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Map shows dump sites: 1.) Meade Heights and 2.) Fruehauf.
Turnout 1
By Linda McCarty
Voter turnout for the Spring
Student Government Associa
tion Election was lighter than
last year's turnout, according
to former S.G.A. president Joe
Oddo. An estimated 15 percent
of the student body cast their
ballots on during the election
held on the third and fourth of
this month, down from slightly
over 20 percent last year, he
said.
Public Policy major Peter
Ivlekosh won the nomination
for president, beating opponent
Linda Licata by 64 votes with a
total of 210.
Although no candidates ap
peared on the ballot for the of
fices of vice president and
secretary, Bob Dopkosky won
the bid for vice president with
18 write-in votes, and Cindy
Kurtz was named secretary with
33 write-in votes.
According to Oddo, one stu
dent received more write-in
votes than Dopkosky for the
vice presidential position, but
was disqualified due to a rule
regarding academic standing
which requires S.G.A. members
to have at least a 2.0 G.P.A.
While the newly elected
members have filled their seats,
Oddo reflected on his year as
president. What did he like
best?
"Just being involved in a lit
tle bit of everything. I had to
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make policy decisions and
delegate responsibilities. I think
in the long run it has helped
me."
But, he added, "I'll miss the
office, not being in charge. I
had my year."
Now it is Mekosh's turn.
Although he has held no prior
position within the S.G.A., he
has begun to set his goals.
"The first thing I would like
to see is a greater participation
of students in S.G.A. The bot
tom line is that the students are
paying for S.G.A., and the on
ly way they can have any affect
is to join."
Mekosh also said he feels
that the S.G.A. has not been
representing all students but
rather "only S.G.A. members
expressing their own views, not
necessarily the view of all."
He said the "recent pro
liferation of write-ins to active
ly running candidates" can be
attributed to "a lack of
knowledge about the functions
of S.G.A. and its benefits to
both the individual student and
the student body."
S.G.A. election results
Spring 1984
President
Peter Mekosh, 210 votes
Linda Licata, 156 votes
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dumping sites
"Air," continued from p. 1.
Additional sites named by the
Air Force include:
--Lisa Lake, a residential area
west of the campus. Records
show that this site was used bet
ween 1956 and 1963 as a landfill
for demolition waste, drums con
taining oils and other unknown li
quids, trash, airplane parts,
lumber and other debris.
Deßenedictis said some of the
drums were crushed to save
space. Testing by D.E.R. in July,
however, showed no chemical
contamination in the lake.
--A fire/emergency training pit
west of the runway at the Har-
risburg International Airport just
south of the campus. This pit was
filled with solvents and other
flamable materials and used for
fire-fighting practice. The wastes
have now spread out of the pit.
--Two incineration areas under
what is now the runway and near
the taxiways at the airport.
--The Sunset Golf Course south
of Middletown.
D.E.R.'s Deßenedictis said it is
Vice President
Bob Dopkosky, 18 votes
Treasurer
Sharon Corcoran, 227 votes
Secretary
Cindy Kurtz, 33 votes
Senators:
Behavioral Sci. and Ed.
Theresa Vilcheck, 32 votes
Business Administration
Rita Weyant, 112 votes
Humanities
Michele S. Haley, 14 votes
Public Affairs
open position
Science, Eng. Tech.
Ed Bardella, 108 votes
Senator-At-Large
Dave Fitzgerald, 76 votes
Jacki Greytak, 67 votes
Dave Bealer, 46 votes
John Grodis, 16 votes
5.U.8.0.G.
Jeff Schnier
quite possible that additional sites
will be found.
The investigation that un
covered the new sites was begun
after T.C.E. was discovered in
February of 1983 in well water at
the Harrisburg International Air
port, which supplies water to
Capitol Campus. At that time,
several wells were shut down and
the airport switched to four
relatively clean wells. The water
from these wells is now being
mixed to dilute the T.C.E. con
centration, acccording to D.E.R.
"The potability of the wells is
as good as six months ago. We're
talking between one and two
parts-per-billion (of T.C.E. con
centration)--one half the warning
level," Deßenedictis said.
D.E.R.'s Mashek said the delay
in announcing the second round
of sites was a result of the need
to conduct extensive reviews of
old Air Force records at different
locations, interview former
employees and residents, and con
duct initial inspections of the new
sites.
"The Air Force didn't have a
file for waste dumping. It involv
ed a lot of leg work," he noted.
Deßendedictis said the state is
hoping for money from the
E.P.A. "Superfund" that is
available to clean up the most
serious dump sites across the
country, and that the Defense
Department may also contribute
to the cleanup.
Meanwhile, D.E.R. will
monitor the wells closely and
assist the air Force in its "Phase
Two" inspection, which will in
clude analysis of samples from
the various dumpsites, Deßenedic
tis said.
Plans produced by Wright
Associates, a consulting firm
hired by Penn D.0.T., call for
the continuous pumping of one
contaminated well and discharging
the water into holding ponds.
This action is intended to slow
the movement of contaminated
ground water toward the wells us
ed for drinking water.
T.C.E., the major contaminant
identified so far in the water, is a
possible carcinogen if ingested but
is not consiedered dangerous for
skin contact, according -to Frank
Fair at D.E.R. Fair said the
chemical has been shown to pro
duce cancer in mice but not in
rats. He cited a National
Academy of Sciences report,
which he said found that, "If a
154 pound human drank two
litres of water contaminated with
T.C.E. at 4.5 parts-per-billion
every day, at the end of 70 years
his chance of getting cancer
would increase by one in one
million."
The danger cold be greater at
higher concentrations, Fair said.
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