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The Red and Black • Tuesday, September 18, 1990 • SA
BUILDING
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the building, he said.
University officials have been
baffled as to why the problems
have cropped up within this partic
ular building, and Safter said they
haven t had any proof the symp
toms are related to the building.
Citing a multitude of possibili
ties for the illnesses, such as the
presence of mold and bacteria, ven
tilation problems and fumes’from
the adjacent chemistry building,
Safter said, “It’s probably not just
one thing, but a combination of
things.”
Woodel, along with four or five
other employees, has been diag
nosed with lupus or a lupus-like
syndrome, a disease in which the
body’s immune system turns on it
self.
Safter said workers in any
building on campus where haz
ardous chemicals are stored are
open to allergic reactions.
“Some people are allergic to very
minute levels, but there are certain
levels where everyone would
react,” he said.
At least one chemical, an organic
solvent called pyridine, has been
tested beyond those levels in the
building, he said.
This chemical was tracked down
as the culprit causing complaints
of fatigue, abdominal pains, back
pains and nausea.
Mortenson said he isn’t certain
that it’s pyridine. It may be an
other, similar chemical.
“No matter what it is, we don’t
want it,” he said.
The problem may be related to
the chemical handlers, and not
where they are handling the chem
icals, Safter said.
“Some are doing it right,” he
said, “and others are not storing
the chemicals properly. But, there
are no gross violations.”
All employees must read and
follow the University’s Laboratory
Safety Manual, which outlines pro
cedures for handling hazardous
chemicals.
Illnesses last week causing sev
eral people to go home from the zo
ology department have been traced
to new carpeting, Mortenson said.
New carpet contains varying
amounts of formaldehyde, which
can cause allergic reactions.
"I stepped in there and within 15
minutes definitely knew something
was wrong,” he said.
VENDORS
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young man sitting on a home cooler
and selling popsicles for 25 cents.”
She said Thursday the Tate Stu
dent Center plaza would be a
better place for the vendors to con
duct business.
“Some days it’s nothing,” she
said. “Other days it’s a regular flea
market.”
Masters said she doesn’t intend
to follow the issue when it comes
before the council and doesn’t plan
to attend today’s committee
meeting, which is open to the
public.
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Building to be moved for Civic Center
By DANA WHITE
Staff Writer
The Clarke Countv Board of
Commissioners recently passed a
motion to move the historic Fire
Hall from its present site on
Thomas Street to make way for the
planned civic center.
The building, constructed in
1902, will be moved to an undeter
mined site because there is no way
to incorporate it into the civic
center plans, County Commis
sioner Jewel John said.
The Athens Area Chamber of
Commerce, which is located in the
building, will move to the seventh
floor of the Old Southern Mutual
Building located at College and
Clayton Streets in January.
“It will be a very good situation
for us because we will be able to re
unite two parts of our staff,” he
said.
By moving, the entire staff will
be in one building.
The Fire Hall was purchased by
the county in February 1990, and
the Chamber of Commerce has re
mained in the building rent free
since.
Libby Morris, executive vice
president of the Athens-Clarke
Heritage Foundation, said the
county has committed to moving
the building at a cost of $175,000,
but the foundation is concerned
about the structure of the building.
“Very few companies attempt to
move these types of buildings,” she
said.
Wood buildings aren’t as diffi
cult to move, she said, but the brick
in the Fire Hall could easily break
because it could be brittle.
The building,
constructed in 1902,
will be moved to an
undetermined site
because there is no
way to incorporate it
into the plans.
Morris said the foundation is
concerned that $175,000 “is likely
not enough to insure” the complete
move since the distance of the
move and the condition of the land
could escalate the cost of the move.
John said the money to build the
foundation and renovate the Fire
Hall will have to come from the
community.
She said the main problem is
time. The project will require fund
raising and possibly two months to
move the building.
Morris said the actual move of
the Fire Hall should take place in
the first quarter of next year.
The county by March had pur
chased several parcels near the
planned civic center’s Thomas
street location.
Clarke county initially encoun
tered difficulty assembling the
land when it made a controversial
swap with the city that left each
other pointing a finger at each
other.
Construction on the civic center
is scheduled to begin in February
1991 and be completed in August
1992.
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