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Show 2 Vernal Expre Wednesday, August 12, 1992 w Mr by Jack R. Wallis Top 10 Health Tips It seems like most of health and disease organizations organiza-tions have all kinds of lists of rules and things to do and not do to prevent disease and stay healthy. Sometimes it seems a little repetitious to always be told to exercise more, eat less of certain foods, and don't smoke or drink alcoholic beverages. The American Institute for Preventive Medicine has a top ten list of things you can do to live longer. In reverse re-verse order the list is as follows: 10. Have a sense of purpose. People with short and long-term goals live longer. 9. Use alcohol moderately, if at all. Alcohol is a factor fac-tor in six of the 10 leading causes of death in the United States. 8. Limit intake of red meat, eggs and cheese. 7. Reduce cholesterol and fat consumption. 6. Be active. Exercise at least 20 minutes three times a week. 5. Develop a social support network. Studies show that persons with support friends and relatives get sick less often. 4. Avoid second-hand smoke. 3. Stop smoking. 2. Practice safe sex. It is estimated that this year 57,000 Americans will die of AIDS. And now the No. 1 healthy thing to do-Learn to relax. re-lax. Stress is responsible for two-thirds of all office visits to doctors and is a factor in our two biggest killers-heart disease and cancer. Another list of characteristics of happy, long-term marriages given by the American Psychological Association is as follows: 1. Frequent expression of love and affection. 2. Mutual trust and respect. 3. Shared interests and values. ' 4. Shared love for their children throughout their lifetime. 5. Ability to give and take. 6. Sensitivity to each other's needs and wishes. 7. Equality and absence of power struggles. 8. Playfulness and having fun together. 9. Good sense of humor. Another piece of advice by a doctor at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center is, don't drive when angry. According to Dr. George Guthrey, getting in the car to release pent-up emotions is almost as bad as getting in the car after having a few drinks. It's not uncommon, in fact, for an angry person to use an automobile to work off frustration. We receive lots of good free medical advice, but somehow it is easy to pass it off as too harsh, or reason rea-son that it may be good for some people, but I'm too busy to take the time to change. If everyone diligently followed all the good things recommended for better health and longer life a lot of businesses would probably have to close up. So it is an individual decision on the type of lifestyle life-style we choose. But the professionals arc getting closer and closer to the main problems that cause illnesses ill-nesses and death risks. iCVGW'T BF WIMMIW i in I'm ii j n nwuu , DON'T BE N fishin' in my; SW1MHOLE !) l d PUBLIC FORUM LETTERS TO THE EDITOR What is your opinion? The Express welcomes letters from its readers concerning con-cerning any subject pertinent to the Uintah Basin. There are no restrictions as to contents, if not libelous or vindictive and of reasonable length. Letters must be submitted exclusively to the Express and bear the writer's full name, signature, phone number and address. The name or name of those submitting letters must appear on all published letters. All letters are subject to condensation. Letters express the opinion of the writer and are not necessarily nec-essarily the opinion of the Express Editor. Fair comment Policy guide Dear Editor, For the past four years I have worked on the Uintah County Fair Beard as the chairman of the Home Arts and Crafts. I have enjoyed working on the board. I have worked with some of the finest people peo-ple in the Ashley Valley. These people peo-ple donate hundreds of hours of time and untold energy to put on a great fair for our county. The purpose of this letter is to thank all those who have had any part in making the revival of our Country Fair a success. There is so much talent in our valley and it is fun to see it displayed so beautifully in our new Western Park. There may be some who would disagree with the decisions that have been made over the years in judging and displaying. I would ask that you please be understanding and toleranL Judges and volunteers are only human and we all make mistakes. Destructive criticism will only bring an end to the fair that we have worked so hard to get started again. If you see a positive way to change things for the better get involved. in-volved. Every organization needs good positive volunteers. Let's put personal differences aside and support all the great activities that go on in our valley and the dedicated ded-icated people who make those activities activ-ities possible. ALJEAN FOLEY Vernal Express (ISSN 0892-1091) Published every Wednesday for $17.50 per year in shopping area and $28 per year out of shopping area within state and $31 per year out of state within USA by the Vernal Express Publishing Company, 54 North Vernal Avenue, Vernal, Utah 84078. Second class postage paid at Vernal, Utah 84078. