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Show Giil Volume 57 Number 42 Wednesday October 21, 1987 PRICE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS School board proposes policy to deal with AIDS infection ' Bd Mis Uu Two proposed policies dealing with AIDS are currently under review by the Alpine School District officials and board members. Action will be taken on the policies at the November 10 business session of the school board meeting. According to Dr. Clark Cox, superintendent, the policies were not formulated earlier because of the continuing con-tinuing research and new information on AIDS. "We feel the policies proposed propos-ed are very broad," he said. One policy deals with "Employees Infected with AIDS" and proposes: Any employee of the District who is diagnosed as being infected in-fected with AIDS virus shall be placed plac-ed on sick leave until such time as a committee made up of the employee's physician, a physician appointed by the District, the employee's supervisor, super-visor, a person representing the employee, and a representative of the Fire agreement needs revision council says Orem City Council members reluctantly agreed to another year of the Emergency Fire Services Agreement Agree-ment with Utah county but let it be known that the agreement is in need of revision before it is renewed next year. Major disagreements include compensation, insurance and supervision super-vision of a fire incident. Stewart Taylor, assistant city manager, told the council, "I don't feel a single agreement for all cities is the proper approach." He said there are too many differences. He also said the policy is not specific enough and does not adequately indemnify in-demnify the city in case of injuries. In addition the basis of command needs to be clarified, he said. "We Experiments with batteries open new vistas in energy When Douglas Bennion dreams, he thinks of the day when high-powered, high-powered, small-scale batteries will revolutionize conventional energy storing methods. As chairman of Brigham Young University's Department of Chemical Engineering, Bennion, with the help of two doctoral candidates, has taken a step toward realizing that dream by demonstrating the powerful potential of two experimental single-cell batteries. Lead-acid batteries-the kind used us-ed commonly in automobiles-have a theoretical energy output of about 0.18 kilowatt hours (kWh) per kilogram (kg). Bennion said a 22-pound lead-acid lead-acid battery would run a small lawnmower for about 15 minutes. Doctoral candidate Jing-Yih Cherng has conducted research on a sodium-chlorine-based battery with a theoretical energy of 1.7 kWhkg, nine times the output of a lead-acid system. Another doctoral candidate, Daniel L. Thomas, developed an experimental ex-perimental battery cell made of lithium-aluminum with chlorine. It has a theoretical energy of 1.3 kWhkg, seven times the lead-acid battery's energy. Both have submitted their dissertations disser-tations to the Journal of the Electrochemical Elec-trochemical Society. The actual specific energy of these batteries will be 10 percent to 35 percent of the theoretical, depending on design of the battery and its use, said Bennion. Another experimental battery with lithium-oxygen reactants has a theoretical energy of 5.2 kWhkg. That's 29 times more powerful than a lead-acid battery. A 22-pound lithium-oxygen battery bat-tery could theoretically run a small lawnmower for up to 10 hours, a considerable con-siderable leap over a lead-acid battery's bat-tery's output of 15 minutes for the same job. Batteries are used daily in modern life, with a variety of chemical compounds providing the energy source. An electric shaver might use a nickel-cadmium battery, a flashlight a manganese dioxide-carbon-zinc battery, bat-tery, a handheld calculator a lithium-manganese lithium-manganese dioxide battery, and power for a hearing aid is derived from a zinc-air battery. Satellites are fitted with custom-made custom-made batteries that must function for many years, being discharged and charged thousands of times. Hydrogen-nickel oxide batteries are most often used. District administration reviews the placement status of the employee. The other policy, which deals vwith students who may become infected in-fected with AIDS, outlines the responsibility respon-sibility of the Alpine Board of Education Educa-tion to work with other agencies in assessing the situtation of individual students who are infected. It stet,s: Infected school age chidren, when first reported, shall be placed on an alternative study program subject to review and evaluation by a team made up of the patient's physician, parents, a representative of the Health Department, a physician appointed ap-pointed by the District, a teacher, and representatives of the District administration. In other action during the session, a number of individuals were recognized by the board for contributions contribu-tions to public education. Tracy Wilson, tennis coach at Lehi High, don't want someone else in charge of incidents in the county when they are using