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Show Paee 10 - THE HERALD Provo Utah Friday October ?fi 14 miss Amena Returns By RLNEE C. NELSON Herald Today Editor SALT LAKE - CITY Miss America came home to Utah Thursday. Sharlene Weils, who has Miss America for six weeks, said the most memorable experience she has had was at an autograph session in Sac- reigned as - J ramento, Calif. "A woman came V If up to me and asked if I would autograph r her son's cast. It was a session and I was unable to leave for an hour-and-- a half. When I finally joined her, she took me out to her car where this young man had been waiting in the hot sun. "I felt bad," she said, "when I found he was in a complete body cast." The story demonstrates the compassionate nature which has made Wells a popular Miss America. In the limousine ride from the airport, her Miss America traveling companion Ellie Ross four-hou- said, "the thing that ' It 1 ISI distin- -- guishes Charlie (an affectionate name give to Wells) is that she goes out of her way to greet someone and say, 'hello.'" Ross said she recognized this attribute in Wells immediately following her crowning as the new Miss America. "I think it was at a CBS show," she said. "About 20 people were standing out in the hall peeking in, trying to get a glimpse of Miss America. Sharlene noticed them and immediately rose and went out in the A n Denounces UPA hall to greet them, and introduce herself." While she said Utah and Salt Lake City are still her favorite spots, she added that she is particularly fond of two other cities she has visited. "Boston is so charming," she said, "and Chicago reminds me of Buenos Aires." Born in Paraguay and a resident of Argentina for about 12 years, she said she retains a fondness for that part of the world. She encouraged the press to ask hard questions. This led to her brief discussion of dictatorships in South America. She made it clear that she believed that a benevolent dictatorship is preferable to communism. "We don't want communism on this continent," she emphasized, adding that this didn't mean she would ever justify violence. This morning at a breakfast Fund-Raisin- if .O; ft i ' 7 1 ; Steve Heiner Pholo Sharlene Wells responds to questions during press conference. strictly voluntary membership, Schemensky noted. But he said that based on complaints he is receiving, telephone solicitors may be misrepresenting the Orem Fire Division and mislead- ing citizens and businessmen in efforts to elicit donations. "It is not the paramedics in the city of Orem who are calling for donations," Schemensky said. "The people making the phone calls for donations are people hired by the association. They are not paramedics or firefighters. They supposedly read from a cue card that has been prepared by - Juab County comNEPHI missioners plan to protest a move to cut handicapped physical exams for the patrons of the Mt. Nebo Training Center, Nephi, from the Central Utah District Health Department budget. Ken Beardall, director of the center for the handicapped, received a letter from Wayne district health officer, adof the cut. He brought him vising the matter to commissioners. "This is to advise you that I discussed your request for our agency to conduct physicals for approximately 40 of your students with my nursing supervisor and Commissioner Elmer Collings, Board of Health chairman. Our fiscal position is so precarious n, that we may not be able to continue even basic programs after Feb. 1985," explained LeBaron. LeBaron wrote that last spring the fiscal situation in the agency became so serious that the staff agreed to curtail travel and volunteered to go on 90 percent salaries for three months. In addition, said LeBaron, all public health nursing programs and services now provided are by contract for specific programs, provided by funding from the state health department with no leeway for additional services. Since Mt. Nebo Training Center it is now a private organization its status is also affecting the health department's stand. When the agency was severely last spring, affected money-wis- e the center LeBaron, explained was still part of the Juab School non-prof- District from which the agency obtains some funding. For that reason services were maintained. "Now that you are a private agency, this is no longer possible," wrote LeBaron. However, Beardall said, the school still needs the service. "We are still basically serving the same school-ag- e students. We lost about $60,000 in United Small School aid when we made the transfer," he said. Beardall says the school district is still putting money into the school and he thinks the center doesn't require much in time from the health department. "The physicals only take 10 to 15 minutes apiece," he said. ings. They recognize the department has financial problems but think the center needs the services worse than some other areas. "The problem is the majority of the students come from other counties. Individually, Juab citizens are paying more We are serving other counties by busing the students here for training. I think the health department would be better served to make cuts somewhere else than in the handicapped sector," summarized commissioner Ross Garrett. Commissioners agreed to write to LeBaron and explain the commission's objections to cutting the service to the center. said they Another solution would be to request each county with students at the center make contributions to the program. Commissioners Nephi Sewer System Almost Ready for Use By MYRNA TRAUNTVEIN Juab County Correspondent - The new Nephi City NEPHI sewer system is nearly ready and the city will begin dumping sewage into the new lagoons within the month. City Admnistrator, Randy told councilmen the first cell of the sewer lagoons is now being filled with water prior to raw sewage being dumped into the new system. Water from the city irrigation system and excess