2A - The Summit County Bee Friday, October 25, 1991 As I See It Letters to the Editor. Top of the News "The Summit County Bee" (UPSP 525640) is published weekly for $12.00 per year in Summit County fend $18.00 per year ' by Wave Publishing, Inc., 675 West 100 South, Heber City, UT 84032. Second class postage' paid at Coalville, UT 84017 post office. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The Summit County Bee, P.O. Box 7, Coalville, UT 84017. THE ty postal identification no. Readers Views . All Articles are to be in by 3 p.m. Monday 525640 : ; f RICHARD M. and SUSAN F. BUYS Publishers Mf Letters To ; The Editor is a column if or. ,the public to voice their opinion; Letters To The Editor most be submitted prior to MONDAY at 5 pan., and must bear the Signature, full name .and address of tbe writer. Names may, be withheld on request at the discretion of the Publisher of The Summit, County Bee. Writers are limited to one letter In two weeks.. Please no endorsement letters. Preference will be given to short, typewritten (double spaced) letters permitting the use of the .writer's name. All letters subject to condensation. Mall to: EDITOR, P.O.- BOX 7, COALVILLE, UT 84017.. Shirley B. Phelps, EditorCoalville Office Manager Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 4 2 Sharon Pace, Bessie Russell, Kamas Office Manager Monday, Tuesday and Friday 4 9 Dorothy Cummings, 336-550- 1, 9-- 336-223- 783-438- 7, 783-265- v'i. Guest Editorial Safe on Halloween ment, and other obstacles in the dark that cause falls; flammable and cumbersome costumes, wigs, and masks; and motorists who are unable to see. The following safety suggestions will help make this Halloween injury-fre- e. Falls are die leading cause of accidents on Halloween. The fact children wear costumes and walk in the dark increases the risk of a fall. To keep children on their feet: apply face paint or cosmetics directly to the face. It is safer than masks which obstruct vision. Give trick or treaters flashlights to see and be seen. Make costumes short enough to avoid trip- ing over them. Dress children in shoes that fit; mother's Do not allow igh heels are not safe for children to swords or other props unless your cany knives, they are soft or flexible. Anything they cany can hurt than in a fall. Pedestrian injuries are another serious problem on Halloween night Costumed trick or treaters traipsing dimly-l- it streets are difficult for drivers to see. Decorate or trim all costumes with reflective tape. Buy or make Halloween costumes that are bright enough to be more visible to motorists. Also, decorate bags and sacks with reflective tape. Motorists driving on Halloween can also take precautions to make die holiday safer for trick or treaters. Slow down in residential neighborhoods and obey all traffic signs and signals. Watch for children who may dart into the street, especially between packed cars. Clean your headlights. If you drive your children on their trick or treat rounds, be sure they exit and enter, the car on the curb side, avoiding traffic. Above all, do not wear a mask while driving or a costume that restricts movement. Children are at a greater risk than normal from bums. Look for "flame resistant" labels on costumes, beards, and wigs. Explain to your children "flameproof and "flame resistant" do not mean costumes will not catch fire, only they resist burning and extinguish quickly. Be sure to use material if you make the costume. Avoid costumes made from flimsy materials and outfits with big, baggy sleeves or billowing skirts that can get caught or come in contact with an exposed flame. rs. nt dress clothes,. enough change for a phone call. Instruct your children to route. Estabtravel in familiar areas, along a and lish a time for your children to return, explain to trick or treat at only those houses with porch or other outside lights on.(Lastly, do not allow your children to enter an unknown house. Make your house safer for visiting trick or treaters by removing tools, ladders, playthings or other objects that may break or cause them to trip. Keep dogs and candles away from the front door, and keep a light on so its easy to See steps. Give your children a meal or snack before going out so they won't be tempted to eat their candy before getting home. Check your children's treats to ensure each item is safely sealed and has not been tampered with. Be careful with fruit cut it open before allowing a child to eat it. Halloween and other holidays tend to heighten parents' pre-establis- awareness of their children's safety. But all year, every year, preventable injury is the number one killer of American children. Claim Your Pictures months, but years. Pictures will not be mailed back to their owners, but must be picked up Monday, Tuesday, or Friday. The Summit County Bee Office is located in the Kamas Theater Building Attention: Renewals To The Summit County Bee Attention: All renewals to The Summit County Bee should reach the Coalville or Kamas Office by the third Friday of the month to keep your Bee from being cancelled by the computer. We need your renewal by this time in order