Show Thursday November 27 2003 Local state A3 - and regional news Oneida Academy move spurs festival contest By Mark Randall staff writer home in Benson Park First prize is a three-se- at twin : reclining sectional from “Whoever chooses the date and lime closest to the actual time will be the winner of a new chair” said Necia Seamons a volunteer with Friends of the Academy Crews from Lindsay Moving and Rigging of Seattle are putting the fin- i'shing touches on preparing the 1 1 3- year-ol- d building for its move two blocks away to the LDS Church--' " ' :'r-owned park vv VVolunteers raised $11 million to naive the historic structure that pro- - ' Lu-Z-B- Guessing the exact time when the Oneida Stake Academy comes to rest on its new foundation could win a lucky resident a recliner from ’ set-do- La-Z-B- ' 'The Tremonton plant and Nielson Printing will be spoasoring a contest during the Idaho Festival of Lights events this weekend where res-- 1 idents can enter to win prizes if they 'correctly predict the date hour minute and second when the building is set down on the foundation at its new ' La-Z-B-oy v In brief duced two future LDS presidenLs — ' Ezra Taft Benson and Hamid B Lee and plan to restore the building Seamons said one of the volunteers Walt Ross came up with the idea of the contest as a way of turning the moving date into a real community ' free lecture called the "Forgotten Voice of the Oneida Academy” by " Fred Woods a professor of Mormon ' history at Brigham Young University The lecture will begin at S prii on Fri- day following the Grand Lighted - Parade in the Preston High Schixil auditorium event' “He thought it was a fun idea'' Seai- -' “He's dug up the stories that bring J V ' hums said Ut life the people who built the build-Entry forms for the contest will be ing and Went to'school there” Sea- v hums said available at the Preston Citizen ind ' ulsci at the Oneida Stake Academy WihkIs w ill also give an update on Foundation's booth during the Festival ' 'the progress of the move and details about their future restoration plans' of Lights this Friday and Saturday r Residents are idso invited to attend a Seamons said as far as they can tell the Academy will likely start its move sometime around the second week ot December ' “It looks like they t the movers r ' have a week’s worth of work to do" Seamons said ‘ The mover hae lukcriihc week oil' to be with their families for the holi- ' day but will be buck on Moiuiay Seamonssuid most oftlW4L pans of dollies aieih place The hydraulic dollies will back the Academy off its foundation and then turn it anmnd the corner of the lYestoii : ' : ’ eight-wheel- ‘ In ed See t’( JNTESTon A14 i ear schools mm Storm temporarily shuts down Sardine A snowstonn shut down the north end of Sardine Canyon on Wednes- day morning for 30 minutes because tractor trailers couldn't get through However the snowstorm had moved through by Wednesday afternoon Rain and snow showers are expected again on Sunday ©(LD DM) Providence students get Walker announces Gov SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Olene Walker on Monday announced what she calls an “aggressive” water- shed protection planthat focuses on 25 streams rivers and reservoirs through-' out the state The Watershed initiative falls under' the Walker Work Plan the name the govemor gave to whal was left of for- -' trier Gov Mike Leavitt’s 1000 Days postJOlympic plan to boost Utah's economy Walker ptam to assemble her cabinet during the winter for a: watershed progress report - In a s tatementWalker said the com- prehensive plan aims to improve water quality arid quantity: “ItU my goal to providefor cleaner riversandlakeS to enhance water yield and to increase public awareness and wise use of Utah’s watersheds” she said A component of the initiative Adopt aWaterbody will helpschpols busi- nesses arid individuals find out what watershed serves their communities The Web site wwwadoptawaterbodyutahgov lists those Walker most wants to help : de : - : : America: : ' - : SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Layfon Utah died Wednesday in Iraq of a “non-comb- at related injury” the Department of: ' ' x& Back then they hadL it all iip gave'1- tQ pla nt Stuff -' ' "A ” ' - ’ T7 them a betieF insight ttr the way people used to live“I thjnk it makes it a little more real for them”--Hogan said “Anytime we can get children involved in ititmakeswhat they arcsfudying more Veal It's more real than just ieading it out ofa Ixxik:” :: ' Fifthrgrader Race Black said life during Coloniiil times was much hsuder than today Back then peii- pie eouldn’l just go to the grtieery store or a restau- rant to grah a hire toeaL “We’re lucky We get to go to and siuff’’ said Race after tie finished sewing together two squares of fabric for a quilt "Back then they had to plant stuff" 'Savanah Trevillian Who was eating her ninth " cornmeal pancake said she liked the used the io cook dollar silver sized cakes recipe they She thinks they taste a little like the wafiles she cats these days “But these taste more like cornmeal and hutter” she said as she slapped a pal of butter on her already saturated cornmeal pancake : Wal-Ma- rt : ' : : ' ' ' Ell LuceroHerald Journal Jenny Ulieholm plays a game of Nine Man Morris at Providence Elementary School on Tueisday e afternoon students