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Show That's Life If you can't by Roger Sturman I first became aware of the fact that I wasn't much of a singer, at a very early age. Little kids in Sunday School would suddenly have to leave the room when they were sharing a song book with me. My music teacher at good old Roosevelt Elementary gave up an enterprising career to take up a door-to-door selling job, and my parents introduced in-troduced me to a clarinet at the ripe old age of 6 and one-half so that when I felt the music in me wanting to burst out I would have something to put in my mouth. It's not that I am tone deaf or anything as drastic as that; it's just that my vocalizing seems to sound better from the inside than it does from the outside. In other words, it sounds great to me, but not to other people. Dogs evidently appreciate good singing better than most people, however, because the minute I begin to sing all the dogs in the neighborhood join right in. I really enjoy vocal music. I have several favorite singing stars and have even played in dance bands during my college days and helped with the arrangements for the vocalist. Somehow though, my own singing just gets "translated" into off-key noise before it gets to others' ears. During my hitch in the U.S. Navy I was given the responsibility of conducting the Protestant church services on board my ship. The chaplain was Catholic and I had been ordained as a Group Leader for L.D.S. services while on duty in San Afety doctor joins medical staff at lilt. View Hospital The Administration and Governing Gover-ning Board of Mountain View Hospital are pleased to announce the arrival of Dr. Lee M. Peterson, General Surgeon, to the Medical Staff at Mountain View Hospital. Dr. Peterson will begin his practice in the southern Utah County area on January 2, 1988. His office is located at 50 Medical Drive, Suite B-l in Payson. Routine office hours will be Mondays 1 to 4:30 p.m. and Fridays 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Appointments for patients with special needs will be available by arrangement. Dr. Peterson is a native of Cedar City, Utah. He received his undergraduate un-dergraduate degree from Southern Utah State College graduating with High Honors. He was named outstanding out-standing Junior Student Nominee and also received the Manning Service Award. . Dr. Peterson received his' medical degree from the University of Utah in 1982 where he was listed on the Dean's Honor Roll. He also received commendations com-mendations in Surgery, CB-GYN, Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Ophthalmology, Family Practice, Emergency Medicine, and Anesthesia. Dr. Peterson completed his general surgery residency at Akron General Medical Center, an affiliate hospital of Northeastern Ohio University's College of Medicine. He served as chief resident at this institution. While in Ohio he also performed pediatric surgery and burn unit rotations at Akron Children's Hospital. Dr. Peterson is certified in ad- Consumer year in review What a year for Utah consumers. We pumped water into the desert only to have it rain and not snow. Next year we probably can reverse the trend just as predictably by having the state's population collectively leave their umbrellas at home and try to make it through one more winter on their old snow tires. As a nation in search of moral guidance where did we turn? -Seven-11. We implored them to rid their shelves of allegedly pornographic por-nographic materials sold from behind the counter. In return, we allowed them to sell inspirational video cassettes such as "Texas Chainsaw Massacre part II." . Last year we let our pets get out of hand. The beloved symbol of Buster Brown Shoes and the Little Rascals "Petie" were revealed to be menacing pit bulls. If you want a tip for next year's gift sensation, invest your money in pit bull masks for dogs, for dog owners who want a family pet and a fierce looking watch dog. On the other hand, the television airwaves have become so polluted with lying, conniving hucksters that the only truly likeable product representative was Spuds MacKenzie. Even he turned out to have a few dog bone skeletons in his state Farm's Homeowners III insurance with Til inflation coverage if SEE ME .DCAN MIAN .1" II ill V I 52 WfST 100 SO. , ' ,439-9444 11 UtaltM4MtHM, twi (mm at Cmmnv tmfm sing good, sing loud! Diego. To the Navy, in those days, there were only four categories of religion. Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and "X." Inasmuch as my service record indicated that I had been duly ordained by a regular military chaplain as a Group Leader and my dog tags were stamped with a "P," the job of organizing and conducting the Protestant services fell on my shoulders. It just so happened that the Captain of our ship was a Protestant, and several of the top ranking officers felt obliged to be in attendance at the meetings. I never really figured out if it was my singing thatgot me booted out of that job, or whether it had something to do with the little bits of Mormon doctrine that may have slipped into my "sermons." Maybe it was a little of both. Come to think of it, I believe the closing song of that last service I conducted was "We Thank Thee Oh God for a Prophet." Now and then some foolish soul invites me to sing in the