Show A10 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday May 12 2004 Loo k:on I i nejorweatherjnf ojlnks HPbn mm—JcoauaDBmJ Utah outlook Forecast for Wednesday National temperatures Cache Valley outlodk AceuWeatherxom lofcttofdavlwwtndHohioMoiiteTOft IDAHO wva LOB!j5373S OgdMi543S VV 3jMt A utocsysrMr " I TODAY THURSDAY EXTENDED Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain Partly cloudy and warming through the weekend Highs in the low 60s to around 70 lows in the and snow through and snow Highs the night Highs in in the mid-5s lows In and lows in the the mid-3upper-SO- s 0s tower-SO- 0s Synopsis trough remains over the kitermountain region through Wednesday A drier and more stable west Northwest flow aloft will follow for the end of the week A cold upper-lev- el From Local temperatures City Hi Lo Logan 54 55 41 KVNU SmfthMd Preston 53 52 40 38 39 Pic 14 07 08 Mendon HT Lo 53 53 37 Logan Peak 25' 40 22 Pro 22 15 11 Almanac Up above Sunrise: 6:10 sm Sunset: 8:36 pm The moon win be 40 degrees to the south of Uranus at 6 am Although this planet wasn’t discovered until 1871 (March) by Wiliam Herschei the ancients could have found it if only they had looked for it near its brightest at opposition when it is just barely visible HumkHty: 43 percent UV Index: 5 (moderate) Conditions: Scattered cfwidt Visibility: 10 miles Moon: New May 18 Potion: 41 (medium) ' the news wire By The Associated Press The AceuWeatherxom forecast for noon Wednesday May 12 Scattered thunderstorms swept across parts of the East Tuesday while much of the nation enjoyed fair skies Thunderstorms produced moderate rain and occasional lightning over a vast area of the Appalachians the Ohio Valley the Southeast and the lower Mississippi Basin Cold rain fell on parts of North Dakota South Dakota and Minnesota A few inches of snow fell in the high plains and mountain regions of Montana Sunny skies persisted in the southern Rockies the Southwest and Southern California Clouds spread throughout the Great Basin into the Intermountain West and the Northwest Light rain tail across portions of eastern Oregon and Washington as wed as In Idaho and Wyoming Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Tuesday ranged from a morning low of 23 degrees in Sun Valley Idaho to a midday high of 91 in Camp Springs Md Os -- 1M-M lOtMsMsMsOOiOOsnstOsOOSlOSsllOS BtndimpinaihiflhlanpanAmaonmlof O astronomyOrockotmaiLcom o E3 E3 EH1 E53 US! 0 HOfeW tkri) Cache Valley forecast provided by National Weather ServiceOUp Aboveifeature provided by Astro Data Push Continued from A1 Lemon told the council during Tuesday’s regular meeting Lemon previously has said the deadline for cities to approve the resolution is May : However he said that upon reviewing state statutes he thinks they may have more time The Smithfield City Council meets tonight but Hyrum’s isn’t scheduled to meet again until May 20 “There’s probably a little bit of leeway but I don’t think there’s a lot of leeway” Lemon said “Some cities could probably pass it sometime a little later than May 15” Representatives from cities that approve the resolution will be included in the public hearing and if the district gets the nod from voters in November their residents would fund it through an assessment on property taxes The municipalities along with the county would each appoint one member to the governing board Logan city officials have said they don’t want to be part 1 ' S Principal Continued from A 1 said Hansen informed him that she accepted the position as Logan High principal and would be retiring from the district Tuesday morning “She did notify me and we’re happy for her” Norton said “We think it’s a great opportunity for Patt but also a great opportunity for Logan High School to be able to of die district because their residents would bear half the cost but only have one representative on the board Logan already operates a mosquito control program at a cost of about $50000 annually and the estimated cost of the proposed county wide district is $330000 Logan Mayor Doug Thompson said although it won’t be part of the countywide district the city plans to form a special taxing district of its own Hav- ing a formal district as opposed to just a control program would allow the city to perform abatement activities outside its boundaries “That would be helpful to our neighbors and helpful to us because mosquitoes don’t know city boundaries” Thompson said Thompson said one concern about joining the county wide district is that although the initial proposal would cost $330000 annually the governing board could always increase the tax assessment in future years “You’re not guaranteed that’s where it’s going to end” he said “That’s the notion of taxation without representation that gives everybody We don’t want to heartburn appear to be uncooperative It’s just a matter of money and representation and control” Last year the county dropped a proposed abatement district after several cities including Logan expressed opposition However the county has already approved a resolution supporting a ballot measure in 2004 and on Tuesday councilmembers unanimously agreed to set the public hearing “They (Logan) can form their own district and we can have a joint agreement” Lemon said After the public hearing the county must allow a time period for people to filecqm- plaints before placing the matter on the ballot The county is still waiting to hear whether it receives up ' to $75000 in state grant funding