Show The eraM VoU95 Nol119EWednesdayTApril 28T2004 Weather Five new stores to open in Cache Valley Mall oema — PageA12 Sheriff’s lieutenant collapses suddenly mid-senten- ce EB Dyslexia more likely in boys than in girls CHICAGO (AP) — Dyslexia really is more common in boys than girls new research says contradicting studies suggesting that boys are simply more likely to be diagnosed with' the problem because they tend to act up in class when they get frustrated The findings suggest boys are at least twice as likely to have dyslexia a learning disability that involves trouble with reading said the authors led by Dr Michael Rutter of King’s College in London They said the findings should prompt research into why this is so Rutter and colleagues based their law enforcement The career of Cache County Sheriff’s Lt Von Williamson ended abruptly Monday when he died of a heart attack while hiking in Moab He was 46 years old Williamson had just finished hiking to Delicate Arch in Arches National Park when he suddenly collapsed around 3:15 pm while talking to several Utah Highway Patrol officers Cache County Sheriff Lynn Nelson said Williamson was in Moab attending a law enforcement ar LoganJUtafiE© 2004f$5Qj sm up-to-d- By Jason Bergreen staff writer 24-ye- D ‘They were all just sitting there in a group talking enjoying the scenery and Win was bringing them on his family and braghis kids and all of that about ging he just when in No forward warning no slumped complaints no anything” Nelson said Members of the Utah Highway Patrol performed CPR on Williamson for almost two hours while others used cell phones to call for local paramedics and a helicopter out of Grand Junction Colo When paramedics arrived on the scene they pronounced Williamson dead His body was transported by helicopter to Moab Nelson spoke with The Herald Journal on Tuesday morning less than 12 hours after he and Cache County Sheriff’s Lt Dave Bennett returned to Cache County from following Moab hike Update - Logan boys soccer shut out by Bonneville — Bl Newspaper’ Bridgerland’sDail ramJust plain icky — A3 Moab with Williamson's car and personal belongings Williamson along with Nelson Bennett and other law enforcement officers was taking part in a four-da- y FBI National Academy graduates training convention! Nelson said a training class had wrapped up about noon on Monday and conven- tion participants were given free time to play golf or sightsee “We said we woe headed for lunch and he (Von) said he was to going grab lunch and go do a hike” Nelson said “Von told us he had never been into Delicate Arch and wanted to go see that” That was the last time Nelson and Bennett saw Williamson alive “He seemed fine at the time” Nelson said About 4:30 pm that day Nelson and Bennett were driving around Moab sightseeing when they A tragic end: Cache Sheriff's Lt V6n Williamson poses with his collection of law enforcement patches in this recent Herald Journal photo Williamson died Monday at 46 received a call from the Grand County Sheriff's Office informing SeeVONonA12 may try to oust findings on data from four large studies involving more than 10000 children who had been given standard reading tests in New Zealand and Britain: Dyslexia was found in 18 percent to about 22 percent of the boys compared with 8 percent to 13 percent of die girls Children took reading tests at various times in each study between ages 7 and 15 Rutter and colleagues said the ' results are strong because the studies did not rely on children who were already known to be having learning difficulties — a weakness that plagued some previous research Rutter’s report appears in Wednes- day's Journal of the American ical Association It is unlikely to settle a debate among learning specialists over the gender issue Sheldon Horowitz director of pro- fessional services at the National Center for Learning Disabilities said boys are not necessarily more likely to have reading problems Instead he suggested girls’ reading problems may be more likely to go unnoticed by teachers Walker ' 7jrsf v Jk AP photo Finding faith in Iraq From left Navy Chaplain Scott Radetski Lance Cpi Adam Veslely 21 from Wausau Wis and Marine Pfc Michael Gilio 20 of Chicago pray during a Catholic service for Marines at the 2nd Battalion 1st Marine Regiment’s field headquarters just outside the northwest section of Fallujah Iraq on Tuesday! See more on Iraq on A5 ' s 'i Quick read Definition of the Week Officials talk new transmission line Utah Power’s Possible power line routes A closer look at words espresso By John Wright staff writer a It (caffd) in the news ppof esprimere e) —Webster's