church choir. Sometimes I have even accepted. ac-cepted. It never lasts too long though. Either they stop telling me what time choir practice is or they just disband the choir. It's too bad that clarinet players aren't used with vocal groups very often. The real sad part of this story is that there are several real good singers in my family. One daughter and one son have both performed before large and small groups as part of an ensemble or as soloists. My wife has a very pleasing voice and between the three of them our Dr. Lee M. Peterson vanced cardiac and trauma life support. He is also a Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners. Dr. Peterson's expertise will be evaluation and surgery for gastrointestinal gastro-intestinal disease, breast disease, colo-rectal disease, hepatobiliary disease, endocrine disease (thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal), and trauma. He will also be involved with upper and lower endoscopy, when indicated; in-dicated; for evaluation of gastrointestinal and colorectal disorders. closet when it was revealed that the light beer party animal was in fact a she. Who can you trust? Luckily the U.S. dollar carries the disclaimer "In God We Trust" because the paper itself is getting less trustworthy. The stock market and the dollar sunk to new lows. Remember when we were kids and "made in Japan" was a joke? I guess Japan has the last laugh. The Yen is so strong compared to the dollar that some Japanese investors spent almost $40 million for a van Gogh painting of a vase of sunflowers. sun-flowers. Divorce lawyers are becoming more wealthy than the Japanese, this should come of jw surprise since many of the best selling books of the year were about how much we hate each other as "Men who Hate Woman and the Women who Love Them" and "Women Men Love, Women Men Leave." How about "People Who Hate Each other and Would Rather Read About it than Change." Things are so bad that the greeting card companies have whole lines of cards that don't contain any verses. It's like they're throwing up their hands and saying "Sorry, you're on your own." You can really tell that life in the fast lane is taking its toll when two of the biggest health innovations of the year are walking and drinking water. If my memory of caveman history lessons serve me right, both of these have been around for a long, I mean really long, time. Fortunately, For-tunately, we crafty Americans can make even walking and water sound glamorous. There are at least 50 types of flavored bottled water and an equal number of books and magazines on walking. Not content to take care of the bodies and lives we have usher in the "New Age" and Shirley Maclaine to convince us that we should be worrying about our past lives. I think the New Age was created to pacify those of us approaching ap-proaching Old Age. Have you hugged your crystal today? t . i ? vH f . jf A QlJ home rings with the sound of music. That is until I am forced to burst out with song myself. At that exact moment, the song books disappear, the guitars go back in their cases, and the piano suddenly needs to be tuned. 1 even tried taking vocal lessons secretly in another part of the state when I was out of town while working for the railroad. The instructor in-structor had my hopes up at first. He said that anyone could learn how to sing. He taught me how to breath from the diaphragm, I learned how to pronounce words better so that they would sound good when singing. He had me spend hours singing "Mi-Mi-Mi" up the scale, and 'Ah-Ah-Ah" down the scale. I noticed though, that he always left the room when it came time for me to practice. prac-tice. One day, he announced that he had decided to become a hod carrier for a firm in New Jersey and that he would not longer be available as my voice coach. So much for my singing career. Lately I have been given new hope. Have you heard the stuff they play on the radio these days? Singers don't sing anymore they yell and screech like their shorts are too tight. I think I can handle that. So, if some day you notice that the "That's Life" column is missing from this newspaper, you will know that I have gone to Acid Rock. I think I shall call myself Rotten Roger and the Raunchy Rascals. Catchy, huh? Auditions will be announced for the back-up singers soon. Car seat rental Infant and toddler car seats are available to rent from the Health Promotion Department at the City-County City-County Health Department. Individuals In-dividuals desiring to rent a car seat must attend a 15-20 minute orientation orien-tation to receive instructions and guidelines on the proper use of the car seat. There is a charge of $10 for the rental of an INFANT SEAT for six months, with a refund of $5 if the seat is returned on time, clean and in good condition. TODDLER SEAT rental is $15 for a nine-month period, with a refund of $5 if the seat is returned on time, clean and in good condition. The time on the rental of the toddler seat can be extended another nine months for $5.00. All children under age five must be properly restrained in a motor vehicle driven by their parent or legal guardian who is a resident of Utah. Children under age two must ride in an approved car safety seat. Reservations can be made to rent a seat by calling the Health Promotion Department at the City-County