' x 013033 expires ago yjftH PRESS300ASSOCIATION SOUTH 4&7 EAST UT 84111 CITY LAKE QfiLT F District mulls revised policy on drug use Members of the Alpine School District Board of Education are considering a revised policy on alcohol and drug use. The policy, presented at the August business meeting of the board, is expected to be an action ' item on the September agenda. In introducing the policy, Dr. Steven Baugh, district superintendent, said the original policy was approved two years ago. "Now we are concerned with steroids, roach clips, etc. "We already have a good program one that has been a model for the state but now we i need to refine it." Dr. Baugh said the wording in the new policy looks "radically different" from the original policy but the "intent is very much the same. The structure, the wording is different." Under the policy, the district recognizes the use, possession, distribution (giving away or selling), of "alcohol, any controlled substance" (including marijuana, cocaine, steroids, or other drugs listed in the law); or any "imitation controlled substance" (something that looks like a Vol. 11, No. 36 it isnt) or any sonable and appropriate lawenforcement inveslike hypodermic tigations relative to the use, possession, sale, or "drug paraphernalia" (things need les, bongs, roach cl ips, has pipes, etc. wh ich distribution of alcohol, controlled substance, may be used to produce, package, distribute or imitation controlled substance, or drug parause drugs) constitutes a hazard to the welfare of phernalia in school facilities or during school students, faculty, and to educational programs, and activities. Use or possession of tobacco or any tobacco is illegal under the state laws. Board members encourage the development product, including smokeless tobacco, by students under 19 is against the state law, the and implementation of alcohol and drug prevention programs designed to provide students with policy on tobacco use and possession states, and the opportunity to build social skills, enhance violators are referred to the Juvenile Court as self concepts and are designed to have a positive "status offenders under the criminal code" and effect on students and values, and to aid in the not under the Controlled Substance Act prevention of misuse and abuse of these subViolators in schools, at school sponsored acstances. The board also supports the concept that tivities, or on school grounds, or within 1,000 parents share a responsbility with the school in feet of school property will be given citations by the school administration, staff, andor law enattempting to prevent or intervene with problems of substance abuse and to seek help from forcement authorites. the public and private agencies for students who Students who are repeat violaters shall atbecome involved with substance abuse. tend the ParentTeen program , a smoking cessaThe policy says school administration, facor tion class, or be placed on ulty and students shall cooperate fully in rea suspension. controlled substance, even though ol ol Thursday, September 7, 1989 50 cents a single copy Wood stoves dominate SIP hearin By MARC HADDOCK - Owners of wood-burnin- g would give the state until June of 1990 for the draft SIP, and until t. J3ept. 30, 1990 for the final stoves provided most of the heat during the first public hearing on the state plan to reduce air pollution in Utah docu-'men- Noticeably absent from Tuesday's meeting were comments from Geneva Steel, which is credited in the SIP with producing 50 percent of Ithe valley's PM10 pollution, and which will be required to reduce it's IPM10 emissions by 70 f percent. Geneva officials, as well as the i Coalition for Clean Air, j opted not to address the !Air Conservation Committee at Tuesday's 'hearing. ,' So it was mainly the users of County. And at the samehearing, an EPA official told Utah's Air Conservation Committee and the State Bureau of Air Quality that it had an additional nine months to develop a plan to clean up the county's air. Over a hundred advocates of g stoves attended Tues- day nighfs hearing at Mountain View High School in Orem, urging the state not to limit the use of the stoves to heat their homes during wood-burnin- g stoves who took the floor ; to protest voluntary and periods for stoves during temperature inversions in Utah Valley, mandatory wood-burnin- "no-bur- g as established in the SIP. Agency. it $700-a-ye- DrKeFryDEomasburg, chair- man of the Utah County Committee on Clean Air, presented that would limit stoves to stoves and fireplace inserts, ban the burning of coal and place further restrictions on agricultural and open burning. The committee proposals would to upalso require stoves to grade their models before a home could be sold. Norman McDonald complained g stove reguthat the lations would place too great a burden on home owners who rely on the stoves for heat, rather than focusin the ing on the major furtherrec-ommendatio- wood-burnin- EPA-ap-prov- g home-owne- Melvin Kitchen of American Fork presents bis concerns at first Utah County SIP hearing Tuesday night. "Detailed plans must be included in the final SIP," Skie said, including a compliance schedule from Geneva Steel. He called the proposed SIP "a good start," and then went on to extend the Jan. 1990 deadline which had been set down by the EPA for completion of the SIP. "We are trying to come down on the side of reason," Skie said, as he told committee members that EPA wood-burnin- rs g EPA-approv- wood-burnin- coal-burn- er Chamber under new leadership The Lehi Chamber