Show The I ceraiKQ I sJ Sky View spikes i region championship B1 Vi ' 1 Stildents get a glimpse of life in Sweden —A3 Logan’ UtahX® 2003BS50 iVolI94JdX302®Vednesda9TOctobeC29T2003 Weather Might see white flaky' stuff tonight Utah's governor will step down next week —Page A12 f to take position SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Moments after Gov Mike Leavitt leaves office Nov 5 Utah’s new Gov Olene Walker will be sworn in In the meantime Leavitt will ready himself for his new job as chief of the US Environmental Protection Agency Leavitt said Tuesday he would announce which rural roads across federal lands qualify as public rights of way under a 19th century law he will meet with other executive branch officeholders about the Workers Com Astronomy Solar flares hurl toward Earth today w By Joseph B Verrengla AP Science Writer EPA - pensation Fluid and would sign two executive orders one for the state education system and another setting up what he calls an outdoor recreation “economic ecosystem” Other high points of the “transition ' module” Leavitt launched Tuesday are a farewell address to the state and an election day lunch at a Mexican restaurant the day before he becomes the first Utah governor to leave office before the end of a term “I’m a smorgasbord of emotions” Leavitt said during a news briefing at the Utah Capitol “It’s been a morning of some complexity” Leavitt said Walker would announce on Wednesday her choice for lieutenant governor who also will be sworn in Nov 5 Tuesday morning Leavitt 52 the g nation’s current governor was confirmed to head the EPA He will take the oath of office Nov 6 aid be inaugurated on a date President Bush will set Leavitt said “The president has an environmental record I’m proud of” he said but declined to say which policies he liked in particular that I “I feel greatly optimistic can make a contribution” Leavitt said “Of course it means I will have to con--' dude my service as governor of a state longest-servin- I love” 'f AP photo Utah Gov Mike Leavitt accompanied by his wife Jacalyn speaks during a news confer- n Leavitt takes on the federal agency ence Tuesday at the State See LEAVITT on A12 Capitol in Salt Lake City j Scientists again warned that conn munications on Earth could be dis- mpted this week by another spectacular eruption on the surface of the Sun and that it might even efforts in Cali- hamper firefighting fixnia ' ' “It’s headed straight fix us like a freight train” said John Kohl a solar astrophysicist at die Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge Mass “This is die real thing” Predictions are it could strike Earth's magnetic field by midday School activities Charter i high may add 140 : 7 By Holli Weiss staff writer today' The explosion of gas and charged particles into space from die corona the outermost layer of the sun’s atmosphere isn’t harmful to people But it can knock out satellite com- munications which some emer-- i gency crews are relying on in battling California’s wildfires Similar solar events in recent - : years have disrupted television transmissions GPS navigation oil pipeline controls and even the flow of electricity along power lines Space weather forecasters first warned of that possibility last week when a previous solar flare erupted ' and then they saw a new sunspot region developing in another region of the sun’s face The cloud of charged particles from last Week’s eruption struck Earth “with only a glancing blow” Kohl said It disrupted some airline communications But Kohl said scientists observed the biggest such explosion in 30 years shortly before 6 am EST Tuesday It produced a particle cloud See FLARE on A12 Quick read Definition ofthe closer look at words in the news conflagration n (of conflagnm to bum) a big destructive fire — Webster's New World Dictionary Third College Edition - at-ri- sk ' is child’s play Volunteering hours at students South Campus Woodruff Elementary spend lunch ’ ' Defibrillator lease revived preston police chief Funds moved from Following are some of the local names that appear in today's Herald Journal: training budget for new equipment Kenan Cutler (A3) Necia Seamons (A3) Dixon Hamilton (A3) Holly Putnam (A10) Marjorie Wilson (A10) Jayeson Yeates (B4) Jess Harrison (B4) Andrea Ferrin (B4) Joe Hahne (B4) Tiera Zaugg (B1) Matthew Syme (Cl) Jason Allcott (C2) Marlowe Adkins (C2) By David Nelson staff writer ComlcsC5 C2 Opinion Sports of council members and administration Meaker was authorized by Logan Mayor the departDoug Thompson to ment’s budget so that the purchase of approximately $55000 would not have to be returned Logan Councilmember Tami Pyfer who voted against approving the lease said she was pleased Meaker was able to find fends to keep the equipment especially after the council increased the fire department budget by $200000 in budget hearings earlier this summer The defibrillators remain unopened as Meaker will present the solution to the bows out of probe By Mark Randall staff writer Preston Police Chief Scott Shaw will not handle