liiGitfo Today: Lcivmiicr chlilco Vcn Bern vA!!o E017 cnncuncco boycott of Uteh lb noycr thought delayed no day PCS A3 Peso A7 m mm urn Wednesday, April 10, 1991 ho'd get center i i PCS j PCSD1 A3 mm m n Central Utah's Nawspapor for 117 Yaars 'Rycn' Hancock moving 'cm dov.n 50 Cents Issue No. 253, Provo, Utah C v --- --- - y id i -- j i ,J Cj 8irs approv special vin)(i emfei? for UVO By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN Herald Staff Writer Utah Valley will have a special events center, which means patrons of county restaurants will ' 5 an additional 1 percent sales tax on food soon. By more than a 1 margin, Utah County voters approved a bond election Tuesday to raise (7.7 million which will supplement (10 million already approved for a physi2-- cal education building at Utah Valley Community College. The additional (7.7 million will make it possible to expand the physical education building into a special events center, which will be available for community events such as trade shows, conventions and concerts. County commissioners voted last week to impose the optional 1 percent tax on restaurant food to raise revenues to retire the general obligation bonds over a 20-ye-ar thumbs green Family tree has thumb in the and sister have also Nielsen's father netted beantification awards from Pleas- ant Grove and Provo, revealing a green The Kathleen and Steve Nielsen family of Orem received a Yard of the Week Award from the city last year. Mrs. Photo courtesy of the Nielsens family tree. See story on the Page A7. Other garden tips are in Herald's Home & Garden tab inside. By KAYLENE NELSEN Herald Senior Reporter A committee will study teaching values in Provo schools before the board considers approving a values program. Provo Board of Education, .... The in a regular meeting Tuesday night at Provo High School, listened to several people against teaching values in schools and a few in favor before opting to have a committee study the matter further. d The concept of cur value-base- riculum rises out of the district's strategic plan which the board has yet to adopt A great deal of controversy has been generated by reference material included with the strategic plan of a value-base- d curriculum in Baltimore. District officials said the material was included only as an example of how such a plan could work and was not an indication that Provo would be adopting the same plan. Board President Mossi White said Tuesday that the board did not intend to create a values class or to get into values clarification and she asked people to not go into those areas during their discussions. The strategic plan currently calls for incorporating values education with the following values: accountability, compassion, courtesy, critical inquiry, due process, equality of opportunity, freedom of thought and action, honesty, human worth and dignity, integrity, justice, knowledge, loyalty, objectivity, or der, patriotism, rational consent reasoned argument, respect for others' rights, responsibility, responsible citizenship, rule of law, tolerance and work ethics. Kathy Hughes, curriculum specialist in the district who chaired the strategic plan, suggested the board establish a committee, as the strategic plan called for, to look at values and how to implement such a program. . (See VALUES, Page A2) self-respe- ct g Commissioners have not said when the restaurant tax will take effect. Voter turnout was light. Only 8,890 votes were cast, representing 8.7 percent of the county's 102,159 registered voters. Of the votes cast, 6,063 were in favor of the bonds and 2,827 against The final percentages were 68.2. percent in favor, and 31.8 percent opposed. County Commissioner Gary Herbert attributed the light vote to the lack of serious controversy surrounding the bond election. "There wasn't a lot of argument going on; people didnt really get involved in debate, he said. "I am pleased with the vote. I personally am convinced it was the right thing to do. I believe if it's right, the people will support it It's a landmark day for the county." (See ELECTION, Page A2) Iraq promises to help get aid to its refugees - ANKARA, Turkey (AP) Iraq's ambassador has pledged that his country will help facilitate the dis- of aid to hundreds tribution Parentis air views on values education period. of thousands of refugees stranded border, Turalong the key's foreign minister said today. Iraq-Turk- In another development, the United States, trying to shield the refugees from attack by Saddam Hussein's forces, has warned Iraq not to fly warplanes or helicopters including helicopter gunships in northern Iraq, a Bush administration official said today. Fleeing Kurdish refugees in the north have come under fire from Iraqi forces backed by air power, rebel leaders and refugees have said. The warning, in effect asserts American military authority in northern Iraq for the first time. U.S. troops have occupied part of southern Iraq since the allied coalition routed Saddam's troops in late February. The administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, suggested the the United States would back up the warning to Iraq with force. "It's a blanket warning on any air activity," said the official, who spoke as Secretary of State James A. Baker m was en route to Cairo from Jerusalem. Turkey was the first stop on Baker's visit to the region. Word of the pledge on refugee aid by the Iraqi envoy came from Foreign Ministry spokesman Murat Sungar. (See KURDS, Page A2) Quality specialist says Workers in Minsk strike, defying Gorbachev Geneva steel rated low Tens today defied an appeal from Mikhail S. Gorbachev for a moratorium on protests and streamed from factories in the Byelorussian capital in a strike for higher pay. "The Communist Party Drove Us Here," read one placard held by workers marching to Minsk's central Lenin Square. "Put Food from Chernobyl on the Government Table," read another sign. "The people are