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Show Page Two The Springville Herald - January 6, 1983 Sty &prinpf Ue Mtmlb wee? COMMEI Construction . . the engine Matheson that drives our economy to speak at By H. C. Heldenfels My fellow highway and bridge builders were audibly relieved at 11:30 a.m., November 23, 1982, when America's airwaves bounced with the news that President Reagan had decided to support sup-port Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis in his long quest for an increase in highway user fees. - Congress has now responded respond-ed to its own leadership, to President Reagan, to Transportation Secretary Lewis, and to the public interest in-terest by increasing highway user fees at the federal level after 23 years of an inadequate inade-quate four-cent rate. Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis distinguished himself and served the public interest throughout by his persistent adherence to very real needs. Congressional attention to the more visible parts of our deteriorated infrastructurehighways infrastruc-turehighways and bridges will not deter the Associated General Contractors Contrac-tors of America from its efforts ef-forts to also gain public understanding and public and political support for a building renaissance throughout the construction industry. We will instantly discount protests or jibes that the construction con-struction industry is seeking its own advancement. The American construction industry in-dustry excels at and has no peers in delivering its product. pro-duct. This great industry also has no peers in America in its dismal past record of failure to promote its product. Our industry has paid the price of that record of reticence to properly inform the American public of construction's construc-tion's importance to the public and our economy. Last March the Associated General Contractors of America embarked on a commitment and program to firmly establish with the American Public that a vibrant construction industry in-dustry is vital to the progress and prosperity of our country. coun-try. The first manifestation that the press and the public are both receptive to our program pro-gram is reflected in enormous enor-mous support for the recently recent-ly enacted highway user fee increase. America's manufacturers of steel, glass, plastics, fibers, pipe, cement, wire and paint are just some of the industries that are absolutely dependent on a vibrant construction con-struction industry an industry in-dustry which, with the other industries independent on its good health, is responsible for more than 20 percent of American employment. Construction Con-struction is the engine that drives the rest of our economy. It's long past the time we shared this well-kept secret with the American public. We have made a start, and we don't intend to stop with the most visible parts of our infrastructure, highways and bridges. Those that are less visible our wastewater treatment systems, dams, ports, waterways, water-ways, railroads, public buildings, and a host of other deteriorating public works warrant the same effort, ef-fort, attention, and increased funding. II. C. Heldenfels is a general contractor from Corpus Cor-pus Christi, Texas and is president of the Associated General Contractors of America, a national trade association of more than 32,000 companies. installation Governor Scott Matheson will be the guest speaker at the 17th Annual Installation Banquet of the Utah Valley Industrial ' Development Association, January 13, 1983. Matheson will speak on strengthening economic development develop-ment in Utah during 1983. The banquet will also include a report to the membership of U.V.I.D. A. on the activities of the organization and to announce ' the program improvements im-provements planned for next year; U.V.I.D. A. is a 25-year-old organization to promote Utah to out-of-state industrialists as a business location. . Ivan Walker, President of Walker Oil Company, Lindon, will be installed in-stalled at U.V.I.D.A.'s new President for the 1983 year. Walker is a native of Orem and a graduate of Pleasant Grove High School. He has three sons and a daughter, and his wife is the former Colleen Christensen of Idaho. U.V.I.D.A.'s outgoing President John M simonsen is credited with helping five new companies locate into the Provo area over the past year. Each of these firms will make a continuing positive impact on the local economy. Richard Bradford, Manager of U.V.I.D.A., says there are three reasons why Utah Valley should see increased economic development in 1983: The State economic development program is being strengthened through increased funding for advertising and direct mail. The U.V.I.D.A. Office has received increased support from County mayors and