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to VERNAL EXPRESS, P.O. Box 10OO, Vernal Utah 84078. Jac'( R. Wallis Publisher Steven R. Wallis Editor Molame Morrison Staff Writer Erie F. Pye Sports Writer Janet D. Wallis Advertising Marcia Henry Advertising Judy McCarley Circulation & Classified Ads Maria Olson Legal Notices Phone 789-3511 FAX 789-8690 Member of Utah Press Association and National Newspaper Association Area correspondents Tndell Lorna McKee, 247-2350 Lapomt Marlene McClure, 247-2552 Whiterocks Virginia Ferguson, 353-4584 Manila .Clara Robinron, 734-3436 DaJ'int News Monday 5 p.m. Display Advertising Tuesday 11 a.m. Classified Advertising Tuesday 11 a.m. Dear Editor, Help! Last Tuesday, Aug. 4,1992, the Uintah School District Board of Education gave all students and parents par-ents a challenge to understand all policies and responsibilities outlined out-lined in one short manual to know what is expected of them to succeed in school. A "parent, student and teacher partnership" to help teachers teach and parents send their, children to school ready and willing to find the joy of learning in our schools. We, the UCCC, have a commitment commit-ment for 3,000 copies to be printed and paid for by the Uintah School District Foundation with money donated do-nated for the ParcntNS tudent Policy Guide. It will take about $300 more for each 1000 copies and there arc only about 6,700 students in the district. dis-trict. A personal copy to sign will make each student proud to file with the home room teacher or mentor (coach). All students need to feel ownership owner-ship of their education plan (SEPNSEOP) and their lives. This is the ODDM process to ensure every student will learn well. Several schools in our district have accepted this commitment for excellence and support the board and UCCC to let parents teach their children self discipline in the home and send their kids to school ready and willing to learn, Our goals are to be in the upper 5 percent in achievement test scores in Utah and have 90 percent community com-munity support for our schools within five years. The Chamber of Commerce Education Committee has voiced their support. We believe that basics skills are the foundation of education; critical thinking is the ultimate goal. A small donation by many of us to the Foundation specially for the StudentPolicy Guide will ensure each student understands what is expected ex-pected and will meet the challenge and find the joy of learning in school and for a lifetime The mission of the UCCC and the Board of Education and staff is to produce responsible graduates able to think critically and function successfully suc-cessfully with integrity in a rapidly changing, competitive world and strive for excellence as it becomes a world class school district. HYRUM C. TOONE School starting times Dear Editor, I attended a meeting of the Uintah County School Board on Aug. 4, 1992 to ask the board about the schedule changes for elementary school children within Uintah County School District. I was informed in-formed that, because of a major cut in school transportation funds, the board had decided to double up on the school bus routes. In order to do this, it became necessary to have secondary school students begin school at 8:00 and elementary school children begin school at 9:15. I questioned the board whether or not this order could be reversed because it would create a hardship for working parents of elementary ele-mentary school children. In fact, I was afraid that many young children chil-dren would be left to their own devices de-vices in the mornings when the parents) par-ents) had an 8-5 job and were unable un-able to see their child safely off to school. It was explained to me that this option was not feasible because many secondary school students had extra curricular activities after regular school hours. I also asked whether or not a feasibility study had been completed or if the board had undertaken a public opinion Current tissues JFmum Issue: Do you approve of the new starting and ending times for schools in the Uintah School District? Yes No The new time were implemented as a way to save money in the district's transportation budget bud-get which was cut this year due to a new state formula. If the times are left the same as last year, there would be busing problems, such as the elimination of courtesy rides and cuts in travel to extra-curricular activities. Starting elementary ele-mentary schools at 9:15 a.m. may be a disadvantage disad-vantage in households where both parents have to be to work by 8 a.m., but in other cases is can be advantageous by allowing students more time to arrive at school ready to learn. The new staggered starting times for schools in the Uintah School District are inconvenient and were approved without any input from patrons. pa-trons. Elementary students will be left at home alone while they are waiting for the bus and their parents have left for work. Elementary students stu-dents will also be the last to come home after school arriving home as late as 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. if they ride the bus. Secondary school buses, bus-es, on the other hand, will be running at approximately approx-imately the same time as last year. If someone has to remain at home alone it would be better for the older students. If you would like to voice your opinion about this question, you can do so by calling the Vernal Express Current Issues line: 1-900-88ISSUE or 1-900-884-7783. Cost of each call is 50 cents. You can also send in your opinion by checking your response re-sponse to the question below and sending it to the Vernal Express, Box 1000 Vernal, Utah 84078. Results of the telephone call-ins and mailed in responses will be published in next week's Vernal Express. Current Issues is co-sponsored by ATP Inc. Vernal, Utah, 789-5705. - Results of last week's call-in question about the U.S. Dream Team: 41 percent per-cent said too much of a fuss was being made about the team, 59 percent said no, there wasn't too much fuss. r -i This week's question: Do you approve of the new starting and ending tlmes for schools in the Utah School District? 