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Show THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DEC. 20, 1973 mm State TraiMgSeta i r a ft T3 Trh - a n n rr n ji ir Ketaraeu r lows The challenge of mental retardation is as old as mankind. man-kind. The solutions offered at Utah State Training School, Utah's only residential institution institu-tion for the mentally retarded, are as modern as today! The Training School is not a dead end. It is not an isolated last resort. It is, rather, a progressive, forward looking community oriented facility with a single purpose for being . . . to serve the mentally retarded. retard-ed. The Training School is undertaking un-dertaking a period of growth and change. We are looking beyond the confines of our traditional tradi-tional boundaries to the "real" world. Utah State Training School is an alternative program for the retarded of Utah. The school offers a choice of services for the good of the child, the good of the family and the good of the community. The keyword of the school is service. How is Utah State Training School meeting today's challenge chal-lenge of retardation? We provide residential services, education, care, training and habilitation for approximatley 850 persons who live here on our campus. In addition, we serve those who reside in our statewide residential group homes, approximately 150 persons per-sons whom we have trained for vocational placement and we are also responsible for an additional addi-tional 400 mentally retarded persons who once resided at the school and who are now on nursing nurs-ing home placement. We have widened our spectrum spec-trum of services for the retard- A Wondrous Birth byBethToIbert Samuel, was the stable boy on duty that special night. He noticed the strangers at the inn and was saddened by their plight. He said, to no one in particular, "Oh, I must help them some way." As they approached the stable, he was already gathering fresh new hay. He hastened to hold the donkey, for the woman locked tired and worn. And it was apparent the child she carried would very soon be born. The man's loving arms encircled her and he helped her quickly inside And lowered her to the fresh new hay to rest from her long ride. Samuel took the donkey and rubbed him and fed him with care, Then turned him inside with the animals, their clean warm stall to share. The animals had been so restless, before the strangers came, Samuel noticed now you could scarce hear them breath, they did not seem the same. The young boy went to the strangers, to see what their needs might be. They told him they were Joseph and Mary, come to Bethlehem, because of the tax decree. He felt there was something special about Mary, she seemed to glow with inner light, yet, though he had heard of a coming event, he guessed not of her role that night. Joseph asked if Samuel would fill the manger nearby with new hay For Mary felt the birth was near and would need a place for the child to lay. She was busily folding swaddling clothes to wrap the wee one in, Samuel could tell that she was in pain as Joseph wiped beads from her chin. Now, Samuel went for the water and the other things for which Joseph ask. He could not help but feel he was performing a special task. He could hear the soft moans from where Mary lay, And see Joseph give her comfort with the things he would say. Samuel felt he had done all he could just now. He quietly crept to a corner and sat down to wait near a cow. He might have dozed for a moment, he wasn't really sure. But suddenly he was startled by the cry of a babe, the sound was clear and pure. He took his eyes a moment to adjust to the light surround the three. He wasn't even frighted, as he moved closer the child to see. Oh, he was filled with such wonder and awe, For he knew in his heart the meaning of what he saw. His eyes were drawn upward, thru an opening, he saw the source of light. The brilliance of one hovering star made all the stable bright. It formed a soft of halo around the tiny head And seemed to turn the clean sweet hay into a royal bed. Mary beckoned him to come forth and touch her tinv son And as he did so, she whispered to him, "He is the chosen one." He was sure he could hear angels singing,"Glory to God on High". He couldn't contain the joy he felt, he didn't even try. Here at last was the promised, New Born King. He knew that was cause for the angels, and the world to sing. Samuel was kept busy throughout most of the night, Tending the animals of those who came to behold the wonderous sight. The shepherds told of being on a hillside nearby And of the angels coming to bring the glad tidings from on high. They told of the unusual star that shone, so very, very bright To guide them to the stable to view this holy sight. As they fell to their knees to worship the king Once again Samuel heard the angels sing, "Let all the world praise him, Who brings light to a world grown dim." As Samuel kept his watch by the stable door More strangers arrived bringing gifts galore. Samuel hastened to care for the camels they rode And to help them unpack their heavy load. They were three wise men come from the east To praise the Lord, for this Prince of Peace. At last the visitors all had left, the stable was quiet once more. ; Samuel took one last peek at the babe, then settled near the stable door. He found he couldn't sleep through, such thoughts were in his head, He knew because of the events of this night, the future held hope, not uread. Oh the tale he would have to tell his own child someday, . How he had been present that special night and