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Show MB Volume 60 Number 44 Wednesday, October 31, 1990 "7 ?X rw rasa 1 "14 V liiiipipi lift llpiiiliii asiBBIB 'M "iiMU,..1 ' """""" " UMW,!!WWS!1," '- Juicy Utah apples-will they one day be a rarity? Sheldon Warwood transports some of this year's harvest to cold storage. JSee story on Page 3.) Gordon family keeps busy while dad on alert in Saudi Arabia For Monteen Gordon and her six children, Saudi Arabia is as near as their living room. .-, While they can't see the ocean there, or feel the humidity or the heat, and they are not privy to military strategies, they are affected by every day-to-day change, because those are the things that affect their dad and husband, Lt. Col Richard Gordon Gor-don with the Air National Guard in Saudi Arabia. Occasional phone calls and letters bring the whole thing home. While this is the second active duty separation for the Gordon family, it .never gets any easier. "We knew when he signed up we may have to face this, ' says Mrs. Gordon. They're not complaining. complain-ing. Lt. Col Gordon wants everyone to know. "We're doing the right thing being over here. ' He says as long as the troops can feel the support of those back home, "we can stay here awhile." In a phone call with his family and also with the Orem-Geneva Times last Tuesday, Gordon said morale among the American troops is "pretty good." Gordon is stationed near the ocean and there are others from Utah where he is. While the Saudis are everywhere, there also are British and French troops stationed sta-tioned nearer the border. When asked what people at home can do, he said it's the little things that boost the spirits of the men assigned to Saudi. For instance, "It was really a neat thing" the Orem Junior High did in sending gum to the troops overseas. He was one of the beneficiaries. "The people here were really touched." He said they just can't 1 f Lt. Col. Richard Gordon "We're doing the right thing." get gum there. He also said Mi Ranchita in Arizona sent 20-30 cases of tortilla tortil-la chips and salsa a real treat for the service members. Mail of course is major. The men don't have access to current news and depend on the Stars and Stripes, a military newspaper, to find out what's going on, "but that's always about 7-10 days late." The men also have access to a large box of mail that anyone is welcome to read. "We all take a bunch of those letters let-ters and pass them around," Gordon Gor-don said. "We respond to them when we can." In his letters home Gordon tells his children about the culture cul-ture and customs of the country. He's happy to report the temperature has dropped to 95' but the humidity is still pretty Geneva Steel to install casting facility VINEYARD -Geneva Steel is , the first integrated steel plant in the United States to announce plans to install a continuous casting cast-ing facility designed to produce thin slabs as well as conventional thick slabs. The plans are part of the modernization mod-ernization program underway at Geneva. In a "quick exchange" operation, opera-tion, the caster will convert from producing conventional slabs to producing thin slabs. The facility will be connected to Geneva's existing rolling mill operation to allow direct rollingof cast slabs without the necessity to reheat the slabs from cold. v Joseph A Cannon, chairman of the board and chief executive officer, is excited about the new 1 plans. "This newest phase of our modernization program demonstrates demon-strates Geneva's intention to incorporate in-corporate technological advance- ments into our steelmakingf operations." The new caster will be designed to produce conventional slabs of six inches thick, which can be utilized to produce Geneva's existing product mix of hot-rolled sheet, plate and pipe. Typical end uses for these products include gas and water pipelines, ships, fabricated metal products and construction applications. The caster also will be engineered en-gineered to produce two-inch thin slabs. "After months of extensive research, and in consultation with leading caster designers, we have concluded that the technology technol-ogy of thin slab casting and direct rollingwill provide operatingcost benefits compared to traditional thick slab casting, reheating and rolling technologies," said Robert J. Grow, Geneva's executive vice president and chief operating officer. of-ficer. According to Grow, Genevas mill layout will allow the casting facility to be located adjacent to the rolling mill, thereby avoiding the expense of reheating and handling han-dling cold slabs. The operating cost