(GA 1910 vS 19 Two Section The Arizona Dailo Star Tucson, Monday, May 24, 1993 Highway Continued from Page 1B gravel that goes under the paving, Carver said. Small mountains of blasted rock now are piled neatly along the sides of the existing roadway in that upper section. Carver said crews cannot blast any more material away until Aug. 1. That is when the matings season of the Mexican spotted owl ends and blasting can resume.
The reconstruction is largely an effort to make the highway safer. "The road wasn't built for the speed or the size of the cars we have now," said Rick Kaneen, who is in charge of public information for the improvement project. "The volume (of traffic) has increased." Carver said the roadway is being widened to 28 feet and also is being improved along those stretches. Right now, the road is about 20 feet wide 18 feet in some places varying along the highway. "You can't maintain the posted speed and stay in your lane with that," Carver said.
Carver and Kaneen said engineers designed highway improvements to increase the safety for motorists traveling the highway. They said the highway at one time had one of the worst accident rates for highways in the state. Paul Steiner, manager of traffic engineering for the Pima County Department of Transportation, said the accident rate along the entire distance of the highway dropped nearly 75 percent from 27.7 accidents per 1 million vehicle miles of travel for the year that ended in June 1982, to 6.9 accidents per 1 million vehicle miles of travel in the year that ended in December 1991. "The accident rate for the Pima County highway system generally is two accidents per million vehicle miles of travel," Steiner said. "The thing that is significant is the change over time from 27.7 to 6.9." Steiner said many factors have caused the reduction in accidents, including the reconstructed highway, road maintenance and more 44E A.E.
Araiza, The Arizona Daily Star Gravel is brought to a site along the road where workers are putting up a retaining wall traffic enforcement along the highway. Although the road is within the jurisdiction of the U.S. Forest Service, Pima County handles maintenance of the highway. The improvement projects are paid for by federal funds and are managed by the Federal Highway Administration. The first set of highway improvements was completed between March and December 1988 when crews redid the roadway from the beginning of the highway up to milepost 3.
The second phase of road improvements was done between July 1990 and June 1991, and covered the next three miles of the road. The current phase includes two sections. The first extends from near the Molina Basin camp- Spraying gion spread A of native into of Africa, the the the Middle Mediterranean East, medfly South has reContinued from Page 1B America, Mexico and Hawaii, Hawkins said. very low doses (of insecticides)," said Madeline Rivera of Tucson, "They never have caused major who is sensitive to chemicals. crop damages in the continental Rivera said she and United States because every time other members of the Human Ecology Action they have appeared, we've wiped asked them out," Hawkins said.
League federal officials how much advance notice of spraying The medfly "eradication" efforts, they would have if the program goes active in California since 1982, have into effect late this year. Rivera said spurred significant opposition, espethe group never received an an- cially after several aerial dousings swer. of Los Angeles from August 1989 to The draft document covers Ari- July 1990. zona, California, Texas, Louisiana, Noel Otten, research director for Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Action Now, a Los Angeles-based South Carolina and Florida. group, said the Animal and Plant Hawkins said the agency chose Health Inspection Service and the those states because of their warm California Agriculture Department climates and fruit crops.
paid for 153 aerial sprayings over Funeral Notices BURGESS, Susan Howard, 46, resident of Tucson, died May 21, 1993. Survived by husband, Don Burgess; sons, Dan Stein-. meyer and Chris Steinmey-, er, all of Tucson; parents, Curt and Ethel Manning of Bloomsburg, PA; stepsister, Susan Edwards of Pottstown, PA; stepbrother, Mike Manning of Millville, PA; stepsons, Dave Burgess of Houston, TX, Dale Burgess of Cedar Falls, IA; grandchildren, Cody and Kyle Burgess, both of Houston, TX. Susan was born in Allentown, PA and graduated from Central Columbia High School in PA. Susan received her B.A.
in English in 1967 and her Master's Degree in Speech Communication in 1980 from Pennsylvania State University. She was Assistant Director of Broadcasting, Programming and Distribution for WPSX-TV in Pennsylvania from 1973 to 1981. From 1981 to 1986 she was Director of Scheduling, WGBH in Boston, MA. Memorial Services Tuesday 11:00 a.m. EVERGREEN MORTUARY.
Interment will be in Pennsylvania. In lieu of flowers, family suggests memorials be made to an underwriting memorial fund, In Memory of Susan Burgess, in care of WPSX Television, Wagner Building, University Park, PA 16801 for the local broadcast of Sesame Street. Arrangements by EVERGREEN MORTUARY CEMETERY, N. Oracle W. Miracle Mile.
