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Show Celebrating more than 9 7years ofservice to the citizens ofEureka. Volume Ninety-Seve- n EUREKA; UTAH - November 22, 2002 Number 47 Price $.40 TH news by Shala Davis and Shanna Schow Basketball begins this week with the girls playing tonight in Ogden against Christian Heritage. The boys travel to Ogden on Tuesday to play Christian Heritage and have a home game on Wednesday against West Ridge. The JV plays at 3 p.m. and the varsity at 4:30 p.m. Sc.cnty students that did not receive any referrals went on a field trip to the Mayan Restaurant today. They were treated to lunch. The band is traveling to UVSC on Monday for the Jazz Festival. They will be gone ell day. The Junior Class Play, Taming the Wild, Wild West in a Dress, was on Friday night and they did a greet job1 The week of October 28th, there were 93 students that did not receive a referral and Tawnie Child and KassieAnnc Cox won a candy bar. . The week of November 4 there were 105 students that did not receive a referral and Stetson Steele and Jcnnica Grimstcad won a candy bar. Last week there were 110 students that did not receive a referral and Danielle Fackrcll and J stin Hopes won a candy bar. Wednesday, November 27th will be an early out day. Students will be excused at 12:15 p.m. for the Thanksgiving holiday. Health notes Dont let stress rob you of the pleasures offered during the Holiday Season. Stay healthy. The holidays are always a time of great fun as well as stress and anxiety. Combine the fun and the stress with a lack of sleep and you could end up with any number of illnesses including allergies, colds, flu and upper respiratory disorders. Stress, anxiety and a lack of sleep suppress the immune system, making it difficult for our bodies to defend us against these illnesses. Without tlie immune defense system firmin disease can strike ly place, with deadly accuracy. So, how can you keep that immune system alive and well. Health experts suggest: Some incomplete information was printed in last weeks Reporter. This is an attempt to explain it correctly. The state requires 990 hours of instruction for students in all The District grades annually. policy rounds that up to 1000 Krystal Crawford was chosen hours. Board policy also says for the Principal's Award this school should last seven hours a week for demonstrating day. The way a high school day is outstanding achievement in writing. Krystal writes fiction scheduled satisfies both with characters and events so requirements because it takes 7 well written they sound real. hour days to complete 1000 hours In the She works hard to write and of annual instruction. publish her writing in class. elementary school where there is Her writing ability will take her no time between classes, the 1 000 far. Her mother is Michelle hours are accomplished in Crawford. approximately 6 Vi hours. The extra time each day adds to about 13 extra days (or up almost 3 weeks) of additional instruction per year. Considering the attention span of little children, docs it really make sense to keep them in class being instructed as long as 12th graders? Some parents have brought to our attention that their child is worn out and irritable by the time they get home and that trying to get homework done is causing a major problem for them. We have found at school that the children are getting too tired and the extra time is being wasted because of their inattention. than they arc required to be. No one wants to alter the teachers scheduled hours. We just prefer to use the extra half hour a day for additional quality prep time, Elementary teachers are invariably here earlier and later STAY? Telemarketing rales by the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Federal Communications marketing practices adversely impact the consumer," Snowden says. not-ca- ll list, and as Snowden notes, consumers can get some relief by requesting to be placed on that companys list. The telemarketers must keep you in the list and may not call for ten years. "Violations of these rules can result in fines for the caller," Snowden says. Certain calls are exempt from many of the FCCs rules, including calls from companies with which the consumer has an existing business relationship and it those from organizations, including many political organizations. To learn more, you can request a Fact Sheet from the FCC explaining the rules in detail by assessing the FCC website under "Consumer Alerts and Facts Sheets") or by calling the FCC consumer centers at (TTY You may also call this phone number or contact this website if you have questions or a complaint to file with the FCC against a telemarketer. In addition, the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) spon- Commission has been Telemarketing around for decades, yet the last dozen years have seen an explosive growth in the number of daily solicitations, now by and fax as well as by telephone. The telemarketing industry has grown from a remarkable $435 billion in sales in 1990 to $600 billion in the last year. But not all consumers are happy with these statistics. Examples of complaints filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) are from a busy mom trying to home school her children during the week, but calls telemarketer constantly Another interrupt. daughter comtelemarthat incessant plained keter calls tie up the line so that should could not reach her elderly mother, whose fax line also bleated at 3 a.m. with unwanted calls. According to K. Dan Snowden, Chief of the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) at the FCC, consumers like these are complaining to the FCC about unwanted and uninvited calls from advertisers and telemarketers. "Telemarketing is sors the Telephone Preference a legitimate means of reaching Service, which maintains a list. DMA members are consumers. However, there are instances where abuses in tele required to use this list. You can ail tax-exem- pt, non-prof- (ww-w.fcc.govc- gb do-not-c- all register for free by mailing your name, phone number and signature in a letter 'to: "DMA Telephone Preference Service, Box 643, Carmel, NY 10512." Or for a $5 fee, you can register online at Once you register, name your stays on this list for five years. Currently, the FCC is considering ways in which it can revise its telemarketing rules to adequately protect consumers privacy. "The Commissions rules attempt to strike a balance between the rights and interests of the consumer with legitimate telemarketing," Snowden says. "With the advent of new technologies in telemarketing such as faxes and autodialers, the FCC must gauge whether its existing rules maintain that balance or require augmentation." The FCC has asked for comments on whether it should change its rules that restrict telemarketing calls and, if so, how. One possible change being investigated is that of establishing a national list in addition to the lists maintained by some states. do-not-c- all parent conferences, professional collaboration, and perhaps some one on one time with individual children rather than in 98 hours of instruction that is not benefiting the students. Eureka Elementary Teaching Stall Ask a specialist CAN I MAKE THE MOST OF MY HOUDAY HOW Answer by Glen O. Jenson, professor emeritus, Utah State University Extension and Family and Human Development Depart- ment. Staying with relatives over the holidays can provide an opportunity for sharing, reminiscing and family bonding. However, it can also bring about the need to bite your tongue. To maximize everyones enjoyment and keep the visit on a positive note, consider these suggestions. Plan your visit to cover an optimal amount of time, not the maximum allowable days. Visits have more family bonding power if departure comes when everyone wishes they could stay longer. Accept the fact that there will be differences of opinion. Relationships are more important than proving a point or trying to change others thinking or ways. Begin the visit with your sense of humor in tact. Make it a goal to keep it in tact through the visit. Be slow to give advice to another adult. Plan activities for younger children. Take them on short walks, trips to the grocery store or rides in the car to give everyone a break. Contribute where possible and appropriate to help cover food and entertainment expenses. This is especially true for married children. "We encourage consumers on To see other "Ask A both sides of the issue to use the ist" columns, visit httpextcnsio-heard,processes to be Special-Commissio- ns Snowden summarizes. n.usu.edupublicanewsaska. " |