Saturday, March 36, am By ROBB iflCKEN Herald Staff Writer Utah's city leaders and legal aivisors were told to serve with zlal in their positions, since they are the safeguards of liberty, state Attorney General Paul Van Dam said. ;More than 200 state and local leaders and attorneys attended the lDncheon where Van Dam spoke on Friday. iThe luncheon was part of the y Ninth Annual State and Local Government Conference held at the ! all-da- tiellDs 1991 THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Pa A3- - Headers to seirve well Excelsior HoteL "If we dont get involved, and if good people dont stay involved in every level of government, not only as attorneys, but as councils, commissions then we fail our democracy," Van Dam said. In directing his remarks to those attending, he said those attending were dedicated to being involved. "Each and every one of us who has a governmental office, no matter what that office might be, has an absolute obiligation to be the best lawyer, the best public ser-- vent, the most upright, hardworking diligent person we're capable of being," he said. Government is the people, and as public servants we have to remember these things, he said. He added that not all countries ham the same freedoms that are afforded to ' . U.S. citizens. "Where would you go where you could serve other people, where you can uplift and put forth the ideals of our form of democracy?" He gave the example of how Third-Worl- d countries are seeking legal advice on how to establish and organize a political structure that allows the same freedoms . enjoyed in America. While the United States has its flaws, such as drugs, violence, and scandals, he said they are symptoms of the growth facing the nation. "What about the abortion issue or what about prayer in school? These issues mean something to everyone, and what we do affects the context of society," he said. Geneva officials challenge PM10 study's results By ROBB HICKEN Herald Staff Writer A Brigham Young University professor's claims that PM10 affects respiratory illness is being challenged. C. Arden Pope, an associate professor of economics, recently published a study that compares repir-ator- y hospital admissions associated with PM10 in Utah, Salt Lake and Cache valleys. The study, published in the Archives of Environmental Health, assessed the association between respiratory hospital admissions and PM10 fine particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter pollution during April 1985 through March 1989. The study was conducted in the Salt Lake and Utah valleys because they exceeded the standards issued by EPA. Cache Valley had no emission violations and was used as a control area. A study published last year by ur Orton Herald Staff Writer Every week 250,000 children die of malnutrition and disease, said Utah's 3rd District Congressman Bill Orton. He said thousands more go blind because of a vitimin A deficiency. In Utah during a congressional recess, the Provo Democrat voiced support for a congressional bill be is The bill aims to reduce worldwide child mortality rates by one-thir- d. The legislation would implement goals set last year at the World Summit for Children sponsored by the United Nations, Orton said. The World Summit for Children Implementation Act of 1991, intro), duced by Rep. Matt McHugh calls for boosts in spending fof several programs that aim to help children. Orton is a calls for spending to be boosted for the Women, Infants and Children Nutrition program. The program provides food supplements and nutrition education for infants and small children at nutritional risk. The measure would further boost funding for Head Start, a preschool program. It would also boost funding for a major Children's Vaccine Initiative. That program would increase immunization and immunization research in the United States and the world. "It is estimated that 250,000 children worldwide die each week of malnutrition and disease," the Democrat from Provo said. The measure also provides funding increases for a range of programs that directly benefit children in the developing world. Monies would go to programs in child survival, basic education, AIDS treatment, and distribution of the vitamin A capsules necessary to prevent millions of cases of child Forest Service plans to improve facilities . - By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN Herald Staff Writer ; Repairing Forest Service rec-- . reation facilities and construc- tion of new campgrounds and trails are part of the president's "American's Great Outdoors" . . - initiative Loyal Clark, public relations officer for the Uinta National Forest told the Utah County Travel Council. Clark said the federal government will appropriate $88 million in 1992, in addition to funds already planned for Forest Service work, to carry out the I - initiative. In 1992, Utah will receive $4 million, and in 1993 and 1994 the state will receive $10 million each year, she said. She explained that Uinta Na- -. tional Forest officials are look- -' ing at projects they can do themselves, and also those that can be done in partnership with local citizen groups, businesses and organizations. The number one complaint from the public where the National Forests are concerned is smelly toilets, she said. "Forty two percent of the National Forest campgrounds don't meet minimum stan-darcls- ," she pointed out, empha- sizing that public use of the ; forests has tripled in the last few years. "Last year the Uinta National Forest had as many visitors as three mil- Yellowstone Park ' lion. We have moved to Number 6 in the most heavily used ; forests, and it really concerns us," she said. ; "Everything is wearing out " all at once. Many of our camp-- ; grounds are old. For example, Granite Flat Camp' round is 30 ' years old. With the closure of ' some canyons in Salt Lake County, the people are moving down here." She indicated that the