Show COPY AVAILABLE t i I" Wednesday October 8 2003 A3 Local state arid regional news State halts Edison enrollment request In brief Logan River Trail A project to extend the length of the Logan River Trail in south Logan is expected to begin soon ' according to the Logan City Paris and Recreation Department Ground has been broken for a new trail at 1600 South and Park Avenue which will link existing trails along the Logan River from Park Avenue to 1000 West Construction is estimated to be complet- By Darrell Edwrrd Ehrllck staff writer A request to enroll more students made by the Thomas Edison Charter School in North Logan has been temporarily halted to give local school districts a chance to comment ed by the end of November The land for die new section of trail was added to boundaries in September after city approximately 17 acres owned by Logan city and 31 owned by Icon ' Health and Fitness were annexed by the Logan Municipal Council The parcel runs along the north side of Icon’s facilities on 1600 South - ch 753-620- Smithfield ' : ' to Mexico ' ost newborns in die United States benefit from med- ical care electronic educa-- v tional materials and cutting-edg- e development techniques unavail-able to babies in developing nations r But blankets and a little olive oil are a bit more universal which V gives Vonda Jump hope that babies v r in those countries can afford an 7 idea that is gaining popularity I r among American parents: f ' f--' A 7 2002'--summer die of During ' Jump performed dailyolive oil massages on children from a few i months old to 2 12 years old in : Ecuador The researcher from the Utah State University Early Inter- vention Research Institute found that massaged orphans became sick less often leading her to bdlieve that massages improve the immune system So she went to the Caribbean to make sure In Haiti Jump saw orphanages where eight to 10 babies would g share a mattress lethargically on their backs all day There were no toys or personal stimula-don to help diem develop mentally She also encountered a culture that ' due to a high mortality rate pays little attention to newborn children to avoid emotional attachment —r especially in an orphanage So Jump and the 11 volunteers at the orphanage began massaging 16 of the 32 children on a regular basis for her study Haitian babies that stiffened up when touched and wouldn’t make eye contact with the white volunteers soon started to smile giggle and sit calmly during the massages The orphans that received massages were better tem- -' pered and some even put on weight as their muscles became more toned after three weeks of massage Jump said that even the Haitian caretakers who come up with resourceful ways to work with chil--1 dren using meager supplies and personnel would stop and stare when the babies started responding positively to die massages “It could have been a fluke" Jump said of the initial results "What I found was it wasn’t a ' J The Cache County Board of meetsat 4 pm Wednesday in Room 109 of the County Administration Building 179 N Main Agenda items include: Holding a public hearing on an appeal of the Planning Commission's decision to deny a cell tower near 4680 N 800 West Smithfield Holding a public hearing on an appeal of the Planning Commission’s derision to approve an expanded permit for the Kerr Gravel Pit in Wefeville Holding a public hearing on an appeal of the Planning Commission's derision to approve expansion of a waste water treatment system at Gossner Foods to be located about 1000 N 1250 West Logan i J The Fast Forward Charter High Board will be holding a meeting at 3:30 pm on Wednesday at the charter high's offices 55 N Main Agenda items include: Discussing interventions for student success block grant monies Discussing quality teaching block grant monies Holding nominations for new board members V The Hyde Park City Council wil meet at 7 pm at City Halt 113 E Hyde Park Lane Agenda Rems ' Include: Hearing a report from Mark Teuscher countywide planning and development ' Hoi ring a public hearing for a rezone request for the Kirby Family property See AGENDAS on A9 A 4 : Rodriguez-Serrano- ' ' attorney ’s and the Cache County photos by Mitch MascaroHerald Journal it” - o pleaded in guilty August to forcibly kissing and fondling a 16- year-ol- d girl at a party in Feb- -' ruary 2002 In September Rodriguez-Serran- o wrote a letter to Will-moasking to withdraw his plea Hpwever after talking to Cole on Tuesday Rodriguez-Serran- o again agreed to go forward with sentencing Willmore warned Rodriguez-Serran- o at sentenc- that he the if ing country after being deported he will face a federal charge of which aggravated carries a mandatory sentence of five years in prison He would also have to serve out Above: Dr Vonda Jump right demonstrates baby massage to Luda Huerta who is massaging Moncerrat Mendoza during a class at Bear River Migrant Head Start on Thursday morning Rodriguez-Serran- re Left: Huerta mas- sages Mention's tiny feet 20-min-ute Attor- ney’s Office First District Court Judge Thomas Willmore agreed to follow the recom- mendation "I was ready to sentence you to prison today” Willmrire told Rodriguez-Serran- o "This was a very serious crime and you deserve to go to prison for lay-in- i By Jason Bergreen " staff writer A Cove man who sexually abused a girl last sentenced 90 days was to year in jail Tuesday and ordered to be deported back to Mexico after saving his time because he is not a US citizen Armando Rodriguez-Serra-n- o 29 was turned over to Cache County Jail officials after Tuesday 's sentencing He will be held for 90 days and then released to the INS for “'deportation because he is an r illegal immigrant 'The deportation clause of the plea agreement was : accepted by Roy Cole v v i Agendas ! trip back t second-degre- - Cove man gets jail - oftnblesting a teenage girl and 3 ? threatening to kill her Darrel Edward Young was arrested at tire 1st District Court building in Logan after a protective-orde- r hearing He was booked into the Cache County Jail Smithfield