City-County Health Department, 379-8795. UVRMC offers counseling to Until he had his stroke Spencer Bardsley, 67, had taken care of all bills, records, and financial concerns con-cerns for his household, but after the stroke his wife suddenly found herself in that position faced with the confusion of handling Medicare insurance and Medicare supple sup-ple mentals. "I had always taken care of all the major bills, insurance and medical payments," Mr. Bardsley said. "My wife had never had to do any of that before. She had a heck of a time with it and we were both starting to get frustrated. Me, because I couldn't really help her. And her, because she couldn't do it." The Bardsley's situation is one that is faced by seniors and their families across Utah Valley and the nation. And because of the fear and frustration that goes along with this, many of those people can be easily misled and "scared" into purchasing pur-chasing Medicare supplemental insurance that is unnecessary or costs too much money. "This type of thing is always happening, especially with the retirees," according to Terry Lange, director of reimbursement for Utah Valley Regional Medical Center. "They find themselves confused about things and then they hear or see the ads offering them a policy that will help. So they buy into them when it's probably unnecessary and only a waste of what little bit of money they might have anyway." In an effort to stop things like this from happening and to give seniors somewhere to turn for help, UVRM-C, UVRM-C, through Intermountain Health Care and the Senior Life Club, is offering the services of Lange in free individual counseling for understanding un-derstanding Medicare insurance and Medicare supplement insurances. in-surances. "This is a service we're offering to any senior," Lange said. "I will be helping them understand their out of pocket liability in both part A and part B of the Medicare program. Secondly, it's to help them understand un-derstand the "Medicare explanation of benefits," and thirdly, to help them know how to select the supplemental sup-plemental insurance policy that's right for them." The Bardsley's were able to turn to Lange to help and according to Mr. Bardsley it's his hope that other seniors and their families will find the good results that he did. "We'd heard about this sort of counseling that was offered by other Life is sixes by Dennis Hinkamp Consumer Information Writer Utah State University Decision making is seldom easy. It's usually six of one, half a dozen of another. Life is full of "sixes": 1. SIX THINGS BETTER LEFT MYSTERIOUS 1. high colonics 2. sausage making 3. what lobsters eat 4. the number of germs on a dog's tongue 5. the total cost of a 30 year mortgage 6. the true size of the national debt. 2. SIX THINGS BETTER LEFT UNSAID 1. you know what I really think? 2. well, if you ask my opinion... 3. when I was your age... 4. if I were you I'd... 5. just for the sake of argument... 6. it's none of my business, but... 3. SIX SURE FIRE WAYS TO LOSE WEIGHT 1. fall in love 2. break up 3. eat only foods with names that rhythm with orange 4. read a Stephen King book while eating 5. remember what your little brother used to do with mashed potatoes 6. eat while jumping on a trampoline. tram-poline. 4. SIX SURE FIRE WAYS TO GAIN WEIGHT 1. fall in love 2. break up 3. eat only when you're hungry 4. take a cake decorating class 5. visit your mother often 6. buy a diet book 5. SIX MODERN DAY ACTS ON EXTREME FAITH 1. putting your last quarter in a vending machine 2. letting yourself be put on hold 3. buying frozen food based on the package photographs 4. voting a straight party ticket 5. buying a home for the equity 6. choosing a movie based on the review 6. SIX THINGS THAT NOBODY THROWS AWAY 1. twist ties 2. Volkswagens 3. bleach bottles 4. Christmas bows 5. National Geographic magazines 6. frozen pie tins. 7. SIX AD WORDS WITH VIRTUALLY VIR-TUALLY NO MEANING 1. natural 2. free 3. sale 4. improved 5. diet 6. special 8. SIX BALD FACED LIES 1. suggested retail price 2. satisfaction guaranteed 3. for a limited time only 4. easy to assemble 5. sure to be a collector's item 6. easy credit free medicare local seniors hospitals, but when we looked into it we found out that there was a charge," Mr. Bardsley said. "Then we read about Mr. Lange in the Senior Life Magazine published by Intermountain Health Care and found out the help was free. And we're so glad we went in to see him." The first thing Lange helped the Bardsley's do was to save Kidney by getting rid of several supplemental policies that were of little value to them. "We found out that we had three policies that weren't even necessary because they wouldn't pay on anything anyway. We'd seen them on television and signed up for them that way." The Bardsley's have told all their friends about Lange and the service he offers, because as Mr. Bardsley put it, "The best thing about this service to seniors is that it can offer them a piece of mind that they otherwise may not have been able to enjoy. Because it never fails, when you need the help is usually when you can't do it yourself." Others who have come to Lange for help echo the Bardley's sentiments sen-timents concerning the need for a service such asthis. "At first I felt I could deal with everything and that I didn't need any help," said