goal will be to rehabilitate and re- pair many campgrounds, improving the sewer and water systems. Trails and wilderness areas will also be rehabilitated. An extensive program of education and interpretation will also be undertaken because "this is one of the best ways to encourage better behavior in the forests, by giving the people ownership." Forest officials hope to have volunteer naturalists in many of the campgrounds, and interpretive signs to tell the public about the area and what the impact of their being there is. The scenic byways program is another big emphasis, with the Forest Service planning overlook pull-ou- ts and interpretive signs. Clark pointed out that a new emphasis will be wildlife viewing areas for members of the public who don't hunt or fish. For example, she said, there could be a wildlife viewing area on Mt. Nebo where people could observe an elk herd. "When we encourage partners and encourage people to participate, it's not because we need additional funds, but because we need them to understand the facilities, have ownership, and understand the economic benefits involved. We need to get across some information to protect resources and values. Giving tickets is not the answer," she declared. Clark emphasized that local organizations may be asked to furnish subsistance for volunteer naturalists, while the Forest Service will provide uniforms and training. Commission awards contract three - The Wasatch HEBER CITY County Commission last week tencontatively awarded a one-yetract to Eckhoff, Watson and Prea-te- r Engineering (EWP) to work on projects assigned by the commis, Regression analysis measuring variable's increase together or of the extent to which one increases also as the other decreases demonstrated a statistical association between respiratory hospital admissions and PM10 pollution, the study said. The results suggest that PM10 pollution plays a role in the incidence and severity of respiratory disease, Pope concludes. Geneva Steel officials, commenting on the study, pointed out six areas where they believe Pope's study has failed. Kenneth C. Johnsen, manager of special projects, said Pope fails to explain why hospital admissions were lower during the winter of 1988-8when the county experienced high PM10 levels, in comparison to when the PM10 levels in 1986-8- 7 were low, and admissions were high. Pope's newest study, according to Johnsen, concedes that no corre 9, lation between respiratory ar sion. The commissioners plan to approve a final contract during next Monday's commission meeting. After reviewing bids, Bob Mathis, county planner, said EWP was the most responsive to the county's requirements and the most qualified to complete the projects. In particular, he said the firm has had the most experience in the area of planning and has associated with Bear West, a professional planning company. blindness and death. Goals that emerged from the World Summit for Children included reducing by one-thithe child mortality rate, providing universal access to basic education; and primary school completion by at least 80 percent of the world's children. The completion date for the goals would be the end of the century. "The misery of this loss is unimaginable, particularly since there are proven ways to prevent many of these deaths." Orton said Americans need to be more concerned as a society over the needs of children. "I'd like to see us become less focused on the wants of today, and more committed to investing in our our future." children Orton announced his support for the Microenterprise Development Act of 1991. The measure aims to increase the flow of U.S. foreign aid to the poorest of the poor in the third rd including pneumonia, exists. "Pope's new study selectively focuses on a limited number of respiratory illnesses, ignoring many others, in an attempt to show a correlation," Johnsen said. He also said Pope uses aggregate data to make ratio comparisons between hospital admissions for select illnesses during the periods Geneva was open and closed. Pope's statistical analysis does not consider a possible correlation between hospital admission and incidence of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Instead, Johnsen con- tinued, Pope If the street were constructed, property owners would stand the cost of installation. That cost currently is $85 per linear foot, for curb, gutter, asphalt, water lines and utilities. Additionally, each landowner would deed a portion of COLLECTION PROBLEMS? We Will Collect Your Ou- tstanding Account Balances From Your Clients. We Want Your Business! CREDrTCONTROU It would tarket existing U.S. foreign aid for small loans to poor entrepreneurs in the third world. Orton said microenterprise development is designed to help poor people to lead the fight against hunger and poverty themselves through the development of small business projects. "Microenterprise loans are not handouts," said Orton. "They're successful because the poor pay them back when they business becomes It's a matter of and self-estee- m According to Orton, the United States' Agency for International Development has been a world leader in small and microenterprise development in the past 20 years. But he said A.I.D. has been slow to expand the program. Instead it has focused on military and large-scal- e economic aid programs. his property street. to the city for the Planners were asked to consider alternatives, including relocating the street or utilizing a However, city code states are to be discouraged, and c. cs only two have been allowed in the city in the last 10 years. Moving the street does not seem a viable possibility either, since some property owner will be damaged no matter where the street is placed. Interestingly, the proposed street does not appear on the new master street plan which planners hope city officials will adopt soon. But Bulow felt he could not wait for the city to act on the new plan, and so asked for the deletion anyway. If the deletion is denied, the street will probably have to be added to the new plan. Planners stressed the proposed master street plan is only a proposal and could be changed before acceptance. It was not clear if the street in question was left off the plan as an oversight, or for a specific reason. Faced with the deadlock, planner John McMullin suggested before any decision is made a land survey be conducted with a street center line established by the city engineer. "There's quite a bit at stake. Everybody involved needs to find out what they really have, square foot wise," he said. Orem, Utah . 