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Show Pc Eight - The Springville Herald - August 6, 2003 : 1 ""J rhris Goodman, a 14-vear-old ninth grader, poses while working in the basement at the Springville Museum of Art for this BSA Eagle Scout project. Chris organized a group of 12 scouts to come to the museum in an effort to help with the construction process. Chris' project resulted in approximately 86 hours of community service. Service volunteers are always welcome and much appreciated at the museum. Klew M to fcM drags Law enforcement officers and parents have a powerful new weapon to stop club drug use: the truth. The Utah Attorney General's Office and the Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice (CCJJ) have produced a compact disc to get the truth out about Ecstasy, GHB, Ketamine and other illegal substances. The CD called "Club Drugs-Nothing to Rave About" will be distributed to every law enforcement agency agen-cy in Utah. A modified version for parents is available avail-able at http:7www. attorney-general. attorney-general. utah.govclubdrugs.-html. utah.govclubdrugs.-html. The disc includes information on the different drugs and their effects, the rave and club scene, paraphernalia, para-phernalia, laws, criminal penalties and techniques used to investigate drug-facilitated sexual assault. "It's time to tell the truth about club drugs. They are not like vitamins. They are not just enhancers and they are definitely not safe. These CDs will tell the truth about club drugs and hopefully save some lives," said Attorney Attor-ney General Mark Shurtleff . The CD includes the story of one of the many "good kids" who thought club drugs were harmless. Nicole Hansen Han-sen passed out after drinking GHB at a party. After leaving leav-ing her unconscious in the bathroom for hours, her friends dropped her off at a hospital without telling anyone any-one her name. She stopped breathing, her heart stopped beating twice and she was in a coma for three hours. When she woke up she didn't know who she was or what had happened. "While I was using drugs, I thought I'd make some incredible friends," said Hansen. "On the night I needed them most, however, my 'friends' were not there for me. They just dumped me in the bathroom, not wanting me to disrupt their good time." With the help of her family, Hansen was able to quit using drugs and turn her life around. She went on to win the Miss Teen Utah contest in 2001 and she often travels to schools around , the country to talk about the dangers of club drugs. The idea for the CD came after Utah held its first Club Drug Summit in 2001. Many of the law enforcement officers offi-cers were dealing with club drugs but didn't ' have . the means to provide the training they received at the summit. The program was written and produced by the A.G.'s Office, transferred to CD by Peace Officers Standards and Training and funded by CCJJ. "These CDs will help every sheriff's department and police agency combat this problem in their communities," commu-nities," said Susan Burke, Director of the Utah Substance Sub-stance Abuse and Anti-Violence Council at CCJJ. The Utah Elks Association, Associa-tion, which has a very active drug awareness program and has partnered with the A.G.'s office on community presentations, presen-tations, will also have copies of the CDs to help them with their education efforts. Finches are known in most parts of the world under various names, including bullfinch, chaffinch, canary and grosbeak. The life which is unexamined unexam-ined is not worth living. Plato AgMgg foe payouts f young) gMugits With the risk of teen crashes and the benefits of restrictions on newly licensed drivers, AAA Utah is urging parents to take an active role in monitoring their teen's driving an doffers safety tips to help parents understand the most dangerous driving situations. "Research shows teenagers teenag-ers between the ages of 16 and 19 years are more likely to die or be injured as a result of a motor vehicle crash than for any other cause. Teen deaths and injuries inju-ries are disproportionately high when teens drive with teen passengers, do not wear seat belts and drive at night." said. Rolayne Fairclough, AAA Utah spokeswoman "The Graduated Driver Licensing Li-censing laws address these high risk dangerous driving situations." A new study, "How well to parents manage younc driver crash risk?" by Bruce G. Simons-Morton and Jessica Jes-sica L. Hartos published in the Journal of Safety Research Re-search discusses the important impor-tant roll parents play in their teenager's driving and how parents view the risk of