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Show Pleasant Grove Review New Utah! - Wednesday, November 1 5, 2000 - Page 8 '. ' 'A ' ' 7 Cardon KDSS. (insurance j 'iJZKX' "' " Agency .. . .v-. .... w .. Kim Bond discusses mock earthquakes at 3-Ste p presentation By Kalyn Secretan "How to Stage a Mock Earthquake," was the theme of a meeting held last week at the Senior Citizen's Center. Kim Bond made a presentation for those involved in the Three-Step Three-Step program and all interested inter-ested citizens. Kim took the first CERT (Certified Emergency Response Team) program offered by the city and taught under the direction of Fire Chief Mark Hales. Pleasant Grove City is asking ask-ing for help to organize the neighborhoods in the event of a disaster. Part of the program pro-gram is to decide who will be the leaders in their neighborhoods. The plan x4 Kim Bond groups about 10 homes into a unit and records the skills and needs of those living within the 10 homes. Kim is over her ward activities group and wanted to organize the Three-Step program for everyone who lives within the boundaries. She decided it would be best to plan the event as a neighborhood neigh-borhood activity. The area was divided into 10 locations, the scouts participated and painted boxes to identify the locations. loca-tions. A rock was placed in each box and a packet inside gave instructions what to do. Neighbors received notification noti-fication that a mock earthquake earth-quake would happen on a particular night. They didn't did-n't know the time, but when they heard street sounds they were to meet at the nearest box. A fire truck drove through the neighborhood neighbor-hood with its siren and a group of teens sounded horns. The groups chose a leader, picked out a name for the group, named a scribe and a runner. Contacts were made to 110 homes, it was planned for a summer activity, there were a few families involved in the Homecoming football game at the high school. The weather did not cooperate, cooper-ate, the rain poured down all night long. A three-person committee commit-tee delivered the notices and explained the goals. CERT marks were placed on some of the homes and everyone was taught what they mean. A scavenger hunt in the family homes received points for first aid kits, band aids and all kinds of supplies. The group met for breakfast break-fast at a cul-de-sac where it was still raining, but water storage ideas were displayed dis-played in a garage. Pancakes were cooked on a covered patio and neighbors shared experiences. bag with aid needs The next Three-Sten meeting will be held Z February, and win J1 announced in the city utilf ty bills. A first aid kit Z t a variety r,r will be available to those who would like to get them The bag can be carried over the shoulder and it has manv compartments and a vari ety of supplies. They can be ordered for about $27 bv calling Dawn Hadfield at 785-6141. 1 olice discuss drugs in the workplace By Marcella Walker "No business is immune from drugs in the workplace," work-place," Lt. Cody Cullimore told members of the Pleasant Grove-Lindon Chamber of Commerce last week in a breakfast seminar. semi-nar. He said that there were 31,800 incidents in Pleasant Grove and Lindon last year. He explained that 85 per cent of all crimes in the United States are related relat-ed to drugs. He mentioned statistics which show that 37 million Americans use illegal drugs and 75 per cent of drug abusers also have jobs. Lt. Cullimore said these are not people who are sleeping in the gutter any ; more. They are in the work - place and many abuse prescription pre-scription drugs, he stated. One in six workers uses drugs or alcohol on the job and one in 10 has a drug or alcohol related problem. He submitted that drug abusers in the workplace lose 25 per cent of their pro ductivity The officer noted some of the signs that a person may be using drugs. These included being late to work and leaving early, being absent much more than normal, having more personal per-sonal problems, having more accidents at work, etc. He said employers and coworkers co-workers should watch for loss of performance, unreported unre-ported abuses, instability, increases in mistakes, concentration con-centration problems, financial finan-cial problems, emotional instability, and feelings of paranoia. Often co-workers will cover for someone they believe or suspect has a problem. Lt.Cullimore urged employers to take action. They should observe employees and evaluate their performance. Watch for a pattern of behavior and watch for a person who is consistently having problems, prob-lems, not just now and then. Document their behavior. When you see these symptoms, symp-toms, take action, he said. All Who will be a Christmas family? This newspaper is seeking the identity of needy families in this area for Christmas. "We need names, address, telephone, ages, clothing sizes and any specific needs," says Publisher Brett Bezzant. "Many organizations and families come to the newspaper seeking this information to do their own sub-for-santa projects. We try to match each needy family with a sponsor." "If you know of a family who, because of unemployment, illness, injury or some other reason, may be looking forward to a bleak Christmas, please give us as much information about them as possible. Please include your own name, address and phone number so the sponsor can use you as a confidential contact person. This way the family's Christmas can be a welcome surprise." Cash donations are divided among the sponsoring organizations to be given to the families with their own sub-for-santa contributions. Readers can sponsor an individual family or make a donation for all of the needy families. Please submit information on needy families or cash donations to: Christmas Family, P.O. Box 7, American Fork, Utah 84003. Please call if your family or organization would like to do a sub-for-santa project for one or more of the suggested families. Ihere is no specific deadline, but most sponsors want to get started working on their projects soon after Thanksgiving. More LOCAL news than any other source! KfewlIteM He noted that some intervention techniques include citing specific problems, prob-lems, speaking to them of performances problems but employhers should not accuse them, be firm and honest, maintain contact and show them that you care. Employer options include drug testing, supervisory training, fixing and retraining. retrain-ing. Lt. Cullimore said that drug testing can deter as well as detect drug use. Random testing can be done or when there is suspicion, or when there is an accident. acci-dent. Drug testing is legally required if you work on any thing that is federally funded fund-ed and when operating certain cer-tain equipment. If testing shows drug abuse, the employee can be fired or they can be retrained, Lt. Cullimore explained.. Supervisors should be trained to watch for drug abuse. If an employee is fired, the employer is looking at new hiring and training. With drug abuse, employers often lose an experienced worker who, on the average, has been working for the employer for four years or more and it will cost $6,000 per employee to hire someone some-one new and train them. Free Candle with Purchase Double Punch Card Grand sp Opening cards, gifts 8 collectibles 173 E. 30 N. American Fork, Alpine Court 492-3667 Don yt he a Turkey Order your Thanksgiving Centerpiece NOW! Call 756-2610 & be the STAR!! Show this ad and receive 10 OFF By Smiths in American Fork! 218 N. W. 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