of Commerce minor delay earlier this year. Connie Nielsen, who accepted the leadership position when Gary Nelson was unable to fill his term, met with board members last week to discuss courses of action for the Chamber to follow this year. The annual was the first item on the agenda, since some board members had previ Gift-O-Ra- ously made the suggestion of eliminating the event. d vice Carl Mellor, reminded of the Chamber, president the board that the event was designed to promote business in Lehi through encouraging citizens to shop in Lehi. He then gave his ideas about changes that would be beneficial to both shoppers and business owners. Jeff Ivins, Deseret Bank's rep newly-appointe- resentative to the board, agreed to comhead this year's mittee. Dee Fowler then reported on items of interest regarding the industrial area at the east end of Lehi. He said that plans are moving along for a 1992 completion of a new freeway interchange at Main Street. Mrs. Nielsen closed the meeting by suggesting that the Chamber Gift-O-Ra- take a more active role in the business community by visiting some of the operations in Lehi. Fowler agreed to make arrangements each month for the Chamber to visit these businesses. Board members then adjourned to Mike's Subs to see the remodeling that has been done there, to ask questions about how the business is run, and how it has improved since the construction. among cases handled by Lehi Police in recent weeks 8 burglaries Eight burglaries have kept Lehi Police on edge during the past several weeks. Burglars who threw a rock through the glass door, entered Cash Saver market at 290 West State and got away with $1,371.18 in cash, plus $2,536.96 in checks and cash. There was $300 worth of small change taken in the incident. An attendant reported to work at 5 a.m. and thought there was someone in the store, but they escaped while the attendant went to call the police. In another burglary incident, someone threw a cinder block through the front door of Western Tack and Togs. Two pillow cases probably used to stash stolen goods were found inside the store. Approximately $3,194.23 worth of clothing, boots and tack were taken, including pairs of snakeskin and ostrich skin boots. There is a suspect in the case. In another incident, a man was arrested after giving false information to the police. He subsequently posted bail and was released. A burglary occurred at a Lehi residence and a 14 karat gold cow ence members that SIP regulations include an exemption for anyone g stoves to who uses heat more than 50 percent of the home. Hugh Woodford questioned the wood-burnin- contribution to pollution that has been attributed to wood stoves. "It seems to me that 14 percent is very high," he said. "On the contrary, it's low," Corner responded. "In Provo City, it's 18 percent." wood-burnin- g American Fork resident Melvin Kitchen, president of a business called Utah Clean Air, who has monitored Utah County air for several years, told the committee that Lindon?w there are too few monitoring sta-tions to determine what is really happening with Utah County's air. "On what basis do you make these statements with only three samstart at the top. "There are a lot of people out pling stations," he asked the comthere that can't afford $500-- , $600-o- r mittee members, claiming that more gas bills. My folks stations would enable the commitare on a.bced income. If they ' tee to pinpoint where air emissions burn wood, they are goingto freeze." need to be cleaned up. Colleen Coombs concurred. "We "What effect does a stove in Cedar Fort have on the are going after the little peopletn the list and not the big ones," she air quality in Landon?" he asked. Further hearings were scheduled said. "Geneva Steel is the largest polluter in our valley, and they are for Wednesday night in Provo, and tt big enough to buy what ever they later in Magna to discuss the want to do. Whenever things go portion of the SIP. The Air Conservation Commitwrong, they donate to our schools or to the Fourth of July celebration." tee had been working rapidly on Bernell Cordner, director of the completing the document. However, extension has State Bureau of Air Quality, ex: the EPA's plained that Geneva Steel would be given the group more time to prerequired to spend millions to bring pare the document. The extension will give the comthe plant into compliance with the PM10 regulations and to reduce their mittee some breathing room, but emissions by 70 percent. may also slow down the pace for a Air Conservation Committee plan to bring Utah County air into Chairman Janice Miller told audi line with federal regulations. quality in winter. Thehearingwasthefirstofthree concerning the State Implementation Plan (SIP) to help the county meetfineparticulate pollution (also known as PM10) standards set down by the Environmental Protection is off and running again despite a -- "What effect does a stove in Cedar Fort have on the air wood-burnin- Utah eormtyuWHftriefl' eral PM10 standard 18 times this past winter. The condition occurs during the temperature inversions when air is trapped in the valley for long periods of time. Approval of the SIP by the EPA is the first step towards reducing fine particulate pollution. The SIP calls for pollution control over local industry, automobiles and diesel .engines, wood burning stoves, road dust and other sources. But Douglas M. Skie, chief of the EPA's Air Programs Branch out of Denver, said the proposed SIP was inadequate, and could not be accepted by the EPA until definite penalties and