Show Herald- Smithfield firefighters delighted with new house — A3 - Mustang repeats as Player of the Year All-Vall- ey — B1 J November 3f 2003 kVoll94 No? 31 7MThursdayT Logan Utahl© 20031 Bridgerland’s Daily Newspaper Woathor At least it’s builder Stan Checketts owner Amusement ride -- '' ride of S&S Power in North Logan wait with nearly three feet of " creator Checketts covered snow near the backside of Logan' survives avalanche Peak coni- warm enough to rain According to Sgt Daron llenrie the emergency management cKrdi- nator for the Cache County Sheriffs Office who responded with Search and Rescue team members on snow- -' mobiles Checketts maintained an air ' passage by clearing snow above his ' face and chest while he was under the snow for nearly 10 minutes Removing the snow was a move ' authorities believe may have saved his life “He’s one extremely lucky fel-- - ' — PageA12 ' " By David Nelson staff writer " Updato A prominent local resident sur- vived(a scary situation during the first reported avalanche of the winter on Wednesday morning Amusement Testosterone the fountain -' ' Four or Five snowmobiling from out Checketts panions dug under the avalanche after a snow drift along a steep ridge broke loose knocking the local businessman from his machine and covering him '' in snow! The accident happened at ' approximately 11:30 am ’ - low “ said Cache County Sheriff's Lt Von Williamson who said his ''' office usually receives from one to ' three avalanche burial calls per year V After digging Checkers out from the snow his companions-brough' him down to the cabin he built on the backside of Mount Logan ' ' approximately 20 miles up Right Hand Fprk Checketts was suffering : from hypothermia A cell phone call t - Valloy prosorvation (AP)- proposes - Tens of thousands of aging men are trying testosterone shots patches and gel in hopes of regaining youthful vigor and virility A new report uncovers ': little evidence it works — or that the therapy is even safe — but rccom- - ' mends careful study to find ouL “Certainly there are people out there who say testosterone replace- ment therapy is just wonderful and others who say it doesn’t do any ' good at all What we’re saying is we just don’t know” said Dr Dan Blazer of Duke University Medical Cen- ter who led an Institute of Medicine probe of the therapy The report spdtl i gh ts a huge area ' of contention the claim that because testosterone leyels Slowly drop as men age they undergo a male version of menopauseV- r- dubbed andropause by some doctors and drug companies f- that requires treatment In fact many doctors don’t agree' that andropause is a real phenome- - ' non Nor js there evidence that ' symptoms many older meii report sucb as decreased libido frailty and fatigue 'really are connected to V testosterone when they could be inevitable consequences of aging ' ' Blazer said ' Demand for prescription testos- -' terone treatment by middle aged and ' older men whose natural hormone ’ leyels are near normal is rising ' rapidly! the study found' More than lower pay : increase By John Wright staff writer ' ' Uncertainty about revenue from sales fax and the new jail led Cache County rs t()seale back proposed Salary increases for employees in the coming yfiar: acctirding to Council Chair- - ' man Craig Petersen ' '' County Human Resources ' Director Jim Smith reconi- mended an overall salary increase of 55 percent for county employees — 3 per- cent for merit and 2!5 percent for market adjustment and County Auditor Tamra Stones used a figure of 5 percent in calculating the proposed bud- get However dial ivould have left the county with a $3801000 budget shortfall As a result the1 council adopted an overallincreaseof : - ' Quick road tstfwre afunor ITTS Brifnt StevensHerald Bron Beth drives a Bobcat vehicle past the Oneida Academy which has teen iifted seven feet above the structure i the newspaperat and could appearhere: Donltorgetto All that remains is to finish the This site is a national database of US charitable organizations' that gathers and distributes information on mote than 850XXX3IRS-recognize- d non-prof- it organizations GuideStar is produced by Philanthropic Hesoarch Inc a pub-fi- c charity founded in 1994 Accordkig to the Web site their mission is "to rev- bUionize philanthropy andnonproft practice with information’ bridge of wooden planks oyer w hat’s left of w here the original foundation ' sat so they- can roll iti 41 pairs of hydraulic: dollies that will help steer it out to the road’ ' “We demolished the old foundation and built the basemeflt in with the ' bridge that we're going to drive it Out on" Davis said 1 $00-to- n build- The ' ing now rests on 31jacks and a crib of