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Show March DIXIE SUN Page 13, 1987 5 STIT established to save people tax dollars Area Vocational Centers are located in several cities throughout Utah. Southwestern Utah, however, is without an Area Vocational Center. In an effort to save tax dollars, a short intensive training has been established in the five county area with Dixie College serving as fiscal agent. Program supervisor. Dr. Robert Hilbert, will be stationed at Dixie College but financed through the Five County Association of Governments. The establishment of STIT eliminates the expense to tax payers for construction of Area Vocational Centers such as those in Logan, Davis, Roosevelt, term and Richfield. The philosophy allows use of existing facilities at Dixie College, SUSC, and school districts in the five counties. The program represents another example of the cooperative attitude existing in Southwest Utah. The STIT program will compliment Dixies very successful training program for single parent homemakers. It will include short-terintensive vocational programs designed for five county area residents interested in job skill training or development. Planned short-terprograms will be designed cooperatively with local business leaders to train individuals m specifically for the Southwest area job market. The program will be coordinated by the state vocational educa- tion office. Hilbert will develop and direct short-tervocational programs relevant to the area business community. The major purpose of short-tervocational programs is to link trained and qualified job seekers with potential employees, says Hilbert. We will provide basic training and skills designed to promote successful employment. Much of Hilberts time will be on the road doing work in the five county area. on-si- oAIDS epidemic hits the U.S. continued from page 4 among medical personnel who must treat them. Researchers believe that as AIDS spreads, so will suicide and that it will continue to become more frequent. It is hard to estimate how many d suicides have occurred because the disease is new and suicides are hard to document. But many cases suicide and attempted of nation-wid- e suicides, due to AIDS, are being reported. Another epidemic that has exploded with AIDS is hysteria about possible contagion. AIDS victims and members of high-ris- k groups are being shunned by their communities, and sometimes friends and families. Children have been restricted from schools, workers fired, and victims are often socially outcast and discriminated against by society. In California, one man with AIDS was not allowed admittance by an airlines. One Miami shoe store refused to let a Haitian try on shoes unless he bought them first. Employers and landlords in several cities have asked officials for permission to fire or evict Haitians. Even in Utah, at least two school districts will not allow AIDS students to attend school. Can a cure be found to end this tragedy? AIDS is a virus that attacks the inl AIDS-relate- mune system, leaving the body defenseless against infection and cer- tain cancers. The underlying disease ic, so far, incurable and kills more than 75 per-ce- nt of its victims after two years. The primary damage the disease inflicts is to T Cells, white blood cells vital to the bodys ability to fight off infection. There are two types: helpers, which stimulate the immune system to fight invaders, and suppressors, which prevent immune reactions from going too far. Normally there are twice as many helpers as suppressors. In AIDS, suppressors far outnumber helpers, crippling part of the immune system. Although AIDS is complicated, it is not unconquerable, and a cure is hoped to be found before the turn of the century. An experimental drug called AZT azidothymidine, is identified as possibly being effective in the treatment of AIDS. AZT is the first therapeutic agent that seems to hold promise for some AIDS patients. However, it is not a cure but holds great promise for prolonging life for certain patients. There are still uncereffects or tainties about the benefits. AIDS is expected to provide a business gold mine. For financial speculators, more than $1 billion in profits can be gained from vaccines anti-AID- S long-ter- COUPON and other treatments to fight the deadly disease. It is estimated that 5 million out of about 20 million gay men will not have been exposed by 1991 and probably would pay for a vaccine to avoid the disease. Five million patients paying about $100 each for one vaccine would bring fees of $500 million, and thats just for one injection. Precautionary steps are being taken to help the fight against AIDS. Some countries are now requireing foreigners to provide a medical report coninming no signs of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in their blood. Programs are being set up to support AIDS research and to help to educated society about the disease. Circumcisions in the U.S. are at a higher rate, resulting in fewer male heterosexuals becoming infected with AIDS. The use of condoms has doubled since the outbreak. Condoms are recommended by health officials to decrease risk of the virus. Condoms are now being advertised on billboards and in some magazines. A bill is now going around in the Legislature to okay the advertising of condoms on television and radio. But the best advice and ,the most certain prevention is avoidance of sexual practices where the disease is primarily transmitted. Ralph Huntsman, a retired Dixie College is donating a faculty member (1936-61of his paintings to Dixie College, The paintings will soon be on display in the Sun Room with a plaque recognizing oF.A. goes wasted every year continued from page 4 in the complexity of seeking out those which relate to your particular needs and circumstances, several computer assisted research firms have emerged to help in the search effort. These professionals search out and store in their computers all relevant data on funding sources. Then, based upon biographical data supplied by the student, they run a computer match against all stored entries. The result is a cost effective, prompt analysis of all available financial aid sources. National Scholarship Search is one such firm. It has access to a data base containing over 15,000 financial aid sources valued at over $4 billion dollars. The firm guarantees to find at least five, and as many as twenty-fiv- e possible sources of financial aid, based upon biographical data supplied by the student. If they fail to locate at least five sourcs they refund the nominal processing charge. They serve high school students as college-boun- d well as college freshmen and sophmores. Their mailing address is: 6645 Cam. Scioto, San Diego, CA ext. 912. 92037, 6191 459-552- Supreme Court comes to St. George continued from page 2 Engineering sued for breech of contract. Manti City claimed there was not a valid contract between the parties. The trial court ruled in favor of Manti City and of course the engineering firm appealed. Mr. Robert J. DeBry, attorney for John Call Engineering, opened his arguments by saying,l am going to focus on what I think are the two most important issues of this case. Number one, what happens when a party under certain circumstances doesnt read a contract? I think the second major issue is the doctrine of the state. Mr. DeBry went on to present a very strong case based on the fact that PART-TIM- THE MEAL DEAL Huntsman's service to the college The n paintings are from the S. Ralph and ta L. Huntsman Family Permanent Collection. E Manti City did not read the contract for 10 months after it had been signed. Mr. Paul R. Frischknecht, attorney for Manti City, based his whole argument around the citys trust relationship with Call Engineering over the past 17 years. Mr. Frischknecht said that John Call Engineering had violated that trust and therefore claimed that the contract was not a valid one. The Supreme Court must decide whether a valid contract was entered into between Call Engineering and Manti City. Alter the five Justices had heard both arguments, il seemed that the decision would be in favor of John Call Engineering, Inc. EMPLOYMENT AVAILABLE. Someone 2-- 3 1 'a ' 32 South 800 628-564- 1 usl 9 Openings available for spring quarter $380.00 Pit (Juuricr Now COUPON- ex perienced in helping around the house, indoors and out, and in hours running errands. $4.00 per hour, three mornings a week, each day. Phone number: 673-- 141. - taking applications for 1987-8- |