specific requirements were included. valley - Geneva Steel. "If every home burned four tons of coal a year, it would put out one 25th of the pollution generated by Geneva Steel," he said. Paul Snivley, an Orem resident, echoed the complaint. "As long as this steel plant is in operation here, you are going to have the same problem," he said. "Why don't you boy hat pendant was stolen, as well as a diamond pendant. The complainant said that someone entered thehome, possibly from a sliding glass door at the rear of the residence. The necklaces were removed from a jewelry box on top of a dresser in the master bedroom. Several burglary counts were charged to a trio of American Fork youths who later admitted to burglarizing several homes and businesses in Lehi and American Fork. One boy also admitted to robbing storage sheds and taking fishing equipment. They also burglarized chain saws, skill saws, lawn mowers, a computer, printer and power tools. Most of their loot was recovered after Det. Chad Smith obtained a search warrant There were several other burglaries investigated including a car burglary and a case of burglary and criminal mischief. One case of sexual abuse was filed and is being investigated by the police department. Ten D.U.I, incidents were investigated and arrests made in each incident. Officers also investigated ten traf incidents in Lehi. Several cases of dog bite were reported, and one dog was put to sleep after he'd bitten a Lehi pedes- fic trian. Fifteen cases of theft, including shoplifting and gas skips were reported by local businessmen and ciH-.-n- s. in one case, a woman had left her purse on a chair in her home, then went to visit a neighbor. When she returned her purse was missing and has yet to be found. Police also checked out an ongoing case of custodial interference when parents of three children were quarreling over their custody. A is a suspect in a case of false alarm when he reportedly called county dispatch and reported a fire. The fire alarm was false. The city ambulance crew, the fire department, and the police responded. The suspect allegedly gave false information to the police at the scene. There was a report of a dog attack, littering, trespassing, ment and a family fight were all investigated by Lehi police officers. nine-year-ol- d Terroristic threats were made against two Lehi citizens, and investigated. In each case, the suspects had made threats against an individual's life. Another investigation revealed when police were notified of a gunshot wound victim that had been injured in the abdomen by a BB gun. The officer arrived at the hospital and was told that the victim and some friends had been goofing around in his bedroom with a couple of BB guns when the suspect pointed the weapon at him and pulled the trigger. According to the hospital staff, the projectile struck the victim, breaking the skin but did not penetrate past the first layer of skin. The victim was treated and released from the hospital. The suspect told officers that the incident occurred sa the victim stated and that he had checked the weapon for BBs before he pointed it at the victim and discharged it. A hit and run incident in volving an auto and a pedestrian was checked out, and several reports of a prowler were investigated. See POLICE on page 2 Melvin Kitchen ar wood-burnin- g Ken-neco- nine-mont- h Deadline Sept. 18 for cash drawing A lucky subscriber of this newspaper could become $100 richer by writing down why they subscribe, according to Publisher Brett Bezzant. "The top 20 entries for each newspaper will be entered in a random drawing that will make three individuals (one for each newspaper) $100 richer." "Some of our best advertising comes from readers who tell us what they like about our newspapers and that's the purpose of this contest our way of saying thanks to our many readers," he says. "We still anticipate many more entries and appreciate those that have already been submitted." One drawing will be held for each newspaper for total cash of $300. A special entry form can be found on page 9 of this issue or forms are also available at the American Fork office. Entries will be accepted either in person (at the American Fork office) or by mail until Mon., Sept. 18, 1989. Judges will select the best entries (no more than 20 per newspaper) which will then be entered in the drawing. Mail entries should be addressed to "Contest," P.O. Box 7, American Fork, Utah 84003. Each entry must be dated and signed which gives Ne wtah News Group authorization to use the statement along with a photograph in company advertising. Statements may be edited or condensed. Police crack down on local speeders There has been an increase in speeding complaints since school started, according to Police Chief BillGibbs. People traveling in the area of the new Lehi Junior High School are not observing crosswalk and speeding rules, Chief Gibbs said. Motorists rushing their children to school are driving too fast, and they will be cited for speeding, Chief ' Gibbs warned. , All police cars are being equipped , with radar and motorists speeding, especially in the vicinity of Lehi schools, will be ticketed. "Our first concern is the safety of the children, and if we have to crack down on speeding offenders, we'll do it," Gibbs said. , Another reason for the upswing in speeding violations, could be the inconvenience of driving on streets in the construction areas where the new water pipe is being installed. "But, whatever the reason, we're getting far too many complaints of speeding," Gibbs said.