to get your name on the renewal list and keep you from being cancelled. Thanks for helping us help you. i .j a "Double, double toil and trouble; fire, bum; and, caldron. bubble." "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes. Are Shakespeare's witches predicting trouble for your little ones going out on All Hallow's Eve? An evening of fun and laughter with friends can turn sour with the smallest of accidents. According to the Utah Safety Council, most injuries occurring during Halloween are preventable. Halloween injuries involve: steps, uneven pave- The Summit County Bee Kamas Office has a number of pictures that have not been picked up by their owners. All pictures that are not picked up by Oct. 25, 1991 will be thrown away. We can no longer be responsible far pictures that are kept not only weeks and mid-morni- ng i Drug Free Community Corner Keeping Little Kids fire-resista- We all, occasionally find ourselves in the dark. Such was the case for me the other day at work. I found myself in the dark. Literally! My early morning cup of tea and Diet Coke had taken their toll. It was time to powder my nose. As I wandered into die ladies' room, a little girl was just washing her hands. She was just tall enough to reach the sink. I smiled and laid, "Good morning," to which she responded with one of those - ' i . n" brown in cola, and, produce a - "cracking" sound when the flame hits them. Users generally smoke d crack using a pipe, since the substance only bums at very high temperatures. water-coole- How dangerous is Co- -, caine?. Use of cocaine is risky in all forms. When cocaine is used, very large doses reach the brain within seconds, increasing the risk. When snorted, even small amounts caine, that is, they sharply inhale of cocaine in sensitive individuals the powdered mixture. Another ; may be enough to cause convul-forof the drug called "freebase" is f sions that can result in heart and made by chemically converting the, , respiratory Mure, even death, street drag into a basic form that. Is Cocaine addictive? Yes, can be smoked. Cocaine may also Cocaine is an addictive drag. An addicted animal will prefer cocaine be injected. What is crack? Crack, anto food even if starved. Virtually no other forai of cocaine, is very much one who becomes addicted to colike freebase. Crack is made by caine ever thought they : mixing cocaine powder with baking would.Y-:, soda and water and then cooking it. Join your neighbors in the fight When dried, the resulting rocks or against ihe illegal use of alcohol chunks are or light and other draesl.' v' V, m , off-whit- e, ,f.Z'.W(Vi is THE s- - 4 4r - , - i !i f by Jan : 9-- trick-or-treate- Just Stuff . ; lodes. I had just perched my posterior on the porcelain pot when the lights went out "Eh, hem," I cleared my throat. "Ah, I'm stUl in here! Could you catch die lights?" I said very sweedy. No response. There I was, my nylons around my ankles, my skirt around my waist, with not a whole lot in beleft in the dark. A most tween vulnerable situation, if I do say so myself. I made a few more feeble attempts at calling out, all to no avail Even, "Hey! I'm still in here! Turn on the lights!" didn't work. And, boy, was it dark! I couldn't even see the door to the bathroom stall, let alone the toilet paper dispenser, which I was in need of at that time. "Well," I thought, as I finished die paper work and tried to wriggle my nylons back into place, "at least there will be some light coming in under the crack in the door to the hall." That would give me enough light to find my way over to the light switch. After fumbling with the latch, I finally opened the stall door, expecting to see the floor bathed in light coming from under the crack ,'Jf in die door. I was wrong. This little tot was well trained. Not only did she not talk to strangers, and wash her hands after using die bathroom, she turned out the lights as she left a room. And I mean all the lights even the ones in the bathroom entry hall It seemed even darker out in die main part of the bathroom. Now, this is a bathroom that I have used on more than one occasion! At least an average of two times a day for die past two years. You'd think I would know my way around. Not in die dark. One isn't accustomed to having to make one's way through a bathroom at one's place of employment. I started feeling my way along the wall and clocked my elbow on some machine on the wall that I . knew took quarters. As I was groping my way in the general direction of the door, I thought briefly, "What if it wasn't the little girl who turned out the lights? What if I feel a hand as Fm making my way across this wall?" I didn't think it for long, but for a fleeting second, there was a sense of tenor that one doesn't expect to feel in the bathroom at work! Well, I worked my way around the room to the light switch at the other end, and, I must say, it was a bit of a relief to flip the switch and have the lights come on. And, luckily, I glanced in the mirror as I was walking out the door. My skirt was tucked neady into my nylons. I was glad to shed a little light on the subject! ; I I J-i- rn .j,