Fairbanks Daily News-Miner from Fairbanks, Alaska • Page 3

conflict seen Mly Ntm-Mlmr, Fairbanks, TutKUy, Octtwr Wfc- Council accepts Chandler bid By JUDY BLAKE rs seeln lUe evidence of a teresl 5e Franks City Council Monday awarded a $298,828 con- ract to Chandler Plumbing and Heating a ty ater lrealrnent The company's president is Don Chandler, a member of the Public Utilities Board which oversees the Municipal Utilities System (MUSI. The PUB recommended In favor o( Ihe Chandler bid. Chandler's was one of two bids for the project, which will replace a water reatmenl unil al the plant. The olher bld- for from Ihe Massart Co of Seattle. The question had been raised as to whether Ihe Chandler bid might represent a conflict of interest, since Chandler serves on the PUB.

Council members Indicated they doubted a conflict existed, since Chandler submitted the low bid, the council said, and It is normal for the city to award contracts to the low bidder. City Attorney Frank Kernan told (he council there was a "possible conflict of interest" as defined by the city's purchasing ordinance. But he added it was up to the council to decide whether a conflict actually existed and whether it was in the best intercsls of the city to award the contract to Chandler. The city's purchasing director, Wally Sleness, said last week the call for bids on the treatment plant project did not go through the purchasing office, which normally handles such procedures. He added, however, that at times the bid calls are handled by the department which Is carrying out the project, since that department has more knowledge of the work to be done.

Asked what kinds of problems could arise from such a contract, Kernan said there was the question of whether the PUB would administer the contract as stringently as It would if the company president were not on the board. Kernan did not, however, recommend either for or against Ihe Chandler bid. The council voted unanimously to award the contract to Chandler. Councilman upset over holiday ticket and Peking ticket writers- takeali 'n It obviously wasn't Monday, as a i a City councilman Ernie Carter can attest. Carter got a parking ticket, as did one of his friends, and he made no attempt to hide his displeasure at Monday night's council meeting.

What rankled Carter was the fact that the tickets were issued despite Monday's observance of Veteran's Dav by the federal and borough governments. A notice on the parking meters clearly indicates that meter feeding is no( required on holidays, Carter said He was not placated by the fact that the city did not observe the holiday yesterday. "1 don't care if (the holidayl is federal, stale or Chinese," said Carter, adding that if flags are flying it's a holiday in the minds of drivers. The meters, he said, do not specify whose holiday. "I'm going to eat mine," Carter said of his ticket, "but what are these other people supposed to do?" Carter, who was installed to his third council term Monday night, later said he would pav the ticket but added, "This is the last time." Council rejects amendment to allow hiring married couples The Fairbanks City Council again lias lurned down an ordinance amendment allowing Ihe hiring of married couples hv the cily.

Married couples cannot be employed by Ihe cily under the current ordinance, the ainend- men! proposed hv City Attorney ln(! a wn allowed a husband and wile lo lie employed by Ihe cily ns loni; as City council annexes Bentley Family Trust land Fairbanks grew in area Monday by 760 acres in annexation action by the city council. Drought within Hie cily limits is the properly of the Hentley Family Trust, lying generally and west of Ihe cily's former boundaries in Ihe i i i of College lioad and IhcStccse Highway. Included are Ilic kinds on which are located the Alyeska I'ijie Yard. Thompson Ford and NC Maeiniuerv Co With four council members present liol) Parsons. Joe Marshall.

Krnesl Carter and James Itolle-thc annexation was approved a i CITY NEWS IX HKIKF Watson services are scheduled Funeral services for Adelma Watson, who died Oct. 20 at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital clue lo pneumonia and coin- plications, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Chapel of Chimes. Interment will follow al Kirch Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be tonight (rom 7 to 9.

Mrs. Watson, 53, of Mile 12 Richardson Highway, was horn May 17, 1922 in Hayes. Monl. and lived her early life in Montana. She came lo Fairbanks in 1970.

She is survived by her husband, Joe; two daughters, Charlene and Tammy; and a sisler Berynce Buck, all of Mile 12 Richardson Highway. Cremation service set for Hodges Cremation followed by a memorial service will be at II a.m. Thursday for Thomas Henry Hodges Jr. I will follow al Birch Hill Cemetery Veterans seclion, Hodges, died Monday. He joined the army shortly before WVV II and served until he retired in 19G2.

i retirement, he worked as a eivil servant al Ft. Watnwright. Hodges was a member of the Fairbanks Elks Lodge and Ihe Military Retired Association. Survivors include his wife Mary and son Patrick, both of Fairbanks; and Ihree sisters and one brother who live in the Lower 48. TEXAS BOUND--Four members of the Young Alaskans show group demonstrate a few of the dance steps they'll be doing at a performance in Dallas in November.