1 yes, 2 no. j The opinions and issues in the Current Issues Column do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Vernal Express nor its staff. poll on this matter. The school board did not answer this question. I am suggesting that parents have not been properly notified of these schedule changes and the Uintah County School Board needs to know if parents are in favor of ele mentary school beginning at 9:15 or not. If parents want to comment on this issue I would like to encourage them to call Dennis Judd, president of the Uintah County School board or their school board representative. MARGARET GEORGE-HUGIE Uintah School District 1992-93 Calendar Aug. 19, 20 Wed. Thurs. Registration Aug. 27 Thurs. New Employee Orientation Aug. 24, 25 Mon. Tues. Teacher Career Ladder Days (Optional) Aug. 26 Wednesday Open School Institute-All Employees Aug. 27, 28 Thurs., Fit Teacher Work Days Aug. 31 Monday First Day of School Sept. 7 Monday Labor Day Holiday(no school) Oct. 15,16 Thurs., Fit UEA Conference (no school) Nov. 25 Wednesday End 1st Trimester (60 days) Nov. 25 Wed. School Dismisses after Lunch for Holiday Nov. 26, 27 Thurs., Fit Thanksgiving Day Holiday (no School) : Dec. 23 Wed. Last full day of school before holiday Dec. 24-Jan 3 Thurs.-Fri. Christmas Holiday (no school) Jan. 4 Mon. School Resumes Feb. 15 Mon. President's Day Holiday (no school) Feb. 26 Fri. End 2nd Trimester (57 days) April 9, 12 Fri., Mon Spring Vacation (no school) May 27 Thurs. Final Exams May 28 Friday Last Day of School (63 days) May 29 Saturday Teacher Work Day Days of School -180 Contract Days New teachers to the district -180 12 Contract Days All other teachers -187 12 Contract Days Classified employees -184 Parent Teach Conference, SEP Conferences and 3.5 Career Ladder Days to be determined at the Site-Based level and approved ap-proved by the superintendent Approved by the Board 8392 THE VOICE OF BUSINESS PROMOTING COMPETTVENRSS by Dr. Richard L. Lesher, President US. Chamber of Commerce WASHINGTON Politicians Poli-ticians who champion competitiveness, like lawyers law-yers who extol ethics, should first get their own house in order before they attempt to help others. To the extent we have a competitiveness competi-tiveness problem, it is largely the result of laws and policies made in Washington. Washing-ton. Before Congress sets out to help business become more competitive, it should first recognize how it has undermined under-mined productivity and efficiency, and seek to undo the damage. A good start would be to repeal foolish tax laws that punish saving and capital investment Even those critics who insist we are not overtaxed will admit we are badly taxed. No better examples exist than the punitive taxes on savings income and capital gains. Once they are consigned to the incinerator, incinera-tor, capital investment will take off like a rocket. Congress should be replacing punitive puni-tive taxes with incentives to encourage capital investment, such as accelerated depreciation and investment tax credits. It also would be wise to restore Individual Indi-vidual Retirement Accounts to encourage encour-age savings. Next Congress should take a chainsaw to the regulatory thicket that is strangling our private sector. More than 122,000 federal bureaucrats arc grinding grind-ing out new rules and regulations by the barrel. If Congress will not trust the executive to ride had on federal regula tors, subjecting new rules to a strict cost-benefit cost-benefit test, then it should create an alternate mechanism to perform such a review. It is an open secret that our infrastructure infra-structure is under stress from years of neglect. We must begin now to upgrade our highways, bridges, rail systems and airports. That kind of long-term investment, invest-ment, as opposed to consumption, more than justifies use of borrowed funds. We also desperately need a coherent coher-ent energy policy that will permit rational ratio-nal development of our natural resources, and full use of our most abundant, safe and environmentally clean source of energy nuclear power. Oneof the most troublesome afflictions afflic-tions besetting our economy is the irrational irra-tional product liability system that promotes pro-motes frivolous lawsuits and discourages discour-ages innovation and expansion. Yet, Congress continues to duck the issue. Likewise, there are many promising promis-ing options Congress can undertake to improve our K-12 schools, and rein in the soaring cost of medical care. The key is a nationwide high performance computer network that will become an information equivalent to the Interstate Highway System. It will promote educational edu-cational excellence, improvement of medical care, and more effective research re-search and development, among other things. There is no great mystery to competitiveness. com-petitiveness. Our vision of the future is clear, and beckons us onward. What is missing is courage to make hard decisions, deci-sions, and a will to act. |