DIDOMENICO, Robert 54 years of age, passed away May 22, 1993 in Coronado, CA. Preceded in death by his daughter, Stacy. Survived by beloved wife, Sharon son, R. Scott DiDomenico; sister, Olivia Sherrets; brother, Ray (Libby) DiDomenico. Rosary will be recited Tuesday, May 25 at Sacred Heart Church, 672 Coronado, CA.
Mass will be celebrated Wednesday, May 26 at 10:00 a.m. Burial will follow at El Camino Cemetery in San Diego. Mr. DiDomenico was born in Boston, MA. He was a graduate of SS Peter Paul and Tucson High School.
He operated Robert's Salon for 17 years before moving to Coronado, CA in 1989, He continued to operate a beauty salon in Coronado. Bob and Sharon headed the 'Mon and Pop" Program which supported University of Athletics for many years. The family suggests memorial donations in Bob's name to the American Heart Assoc. 17 charged in crackdown on Tucson drunken driving Authorities charged 17 people with driving under the influence of alcohol Saturday night during Operation Party Sober, a multiagency effort to combat drunken driving in Tucson, a sheriff's spokesman said. In the first phase of the operation, Pima County Sheriff's Department deputies stopped about 2,000 cars from 9:30 to 11 p.m.
at a checkpoint on West Ajo Road between South La Cholla Boulevard and South Mission Road, said Sgt. Ron Benson. Deputies talked to each driver, looking for signs of intoxication, Benson said. The stops resulted in seven DUI arrests and one arrest for possession of marijuana, Benson said. In the second phase of the operation, sheriff's deputies and officers from the Tucson Police Department and Pima Community College patrolled main streets on the city's northeast side looking for impaired drivers, Benson said.
The search, which centered near East Grant and North Wilmot roads, resulted in 10 DUI arrests, including one "aggravated DUI" arrest of a driver previously arrested for the same offense, Benson said. The operation also resulted in 33 "hazardous" citations, involving speeding or improper movement, as well as 22 "non-hazardous citations" for insurance violations or out-ofdate licence plates or registrations, Benson said. Operation Party Sober will be in effect again next weekend, Benson said. The Arizona Daily Star A patient walked out of an eastside psychiatric hospital yesterday afternoon and stole a car from a woman at a nearby bank, police said. The patient, a 25-year-old man, walked out of Tucson Psychiatric Institute, 355 N.
Wilmot Road, to the National Bank of Arizona next door where he took the car, said Sgt. Ernie Smith of the Tucson Police Department. The incident occurred at about 2 p.m., Smith said. The driver of the car, a 53-yearold Tucson woman, was about to get out of her vehicle to make a deposit when the man approached, Smith said. The man got into the car on the Patient steals car after walking out of psychiatric hospital, police say By Stacey Hoff passenger side, so the woman got ground up to the Old Prison Camp Road at milepost 7.5.
The second section covers from just north of the Palisades Ranger Station up to Summerhaven. The cost of these projects is estimated at $10.7 million. The work being done now is part of a $32.5 million renovation project for the highway. Currently, crews are working on building up a quarter-mile section of earth to widen the roadway. Project designers opted to build up the road on one side, rather than blast away too much forest on the other side.
Crews now are preparing to pave the lower section of the roadway being improved, and should have it finished by June 15. The upper section from Bigelow Road to Summerhaven is to be finished by July 31, 1994. 595 square miles of the Los Angeles urban area. The airplanes sprayed nearly 510,000 pounds of a malathion mixture over 1.6 million people in Los Angeles, Riverside, Orange and San Bernardino counties, she said. "And although they declared the medfly eradicated, the program has been ongoing since but with ground spraying only," she said.
Thousands of people complained of a variety of health effects from the aerial phase eye infections, breathing problems and rashes among them, Otten said. Malathion is a chemical that attacks the nervous systems of insects and animals and humans, said Norma Grier, director of the Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides. Malathion causes cancer in laboratory animals and a 1992 study found that it disrupted the immune systems of rats at a dosage too low to cause nervous system effects, she said. But Hawkins said his agency is relying on federal and California Health Department rulings that malathion is "The dosage makes the poison," he said. "Any insecticide needs to be used carefully.
This one has undergone a lot of study and has been in use for more than 30 years. There is no cause for concern the way we use it." PUBLIC RECORDS DEATHS (The deceased are from Tucson unless otherwise noted. Occupations are stated when available.) BURGESS, Susan 46, program manager for a public television station, May 21, Evergreen. REYES, Robert, 41, materials handler for Lockheed, May 20, Adair -Dodge. SEIDL, Marguerite 77, May 18, Evergreen.
