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Show Page 2Lehi Free Press Thursday, April 19, 1979 Board Moves To Save Seminary Lehi Ambulance Association Inspected A renewal of license and permit to operate will be issued to the Lehi Ambulance Association after an inspection conducted last week by Dale Sperry, inspector from the Bureau of Emergency Services, Salt Lake City. In the annual inspection, Sperry checked emergency lights, tires, engine and equipment in ambulance number one, which all met regulation standards. However, upon inspection of ambulance number two, which is a 1965 Travelal, Sperry said, "Consideration should be given to a new ambulance as soon as possible. This ambulance is outdated, has too many miles and is inadequate, as only one person could be transported at a time. There is also no storage for equipment, and the cot is outdated." Sperry informed Capt. David Kunz that a new cot, model 30-- costing about $450, was necessary. Sperry also said the Lehi Ambulance Association members were very capable and with the aid of new equipment, it could serve its assigned area more efficiently, as the region includes more land area than any other in Utah County. i ' - I (i - v--s 0 iPrf Administrative L-ii- ( -L f J C far left, Emergency Operations coordinator from Utah State Division of Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services checks necessary items such as portable oxygen, proper traction splints, folding scoop stretcher, portable suction and ob kits. DALE SPERRY, Alcohol Becoming Major Problem In Utah According to a study of college students in major U.S. universities, between percent of students drink. Jurgen Schwermer, director of the Utah Division of Alcoholism and Drugs, said, "The consumption of alcohol by college students has also increased substantially in Utah over the last 25 years. "Although there is an increase in drinking among students, this doesn't imply that our colleges are filled with alcoholic persons or problem drinkers. It does mean that a substantial number of young people are drinking, and the e social and economic consequences are largely unknown," he stressed. "The misinformation and ignorance due to lack of knowledge about alcohol aids in the perpetuation of the problems that result from misuse of alcohol," Schwermer said. Researchers have suggested that drinking in high school is a pattern for college drinking, he continued. Six out of 10 of the "frequent heavy" drinkers of both sexes said they had drunk at least once or twice a week while in high 71-9- 6 long-rang- school. Likewise, three-quarte- of the men and nine-tenth- s as abstainers in high school. of the women classified in college had not drunk "Other studies reveal that men continue to drink more heavily, more frequently, and with more intention to get drunk than women. Unlike women, who tend to drink in the company of the opposite sex, men tend to drink in the company of other men," Schwermer explained. He notes the trend towards women becoming more emotionally and economically independent may be partially responsible for the higher increase in women drinkers. "However, there are more social pressures against women who drink heavily. Women who drink excessively are more likely to have emotional problems than their male counterparts. "The feelings of large numbers of students is that drinking and drunkenness are acceptable or even "second nature" behaviors. This seems to support the needs for positive program approaches to curb abusive use of alcohol," said Schwermer. He explained that strong emphasis for all adults must be placed on making low-ke- y (Continued from Front Page) problem which had to be handled with care. In the Lehi and American Fork area, the major change was to provide students for the new Highland Elementary. The school will begin with an estimated 528 students. Barratt Elementary boundaries will be changed to send over 200 students to Highland and to Forbes. Currently it is overloaded with 799 students. Next year it will have about 572. "Throughout American Fork we're pretty good for the time being," noted "responsible decisions" about drinking which may include the decision not to drink. Students in Utah's colleges contribute to the 10,000 persons arrested in 1978 for drunk driving. In 1978, there were 180 alcohol-relatetraffic deaths in the d state. Over 70 percent of inmates at the Utah State Prison are incarcerated for or simultaneous alcohol or use of either substance drug-relate- d Citizens Protest Proposed Utility Payments (Continued from Front Page) increased deposit charges. They also said they would be willing to give the city 15 days notice when a renter would be leaving the unit so disconnection procedures could be worked out. The deposit fee for Lehi is now $35. Singleton appointed a committee to look into the price increases and work with the rental owners on a new resolution. He said a decision on the resolution will be made at an upcoming Council meeting. three-memb- cqtoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Assistant Harold Jacklin. In Lehi, changes were proposed to equalize the student population between the two elementary schools. Sego Lily, which used to be the smaller of the two, now has nearly 60 more students. In making the adjustments, it was noted, however, that the number of times school busses will have to cross the railroad tracks has been greatly reduced. "Once we establish the new boundaries," noted Peterson, "we have to hold to them very rigidly. We just can't allow 15,000 students or their parents to decide which school they prefer to attend." In requesting the hiring of a new bus driver and a matron to help transport severely handicapped children from throughout the district to the Harrington School in American Fork, Transportation Supervisor Jim Crittenden noted the continuous and growing problems faced with transporting the 80 children to a central location. Many of the children have severe cannot physical handicaps, som communicate, some have frequent emotional outbursts, and others are subject to seizures. Transporting the children from one end of the district to the other, while making the necessary stops, has taken over two hours. And some parents have been anything but happy with the district. "Some of these people demand so much. They want taxi service," says Crittenden. "I have never dealt with people who are more difficult to reason with than these special education parents. Most of them are real fine, but some are very demanding. "We've spent as much time worrying about the special ed students as all the others put together. "Down the road we are all going to be involved in this. If you have any answers, I would appreciate them," he said in apparent frustration. The new bus route should help, and Board Member Leland Priday consoled Crittenden, "You have our support, Supt. Peterson also noted that Alpine School District comes very close to now complying with California's famous Proposition 13. That amend- ment to the California constitution restricts property taxes to one percent of a home's real value. The superintendent notes property taxes on an American Fork home y valued at $50,000 are estimated at With limit. California over the $4 the tax cut passed by the state legislature this year, the property taxes should be under the one percent level this next year. In contrast, the average property tax on a $50,000 home in major cities around the country is over $900, or nearly two percent. Some are as high as $2,400, or nearly five percent of the real value. $504-onl- London Headmaster Astounded By Area (Continued from Front Page) schools he has been visiting are all new facilities, built on about 10 acres of land, but housing no more than twice as many students. "Your schools have more room in the multipurpose room than I have in the lower half of my school," he said. After sitting in on the Tuesday morning school board meeting, he also expressed surprise at some of the inthings he heard and saw there, cluding the meeting itself. King says that in England there are no school boards as we know them. There is a political committee which meets to set policy three time a year, as well as an advisory board, but "I probably have much more autonomy than principals here," he said. He also noted that there are no strong civil rights groups, such as the American Civil Liberties Union, which has forced schools to drop credit for released-tim- e seminary and other And he is unaware instruction. religious of the types of handicap programs which the Alpine School District has set up at Harrington. He says he is not aware of a need for such a program, but admits that if a program were offered for the severely handicapped in his school district of 87 schools, the students may well present themselves. Other differences King noted between the schools in the two countries were that England has no junior high, but rather just a primary and secondary system : MmieyMarket Certificates For the Week of Current Interest Rate April 19 8.B2 thru April 25 paid on a $10,000 deposit for a 6 month period. Highest possible interest rate. Savings & Loans and Credit Unions cannot pay a higher rate. 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