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Show RL NI 111 MU EVER 111111L Page CALENDAR OF EVENTS Thursday, November 26, 2009 • Thanksgiving Day! Friday, November 27, 2009 • No School Saturay, November 28, 2009 • Escalante Petrified Forest State Park Backcountry Hike Wednesday, December 2, 2009 • PHS Girls Basketball vs. Parowan Thursday, December 3, 2009 • BVHS Girls Freshman Tourn w/ Kanab & Escalante Friday, December 4, 2009 • EHS Boys BBall @ Tabiona • EHS Girls BBall Tournament @ Freedonia • EHS Boys Wrestling @ Panguitch • BVHS Girls & Boys Ruby's Inn Invitational • PHS Boys BBall vs. Moapa Valley @ Home 435-867-8384 Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is applauding the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) efforts to investigate the potential harm caused by alcoholic energy drinks. Shurtleff and 17 other attorneys general asked the FDA to check into the danger of alcoholic drinks that contain caffeine and other stimulants. "This is a safety issue and we are asking the FDA to act quickly to protect consumers," says Shurtleff. "Most of the ads for alcoholic energy drinks are aimed at young people and all of the research indicates these drinks put young people at great risk." Shurtleff is the co-chair of the Youth Access to Alcohol Task Force of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG). The co-chairs sent a letter on September 21 asking the FDA to take action or at least seek information from the manufacturers of caffeinated alcoholic beverages. The FDA responded on Friday by requesting nearly 30 manufacturers to show the beverages are "Generally Recognized As Safe" or otherwise lawful under FDA laws and regulations. In a supporting letter to the FDA, scientists and medical professionals offered research which found that the use of caffeine and other stimulants as additives to alcoholic beverages pose serious public health and safety risks. The recent studies confirm that caffeine appears to mask, but not reduce, the intoxicating effects of alcohol. This may lead to increased risktaking and other serious alcohol-related problems such as traffic accidents, violence, sexual assault and suicide. In 2008, Shurtleff along with 12 other attorneys general initiated investigations of the two leading manufacturers of alcoholic energy drinks: MillerCoors Brewing and Anheuser-Busch, Inc. The investigations concluded with each company agreeing to cease production of caffeinated alcoholic beverages altogether. However, other manufacturers have stepped in to fill the void with products packaged in larger volume con- By Mack Oetting The Lady Bobcats season started in Richfield Nov. 20-21. The Bobcats face a very big Duchesne team on Friday and in a low scoring game fell by the score of 33-25 The Lady Cats had many shots to win the game, but all the girls were feeling the beginning of the year rust on offense. Kalani Norris had 11 points and Chelsie Barney had 8. Saturday thing got a lot better with a game against Tabiona, they took them out easily winning 55-23. Ten Lady Cats got into the scoring column, with Kalani leading with 14, Breanne Bateman got 10 and Shelby Taylor 8. Natasha Barney had a great shooting day going 3 for 4. The Lady Cats will have their home opener against Parowan on December 2nd . JV game is at 5:15 and Varsity at 7:00. Coach Barney says this year's team should be very fun to watch and are a great hard working bunch of girls. So get your season tickets for the best seating. On December 4th the Bobcats boy's team will debut at home against MOAPA Valley. They don't have another game at home till the 15th and it will be against Kanab. Wrestling will kick off the season, with their own tournament on December 4th and 5th, at the Triple C Arena. There will be about 20 teams at the event. Coach Matt Houston, is please with his team this year, he has a wrestler for every weight. Matt and Cory Owens have gotten help from Shawn Marshall, one of the wrestling Marshall boy's. tainers (23.5 oz.) and containing a higher percentage of alcohol (up to 12%) than was in MillerCoors and Anheuser-Busch products. Assistant Utah Attorney General Thom Roberts also worked on the Task Force. The FDA has given the manufacturers 30 days to submit the requested information. Photos of alcoholic energy drinks are at http:// attorneygeneral.utah.gov/ PR 111709a.html. Shurtleff's letter, the supporting letter and more information from the FDA can be found at http://www.fda. gov/Food/FoodIngredientsPackaging/ucm190366 . htm. 