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4Tho Daily Tar Heel Thursday, April 7, 1988 CoyimHy adopts iresttirDctDOinis odd emptoyee mokDmi By REBECCA NESBIT Staff Writer Orange County employees will soon face tough smoking restrictions at the office. After Sept. 1, smoking will only be allowed in certain areas of facilities that are designated as non smoking. This is the first action by any governmental body in the area to impose such restrictions on smoking. County Manager John Link recommended Monday that this policy go into effect Sept. 1, and that it be implemented for a one-year trial period. Link said he would like to establish a committee to evaluate how well the policy is doing. "I want to stress that this is not a full-fledged smoking ban," Link said. "It is simply an effort to try to designate places to smoke in a non smoking area. UI think this is a positive step to respond to the requests of the public and employees alike." Orange County personnel director Beverly Whitehead said, "This restric tion does not deprive anyone of what they want to do. It simply minimizes the effect on those who don't smoke." An employees' committee started working on this issue last August and submitted an opinion survey to all county employees. "The survey was really good because all the employees were involved," Whitehead said. "They tabulated the results and made recommendations to the county commissioners board." Link said the majority of the employees who participated in the survey felt there should be some type of restrictions on smokers who are around non-smokers. Orange County employs about 400 people, and approximately one-third of them are smokers. In May 1987, the county-appointed Health and Medical Advisory Coun cil recommended that the county sponsor the survey. Originally, this council recommended prohibiting smoking altogether. Whitehead said in June or July a program called Smoking Sensation will begin. This program is designed to help current smokers who want to stop. Smoking has already been banned from elevators in Wake County, and Wake County health director Leah Devlin has banned smoking within the health department. GASP (Group to Alleviate Smok ing Pollution), in Raleigh, has appealed to the Durham City Council to consider a smoking ban in public buildings, but the council has not addressed the issue yet. The city attorney of Raleigh is currently drafting a policy that would ban smoking in elevators, and some council members have expressed their support for banning smoking in all public buildings. Memorial to be held for student A memorial service for David Mantey, a UNC student who died March 26 when he fell from a window in Granville Towers, will be held at 4 p.m. today at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of 300 E. Franklin St. Mantey, 22, was a senior mathe matics major from Wilmington and had recently been accepted to Bowman-Gray School of Medicine. He lived at Old Well Apartments in Carrboro. The Chapel Hill Police Depart ment is continuing the investigation into his death. MOVIES AT THE UNION Friday, April 8 pRINGESQ 7:00 9:30 1 .50 (from Union Desk) Fri & Sat, April 8 & 9 Midnight Movie 1.00 (from Union Desk) Independent Film Festival "ABSOLUTELY AMA2MG." - SBl A EKRT t THE MOVES amazing: - Wii Waft. CANNETT NEWS SEftVCE XTT v4 V IPaiaaa (up Sat., April 9 7:00 9:30 Pitching do Campus group to organize recycling from weekend parties By LAURA PEAY Staff Writer The Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) will organize the recycling of aluminium cans this weekend at Burnout, Springfest and Carolina Beach Blast. Sonia Mumford, one of SEAC's recycling coordinators, said the committee, which has about 30 members, will set up recycling bins next to all the trash cans at these events. Because most of the alu minium cans probably will not make it into the trash cans, SEAC will also pick up cans after the parties, Mumford said. All the party sponsors requested the committee's services because they save party sponsors the trouble of picking up the cans themselves, she said. SEAC volunteers will be at the parties wearing T-shirts, and they will supervise the, bins so only aluminium cans are put in them. About 90 percent of the trash at these parties is aluminium cans, Mumford said. SEAC is a Campus Y committee working for increasing involvement in a recycling program that would Party help reduce the 20,000 tons of waste that UNC contibutes to the Orange County landfill each year. The Orange County landfill, a mile outside of Chapel Hill on Eubanks Road, will be filled within the next 10 years, Mumford said. Recycling is the best solution because burning the trash would cause harmful environmental effects, she said. from page 1 problems. "I feel confident," she said. "Last year was our toughest year because of the raised drinking age." Carolina Beach Blast, the latest addition to the spring party sched ule, will feature the Band of Oz, the Catalinas and the Entertainers on Ehringhaus Field Sunday from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Mike Sullivan, chairman of the Beach Blast, said he expected to raise $1,000 through T-shirt sales to be donated to the Ronald McDonald House. Carolina Dining Services will sell food and drinks at the event. Sullivan said he expects 5,000 people to attend, and he doesn't foresee any problems. "The weather is the only thing I'm worried about," he said. The Beach Blast will become an annual event, Sullivan said. "I plan on doing it again next year with bigger and better bands," he said. Ami LI itii Mmk l)f)gta.iflifUli)i$ THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION MEMORIAL PROGRAM. WERE FIGHTING FOR NOURUFE American Heart rt Association This space provided as a public service. u &Zr"l AmericanAirlines RDU PARIS $5 May 26 inaugural flight Special round-trip youth fare Join the excitement! 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