226-470- 0 Elliott-Pop- e Preparatory School was named to the post by Headmaster Joseph Liftin. Lyden will be working with 12 international students enrolled at the academy. DDAPERY CLEAIIIIIG Take Down & Rehang Home & Commercial FREE cleaning of a winter coat or suit with your order. Call Kary Kesler 1459 South State Street 84058 . a) u 9l ''V1 V - V 'S Herald PhotoJason Otoa Good Friday Members and clergy from approximately one dozen Christian churches in Utah County met Friday evening for a march around the Orem City Center commemorating Good Friday. world. Academy appoints director Tim Lyden, a former Alaska resident, has been appointed the new English as a second language director at Wasatch Academy in Mt. Pleasant. Lyden, who had been teaching at i) dismisses this possibility without any statistical support. Johnsen said that while Pope underestimates the county's population, he uses hospital admissions as a surrogate, instead of taking actual incidence measures. Planners face deadlock over downtown area By LAUREL BRADY Herald Correspondent The planning MAPLETON commission faced a stalemate when it reconsidered a proposal to delete part of a street in the downtown area. Property owners affected by the proposal are evenly divided in their opinions on the matter, although no one is certain exactly what the deletion would mean financially to any one. Ray Bulow wants to give part of one lot to his son, necessitating deletion of 100 East from 400 North to 200 North. Although some contiguous property owners feel elimination of the street would landlock their property and decrease its value, some feel installation of the street would consume any profit to be made by utilizing the property. The lots involved are deep with short frontages, but it appears no landowner would be able to utilize more than possibly one additional lot if the road were in place. However, the area is located in a commercial zone, and future property values could be increased by keeping the deep lots that currently exist. 'i and many PM10 illnesses, children's health legislation ors co-spons- By PATRICK CHRISTIAN The measure Pope, claims to have correlated lung disease to PM19. His newest study focuses on bronchitis and asthma admissions for children. The study concludes that admissions were almost twice as frequent in Utah Valley when the steel mill was operating versus when it was not. According to Utah State Bureau of Air Quality, Geneva Steel emits between 50 to 70 percent of all PM10 in Utah Valley. Similar differences were not observed in Salt Lake or Cache, Pope stated. While Cache Valley has a higher smoking rate and lower temperatures in winter than did Utah Valley, per capita bronchitis and asthma admissions for all ages were approximately twice as high in Utah Valley. During the period when the steel mill was closed, differences in per capita admissions between Utah and Cache valleys narrowed Otter tptra 417tl Economic director urges city to plan development By JOHN BEST Herald Correspondent PLEASANT GROVE Jim Ferguson, director of economic development for Pleasant Grove, told the city council that a large number of businesses are looking for places to expand, but often can't - find the facilities in Pleasant Grove. "I feel Utah County is the fastest growing area in the state," Ferguson told the council. "As I talk to industries they are all bursting at the seams, and shuffling to find better space. When they come to me their request is, 'Where can we locate in Pleasant Grove,' and what land and buildings are available." Ferguson told the council that the city needs to have clearly defined areas for industry and commercial business, with appropriate zoning. Accurate lists of available land and buildings must also be made. He also indicated it might be wise for the city to provide some incentive for new businesses to come to Pleasant Grove. Ferguson told the council some cities provide discounts on hook-u- p fees to utilities, and offer low interest loans to attract business and industry. He offered to provide the city a list of incentives current ly being offered by other cities. , Ferguson also told the council that if more commercL.' buildings were available he could fill them. "This year eight to 10 businesses have inquired for buildings from 12,000 to 40,000 square feet. They don't want to buy because they are growing so fast. They just want to lease, and not many contractors are willing to build on speculation. It's also difficult to get money to build on speculation." The econoinic development committee is also trying to define what is the downtown area of Pleasant Grove. . "We are examining traffic and services and working with the planning commission to answer this question." Ferguson told the city council that although they are trying to attract business and industry, they are looking for those that will be good neighbors in the city. If businesses are not suitable that will be addressed by the planning commis' sion, he said. "For the Economic Development Council to function properly We need council support," Ferguson' said. He also requested more mem-- ' bers to be assigned to the committee, and for more work to be done on the city's master plan. . 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