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Show Vemal Express Wednesday. October 13. 1999 17 J" - ( Mental Wealth' Grow up--be happy : y - x 1j 7 Andrew Smith Smith receives Eagle Scout Award Andrew Smith, 16, son of Jeff and Doreen Smith, received the Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout award at a Court of Honor on Sept 25. The award was presented by Bishop and Scout leader Anthony Deets. Smith is a member of Troop 891. For his project he improved one of Dinosaur National Monument's Picnic grounds and made it handicapped accessible. Youth brighten days at Uintah Care Center Thursday, Sept. 30, youth from the SL Paul's Episcopal youth group and the LDS Church got together to-gether to brighten the days of a few elderly people staying at the Uintah Care Center. Kelli Strecter, Lauren McKIellan, Melia DeCamp and Lynelle Rupe brought cups filled with regular and sugar-free candy, articles from different magazines to read aloud to the residents, pink finger nail polish for some of the ladies, and a springer spaniel named Abby for the residents to get a big love from. The youth group came up with the idea that it would be nice for all kinds of youth to get together, regardless re-gardless of religious affiliation, to help in the community. Once a month the group will sponsor an activity at the care center that will be open for all youth in the area to volunteer their services. For the month of October, Oct 22, the youth group will make crafts, bring books to read to the residents and decorate cups filled with sugar-free and regular candy. Abby, the spaniel, will also be there for a visit. vis-it. Any youth interested in joining or needing more information contact the St Paul's Episcopal Youth Group leader, Merietta Lainhart 789-4148 for more information. Camp May Ruple hosts luncheon Camp May Ruple, DUP's meeting meet-ing was held on Monday at the home of Lola Davis with Delora Oaks as cohostess. Thirteen members mem-bers "enjoyed a lovely luncheon." The prayer was given by Ada Murray and the history was presented pre-sented by Faye Leigh on her great grandparents, Martin David and Mary Abigail. The lesson was given giv-en by Renae Howe on pioneers of Duchesne County. The next meeting will be held on Nov. 8 at the home of Ada Murray at 11:30 a.m. with Marjorie Akelund as cohostess. r (f s N Vtrr- LJLJ COUPON $10.00 Discount Screenino- Mammogram ail 789-3442 Ashley Valley Medical Center I Ext. 143 I for appointments P'"0 MiX 3 1, 2000 Must Present At Time of Service I Not rWtewW for cssh. R!mptoo vhi not to 9xcedt10 00. vvVtf'.' v.y' r Make sure a baby under four months old sleeps on their back or side as demonstrated by baby Jonathan James Murdock. Ds your baby sDeeping safely? The death of an infant due to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is a horrible tragedy for over 3,000 families nationally each year. October is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month. TriCounty Health Department wants to remind parents, par-ents, grandparents, babysitters and others who care for infants that it is important to know and observe the precautionary guidelines which have been proven to reduce the incidence in-cidence of SIDS deaths since they were first recommended by pedia-' tricians in 1992. Place babies on their back to sleep. Don't smoke around babies or pregnant women. Make sure baby's mattress is firm and remove all soft items from the crib, including quilts, pillows, comforters, com-forters, sheepskin and toys. Don't Clubs Sorority hosts social gathering Gamma Beta held a social gathering gather-ing at the Tri-Cinema Wednesday Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. Six members were present The chapter will have their Halloween party Oct 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Jackie Hansen. Beaux Arts holds costume celebration Dona Abcgglen's home was the site of the Beaux Arts meeting with 13 members in attendance. The evening was filled with food, prizes for best costumes and game winners. win-ners. Rosa Eaton was welcomed as a new member. The next club meeting will be held at the home of Trevclcne Hall on Nov. 3 with Elaine Hall presenting present-ing the program. StfflNiftg love, your family, Diane, Scott Amy, Tyler uanue or xrevur or onawi -1 Off Regular Price t I i f ' 3 r ' ' ; a .....IW'sVj '.i'L let babies sleep on waterbeds, couches or cushions. The