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Show 12 Vernal Express Wednesday, October 23, 1996 MB ra 3 A If'tv - r Ik fv v' ," - A , r, 3 - '"'ILL1,!"" ' "jl'-v'"'-'''1" 1 "" w -y - Phyllis Oberhansly celebrates her Oberhansly observes 80th birthday An open house will be held for Phyllis (Daniels) Oberhansly at the Neola Ward chapel Saturday, Oct. 26, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. to celebrate cele-brate her 80th birthday. She was born in Ft. Duchesne, Oct. 23, 1916. She met her husband while walking to a shop where her mother was working. He whistled at her and stopped and asked if she wanted a ride to where she was going go-ing and this ended up being their first dale. They were married in 1937. She has been a life-long resident of the Uintah Basin. As a young girl, she began taking piano lessons with her sisters but she was the only one that excelled in her musical abilities. She told her grandchildren she used to practice to get out of doing dishes. She found that not only did she love music, but had a real talent for it. She began to play with a local dance hand at the age of 14 to earn her own spending money, but has played with several bands since then. Oberhansly writes music and one .ong "Left Over Kisses," sung by Jessica James, formally known as Karen Oberhansly, is doing very well on the F-uropcan Market. She is still active with her music, playing for sing-a-longs at the rest homes and funerals throughout the IUmh and in her church. She graduated from Brigham Young University in 1938 with a THANK YOU Western Exposure for your sponsorship of the Juried Photography Show. Your generosity and support are greatly appreciated. A special thanks to John Kay and his staff for their time, expertise and concern. A!so thanks o ihe Western Heritage Museum for the use of their fine facility. To Janice Digelow and her staff, our appreciation for your help and patience. Uintah Arts Council the rctxF3fr Mxm w b oi display tot oe tfwe wph. 80th birthday, Oct. 23 in Neola. degree in secondary education and music. After graduation Bernard and Phyllis moved back to Whiterocks and started a ranch. She applied for a teaching position at the Uintah School District, but was told they did not hire married women. She began teaching at the Whiterocks Indian Boarding School in 1938, teaching the fourth grade and music for all the classes. After the war began in 1943, Uintah School District wrote and asked her to teach fourth grade and band at Tridcll. This began her 33 year teaching career in public schools in Uintah and Duchesne school districts. She has taught almost al-most every grade between first to eighth, music and regular subjects. She received her special education endorsement and began teaching in special education. Oberhansly taught at Tridcll, Whiterocks, Roosevelt, Todd Elementary, Neola and West Jr. High. She has spent many years on the ranch with her husband teaching and raising two children (Lorainc Richcns of Whiterocks and the late Bob Oberhansly of Neola). She has time to spend with her six grandchildren, grand-children, singing, playing piano, reading and going on trips. Now at 80, she is still going strong and shares activities with her Ave greatgrandchildren. Golden Age News Dance to be held Oct. 25 by Ada Murray Friday, Oct. 25, a Halloween dance will be held at the Golden Age Center and a potluck lunch will be served during intermission. The carving of pumpkins will be held Monday, Oct. 28 at 1 p.m. They will be judged on Halloween day. If you want to participate be sure and sign up by Friday, Oct. 25. June Murdock and Afton Van furnished fur-nished snacks for the dancers Friday night. The following are some of the services that are available at the. Center: Insurance, counseling and exercise exer-cise classes are held Tuesdays at 10 a.m. with Edna Raines in charge. There are line dances every Friday night from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and the regular dance at 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Bingo is played Tuesdays and Fridays at 1 p.m. Winners at bingo for the month of September are: Tuesday - Norma Simper and Friday, three winners -Lorna Holmes, Edda Bingham and Myril Bodily. Tuesday, Oct. 15, Edda Bingham won five games to place first. Doris Bodily, Myril Bodily, Jean Staten, Mildred Long and Hoyle Robinson won three games each. Friday, Oct. 11, Lorna Holmes, Chris Palmer and Mildred Long were first place winners with four games each. Norma Simper, Agnes Reed, Rose Robinson and Marie Smuin won three games each. Why are we Fewer and fewer adults use tobacco. tobac-co. It is considered a dirty habit that