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Saturday,
January 23, 2010

In brief
USU gives local
couple award
for long service
The Utah State University
Alumni Association recently
awarded longtime Cache Val-
ley residents Bill and Marty
Bullen a merit citation for their
community service and support
of USU.
Bill is past president of the
Rotary Club and past chair-
man of the Logan Regional
Hospital governing board. He
received the Outstanding Ag
Businessman Award from the
Farm Bureau in 2001 and is
president of Bullen’s Inc., an
agricultural supply company.
Currently, he serves on
the national advisory board
for USU’s Jon M. Huntsman
School of Business. He has
been an active member of the
Beaver Mountain Ski Patrol for
nearly 50 years.
Marty, a Cache Valley
native, began volunteering with
CAPSA in 1986. For more than
20 years, she has served as act-
ing director when needed and
has helped train new adminis-
trators at the domestic violence
prevention organization. She is
also known for her singing and
dancing.
Both Aggies, Bill earned
a bachelor’s in economics in
1965 and a master’s in the sub-
ject in 1968; Marty earned her
bachelor’s degree in English in
1966.
Merlin Olsen
ice rink closed
through Tues.
The ice rink at Merlin Olsen
Central Park will remain
closed at least through Tuesday
due to warm weather.
The city says it’s critical peo-
ple stay off the ice to maintain
the integrity of the ice sheet.
The rink closed on Tuesday
because of water pooling on
the ice. It has been open for
about three weeks this season.
Officials warn of
high avalanche
dangers today
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) —
Avalanche officials are warn-
ing of increasingly dangerous
conditions in parts of Utah.
The Utah Avalanche Center
says more snow and wind on
mountain slopes will make for
ripe avalanche conditions this
weekend.
Human-triggered avalanch-
es will be almost certain on
some steep slopes.
The group says there have
already been several large
avalanches triggered by peo-
ple this week.
LDS Church
continues relief
efforts in Haiti
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)
— The Salt Lake City-based
LDS Church says it is continu-
ing to ship relief supplies to
earthquake victims in Haiti.
The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints said Friday
three air shipments of aid total-
ing nearly 225,000 pounds have
arrived and are being used in
Haiti. The shipments include
food, medical supplies, tents,
water filtration bottles and
A3
Local, state and regional news
Firefighters warn of CO danger
“
By Charles Geraci a couple years ago ... had two used only in well-ventilated
staff writer people killed.” areas.
David Hull, a firefighter • Don’t run a car engine in
Logan Fire Chief Mark with the Logan Fire Depart- I believe we’ve the garage, even to warm it up;
Meaker says his department ment and member of Safe Kids move the car outside first.
responds to roughly a half- Bear River Coalition, noted saved as many or • Install a carbon monoxide
dozen carbon monoxide calls that carbon monoxide alarms more lives with alarm outside every sleeping
each week, one or two of which are available at hardware carbon monoxide area, on every level of your
involve it being present at stores for about $20. home and at least 15 feet away
“dangerous levels.” Meaker added, “In Cache detectors ... than from every fuel-burning appli-
He urges all families in the Valley, I believe that we’ve with smoke detec- ance.
valley to put one carbon mon- saved (as many) or more lives • When you check your
oxide detector on each floor of with carbon monoxide detec- tors.” smoke alarm batteries each
their home. tors in the seven years I’ve — Mark Meaker month, check the batteries on
“It’s dangerous stuff because been the fire chief than we Logan Fire Chief your carbon monoxide alarms
you can’t smell it, and you have with smoke detectors. at the same time and replace
can’t taste or see it,” Meaker And that is not in any way, safety tips to protect families the batteries twice a year.
told The Herald Journal on shape or form to diminish the from carbon monoxide poison- • Never use a stove for heat-
Friday. “We’ve had a couple criticality of people having ing: ing.
of situations where we’ve had working smoke detectors.” • Prevent carbon monoxide • Have all gas, oil or coal
near death experiences because The Bear River Health buildup in the first place — burning appliances inspected
of carbon monoxide poisoning, Department and Safe Kids make sure heating appliances
and of course, down in Hyrum Bear River give the following are in good working order and See CO on A6
Storm drops needed water, snarls roads
By Devin Felix
staff writer
Cache County is having a
relatively dry winter, but that
hasn’t stopped storms like the
one Friday from causing some
mayhem on the roads.