waking up!" Sergei Klyuchko, a miner from Donetsk in the neighboring Ukraine, told the estimated 40,000 workers and others packed into the square at midday in a slight drizzle. Organizers said 64 enterprises including a gear plant, an electronics factory and tractor MINSK, U.SJS.R. (AP) of thousands of workers By PATRICK CHRISTIAN Herald Staff Writer A quality . SALT LAKE CITY control specialist testified today in U.S. District Court here that Geneva's coil product was not as good as the steel bought from other mills. It was his second day of testimony in a pension benefits lawsuit brought against USX Corp., former owner of the Geneva steel plant in Utah County. During the Geneva shutdown beginning Aug. 1, 1986, the company supplied its POSCO facility in Pittsburg, Calif., with steel coil from several other steelmaking facilities, testified John R. Gibson, a quality control specialist at POSCO. Geneva had been supplying steel to Pitt-Cawhich became L, after USX Corp. entered into a joint venture with a Korean POSCO steelmaker. In their lawsuit former at Geneva claim USX closed its Geneva steel mill in Dec. steel-worke- rs 31, 1986, to escape paying shutdown pension benefits. USX attorneys have claimed they idled Geneva as an overall restructuring of the corporation. On Tuesday, Gibson said Geneva's steel coil wasn't good enough for the uses a wheelbarrow maker wanted it for. He said the same was true with a West Coast electrical conduit manufacturer. But he said steel coil made at USX's Fairless facility in Pennsylvania was good enough. (See USX, Page A2) were on strike in the works Minsk area. They did not say how many people were involved. The walkout ignored an impassioned appeal from Gorbachev on national television Tuesday for a moratorium on strikes and demonstrations. "We face the danger of economic collapse," the Soviet president said, citing stepped up challenges to Kremlin authority. He also proposed a simultaneous acceleration of the transition to a system. But Gorbachev's plan for salvaging the union of 15 increasingly fractious republics comes amid widespread pessimism about his ability to halt a demoralizing economic decline and his seriousness about fundamental democratic reform. free-mark- et Flexibility leads women into creating firms Editor's note: The following is the third story of a four-paseries rt on women-owne- d businesses. By SUSAN SCHAUER Herald Washington Bureau WASHINGTON Rowena Jaap Fullin wider had been making jams, jellies, sauces and cakes as gifts for friends and neighbors for years until she finally decided to turn her culinary concoctions into cash. Today, Rowena's Inc. has more than a dozen employees who work from an old warehouse renovated to accomodate a retail store, offices and computer center, kitchens and a shipping department Gourment sweets made under Fullinwider's watchful eye and careful management are now sold in more than 2,000 stores nationwide. While "the Jelly Lady," as she's often called, has become quite successful, Fullinwider admits owning your own business has its challenges and rewards. Launching the business has meant wrestling with everyday concerns buying insurance, cop- ing with food regulations and adapting recipes to giant propor- tions, she says. But it's also been fun, particularly designing packaging and labels, and creating new products for her line. For various reasons, women in recent years have been launching their own businesses in record numbers. Fullinwider knew she could cook, but never thought about turning her culinary talents into a business. Other women have opted for opening "cottage indus- try" businesses from their homes, where they can earn extra cash while still caring for their children. "When we moved to Maine, I thought the solitude would be wonderful," said Susan Bachman, who lives outside of Caribou. "With three children, I knew once they went to school, I'd have time for the chores and to do what I really sewing and weaving. I'd enjoy been making gifts for my family and our friends for years,! never thinking about going into busi ness. But when Bachman's husband became ill, and money got tight, "I tried to find a job with flexible hours so I could care for my family and a decent wage so we could make ends meet. Up here," she said of far northern Maine, "there aren't many jobs like that" Bachman loaded up her car with various samples of her handiwork, to craft and headed down-statstores in areas. and tourist shops "I thought maybe they'd take a few things on consignment but I never dreamed my phone would be ringing with orders." Just three years later, Bachman and the three women that now (See WOMEN, Page A2) e, The action in Byelorussia, a western republic of 10.4 million people, followed a three-hou- r warning strike Tuesday. "Everything is a mess in Byelorussia, which until recently seemed so stable, sensible and reliable. Now passions are red hot," the Communist Party newPravda commented spaper Wednesday. The strike in Minsk was the biggest boost to the country's fledging independent labor movement since coal miners began a nationwide walkout on March 1 with economic and political demands. An estimated 300,000 miners from the Ukraine to Siberia are demanding that Gorbachev resign and new parliamentary elections be called, among other demands. - r - , W . i . K j Mikhail Gorbachev MM Weather Find it Ait&Entertainmcnt Classified Ads rnMsvnnt JB4-B1- 0 Ttfi Legal Notices i JWvi Movies A9 . ............ .B4 ax .A9 SZm National : A3 Sports ...............................B1-B- 2 . .....A5 ....... Stocks ...A9 .. TV Schedule World ....................................A5 Have a story idea? Cail the Herald newsroom 373 - 5050 Mostly doudy Thursday and continued cold, with chances of snow showers and highs in the low 40s; lows tonight to the mid 20s. See Page B4. Air Quality Today's air quality was good in aO Wasatch Front areas, with little change in pollution levels expected. See Page A2.