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THE PANTAGRAPH, Tuesday. March 11, 1986 A5 NEWSVwJIll From Pantagraph wire services Family tied to training for disasters By GREG TEJEDA Pantagraph staff Many families take trips together, so it's hardly unusual that Bob Barnes and his family are planning a trip Clinton, Iowa, the weekend of March 21. But the Barneses are not taking a simple vacation. They have a job to do undergoing disaster training from the American Red Cross. Each member of the family Bob, his wife Joanne, and their two daughters Johanna, 18, and Jacque, 15, belongs to the Red Cross.

Together, the family will comprise half the group of McLean County residents who will receive training in March, which is National Red Cross Month. Barnes and his wife, both registered nurses, will be studying disaster health while their daughters will be trained in damage assessment, mass feeding and mass shelter. And, they're looking forward to living under disaster conditions. "Hopefully, we will sleep on cots and eat disaster food," said Barnes, 21 Lateer Drive, Normal. While their medical training is vital, "We need more training in desperate situations," said Mrs.

Barnes. Working under simulated disaster situations is not a worry, said Barnes. "We know what they are all about," he said. "They are preplanned, they are not dangerous." The training will address at least one disaster the family already has experienced. The Barneses helped during the recent tornado that struck Cooksville.

They comforted local families and fed firefighters. "The people (of Cooksville) helped each other so much that we weren't needed too much," said Barnes. Mrs. Barnes was amazed at the reaction to the Red Cross' help. Tne PantogrootlMARC FEATHERLY corneas to Red Cross Youth Emergency Service volunteer Patented of I bandage replaces bad skin CHICAGO An all-natural bandage developed at the University of Illinois may help heal burns and wounds that resist traditional treatment by reducing infection and scarring, a scientist said yesterday.

A U.S. patent recently was issued for the skin-like bandage developed by Abe Widra, a microbiologist at the university's medical school. "This membrane breathes, lives and acts like real skin," said Widra. "What you're putting on is like an instant scab." When placed on a wound, the bandage a moist, sticky sheet that resembles cellophane absorbs fluid in the wound, allows air to enter and aids formation of new skin, Widra said. As the wound heals, he said, the bandage dries and eventually falls off.

Ecuadoran rebel given deadline to surrender QUITO, Ecuador President Leon Febres Cordero appealed to a rebel air force general yesterday to surrender, and warned if he did not troops would move to end the mutiny at an air force base at 6 a.m. Wednesday. "You have until that hour to turn yourself in with dignity, like a military man, like a man of goodness and honor. And all the time you want to do it without honor," Febres Cordero said in a televised address last night. Gen.

Frank Vargas Pazos, backed by about 200 armed supporters, has been holed up in the Manta base since Friday when Frebres Cordero accused the general of insubordination and fired him as air force commander and chief of the Joint Forces Command. A congressional delegation flew to Manta in an unsuccessful effort to resolve the conflict, Radio Quito said. Marcos associates' holdings frozen MANILA, Philippines Corazon Aquino's government has frozen the bank accounts of more than a dozen close associates of Ferdinand E. Marcos to make sure the money stays in the Philippines, an official said yesterday. Mrs.

Aquino moved into offices in the presidential palace compound for the first time since Marcos abandoned it and she became president. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, is on a commission charged with recovering billions of dollars in assets allegedly plundered by Marcos and his associates during the 20 years the former president was in power. About $50 million is in the frozen accounts, said the official, who refused to identify their owners. Some belong to former members of the Marcos government, the official said. Rebels draw only 1 of Colombian vote BOGOTA, Colombia Election results yesterday showed that leftist rebels, given their first chance in 30 years of insurgency to use ballots instead of bullets to come to power, received only 1 percent of the vote.

With 90 percent of the votes tabulated from Sunday's election of a national assembly, state legislatures and city councils, Liberal Party candidates won 54 percent of the votes, compared to 38 percent for candidates in President Belisario Betancur's Conservative Party. The Patriotic Union, a left-wing party formed by the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces, fared worse than expected. Political observers in this South American country of 30 million had predicted the rebels' party would received about 5 percent of the vote. Soviets deny Yurchenko was executed BONN, West Germany The Soviet Embassy denied here yesterday reports that Vitaly Yurchenko, a senior colonel in the KGB who defected to the United States and then went back to the Soviet Union, had been executed. The Soviet Embassy in Washington, in a simultaneous statement, called the allegation a "crude concoction." The KGB colonel defected to the United States through the U.S.

Embassy in Rome in February 1985 and then defected back to the Soviet Union in November, claiming he had been abducted and drugged by U.S. intelligence agents. Informed sources in Bonn told Deutsche-Presse Agentur Sunday that Yurchenko had been sentenced to death and then executed. The Bonn sources said their information was based on a report by another KGB colonel, who defected to the West in February. Promotional events help mark National Red Cross month in health services and, soon after, the Red Cross' McLean County chapter asked her to join a new subsidiary organization called the Youth Emergency Services.

Through that group, she received basic first aid training, cardio-pulminary resusitation techniques and basic disaster training. Meanwhile, her parents pitched in as chaperons and drivers for the youth group. Gradually, her mother became more involved, working with the chapter's bloodmobile program. Eventually, her husband and their youngest daughter also found themselves working more closely with the agency. As a group, the family has worked on a variety of Red Cross public awareness demonstrations, such as the agency's annual sim ton Public Library, 205 E.