benefits of the new caster will further contribute con-tribute to Geneva's already low cost steel production. Geneva's steel is currently produced in open hearth furnaces, which are scheduled to be replaced next year by basic oxygen process (Q-BOP) (Q-BOP) furnaces currently under construction. "We expect that the combined Q-BOP, caster and direct rolling technologies will improve the mill's finished product yield, reduce energy ana labor costs, increase in-crease throughput capacity and improve the metallurgical and surface quality of the mill's finished products," said Grow. high. Keeping busy is no" problem. prob-lem. Gordon flies every day and the whole operation covers a 12-hour 12-hour period. "We have to sit on alert with our planes to be ready immediately," he said. Gordon is a KC-135 pilot. When they are not training or flying, they shop the nearby towns, see the sights, meet the people, read and write and play cards. Gordon's son Stephen, a student stu-dent at Orem Jr. High, also said his dad "likes to play football." Gordon wrote to Stephen that a young soldier brought a football over with him and they all enjoy Gordon's family has no trouble filling hours either. As chairman of the Utah County Republican Women, and for the time being a "single" mother to six active children ranging in age from 11 to 21, Mrs. Gordon runs from dawn to dark: Still, "The hour between 5 and 6 p.m. is the hardest time," she says. "That is when Richard usually comes home. Without that there's no break in the day for me." Lt. Col. Gordon has been in the military for 20 years. He was active in the U.S. Air Force for five years and in the Air National Nation-al Guard for 15 years. He served a stint in the Vietnam War and once they were separated for 18 months. Mrs. Gordon says she appreciates ap-preciates her good neighbors and has lots of family for support. sup-port. The children find just keeping up with school work and activities and helping around at home keeps them from missing their dad too much. The family also is in the midst of remodeling remodel-ing two rooms in their home. The children are: Laralee, 21, a senior at BYU majoring in physics with plans to earn a PhD and become a teacher; Chelle, a junior at BYU majoring in psychology; Gina, a student at UVCC; Ami, a student at Orem Jr. High; Stephen, also at Orem Jr. High; and Michael, a student at Bonneville Elementary. : V N ' ( In Lr- , i ... - hit t I iitt.iwnw,-i:p A "Hi Dad!" Gordon family shares two phone extensions to talk to Lt. Col. Richard Gordon in Saudi Arabia. From left are Chelle, Stephen, Monteen (in background), Laralee (front), Michael (back), Ami, Gina. Family members were surprised to learn later that Richard will be coming home this week for a short visit. Quayle to make Provo stop Quayle to make Provo stop Vice president Dan Quayle will stop in Provo on Thursday, November 1, to campaign for Republican Third Congressional District candidate Karl Snow. Air Force 2 is scheduled to land at the Provo City Airport about 2 p.m. The public is invited to attend what the Snow Campaign is calling call-ing "a good old-fashioned political rally." Participants should meet at the Utah Valley Community College media center at 1 p.m. Thursday. Quayle is expected to be in town about two hours and will address those at the rally. City annexes property next to golf course Orem City Council approved annexation of the Crandall property into the City of Orem and zoned the property RE-12. 'This will not be the ultimate zone," said City Manager Daryl Berlin. "Well have to wait until we have a site plan before it can be rezoned." There was no opposition to the action. The City Council held a Public Hearing on October 9 to consider the annexation and to hear citizen input No one appeared ap-peared either for or against the annexation. The property lies directly east of the Cascade Golf Course between be-tween 800 North and 1200 North and will become part of the proposed expanded golf course and research and technology park in that area. Water rights or shares existing exist-ing on the annexed property will be sold at fair market value before the property is developed or subdivided. OREM HIGH HALLOWEEN SURVEY Halloween Night Activities? Party P jcy& Have Fun "" Trick or Treat Steal Candy I UV Hand-out Candy WorkHomework 450 Orem High Students were asked the following questions. Are you too old to: Haunted House EJ Scare Kids 3 Pumpkin Smashing Q2 Die i Water Ballooning Qi Run Haunted House Qi Trick or Treat? 65 23 12 Yes No Maybe Dress Up? 75 5 D 10 Yes No Maybe '".ofrv. Survey courtesy of Orem High School Tiger Times |