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Show ( WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, MAY 18, 1978 Dues the remarriage of a divoued or widowed parent mean that a family has been put bai k together NOT necessarily, says a L diversity of Utah graduate student who lias In en study ing the little understood atti tudes and feelings involved in stepparenting ' T hat is a common v n w but it is also one of the many in st (inceptions about i says Barbara lerry, who is completing wmk this spring for a master's degree in social work WHILE SHE is a heiself, sn ppurent lerry admits "there are no exputs in this area There have been only evilly dbout 12 formal studies K rt-ie- ' f "r '? VtVV ' V'4? ' f.-C- v . " SHE SAYS counsc lors net d lo be much more awaie of the 4 ' jVZ-Vy.V--- '. ..OlWHbWntJ,. Passing the hat to collect donations for political parties is an old tradition. An unidentified donor drops a bill into the hat at Bountiful District 59 mass meeting Monday night Mass meetings the grass roots of local politics where county and state delegates are nominated were held throughout the county and state in homes and schools within each voting district. Meetings were held for all recoenued Dohtical parties. PASSIHG THE HAT lew On holestei'o! Levels Researchers have found that a high cholesterol level in the blood does not necessarily mean you are a prime candidate for heart disease. THE emerging picture, as explained by Stanley L. Englebardt in the February Readers Digest, shows that carried "is cholesterol through the blood by a senes of molecules called lipoproteins. And not all of these cholesterol-lipoprotei- tervals of two years, Fnglebardt writes In the first four years, those who suffered heart attacks had a lower level of HDL than the rest of their group FAMILIES with a history of longevity tend to carry very high levels pf HDLs in the blood, leading researchers to believe "good" lipids are an inherited factor Dr Charles J. Glueck, director of the general clinical research and lipid research centers of the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, has monitored a group of such pack- n ets are alike There are lipoproteins (LDLs) and lipoproteins high-densit- y (HDLs) And the danger m a high cholesterol level lies in the ratio between the two LDLs are the bad guys, Englebardt declares IF, for dietary or other reasons, there is more cholesterol than is needed for daily metabolism, some of the LDLs may deposit their fatty cargoes on the interior linings of coronary arteries, he writes. "Eventually this build up of fatty plaques sets up conditions for a heart attack HDLs, on the other hand, work in the opposite direction-up in the picking excess bloodcholesterol stream and carrying it back the liver for excretion from the body. Thus, a high ratio of HDLs to LDLs appears to reduce the risk of heart disease. families "It appears that one family in 500 may have this natural protection, he says CLINICAL tests are now to determine available lipoprotein level A high level of LDLs, while not to be wished for, does not mean certain heart trouble A prudent diet, emphasizing vegetables, cereals, fish, little meat and no junk foods, can help lower the cholesterol level Regular, vigorous exercise, such as jogging and running, tends to increase the HDL level. DR. WILLIAM P Castelli, director of laboratories of the Framingham Heart Study, - PrH was a child, complaining about some trivial problem likely would bring forth the name of Helen Keller I "SO youre nearsighted, my teacher would scoff Helen Keller is deaf and blind, and thats never stopped her June 27 will mark the birthday of a woman who served as a role model not only for other women, but for other handicapped persons and for all humanity. FOR A child, she was a tough model to live up to, but as I grew older I began to get the message. There are stones that we tell one another, year after year for generations, because they show the progress of human behavior The .ales of King Arthur do that. The drama of Joan of Arc and the life of Helen says there is some evidence that you can clear away already established fatty plaques and reverse much of the blood-vessdamage that has been done "At the least," he continues, you can take steps to halt the process-befo- re it halts you WHEN Keller was born, a deaf, blind and mute person was doomed to silence and darkness forever. There was little hope for education, communication or stimulatof any kind Helen Keller was a bright and active baby, but an illness when she was 19 months old left her impaired permanently Her parents kept her at home, though she became hopelessly savage and hostile An uncle advised Kellers mother, You really ought to put that child away, Kate She is mentally defective, and it is not pleasant to see her about THE family kept searching for a cure, or if that failed, someone to teach the child as much as possible Because Anne Sullivan answered the cry for help, Kellers story became the BUT story of two courageous women They showed the world that handicapped persons have all the hopes, fears, needs and potential that all human kind possesses Anne Sullivan, herself partially blind, and Helen Keller were a magical and explosive