has implemented im-plemented the use of a computer to aid in setting up an electronic follow-up follow-up system to prospective clients; and improvements in the general economic condition is expected to account for more new industry locations here. The Installation Banquet will be held at 7 p.m. in the Ernest L. Wilkinson Center Skyroom, , at Brigham Young University. The dinner is $25 per couple. Interested parties wishing to attend can make reservations with Marti Okerlund at 374-9900 before January 9. Fire department elects officers Michael Johnson was named chief of the Springville Volunteer Fire Department in recent elections. Doug Whitney will be first assistant and Ron Jensen will be second assistant. Other officers are Steve Wolsey, secretary and treasurer; Carl Nielson, assistant secretary and treasurer; Jim Wiley, chairman; David Stewart, assistant chairman; David Diamond and Alan Roylance, education; Jerry Averett, auditor; Joel Cope, fire prevention; Chip Reynolds, publicity. Don Terry, Stan Jenkins and Morrell Dean parade; Robert Liddiard, sports; Paul Wheeler, sickness and death; Jerry Smith, parties; Craig Stewart, Christmas; Alan Robinson, attendance; Alan Wheeler, rules; Ed Johnson and Floyd Stewart, convention. g& . pi i 0- " T. 1f11 iiny- ifirriiTfc,MiMhiiWiaitfiiWiii Springville Fire Department chief Michael Johnson, center, is flanked by assistants, Ron Jensen, left, and Doug Whitney, right. Poison proof your home. Choose child-resistant caps whenever possible; possi-ble; Keep medicine up and away from children; store dangerous substances gasoline, kerosene, paint thinner, weed killers, pesticides securely out of sight; keep poisons in original, clearly marked containers; don't remove labels from products; keep the Poison Control Center phone number, 581-2151 by ALL phones in your home. Patience and gentleness is power. , Leigh Hunt Bothered by TV eyestrain? Try this rule of thumb: Multiply the screen size by five that's how many feet away you should sit! Keep the screen at eye level when sitting, and look away occasionally. Wash medicines down with water. Some drugs, such as antihistimines and pain relievers containing codeine, co-deine, may be affected by tannins found in tea, coffee, and some soft drinks. The imbecility of men is always inviting the impudence of power. Staging workshop set on Friday A workshop on how to stage "Along the Way," a musical based on the life of Scottish immigrant Richard Ballantyne, will be held free of charge January 7 from 1-4 p.m. at Promised Valley Playhouse in Salt Lake City. The workshop is cosponsored by the General Activities Committee and General Sunday School of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which is offering the musical royalty free to wards and stakes of the church. Activities Committee directors, drama specialists, and. Sunday School presidencies are invited to attend. The focus of the workshop, which will be held in the main auditorium of the playhouse, will be the use of the piano and vocal score, the script, orchestra tapes, and video tape of the full production available for "Along the Way." Pat Davis, author of the play and drama specialist for the General Activities Committee, will conduct the workshop. City league basketball Tues. Dec. 28 Pioneer Motor Vu 51, Happy Service Ser-vice 44, High Scorers M. Averett 19, W.Clyde 12. Ronzos Pizza 43, Bona Signs 42, High Scorers Smith 12, Long 19. 7-11 57, Circle C 55, High Scorers Samulian 20, Peterson 19. Wed. Dec. 29 C&A Realty 68, Steffens Realty 66, High Scorers Tregaskis 19, Weight 16. Coaches Corner 67, Tip Top Shoe Repair 53, High Scorers Marshall 12, Mower 16. Pioneer Motor Vu 72, M&R Equipment Equip-ment 55, High Scorers Nemelka 21, C. Prothero 22. Thurs. Dec. 30 Ronzos Pizza 67, Lutz Cleaning 53, High Scorers Howell 16, Rogers 16. Happy Service 61, Circle C 33, High Scorers Felix 20, T. Clark 12. 7-11 68, Bona Signs 48, High Scorers Samulian 27, Hatfield 17. League Standings Pioneer Motor Vu 10-0, Steffens Realty 9-1, C&A Realty 8-4, Ronzos Pizza 7-4, Lutz Cleaning 6-4, Circle C 6-5, 7-11 6-5, Coaches Corner 5-5, Happy Service 5-6, Tip Top Shoe Repair 4-7, Luxury Mobile Homes 3-8, M&R Equipment 1-10, Bona Signs 0-11. With out-of-town holiday trips in the past, many drivers may be sitting back with sigs of relief-especially relief-especially those unfortunate enough to have been convicted of a traffic violation while out-of-state. "I'm home free. Nobody here will find out," seems to be their attitude. "Not necessarily true," Springville's Chief of Police Leland A. Bowers countered today, "since many states share reciprocity agreements." He explained what happens this way: States with such agreements share information about traffic violation convictions involving out-of-state