people do in private. It is discouraged discour-aged and frowned upon. The non-smoker non-smoker rights movement has successfully suc-cessfully taken smoking out of the public domain. Seventy percent of adult smokers would like to quit or regret that they had ever started. As adults we think we are winning win-ning the war against tobacco. We are losing it. In Canada, the proportion of Canadian youths age 15 to 19 who smoke has increased from 21 percent per-cent overall in 1990 to 1994 rates of 30 percent for girls and 27 percent per-cent for boys. In the U.S. cigarette smoking among students in grades nine to 12 increased from 27.5 percent per-cent in 1991 to 34.8 percent in 1995. Twenty-five percent of white male students report using smokeless smoke-less tobaccos. Since 1992 there has been a steady rise in smoking among teens - the smoking rate among high school seniors has risen by a fifth. This occurs among all social classes, class-es, all regions of the country, communities com-munities of all sizes, by both those who plan and those who do not plan to attend college and by boys as well as girls. Dr. Michael Erikscn, ScD in public pub-lic health, is (he director of the Office of Smoking and Health at the Center for Disease Control at Atlanta, Ga. He says that the following fol-lowing four forces that came together to-gether around 1992 explained the resurgence of tobacco use among teens. 1. The pervasive and nkillful exploration ex-ploration of adolescent pnycholo fcy by tobacco advertisers. Prom 1975 to 1986 there was a 35 percent per-cent drop in tobacco use among teenagers. "Joe Camel" was introduced intro-duced in 1938 and thit corresponded correspond-ed to an immcdiaic rise In teenage Miuiking. By 1992, many teens had absorbed the advertising message, Smoking had gathered enough momentum mo-mentum to go from being uncool hack to being cool again. The tobacco Industry upcnt So billion bil-lion on advertising in 1993. This amounts to $3,000 per new smoker. It only takes 100 cigarettes to become be-come an established smoker. Nicotine is a powerful, addictive drug. Even though only half of fWclcomes R?5"1 Stacey V""iv Jessen their fet&J staff. Scholarship recipients and scholarship sponsors meet and attend a Utah State University Uintah Branch Campus. USU holds Scholarship Recognition Evening Monday, Sept. 30, Utah State University Uintah Basin Branch Campus held the First Annual Scholarship Recognition Evening to honor local individuals, businesses, organizations and cities that provide scholarships to students attending the local campus. Two hundred scholarship sponsors, recipients and guests attended the dinner held in Roosevelt. Scholarship sponsors from the Uintah Basin were recognized recog-nized for their commitment to education edu-cation and their investment in the Uintah Basin. During the evening scholarship recipients had an opportunity oppor-tunity to meet their sponsors and receive re-ceive certificates from them. Three students from the area spoke on the help scholarships provide pro-vide and the educational experience students receive at the Uintah Basin Branch Campus. Kirk Bostick of Roosevelt listed "individual instruction, instruc-tion, a great computer lab and class schedules for the working students" losing the these teens will still smoke at age 35, the tobacco industry will have reaped huge profits. Teens vastly underestimate their ability to stop smoking. In a survey of teens who said they would no longer be smoking in five years, 75 percent were still smokino Tha years later. Advertising strikes themes of independence, in-dependence, having fun, being attractive at-tractive and glamorous, being older and more sophisticated, being in control and being a success. It is a lie. Nicotine is addictive and its users are not in control. In the long term cigarettes kill. It kills one of three users. 2. The anti-smoking success among adults and society created a perverse effect Smoking became a way for teens to irritate adults and to act out their adolescent need to be different. The more something becomes frowned on and illicit by adults, the more attractive it becomes be-comes for expressing youthful aspirations aspi-rations of maturity. Smoking serves as a way to communicate an image of "on-lhc-cdgc" quirkincss and rebellion. re-bellion. The whispering messages of tobacco advertisers cater to the hormonal pressures of growing up. 3. The entertainment Industry figured out what b going on and jumped on the bandwagon of their teenage market. Writers, directors, di-rectors, producers and studio executives execu-tives give their teenage audiences the rebellious messages they