combination of intellect and vitality SULLIVAN arrived at the Kellers presently is serving a field placement as a counselor-traine- r in the W men's Resource ( enter ( THE stepparent should feel comfortable in disciplining a stepchild who violates predetermined rules However, Terry says some forms of discipline may be better handled by the natural parent Another myth, according to the U graduate student, Is that a stepparent will be c ruel, which some limes makes new stepparents feel the v must never be too lirm with a stepchild first names, "mom" or "dad" may be appropriate in some cucumstances The stepparent isn't a leplacement for someone else "Society makes the mistake of considering the stepparent as substitute, savs Terry, "but you don't it dace people Both the new parent and the natural parent nil their retain idu ilny " A STEPPARENT can in-th- v TERRY ALSO cites what she calls the Julie Andrews false impresSyndrome--th- e sion that a stepparent can gain instant love "That's seldom the case," she says "It's quite common for a pe rson to say 'Em not a good stepparent, " Terry notes "What they should be saying is that they have made mis takes There is nothing too unusual about that " ex- - u ct to have very strong lc clings of tension, anger and guilt from time lotime, and it is quite normal ott A stepparent and stepchild n don t know how to act uound one another "Its es-niially like learning to live wuh a stranger, ' Terry says v THE stepparent shouldn't a love from demand stepchild let love come naturally, she says, although sometimes it won't come at Soaring uranium demand predicted The increasing demand for enriched uranium to feed the nuclear fuel cycle has escalated the mining and milling of uranium ore in the western United States, particularly in New Mexico and W'yoming By 1990 the annual demand lor enriched uranium may be five times the present demand ens all The stepchild shouldnt be pul in a double bind of feeling i bat to love one parent is being disloyal to the other "It should be stressed that there can be enough love for everyone, savs Terry THERE SHOULD be more acceptance that it is not abnormal when there are two n These sagas tell children and adults that one person can make a difference. ion which she will conduct April 27 in the Olpin Union She "It presently has a negative connotation and it shouldn't," she says 30 Keller are stories worth hearing again and again By JANET LOWE Copley News Service When K DU u u dynamics of stepparenting and she believes there is a lac k of training in this area Terry has combined her personal experiences with selective readings to prepare u workshop for stepparenls family. The use of the term stepparent should be encouraged. lerry recommends using of slepparentmg in the past in jears The stepparent role is not defined, yet society places very high expectations on the stepparent," she says "And there is sort of a taboo ag unst stepparents asking for help Alter all, they are supposed to be happy now (in the new marriage) " last names in the same WHILE conducting her researe h, Terry has observed A remarriage family Is a "lamily wiih a past" which should nol convey a negative connotation THERE CAN be serious anxu ty for a stepchild over what to tall a new parent, household in Alabama to find an unkempt, rowdy child who grabbed, kicked, screamed and resisted discipline The great mind of Helen Keller, locked inside a dark and silent tomb, had reverted to animal instincts Through hard work, Sullivan began to inch away the heavy stone that held Keller a prisoner The movie "The Miracle Worker dramatically depicted the day when Htlen Keller first realized that the letters Sullivan was writing in her palm made up words, and that words stood for real objects It was the discovery of language at an age when the mind could understand and preserve the memory. With language came thought and reasoning later wrote, felt a misty consciousness of something KELLER "Suddenly I forgotten - a thrill of returnand somehow ing thought the mystery of language was revealed to me An expression of absolute joy spread over the youngsters face, and that fate, brimming with delight, became Helen Keller's hallmark for life ON THAT day, her very first to understand symbols, Helen Keller learned no less than 30 new words Her zest never for knowledge diminished By the age of 10 Helen Keller was a celebrity and remained in the world spotlight until her death, just before her ttmn oirtntlav She sat upon the knee of the aging potl W hitlii r when she w e child Queen V n u u r duapped persons The two even helped those of after her progress Oliver Wendell Holmes published a letter of hers in on. of I, books She counted among her friends Mark Twain and Albert Einstein and was received at the White House by everv president from Grover Cleveland to John 3or2S HELEN Keller and Anne her influence, tell " I can never Sullivan's influence reached far beyond the one pupil and friend, though Anne Sullivan," wrote Helen was one of the pioneers in civilization for the blind and deaf She saw the usefulness of whole souls in imperfect bodies " Keller, BY ion THE chance combinatteacher and student, of there came a friendship, a partnership, that by example