Police Chief John McCoy said According to court records ' Young is accused of kicking the teenage girl and threatening to kill her He is also accused of fondling per and having her fondle him The alleged abuse occurred in a Smith- field home in the last 18 to 24 months McCoy said Young is charged with aggravated assault and sexual abuse of a child e felonies both Adjustment The Associated Press contributed to this story By David Nelson staff writer - ketplace Grand prize winners will : J be announced at the Elk Festival on Saturday For more information call 6 A 60-year-- said Thomas Edison School Board President Jim Peterson agreed that local districts should be given notice so that they can prepare He added that the proposal is being brought to researcher teaches therapy method for tots in Cache Haiti The Hardware Ranch Elk Festival Sfnithflfcld inaif A was arrested Monday tar suspicion agreed “We should at least allow the district the opportunity to respond” he Officials from both Cache County and Logan city school districts said that the increase would affect funding but both agree it would be hard to influence the process The state allocates more than $2000 per student per school year The increase of 125 students at the charter school could mean a loss of $250000 between the two districts Peterson said the increase in enrollment would allow a second seventh-grad- e section pd also allow a few more students per class Cur-- 1 USU is sponsoring an art contest The contest is open to ages 3 to 18 Entries must be original artwork and should fit on an sheet of paper It should highlight elk in their natural Utah habitat A Entries are due by 5 pm Friday and can be dropped off at Macey’s South Cache Market or Lee’s Mar- - Man 60 accused of molesting teeri Board member David Moss both" rent enrollment figures show the average Edison class size at 27 Peterson said that target class sizes are 28 students per class with a maximum of 30 students per class allowable under the school’s charter The school which' answers to the state board is in its second year Though it could not manage anymore students currently Peterson said the school wanted to lay the groundwork for enrolling more students "We can foresee that this is the case” Peterson said ‘'We want to grow incrementally” He hopes the board will be able to make a decision about the school’s request in the next one to two months orroossoomiairv art contest for kids ' the state board early so that an increase wouldn’t put either district in a budget crisis “I think as a courtesy we should do it” Peterson said “They should ' get it straight from the horse's mouth We should do this in order to maintain good relationships with Denis Morrill and prepare for the increase A Thomas Edison Charter School appeared before die State Board of Education to request boosting its enrollment from 365 to 480 students Because the Board of Education granted the school its charter it is Elk festival holds - However the board halted the request on Friday saying that both Logan and Cache County school districts should be given a chance to comment on the proposal Students who would be enrolled at Thomas Edison would likely be drawn from the two districts “I don’t want the district to feel ambushed’’ said state board member chance to comment on school’s proposal to be extended' A ultimately responsible for handling the request Board of Education to give local districts Logan re-ent- fluke at all What I saw in 20 days was dramatic” She saw results dramatic enough to spur a renewed commitment to help Haiti and get involved locally massage techniques to Jump teaches a baby massage class at the Bear River Migrant Head Start using the Spanish she learned in Ecuador to show local Hispanic women how to correctly massage their children’s legs stomachs and arms She has applied for a grant through the US Agency for International Development to head back to Haiti with a team this spring to continue helping orphanages implement the cheap and according to Jump effective method for raising happier and healthier children “I want to show the effect on babies” said Jump “but also ' implement change in the orphan-- ' ry the prison sentence on the sexual abuse was that aside in set charge lieu of deportation "You’re not to return tq this country the United States of America unless you do it legally” Willmore said ages" Alleged sex offender pleads to meth charges Prosecutors dismiss abuse case because victim is unavailable By Jason Bergman staff writer A sex-abu- se charge filed against a Logan man was dis- missed Tuesday but he pleaded felony guilty to two second-degre- e charges of illegal possession of methamphetamine in unrelated cases Cache County Chief Deputy Attorney Don Linton dismissed the -degree felony charge of aggravated sexual abuse of a child against Tony Zook because the alleged victim is not available to proceed with the case he said The charge was dismissed without prejudice meaning it can be refiled at a later date "once she is better” Linton said Zook was accused of fondling a 7-- y ear-ol- d girl at least once in May second- 3S3S3S 2002 police said Zook pleaded guilty f one count e of felony illegal pos- session of methamphetamine in each of the other two cases In one case police found 120 milligrams of methamphetamine in Zook's pocket after a traffic stop In the other case police found a small amount of methamphetamine in Zook’s possession after serving a search warrant on a Logan home earlier this year Because of a plea agreement a second-degre- third charge of illegal posse jon of a controlled substance and two misdemeanor charges of possession of drug paraphernalia were dismissed Early in his cases doctors declared Zook incompetent to stand trial on criminal charges After undergoing several months of psychiatric rehabilitation he was later found compe- tent Zook is scheduled to be sentenced Nov 18 on the drug charges He faces two to 30 years in prison under state sentencing guidelines 1 iV 7- - 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