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Tuesday, November 19,1996
OWASA
recoups
from Fran
■ OWASA suffered major
damage from Hurricane
Fran, but is recovering.
BY KATE HARRISON
STAFF WRITER
Many residents remember the effects
Hurricane Fran had on water systems,
from boiling their water to fearing show
ers until the Orange Water and Sewer
Authority declared the water safe.
In an attempt to prevent inconve
niences in future disasters, Ed Kerwin,
executive director of OWASA, an
nounced last week OWASA’s plans for
the expenditure of $355,000 in improve
ments as a result of the hurricane.
Expenditures for the planned improve
ments are in addition to the approxi
mately $1 million expense the company
faces from hurricane damage.
“This was by far the worst disaster
OWASA has ever had in the 19 years
we’ve been around,” Communications
Assistant Vic Simpson said. “We’re still
digging out, still making repairs.”
EdHolland, OWASA directorofplan
ning and development, said the main
improvement they would make was pur
chasing a portable backup generator for
use at either of the water supply lakes in
the case of a power failure.
He said both lakes, located nine miles
apart and on different power grounds,
simultaneously lost power during the
hurricane, causing low pressure and the
possibility of water contamination.
“The likelihood of us losing power at
both reservoirs at the same time was very
low, and we didn’t think it would hap
pen,” he said. “We rolled the dice and we
lost. With the backup power of the gen
erator, we would expect not to lose water
in the next emergency.”
The organization will also install por
table generator quick connects to each of
its 21 waste water pump stations and a
new 24-inch valve at the Morgan Creek
pump station to replace the one which
partially failed and caused further flood
ing during the hurricane.
Bany Jacobs, chairman of OWASA’s
Board of Directors, said the
organization’s insurance and the Federal
Emergency Management Agency would
reimburse the company for damages ,
but not for the backup generators.
He said he was unsure how rates would
be affected by damages and additions.
"We’re talking about a potentially high
rate increase, but we hope to keep it at a
minimum by cutting costs in some areas
and operating more efficiently in oth
ers,” he said.
The majority of OWASA’s million
dollar repairs come from $500,000 of
damage to the wall surrounding the Waste
Water Treatment Plant. The plant also
had $165,000 in electrical damage and
$65,000 damage to its lab furnishings.
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UNC helps learning disabled students
BY KAITLIN GURNEY
STAFF WRITER
In a comer of the basement ofWilson
Library liestheheartofa program whose
ramifications extend throughout each
level of the University: Learning Disabil
ity Services.
LDS currently assists 230 students who
have been clinically diagnosed with learn
ing disabilities, Attention Deficit Disor
der or an acquired brain injury. The pro
gram is primarily composed of under
graduates, but students from each profes
sional school, including law and medi
cine, are eligible for services, said Jane
Byron, director of LDS.
“We’re talking bright, capable stu
dents,” Byron said.
Services are offered to enrolled stu
dents who have shared documentation
of their disability with members of the
LDS team. Each case is reviewed indi
vidually and confidentially.
“We work one-on-one to develop strat
egies to enable students to show all their
smarts and full potential,” Byron said.
Tuesday
11:45a.m.-l :30p.m. —The UNC Retired
Faculty Association will holding its 46th quar
terly meeting at the Friday Center. The speaker
will be Dr. Linda Dykstra, the associate vice
chancellor for graduate studies, and the lecture
will be titled, “The Future of Graduate Studies
at UNC.”
12:30 p.m. The Sonja H. Stone Black
UNIVERSITY & CITY
Seminar on
learning
disabilities and
attention deficit
disorder in the
workplace
“Everyone’s dis
ability is different,
and every class will
affect that disabil
ity in a different
way.
“With a learn
ing disability often
comes wonderful
strengths and cre
ativity. But it also
noon to 2 p.m.
today
Wilson Library
makes some things really difficult.”
Appropriate services for each student
are determined on a case-by-case basis.
Many of the services are mandated by
federal law, while others are added for a
more comprehensive program.
Some programs are entitled “direct
services,” and work with students to de
velop strategies on how to cope with their
disability in an academic environment.
Other programs are accommodations
made by the University to meet students’
needs. Students using LDS services sched
ule their classes earlier, have extended
test time, and are offered the assistance of
readers and note-takers.
Campus Calendar
Cultural Center will present the Blacks in
Diaspora Lecture Series with Professor Carlton
Wilson at the BCC.
2 p.m. The Department of Physics and
Astronomy will present a theoretical physics
seminar titled “Constraint Quantization of a
Dilatonic Model of Gravitational Collapse,"
featuring Karel Kuchar of the University of
Utah, in2sß Phillips Hall. The department will
also present a particle theory seminar titled
“These changes help to level the play
ing field,” Byron said. “The balance of
classes, for example, is very important
for a student with a learning disability.”
Services are made possible by a team
of four LD specialists, three graduate
student assistants and a testing coordina
tor. Many parts of the program depend
on volunteers from the University and
the community. Community groups have
recorded entire books on tape, and stu
dents take notes in classes for LDS.
“The (student volunteers) have been
wonderfiil and we really appreciate their
effort,” Byron said.
LDS recently developed a student lead
ership group as well. The big brother/big
sister program tries to pair up new stu
dents with students used to LDS so they
will have a mentor.
“This is a place for me to come that
will always put a smile on my face, ’’said
a senior with a learning disability who is
a member of the leadership group.
“Theteadership’gi'oup is a way for me
to put into the office what it has given
me.”