an investigation into allega- : ge Index C6 Obituaries The council voted 2 to deny approving a $22725 lease that die fire department needed to purchase nine new defibrillators on Oct 15 Meaker agreed to the lease without prior consent from the council Following the vote and a heated discussion concerning the underlying intentions 3-- i Movies ' v Fast Forward Charter High School will open the doors to : ' its new facility next year with 140 more students than Board of Trustees members originally planned The Logan City School Board which sponsored the charter for the school aimed at students educating approved a motion Tuesday night to increase the number of students allowed from 60 to 200 for the next school year ' Board members said they felt comfortable amending the charter to ensure that all stuMitch MascaroHerald Journal dents — including those who sev: ' Cory Boehms second from right plays soccer with students at Woodruff Elementary on Monday afternoon Boehme is one of may not learn in a traditional eral students from South Campus high school who volunteer time to play with the kids during lunch recess school environment — are getting ?n education “The days of the Cleavers are over” Board Member Lynn Hobbs said in a work session Tuesday afternoon “There comes a time when there needs to be changes If Pineda explained boys called to South Campus student By Darrell Edward Ehiiick we don’t we are not allowing ' staff writer “We battle another later Two plays Julio Pineda as they ran to him cry a group of young men and rose from the ranks: “Kick him in the want to be on your team” women to get an education Pineda is a popular figure on the When Celeste Sanchez doesn’t show legs”and contribute to society I feel As much as the playground is a playground He’s known for teaching up to Woodruff Elementary School in ' passionately about this 1 just soccer basics place for rowdiness it is also a place Logan kindergartners cry do” fix learning skills After playing for a couple of min- Sanchez isn’t a popular teacher She Parents Karl and Kathy “You guys need to pass before utes Julio passed by and uttered isn’t a parent of a Woodruff student Ward whose son has attended when said all Pineda South She’s a high school student at shooting” pretty good except "They’re Fast Forward for nearly two Vividiana Gomez 7 has become a they kick you in the shins” Campus and every day every lunch years went to the meeting to line-drifearless goalie stopping many Not an uncommon occurrence hour she’s out on the playground at' support the program and shots minutes few later aoung student Woodruff hdping out or lending a A encourage the board to amend “It’s not that hard The hardest part started yelling: “Kick him in the knees hand in the lunchroom She and four the charter die Kick him in is the fence” she said referring to tire knees” other South Campus students volunKarl Ward said before Fast fence Like a battlefield captain a fellow mesh that she guards against teer at the school every day mentoring Forward his son was failing student obliged booting Pineda in the The partnership between tire elementhe students and teaching them the out of school The Wards’ five knee basics of soccer and basketball tary school and the high school is one other children went through Pineda crumpled Falling only that South Campus Principal Elaine Monday was no exception The cool the public school system arid he Woodruff back Wilcox and weather didn’t deter the students from got momentarily up Principal their daily soccer game pulled a young athlete aside See ADD on A9 “We had a talk about that (kicking)” See PLAY on A12 “Julio! Julio! Jutio!” a throng of People Index Classifieds ' ve Week A students : A10 A4 B1 wwwhjnewscom - Logan City Fire Department’s plan to purchase cardiac defibrillators which the Logan Municipal Council had rejected last month has been brought back to life after the department transferred money from' within its budget to keep the equipment “We had to make tough choices” said Logan Fire Chief Mark Meaker “But we saw this as an incredible value and benefit for the health of our citizens” Meaker said fends were taken from training programs to cover the cost in addition to $36000 that remains in this year’s budget for equipment purchase See REVIVE on A9 i 'Y j tions ' of wrongdoing against county sioners made Commis- a group of concerned citizank Shaw said he told Franklin County Prosecutor Jay McKenzie about three months ago that he would conduct the investigation but was forced to withdraw the offer due to a heavy workload “I talked to him (Monday) during a break in ' - court” Shaw said “I told him I am running three weeks behind on everything and I said we need to rethink this because I can't justify letting the' cases in the city go while I investigate Pm a working police chief I don’t just administrate I cany a caseload and pull my weight” Shaw said he and McKenzie also agreed that it would be in the best interests of the city if Shaw stayed out of the investigation “We mutually agreed that See PROBE on A12 |