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Show fop? Two - The Springville Herald - May 21, 1981 .ours comment yours Atiiletics brings pride !To the Editor: I This letter is written in response to :one written in last weeks paper. Although it is true that academics is the most important part of school, the athletics program is what keeps the students coming to school. If it weren't for the athletics teams the students of Springville High School would have no pride in their school. Without pride the student's wouldn't care about school enough to attend, or work hard academically. - We personally believe the athletics deserve the recognition they receive in the paper. We also believe that the scholars receive enough recognition. They not only get their picture in the paper (no matter how little) but, they get special recognition at the commencement com-mencement exercises and they get their individual pictures in the year book. None of the athletes get an individual in-dividual picture in the yearbook, even if they did a great job. But, everyone with a 3.5 grade point or above gets an individual in-dividual picture in the yearbook. We're proud to be students at Springville High School, but not because of the students who achieved high honors. Instead, we're proud of the good name the athletic department and other organizations have given the school. Mike Mendenhall Andrea Pratt Dena Orme Craig Conover Jodie Child Shawni Child Shirley Kves Jennalee Tew Bryon Benevento If there ever was a need; if there ever was a time, when the citizenry of the United States needed to speak out on local, national, and world affairs, the time is now. Civil war rampages in Ireland, El Salvdor. Threats of war spew forth as a threatening volcano in Syria and Israel; while Russia fuels the fire in Syria and El Salvador. Terrorists murder in Germany, France, Spain and Uganda. Murdering maniacs in Atlanta turn playgrounds and Musette winners streets into desperation and despair. Regan's life is threatened by an assassin's bullets, the Pope is seriously wounded by the frenzied fire of a Turkish terrorist. American Nazis' in Illinois disrupt Jewish commemorations. The Ku Klux Klan opens up in Utah, continuing its widespread bigotry further through our country. Nevada and Utah win the two-entry two-entry raffle for the MX missile system. The list goes on and on. Whatever the view, whatever the stand, if we allow ourselves to passively and idlely neglect our social responsibility, Winners of the recent Musette Scholarship contest were announced by contest chairman, Helene Davis. They are Garth Allred, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dee Allred, first place winner of $125 for his performance on piano; Richard Cameron, son of Janice Cameron, second place winner of $100 for his vocal performance; per-formance; LaDonna Support sought for MIA's EWs Now eight years after the official end of the Vietnam War era, the great majority of veterans have adjusted to become responsible, productive members of society. However, a disproportionately large number of these Vietnam veterans continue to have problems and chronic unemployment. '. Prisoners of war and those missing in action do not have even the doubtful luxury of a share in these problems. They continue to wait, anonymous and uncared lor, true veterans of the 'war that didn't work". ; Since the Vietnam conflict ended, The socialist Republic of '.Cancer study says Vietnam has become a member of the United Nations. Since 1976, officials of-ficials of our government have taken us on an ever-escalating ever-escalating toboggan ride of swiftly changing, positions; from out-and-out' refusal to normalize relations with the Vietnamese Viet-namese government until a complete accounting of those missing in action was received, to the establishment of a Presidential Commission to Southest Asia in 1977; with the commission departing from Washington in March of that year, the motive of which was normalization of relations with Vietnam, although an accounting had yet to be made of the fate of M.I.A.'s and P.O.W.'s still stranded in that country: Our government, with relentless regularity, continues to change the status of "Prisoners of War" to "Killed in Action", Ac-tion", thus effectively closing the door on them. But the door has remained open for "Boat People", whom we have been asked to welcome into our communities, feed, house, educate, employ and generally assimilate. Families of P.O.W.'s, and M.I.A.'s have waited, quietly hqping-some for over 14 years. Cubans have come to our shores by tens of thousands, either for freedom or because their own country didn't want them; to be housed, fed and treated medically, only to riot when things wern't moving fast enough. Is Vietnamese trade of greater importance than the unresolved lives, even deaths, of over 2,500 American men? Many known to have been alive at one time in captivity. Hanoi has recently been negotiating off-shore drilling concessions with France, Japan and West Germany. Could it be we want to be next on the list? For more information or if you would like to help these men and their families, call Gene Atkin 375-7342. Small, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Small, third place winner of $75 for her vocal solo; and Marty Morgan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kent Morgan, fourth place winner of $50 for his vocal solo. The four high school students will use their scholarship awards to further their musical education. The money was raised by the Musettes through various fund raising projects throughout the year. The first and second place winners, Garth and Richard, will perform in the Musettes Spring Concert, June 10, at the Villa. we have no one to blame but ourselves for : the needless deaths and ripst.mrt.inn: thp tidal wave of oppression and violence that: At a a m .1 continues mrougnout me wona. The words "of a Revolutionary War ., patriot ring clear again: "We all hang together, or we all hang separately. How long can we last in a country that has bankrunt itself thrnuffh social nrnerams and unrestrained spending r How long can we last when escalating inflation is treated ., like a stairway to heaven? The advocate is action; take a stand, .