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Show Wednesday, October 18, 2000 THE SIGNPOST Page 1 1 Water fluoridation to be debated on campus By Danielle Blaisdell senior news reporter The Signpost Among all the issues being debated before the Nov. 7 election, water fluoridation is a hot ticket. According to Michele Yuskaitis, dental hygiene major at Weber State University, only 3 percent of Utah's water is fluoridated, making Utah the second lowest state in the country. She believes it is odd that 65 percent of the United States is fluoridated and Utah has always been against it. Family continued from front Alvord said he'll be rememberedfor his clear, low bass notes, his smile, and what a good person he was. Alvord said all the girls would say he was so cute and that they wanted to marry him. Brown's good friend Aaron Bigler said, "He had an appreciation of music and an understanding of how wonderful it can be, more so than anyone I've ever known." Olivia Meikle said, "He was one of those people that from the first minute you met him you knew he was something special. He had so many different layers to his personality; he just kept surprising." Tysen's oldest brother, Travis Brown, said he'll remember Tysen for "his zest for life. He always had such a positive attitude." "He loved music, he loved athletics," Travis said. "He was a joy to be around. He really found pleasure in the little things in life." Tysen was preparing to leave on his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Jan. 18. "He lived the gospel and he always kept his Savior in mind," Travis said. "He shared that with everybody that he met, so he was already serving a mission here on Earth." Travis Brown said the void in the family is there, and they miss him, but the family is happy to know that Tysen was spiritually intact when he died. In class Monday, the choir spent the hour in a sort of impromptu memorial service. "Nearly everyone spoke," Henderson said. "They werq universally similar: he was very likable, great guy, he was interested in people's welfare." . The Chamber Choir will perform at the funeral today. "We're doing 'Each Life That Touches Ours for Good,'" Henderson said. "It's appropriate; it says what we feel." According to Henderson, not only will Tysen's voice be missed, but what he brought to the group as a social unit. "He was hilarious. He knew when it was time to be funny and when it was time to work hard. There were a couple times he literally had people rolling on the floor. "He was one of the most charismatic students I have ever had," Henderson said. "He was a real addition to the choir,' who then, consequently, will be a major loss." w nintys La roest ana most challenging Maze. M-F 5 p 'ii. - Mi. Sat 12 -men - Mid Located two miles sojtfi of Lagoon at 814 S 2C0 W ((rentage road). . 7'Pwscn. Group Rates available. .31 7?1.vW2E (6293)or www funmaze com I Davis Cc Yuskaitis and her colleagues are strong supporters of water fluoridation being passed on the ballot. "Every single child I've seen up at the clinic has bombed-out teeth," she said. Yuskaitis believes that fluoride in the water would help the population immediately, especially children. There is no reason to be afraid of the fluoride hurting anyone. Our body has an RDA for fluoride. If this is the case, why are people strongly opposing the issue? Common concerns about the topic include the taste, the cost, and an issue of government control. "Fluoride itself is a byproduct, a o SALT LAKE PARALYMPICS 2002 toxic chemical" said Fara Neal Bitter, a health sales representative at Harvest Health Foods in Ogden, who is opposed to the issue. Bitter does admit fluoride will whiten teeth, but she said it will harm your body. She said fluoridating the water would be "mass prescribing the population." "It changes your cells into cancer cells," she said. "Even the Environmental Protection Agency prohibits dumping fluoride in the ocean" Bitter quotes Dean Burk, the former chief chemist at the US National Cancer institute saying, "Fluoride causes more hu Get involved in the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Volunteer: To become an Olympic or Paralympic Winter Games Volunteer, register online at saltlake2002.com and click on Volunteer or call 801-212-3000. Games-Time Empioyment: To apply for positions in Food Services, Parking, Cleaning, Security and Warehouse Logistics that pay a modest hourly wage, visit saltlake2002.com and click Games-Time Employment. man cancer deaths and causes it faster than any other chemicals."According to Bitter, a spokesman for Proctor & Gamble said, "Half the amount of fluoridation used to fluoridate public water supplies a sizable and significant , increase in genetic damage." Yuskaitis thinks that people like Bitter just don't understand. "You can't taste it," she said. "It's like a drop in a bathtub of water." "That's so minuscule," she said. . The Student American Dental Hygiene Association is sponsoring an event to help educate the students and community about the issue. m 7)(mP) Ariel Thompson, professor from Utah State University will speak. "He's just going to present the facts," Yuskaitis said. "Mainly it's just so people can learnandde--cide for themselves." , , j . The event will take place Thursday, Nov. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 34f ' of the Shepherd Union Building: Weber County has decidedto leave this issue off the ballot.'. Members of Davis and Saltj Lake County, however,' will 'fee J making the decision for the'futur of their water, along with voters.'jh See Flouridation page V' .an i'toi j r.t nSl 1J SALT LAKE 2002" 999 TM itW V.OC utC L 1 I Frontage Road LWftH N i S |