SMITH, Eleanor 54, housekeeper for El Conquistador, May 22, Evergreen. VASQUEZ, Paul, 51, May 22, Adair -Dodge. COGENCY MEDICAL NATION READY EMS WEEK 3 ARE MAY 23-29, 1993 NORTHWEST HOSPITAL PROUDLY SALUTES All area EMS Personnel Volunteers A special tribute to those agencies administratively based with NORTHWEST HOSPITAL AVRA VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT FLOWING WELLS FIRE DISTRICT GOLDER RANCH FIRE DISTRICT KEARNY AREA AMBULANCE SERVICE NORTHWEST FIRE DISTRICT PICTURE ROCKS FIRE DISTRICT RURAL METRO FIRE DEPARTMENT SAN MANUEL FIRE DEPARTMENT TRI-CITY MED AMBULANCE SERVICE TUCSON ESTATES FIRE DISTRICT NW HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPT. STAFF NORTHWEST HOSPITAL GON NATIONAL THIS MEMORIAL HOLIDAY DAYS UNLIMITED MILEAGE WE FEATURE GM CARS LIKE THIS PONTIAC SUNBIRD Non-discount rate applies to car shown or similar size car and is subject to change without notice. Specific cars subject to availability.
Rate effective Thursday, May 27th, 1993 thru Tuesday, June 1, 1993. Arizona Travel Only National Inter rent 4619 N. ORACLE 888-8811 out on the driver's side, Smith said. The woman yelled something to the man about her wallet, which he threw out the window before heading north on North Wilmot Road, Smith said. Police were still looking for the man last night.
He was described as 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing 140 pounds, and having brown hair and hazel eyes, Benson said. The woman's car, a dark red 1988 Chevrolet Camaro, was found at 5 p.m. near Picacho Peak, Smith said. The car had been driven into a fence, but there were no signs that the man was hurt in the incident, Smith said. On Saturday, the patient left the hospital for an hour but returned on his own, Smith said.
Storm helps contain A heavy thunderstorm yesterday afternoon helped contain a 150-acre fire in the Rincon Mountains, said a National Park Service spokeswoman. At about 2 p.m., a thunderstorm dropped hail and nearly a half-inch of rain on the fire not enough to extinguish it, but enough to help a great deal, said spokeswoman Carrie Templin. The blaze started sometime Friday in the area of Spud Rock in Sa- Cards Continued from Page 1B fication, he or she must present two witnesses with identification who can swear to the person's identity. The state of Sonora had 201 registration sites operating and plans to keep 110 open for people to return to pick up their cards, Zazueta Gaste- Spud Rock fire guaro National Monument East, at about 7,500 feet, the result of an abandoned campfire. About 200 soaking-wet firefighters were flown off the mountain late yesterday afternoon to dry out, clean up and eat, Templin: said.
A helicopter will circle the area this morning to assess the situation, Templin said. As many as 40 firefighters will return to the mountain today to extinguish small blazes. Funeral Notices 1 DRIVER, Elijah 87, a retired resident of Tucson for three years, died Friday, May 21, 1993. Preceded in death by his son, Dr. Maynard Douglas Driver and daughter, Margaret D.
Kimbrough. He is survived by his wife, Julia Driver; sister, Rena Harris; five grandchildren, Kyle Driver and his wife Gwen, Brad Driver, Wendy Guinn and her husband Brian, Troy Kimbrough, Todd Kimbrough; three great-grandchildren, Brian Guinn, Trea Guinn, Cameron Kimbrough; son-in-law, Robert Kimbrough; daughter-inlaw, Grace Driver; and a host of other relatives and friends. Mr. Driver was a member of the Masonic Lodge. Funeral Service 10:00 a.m.
Tuesday, May 25, 1993 at 22nd Street Baptist Church, 6620 E. 22nd with Pastor David Johnson officiating. Interment will follow at the Mausoleum of Peace, East Lawn Palms Cemetery. Friends may call at EAST LAWN PALMS MORTUARY CHAPEL, 5801 E. Grant Monday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 5524 E. 4th Tucson 85711. in Truth or Consequences, NM. Beloved wife of Buford D. Head; mother of Penelope L.
(Gerald) Ackerman of Tucson, Mortimer L. (Carolyn) Packer of NM, William P. (Marcella) Packer of NM; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. She was a long time resident of Tucson before moving to New Mexico. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the MDA for ALS Research.
A Memorial Mass will be Tuesday, May 25, 1993 at 9:00 a.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Craycroft and Broadway. Private interment. HEAD, Elizabeth L.