The snow accumulation in
Cache County is at about 48
percent of the normal level
for this time of year, said state
hydrologist Brian McInerney.
The county should have
about 21 inches of snow-water
equivalent now, he said. In
other words, the amount of
moisture in this year’s snowfall
should equal about 21 inches of
rainfall. Instead, the amount is
closer to 10 inches.
At a rate of about 1 inch
of water for every 10 inches
of snow, that means the area
would need more than 100
inches of snowfall to reach nor-
mal levels, which is unlikely to
happen, McInerney said.
Storms over the past five
days that have brought heavy
snowfall to areas of the state
farther south have simply
missed Utah’s northern area,
McInerney said.
Even at lower-than-average
water levels, the area’s water
supply should be OK through-
out the year because last year
was unusually wet, so reser-
voirs are full, he said.
McInerney offered this com-
parison:
Braden Wolfe/Herald Journal
“It’s like you only worked Logan residents Wendy Chadwick, left, and Lydia Alley share an umbrella as they cross Main Street in
part time this year. You only the snow Friday afternoon.
made part-time salary, but you
still have enough in the bank to an hour Friday afternoon due in the canyons,” Hutson said. said. The skies should clear
make it through the year.” to slick roads, which caused “If you must go, make sure you up around Sunday. Next week
The situation was helped several vehicles to spin out of have good tires and chains if there could be a slight chance
somewhat by Friday’s snow- control and get stuck, said Sgt. needed and your car’s in good of more precipitation Thurs-
fall. Tony Hutson. condition.” day. Meanwhile, temperatures
The Utah Highway Patrol Hutson encouraged drivers to The weather should remain should be a bit cooler.
closed the southbound lanes of limit trips and exercise caution. wet and snowy throughout the ———
U.S. Highway 89/91 through “If you have the option not to weekend with accumulations E-mail:
Sardine Canyon for about half go, I wouldn’t go, particularly of 3 to 5 inches, McInerney dfelix@hjnews.com
CACHE REVIEW NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK IN ABOUT THREE MINUTES
STORY OF THE WEEK WEDNESDAY
Yolanda Flores Niemann, USU’s dean of the College of Humanities,
Arts and Social Sciences, announced she was stepping down, saying that
actions she took to address budget shortfalls have been unpopular with
faculty and staff. She will stay in the role until June 30, when two new
deans will assume leadership when HASS is split into two colleges this
spring, creating the new Caine School of the Arts.
Logan city employees told media sources they had been instructed by
Mayor Randy Watts to limit their contact with reporters. Watts said a new
policy requires that “when appropriate, the questions should be submitted
in writing and they will be responded to in writing in a timely manner,
usually within 24 hours.”
THURSDAY
USU takes control of EcoCenter

more.
Church officials say two
more flights are scheduled to
leave from Miami this week-
end.
Three truckloads of relief
supplies procured by the church
in the Dominican Republican
also have arrived in Haiti. And
a team of five medical person-
nel coordinated by the church
arrived on Jan. 15 from the
Dominican Republic.
Local church leaders are also
reporting that nine chapels in
Haiti have been used to shelter
as many as 5,000 people.
U
tah State University officially
took ownership of the Swaner
EcoCenter and Preserve on
Thursday. USU received the Swaner
organization’s 1,200-acre land trust and the
10,000-square-foot EcoCenter building. Val-
ued at more than $30 million, the gift was
the largest in the university’s history. USU
and the organization will spend the next six
months working out the details of the union.
Desmond Anderson, Logan’s mayor from 1974-77, died at the age of
86. He is remembered as an innovative and outgoing man who played a
large part in the establishment of the city’s recreation center and was an
early backer of building a golf course in south Logan.
The Cache School Board approved new elementary school boundar-
ies for the coming school year. The boundary changes, which come in
response to the expected opening of new elementary schools in Smithfield
and Nibley, will affect the boundaries of nine of the district’s 14 schools.
Quotable
“In all the games he coached, you could count maybe on one finger
all the times I heard him say something bad about somebody.”
Paul Hansen, the son of Richard Hansen, who died Thursday of a heart attack. Richard
Hansen skippered the Smithfield Blue Sox for the last 47 summers.