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Show t 4aisideReview3atu Snow business Volunteer S Connection t I This is a listing of volunteer positions available throughout Davis County For more information, tall the Davis County United Way Information & Referral Ser1 vice at Monday through Friday, 8.30 am. to 5 pm. ! I i U General opportunities LC t The Davis Citizens Coalition Against Violence needs volunteers to heip with crisis calls, intake at the shelter, provide support for victims of domestic violence and maintain grounds and the facility. For information about training and scheduling, I e ! Wi 4 contact Judy Kasten Bell at or Susan Porter at The North Davis Rotary would like responsible adults to become mentors for Explorer Post 600. For i 8 I further information, please contact Howard Whiteway at Ext. De 479-546- 240. United Way of Davis County in Layton needs a volunteer to help update the Community Resource Directory and help with some general office work. Come help the community in a cheerful office environment For more information call 497-9- 1 1 1. The Freeway Watch program needs a volunteer from Davis County to coordinate safety classes for high school driver education. For more information contact Suzanne Peterson 5 at (801) or the Volunteer 1. Center at 497-9- 1 American Cancer Society of Davis County is seeking volunteer board members for high-profiopportunities such as interacting with retail outlets, physicians, communities and schools, and planning r i if t fund-raisin- g I events. ACS also needs volunteers to help prepare for the Relay for Life to be held in June. For information about becoming a board member, call i $ A Ic at or Dan at For information about Re-lay for Life contact Tracy at Catholic Community Services needs volunteers to help m their food Donna i 7 546-525- S bank, deliver food boxes to the elderly and homebound, mentor needy people by helping them leant to budget and to heip find housing for families. Also needed are volunteers to help gather and make layette items for newborns of families. For more information contact Yvonne Coiner at The Davis County Food Bank needs a volunteer with a truck and forklift to help move food from the old food bank in Farmington to its new location at the Salvation Army Thrift Store, 325 W. 1300 North, Sunset. Volunteers are also needed to stock shelves and prepare boxes of food for those in need. To vo'unteer please call Roger Martin at Centerville Elementary School needs a volunteer from the communihead to their Literacy Volunteers of ty America I Can Read Program." For more information contact Karen Bell at 292-620- 4 ESI p w E - 0 fr T H SI N a. he Tie u m $2 Qk. Pt r ar p s or Carolee Flannery at at or 299-200- WHEEEEE! Despite some cold temperatures, Amanda Gilliland (top photo, left), 12, Hailey Robison, 13, and SNOW ANGEL Natalie Walker, 1 2, on a hill near her home in Layton. makes the best of a bad situation by making a snow angel after falling Megan Nelson, 13, prepare for a wild ride on a hill at the end of Antelope Drive in off a sled Layton. At left, the trio begins their snowy descent Americans urged to increase calcium Food and Nutrition of the National of Sciences recently raised the recommended The recommendations for pregnant and nursing women are the same as for other women their age. The FNB report also raises The levels of calcium for Americans and released new dietary recommendations for four other nutri- ents related to bone health -- phosphorus, magnesium, vitamin D and fluoride. The new calcium recommendations are higher than the previ- ous Recommended Dietary Allowances for several age groups, including preteens and adults. The new recommendations are as follows: For those ages 1 to 3, 500 milligrams of calcium a day and three servings from the milk group. (Serving sics for children the recommended vitamin D in- takes for adults 50 years of age and older. This major increase is to a level twice as high for adults of the ages 1 to 3 are 51 through 70 years and adult size.) For ages 4 to 8, 800 ages three times as high for adults milligrams of calcium and three over 70 years of age. (These recservings from the milk group. ommendations are for individuals For ages 9 to 18, 1,300 milli- with little vitamin D obtained grams of calcium and four serv- from exposure to sunlight). Seings of milk. For ages 19 to 50, nior adults, especially women, 1,000 milligrams of calcium and are a high nsk group for developthree servings of milk. For ages ing the painful, crippling bone 50 and older, 1,200 milligrams of disease osteoporosis. These calcium and four servings from higher levels of calcium and retwo-thir- the milk group. lated nutrients are given in hopes of minimizing bone loss. These increased levels for calcium come at a time when the nutrient is in short supply in the diets of many Americans. Many individuals have had a hard time consuming even the lower recommendations as outlined in the 1989 RDAs. Recommended calcium intakes arc increased to at least 1,000 milligrams a day for all over 8 years of age. Higher calcium intakes are recommended for adults over 50 years (1,200 milligrams a day) and for teens 9 through 18 years (1,300 milligrams a day). Milk and milk products are calcium rich foods providing about 300 milligrams of calcium per serving. These foods also in diets contain other nutrients important to bone health such as vitamin D (if fortified), phosphorus and permagnesium. Seventy-thre- e cent of calcium in the food supply comes from milk products, 9 percent from fruits and vegetables, 5 percent from grain products, and 12 percent from all other sources. These recommendations, known as the Dietary Reference Intakes, replace the 1989 edition of Recommended Dietary Allowances. The DRls differ from the RDAs