culinary water is being pumped into the system to prepare it for full use, McKnight said. The step is necessary so the sewage will be diluted when first dumped into the new lagoons. A final inspection is planned in two weeks and then the lagoon's .portion of the project will be ; finished and ready for use. In addition, the contractor still has approximately 1,600 feet of pipe to lay. City specifications demand the contractor clean-u- p and "reasonably" restore all properties torn up by the construction phase. McKnight said the contractor has 1 already begun that process and has been repairing roads and private property which has been g disturbed in the phase. County roads must also be repaired before the contractor is paid, said McKnight. Lines will now be tested for ieaks and construction debris will be washed out. Some businesses south of the city located near the freeway exchange will continue to use a field drain system for awhile Our : are told that the ment for the paramedics in Orem. To this date, the only items we've received for our department use has been a set of cassette training tapes and a couple of hardbound books. This hardly resembles what people are led to believe we receive," Schemensky said. He said it is his job to see that Orem residents get the finest paramedic and firefighting services possible, and he apologizes if anyone has been inconvenienced by the UPA fund raising drive. Schmer.sky said he would like to put a stop to UPA telephone solicitation but legally cannot prevent it. He said he welcomes residents to discuss concerns about phone requests for donations. They should call 224-702- cil may be willing to pay the sum, since it would fall within its juris- diction. He said the idea is being promoted to have the opening and closing Olympics ceremonies in the Brigham Young University stadium. The Travel Council is scheduled to meet Nov. 14, and Wilson wanted the money Nov. 15. Whitaker said he will poll members of the Travel Council by telephone prior to the meeting. Herald Want Ads Bring Results once-a-ye- ar and Saturday October 25, 26, & 2i (Formerly Many Landi Market) (In GROCERIES FROM THE ORIENT, s'ore prices good ORIENTAL VOUCHAJyQ away FOODS, GIFTS, BABY ITEMS, MARTIAL ART UNIFORMS A EQUIPMENT 1145 N. 500 Provo 375-378- Announcing. Everett to run for office. It's not so easv to fill the Tss!i Would you believe. been elected. Chuck Peterson for Utah State Senate. . . Bert Murdock Music is now your aufhorized dealer for Everett Pianos a name with a reputation for quality that's over 100 years old. 9 KASY clear choice. Lay now for Christmas until 6 p.m. October 27) GREECE & MEXICO Chuck Peterson knows what's involved. He's been there. His three terms in the Utah State Legislature gave him valuable experience. Chuck is ready to meet pressing state issues head-on- . Things like how to hold the line on taxes. I low to improve schools. How to control growth. Remember that on November 6 as you make your choice. Because Chuck Peterson is the clear choice for the job. A "Citizens money derived is for new equip- Thursday, Friday YULI MARKET office once you've c plying. pipe-layin- What happens after November 6? I t's Salt Lake Mayor Ted Wilson has asked Utah County commissioners to contribute $5,000 toward a study on the possibility of getting the Winter Olympics for Utah in 1990. In a letter to the commissioners, Wilson said the money is needed to help study the facilities and the possibility of bringing the Olympics here. Bus Whitaker of the Mountain-lan- d Association of Governments (MAG) Travel Council told commissioners that the Travel Coun tax-wis- e. agreed the physicals should not be cut from the Central Utah District Health Department offer the association." He also said people are complaining to him about the solicitors being rude and making questionable statements. "These concerns are very legitimate," he said. Schemensky said that over the past few years, he has talked to the UPA about the complaints to try to correct problems. "But rather than reduce the problems that exist, they seem to be multi- Utah County Asked to Give $5,000 for Olympic Study Juab Officials to Protest Funding Cut By MYRNA TRAUNTVEIN Juab County Correspondent Bid g Orem's fire division chief this week denounced fund raising efforts of a statewide paramedic organization, and said he believes some methods being used are unscrupulous. Chief Karl Schemensky said he is concerned about reports that solicitors for the Utah Paramedic Association are giving Orem residents the impression their donations will beef up the city's paramedic services. "We do not now, nor do we intend to in the future, rely on tra donations from the people .i Orem for emergency services," Schemensky stressed. The UPA is not supported by the Orem municipality or by any commercial organization; it is crowned Nancy Ayers officially as the new Miss Utah. Later in the day she appeared in a parade and attended a luncheon sponsored by LDS women's organizations. This afternoon she returned to her home pageant base in Orem for further festivities. fireIncluded are a side at BYU's Marriott Center at 8 p.m. tonight. Saturday she will be at an autograph party and banquet at Utah Technical College's student center ballroom from 7 to 9 p.m. The party is open to the public. h I flit yiiiwi Ill at the Sheraton Hotel she 1 JSM ft pianos on tale! 27 f Financing available Payments as low as 35 per month See Utah County's largest selection of Spinets, Consoles. Studios and Grands 9 All pianos in stock on sale. . . Pianos bmm ' All Young Chang, Everett, Kohler & Campbell and Becker 1-- Uew npw Great buys on Grand Pianoil imi in ii in ii in ii hi mi ii ii I II III II III II Hi II III II 1 39 NORTH STATE Used Pianos r mtiiiimi!miiiiiiimi:mmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimr minimi STREET, OREM, "More vaue for ess SSI" 225-792- 2 II III II III II III II III II III II III |