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BY DANA SPANGLER
STAFF WRITER
The key to privatization is to involve
employees in the process, representatives
from a consulting firm that deals with
privatization said on Monday.
Representatives from HDR spoke
about their experiences with outsourcing
at a meeting of the Outsourcing Steering
Team held at the Friday Center. The
Outsourcing Steering Team was designed
to determine if privatization would be
beneficial to the University.
John Williams, director of HDR’s
municipal advocacy program, gave an
overview of privatization development.
He said the program looked after die best
interests of the community it served. “We
are focused on getting the best deal pos
sible for the constituents."
Jeremy O’Brien, a product manager
with HDR, described the privatization
process that took place in the Charlotte-
Mecklenburg Utility Department.
Through employee involvement, the con
tract for operations was given to CMUD
instead of a private contractor.
He said this was done through public
contract operations, when public employ
ees provide service under die same terms
and conditions that a private company
Student groups collect gifts
for disadvantaged children
■ HYPE members will take
donations in the Campus Y
building until Dec. 2.
BY LESLIE QUIGLESS
STAFF WRITER
An old toy, some clothes, maybe a
little candy.
Perhaps not impressive items in your
eyes, but contributing these items to the
“Adopt a Kid” project, sponsored by
Helping Youth by Providing Enrichment,
could make a child’s Christmas smile
extra bright this year.
“It’ll be something great for the kids, ”
HYPE Co-chairman Russell Hendrix
said. “We want to spread some type of
well-being in the spirit of giving."
The project involves members of
HYPE, a subgroup of the Campus Y,
giving donated gifts to children between
the ages of 5 and 12 who live in the
Trinity Court and South Estes communi
ties.
The gifts will be collected until the
week of Dec. 2 and will be distributed at
a party for the children that same week—
the last time HYPE members will visit
those communities this year.
HYPE’s Executive Advisor Chaim
Chad Tureff brought the idea for the
“Adopt a Kid” project from his high
school.
“We went to school in the middle of
the projects, so we adopted kids in the
neighborhood for Christmas,” Tureff
said.
“They really had nothing, so to get
anything —a sweater or a Tonka truck
their faces would just light up.”
Tureff said the project was a way for
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would. “Competition drove the process
in Charlotte,” he said.
There needs to be a move from the
notion of outsourcing to the notion of
managed competition, he said. Both
employees and society can benefit from
the process of privatization, O’Brien said.
“The key is to involve employees through
out the process.”
Williams said the privatization pro
cess could be effective through several
actions.
Showing, not only telling, employees
and administrators about the compari
sons with private operations is essential
and the development of a final plan is
necessary, he said.
Williams also encouraged team mem
bers to work with a group that represents
all interests.
He said employees should be given
incentives for good performance. This
could be done through financial rewards,
job security and skill enhancement.
“These principles along with deep
employee involvement equal savings,”
he said.
Employees must be aware that
privatization is not necessarily bad, Wil
liams said. The process could be benefi
cial to them with employee involvement,
he said.
HYPE members to show the children in
these communities their appreciation for
a fun semester.
HYPE members have been working
with children from Trinity Court and
South Estes on a weekly basis since the
beginning of the semester.
“It’s our way of giving back to them
what they’ve done for us,” Tureff said.
Hendrix said the project would make
the holidays better for the lads.
“We want them to have a really good
holiday and have more to be happy about
at Christmas,” he said.
HYPE is inviting Residence Hall As
sociation members and members of fra
ternities and sororities to participate in
their effort.
Trae Allen, HYPE co-chairman, said
the participation of these campus grqups
would make a difference.
“They’re making a contribution to kids
who really need their support and who
otherwise may not have as good a holi
day as they could,” he said.
Hendrix said this kind of support
would promote a more unified feeling
throughout the campus community dur
ing the holiday season.
“It’s a sense that we’re all a part of the
University because we want everybody
to chip in and help,” he said.
Allen said the program was a
campuswide effort, and everyone was
encouraged to donate items.
“Anybody who wants to contribute
can bring something to the Campus Y,”
he said.
Allen said each contribution would
make a child’s Christmas better.
“Each kid may not get everything they
want, but if everybody pulls together for
the holiday season, we should be able to
get them some of what they want.”
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erences. The permit prices vary from $32
to $268 according to the location of the
space, Young said.
Some students say permit prices are
too high, but they are not surprised by
these high costs.
“Because there’s such a great demand
(for the permits), they can charge what
ever they want,” said Katherine Woody,
a sophomore from Greensboro.
Young said the current price levels
were necessary for DTP to pay for main
tenance of the parking facilities on cam
pus.
Some of the money from permit costs
goes to things such as sealing and striping
parking lots, improving lighting and
maintaining access to parking areas, he
said.
DTP is attempting to remedy the park
ing problem by creating more parking
spaces and reducing the demand for park
ing.
UNC Hospitals attempts to reduce the
demand for parking by purchasing bus
passes for employees willing to trade in
their parking permit.
Young said DTP was always “trying
to make the parking here on campus
more efficiently used."
DTP is considering using the Bell
Tower Lot and the lot adjacent to Health
Affairs as potential sites for parking decks
to create more spaces.
Until the University can provide more
parking spaces, students can purchase
permits to park in town parking lots ac
cessible by the S or N/S buses. The town
of Chapel Hill allocated long-term park
ing spaces on Eubanks Road, Southern
Village and N.C. 54 East near the Friday
Center.
Students can purchase overnight park
ing permits to these lots for S6O per. se
mester from Chapel Hill Transit.