this year for mosquito control Larry Lewis a spokesman for the state Department of Agriculture which is administering the grants said an announcement likely would come today Box Elder County’s mosquito abatement district could also receive up to $30000 for helping officials in Cache establish one work with Patt” Cache District will be posting a vacancy notice and will conduct a national search to replace Hansen at Mountain Crest Norton said there are no hard feelings about the situation “She has her years in so she can retire in the Utah system Then if she goes to another school district she can start work there immediately and still draw retirement” he said “It’s going to be an excellent opportunity Patt is an outstanding employee of our school district and we know that she’ll have a good impact on the students at Logan High” Hansen said she will miss the students and faculty at Mountain Crest but is excited to get to know the students and faculty at Logan High “I’m leaving a great situation and going into a great situation” Hansen said “I’m excited to start building new relationships I think I am a nurturing person and I hope to begin nurturing some new loves" (MOTMM mmmu Continued from A1 Tkggart Student Center but the evening’s main focus was the Indy During die last weeks of WW1I in June of 1945 the cruiser was sunk by a Japanese sub Three documented SOS signals went unheeded due to Navy errors Scott said Five days after the ship’s attack only 317 of nearly 1200 crew members w ere rescued from the Pacific’s shark-infest- ed waters Deeply embarrassed by the disaster yet unwilling to admit fault the Navy used the Indy’s surviving chief CapL McVay as a scapegoat McVay was Outraged survivors tried for more than 50 years to clear his name with no success “I spent about a year doing research” Scott said of his history project “I wanted to do something for Capt McVay” Scott overcame multiple hurdles including a history fair disqualification and several federal legalities But he kept working on his dream of clearing McVay’s name Five decades after McVay’s the deceased court-martial- sixth-gra- ed de court-marti- al American Continued from A I from the Philadelphia suburbs his family said Tuesday Berg's family said they knew their son had been decapitated but didn’t know the details of the killing When told of the video by an Associated Press reporter captain was exonerated Kim Nielsen who calls herself “just a homeschooling mom” was the major force behind Tuesday’s event at Utah State University The idea for it started after she picked up a book in the airport about die Indy’s tragedy After reading a footnote about Scott from Doug Stanton’s “In Harm’s Way "Nielsen began i - v her own history quest-'-'"'- ) “I could not believe men could survive something so horrible and then have their captain wrongfully convicted” Nielsen said earlier this month “I wanted my children to meet the young man who took it upon himself to overturn that so many decades ' later” Nielsen planned to have her kids and a few families come meet with Hunter she told the overflow crowd that spilled onto the ballroom floor and into the halls But her plans — and her audience — grew Nielsen also wanted her family and others to appreciate what these veterans did during WWII The veterans are dying and she aims to honor them while they are still here “This is so cool” said Lance Merrell a USU student while browsing some of the artifacts “I came here because I really respect the World War : Berg's father Michael and his two siblings hugged and cried “I knew he was decapitated before That manner is preferable to a long and torturous death But I didn't want it to become public” Michael Berg said The video tape included a statement by one of the executioners: “For the mothers and wives of American soldiers we tell you that we offered the US administration to (azt£clt$uztitudlc- try 99 if m JL : © ' i What began as a “small j somewhat personal meeting with Scott” turned into “a gigantic commemoration” Neilsen said including visits from some survivors from the J Indy Nielsen is “happy to see the interest and emotions” foe event has brought out in peo- pie She’s done presentations for thousands of local students1' and always gets awed reac- tions for the story She saw communitywide support to the evenL Busi- nesses and individuals volun- tarily donated to it She got “emotion-fille- d calls" from people thanking her for doing this “That makes me even more emotional about thanking the veterans” she said “who did something much more impor-tant than what I’m doing” Nielsen said after the event passes and die returns to being a “normal homeschool- ing mom again” she thinks she’ll look back in amazement at how it came together and how it even happened at all Then she imagines she’ll decide on a day to teach her kids manners and social skills They’ll apply their skills through writing thank you cards i ! j exchange this hostage with some of the detainees in Abu Ghraib and they refused” “So we tell you that the dignity of the Muslim men and women in Abu Ghraib and ' others is not redeemed except by blood and souls You will not receive anything from us but coffins after coffins slaughtered in this way” The video bore the title “Abu Musab shown slaughtering an American” ii QU&TQMCIRL Opon Houso Murtiay( May stoo Cioo pm it H a U 1 what they did for our coun- - (vyO' axiies tixtpaob - II vets I appreciate 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