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Show f T n Park Record Thursday, January 30, 1986 Page A15 Sirainmnraifitt ts Sunmmmmint a Toxic chemical found nearTahoe; source of pollution not known LThe Tahoe area faced two pollution pollu-tion problems recently. First, the highlv toxic element beryllium, used for nuclear reactor manufacture and as a rocket fuel additive, was Jound in the soil along Snow Creek in iheTahoe Vista area. That is not the only contamination. Testing last summer by the Sierra Pacific Power Co. found soil levels of lead, chromium and cadmium lhal exceeded state guidelines. But the minerals do not present an immediate threat, said a water quality engineer with the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board. "There may be some kind of cumulative threat." he said. The mystery for specialists studying study-ing the pollution is how the beryllium got there. The other minerals could be caused by runoff from streets and parking lots, or Irom sewage. Landowners have been instructed by the Lahontan board to develop a historical land-use map of the area in hopes of pinpointing the pollution source. In another incident, a spill of diesel substances flowed down Bear Creek for one-quarter to one-half mile. The president of Alpine Meadows ski resort. Howard farnell. speculated the cause was heavy rains that overflowed a trap tank in the resort service area that catches minor diesel and oil spills. The tank was later pumped by an oil disposal firm and by the North Tahoe Public Utility District. THE ASPEN TIMES Plaintiff finds sympathy Uptn -An Illinois man settled out of ' court on a ski-injury suit against the Aspen Highlands ski area after it turned out that practically all the prospective jurors were biased in favor of ski areas. Rich Betcher sued for $500,000 over a February 1983 injury he incurred in-curred when he crashed into a lift timer on Highlands' Grand Prix run. He said he was tripped up by ruts in the snow and the tower was not adequately ade-quately padded. But at the recent trial, potential jurors repeatedly said they believed in the sentiment, "you pay your lift ticket price, you take your chances." They said a skier should watch out lor hazards and not ski at toohighaspeed. Judge Vic Zerbi initially excused these jurors, but later admitted "thers with the same views when it became apparent no one in the court- MAKE IT... n a kitchen that makes sense! S""1'11 t0ffcc! No with , s the one custom-lUslHorul custom-lUslHorul .ofUvour lifestyle. ialSl forUr kilch--n-dcsiSn sense' evcn moa' Mak MODE ,Kchen duello Sa kS.r,hJ300 E 81) 272-4401 ParkCity 649-S037 room had a different opinion. Betcher Bet-cher decided to come to a settlement with the ski area. Details were not disclosed. Beteher said he agreed generally with the jurors' attitude, but there were special factors in his case. No more races for this tortoise Vail With their tongues firmly in cheeks. Vail police reported their mascot, Turbo the Turtle, had died a mysterious and unexplained death. The "turtlecide" was discovered by the animal's trainer and close Iriend. Officer Pat McCullough. The turtle was acquired by police last November and was entered into turtle-racing events. McCullough said the turtle had his own training facility, but liked to party. "We'd lind the smell of cheap perfume and lipstick on his shell," said McCullough. Mc-Cullough. Given that. McCullough wasn't alarmed at first when he came in one morning at 7:15 a m and found Turbo floating in his aquarium. "When he was still floating by 11 a.m., I decided to shake the ac-quarium," ac-quarium," he said. Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation failed to save the animal. Several calls to police suggested the death was the result of terrorism. ter-rorism. McCullough said Turbo was buried in the only unfrozen ground available a flower pot in the office of assistant chief Ken Hughey. , MsonHele Guide Jackson Hole News AIDS dispute hits editorial pages lackson Hole Does the local hospital in Jackson deal adequately with patients who have Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome? The controversy continued, con-tinued, with the town's two papers disagreeing on their editorial pages. Recently . the Jackson Hole (iuide reported that Dr. Maxine Cammarn told an AIDS patient not to seek help at St. John's Hospital. Tha paper quoted Cammarn as saying St. John's suffered from fear of the disease and lack of knowledge on how to treat it. But now the Jackson Hole News quotes Cammarn as saying the hospital is both capable and willing to care for AIDS patients. In the News account. Cammarn said her patient decided himself not to go to St. John's, after he was told members of the staff would wear hospital gowns and masks while . treating him. Cammarn also said in the paper lhat an AIDS patient would receive excellent nursing care. The hospital also has adequate facilities to deal with hepatitis, she said, which requires re-quires the same kind of isolation as AIDS. In an editorial, the News said ii supported the hospital and felt the controversy was fueled by "irresponsible "ir-responsible media coverage" an apparent slap ai ihe Guide's reporting. report-ing. But the Guide, in its editorial, still said St. John's has a lack of readiness. In its previous article, it quoted a St John's doctor as saying there were no national guidelines yet lor Ireatinu AIDS It added. 'In a hospital where the pervasive attitude at-titude toward AIDS is fear, (the) critical emotional care would be lacking." CARPET CLEANING Servicemaster World's Largest Professional Cleaning Organization. Full range of cleaning services for condos, homes and offices. 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