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Eastern Kentucky University Encompass Eastern Progress 1981-1982 Eastern Progress 1-14-1982 Eastern Progress - 14 Jan 1982 Eastern Kentucky University Follow this and additional works at: http://encompass.eku.edu/progress_1981-82 Recommended Citation Eastern Kentucky University, "Eastern Progress - 14 Jan 1982" (1982). Eastern Progress 1981-1982. Paper 16. http://encompass.eku.edu/progress_1981-82/16 This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Eastern Progress at Encompass. It has been accepted for inclusion in Eastern Progress 1981-1982 by an authorized administrator of Encompass. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Vol. 60/No. 16 Laboratory Publication of the Department of Mats Communications Thursday, January 14,1982 Richmond, Ky. 40475 12 pagaa Budget University, city f woes Ut:'at ■*■ K continue ready for snow By Mary Luersen sible accidents, Pearson said if your University President J. C. Powell Managing editor car is stuck, put something under met with six other state university In order to keep the roads clear the wheels or stop someone to help presidents and the State Council on and safe during the record cold tem- you. Higher Education, last Sunday in peratures, university maintenance If beginning to skid, he said, cut Frankfort, to discuss the controver- and the Richmond city street direc- the wheel into the direction of the sial proposed budget for university tors have distributed salt, gravel, skid and don't fight it. Above all, funding over the next two years. sand or cinders on Richmond and "Stop and think," he said. According to Monday's Courier- campus roads. Pearson said sleet and freezing Journal, Powell said that the three- However, Richmond roads still rain are the worst weather condi- hour meeting mainly served to rein- tions for driving. force each school's position regarding can be hazardous because, according the council's proposed budget revi- to Harold Pearson, city street direc- sion. tor, "Richmond's built right on a The split between the universities hill." stems from the proposal which will Pearson cited Main, Irvine, Water and Barnes Mill streets as a Auto tips allot nearly 85 percent of the new money to the University of Ken- few of the more icy, hazardous tucky, The University of Louisville streets in Richmond. "Just about and Northern Kentucky University. any way you go, there's a hill," he aid in The council made these alloca- added. tions in order to follow the various The city of Richmond has one missions assigned to each school in snowplow, two salt spreaders and a 1977. staff of 22 to help maintain the snow, ice Powell is joined by three other streets during cold weather condi- universities — Western, Morehead tions. The university has tractors for By Mary Luersen and Murray — in supporting in- slick sidewalks and a large truck for Managing editor struction over research or public ser- streets, besides maintenance men It's 9 a.m. Fifteen minutes to vice. who shovel or sweep off steps find a parking space on campus, around campus. your-classroom, building and the class. No problem — you've done it 'To take funds from the institutions Pearson said the one snowplow is before, you can do it again. which primarily provide instruction, adequate and is used for major But you didn.'t count on such and use them to enhance research snows of two to three inches. cold, icy weather, bad driving condi- and public service seems to put The salt used to melt the ice and tions and worse, your car key won't priorities in the wrong place," Pow- gravel helps give traction for trans- unlock the door because it's frozen. ell said. portation vehicles. Pearson said they So much for a prompt, impressive The major complaint among the begin the snow operation uptown, arrival. universities rests with the "Model usually starting around 7 a.m. It's bound to happen, especially Mission" formula for allocating the "They're in good shape by noon," he with the cold front upon us. How- funds and not the actual money said. ever, there are ways to avoid being budgeted. Raymond Gabbard, assistant di- a victim of Mother Nature and to However, U of L President Don- make that class on time. ald Swain was repoted saying, "If rector of the physical plant, said sand is put on campus sidewalks. "If Bob Owen, public relations man- there isn't sny specific new proposal, ager of the American Automobile then we've said everything that we know it's icy, we'll put it down." He said students can call the physi- AsBociation(AAA), suggests a few needs to be said." tips regarding the weather and driv- The council will consider the re- cal plant if they find an icy, not sanded, sidewalk. ing conditions. vised budget