prepared the bed of hay. As his head began to nod, he heard the gentle strains Of Heavenly Hosts soft voices stretching over hills and plains Silent Night, Holy Night, All is culm, all is bright, Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child, Holy Infant so tcndi-r and mild, Christ the Savior is Born, Christ the Savior is Born! ! ed. We offer day care programs, guest admissions, counseling service and progressive recreation recrea-tion therapy programs, in addition addi-tion to a full range of programs and services available to campus cam-pus residents. In fact, we of'?r hope-and help- to all of Utah's retarded. Mental retardation is an international inter-national challenge. Members of the staff at Utah State Training School, under the direction of Dr. Paul S. Sagers, superintendent, superinten-dent, are meeting the old myths with understanding and involvement. involve-ment. They have discovered that the retarded can be helped, and indeed, are worth helping. However, the old myths die hard. Nowhere is the more evident evi-dent than in the field of mental retardation. In this sophistocat-ed sophistocat-ed era, there are still those whose concept of the retarded is horse and buggy. Some people still believe that the retarded can't learn or be helped. Some feel the retarded would be happier hap-pier isolated from contact with the community. The old myths are gone at Utah State Training School. Here, the mentally retarded are given the opportunity to reach their full potential, whatever that potential might be. Our performance during the past year is now being assessed against goals. A new $500,000 Comprehensive Therapy Building Build-ing was recently completed, providing us with our first therapy ther-apy pool. In this attractive, innovative in-novative building, a multi-disciplinary multi-disciplinary approach to the problems of the orthopedically handicapped retarded child has been introduced. The building also houses our Speech and Hearing suite, facilities for developmental physical therapy and a multi-purpose gymnasium which is utilized during the day for educational programs and during evening hours for recreation recrea-tion activities. The expansion of our unique program serving the child who is deafblind and retarded is most rewarding. Ten children new benefit from this innovative program, which was initiated on a pilot basis in October, 1972. This program is jointly funded by a federal grant from the Mountain Plains Services to DeafBlind and the Utah State Department of Education. Language development programs for the profoundly and severely retarded have been accelerated during 1974, Mountain Fuel Receives Best Paper Award A presentation made by Lyle A. Hale, Mountain Fuel Supply Company vice president, exploration, explor-ation, on "The Brady Unit Discovery," Dis-covery," has received the "Best Paper Award" in the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Geolo-gists professional paper competition. compe-tition. A plaque is to be presented to Mr. Hale at a meeting of the association in Denver, Colorado, Colora-do, at some future date, according accord-ing to John P. Lockridge, association asso-ciation president, who announced an-nounced the winner. The award is the second to be won by Mr. Hale for this same presentation. Earlier this year, he received the A. I. Levorson award for most outstanding technical paper presented at the Salt Lake City meeting of the Rocky Mountain Section, American Amer-ican Association of Petroleum Geologists. In his presentation, Mr. Hale described the geologic study that preceded the discovery of oil and natural gas in the Brady Unit, some 28 miles southeast of Rock Springs, Wyoming. He also al-so discussed the drilling of the discovery well and some of the development work that has since occurred at the Brady Unit. Un-it. The discovery of oil and natural gas in the Brady Unit touched off nation-wide interest in Mountain Fuel, which has a 41.25 percent interest in the discovery dis-covery well and in 13.760 acres encompassing the well site. That discovery, made in October Octob-er 1972, and other discoveries made since then, have more than tripled the price of the Company's common stock. Perhaps the first user of dead air space for insulation purposes pur-poses was the friendly chickadee. chicka-dee. It has been fluffing its feathers into a mass of down during zero weather, creating hundreds of tiny air pockets, for more than a million years. with excellent results. These programs are conducted by our Speech and Hearing Staff. Our Activity Therapy Programs offer social stimulation stimula-tion and several degrees of skill training. These services are available to the retarded residing resid-ing on our campus, those who live at home and those who reside in nursing homes. For the low functioning individual, elementary ele-mentary crafts are taught at the American Fork Activity Therapy Ther-apy Center. Skills are built, success is experienced and social interaction provides needed need-ed self esteem and personal capabilities. As skills increase, participants advance to contract con-tract work. In a sheltered environment envir-onment of the Elaine Sharp Center, Pleasant Grove, they learn the value of work, basic work skills and the pride of achievement, while earning a small wage. The crowning link in this chain is a modern pijgram located at the Training School. This cooperative program offers training in entry level job skills and helps the retarded become independent tax producers, rather than tax users. Many and new continuing programs are of value to all