want They can make money despite the socially irresponsible consequences. Movie stars, sports stars, musicians musi-cians and super-models light up in The, Health Department eafutea Pfcana tafo tima out thia month to othodufo on appointment uith your prim to hoalth cam provides. or Cad tho Oornat otCico oftho Uintah Ba&in Puhfic foafth Department at 78 1 SV7S tor your etrttnint appointment thia month, tfinic daieo aro Octoher 1( and October 30, 7996 3S as advantages of attending the local campus. Deanne Brown of Duchesne told the local sponsors, "You helped make my goal a reality." reali-ty." And Marsha Oleen of Vernal expressed appreciation, "You make our dreams come true." The local scholarship program began be-gan five years ago when individuals from the Basin established endowments endow-ments for the Uintah Basin Branch Campus. Interest from the endowments endow-ments was used for scholarships. Three years ago members of the advisory ad-visory board with the support of local lo-cal businesses, organizations and individuals in-dividuals initiated "Partners in Education," a five-year commitment commit-ment to the scholarship program. During the first year local sponsors contributed $14,000; . the second year they provided $29,000. This year's increased sponsorship provided pro-vided over $50,000 in local scholarships. scholar-ships. Vice president of extension and Farmer tobacco war? real life and in portrayals on the screen. They are role models for what is in and what is out, what is cool and what is not. They are competing com-peting authority figures who defy the anti-tobacco message given by society, parents, teachers and clergy. 4. Cigarettes are easy to get, laws are not enforced and adult society acts hypocritically. About 57 percent of students in grades nine through 12 usually bought their cigarettes from a store, from a vending machine or give someone else the money to purchase cigarettes for them. Less than one out of four high school students was asked to show proof of age when buying cigarettes in a store in the 30 days before a Youth Risk Behavior Survey in 1995. Teens are tolerant They do not like to restrict each other. They are willing to put themselves in an environment en-vironment of temptation and undcr- HYDE'S ENCORE man M n.w f Wi IS ( KM. tn mm VI KM !. KnowttHlgi u and miuxft. funMwfl (mniM comxmi le wm ut WM t owe K aon, . WE'VE ADDED ONE MORE BRANSON CHRISTMAS Bcmm our thfM oOwt Brarwon CMttmM toura hv totd out hav added a fourth tour on Doe. 4 Doe. t wfth 1) tltowa attractions. Thoro't UK room, but Mrli aro otng rat so col toon to avoid dlMppolntmtnt. HAWAIIAN ISLANDS Fab. 27 March 8 The Best of Hawaii Kauai, Maul, Kona. Hilo & Oahu THREE NEWYtARf. EVE TOURS SOUTHERN NEVADA SHOW PACKAGE IN NOVEMBER Plus... 60 other destinations through the year including 15 BRANSON TOURS!! Uintah Raain Public National Breast Cancer Ridarcncea Month dinner held in their honor by dean of continuing education, Rex Tueller, commended the people of the Uintah Basin for their support of the local campus. Dean Tueller also stated that because of the local scholarship program, students will not only earn an education, but will also make a contribution to the Basin and society. Dr. Hartman reported that enrollment enroll-ment continues to increase at USU Uintah Basin Branch Campus. An estimated 1,200 students will enroll this year to take advantage of the educational opportunities available to them. Local scholarships have contributed significantly to the number of students that can continue. contin-ue. Connie Christensen of the Roosevelt campus wanted to let people know the Scholarship Recognition Evening will become an annual event. For answers to any questions, contact her at 722-2294 Ext. 241. if. estimate the influence it may have on them. If their best friend experiments experi-ments or if a critical mass of their peer group engages in high risk behavior, be-havior, their resolve and commitment commit-ment will be tested. Many years of being exposed to cigarette advertisements adver-tisements have prepared them to experiment ex-periment with tobacco use. Unfortunately, when it comes to nicotine, the pathway from experimentation experi-mentation to lifelong addiction is short What starts out to be a way to meet an adolescence psycho-social need turns into an addiction that will rob them of freedom, control, attractiveness, health and perhaps their very life. What starts in youth cannot be easily stopped in adult life. That is the true message about cigarettes teens need to hear. It is a war we cannot afford to lose. TOURS & TRAVEL W. 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