steel beams: “It’s seven feet off the foundation" Davis said- Workers sawed the building off its cut- foundation using diamond-tippe- d ' tors and raised it 16 inches at a time Stopping each time to add wooden blocks to shore it up - By Mark RandnH - ' Crews w orking on getting the Onei- da Stake Foundation building heady for its move to Benson Park a few blocks down die road say they should have it ' rolling die day after Thanksgiving ‘Everything is flowing together niCely said Deli Daiis of Seattle-base- d Lindsey Moving and Rigging! They’re a little farther behind schedule ' than where they wanted to be because of cold weather and a few hoarse ' throats due to the flu but other than wwwguidestar org ': ' " ' 752-2121 leave your name'' and town of residence " hitch' ' ready for move to new location staff writer ' that the move should go Off without a - U3-yearr- ! - just 3 percent — percent for rnerii and 2 percent fofmarketr Journal foundation Academy roaches tew height Building perched SeeSTUDYdn AH fascinating Wetj site you ragtd kke to share with fetow HJ readers? Cat See SURVIVE on A 12 County of male youth? WASHINGTON i Once the doljies are in place they will roll it 90 degrees dut of the basement area ' “These dol do it all for us Davis said “We’ll make a turn just like you w ere behind the w heel of a - - ‘ many of the coiiniy's employ- - j ees are underpaid He said that he and lAher councilroembers ' want to do as much as possible to rectify die situation and even a 3 percetit increase' - ' - - lies-wi- ll car"-’- rt adjustment during its regur lar meeting Oct 28: Petcrsen acknovt lodged that : See PAY on AS " ' Frbm there Davissaid the Academy will slowly make its way to Benson Park whine it will then be set on a new foundation: ' "They will put the footings in and we'll spot the building and then diey 'll pour the foundation” Davis said The whole thing should take about three to four days — weather-permi- ttiiag' Davis said they have heaters and -tarps ready ro kwp the hydraulics warm tn die evert die weather takes a ' See ONEIDA ou AS apartment permits in Logan held By David Nntson staff writer Fred Duerschhas hved in ' y his home on 400 East for 30 years It looks like tnany dvoughout die Adams a light red neighborhood brick rariisler with a white garage door a fawn and trees losing die bst of dieir leaves to die grass One driveway kash another brick home kls It's a darker shade of red snd die lawn still has a few- leaves that need to be raked! but a perfect fit in die neighborhood that has long been popular with Logan families But this ' house is far sale and DuersCh said he’s watched potential ' buyer after buyer look then leave quickly after asking a single question To you have an outside entrance to the basemenr?" said Duersch summarizing what some buyers consider most important The house does not “nuts one of the reasons its not seUmgT he said one-stor- ' are some of Vie local names that appear in today’s Herald FoSowing Journal Hannah Thompson (Cl) Devin Vbn ' Undtoy (Cl) Carrie Norr (Cl) Evan Campbel fCl) Bess Denraeon (C3) LD BomouB (BZj Tiffany Peterson (B2) Ibranos Washington (B2k Betty WMdneon (B3) Jay Downs (A3) Lionel Barrige (A3) Mae Roberts (M) Congress settles in for session 30-ho- ur WASHINGTON (AP)— With of GOP unity die Senate on Wednesday laundhed 30 hours of ummerrupt-e- d debato on President Bosh’s political nominees not nuking it to the federal appeals bench! set-- ' ting up cots and preparing to cast blame at each other throughout the night ' Most of Republicans marched into the Senate together just before 6 pnu sal down and to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist open the debate by condemning the fib- busters ‘Tonight we embark upon an extraordinary session Frist said “For the next 30 hours Republicans and Donocms win debate die merits of three judicial nomi-W- e wfll be considering the humoc anger and a show : lis-ien- R-Te- nn oft ed - welt-manicur- ed responsibilities to advise and consent on nominations We will disdrss whether there is a need to enact filibuster reform so dial nomhutions taken to die floor " ' can get a vote” Democrats some appearing amused by the pomp and drains stance were already' in the Senate chamber wafting far die begin-niig of the debates The Senate had just finished a vole and many of die GOP senators had to leave the chamber just to he ia the group marchii hack ia SenTomHariunD-lowahd- ?ne-sio- ry d a sign he dmpiaved for television cameras and passing Republican senators as they entered the chamber ‘TH be home wauhiag AP photo TheBachdot” raornV- - Another Democratic sign a big in See SESSION an A12 : - tedbdownaUB tor a onjudtoW 30-to- ur See PERMITS i A12 |