safest place for a baby to sleep is in a crib. Babies should not be left alone on adult or twin beds, waterbeds, sofas, a pillow, bean bag or other soft items. Don't let baby get too warm while sleeping; baby needs just one thin blanket while sleeping and the room should be around 70 degrees. Either zip baby into a sleeper and let it sleep without a blanket, or place baby at the foot of the crib and then tuck the blanket in around her. Get checkups while pregnant; get well baby checkups and shots for the baby. Encourage moms to breast feed. For "mbre information, call TriCounty Health 781-5475 or the Department of Health SIDS Program at 1-801-528-9970. DUP Camp Tokawana hold meeting The October meeting of Camp Tokawana was held at the home of Christclla Parrish with Theda Washburn and DeLyle Richards as co-hostesses. Captain Marilyn Th acker welcomed the daughters and the prayer thought was given by Lila Robins and Fay Howells gave the prayer. Marie Lee led the Pledge of Allegiance. Lois Bath led the group in singing "Rock Me to Sleep." Carma Hunsaker was welcomed after returning home from a mission. mis-sion. Barbara Jolley presented the lesson on pioneers of Duchesne County. The Hancock family played a prominent roll in pioneering pioneer-ing the Roosevelt area. There were 17 members and one guest present. X I if i Western Exposure 50 East Main Vernal 789-4727 Check out our school package Call for details Photography and Color on Black & White Photos (chalking) classes being offered soon Sign up at Western Exposure Sadie Hawkins Dance Pictures being taken October 16 6:00 pm to Midnight In his book, "Grow Up! How Taking Responsibility Can Make You a Happy Adult," 'psychiatrist Frank Pittman offers a theory of happiness based on taking responsibility responsi-bility for our choices. This is not a pleasant "feel good" type of book. It challenges us to live up to our sense of integrity and honor. Pittman feels that society is evolving toward an adolescent view of happiness: a lazy, self-indulgent, self-absorbed, self-conscious, blaming rule-breaker. His book is a needed wake up call to a culture teaching us to act on impulse, emotion emo-tion and self-centered expediency. Even as an adult who tries to be responsible most of the time, it made me feel uncomfortable. It is easier to see its benefits for a lot of people I know. The problem is how do you give a gift or recommend a book that has "Grow Up!" as its title? ti-tle? Keep busy or be responsible. To Pittman, happiness can be achieved in two ways. The first way is by not thinking about it and just letting it come upon us as we are living a busy life. The second way is through understanding happiness and realizing we can create a happy life for ourselves and our loved ones by taking responsibility for our choices and reactions. We start with where we are at, with what we have been given and go from there. Pittman believes that happiness involves, "contentment and honor, satisfaction with who we are, what we have done and what we will do." Happiness involves the feeling that, in our own estimation and the estimation of those we love, we are a good enough person. It is hard, but possible, to be happy even if the people we live with don't like us or treat us well. It is impossible to be happy, no matter how much we are loved by others, if we don't like ourselves the way we are and if we are not trying to do anything about it. Happiness comes from within. Pittman makes the point that if we expect and demand happiness to come from outside ourselves instead in-stead of from within, then we are likely to be angry and frustrated. Since one cannot be angry and happy hap-py at the same time, we will be unhappy. un-happy. Happiness is not a state of peace. Adversity and challenges test us and bring out inner resources and LOE donates blankets At the October meeting of the Vernal Ladies of Elks (LOE), President Carol Webster displayed one of the stadium blankets the ladies will donate to the auction at the Elks Christmas Charity Ball on Nov. 20. It was decided that decorating deco-rating for the holidays will take place Nov. 17. Anyone with an artificial arti-ficial Christmas tree not being used is asked to loan it to the LOE Volunteers are encouraged and welcomed. wel-comed. Joyce Johnson accepted the position posi-tion of project chairman which was vacated by Georgia EngelbrechL Donna Workman will