News about Cache Valley and USU
from the Department of Journalism & Communication
November 12, 2012
All the Local News:
Election Day aftermath, Paradise finances, back to jail, 2 Cache Valley suicides, North Logan city center moves ahead, Hyde Park wants vote on beer sales, Logan’s 4th & Main safer, HAM radio, the intern’s view from DC, crisis simulation sends students scrambling, plus Aggie sports . . . and more!
CACHE VALLEY NEWS
Failure to appear for court a common reason for arrest, cops say
By Jessica Sonderegger
LOGAN—Logan City Police Officer Jeff Simmons proceeded to reprimand a traffic violater Wednesday night. Within the hour, he was transporting driver Kyley Cosper to the Cache County Jail. What began as a minor traffic offense soon led to Cosper’s $556 bail.
Paradise Town Council finances pass auditor’s muster
By Katie Swain
PARADISE—According to Allred Jackson’s audit, the town is doing well financially. “It looks like you guys have been very busy improving the town,” Diana Cannell said. “And financially things look really good.”
Planning Commission says N. Logan’s form-based code law is finished
By Jessica Sonderegger NORTH LOGAN—With a full agenda Thursday, the Planning Commission was well aware of how little time they could dedicate to further revise the proposed form-based code ordinance. And even then, they exceeded the meeting’s time frame by 56 minutes. The City Council asked the commission to readdress some concerns—mainly density values, and the opportunity for “coach houses” within the designated zone of the future city center.
Logan man will serve 14 days in jail for misdemeanors
By Jessica Sonderegger LOGAN—A Logan man charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and disorderly conduct was sentenced Tuesday in 1st District Court to 260 days in the Cache County Jail, but Judge Thomas Willmore suspended all but 14 days. Willmore said he would have suspended more, but “you’ve been around the block enough,” he told Anthony “AJ” Sanchez, 33, who has been arrested six times in the last 12 years.
No decision yet on school board’s request for 1200 East rezone
By Heidi Vaughan LOGAN—Still no decision about rezoning the gravel pit property at 1200 East, but new information was brought to the table on how the zoning of the gravel pit land, labeled as mixed residential high, will not condemn all potential for future growth and stability in the school district. “Logan city does not have any other available land for middle-, upper-middle class homes other than that piece of property,” said Board of Education Superintendent Marshal Garrett. “And those homes are the type of homes that allow for families to stay in Logan.”
HAM radio: Old-time ‘social media’ still important
By Dani Hayes RIVER HEIGHTS—If the power goes out and cell phones fail, amateur (HAM) radios will be one of the only communication outlets available. The city of River Heights is sponsoring a free HAM radio class for those interested becoming amateur radio technicians. “The purpose of HAM radio is to train radio operators, whether it’s for the military or emergency personnel. It gives you the ability to communicate anywhere, anytime,” said Quentin Gardener, the class’s teacher.
Logan police honored for Main St. safety award at city council meeting
By Brandon Fonda
LOGAN—City Council members congratulated Logan Police for a national award from Zero Fatalities for their efforts to make Main Street in Logan safer. The campaign, Stop the Main Distraction, is in its third year of operation. Logan’s Main Street is no longer the fourth-worst car accident road in Utah.
Three men arrested after incident at Lee’s Marketplace
By Dani Hayes LOGAN—Three men were arrested early Saturday morning after a disturbance at Lee’s Marketplace. Monte Hunter Keiaho, 24, North Logan; Paul Fakahua, 22, Logan; and Tuuta Folaukovi Takai, 25, Logan, were taken into custody by Logan City Police and booked into Cache County Jail. “Two of them were extremely belligerent—fighting and arguing with us. The other one was cooperative,” said officer Michael Graves.
N. Logan council, planning commission, continue zoning struggle
By Jessica Sonderegger NORTH LOGAN—As the City Council approached the fourth item on Wednesday’s agenda, members of the Planning Commission were invited to join the discussion. the session concerned a long-awaited zoning modification to replace the current mixed-use zoning between 100 East and 500 East, and 1800 North and 2500 North, for the future town city center.
ATV News: Election 2012, 2 Valley suicides, sports & a snowy forecast
By the ATV News Team LOGAN—Plenty going on during Election Week in Cache Valley and on the USU campus, from a Utah GOP sweep to a pair of suicides. In the news, USU students, candidates and other voters gather in the Huntsman School of Business on Election Night to watch the returns. It’s business as usual in Utah as voters reelected incumbent Republicans from U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch and Gov. Gary Herbert to local state legislators Curt Webb and Lyle Hillyard.
Meanwhile, law and emergency personnel respond to two suicides in Cache Valley as a 26-year-old man’s death cleared a Logan apartment complex, and a 40-year-old Smithfield man died in his home, in both cases using hazardous chemicals. Both victims left notes on their doors warning authorities about the presence of dangerous chemicals.
USU NEWS
Washington view: Life of the intern in the DC office of the SL Tribune
Story & Photos by Betsy Blanchard
Journalism and PR students scramble, learn in crisis simulation
By Kristen Munson Photos by Danielle Manley
Special from Utah State Today
LOGAN—Six minutes into a crisis communication simulation conducted by
the Department of Journalism and Communication at Utah State
University, student participants learn that the mayor’s son is dead, his
body found at the local high school. Rumors of a zombie cow disease are
spreading. That’s how it continued for nearly seven more hours of news twists, red herrings and breaking stories.The simulation involved more than 50 JCOM students and volunteers
from across the university, including the USU Police Department, the
Department of Animal, Dairy & Veterinary Sciences, the Quinney
College of Natural Resources and the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business. USU students run exit polls as Republicans sweep Utah in Obama win
Story & Photos by D. Whitney Smith
LOGAN—Students and community members who gathered in the Eccles
Business Building cheered Tuesday night as early election returns
started coming in, and CNN announced GOP presidential candidate Mitt
Romney strong win in Utah and other red states. But the party atmosphere dulled as key states on the election map turned blue, and then Romney conceded to President Barack Obama after 11 p.m. Political science professors Michael Lyons and Damon Cann, who both
predicted an Obama victory, spoke to the energy-filled room about their
views on the election. “I am not known as a flag-waiving patriot,” Lyons said. “But think
about this: We [had] an African-American running against a member of the
LDS church, and neither race nor religion has really come up as a
significant factor in this contest.”American, 25, postpones life to save abandoned children of Ethiopia
By Mackinzie Hamilton Reprinted from The Oregonian
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—It’s lunchtime at the Yehiwot Reay compound, in
the Megenagna District of Ethiopia’s sprawling capital city, and a mob
of gangly boys scrambles for seats at a wooden table. They dive into
plates of injera and shiro, 12 hands ripping at the food. The room
buzzes with dinner-table chatter in three languages. They are as young as 6 and as old as 20, though most can only guess
at their age. And like boys anywhere, they push and scrap, argue and
pout. One of the youngest, Tareku, plays music videos on a laptop computer,
a technological incongruity in this meager brick and plaster home. The
skin on his forearm is cracked and disfigured—an 8-inch sleeve of scars.
He glances away from the screen and to his arm. “Fire,” he explains.• • •
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