drivers with the motorist's home state. The charges and related points land squarely on the driver's home record. The trick is to avoid traffic violations-regardless of where you drive or whatever the cause, Chief Bowers says. Yet he recognized that winter's two deadliest tricks-reduced tricks-reduced traction and limited visibility-skyrocket the chances of a driver making an error resulting in a citation for a traffic violation. He reviewed recommendations developed by the National Safety Council's Committee on Winter Driving Hazards and endorsed by the International Association of Chiefs of Police. A major safeguard is the type of tire and traction aids the motorists puts between his vehicle and icy or snowy road surfaces. A tire's traction ability is related more to tread design and compound than to the way it's made. In short, a radial tire with a standard highway tread will act as a regular highway tire on winter slick surfaces. Conventional snow tires (without studs) are actually slightly inferior in stopping ability on ice when compared to regular tires. However, as their name suggests, snow tires perform better on loosely packed snow, where they produce 51 percent better pulling or traction ability than regular highway treads. On glare ice, their traction ability is about 28 percent better than regular tires. Studded snow tires on drive wheels (where their use is permitted) per-mitted) reduce stopping distances on ice by about 19 percent. The old standby-reinforced tire chains-are still best. They reduce braking distances on ice by 50 percent. They produce from four to seven times the pulling ability of conventional tires under conditions from glare ice to loose snow. Some newer car models-downsized and front wheel drive-require limited clearance chains. Your dealer or mechanic can recommend the proper type for your car. Another caution: snow tires must be radials if the other tires on the non-drive wheels are radials. Otherwise, a dangerous "fish-tailing" "fish-tailing" or instability can result. Getting the "feel" of the road is another recommended practice advocated by the Council. Away from traffic, tap the brakes or use short bursts of acceleration to find out if and when the tires slide or spin. When they do, the driver must slow down and do all maneuvering with a delicate touch-on the sterring wheel, on the accelerator, and on the brake pedal. To cope with visibility restrictions that can keep you from reacting to traffic situations properly, keep your windshield, windows and all lights clear and clean at all times. Replace streaking wiper blades gone dead from exposure. Be sure your windshield washer solution contains adequate antifreeze. Your heater-defroster system must be able to clear fog, frost and slush off your windshield rapidly-and rapidly-and keep it clear. "Remember," Chief Bowers concluded, "home-free, without untoward incidents requires common com-mon sense approaches by all drivers to winter's traffic problems." Women Help Ease Loneliness A remedy for overcoming loneliness may be to spend, more time in the company of women. That is the conclusion con-clusion of researchers at the University Univer-sity of , Rochester who found that both men and women were less likely like-ly to be lonely in proportion to the amount of time spent with women. Dr. Ladd Wheeler, in explaining the conclusion, reported that "women, in general, are more empathetic, more interested in (or open to) and warmer in discussing personal problems pro-blems than men. Relationships with women, thus, tend to display greater intimacy, self-disclosure, and pleasantness." Safety education catalog available The new year will see much safety education via an extensive media in-sturction in-sturction program, according to Dr. Paul K. Edmunds, program director of Extension Safety Education Services, Ser-vices, Utah State University. For use in their safety programs, various businesses and organizations organiza-tions may order audio visual aids. These consist mostly of 16mm films with associted training guides and handouts and other instructional materials. Use of these is coordinated coor-dinated through local extension offices of-fices in each county. Edmunds said free copies of the new 1983 ESES Audio Visual Catalog are now available. ESES also has classes that can be brought to the business site. College credit is available with many of these programs pro-grams for persons who want to pursue pur-sue a professional degree. For more information on the safety safe-ty services or training programs, contact the Cooperative Extension Service Extension Safety Education Services. This may be done through the local county extension office or by calling 750-2760 at Utah State University. 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