Watching are Gary Moyer, seated, and John Boulette, secretary and president, respectively, of the Fairbanks Lions Club, which has contributed $1,000 to help fund the trip. The young troupers are (from left) Ken Lutcrbach, Crystal Bovee, Don Truett and Jeanine Hatting. Singers try to raise cash neither would be in a supervisory position over Ihe oilier. Tlie amendment was supported by Ihe State Commission on a i i i has received complaints about Ihe existing ordinance. Kernan said lawsuits against the city could develop as a result of the present rule.

Mayor Harold Cillam saw i merit in Ihe amendment. "I don't lor the i ol me sec the need for (his ordinance." (lillam said. -I'm satisfied i Ihe existing ordinance. II Hie cily wants to limit jobs to one em- ploye per family, it seems to he it has the right to do so." i a James Hollo, however, could see nothing wrong in hiring a husband and wife if they worked in i departments. The vole-with four of the six councilmen present--was li-1 iti favor of the amendment, which failed because a majority of four members of the full council is required to puss legislation.

Voting in favor of the amendment were Hob Parsons, Ernie Carter ami Hollc Opposed was Joe Marshall. Similar a a been proposed lo Ihe council several limes in the past, bul always have tailed. State panel holds hearing An i i legislative coni- miltecon transposition will bold public bearings here Wednesday on three legislative proposals. The commillce. which is led In- State Ken.

a a Kerlliila, li- Palmer. will meet at II) a al the Traveler's tnn. The a i will he on proposals lo a stale department of transportation, a i of a stale porl roni- mission ami i i a i ot oil transportation. With Kcrttula on the committee are Stale Sen. John Sackett.

H- Galenn; Jiep. Willard Bowman, D-Anchorage: Rep Dill Parker. and f(ep Bob liradloy. l)-Anchorage. A i i a i a i can be obtained at the legislative in formation office here Members of the Young Alaskans show group are attempting to raise some $11,000 for a November trip to Dallas, to perform before a national convention there.

Twenty-nine junior and senior high school students from the Fairbanks area make up (he singing and dancing group, formed in 1973. Sponsored by the Xanana Valley Fair Association and directed by John Turner, the Young Alaskans have performed oflen in Fairbanks as well as the rest of Alaska. The Dallas performance on Nov. 12 will be before members of the National Associalion for the Education of the Young Child. Association officials have invited (he Young Alaskans to perform at the convention and have agreed to foot the bill for housing in Dallas.

The fund-raising effort is primarily for air fare. The group will perform Nov. 5 at 8 p.m. in Fairbanks' Hering A i i with proceeds to go toward the trip. Tickets are $2 for adults and $1 for children and are available through the Tanana Valley Fair office, 452-3750.

Further information also is available from Joy McDougall, aM5fi-7929. C1RU BASKET BALL Any girl belween Ihe ages of 8 and 18 who is interested in playing basketball is invited to contact Jan Itanscom at 4797IW hflwecn 9 a.m. andap.m AFS The American Field Service will sponsor a pol luck, dinner 7 Wednesday al Ihe Tanana Junior High School cafeteria. Exchange sludenls from Uruguay. Switzerland, and a Fairbanks gijl who spent lust year in France will be among the guesls.

Food from foreign countries uill be featured. The event will raise money for Ihe AFS. It is open lo the public. SECRET BOMBING On July 16, 1973, the United States acknowledged that Air Force B-52 bombers were secretly attacking Cambodian target! in 1969 and 1970, School buses test strobe lights for safer ice-fog lighting system The school district is testing strobe lights on Fairbanks school buses in an attempt to devise a a i i system penetrate the ice fog and particularly to reduce rear end accidents. Fairbanks North Star Borough school district is considering requiring the lights on new buses, a a i i a Lowell Pureell said.

Two of Ihe yellow buses are bearing flashing yellow and red strobes on the front and rear and a white beacon on lop. Drivers may have seen what looks like an eerie haze from the white strobe along the Richardson, Elliott and Steese highways where the two test buses are running, Pureell said. "Whal we hope will happen in the heavy ice fog is that maybe drivers won't see the strobe bul they'll see tho haze to indicate something is there." Pureell explained. The red and yellow flashing lights are being tested for a few weeks lo sec if, together, they make a brighter beam than the plain red and vcllow flashers, he said. The intense, quick Dashes from the strobes may be more ef- feclive at warning drivers hehind buses and at intersections, he explained, where rear-cm! ac- cidenls and side-swipesoccur.

