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EnKa mu K-2 review, page 2B v0 Artists Ideal, page 3B Annie page 5B LTU Section The Dally Sentinel Local newsObituariesCalendarTelevision'People Friday February 1, 1905 L-P plant cleaning fouls air United Way fears loss of deduction in Treasury plan Jamas T. Bsmath Daily Sentinel Local United Way services could be seriously affected by a Treasury Department tax simplification proposal to tax some charitable contributions. If we (American taxpayers) cant take that deduction, I don't know what were going to do, Marian Gross, executive director of United Way of Mesa County, said this morning. Gross said a study revealed such a measure could result in a 17-24 percent drop in contributions the public makes each year to charitable or non-profit organizations. For United Way, which expects to have roughly $350,000 in donations this year once all pledges are in, that would mean a $59,000 to $84,000 loss.

Gross said the estimates are conservative and "it cquld be much more. Its really going to have a tremendous impact, said Ray Hickman, a member of the board of directors for United Way of Mesa County. Hickman explained that the Treasury Department's proposal calls for disallowing a deduction for contributions amounting to 2 percent or less of a donor's annual adjusted gross income. While that may not seem to be much, Hickman said, The majority of giving comes from individuals 'who earn less than $50,000." A person earning that much would have to give more than $1,000 before any tax deduction would be allowed. People do want to give but they just cant give that much, Gross In an effort to inform and possibly mobilize charitable and nonprofit groups in Mesa County, United Way had an information session this morning at Valley Federal Savings Loan Association.

Groups represented at the meeting included Mesa College, St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center, the Grand Junttion Symphony, Western Colorado Center for the Arts and United Way. If the measure is enacted, Gross said, it would be the second major blow to United Way and other groups efforts. When the president decided we should cut out all federal funding (to charitable groups) it really had an impact on our local agency. The people really thought this was a good idea, to allow the local level to take over all funding efforts.

Possible relocations anger dorm dwellers Things to come fenttnf Action Dk Pulitzer winner will he staged through Feh. 9 Act I of the Western Color a-do Center for the Arts wi 11 present the play, The Gi Game," at 8 each night Wednesday through Feb. 9. It will play Wednesday an Thursday for the public: general admission is $4 and $3.50 for art center members. Per formances on Friday and Sat -urday, held in conjunction with the League of Women Voters, will include desserU at 7.15 p.m.

Admission is $6 The play, written by Coburn, won a Pulitzer prize It is a tragicomedy in two acts, depicting a gin rummy game at the Bently Nursing Home, a place where illness is not required, old age is sufficient. Directed by Dana Nunn, the players are Joe Holman as Weller Martin and Holly Oden as Fonsia Dorsey. Some language is not suitable for young children. For reservations, call 243-7337. Down to Earth solar electricity on lesson plan If youd like to put the sun's energy to work, plan to attend a course in basic photovolta-ics beginning 7 p.m.

Tuesday at the Energy Office at 440 Main St. Youll be able to pick up information on how to design and install your own solar electric system. First developed in the 1950s, solar electricity was put to extensive Nuse in the space program. Experience gained from that program can now supply "down ioSearth" electricity. Call 242-2871 for further information Volunteers needed to help newly widowed If you have been a widow or widower for 18 months or longer and would like to work with people also recently widowed, the Widowed Perse Service in Glenwood Springs wants you.

The program needs volunteers and will train them at three sessions from 7-10 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at the RSVP office, 1402 Blake Ave. To sign up call the office at 945-9117. This is a volunteer service in which a widowed person tan talk with someone who has gone through a similar experience. Handgunners gathertotest shooting skills Steel targets will clatter and fall when the Orchard Mesa Gun Club holds its monthly Handgun Silhouette Shoot at 9:30 a.m.

Sunday. The match involves handgunners of all ages and abilities trying to topple metal targets. Some shooters lie on the ground and steady lo.lg-barreled weapons, while others fire from the standing position. Beginners as well as advanced shooters can take part in the match at 150 Road 32. Cost is $3 per gun.