Ww World Dictionary Third College Edition People Index Following are some of the local names that appear in today’s Herald Journal: Blanche Bouwhuis (CIO) Jonathan : Berlitz (CIO) Kyfi Erickson (CIO) Jackie Johnson (A3) Marci Christofferson (A3) JW Weston (A3)' Sebastian Montegro (A3) DeflAlen (A4) Carl Muffotetto (A4) Bobby Winder (Bl) Carlos CaM-mon- te (B1) Richard Gui (B2) Index Classifieds ' With Cache Valley residents running their air conditioners full throttle on a hot summer day Utah Power can barely handle the electrical demand In fact during times of “peak load” the loss of just one line - due to something espresso to a out in coffee prepared express press special machine from finely ground cof- fee beans through which steam under high pressure is forced pressed-out(coffe- C4 0bituariesA6 ComicsC2 OpinfonA4Bl Movies::iC10 s’ -T- proposal could keep valley lit j Sports wwwhjneWscorn j ! Herald Journal map like a car hitting a power pole could leave much of the ' valley in the dark " That’s why the company is proposing to build a new transmission line from the Beaver Dam area to its Green substation that would Canyon ' double electrical capacnearly in to pro-addition ity locally viding redundancy “Your valley is growing like crazy arid that means more load for us” said Steve Rush Utah Power’s regional com- munity manager ‘The ’ SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An advocacy group for tuition tax credits is targeting Gov Olene Walker as the only gubernatorial candidate to oppose tax vouchers for parents who send their children to ' private schools Parents for Choice in Education “may well name” the governor in an upcoming mailing to 3500 state delegates this week Delegates should know that supporting school choice “is part of our conservative values in Utah and key to us:” said organization head Elisa Clements Peterson The group's strongest supporters Peterson said are candidates Marty Stephens Fred Lampropoulos Jon Huntsman Jr! and Parley Hellewell four of Walker's seven Republican rivals in the gubernatorial ' ' race! J ' Walker has said repeatedly she will not support tuition tax credits until public education is adequately funded ' Her spokeswoman Amanda Covington said Tuesday that the governor “is willing to look at any solution” but “has yet to see a plan that doesn't hurt public education funding intne long or short term"“We have 1 45000 new stu- dents in the next decade” ' Covington said “So the state's obligation is to provide See LINE on A12 - ' See OUST on A12 Vietnam and pol itics: An old war won ’t fade away as UJ5! WASHINGTON (AP)-E- ven soldiers fight and die in new battles a war three decades old hangs like a thick " cloud over the presidential campaign with John Kerry’s every moment in Viet- v ham combait and every word as an anti- under if war protester scrutiny not attack' ) President Bush’s curt praise through a M spokesman Tuesday that Kerry has a “commendable record of service in the military” belies an aggressive campaign by Bush supporters to exploit questions over just what the decorated Navy veteran 'did in the war and after And Kerry's initial reluctance to take on Bush directly over his fbggy time in j Guard has worn the out with the Democrat now openly chal- -’ lenging his opponent to explain whether he fulfilled his duty “I think a lot of veterans are going to be very angry at a president who can’t account for his own service in the National Guard and a vice president who got every defer-mein the world” Kerry said Tuesday The Vietnam War's power to haunt and : divide lives on in the rhetorical crossfire oyer Bull’s stateside toirr and Kory’s as war hero and war critic: Vietnam was receding in American poli-tiuntil Ronald Reagan declared the Southeast Asian conflict a noble cause and ' until the generation that fought it or avoided it came to power said Leo Ribitffo George Washington University historian “Now we have baby boomers who are trying to lead the country and another war in which Americans are getting killed” Ribuffo said ‘There are body bags So it’s surprising Vietnam is coming to mind nt - : cs ‘ J Vietnam-eraNation- al j See FADE on AlO : ' AP'photo Democratic presidential hopeful Sen John Kerry! right is embraced by former Sen Max Cieiand a during a Campaign stop with veterans and citizens in Manchester: NH in this Jan 23 file' photo Thirty years removed from the divisive war :in Vietnam the Southeast Asian conflict casts a long shadow oyer the political land: scape with Republicans questioning John Kerry’s Service and challenging those who avoided cornbat: D-G- “ i s inl t far afft i 1 ft t |