Olive St. The display also showcases present Red Cross services and programs. Besides recognizing the national observance, the Red Cross activities are an attempt to make McLean County residents aware of the agency's various services. These include providing communication between servicemen and their relatives, cardiopulminary resuscitation Mayor David Shirley said the plan will allow "economic development and expansion" of the town to the west. In LaSalle, Len Corti, executive director of the Illinois Valley Area Chamber of Commerce, invited Thompson to fill in the 51-mile gap on a map of Illinois.

Thompson invited two members of the LaSalle-Peru High School band to help him a symbol, he said, of the link between good eduction and good transportation. Sen. John Maitland R-Bloom-ington, was one who said he has often worried about the loss of join orchestra criticized Thompson's frequent travel to Japan. Thompson said funding for the symphony includes about $500,000 from state economic development funds. "If I shouldn't be going, then we shouldn't be spending the taxpayers' money to send the symphony, because the taxpayers won't pay very much for my trip," he said.

Thompson also said there are important economic development leads to follow, and he will meet with corporate executives and invite them to the symphony to Pilot Don Hill of DeKalb delivered Jacque Barnes. "These people who had just lost their homes were elated that there was someone who cared to help them." What makes the incident even more memorable was that the tornado struck the same day Red Cross volunteers, including the Barneses, were to receive training in tornado situations. Simulated tornadoes in Lexington and Heyworth were canceled, and volunteers were rushed to Cooksville. "We did well, considering it was our first time," said Barnes. The family's interest in the Red Cross and its programs began three years ago when Johanna was a freshman at Normal Community High School.

She was asked to fill out a questionnaire that attempted to analyze students' potential skills. Her results indicated an interest is the theme of a March 14-20 poster contest that county elementary schools are participating in. Winning posters will be displayed at McDonald's Restaurant, 1535 E. College Normal. The remaining posters will be displayed at Bloomington's Eastland Mall.

Memorabilia of the Red Cross is currently on display at Blooming- Pin Bowl (and restaurant). "My daughter travels the road every day," he added, because she has a job in Bloomington. "I think about that, too." At each stop, Thompson stressed the new road would be not only help the Diamond-Star Motors but all businesses and people along the route. IDOT officials said the configuration of the new road at Minonk was the last hurdle in reaching a plan, and the final decision, to build the road west of the existing U.S. 51, was made within 10 days.

Minonk Thompson to By BERNIE SCHOENBURG Springfield bureau chief Gov. James R. Thompson said yesterday that he will accompany the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on an eight-day trip to Japan beginning March 23, and he will try to drum up some business for the state while he is there. In an interview yesterday, Thompson said he has decided against heeding political advice to scrap the trip. "If I can't do my job as governor because of the campaign, then the campaign's going to have to take second place," he said.

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"You learn how to deal with people in an emergency, whether it's for medical needs or as a secretary" handling the mounds of paper work the agency has to deal with. The Barnes's daughters intend to use their Red Cross experiences toward achieving future goals. Johanna hopes to attend Lincoln College this fall to study health sciences. Although still a few years away from a career decision, Jacque would like to study physical therapy. training, blood and eye banks and disaster training.

In recognition of the national observance, mayors of communities throughout McLean County, including Bloomington, Normal, Bellflower, Carlock, Colfax, Heyworth, McLean and Saybrook have proclaimed the month as Red Cross Month in their respective cities or towns. farmland, but given the Diamond-Star project and safety considerations, he understands the need for an interstate. "I've had more than one friend killed on this road," he said. The RV swayed with each passing car or truck. As it approached Lostant, a flatbed truck slowly passed it as a southbound car loomed closer through the rain-spattered windshield.

The driver slowed down to let the truck pass just before the southbound car went by. It was a hearse. on Japan trip showcase Illinois culture. NKK Steel Corp. of Japan is half owner of a National Steel Corp.

plant in Granite City, he said, and plant employees want NKK to buy out the other 50 percent. Discussions toward that end, and how Build Illinois funds can help modernize the plant and build bridges nearby, are planned with NKK officials, he said. Thompson said he will also seek Japanese corporate funding of two Illinois projects, one at East Alton and one in Macoupin County, to make gas from Illinois coal. RT 54 A 121 MT. PULASKI (JUST 10 MIN.

DRIVE FROM LINCOLN) Call 1-800-85 1-28 1 8 The McLean County Chapter of the American Red Cross has several promotional activities planned this month in recognition of National Red Cross Month. The agency will sponsor free blood pressure screenings each Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the chapter house, 709 E. Douglas Bloomington.

"Always needed, Always there," TRIP From A1 The governor said building a new U.S. 51 has been his top road priority for the 9Y2 years he has been in office. The plans he announced yesterday call for construction to begin at the north and south ends of the 51-mile segment and working toward the middle. The segment from Normal to El Paso will see construction begin in 1988 and completion by 1992. The segment from Oglesby to Illinois 18 should be completed by 1990.

The full 51 miles should be complete by 1994. Robert Blasius, the Illinois Department of Transportion District 3 engineer, said the planned 54-foot median widths for the 51 miles do comply with interstate standards, which have varied over the years from 88 feet to 40 feet. Opposition from farming interests were in part responsible for blocking earlier construction of the road. But people who turned out to greet Thompson yesterday at the Play Pin Bowl in El Paso, the Coun-try Inn in Minonk and the Kaskaskia Hotel in LaSalle seemed to agree the economic development and safety of an interstate road outweighs the loss of farmland. "I've seen too many wrecks on 51 myself," said Philip Mullvain, 50-year-old El Paso farmer at the Play Danilo G.

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