May 29 & 30, 2003 Utah
State in the News
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DUSTBOWL TO FOREST: LOGAN CANYON MARKS A CENTURY OF CONSERVATION
It's almost impossible to believe driving through pristine
Logan Canyon today, but 100 years ago it was, basically, a dustbowl.
Denuded of vegetation by clear-cut logging, fires deliberately
set to destroy the remnants of fallen trees and widespread overgrazing
by many thousands of cows and sheep combined to create erosion
and waste and water pollution on a massive scale. ... "It
gives us an opportunity to reflect on what the national forests
have accomplished, and what Logan Canyon would have been like
if (the national forests) weren't there," said Utah State
University historian Michael Johnson. (Deseret News, 05/29/03)
click on: http://deseretnews.com/dn/print/1,1442,505036402,00.html
TARGET BIG WATER
USERS
I wanted to lose weight, so I cut my hair, trimmed my beard
and clipped my nails. I was so disappointed when I got on the
scales. Not every problem can be solved by tinkering around
the edges; sometimes we have to get to the root of things. I
wanted to save water, so I fixed a leaky faucet, planted drought-resistant
landscaping, took shorter showers, kept that old single flush
toilet and nozzled the hose. I am so disappointed there's still
a drought. Let's "slow the flow" but let's ease up
a little on city dwellers and small-business owners who account
for only about 15 percent of Utah's water use. Only the big
users can solve the 30 percent shortfall. We need the Jordan
Valley demonstration garden, we need reservoirs to hold our
legal share of Colorado River water, and we especially need
an aggressive water conservation experimental farm at Utah State
University. (Deseret News, Letter to the Editor, Clark Larsen,
Holladay, 05/29/03) click on: http://deseretnews.com/dn/print/1,1442,505036341,00.html
KSL NEWSCAST:
RESEARCHERS TO ANNOUNCE MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IN SCIENCE
Researchers from USU and the University of Idaho will announce
a major breakthrough that affects livestock. The research will
appear in "Science" and could have implications for
other animal industries. (KSL newscast, 10 p.m., 05/28/03)
Thursday, May 29, 2003
GOOD MEDICINE:
LOCAL FIRM LOOKS FOR TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS TO BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
Inside MedicineLodge, most employees are engineers. The machines
they use look as if they would be at home in the Space Dynamics
Laboratory at Utah State University. But MedicineLodge’s
work has a softer side. The company joins medicine with engineering
to produce prosthetic body parts — and the tools that
help insert them into living tissue. ... Wade Fallin and Marlowe
Goble both agree that Utah is a good place for their kind of
work. An animal research lab in Logan and a microbiology lab
in Salt Lake help them do their research close to home. Fallin
said MedicineLodge also hopes to tap into the engineering expertise
of USU. (Herald Journal, 05/28/03)
BASIC BRIEFS:
MOTH CONTROL
It is time to spray for coddling moth, the insect responsible
for the horrible feeling when you crunch down on an apple and
see half a worm in it. Utah State University Extension Service
horticulturist Wade Bitner said products available to stop coddling
moths include Entrust, an organic spray, Diazanon and Sevin.
"The critical thing is to make sure the apples are covered
during their growing season," Bitner said. As the apples
expand, they must be sprayed again and again, every 14 to 21
days, since the material stays where it lands, leaving the new
areas open to the coddling moth. Stop spraying when the apples
stop growing, and by the time they ripen, there should be no
residue left on the fruit. However, Bitner said, it makes good
sense to wash apples before they are eaten. (Salt Lake Tribune,
05/28/03) click on: http://www.sltrib.com/2003/may/05282003/wednesda/60768.asp
ALL-CHURCH TOURNEY
BORE LABEL OF 'WORLD'S LARGEST': 1922-70 HOOPS EVENT IS FOCUS
OF RESEARCH INTO LDS SPORTS
The LDS All-Church basketball tournament was discontinued in
1971, but not because — as the T-shirt slogan goes —
church ball is "the brawl that begins with a prayer."
Nevertheless, sportsmanship was an issue for the tournament,
which brought teams from LDS wards around the country to Salt
Lake City each year between 1922 and 1970 to determine bragging
rights. One Brigham Young University historian said the Deseret
News, which sponsored a coaches' luncheon, annually ran stories
spouting the propaganda that teams "weren't playing for
the championship but for the sportsmanship trophy." "We
know that's not true," said Jessie L. Embry, assistant
director of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at BYU.
"There wasn't always the best sportsmanship, and everyone
did want to win." ... Embry has a penchant for amateur
sports history that began with an article she co-authored on
racing on the Bonneville Salt Flats. She and Utah State University
historian Ron Shook are turning that project into a book.
(Deseret News, 05/28/03) click on: http://deseretnews.com/dn/print/1,1442,505036192,00.html
CONSIDER SOURCE
IN COACH ATTACK
This letter is in response to the article concerning Utah State
Gymnastics Coach Ray Corn crossing the line. After reading the
allegations that Mark Lee made toward Corn, I had to stop and
think how seriously I should take these statements. Well, let’s
consider the source, a disgruntled assistant coach who has just
been fired and a couple of gymnasts that were reprimanded for
breaking training rules. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist
to figure out that these were ridiculous charges made by vindictive,
small-minded people. I have personally known Corn for 20 years,
and for the first five I also knew the gymnasts he coached.
(Herald Journal, Letter to the Editor, Jane Lindley, Logan,
05/28/03)
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