recommendation at its Starting meeting tonight. Gov. John Y. Gabbard said there haven't been * First, start slow, easy on the Brown will not make his recommen- Man vs. Machine too many complaints regarding the acceleration .... Get a feel of the Changing a tire is never fun. But when the temperature drops to seven degrees, the simple task becomes a bitter dations for higher education spend- university's attempt to clear the road. ing until his Commonwealth address ordeal, as was discovered by Tay Veatch, junior broadcasting major from Danville, and Jean West, junior broad- roads and sidewalks of snow or ice. in about two weeks. casting major, from Louisville. (Photo by Steve Walters) As for tips on how to avoid pos- (See WINTER PAGE 12) Funds requested for removal of asbestos in Model • By Sherry Hanlon Chad Middleton, director of the condition of material (the measure engineer for the Department of Nat- pect school buildings. Samples will are four things that ran be done to and Beth Wilson physical plant, said the estimate of damage), the proportion of mate- ural Resources and Environmental be taken by local health department correct a problem with asbestos. The Staff writers from his office was based on square rial exposed, the friability (ease with Protection in Frankfort, the "inhala- sanitarians and turned over to the first, encapsulation, involves covering The university has requested feet for the Donovan renovation. which the material crumbles) and tion of significant amounts of air- Department of Human Resources for the ceilings with a material that $250,000 to be used for the renova- "Included in that was the ceiling for the total asbestos content. borne asbestos fibers over a long pe- lab testing." would prevent the asbestos from fil- tion of certain ceilings in Model Lab Model." The most critical factor is the fri- riod of time will cause a certain Model would not normally be on tering into the air. Enclosure would School which contain a layer of as- be the installation of a false ceiling Samples taken in October 1979 ability, according to Westbrook. "If respiratory disorder known as asbes- the list for sampling, according to bestos, according to Dr. Doug Whi- it's soft and fluffy, it can filter into tosis." Anderson. "We were requested by below the original. The third and tlock, executive assistant to univer- by Westbrook and Susan Anderson, most expensive method would be to Health Environmentalist II for the air and you can breathe it," he That correlation has been estab- them (the university) to come in sity President Dr. J.C. Powell. remove the layer of the ceiling con- Madison County Environmental Ser- said. lished with people like mine employ- and do it for them," she said. The university Board of Regents Anderson added, "All you have taining the asbestos. The final vices, revealed that the ceilings of ees who are exposed to high Pat Dugger, environmental super- has approved in the Biennium to do in the cafeteria area is walk method would be to do nothing. the gym and grill contained approxi- amounts of asbestos. According to visor for Madison County Environ- Budget Request a 1524,000 project through there and with a lot of vi- Westbrook, there still is a possibility mental Services, said, "These are the Based on his calculations, West- mately 40 percent of the chrysotile; brations it starts filtering down. You brook said, he felt that it was best which includes the renovation of the the cafeteria and industrial arts of risk even if the exposure is signif- two worst places (the cafeteria and ceilings in Model, according to Whi- can imagine the cafeteria during to recommend removal of the por- shop, approximately 30 percent. icsntly less. "And with schools and gym) that we tested. The chrysotile tlock. The ceilings of the gymna- lunchtime with all the noise. ... We children, we think it's better not to is not the resl fibrous kind. The tion of the ceiling containing asbes- sium, cafeteria, grill and industrial Dr. Stephen Henderson, director didn't even have to touch it (the take a chance," he said. Chrysotile is more of an aerosol." tos. "If you use encapsulation or en- arts shop contain a layer of sprsyed- of Model, said that he was not qual- ceiling) with anything —just our Dr. Powell said he has "not been Asked at a general public lorum closure, you have covered up your on chryaotile, a widely used form of ified to make any statements about fingers — and it would flake. Not advised that it's a dsngerous or un- on Dec. 1, 1981, about the dangers problem. If you remove it, you have asbestos, according to Larry West- the asbestos in the ceilings. "All pf only are you going to breathe it but safe situation.

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