teen driving. It cited a Connecticut Connecti-cut study of parents of teens with learner's permits on the parent's perceptions of risk for a variety of teen driving behaviors. In the Connecticut study, parents were asked to grad the risks their teens faced in many situations the parent's average score for driving was 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 wheie 10 represented extreme risk. If these patents understood that their children were more likely to be killed or injured .in a crash than from any other cause, they probably would have given driving a score of 10. Aside from driving after using drugs or alcohol, which they rated at 92, this sample of parents ranked what are known to be the most dangerous driving situations - faced by teens. Their rankings were: 61 for driving without a seat-belt; seat-belt; 48 for driving in bad weather; 42 for driving with friends on a weekend, 32 for driving at night in the rain; and 28 for driving with two or more teens in the car. It is clear from this study that many parents do not understand what driving situations place their teens in the most jeopardy. When Factory Authorized Dealer & Service Center Lawn Mower and Chainsaw Repair and Sharpening, Small Engine Machines, etc Carpenter Seed Company 1030 So. State Provo 373-3740 IS YOUR CAR RUNNING ON ANGPfr.A PRAYER? REPAIRS CARS! BRAKES SHOCKS AC TUNE-UPS ALIGNMENTS TIRES 595 N. Main Springville 491-9505 CEfJT&25 parents do not understand the real risks involved in driving, driv-ing, they will have difficulty monitoring their teen's driving driv-ing to provide the safest learning situations. ; Parents can look to the Graduated Driver Licensing Law as a guideline to the driving situations that need closest monitoring. The Graduated Driver Licensing Law addresses: Scat Belt Use. The use of seat belts is known to significantly signifi-cantly reduce deaths and injuries in crashes. Because teens have the lowest usage rate, a primary, seat belt law in Utah provides that everyone every-one under the age of 19 years must be restrained by a safety seat system appropriate appropri-ate for his or her age. Nighttime Driving. Because Be-cause nighttime driving poses a greater risk for teens, the practice permit period requires re-quires 10 of the 30 hours of practice to occur during darkness. The law also restricts re-stricts driving between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m. for new drivers under the age of 17. (Certain exceptions for work, school, agricultural or religious activities are given.) Passenger Limitation. Nationally, two thirds of teen passengers killed in crashes are passengers in vehicles driven by other teens. In Utah the numbers are worse. 85 of the 15-17 year olds hospitalized were in a vehicle driven by a 15-17 year old. In Utah 70 of the 15-17 year olds killed in a crash were in a vehicle driven by a 15-17 year old. Carrying passengers is a distraction for new drivers. It also encourages encour-ages new drivers to take chances they would not take if driving alone. For these reasons, it is very important to limit passengers. The Graduated Driver Licensing law prohibits new drivers .from carrying teen passengers passen-gers for the first six months of their license, up to the age of 18. The new driver may drive with family members or friends if there is a licenses licens-es adult driver in the front seat. Certain exceptions are allowed for work, school, church or agricultural activities activi-ties if the teen has a permission permis-sion note from their parent or guardian. Driving Under the Influence. Influ-ence. In Utah a zero-toler-. ance alcohol and drug use : law existed before Graduated Driver Licensing for teens to protect them from the dangerous dan-gerous effects of alcohol and drugs when they operate a vehicle. Another aspect of the Graduated Driver Licensing Law is the provision for Additional Behind the Wheel Experience. This is very important because often drivers are highly over-represented in traffic crashes. In fact there is a teenage crash in Utah every 30 minutes. Young drivers are required to spend more time behind the wheel to gain needed experience. After teens pass the initial test in their driver education course, a practice permit is issued. A new driver must log 30 hours of adult-supervised driving practice before they receive their driver license. The Simons-Morton and Hartos study shows that the greater parental involvement in a teen's driving is associated associ-ated with less risky driving behavior. -1 I M 1 Local musical group Simple People will the public. 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