chinese ::mediasaid:-':''?''-:r::':'- ClassifiedsrC5 irisS fuei trains' ' s on after jpkplosicm pf v " SKprea reports estimate Trainsexplode: deaths after collision - v I N People Index : v : 55--'V- y " ’ '45 : - hard” said Greenville Elementary : : " : v" ' ‘ Tuesday’s survey results y: Do you think you will order an ' adult Happy Meal? v tube time - grader Jace Schwartz who only lasted a ' ple of days before returning: to the tube: “I slipped” Jace said shaking his head and ' folding a piece of tin foil intothree parts’ ' foil durart project Students ere doing a tin irig their media center timeiThey fashioned pieces of tin fdl into the hape'of a human rig-- ure then miule the figure do something thefy would like to do instead of watching TV JaCe’s tin foil guy was wakeboarding: ' “I iotally fprgot abiiiit TV Turnoff arid I went to my computer and changed thfe screen” ' Asian 2) Mexican - scooter!: Greenville Eleiheritary media ceqteF teacher fill Way Linda Bettinger has been challenging students1 ' to What Greenville Elementary students are go an entire week wilhoiit telev ision coni- ' '' television of instead during watching puters of video games for years The idea is to doing r ' ’ TVTurnoSWeek: get students and their parents paying attention v V'to how much time children spend in front of ' ' Sadie S — Making bookmarks arid the television shesaid playing outside V “If nothing else it's art awareness thinghut V Briarina R — Going bowling it alsofricuses on the possibijityof life without' Morgan D — Planting a tree in the park television"' Bettinger said ' — Reading for 30 minutes Anjelica C ' Students aren't always sure there is anything ' Taylor — Playing with family do besides watch television niovres'or play — to MaddieK Sleeping in the pool room "' hour outside an B Jade —Spending pn the computef Bettinger said "Some kids say tipi out "I can't do it’ Sonic' v he said :? of them say ‘Nq problem” Bettinger said: : Just one look and a click of the mouse was '“For some of them just hiivinjg a taste of life ' without television-openenough to bar hint from participating jn up their eyes': V Greenville’s TV Turnoff Week competition Students are competing for prizesirtdudirig a ” TUNE onAS'-- ' to this-wee- - 1) of watching "' X':- - NORTH LOGAN —Anything with a monitor or a screen is off limits for Cache Valley children participating in TV Turnoff Week - Webpage'1' Today’s' question - What is your favorite ethnic food? Eli LuceroHerald Journal lures out of aluminum foil depicting things they like to ''' television finishing touches on her sculpture of a skier Wednesday Greenville Elementary Students in the school made the sculp- - !' Important note: This is not scientific sur-- " vey Results simply reflect the opinions of some of the people visiting the newspaper's ' puts thp t By Holli Weiss staff writer : -- " Students take challenge to find other activities -- ' tion ' morning-a- ' V ' ! ' - See PLAYERS on AH ?' : : |