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Show J -s ' , .,. . , 1 ! I I Iri; VorJ ' 1 If ii 1 The Palmyra Chapter of the Sons of the Utah Pioneers visited This Is The Place Heritage Park Aug. 8. One of the highlights high-lights of the trip was to visit Palmyra Chapter member Staker Olsen's grandparent's grandpar-ent's log cabin, the Joseph Smith Staker cabin.. Olsen had the cabin moved to the park from Prattsville where his grandparents, grandpar-ents, Joseph Smith Staker and Sarah . Brown Staker lived. They were called by Brigham Young to go there Research v by Thomas K. Connellan Everyone knows someone -who's underperforming. It might be in a classroom, in the office or on the soccer rteam. I was curious about how to turn those situations ' around and started studying high performers. That's when "I discovered an amazing pattern. Most of the people listed on "Who's Who are first born. So are 55 of our Supreme Court justices and more than half our presidents. presi-dents. Tests of nursery school, kindergarten and daycare day-care children showed that, on average, firstborns scored 3.5 higher in creativity than did later-born children. A ten-year study of supe-' supe-' rior Wisconsin ninth graders 'found that most of them are firstborn. Forty-five percent of the female world leaders between 1960 and 1999 were first born. Even an 1874 study in England showed firstborns over-represented uMns -during July heai July was the hottest month on record, placing record demand for electricity to cool homes and businesses throughout the state. Still, Utahns responded to Power-Forward's Power-Forward's yellow-alert days when extra electricity conservation conser-vation was requested during the hours between noon and 8 p.m. "July's heat was relentless but Utahns responded to our conservation alerts and made the efforts needed to conserve con-serve electricity during peak hours," commented Jeff Burks, PowerForward program pro-gram director from the Utah Energy Office. "An average of 75 megawatts was saved on each of the five yellow alerts days in July-enough power to supply nearly 37,5-00 37,5-00 homes-savings that help to keep Utah's electricity affordable and reliable. " "The PowerForward conservation message is taking hold. More and more Utahns have embraced an ethic of electricity conservation. conserva-tion. We saw this commitment commit-ment to conservation and efficiency during the western power crisis in 2001 and we clearly saw this commitment in July 2003. The average high temperature for the month soared to 7.4 degrees above the norm and consumers consum-ers still continued to respond to requests for extra conservation," conser-vation," Burks added. Yellow alerts are issued on weekdays when weather forecasts combined with regional power market conditions condi-tions could require power to be produced or purchased from the most expensive resources to meet forecasted demand. Consumers are requested to practice extra conservation on these days, especially : during the "peak demand; period," noon-8 p.m. This time period is when cooling-air cooling-air conditioning and refriger-, ation-places the greatest! demands on the power sys the Pony Express station. It was the first cabin built in Sevier County, and six of their eleven children were born there. The group enjoyed lunch at the Huntsman Hotel and shopped in the original ZCMI Red & White store. Pictured, from left, members wives: Mildred Eldridge, Marva Davis and La Verne Measom, and Staker Olsen, father of Pat Conover of Spring-ville. and take over on high performance among fellows of the Royal Society-their distinguished scientific community. Don't worry or get upset, however, if you aren't a firstborn. There are exceptions. excep-tions. We all know firstborns who are bums and later-borns who have done very well for themselves. You may be a high performing later-born yourself. Madame Curie, Martin Luther King, Margaret Marga-ret Thatcher or Johnny Carson Car-son are all later-borns. So why is it that in spite of the exceptions, when you look at study after study, firstbornsas a group-perform at higher levels than later-borns? It turns out parents are unconsciously brilliant in raising firstborns. They use three factors to create a slightly different environment for their firstborns. It's these three things that explain the performance difference. Being firstborn per doesn't really matter! conserve tem, accounting for 50 percent per-cent of the total household electric use. When yellow alerts are issued, consumers are requested re-quested to participate on a voluntary basis with simple actions, such as: turning up the thermostat a few degrees or turning the air conditioner off during the day when not at home; running appliances after 8 p.m.; keeping blinds and window coverings closed during the day and turning off lights and electronic devices when not in use. A Dan . Jones survey shows that Utah residents are getting the message about the need to conserve energy and 74 percent responded that they "always make efforts to reduce the household's use of electricity." Twenty-two percent of those polled said they practice conservation on occasion. "Our goals for PowerForward PowerFor-ward include conservation messages that will help change consumer behavior so that all Utahn's are always aware of the need to use electricity wisely," added Burks. The PowerForward energy ener-gy conservation campaign was established by Governor Leavitt in response to the 20002001 western electricity crisis and has become an element of the Governor's "1000 Day Economic Plan." For more information on the PowerForward program,: please contact the Utah Ener-i gy Office at (801) 538-4761! or visit the PowerForward1 website at www.powerfor-, ward.utah.gov. ! I sometimes think the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming over-whelming majority of Americans