Show eoaiMi — In brief City plans to start charging residents late fees interest Landfill hearing on slate for this week The LoganCache County Citizens Advisory Committee lor Landfill Siting is scheduled to release a recently completed study on the home of a future county landfill in a i public hearing this 'weekend'pvJ i The committee will1 present thefj site study at pm' on Suh landfill 0?i urday Nov 22 at the Environmen- fat Division offices 45(1 N 1(KX) West Logan Proposed landfill sites to be built $ when the Logari Landfill reaches capacity include one in the Cliche junction area one between Newton and Clarkston and another north of sites Clarkston Three will also be proposed two in Box Elder County and a privately owned landfill in Carbon County The public hearing will include presentations on disposal options a " community survey by Utah State evaluascientists cost University tion and a recommendation to the citizen committee Public questions and comments will also be taken The report is Currently available at wwwlandfillsitingstudycom at the Clarkston and Newton city hill Is the Logan Library and the Logan Environmental Division offices on unpaid debts i m 0 ft '’ & By Mark Randall staff writer Local state 'and' regional news with wafer bills getting tough -- Nibley Logan A3 it enoughWM 175 percent interest on unpaid water bills “Last month we wrote about a dozen shut-onotices” said City Manager Larry Anhder 'They all paid hut only after we went out there to shut them off” It will also cost residents $50 for the city to turn the water off or $25 if they pay io shut off A"htll-- said ' senJ rrmnder polices out and eave (aSs on tl°‘jrs to urge resi- - ' dents to bring their accounts up Ip decided it’s not fair to the rest iif our Citizens or oureity staff ” Now residents who are late will be charged ii penalty Welker said most residents' are good about paying their water bills but there are always about a dozen or so who are consistently late lor long periods at a timeit's generally the same people 66 "We had been trying to ff and considerate it’s not fair to the rest of our citizens dr- be Kind - - - Enough is Residents in Nibley who fail to' pay their water bill won’t be get- ting just a gentle reminder in the )ls ‘'date: ' V mail anymore Most went ignored iinijl the city Nibley will begin Starting Jan charging residents a $5 late fee and would show up to disconnect the r 'shut service! Mayor Lynn Welker said the city is tired of acting as a bill collector “We had been trying to be kind and considerate’’ Welker said “We J it off they say bill for the last three or lourmonths"’ Welker said ' The city will be sending-ou- t notices of the new piilicy in the town newsletter Inourschools ty Convicted murderer’s sentenced Jason Bergreen 'staff writer By Hyrum felon to be deported to Mexico A Hyrum man convicted last month of thirdrdegree felony L forcible sex abuse was sentenced to 0 ' '' V The girlfriend of Gerardo Gonzalez a transient convict- ed earjier this month of blud- - ' ' a Logan man to deathwas sentenced Monday geoning to fouf months in jail'with ’credit for time served on ' ' j forgery and theft charges: Those charges-iirunrelated to" C ? it the murder ease brought" ' against Gonzalez Firsf District Court Judge' Gordon J Low ordered that First District Cburt Judge Gordon ' J' Low sentenced Manuel Edgardo C6rtes-Sot- o 28 to up to five years prison after his conviction Nov 7 of third-degrfelony forcible sex ee abuse and clasS-damaging a s$ Cprtes-Sbt- B misdemeanor Brigham City ‘1st District Court Judge Bep Hadfield last week Sartin pleaded guilty I this summer in Hadfield's phone't®’ illegal who is an o immigrant from Mexico was arrest- - lfit' $ Soto said prior to sentencing 21 fee) really biad about this situation and I just want lo go back to my country” Earlier in his caseCprtes-Sot- o $5 pleaded guilty to the sex abuse Charge buf then decided to hire his own lawyer and withdraw his plea: 7 fn addition to the sentence Low $ fSaid he will write a letter to the board of pardons asking that Cortes- - i7 charged with murder when ' both were airestedvalthough the charge Was latter dropped '0k 'fZ for lack of evidence Hadfield sentenced Sariiri urM fourmonths in jail' with credit' 7 " " time served and released her ihe Box from ElderCoiinty Jail last week after being V aP Vj Sotobedeportedtb Mexico assoon fN® ' as possible l - IMI - O LuceroHerald ByHolltWeiss r staff writer Ensembles take center stage to per- form the second installment of their ' fall concert series Wednesday' Nov 19 ait 7:30 pmi in the Kent Concert Hall on the Utah State campus Admission is $5 and students witli a ' ID are admitted free 7 " valid The jazz ensemble uhdfer direc-- ' tion of Todd Fallis' kicks things off with the Dominic Spera bone Tea-- '’ hire “Blue Bones” After featuring Andrew Watkins and Sam Jewkes in the first tune the band wjll continue with Sammy Nesticos’ “Warm ' ' Breeze” The band will also feature senior ' vocalist KateSkinnerin Larry ' Smith’s arrangement of “Come’s 7 ' Love” "77 A tribute to Miles Davis' feature mg his songs “All Blues” “$o What” “Seven Steps to Heaven”: and “Milestones” adds variety to ' the program Fallis’ kef ends with the smokin’ Nestico arrangement of “Sweet Georgia Brown” The