changed the world for han- - ifSciresi many parental and shouldn'ts" can overload a growing child with guilt and anxiety that will plague him the rest of his "shoulds life BUT how, parents ask, can vou instill the values you think are vital without risking this kind of damage (Some guilt is necessary, as the foundation of a developing conscience ) Arlene Silberman, writing in the March Reader's Digest, believes it can be done and has some trenchant suggestions to make TO transmit without raising guilt-ridde- children, she values n writes, "parents need to distinguish between the trivial and the important, between mere customs and genuine values Try making a list of key values and ask yourself why each one is important to you, then ask your children to do the same thing You will all benefit from some honest talk about what is important and what is not. what PRACTICE you preach Most Americans say they want their children to adhere to values, but they themselves dont espouse them very deeply If you want your children to take honesty seriously, for example, you might think twice before you tell a "little white lie "Accentuate the positive," an old song advised Praise is a strong behavior-mu- ch reinforcer group decided to take a closer look at the lipid system. From their pool of people being studied, 2815 were randomly picked lor measure of their lipoprotein levels and total cholesterol values at in Sixty-si- years ago the x newest and finest passenger liner on the North Atlantic, on her maiden voyage and thought to be unsinkable, struck an iceberg late at night Tne White Star in mid-ocea- n named Outstanding If you tive than criticism want to foster helpfulness and kindness, for example, you can thank your children for watering the plant, feeding the dog, leaving a phone message, Silberman YOUR children may not always agree with your standards, and when they grow up they may live lives quite different from yours But if vou live by your values and praise your children when they abide bv them too, chances are they li respect them-a- nd you-- in their adult years Athlete For 77-7- 0 KAYSVILLE - Ryan Hill, who earned a total of seven varsity letters while attendhas ing Davis High School, been named the schools Mr. and Mrs. Oak Lane, Kaysville, Ryan earned three varsity letters in baseball and two each in football and basketball In football, he was selected 481 a and gency rocket signals-i- ts 3-- Ryan was a of the Darts State grid squad and helped the team as a placekicker. In basketball, he was and chosen an guard. all-sta- THE DART baseball team cap- 4 U I V watch not realizing what the signals meant. all-sta- te 3-- EARLIER, V tain being asleep and the as he quarterbacked the Darted famed double-win- g offense to the Region Four championship. Davis finished second in the State playoffs last season. member x long-accept- A SON of all-are- f Certainly world war I, which followed two years thereafter, ended that eras way of life for all time tions were seriously raised verabout the sion of the tragedy It will be recalled that the Californian was widely blamed for not having rescued the drowned It lay within sight, so it was said, and failed to answer emer- " Jack Hill, n A FEW years ago in England and in Norway ques- Outstanding Athlete for 1977-7- 8 THAT was perhaps the most dramatic news story (other than wars) of the century The tragedy is still very much in the public eye-- in both books and films, partly because some believe that the loss of this ship and so much society alBritish-America- RYAN HILL state chamtook the pionship in 1977 with Ryan as a starting infielder. He was a two-yestarter In all three sports and during his senior in both year was football and basketball, grb 3-- YET THE chief officer of a Norwegian ship that was in sight of the Titanic that night, a ship that was engaged in illegal seal hunting, recently said, after the death of the captain, that it was this ship which passengers on the Titanic saw that fateful night. The Samson stole away, not wanting to be detected And so perhaps the Californian, its captain and its crew, have been wlongly blamed all these years NEW OFFICERS sug- gests line s titanic went down in two hours and 1,500 people were drowned most ended a way of life of more effec- THESE findings came about through the studies of the Framingham (Mass ) Heart Study, which has followed the health of more than 5000 people for 28 years. In 1969, the Framingham n se 0JsrSoai Too Sullivan became friends for life Sullivan refused to marry until she found a husband who understood that she would continue as a teacher and companion to her first and most amazing student Though Anne Sullivan Macy died in 1936 and Helen Keller had other comoanions and teachers, she never forgot the first one HOW much of my delight in all beautiful things is innate and how much is due to us who are merely nearsight-vsnmeed to mnrf ciearl New officers who will direct the Kaysville JCKs activities for the 1978-7- 9 year have been elected. They are 1 to r, Paula Allen, president; Phyllis Alder, vice president; Judy Rigby, secretary; Mary Pettingill, historian and Mary Lou Jandreau, past president director. Not present, Mrs Jeanne Anderson, vice president, np |