Spectators can watch from the club bleachers for free. or more information, call Mike Browning at 434-7561. Bob Sllbomogel Daily Sent nel OLATHE Several violations of visible emission standards observed over the past few weeks at the Louisiana-Pacific Corp.s waferwood plant were probably due to a daily cleaning process, a spokesman for the company said today. Officials with the Colorado Department of Health reported this week that the Olathe plant violated the visible emissions standards several times recently. The Health Department will be contacting the company to try to come up with an explanation for the violations, said John Clouse of the Air Quality Control Division, and to determine whaUaction to take.

Scott Miller, Grand Junction-based engineer for the Health Department, said he observed the violations in mid-January, and they were sporadic. For five to 10 minutes the opacity (visible emmissions) would exceed 50 percent from the Konus boiler stack, then everything would be back to normal for an hour or riiore, Miller said. I honestly don't kndw what caused it. Basically, they would have to bypass their bag house to have that much emmissions, but their records dont show they bypassed it." Dan Dilworth, operations manager for eight Louisiana-Pacific plants including Olathe, said he believes what Miller observed was the daily cleaning process of the Konus Boiler. "Every 24 hours the Konus has to be de-ashed, and we have to bypass the bag house to do it, he said.

It takes about 20 minutes to do it. It's a question the Health Department is going to have to deal with in the final permit. Dilworth also said that emissions from a second stack, the main drier stack, are close enough to the opacity limits that it cant be determined accurately whether it is in compliance or not, simply by a person observing them. Im suspect of any reports until we get an opacity meter installed, he said. Thats the only way we're going to know for sure whats going on there.

Miller said this week it appeared emissions from the drier stack violated the opacity standards slightly- Since the plant is operating under an initial permit, the Health Department must determine whether any violations were the result of upset conditions which are allowed under the permit, or management problems at the plant, Clouse said. Then it must determine whether changes in the conditions at the plant are required before a final permit is issued, or whether the preliminary permit should be revoked, he said. Final determination of how much particulate emission will be al: lowed cannot be made until a special test of the plant is conducted, and that is scheduled for early March, Clouse said. -came to light when the woman of, the house became suspicious about the two boys alternately going into a bedroom to be alone with Emery on thp-nightDf Dec. 15, the affidavit said.

Emery has two daughters, 9 and 12, but they have been in the custody of the Department of Social Services since May 24, 1984, Williams said. The removal followed the Febru-' ary 1984 arrest of Emery in Fruita on suspicion of prostitution. The charge was later dismissed. won't curtail Brooks and Karls efforts to further improve air service to their community. "Were pursuing America West Airlines (which began flying between Grand Junction and Phoenix in December), Brooks said.

They hope to have a deal worked out bv this spring he said "That would provide the ability for the people traveling out of Montrose to go to Phoenix and make connections to the West Coast, he said. Slav MoMlllan Daily Sentinel Mesa College students who live in the schools three dormitories have submitted a petition with 320 signatures to the college housing director protesting proposed relocations of students. Were not luggage, we dont want to be picked up and moved from room to room, said Romy Deutch-man, a freshman who lives in Aspen Hall. The students who signed the petitions mostly out-of-town freshmen who are required to reside on-campus live in Aspen, Juniper and Pinyon halls. Those buildings are the three on-campus dornlito-ries.

Other students live in on-campus apartments, but they are not threatened with changes. College housing officials have hinted to dormitory residents that soAe changes are forthcoming because of the low occupancy rate of the three halls. Dean Altes, Mesa's assistant director of student housing, said the dormitories are only 70 percent full this semester compared with an occupancy rate of above 90 percent last semester. The decrease in students is due to transfers, dropouts and students moving off-campus, Altes said. Deutchman and other residents biggest fear is that Aspen Hall, the only coed dormitory, will be closed and the residents moved into the two other halls.

