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Local group works to restore Wellsville’s historic tabernacle

March 11th, 2012 Posted in Arts and Life |

By Jimena Herrero WELLSVILLE – In 2009, the Wellsville Tabernacle was closed to the public after an attempt to update the heating and cooling system led to the discovery of over-stressed truss beams. Today, members of the Wellsville Tabernacle Foundation continue their fight to save the historic building, which has been a part of the […]

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Residents speak out on plans to expand North Park police station

March 10th, 2012 Posted in Opinion |

By Steve Kent NORTH LOGAN — The City Council held a public hearing to get input on proposed options for a new police station Wednesday. The cost of the proposed plans ranges from $1.41-1.76 million. Three possible locations for the police building were discussed: near the library, near the planned City Center and in a […]

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April 16 arraignment set for ER worker accused of sodomy

March 9th, 2012 Posted in Opinion |

By Tmera Bradley LOGAN – Hal Lavaun Weston, 46, Laketown, waived his preliminary hearing in 1st District Court Wednesday morning. Weston is charged with forcible sodomy, a first-degree felony. Shannon Demler, Weston’s attorney, told Judge Clint Judkins that they were waiting on DNA test results and requested that the matter be set out about a […]

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Hyrum planning commission OK’s site plan for fishing fly business

March 8th, 2012 Posted in Opinion |

By Tara Alvey HYRUM — The city Planning Commission approved a site plan for a wholesale distribution business at 90 N. 800 East at Thursday night’s meeting. The plan was proposed by Kohn Smith, who owns a business at the same address that manufactures flies for fly fishing. The business sells wholesale directly to stores […]

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County buys aerial photo services to aid property tax valuation

March 8th, 2012 Posted in Opinion |

By Chris Lee LOGAN — Cache County has purchased a program that will provide aerial images of all of the land and buildings in the county. The images will help in property assessment and possibly emergency services, said County Assessor Kathleen Howell. The pictures will be taken by Pictometry, an aerial photography company. Pictometry will […]

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Cache County executive says HB 511 doesn’t make sense

March 8th, 2012 Posted in Opinion |

‘We just don’t have the time, resources, or money to go up against the federal government, and honestly I can’t think of many situations why we would want to condemn federal land.’ By Tara Alvey and Tmera Bradley LOGAN — The Utah Legislature’s 2012 session ends at midnight, and with the end in sight, Cache […]

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P&Z renews conditional-use permit for Richmond family’s pigs

March 7th, 2012 Posted in Opinion |

By Chris Lee RICHMOND – The Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday decided to continue allowing pigs to be raised on Branden Jensen’s property. Chairman Chris Anderson presided over the meeting. He said he hadn’t heard of any complaints about Jensen raising pigs. The commission unanimously approved the renewal of Jensen’s conditional use permit and […]

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‘Oh the places you’ll go’ in March might include Hyrum’s library

March 5th, 2012 Posted in Arts and Life |

By Tara Alvey HYRUM — When the new library opened up on Main Street in May of 2007, city officials had hopes of it becoming a major part of the city; and that is just what it has become. “The library is a great place to get together and we’re all really proud of it,” […]

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Despite crippling illness, artist still finds—and shares—beauty every day

March 4th, 2012 Posted in Arts and Life |

By Betsy Blanchard, Jason Borba, Taldon Bressel, Maggie Euller, Alicia Facer, Curtis Lundstrom and Amanda Taylor The Blue Streak LOGAN—Everything was easier then. Before the cancer. Before the fall. She could walk without thinking twice. She didn’t need a motorized chair. She could speak fluidly, easily. Her lips wouldn’t prune up after an hour-long conversation. […]

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CHaSS students pitch in to help each other, tout liberal arts education

March 4th, 2012 Posted in Opinion |

By Kristi Ottley LOGAN—Utah State University students have the opportunity to help fellow students pay for college by making donations through the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHaSS) Student Giving Campaign, which provides scholarships to students in CHaSS. The campaign was started last fall by the CHaSS Student Council in an effort to help […]