help her. The next meeting will take place Nov. 2. strength. Happiness is not the absence ab-sence of pain or trouble but the calm self-assurance that we can deal with life and grow from it. People who confuse happiness with pleasure and pain don't know to recognize what happiness is. Happiness is giving up the narcissism narcis-sism of our youth and entering into a give-and-take awareness and connection con-nection with others' pleasure and pain. Maturity is noticing how what you do affects others and how it makes them feel. Happiness is the freedom and the power to do "the right thing" of our own choosing and then doing it It is sharing experiences, being connected con-nected with life and embracing the life cycle. He defines four central tasks of adults that will make us happy. 1. Know our parents' lives. We need to understand our parents' lives, why things happened the way they did during cur childhood, what they felt and why they made the decisions de-cisions they made. We need to understand un-derstand them enough to forgive them so we can get rid of any victim vic-tim thinking and also to forgive ourselves for our imperfect parenting. parent-ing. By doing this we overcome a major hurdle in moving from the child generation to the adult generation. gener-ation. 2. Our function in life is to raise children. Pittman expands the word "children'" to include children beyond our own biological children - the next generation of humankind. This is not a sacrifice of life but a fulfillment of our own lives. By raising children we become our own person and join the succession of generations that keeps us connected con-nected with all of life and human history. According to Pittman. unless un-less we invest ourselves with children, chil-dren, or with other adults who are raising children, we run the risk of being our own pampered child. Ashley Valley Medical Center J -Date: 1 01499 10:00 a.m. until Noon West Main Entrance Drive-Through Shooting 3 Get your flu shot and never even leave your car. Drive through at the West Entrance to the hospital and a nurse will come right to your car and give you a flu shot The cost is $5.00 per person. The day is October 14th, and the time is 10:00 a.m. until Noon! $5.00 Per person - Cash only We will not be billing Medicare or other insurance. Ashley Valley Call 789-3342 Ext 196 for further information. Medical Center UNIVERSITY EXTENSION STUDENT OPEN FORUM and BUDGET REVIEW - Introduction of new Director, Dr. Guy Denton 4 Review of budget Dr. Weldon Sleight Question and answer session Thursday, October 14, 1999 Vernal Center 5:45 pm Roosevelt Center 8:15 pm Alt Students, Faculty and Community Members Welcome 3. Happiness comes through family. We need a family to humble hum-ble us, strip us of illusions, a place to give love, face disappointment, and to reveal ourselves just as we are. We need a place to belong - a place where we are accepted unconditionally. un-conditionally. Pittman believes, "We need that sort of family a lot more than we need ideal love." Life long marriage is at the heart of family fam-ily life. 4. Happiness comes from the genders learning, growing and cooperating with each other. Pittman feels we need to overcome the restrictions of our gender training train-ing and take on some of the characteristics charac-teristics of the opposite gender. We are incomplete and we need to expand ex-pand our functional and emotional range beyond the bounds of stereotypical stereo-typical masculinity and femininity. This takes a lifetime. Pittman feels that these main tasks of adulthood happen almost automatically as we raise our children, chil-dren, as we nurse our aging parents through the end of their lives, and as we survive the unending crises, disappointments, and revelations of holding on to a marriage for a lifetime. life-time. Pittman adds to his list for happiness: happi-ness: brain chemistry, love, work, play, honor, honesty, manners, health and exercise, involvement with nature, simplicity, and embracing embrac-ing each phase of life as good and desirable. Want to be happy? Grow up. Accept your responsibilities. Vol Fanner is a clinical psychologist psychol-ogist with MeritCare in Fargo, North Dakota. He specializes in rural mental health and family business consultation. HIGHUGHTS October 14, 1999 Flu shots - $5.00 cash 10.00 a.m. until Noon West Entrance at Ashley Valley Medical Center |