our people and our equipment." Another problem involves inspections. inspec-tions. "We want authorization for the City fire marshall to inspect buildings and areas where hazardous materials may be involved, and we need to be compensated for the time it takes to inspect and make pre-fire plans," said Taylor. So far the City has responded to an average of 12 calls per year in the country. It is a cost to the City to respond. res-pond. Councilman Richard Jackson voted against the motion to sign the agreement. "I feel it's a slap in the face of people who pay taxes in Orem; . those who don't are getting a free ride for $3,000 a year," he said. Dnuelas N. Bennion heads a batteries that might produce up to the common automobile battery. Managing the thermal output of a cell is one of the final steps in battery bat-tery research, said Bennion, and the challenges seem never-ending. But the potential payoff in greater energy availability for the world as a whole is tremendous. "Oil is getting less and less available and we're spending billions to get it and protect it. Look at what's going on in the Persian Gulf. There must be a better way to get the energy we need," Bennion said. "The application ap-plication I dream the most about is the electric automobile. Of course the portability problem is a real one to me, and I also have to ask myself if the public would change to such a method." The big contender, when it comes to producing portable energy from batteries, is the gasoline engine, he said. ft f?3i ?m ( was recognized for taking the women's tennis team to first place in the state this fall. Kim West, recipient of the Golden Key Award from the Governor's committee com-mittee on Employment of the Handicapped, Han-dicapped, was also recognized by the board. Kim is a student at Timp Industries In-dustries and also works at a local nursing nur-sing home. Glen Clark of Orem, principal at Lehi Junior High and former vice principal at Canyon View Jr. High, was commended by the board for a beautification award received by LHS from the Salt Lake Tribune. Donations accepted by the board during the meeting included: Nor-thridge Nor-thridge Elementary PTA donated, $700 to the school for purchase of library books. Orem Elementary PTA donated $950 to the school to purchase pur-chase an Apple lie computer. Orchard Elementary PTA donated $1,062 to the school for the purchase of books for the media center. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Scofield donated Word Perfect word processing software to Orem Elementary School with an estimated value of $4,000. The next meeting of the Alpine School District, Board of Education will be Tuesday, Oct. 27, starting at 6 p.m. at Lakeridge Junior High School in Orem. Register to vote Oct. 27-28 Eligible voters who are not registered have two days next week to register before the general election November 3. Registration agents will be at their posts October 27 and 28 from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m. each day. If you do not know your district you may call Orem City Center. Registration agents for each district and their addresses are listed on an inside page of this newspaper. program of experimentation with 29 times the energy output of "The storage of energy in the form of liquid gasoline is an extremely extreme-ly effective way of providing portable energy. Actual-not theoretical-energy theoretical-energy density from gasoline in a tank is between two and three kilowatt hours per kilogram," said Bennion. "But a battery will allow us to use coal, nuclear and hydroelectric energy sources to replace gasoline." One of the few electrochemical systems offering real competition to gasoline's convenience is the lithium-oxygen lithium-oxygen battery with its theoretical potential of providing nearly 10 hours of energy per 22-pound battery. "Getting a battery to compete with the specific energy of a gasoline engine is our challenge," Bennion said. rmTi'if imria iMfnint iiii mi 11 TiititlMliMiifnifti tAhiAI) rrtwin Kii hiHihimiii i i inmii mm i -n t'i-1 Fire fighter-paramedic Scott Gurney "rescues" Rebecca Southworth during a realistic fire drill Monday at Sharon Elementary School. Gurney inspected the room, found Rebecca, and crawled with her to safety from the rear of the school, through the auditorium and out the front since the nearest exit was blocked for the drill. Youngsters were taught to know two ways to safety and to crawl on the floor where smoke is less dense. All of the students made an orderly exit as soon as the hoarse shriek of the alarm sounded. Most of the students knew the Emergency 911 phone number and also had smoke detectors in their homes. He explained ex-plained about EDITH (exit drill in the home) and encouraged them to practice with their families. Other officers participating in the fire drill Monday at Sharon School were Scott Gurney, Don Rieske, Dave Thomas and Capt. Gary Wise. City Council Action Items approved at the recent City Ci-ty Council meeting: Final Plat for Green Ridge Subdivision, Sub-division, Plat C, 3 lots, and Plat D, 4 lots, at 30 South 800 West