parents of retarded children, such as the Medical Teaching and Research Unit which we have established with the University Uni-versity of Utah College of Medicine. Medi-cine. Genetic counseling can help parents face fears with facts. A new research laboratory labora-tory is nearing completion and will become a statewide asset as causative factors of retardation retarda-tion are discovered. Our Community Group Home program has been a pattern for many other states. We have developed these homes with "common sense" guidelines which have helped more than 100 retarded individuals make a successful return to community life. The group homes have increased in-creased from two pilot homes in 1970 to 14 in 1973. Our community involvement is statewide. Our residents also utilize community facilities which augment those available on our campus. We, in turn, conduct cooperative training and educational programs and workshops for the community and maintain an "open door" policy to inform the public of the facilities and programs available at the school. The time is at hand when we must drop the labels p'aced on the mentally retarded. We must stop considering them as statistics statis-tics and see them as people. People who need special help. The role of the institution is changing. These changes are needed and relevant. But, change is not readily accepted by everyone. It requires a new , cooperative spirit, a willingness to accept new facts- and lay to rest old myths. These myths deserve to die, just as the retarded deserve to live a rich, full life. We are committed to this principle. Perhaps this statement by Wolfgang Goethe best states our philosophy: "If you treat an individual as he is, he will stay as he is, bu' if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he WILL BECOME what be ought and could be." Some Folks Have a Year-Round Christmas There are five towns or villages in the United States that are named "Christmas." They are in Arizona. Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee. There is a Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, south of Java, attached to the Singapore settlement, under Australian administration, and the British have two Christmas Islands: one of the Line Islands in the center of the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii and another in Nova Scotia on the Atlantic Ocean. V.S. "CHRISTMAS" TOWISS SWAMPED WITH CHRISTMAS MAIL Because many people want a Christmas postmark on their cards, letters and packages, each year millions mil-lions of pieces of mail are sent to post offices in those places named "Christmas." Christmas, Florida, population about 300, handles an average half-million pieces of mail during the Christmas season. Located near Orlando, it began as a fort that was completed on Christmas 1835. The Legend of the Christmas Rose According to legend a little shepherd girl from Bethlehem Beth-lehem followed the shepherds on their way to the manger. All the shepherds had gifts for Jesus but the little girl had none. She felt very sad and unworthy about this and hung back from the others. Just before they reached the stable, an angel appeared in a blaze of light and scattered lovely white roses before the little girl. So she gathered them up and laid them before the manger. Christmas illm Fill this season with laughter, good JJjJfF will and song. Warm thanks from us, to all. Ron's Paint and Hardware Please accept these best wishes for a Merry Christmas. We attach our thanks! Pinkerton Meats thi mm m m mmm a lSj r i HOMEMAKERS CDFR210. Child Development Clothing & Textiles 105. Elem Cloth Const Food Science & Nutrition 110. Prin Food Prep Health 121. First Aid and Safety Industrial Education 319. Upholstery Interior Design 240. Intro Interior Dsgn SELF IMPROVEMENT Art 312. Survey Art & Arch Hum 101. Intro Humanities Engl 111. Comp& Read Engl 355. World Classics I LIS 111. Use of Books & Library RELIGION Rel 121. Book of Mormon Rel 211. New Testament Rel 261. Intro to Genealogy Rel 333. Tchgs Livings Prophets Rel 327. Pearl Great Price BACHELOR & MASTERS DEGREE PROGRAMS Bus Ed 111. Elem Shorthand Chem 100. Elem College Chem Comm 375. Mot Picture Editing Educ 623. Sci in Elem Sch Educ 669. Guid & Coun Hnd (J K SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Univs110. Eff Stdy Adj Col Univs115. Prac Decision-Makg Univs121. Col Dev Reading Univs100. Fundamentals Math Engl 1 1 1-92. Comp & Reading Hist 170-92. American Heritage SENIOR CITIZENS Geneal 321. British Research 2 Engl 382. Shakespeare Span 102. 1st Yr Spanish Ind Ed 365. Crafts 3 Art 103. Drawing-Nonmajors Assoc DEGREES, LAW ENF, LIBRARY TECH LawEnflOL Intro Law Enforce Lib Tech 202. Org of Materls-IMC Comput. Sci 131. Scientific Comput. Math 101. Intermed Algebra PHYSICAL EDUCATION PE 131. Golf PE 133. Tennis PE 160. Swimming PE 179. logging PE 184. Rhy & Dance Elem Tch This is just a partial listing of the classes offered! Call or write today for a complete Winter Semester Class Schedule. FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE: FREE 20 Minute PARKING - North lot HRCB EXTENDED HOURS - Saturday 8:00 - 12:00, Weekdays 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. (Except Friday) SENIOR CITIZENS - $10.00 per class (audit only) CIRCLE THESE DATES: DECEMBER 28 - deadline for mail-in registration JANUARY 3 - campus late registration Smith Family Living Center 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. JANUARY 7 - class instruction begins. BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF EVENING CLASSES 225 HRCB, Provo, Utah 84602 Phone: 374-1211 ext. 2872 |