Ameri-cans are possessed of two great qualitiesa sense of humor and a sense of proportion. propor-tion. -Franklin D. Roosevelt What matters is the different differ-ent environment created by the presences of the three factors. Once you understand how to reproduce these three elements, you can boost your own achievement and the achievement of those around you. You can use the three factors to boost your child's grades, to help them study more or to study harder. The same goes for sports. Here's the best part. Use of these three factors to boost performance is not limited to kids. I found that the three "keys" are universal. They work because they focus on changing behavior. If you apply them, they'll bring out the best in anyone-whether in business, school, community commu-nity service or the home. Not everyone can be great, but most of us can be better than we are. Bringing it out boils down to the three keys parents par-ents use with their firstborns: 1. They have higher expectations. Firstborns are going to be president of the senior class or captain of the tennis team. 2. They give them more responsibility-particularly at an earlier age. Firstborns get the money to let all the siblings sib-lings into the movies for example. 3. Firstborns get more feedback. Parents generally take more pictures of their firstborn. SSI cg) fzM Spanish 8 Theaters in the K-Mart Plaza off the PriceManti Exit in Spanish Fork 4 $4 before 6 p.m. After 6 p.m. Adults $6, (age 65 & up, age 11 & under) $4.00 580-4846 Playing August 22-28 Freaky Friday (PG) 11:30 1:55 4:20 7:05 9:30 Pirates of the Caribbean (PG-13) 12:15 3:45 Seabiscuit (PG - 11:00 4:00 Uptown Girls 12:00 2:15 Open Range 11:00 2:00 Spy Kids 3D (PG) 1:15 3:15 6:15 My Boss' Daughter (PG) 7:15 9:15 SWAT (PG-13) 11:10 1:50 4:45 7:25 10:00 Freddy vs. Jason (R) 12:30 2:45 5:00 7:30 9:45 Box office opens at 11:45 daily. No discounts crpssses Early Shows on Saturday & Sunday Only West Nile Virus effect on pets West Nile virus is not likely to be much of a problem prob-lem for dogs and cats or most traditional household pets, according to Clell Bagley, Utah State University Universi-ty Extension veterinarian. It also won't be a problem for pet birds, but zoo and aviary birds could be at some risk, he said. According to the Centers for Disease Control, dogs and cats can be carriers of West Nile virus (WNV) but they cannot transmit it to humans or other animals. West Nile virus is transmitted transmit-ted by infectious mosquitoes and there is no documented evidence of person-to-person, ariimal-to-animal or animal-to-person transmission of West Nile virus. Veterinarians Veterinari-ans and owners should take normal infection control precautions when caring for an animal suspected to have this or any viral infection. Dogs and cats become infected by WNV the same way humans do, by the bite of infectious mosquitoes, Bagley said. The virus is located in the mosquito's salivary glands and is injected inject-ed into the animal during blood feeding. The virus then multiplies and may cause illness. Mosquitoes become infected when they feed on infected birds, which may circulate the virus in their blood for a few days. It is possible that dogs and cats could become infected by eating dead infected animals such as birds, but it is yet unproven. "There is no reason to destroy an animal just because be-cause it has been infected with West Nile virus," Bag-ley Bag-ley said. "Full recovery from the infection is likely. Treatment Treat-ment would be supportive and consistent with standard veterinary practices for animals ani-mals infected with a viral agent." For more information on West Nile Virus go to http-Zextension. http-Zextension. usu.edufilesagpu-bsWestNileWeb.pdf. usu.edufilesagpu-bsWestNileWeb.pdf. 4'" Scientists estimate there are ten billion galaxies out there. President Theodore Roosevelt, Roo-sevelt, an active hunter and sportsman, was once depicted in a cartoon with a bear cub. Soon, toymakers were producing pro-ducing stuffed animals that are still known as "teddy bears." 7:00 13) 7:15 (PG - 13) 4:35 (R) 9:55 10:15 7:00 9:15 5:00 8:00 August 20, 2003 - The Springville Herald - Page Seven Jana (Gunn gets President's Student Service Scholarship Jana Gunn was awarded a President's Student Service and Scholarship Award. A certificate signed by President Presi-dent George W. Bush and a pin and were presented to her by Dr. Sharon Gray at the Aug. 4 Family and Community Commu-nity Night held at the Springville Spring-ville Museum of Art. Jana also received a thousand dollar scholarship with this award, which she says will be very helpful as she begins her freshman year at Brig-ham Brig-ham Young University this fall. This award was created to recognize youth who have completed 50 or more hours of service within a 12 month period, Jana has well over 100 hours of service com-, pleted this past year. Jana graduated from Springville High School this spring where she served on the Student Council. He council service included the following: Fundraiser for Kids Koz, for Primary Children's Child-ren's Hospital; Planning and carrying out Homecoming Week Activities; Rest Home visits; planning and carrying out the Springville High School Senior Sunrise Breakfast, Break-fast, the Senior High School Prom 2003, the Senior Luau; planning and raising money for graduation and Senior Celebration; and helping the Springville High School administration with various projects. She has been very involved in-volved in service at the Springville Museum of Art for at least four years. She has served as President of the Junior Art Guild for 2002-2003, 2002-2003, a service and learning group associated with the museum. Jana also served as Art Royalty at the Springville Museum for 2001-2002 which involves being a front "The Place to Watch a Movie!" 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