71, died May 13, 1993 JOBST-BOCK, dette, 57, of Tucson, passed away May 21, 1993. Mother of Alois Jobst, Jr. of Tucson, Christopher (Amy) Jobst of Tucson and Petra Jobst of NY; two sisters and two brothersHR also survive. Mass will be offered Tuesday, May 25, 1993 at 10:00 a.m. at Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church, 1800 S.
Kolb Rd. Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 24, 1993 at BRING'S BROADWAY CHAPEL, 6910 E. Broadway. Friends may call from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Monday, May 24, 1993 at BRING'S BROADWAY CHAPEL. Burial will be in TMP. East Lawn Cemetery. Funeral Notices 1 JOHNSON, Francis 77, of Tucson, passed away May 21, 1993. Survived by wife, Mary E.
Johnson; son, Carl Johnson; daughters, Carolyn (Walker) Sparks, Gloria Johnson of Tucson, Jeannie Walker of Tempe; stepson, Richard (Elaine) Winkler; stepdaughter, Diane (Brian) Bouffard, Hellen Napier, Lorri (Roger) Beland, all of Tucson. Francis is also survived by 15 grandchildren. Mr. Johnson was a member of the Eagles 180, BPOE Elk 385 and Moose Lodge 2231. Visitation will be held Monday, May 24 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
at TUCSON MORTUARY, (South Chapel), 240 S. Stone Ave. Funeral Services will be held at 8:00 p.m. on Monday. Graveside Services will be held at 9:00 a.m.
Tuesday in the Eagles Section of Evergreen Cemetery. The Eagles 180 officiating. LUNDGREN, Frank 76, of Tucson, died Sunday, May 23, 1993. Survived by his wife, Anna; children, Frank S. (Gail) Lundgren, Jan F.
(Kathleen) Lundgren, Anna (Daniel) Doolittle, Carl (Cheryl) Lundgren; sister, Mary Laderman; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Funeral Mass 7:00 p.m. Thursday, May 27, 1993 at St. Cyril's Church, 4725 E. Pima St.
Burial will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday, May 28 at Holy Hope Cemetery. Friends may call at St. Cyril's Church Thursday from 5:00 p.m. until the Mass.
Memorial donations, in lieu of flowers, are requested to St. Joseph's Hospital, 350 N. Wilmot, Tucson 85711 or to St. Cyril's Church, 4725 E. Pima Tucson, 85712.
Arrangements by EAST LAWN PALMS MORTUARY. More obituaries on Page 8C lum said. People will receive a notice at their home when the card is ready to be picked up. While voters said they believe the card will add credibility to elections, some were unsure of how well it would work. Carlos Lopez Ochoa, 38, an accountant in Hermosillo, said the cards are a good idea, but noted, "If (the political parties) are looking for a way to commit fraud, they'll find a way to do it." Unoccupied car takes Mt.
Lemmon tumble An unoccupied car rolled off Mount Lemmon's Catalina Highway yesterday and crashed into the canyon below, an official said. A 35-year-old Tucson man parked his vehicle on the side of the highway near milepost 9 at about 6 p.m. and got out to talk to some other people, said Deputy Elaine Callan of the Pima County Sheriff's Department. HIP, HIP, GOODBYE. FREE TRIAL MEETING Then if you wish to join, only $10 Weight Watchers CALL (602) 290-9808 OR 1-800-899-2096 As people vary, so does individual weight loss and results.
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All rights reserved. Witnesses yelled to the man, who turned just in time to see his car going over the edge, Callan said. The car, a 1992 Mazda four-door sedan, fell about 20 yards and apparently was totaled, she added. Deputies reported that the car's parking brake had not been set properly, but the owner said he had no idea why it rolled, Callan said. 21,247 volunteers remove 273 tons of Salt River trash PHOENIX (AP) More than 21,000 volunteers picked up 273 tons of trash Saturday from a 39-mile stretch of the Salt River inundated with landfill debris from last winter's floods.
Among the trash collected was medical waste such as several used syringes, surgical gloves and intravenous tubing, leaking drums of used oil and some pesticide, said John Godec, a spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Quality. "There was nothing dangerous," Godec said. "The medical waste and the oil drums were removed by hazardous-waste teams with no problems. The drums definitely were dumped after the floods, but we're not sure about the medical waste or the pesticide." Heavy rains flooding in December and January left the Salt River bed and banks covered in trash and debris much of it from the eroded Tri-City Landfill north of Mesa. The cleanup was scheduled for May because the riverbed needed to be exposed and flows in the river remained unusually high until late spring, state officials said.
The federal Emergency Management Agency awarded $2.2 million to the Arizona Division of Emergency Management for the cleanup effort. The 21,247 volunteers included Gov. Fife Symington; U.S. Rep. Karan English, and 11,000 Boy Scouts..