in that recommendations identify levels of nutrients that optimize health rather than levels that just prevent nutrient USDA laboratory speeding up natural selection process Lilies and other crops might be known for not having to toil much in their fields, but for grasses in the rangelands of the West, survival is a constant battle. It's tough to get a foothold, let alone condithrive in the alkaline, near-desetions for the plants that provide feed for livestock and keep the region's topsoil from blowing or washing away. But the grasses have science on their side. Their main ally is the Forage and Range Research Laboratory of the USDAs Agricultural Research Service. The unit works in cooperation with the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station from a laboratory on the Utah Slate University campus. e scientists along with The nine rt full-tim- several visting scientists and a support stafT arc doing their best to green the West and other arid and near arid lands around the world. A recent article in "Utah Science, a publication of the UALS, explained that the research units mission is to broaden the genetic base of rangeland and pasture plants and provide an array of improved native and introduced grasses, legumes and forbs that will upgrade private and public lands in the western United States. Using the world's largest living museum of grasses gathered from around the world, the scientists develop varieties that meet specific needs of conservation, restoration and reclamation projects. They search out varieties or breed for tolerance nine-memb- er to environmental stresses such as drought, excess soil salinity and cold temperatures. They also develop improved grasses and legumes that make the wilds more hospitable for human habitat and more desirable for animal production. Since 1970, the lab has released 15 varieties of wheat grasses, four new forms of alfalfa, a clover and a wild rye. lorn Jones, a research geneticist, heads a research project on native plant improvement that has resulted in the release of Indian riccgrass and bottlcbrush squirreltail gcrmplasms. Researchers plan to release a wheatgrass in 1998 for use in revegetating roadsides. The scientists arc developing other turf gras drought-resista- to be used for soil conservation along roadsides and similar areas. "Our job is to be aware of what the public is concerned about and do what we can to make sure Bountiful Health Care and Rehabilitation needs volunteers to read to residents of all ages, to help with activities and outings, and to be a friend. For more information, contact Shirleen or Penney at 298-223- ar su re Pf Cc m ne ) Er TP V'f ii 299-978- Autumn Glow Senior Center in Kaysville needs volunteers to help dein the kitchen and leach china painting. For more information, call Shirley Bergstrom at The Rape Recovery Center needs adult volunteers two or three days per month who can provide their own transportation to respond to calls from hospitals and police stations and provide support and advocacy to victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. For more information call Peggy liammon at 394-945American Red Cross of Northern Utah will train individuals for most areas of service, including disaster services, health and safety services, international service, etc Call Melanie Papke at for more information. Community Nursing Service and Hospice in Davis County is looking for people who would enjoy giving cif their time and talents for die benefit of the home-bounelderly and terminally ill. Call Sherry at The Davis County Attorneys Office in Farmington is looking for trustworthy, adult female volunteers to help victims of domestic violence. Please call Lllen Archibald at 451-43or Ext. 4)00 (Ogden line) for an appointment. Davis County schools need volunteers to work with students. Con- liver Meals on Wheels, help tact Ldnce Christensen at 5 after 2 p m. or call the school closest to you. Paracelsus Davis Hospital and Medical Center in Layton has openfor adult volunteers and junior ings volunteers Volunteers receive training and free meals. Fnjoy new relationships and tremendously rewarding experiences. I or more information, adults may contact Sheila at 2 and youths may contact Gloria at dont develop into Plant physiologist Douglas Johnson says rangeland practices are coming under a lot of public scrutiny, and grazing permits are bing limited. "Formers and ranchers arc looking for alternatives. In addition, the public is concerned about reclamation and recreational uses and green spaces. Everybodys concerned about what the future holds " The Family Summit Foundation, Center for Grieving Children, needs people to help children who have lost inved ones due to death or divorce, i or information about training and requirements, please contact Barbara Teigler at 3943318 The Hospice of IHC needs volunteers to spend tune with the terminally ill in their homes Training will be offered For more information, call Theresa at concerns n b- Tr like to donate these items, please contact Robert Daniels at 774-747The Arc of Davis County needs a volunteer to be a friend and an advocate to a mildly retarded, disabled woman. For more information call Sherry Aldrich at problems, says Kay Asay, a plant geneticist who has been at the lab since 1974. full-blow- Cd I Pioneer Adult Rehabilitation Center is in need of a donation of a new or used wheelchair. If you would A Bountiful mother needs your help to provide companionship to her intellectually disabled twin. If you like music, swimming and outdoor activities, call May at faster Seal Society of Utah at I (800) The Family Connection Center needs volunteers who are at least 18 years old to help m their crisis nursery For more information call Kay at those fiv (fl en ha I -- 1 POOF |