-speak .-speak out, become informed. We must wake up from our hypnotic slumber and commit ourselves to action, or more ,0 npprilpss wastp anri ripsrmrtinn will nrrnr 1 while we slumber on. by Sorry McWIIIiams . & i f I' I W - M.'-n . Cancer rate lower among Utah PAormons t While cancer rates for all Utahns are approximately 16 percent lower than 'the national average, within Utah, Jhowever, Mormons have about one-Jthird one-Jthird less cancer than non-Mormons. I Three separate studies conducted by JUtah medical school Drs. J.L. Lyon, ;J.W. Gardner and D.W. West, were published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (Nov. 1980). J The cancer rate for Mormon men in jUtah between 1967 and 1975 was 253 per 100,000 population. The corresponding 'rate for non-Mormon men in Utah was 345. During the same period, the cancer 'rate for Mormon women was 205 per 100,000 while the rate for non-Mormon women was 304. v "The most likely reason for lower cancer incidence rates among Mor-jmons Mor-jmons is their religious proscription on Jthe use of tobacco, alcohol, coffee and tea and the teaching of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of .strict moral standards regarding I premarital and extramarital sexual : relationships," the studies said. J Data from the Utah Cancer Registry were used to romnare cancer incidence 'i in Mormons and non-Mormons in Utah between the years 1967 and 1975. !j Church membership was identified j through the cooperation of the LDS Church. , Cancer sites associated with smoking f showed an incidence in Mormons about one-half that of non-Mormons. The rate for cervical cancer in Mormon women was about one-half of that observed in non-Mormon women. Cancers of the stomach, colon-rectum and pancreas were about one-third lower in Mormons than in non-members of this religious group. The University Medical Center studies pointed out, however, that the incidence of lip cancer and malignant menanoma is higher both in Utah generally and among Utah Mormons. A possible reason for this is the large percentage of Utahs who are of northern nor-thern European ancestry and thus considered more susceptible to cancers at sites of high sunlight exposure. The studies stated that "conditions related to the place in which we live, including size, location and (amount of) industry have an important bearing on our risk of developing cancer. "Lifelong city dwellers experience higher risks of developing cancers of the respiratory, gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts and of the female breast than do residents in rural areas." The difference between the urban and rural cancer rates is thought to be associated with many factors including differences in the external environment, en-vironment, diet, occupation and personal per-sonal habits. While cancer rates are generally higher in urban areas than rural, these University of Utah studies show that the differences do not hold in Mormon men. "This is the most striking finding of this study," the paper said. While urban non-Mormon men had a 34 percent greater incidence of cancer than their rural counterparts, there was practically prac-tically no urban-rural difference in cancer incidence for Mormon men. "This was especially noticeable in tobacco and alcohol-associated sites," the studies said. "The non-Mormon population fits the pattern of higher incidence in urban areas.. .but the Mormon population does not fit this pattern." The urban Mormon population had cancer incidence for all sites about 35 percent less than that of the non-Mormon non-Mormon population. "The observed differences in cancer risk by place of residence are probably attributable to differences in life-style and personal habits," the studies noted. Cancer incidence for all smoking related sites and for the female sites of breast, cervix, and ovary in Mormons is significantly lower compared with that in the non-Mormon and national populations. Guard Promotion Raymond J. Robbins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Robbins, has been promoted to Staff J Sergeant, CO C 1457 Engineer Battalion Comoat Corps Utah Army National Guard. I want to see you shoot the way you shout. Teddy Roosevelt The Springville Herald f A (UPS 513-060) Published Wkly ot SpringvllU, Utah 94663 by Art City Publishing Co., Inc. 161 South Main Street Phono 489-5651 Martin W. Conover .Publisher Gaylen Webb Editor Margaret R. Fleenor Managing Editor Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Of-fice, Springville, Utah 84663 under the Act of Congress, March 3, 1897. 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He graduated from Mackey High School in Popcorn was introduced in-troduced to the English colonists at their first Thanksgiving dinner on February 22, 1630, by Quadequina, brother of i Indian Chief Massasoit. The Sahara desert comprises an area as large as Europe: over three and a half million square miles. Idaho, add hitch-hiked to Utah in hopes of finding a job to earn money to attend college. . During college he would often begin classes at 6 a.m. and attend until 1 p.m. then go to work laying brick until dark. Hatfield has done all types of masonry work with his business taking him throughout the states of Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada. His first major job was at Mt. Pleasant's Wasatch Acadey, and more recently he has completed com-pleted the Taylorsville High School, Utah Power and Light Addition, Green River Elementary School and Leo Elsworth Building at BYU, to name a few. 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