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If they were, the likes of themselves be deployed to anti-war protests and the Johnson, Nixon, the Bushes active war zones, either as student killings at Kent and Obama would emulate rifle-bearing or laptop-car- State reversed U.S. policy George Washington, our lying members of the U.S. in Asia. "A congressional first, brave commander-in- Marine Corps, right-smack vote in favor of sending chief who stood upright in dab in the middle of it all." more troops to Afghanistan a modest warship, flag wav- On the other hand, he con- should subject Nancy Peloing in the pre-dawn, wind- tinued, "Those who voted si's granddaughter and John blown darkness, leading his against further escalation Boehner's grandson to the troops into battle against would be exempted from draft," he said. the British. Presumably he conscription." Vietnam veterans are killed one or more memSpeculating on the now seniors, most of them bers of the British military; outcome of a congressio- in their early to mid-60s. and presumably the British nal vote under those con- Those who have called my combatants tried, unsuc- ditions, he mused that, helpline are suffering from cessfully, to kill him. "It would be a thought- an array of neurological and "Imagine for a mo- ful vote," adding that, "if blood diseases. As a felment," said a senior legal a condition of becoming low-veteran—but one who helpline caller—a Viet- president, vice-president, or never encountered battle nam war veteran calling a member of Congress, was conditions—I listen. for legal assistance in hav- compulsory military serI wonder what George ing his Parkinson's disease vice, there would likely be Washington would say? recognized as having been less enthusiasm for political (Pro bono legal informacaused by his exposure to office and less enthusiasm tion and advice is available "agent orange" defoliation for repeating Korea and to persons 55 and older in the jungles of Vietnam- Vietnam." through the USD Senior -"George Bush and Barack He apologized for such Legal Helpline, 1-800-747Obama parachuting onto an fanciful thinking; howev1895; mmyers@usd.edu . Iraqi or Afghanistan battle- er, he seriously argued in Opinions are solely those of ground, along with a select support of reinstating the group of U.S. senators and draft. "We are a nation of the author and not the Unirepresentatives. collective cowards," he as- versity of South Dakota). – EVM1r76=1 FDA TAKES ACTION ON ALCOHOLIC ENERGY DRINKS voiunteers.utah.gov Volunteer Center of Iron County 88 E. Fiddlers Canyon Rd, Suite H Cedar City, UT 84721 ]fovember 26, 2009 Family Practice Dr. Richard Birch Dr. Todd Mooney Becky Roberts, FNP Tim Dennis, PA-C Dr. Mitchell Miller Speech Therapy Flora Howard Anesthesiology Lewis Barney, CRNA Certified Nurse Midwife DeAnn Brown, CNM VISITING SPECIALISTS FOR DECEMBER 2009 Dr. Robert Pearson 8 Ear, Nose Throat 676-8842 Dr. Randy Delcore 10 Orthopedist 676-8842 Dr. Eric Maxwell ? Audiologist 676-8842 Dr. Mark Hansen 17 Gen Surgeon 676-8842 Dr. Brad Webb 7, 21 Podiatrist Dr. Robert Nakken ? Orthopedist 676-8842 Dr. Ronald Crouch 23, p.m. Urologist 676-8842 Dr. Jeffrey Osborne 10 Cardiologist 676-8842 (800)260-3668 Our Pharmacist, Tim Smith, will provide Coumadin testing and results at outlying clinics. Please call clinic for available dates and times. Coumadin testing and results at the Garfield Memorial Clinic will be by appointment. Mammography will be available in Piute Dec. 2nd and Panguitch on Dec. 3rd & 9th. To schedule an appointment please call 435-676-1267. Clinics - Call For Appointments Garfield Memorial Clinic, Panguitch Kazan Clinic, Escalante Bryce Valley Clinic, Cannonville Circleville Clinic, Circleville Physical and Speech Therapy Mammography Diabetic Counseling(Jan Frandsen) Garfield Memorial Hospital Long Term Care Center 435-676-8842 (Mon - Fri) 435-826-4374 (Mon., Wed., Fri.) 435-679-8545 (Tues. & Thurs.) 435-577-2958 (Tues. & Thurs.) 435-676-8840 435-676-1267 435-676-8811 435-676-1265 |