Purcetl said the school i i i ask for public opinion on Ihe lights WHAT'S GOING ON IN NAUGHTY MARIETTA'S FOUNTAIN? formerly of Yukon Office Supply now has her own store! BOWERS STATIONERS f-'uli Line of Office Supplic.s 452-5573 i crews for Hales ge are framed in the steel of this new warehouse al 1000 Pioneer Rd Saturday. While Ihe cold weather is quickly closing down or closing in other projects around town this crew is still working against the weather lo put up the structure. Alcohol meeting unattended A Monday night meeting intended lo help consolidate efforts of area alcohol programs was conspicon.sly a by representatives Irom several Aiming those were rcprcscn- a i from a i a Native Association Community A i a Comm i Health Service, the a a a Chiels Conference and a from Ihe alcoholism a a house operated by A a i a i a Dr. John who organized Hie meeting anil who works willi a i a a i a i a i a a i representatives of all these groups had been invited and indicated they would allend. Morris said at Ihe meeting interest was expressed in a i up a master plan to dovetail all alcoholism programs in the borough so could work logelher.

"If we're going to work with other professionals it's Important they work will! us." Morris said. "Otherwise it's the same old Here we are al Ihe hospital, jnsl i Ihe in i ci a (lelDxifieiitinn and that's the end." Morris said i importaiil for professionals to at least com inuuleale alwul their theories regard ing a 'ive to ID persons a day are treated alcoholism al Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. Morris said, adding that number could be higher if more beds were available. read a leller from Tom i assistant a i i a nl the hospital, lisling present costs a i at about S212 per dri) fur rletii.vifieatiun. Tor five days, llu- nisi palienl rises lo Sl.OiiU.

The tost to keep five patients per day in Ihe hospital DEC plugs illegal sewer north of Cushman bridge The Department of En- i a a i i plugged an old sewer illegally serving toilets and sinks in the area north of the a Street ridge UKC i i a say all sewers in Ihe area already should be disconnected from the old sewer line, which dumps sewage into the Chcna Ilivcr, and he connected to the cily's new sewer system. Extensive dye tests in the buildings in the old sewer line's area failed lo show where the illegal connection was coming from, so advises anyone In the area i i lhal rlrain.s stnp i a a should contact the f)KC office immediately. "II will be possible lo temporarily reinstate service to residents i to get oirrcclly connected." said l)Kf a i a engineer Stan over a one-year period amounts lo atwul 5387,173 and for 10 palicnLs, Mingen said. Alingen's letter also notes li'iallb caro costs will increase as prices in the community rise, anil lie estimates a 10 per cent increase in costs for 197G. The Idler noted the possibility lhal an addition to the hospital could accommodate patients not in need of acute care.

Such on addition could be used for detoxification, menial health and oilier conditions which might nol require acute care. Mingcn pointed However, the letter Exchange studenls. share tris of Switzerland said one of her impressions of Fairbanks is "I like a and how it looks" here. An exchange student al West l.albrop High School, she will share her experiences during an American Field Service dinner Wednesday ulong i Fernando of Uruguay who is at Monroe High. Heather Koponen of Fairbanks, who spent last year in France, also will talk aboul her exchange (luring Hie AFS international potluek at 7 p.m.

at Tanana Junior High calolerb on Trjinor i a The fund-raising dinner is open to Ihe public and will feature food i i A members are planning to dress in costumes of olher lands. Information about food to take to Hie potluek may be obtained from Marci Ward. Vernonica Melton. Crisla Thcophilus or Joe Schierhorn. The snow blanket over Fairbanks is a homey for Yvonne whose home is Krlenbach.

a village aboul ID i Irom Zurich And she is accustomed to temperatures al zero and a lake a over She is Jiving Ihe William De'ak family on Chena Ridge where Ihe view of Fairbanks is especially nice, she said. At school, Yvonne said she is particularly enjoying art class. a i macrame. ceramics and drawing ft wns arl and musk: thai she liked mosl al her school at home, she said, where "those things arc equal like a or sciences." stales, the addition is in Hie planning stages. In calling for Ihe dovetailing ol all programs Morris said he is interested in selling tip a i i a i a establishing a program in which a person would have no need lo return to a detoxification center.

lie expressed confidence lhal doctors are willing to do the work, even though thev are not always paid. "We'll do Ihe best job we can. even (hough we might be turned off by Ihe a i the a i We will i try In practice medicine." Johnson ol Alaska Labor Management Employe Affairs A A i said detoxification is where treatment of Ihe alcoholic must begin. "Unless you have proper dcloxilication. vnu won'I have much sucess wilh'lhe follow up.

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