Mrs. Virgil Hartvigsen, Provo. "But my husband had to have several radiation treatments and things started to get complicated with all of the paperwork and Medicare." At that point Mrs. Hartvigsen brought her problems and paperwork paper-work to Lange and he helped her sort through it. "He is such a nice man and so willing to take the time to explain things for you," she said. "The Medicare is so complicated. And with my husband being sick I had other things I needed to worry about, such as taking care of him. Mr. Lange helped me. and by doing so helped my health and that of my husband." Lange is not only willing to work with seniors but also the family members of those who might be taking care of their father and mother or grandparents. "All anyone has to do is call me and set up an appointment," he said. "I'm willing to help them in any way that I can. And I'll meet with them as often as they like or until we straighten out whatever problems they feel they might have." Lange can be reached by calling 373-7850, ext 4205. .lanuaiy 21), IftHX - Tile Know your collection A look of This week's featured painting from the permanent collection at the Springville Museum of Art is a large 63 x 33" oil on canvas painted by Springville's John Hafen in 1907 and titled, "Quaking Aspens, Brighton." In August of 1907 John Hafen made one of his periodic visits to see a friend who lived up Big Cottonwood Canyon above Salt Lake Valley. He often made these painting expeditions ex-peditions and was sometimes accompanied ac-companied by Willis Adams, J. Leo Fairbanks and Lee Greene Richards, other early Utah artists. On this particular August visit, Hafen painted out of doors many of his best alpine pictures. In a letter to John B. Fairbanks Hafen said, "I am up here at the head of Big Cottonwood Cot-tonwood Canyon painting as fast as I can, and enjoying the hospitality of Brother Brighton's family in their cottage. I will be here most of the summer and hope to carry away from here, through my work, the character of this mountain country. I am painting a quaking aspen subject 63 inches high and still I can't get to the tops of the nearest ff n i r 'I! .. J i i. f ) ' 1 " i, t' - i? ; v I "Quaking Aspens, Brighton," an oil painting by Springville's pioneer artist ar-tist John Hafen, has been a part of the permanent collection at the Springville Spr-ingville Museum of Art since 1923. It is one of Hafen's largest paintings done in the summer of 1907. ArledicGre upifofe irtfontiofiofi Every January 1st, new Medicare deductibles and co-payments go into effect. In addition, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 has brought about other changes that are of interest to Medicare beneficiaries. For many Americans, Medicare is a complicated insurance in-surance plan that is bound with red tape. Most Medicare recipients are accustomed to paying their bills and they expect others (the federal government) to do the same. So when reimbursement is slow and paper work seems complicated, it can lead to frustration. Jana Peterson, Mountain View Hospital Business Office Manager, will speak about Medicare on January 21, 1988 at 1:30 p.m. in the Hospital Classroom for the January Seniority Program Seminar. This We won't tell your mom Don't .0) ' Snrint.'vHli- HfiaM - I'w Three the erf trees in the picture!' But I made a good start yesterday and left it on the easel in the woods." This beautiful painting is among the artist's largest paintings and demonstrates his interest in alpine subjects. In the same letter to Fairbanks Hafen expressed that he now had two backers or promoters to sell his work and that he had received a premonition to make his paintings larger and charge more money for them. But because of the price of about $1,500 for this painting it did not sell and remained in the family's possession. Hafen was Utah's premier landscape land-scape painter in the first decade of this century but his poverty usually precluded the painting of many large, unsalable pictures in the Utah market at that time. This painting remained in the possession of the artist's wife, Thora Hafen of Springville, until her death in 1920. It was inherited by her daughter, Delia Hafen White-Metcalf White-Metcalf of Springville. She sold it to the Springville Museum of Art in 1923. z. s Mr 'if j 4 . . t r ... y . r 1 V r- -ft would be a golden time to ask an expert about a system that can seem very complicated. The year 1988 finds a few changes in the plan arrangements of Part B and also Part A. Mrs. Peterson will be discussing those changes. The general public is invited to attend this timely lecture. Medical insurance information is available during business office hours from the Business Office Personnel. They are more than happy to explain and go over an individual's account and insurance information. They are trained in explaining the benefits reimbursements reim-bursements of most insurance plans and can give direction on how to collect from the insurance companies com-panies for medical expenses. i .ar ft it If you make an appointment at Dr. Hadley's office, we promise not to tell your mother how long it has been since your last visit to a dentist. den-tist. We're close. We're friendly and our hours will fit your schedule. wait. She'll be so proud. DALE C. HADLEY DDS 230 EAST 400 SOUTH 489-9456 I |