Deutchman talked about possible student rallies and refusals to leave, thus forcing college officials to physically move students belongings. Students in the dormitories pay $520 a semester for a double occupancy room and $721 a semester for a single. They sign a contract at the beginning of the semester that binds them to the housing for the semester. Altes said the three halls can house a total 585 students, divided about equally among halls. Currently there are more than 400 students living in the dormitories.

About 150 dormitory residents met with Mesa's housing director Lee Seebo Monday night for an explanation of the economic problems, and a question and answer session. One of the students complaints has been they are not getting enough information from the administration. Altes said he and Seebo will be considering their options today and discussing their plans with top administrators early next week. He said the options right now are to consolidate students and close off the resulting vacant floors, to close a wing of a building and move the students out of the wing, or to do nothing. Closing an entire building such as Aspen Hall is out of the question, he said.

John "Sheepherder lies is one of those guys who manage to stay on top of things not exactly aloof, but aloft, if you will. Standing in a cherry picker" Thursday afternoon, the Public Service Co. worker was tying feeder lines together alongside Patterson Road near 28 12 Road. PSC will throw some switches at 2939 Patterson Road on Monday to shift the electrical load from a line coming in from the east to a line coming in from the west. Customers in the affected area will see no disruption or change in their service, said Charles Luebbert, supervisor of electric construction, but the change will make for better balance of PSC loads.

Clifton woman arrested on charges of sexually assaulting teen-age boys obtain an arrest he said, the boys involved are brothers who had a friend at the home where Emery was staying. Emery was arrested on suspicion of two charges that carry possible two-to-four-year sentences. In an interview this morning, Williams said there were other incidents involving the same boys in August and on Dec. 1 and that Emery will be charged in those as well. The family with whom Emery was living was unaware of the activity, the detective said.

The encounters Luk Clark Daily Sentinel A Mesa County.sheriffs detective arrested a 30-year-old Clifton woman Thursday on suspicion of sexually assaulting two boys, ages 13 and 14. Bonnie Vesta Emery is charged with engaging in sexual intercourse and other acts with the boys Dec. 15 at a Clifton home, where she has been living with friends for several months, Detective Don Williams said. In an affidavit Williams filed to Mesa County Public can comment on Clifton plan The Mesa County Planning Department will sponsor its next public meeting on proposals for a master plan for Clifton beginning at 7:30 p.m. Feb.

12. Members of the Mesa County Planning Commission and the Planning Department will seek public comment on a proposal that eventually will be refined and sent to the planning commission for adoption, according to Marce Teas of the planning department If the commission adopts the proposals, they will be included in a masterplan for growth in Clifton, Teas said. Grand Junction KJOL to take a week off the airwaves Christian radio station KJOL-FM will be off the air for one week beginning at midnight Sunday, according to station manager Bob Scheidl The station, which was recently sold to the Western Bible College of Morrison, will resume broadcasting at 6 a m. Feb. 11.

According to Scheidt, the week will be used to make changes in the stations format There will be some changes in the stations format he said. But I dont think they will be significant cheidt said he will meet with the stations new owners in Denver during the week the station is off the air to help develop the new format The Western Bible College also owns and operates a Christian radio station in Morrison. KJOL was owned and operated by the Columbus Evangelical Free Church before the sale. Aspen Airways to add Montrose flights Jam T. Bmath Daily Sentinel When Frontier Commuter grounded its planes in Montrose Jan.

14, the attorney for the Montrose County Airport Authority said thered be another airline to take its place by Feb. 1. nd, sure enough, Aspen Airways was to announce today its plans to fly between Montrose and Denver. Attorney John Brooks said Aspen Airways officials hadn't told him what the new schedule would be, but "Im hoping for ah three flights a day. Aspen Airways was scheduled to make the announcement at 1.30 p.m., and wouldn't release details1 before press time.

Brooks and Montrose County Airport Manager Dave Karl have talked with several airlines about flying to Montrose since Frontier Commuters departure from Montrose and elsewhere in the state. Brooks said Trans-Colorado jas five flights per day between Montrose and Denver. Aspen Airways announcement For more information on events and meetings, please check items in the Calendar..