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Petersboro man’s ‘Just 1 can’ project helps fill food pantry’s shelves

March 1st, 2012 Posted in Opinion |

By Josh Ruggles PETERSBORO — The Cache Food Pantry has been receiving multiple donations from a project started by a Petersboro resident over the past two months. And it started with one can. Ron Schwab decided to begin collecting small amounts of food from friends and neighbors as a family service project. With the help […]

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Empowering women and girls can solve global poverty, author says

March 1st, 2012 Posted in Arts and Life |

Story and photo by Jimena Herrero LOGAN — Sheryl WuDunn, the award-winning co-author of Half the Sky, took the stage at the Eccles Conference Center auditorium Tuesday night. Her message was simple yet powerful: “Women and girls aren’t the problem. They are the solution.” WuDunn, who is also a successful business executive and lecturer, was […]

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Aggie BluePrint: 5 things you never knew we had on campus

February 27th, 2012 Posted in Arts and Life |

By Lindsay Nemelka Aggie BluePrint is a new online student news website and print magazine. LOGAN—Sometimes we are all so focused on getting from one side of campus to the other in less than the five minutes that class starts, that we don’t raise our heads from our snow-covered shoes to notice what’s around us. […]

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The Blue Streak: What do students want from their candidates in 2012?

February 27th, 2012 Posted in Opinion |

The Blue Streak staff The Blue Streak is the online news site of the students of JCOM 1130—Beginning News Writing during their “Hell Week,” when teams report, write and post one story per day for a total of 11. LOGAN—This week, Utah State University students will get to know their candidates and their causes. But […]

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JCOM Scholarships for 2012-13. Deadline: April 2

February 26th, 2012 Posted in Opinion |

LOGAN—The Department of Journalism & Communication is soliciting applications from its best & brightest for scholarship support for the 2012-2012 academic year. Last year, a total of $21,000 in scholarships was awarded to 20 of our best students (and another 26 were named Outstanding in some way or another). We don’t yet know the total […]

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USU hosts 4th annual regional public relations conference

February 26th, 2012 Posted in Opinion |

By Allie Jeppson LOGAN—Public relations students and professionals will discuss “Putting the PR in Professional” this week during the 4th annual Mountain West PR Conference, sponsored by Vivint Inc. and the USU JCOM Department, as students, faculty, professionals and sponsors come together at the USU Eccles Conference Center March 1-3. Hosted by the JCOM Department’s […]

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Ancient history not only about cave men, archeologist tells crowd

February 26th, 2012 Posted in Arts and Life |

Story and photo by Josh Ruggles LOGAN — The impact of women was the topic of archaeologist James Adovasio’s lecture Saturday at the Utah State University Museum of Anthropology. But the females he spoke of were not of this generation or even this century: they were more than 10,000 years old. Adovasio focused his time […]

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Johnny Cupcakes’ secret to success: Work now, play later

February 26th, 2012 Posted in Arts and Life |

By Tmera Bradley LOGAN — Standing in front of an audience in his mismatched shoes and a black t-shirt, he may not look like a typical businessman. But Johnny “Cupcakes” Earle wasn’t voted America’s No. 1 entrepreneur of 2008 by Bloomberg Businessweek magazine by accident. “My lecture isn’t a short one so if you have […]

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Prepare kids for kindergarten by reading to them, teachers say

February 26th, 2012 Posted in Arts and Life |

By Tara Alvey HYRUM — When a child enters kindergarten, it helps if they can recognize numbers zero to 10, recognize patterns, identify shapes and colors, and perhaps even distinguish between different times of the day, teacher Susan Rice told parents at a workshop at Lincoln Elementary School. The workshop was for parents of the […]

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Mechanic can get out of his wheelchair, back under cars again

February 26th, 2012 Posted in Arts and Life |

Engineering students at Utah State adapt mechanic’s creeper for disabled people. By Steve Kent LOGAN — Albert La Bounty, a Cache Valley resident and paraplegic of almost 25 years, has been interested in mechanical repair for a long time. “At 14 or 15 years old, I was working on cars,” La Bounty said. Following a […]

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