in an R-l-6.5 Zone. Final Plat for Timp View Acres Subdivision, Plat B, 2 lots at 200 North 750 East in an R-l-8 Zone. Final Plat for Holly Glenn Subdivision, Sub-division, Plat G, 12 lots at 1100 North 600 West in an R-l-8 Zone. Final Plat for Summerwood Subdivision, Sub-division, Plat C, 4 lots at 1300 North Main in an R-l-8 Zone. Public Hearing: Oct. 27, at 7:30 p.m. - Vacation of Lot 1, Breton Woods West Subdivision, Plat A, 40 North Palisades Drive, R-l-8 Zone. Public Hearing: Oct. 27, at 8 p.m. - Vacation of Lots 2 and 3, Rowley Subdivision, Plat A, 150 North 650 West, R-l-8 Zone. Public Hearing: Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m. - Rezone of certain property at the northwest corner of the intersection intersec-tion of 800 North and 800 East from R-l-8 to PD-12. A Site Plan Amendment was approved ap-proved for Sunrider Corp., 441 West 1260 North, C-3 Zone, to construct a two story addition between two existing ex-isting structures. The addition will have 4000 square feet per floor. The use of the building will be wholesale food product distribution with a maximum max-imum of 100 employees per shift. Zions First National Bank, 400 North state, was granted approval to construct a kiosk in the existing parking park-ing lot. A bid award was granted to Kenny Ken-ny Seng Construction for the construction construc-tion of sidewalk projects at 580 to 630 East at 1500 South, 800 East on the west side between 1500 and 1600 South, and 630 East between 1500 and 1600 South. Choral Concert at MVHS The annual fall choral concert at Mountain View High School will be held Monday, October 26, at 7 : 30 p.m. in the school auditorium. General admission is $1. All MVHS choruses will be featured including A Cappella, Chamber, Mixed Chorus and Ladies Chorus, according to Brian Petersen, director. There will be spiritual numbers, vocal jazz as well as traditional A Cappella. "The program will be varied arid entertaining," he says, "something everyone will enjoy." Flushing of hydrants will cause murky water but it's OK to drink Once again it is time for the City of Orem's Water Section to flush fire hydrants throughout the city. The crews will be starting in the northeast section of town and working clockwise through the rest of the city. The proposed pro-posed starting date is October 26 and will take approximately six weeks to complete. MURKY WATER Bruce Chesnut, management assistant, warns that the flushing of fire hydrants is a program to help analyze many factors of the system, but "when we flush the hydrants certain cer-tain areas will experience some temporary tem-porary low pressure and murky water. This is normal." He said it is caused by the high volume of water running through the fire hydrants and advises residents to run their faucets Meet Candidates Night With the general election nearing, candidates for city council are campaigning cam-paigning harder than ever to win support. sup-port. A highlight of that campaign will be the Meet the Candidates Night to be held Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. in the City Center. The meeting is sponsored by the League of Women Voters and the ProvoOrem Chamber of Commerce and is open to the How do you vote? I vote for the woman, I vote for the man, I try to vote sensibly as I can. I don't know the issues, I don't know their views, I don't read their ads, so I'm not confused by a whole lot of stuff about things they will do. I vote for the man-I like one who smiles, A woman's OK-when we must equalize. I put down my X by the best sounding name, You won't find me voting for one I can't say, It may not be clever, but it's the best way. I'll be at the polls most every election, I believe in this good ole American system. To vote is important-I'd die to protect it, Just to vote for the candidate I have selected, but don't ask me how come some are rejected. I just vote for the woman, or for the man, and try to vote sensibly as I can. John Q. Public MEET THE CANDIDATES OCTOBER 28 at the Orem City Center. Vote as sensibly as YOU can. - ELECTION NOVEMBER 3 - and hoses until the murky water clears. "The quality of water is still high," he assures. According to Chesnut, the city's water system has met the re-quirments re-quirments of the Utah Public Drinking Drink-ing Water Regulations and has been rated as an approved water system for many years. ' 'In order for us to continue with this approval, we are doing many things to maintain the quality of the water, and are continually running tests to assure that the quality of the water falls within the State's determined deter-mined regulations," continued Chesnut. "We appreciate the patience of the residents while we perform this preventative maintenance function," he added. The six candidates will be presenting presen-ting their views and will respond to questions from the audience. Participating Par-ticipating will be Kelvin Clayton, Jim Evans, Gary Herbert, John McGinn, Lucile Steele, and Norman K. "Woody" Woodhouse. Three of those candidates will be elected to office at the general election elec-tion November 2. w mi mi mi mii, |