Jazz Orchestra will perforin a set for their part nearly of the program said Director Jon Gudmundson J : - - v - '7 - !' i - - i Agonda J The Benton Planning District Commlteton wfl meet at 7:30 pm in County Conference Room 301 in Logan Agenda items include Discussing a sign for Masters Specialty Auto Restoration Inc at 3356 W 4600 North Hearing staff report - You might think of them as teacher teachers’ — instructors dedicated to helping classroom teachers learn new ways of explaining Standard' school ‘ subjects “We encourage students to be life- long learners” said dence Elementary teacher Kaylene Murray “That’s what education is all about As teachers you can model that We’re gettingout and learning new good ways to teach” Elementary and secondary teachers in Logan and Cache districts have been learning mote about American - fifth-gra- " de : history and ways to make it more interesting and meaningful to stu- dents Both districts teamed up with The American West Heritage Center ' and Utah State University threeyears ' ago to apply Tor the Professional Academy for theTeaching' of History in Schools or PATHS grant They received $1 million of the $50 million federal grant allocated for the develr qpment of programs to improve the teaching of history around the nation Elementary and secondary teachers from both districts have participated ' in the program ’s'summer fall and spring seminars since 2001 Mark Nielsen who coohli nates Bridgerland PATHS through the American West Businessman tells SALTLAKE CITY(AP) — A Utah businessman testified Monday he: hired the son of a powerful international Olympic delegate but the :' “young fellow” produced no busir ness ami in the end was paying for his own salary in a fuse to obtain a ' green card David Simmons president of irions Media Group took the stand as the third prosecution witness in the bribery trial of Salt Lake bid chief Tom Welch and deputy Dave ' Johnson who are accused of plying International Olympic Committee delegates with $1 million in cash gifts and job favors In 1990 Simmons said Welch asked him to hire John Kim the son of “very important” IOC vice presi of South Korea dent Kim John Kim was losing a job at NBC Sports- and needed another one to renew his visa and ' qualify for a green ' card and permanent US residency Simmons said the bid committee ended up paying $78000 through a series of phony invoices he Tl billed for Kim's Simmons ?alary while Kim himself reimbursed $40000 through a pair of front companies Outside court Welch said he was eager to “put some perspective” on Simmons' testimony later in the trial Un-yo- ng - Vf ' Heritage Center said the numtxir of participants has jumpedfrom 100 the first year to over 200 this year This fall teachers have parlicipatied in three seminars on the topics of the history of childhood United States and Middle East relations and Colonial America The goal according to Colonial America seminar instructor Michael Nicholls is to give teachers more knowledge about the subject third-degre- ciass-- B ‘ - areai- ' " 'There isa particular challenge for elementary teachers because many of them simply have not had more than general instruction in history” said ' See SEMINARS on A8 - incarcerated for more than’ seven months before and dur- : ing Gonzalez’s murder trial e The two felony charges of forgery and two Instructors (earn how to make history more interesting ' Tte Utah Slate University Jazz : Journal Michael Nicholjs talks to teachers about how to better instruct their students bn early American history Jazz Ensembles taking center stage - - misdemeanor charges of theft by deception stem from two forged checks Sartiri : stole while living in Logan Sartin who is 8 months pregnant with Gonzalez’s third child' is expected to return to her home state of llli- lidis to fulfill her probation - ' ' - requirements Gonzalez Was found guilty of felonymurder ' on Nov-Heis scheduled io ' be sentenced in December and : - first-degr- ee ' faces five yearn to' life in prison'' : ' at bribery trial when he takes the stand “Don’t miss that day” Welchtold reporters: “It’s all relative You’ve got to get to where you' see both sides of the coin’" Kim continued to receive pay- ' checks for almost a year after he left the New York office of Simmons' company then called Keystone Communications according to te$ti- mony and documents He was hired in October 1990 to arrange satellite transmission deals with networks in South Korea and Taiwan but produced no business and was off the Keystone payroll when he obtained a green card in September 1992 “If it would not have been for the bid committee's offer to reimburse us for the salary in the event Mr ‘ : - Kim proved unsuccessful we would not have hired him” said Simmons 7 who struck a plea deal with federal 7 prosecutors in 1 999 Simmons pleaded guilty to misde-- V meanor tax fraud for deducting Kim's salary as a business expense even though he was reimbursed for it By Welch lawyer Bill Taylor’s calculation Simmons faces a three- 7 month' jail sentence unless the government recommends leniency which it has promised to do if his testimony proves helpful in convicting Welch or Johnson Under questioning by Taylor Sim- mons acknow ledged he was avoiding prosecution on more serious See TRIAL on A8 " |