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Show Thursday, November 6, 2008 SPRINGVILLE HERALD 15 Prepare for winter week in Utah Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. has declared Nov. 2-8 as Winter Weather Preparedness Prepared-ness Week in Utah, and as of Tuesday, it looked like winter was here. In an average year, winter weather is directly or indirectly involved in 4000,000 vehicular accidents acci-dents in the United States, leading to 1,300 fatalities. Add to that, loss of life due to avalanches and exposure expo-sure to cold, plus billions of dollars in economic losses, and it is clear that winter weather is a significant threat. The goals of the campaign cam-paign are to educate the , citizens of Utah on winter's win-ter's hazards, to help everyone ev-eryone be prepared before severe winter weather strikes, and to have an understanding of winter weather terms and safety rules. In Springville it is now against the law to park on most city streets between the hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. until March 30, 2009 for snow removal. And drivers are asked to slow down when it is raining or snowing, allow extra braking distance and do not tailgate. Citizens are being asked to create a disaster plan, practice it and adhere to it; to prepare a disaster supply kit, complete with essentials needed to survive sur-vive an emergency, and to check out the latest weather weath-er forecast and road conditions condi-tions before venturing out. Winter storms are deceptive de-ceptive killers because most deaths are indirectly related to the storm. Fatalities Fa-talities occur in traffic accidents ac-cidents on icy roads, from heart attacks while shoveling shovel-ing snow and from hypothermia hypo-thermia due to prolonged exposure to cold. Frostbite is also a dangerous dan-gerous problem. It causes a loss of feeling and a white or pale appearance in extremities, ex-tremities, such as fingers, toes, ear lobes or the tip of the nose. If symptoms are detected, get medical help immediately! 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If you have no heat, close off unneeded rooms, stuff towels or rags under doors, cover windows at night, eat and drink as food provides the body with energy for producing pro-ducing its own heat and fluids prevent dehydration. dehydra-tion. And wear layers of loose-fitting, light-weight warm clothing, removing layers to avoid overheating, overheat-ing, perspiration and subsequent sub-sequent chill. If you are in your vehicle and get caught in a storm, stay in the vehicle and run the motor about ten minutes min-utes each hour for heat. To avoid carbon monoxide poisoning, open the window win-dow a little for fresh air, making sure the exhaust pipe is not blocked. Make yourself visible to rescuers rescu-ers by turning on your dome light at night when running the engine, by tying ty-ing a colored cloth to your vehicle, and by raising the hood to indicate trouble after af-ter the snow stops falling. If you are caught outside, out-side, stay dry, covering all exposed parts of the body, prepare a lean-to, wind break or snow cave for protection from the wind and build a fire for heat and to attract attention. Place rocks around the fire to absorb and reflect heat. The National Weather Service can be reached in Salt Lake at 801-524-5133 or at http:www .weather, gov. HAH f(M INSUSANC! Single Premium Deferred Anrairty "Current effective annual interest rate for 1 8-year ' interest Rate guarantee Period ton on ptiwin of 550,000 as of 09012008. Pate Wus a 1 ,00 bonus in the first year. At the w& of the first year, the interest rate is reduced by 1 M im s A tax benefit today, plus retirement income you can't outlive. 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Since the early 1970s, mortality rates from unintentional unin-tentional drug overdoses have been rising steadily. steadi-ly. In 2005, that rate had reached 22,400 drug overdose over-dose deaths. The same year, there were just over 17,000 homicides. In fact, in the category of accidental acciden-tal deaths, drug overdose deaths are second only to deaths from vehicle crashes. crash-es. . What's more, illicit drugs such as cocaine and heroin her-oin are not the major contributors con-tributors to this increase. The greatest increases have come from prescription prescrip-tion pain relievers and sedatives such as Valium. When abused, these drugs can easily become addictive addic-tive and repeated abuse can lead to mistakes such as overdoses. "Drug overdoses are a terrible and unnecessary unneces-sary way to lose our loved ones," declared Derry Hallmark, Hall-mark, Director of Admissions Admis-sions and Certified Chemical Chemi-cal Dependency Counselor at Narconon Arrowhead. Narconon Arrowhead is one of the country's leading lead-ing drug and alcohol rehabilitation reha-bilitation centers in Cana Nov. 2-8 m ,mjiiniiiij.ii.n.jinii. " Ti31 to prepare for winter storms this is a good way to start. dian, Oklahoma. "They are particularly unnecessary because addiction ad-diction can be addressed with a holistic, drug-free program such as the one we deliver at Narconon that enables the addicted person to replace addiction with a productive, enjoyable enjoy-able life." When the holidays come, some addicted people will avoid family events from the shame they feel due to their addiction. Others will make the trip home. Surveys show that most families try to overlook the addiction so everyone can have an enjoyable holiday; but as one former addict put it, "It was like ignoring the elephant in the living room. Everyone knew it was there but no one wanted want-ed to say anything." This holiday season, if someone you know suffers from addiction, take action. Don't let overdose take the life of someone you love. "At Narconon, they provide pro-vide counseling and referrals refer-rals for people all over the country," added Hallmark. "We help families find solutions so-lutions to addiction every single day." To find immediate help for someone who is having a problem with drugs or alcohol, al-cohol, contact Narconon's free addiction consultation and referral helpline at 1-800468-6933 or visit their website at www.stopaddic-tion.com. www.stopaddic-tion.com. The Narconon program was founded in 1966 by William Benitez in Arizona State prison, and is based on the humanitarian humanitar-ian works of L. Ron Hubbard. Hub-bard. In more than 120 centers cen-ters around the world, Narconon Nar-conon programs restore drug and alcohol abusers and addicts to a clean and sober lifestyle. 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