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Palomar feels effects of local water crisis By Jennifer London Staff Writer The water district that serves Palomar voted on Tuesday to institute a Stage 5 drought alert beginning March 1. Palomar has just started to feel the effects of the water crisis, according to Mike Ellis, buildings and grounds director, and if serious campus-wide action is not taken soon, Palomar could face financial penalties. Ellis said "the first step to reducing our
water consumption is to educate the students." Many students are not aware that the drought affects the College and other large institutions and therefore do not conserve water when they are on campus, according to Ellis. This month Palomar was allotted 2.6 million gallons of water by the Vallecitos water district before any penalties are issued. A Stage 3 alert went into effect Feb. 1, requiring the school to cut back water usage by 15 percent. The use of anything over and above
that amount will result in Palomar being fined three times the amount that was consumed. This could cost the school $3,100 per month for the additional water used. Palomar has already taken some steps to cut back water consumption by installing low-flow shower heads in the locker rooms, and only running the irrigation system twice a week instead of everyday. Some community colleges have already turned off their showers in response to the drought.
Assistant General Manager of the Vallecitos Water District, Mary Clinkscales, said," when we move into a Stage 5 alert, water use must be reduced by 30 percent and this will have a great impact on Palomar." Ellis says the school hopes to avoid paying any penalties by adhering to the Stage 5 water conservation ordinance, but cautions that can only happen "if we can get everybody using water wisely, then we should should not face any penalties."
Prescription sought to cure ailing library By Tracy Wilson Editorial Page Editor
Palomar student Rod Gareia (right) lOQks over the damage to his clasSic Ford Mustang afrer a collision witbstudentDare KirkendaH's truck (left). Campus Patrol Officer Charlenelllingworth (center) Jogs informatwn about the accident, which happened tw() weeks ago in the student parking Jot near campus golf range.
Campus Patrol faces budget problems By Todd Anderson Campus Beat Editor To make ends meet, Campus Patrol has requested $40,000 be transferred to its account to continue service until the end of the year. With the opening of the Escondido Center, Campus Patrol was forced to hire additional staff. "Paying for Escondido (Campus Patrol) depleted my money," said Campus Patrol Supervisor Boyd Mahan. Because of this, and other unforeseen expenses, the budget is running low. Without an infusion of funds, it will be forced to shut down at the end of April, according to Mahan. Mahan said that his current budget is the same amount of money he received for fiscal year 1988-1989. A pay raise in January 1990 for hourly workers at Palomar has put a significant strain on the Campus Patrol budget. A 20 percent raise resulted in costing Campus Patrol an additional $5,000 a year to operate. Campus Patrol pays for its expenses of about
$150,000 a year through two accounts. Half of all the costs for Campus Patrol come from the sale of parking stickers and the other palf comes from the money collected for parking tickets. It costs about $5,000 a month just for Campus Patrol salaries, and as of last week there was a little over $9,000 left. Campus Patrol has already begun cutting back three to five hours per week on each officer's hours, in an attempt to make the funds last as long as possible. Mahan said he feels that this won't be enough to make it until the end of the fiscal year, June 30. "I might be able to make it through the year," Mahan said jokingly, "if my guys were to take a I 0 percent cut in pay." To help raise additional funds next year, Mahan has made recommendations to explore possibilities such as increasing parking sticker prices, increasing fines for citations and installing parking meters.
After commissioning several studies, implementing new changes and spending more than $30,000, the Palomar College Administration is still trying to solve the ongoing health problems felt by library staff. Dr. George Boggs, superintendent/president ofPalomarCollege, voiced optimism over the discovery of faulty insulation in the duct work of the library which may be causing the health problems. ''I'm encouraged for the first time," said Boggs. "We appear to have identified a major contributor (to the problem)." Mike Ellis, director of buildings and grounds, found that some insulation inside the duct work of the roof was flawed, and could be releasing fiberglass particles into the air stream. The cost to remove and replace the duct work is $50,000. "It was a poor design to put insulation in air ducts that have high velocity air going though it." :Said Boggs. Because the flaw appears to be in the actual design of 'the building, the administration plans to request that the original building designers help pay for the costs. Boggs said that the administration may consider litigation against the original building designers if they refuse to assist in covering the cost of the repair. While Boggs is optimistic over these recent findings, some library personnel are expressing disappointment by the findings of the long-awaited report conducted by toxicologist Dr. Michael Sullivan of Envirologic Data Inc. For a cost of about $7,000, the college hired Sullivan to collect data on the library staff's symptoms during periods when Envirologic Data altered the air
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