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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, January 5-7, 2005 The Park Record C-6 Mount Air Cafe Family Restaurant Since 1979 Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Specials Daily I* Open 7 days a week Great family menu I* Breakfast served 6 am.to 9 p.m. KUED to air 'Do YOVL Speak American?' Forces like the Internet, television and the film industry have done more to spread the American way of speaking English than any army or navy could and, today. American English is as much a global influence as this nation itself. It is, however, an influence that continues to evolve. Migration, immigration, race, class, ethnicity and mass media all play a role in changing the sound of American. Nouns become verbs. Vowel pronunciation shifts. Slang becomes standard. And from New England to the West Coast, Michigan to Louisiana, Philadelphia to AppaUichia. one dialect can be bare- ly intelligible to speakers of another. So exactly how do we define American English? Is it the Frenchinfused Cajun spoken on the bayou? The Chicano spoken on the streets of inner-city Los Angeles? The urban black language of hip-hop and rap? Surferdude? Valley Girl? Midwestern? And who decides which form is the most correct, the best? Celebrated journalist and writer Robert MacNeil, in his first PBS documentary since leaving "The MacNeif/Lchrcr Newshour" in October 1995. ponders these questions and poses new ones in the three-part "Do You Speak American?," a cross-country journey exploring the vibrancy, energy and flashpoints of the many ways Americans speak English, and the inextricable link between our language and broader cultural issues of race, gender, social standing and power. Airing on KUED Wednesday, Jan. 5 at 8 p.m., the series follows MacNeil as he traverses the United Stales, conversing with characters from all walks of life in an effort to find out just what "American" sounds like. Along the way, he spotlights controversies like bilingualism. Ebonics and political correctness; asks whether or not the country has "dumbed down" the language too much; traces the history of regional dialects and looks at the ways they reflect local cultural identity; and explores the conclusions we draw about fellow Americans based on the way they speak. Ultimately. MacNeil and "Do You Speak American?1' assess the future of the American language. Are the colorful dialects that mirror Americas make-up dying out? Is language something that should evolve with society or remain a constant? MacNeil sits down with scholars on both sides of the issue. "Do You Speak American?" Airs on KUED-Channel 7 Jan. 5 at 8p.m. Idaho cardiac team gives patients hope POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) Ever>' morning, Fernando Grigera rolls out of bed well before sunrise. He tries to sleep in. but it's like trying to keep a hummingbird from fluttering its wings. Grigera often enters his office by 7 a.m. and readies himself for the same routine he's known for 21 years. And although he recently moved to Pocatello from Cleveland partly in search of more tranquility, sometimes those old habits die hard. As an interventional cardiologist, his job might be less glamorous Park City Jet. 224 & 248 :ast 649-9868 than that of his colleagues, the open-heart surgeons. But make no mistake about it: with stenls. balloons and a commitment to early mornings and late nights, Grigera and his team perform miracles of modem medicine on an almost daily basis. On Oct. 2, 91-year-old Carmic Zaccardi awoke early in the morning at his Taney Lane home in Pocatello. Right away, he knew something was wrong. "I was in a sweat and I was vomiting and my head hurt like hell," he said. "I came upstairs and (my wife) ALSO APPEARING MOTHER LODE? CANYON A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR THE PARK- CITY SKI TEAM. SATURDAY JANUARY 15, 2005 DOORS OPEN AT and there is still a touch of Buenos "I figured 1 didn't want to wake Aires in his voice. He speaks of having passion for his job, a love of her up." Zaccardi, who previously had painting and a desire to learn to flyopen-heart surgery in 1992, knew he fish. was having a heart attack. Working the occasional 14- or Staggering, he grabbed the tele- 15-hour day is grueling and Grigcra phone and called his son, who said it's a mast that cardiac physiquickly showed up to take him to cians find enjoyment, as well as the hospital. gratification, in their work. Ellen Zaccardi, 90. slept through In the case of Qirmie Zaccardi, the whole incident. he found both. When the phone rang at around When Zaccardi's wife, Ellen, 5 a.m. she figured Carmie would found out her husband might have answer it -- in 67 years of marriage to be transported to Salt Lake City, you learn those kinds of things. But she put her foot down. he didn't. "Why should we go to Salt "I thought, 'Boy, he's taking a Lake?" she asked. long time to answer the phone,'" Both the Zaccardis and Grigera Ellen Zaccardi said. "When it rang realized that Carmie was probably again a few minutes later my son in no shape for another open-heart said, 'Mom, dad's having a heart surgery and didn't want the family attack.' to have to shuttle back and forth . along Interstate 15. i' 'Then I almost had one." When Zaccardi or any other "If we open him up, he's never to ; patient arrives at the Portneuf gel off the table," she said. Medical Center's new Heart and On Oct. 6,v Carmie Zaccardi Vascular Center complaining of underwent the first procedure in the ," chest pains, they set in motion an center, a process lasting about one accelerated decision-making hour in which two stents were process that must be completed in a placed on either side of his chest. matter of hours. The procedure went smoothly ' "You don't have time," Grigera and Zaccardi spent several days said. "You really have to hurry up." recuperating in the intensive care unit. His only complaint was about, Books sit on Dr. Grigcra's desk. ;'. The doctors and Catheter Lab the food. personnel have three options when "The only thing I ate up there'. a patient is admitted with heart was Raisin Bran," he said. "It all troubles: Treatment with pills, inter- smclled medicated to me and I ventional procedures with balloons couldn't eat it." and stents (also known as angioplas"He's spoiled," his wife added. ty) and full-blown bypass surgery. But when it comes to the impact But until about two months ago. of Grigera and the new center, Ellen virtually all patients requiring more Zaccardi doesn't joke around. than diagnostic cardiac care were "This is the best thing that haptransported to Salt Lake City or pened to the community in a long elsewhere. time," said the native Pocatello resident. Now, that's changing. "In all honesty. I can't see The Zaccardis proudly show visipatients being transferred to Salt tors a picture of a bed-ridden Lake City in six or seven months for Carmie after the procedure, surwhat I do." Grigera said. rounded by Grigera and four or five When Grigera was wooed away members of his team. He has a big from the renowned Cleveland smile on his face. Clinic by a team representing the Despite the accelerated potenPortneuf Medical Center in tial. Call and Grigera are fighting the Pocatello, he imagined a less chaol- r urge to look too far into the future. ic atmosphere where he could help • "It's hard to plan too much in develop a new service for the com- advance," Call said. "It's like saying. munity. 'This is what it's going to be like "I've been so busy in the last few when I marry this person' after only years, I haven't had any time." dating a few months." Grigera said. A complex ballet set to computBut in the 80 or so days since erized beeps and fluorescent lights Carmie Zaccardi showed up at the isn't easy with new dance partners. hospital doors. Grigera and his team The job of cardiologists - such \ have already performed about 30 as Call, Douglas Boehm and Paul interventional procedures and the Abraszewski - is to help prevent pace is picking up. blood vessel blockages, or to diag"I think over time we'll come to nose them if they do occur. do more and more." Pocatello carWhen they do happen, Fernando diologist Dr. Ben Call said. Grigera will often get the call. And Grigera grew up in Argentina he'll be ready. was sound asleep. 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