dressed up jri Colonial clothes and 'learned about activities in early ’ America Fifth-grad- ' - See HISTORY on : he Sept IQ incident Munro was arrested in Salt Lake City after allegedly arranging to d meet a 13-- y girl over the Internet for a sexual encounter Prosecutors say the tryst was arranged late at night in the parking lot of Lincoln Elementary School But the teenage girl chatting online as “shantel3l01" turned out to be an agent with the Utah Internet Crimes ' Against Children Task Force fend Munro was arrested after agents posed a decoy in the parking lot While beingtaken into custody Munro told officers he had a gun in the pocket of his pants The arresting officers found a loaded handgun Munro faces up to 30 years in prison on the enticement charge and a minimum mandatory sentence on the firearms count m v WeY6 lucky We tO gO tOWal- - - Defense said ' ' Spc Dayid J Goldberg 20 died in Qayyarah Iraq No other details of the death were immediately released - Goldberg was assigned to C Company 52nd Engineer Combat Battal- ion of the US Army Reserve's 43rd Area Support Group inFort Carson ear-ol- Q ft :fget Mart and stuff "The students really seemed to enjoy studying Colonial -history said Hogan and the celebration' ip wrap ' ' ! US soldier from SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal jury found ft man guilty Tuesday of soliciting sex from an undercover officer whom he thought was a 13- ' year-ol- d girl Jonathan James Munro 21 was 'also charged with possession on a ’ ‘ firearm during a crime of violence in '' 'learned Colonial ' gatries inade punched paper : lanterns — the cousin or time punched tin lanterns -a- nd cooked to wrap up '"! the unit On Colonial - Jury: man guilty of Internet sex crime - ed y-- Colo:-- ' CoKv-riial-er- - US soldier from Layton dies in Iraq " - PROVIDENCE — The aroma of cornmeul pan- Cakes filled the hallway at Providence Elementary on Tuesday afternoon Two girls in floor-lengt- h dresses aprons and hats hustled through the hall ' toward the smelt Inside the first classroom to the left of the'rnaim a entrance' fifth-griistudents some dressed jri sat and clothing quilting stringing piopcor'n some cornmeal cakes ' cooking " Students in Kaylene Murray KJ Hogan and Stacie Williamson s fifth-graclasses had turned their classrooms into project areas' wriere the students ' ' ’ By Nolli Weiss staff Writer ' watershed initiative ' history lesson hands-o- n Utah A 14 Council takes another look at RAPZ tax allocation By John Wright staff writer In response to intense pressure from the Cache Mayors Association the County Council reconsidered its ' proposed formula Tuesday for distributing sales tax revenue to cities for parks- - After some animated discussion the council deadlocked 3 with Councilman John Hansen absent on whether to alter the formula As a result the proposal remains in tact for distributing the revenue from the new 01 sales tax to fund recreation arts parks and zoos Under the proposal approximately 20 percent of the estimated $1 million in revenue will be distributed to cities based on population with 25 percent distributed based on parks projects The county will decide whether to formally adopt 3-- the proposal next week County Councilman Darrel Gib- bons made a motion Tuesday to reduce the amount of RAPZ tax rey-- '' enue that would be distributed based oh population to 15 percent and increase the amount distributed based on projects to 30 percent Gibbons said his motion was a response to lobbying by the Mayors Association which has argued that the current formula would divert too much of the money to Logan home to almost half the county's residents “I’ve been lobbied steadily by the mayors" Gibbons said “If we don’t lower it at least 5 percent we're saying to the mayors 'We’re not going to listen to you at all'" Councilman Paul Cook a resident of Providence argued vehemently in support of the Mayors Association He said distributing the money based on projects is the most “fair and table" method All hut one Cache mayor Logan's Doug Thompson voted recently to recommend that the parks money be distributed based solely on projects "They’re all against this" Cook said Councilwoman Kathy Robison a resident of Logan argued that it would be unfair to Logan to reduce the percentage of funds that's distributed based on population Robison said Logan generates most of the sales tax revenue in the valley but Cook responded that most people who shop in Logan live outside the city Cook and Gibbons suggested a compromise but Robison said “I think this is already a compromise” Council Chairman Craig Petersen also a resident of Logan said the for mula could always be adjusted in future years “I think for the first year this is a good safe mechanism ” he said of the current proposal ' Although he lives in Providence County Attorney George Daincs cautioned the council against reduci ng Logan's portion of the tax revenue He said Logan city typically pays for interlocal agreements based on population “The city has been very generous to us in all of our joint projects" he said “The city pays its fair share" In the end Councilman Cory Ycates seconded Gibbons motion hut Petersen Robison and Brian Cham- ben voted against it Cook Gibbons and Yeates voted in favor of altering the proposal Hansen reportedly was - See RAPZ on A14 |