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Show Page Twelve - The Springville Herald - January 22, 2004 student I mil lies New Utah Department of Health (UDOH) data show that nearly 3,000 Utah secondary sec-ondary school students suffer a serious school-related injury every year. That means 15 students a day are receiving medical care or missing school due to a school injury. The department's depart-ment's research reveals that from 1997 to 2002, more than one-third (37) of all secondary school injuries involved P.E., sports practice or competition. "It's clear sports injuries are a health concern that needs to be dealt with care fully," said Utah Director of Risk Management Alan Edwards. "Our students are sustaining injuries that range from simple muscle strains to fractures, and even more severe injuries that can have long-term health effects." The UDOH School Injury Reporting (SIR) system data reveals that most secondary school injuries result from: - Risk-taking behaviors among students - Lack of proper conditioning condi-tioning - Poor decision-making skills among students - Inadequately maintained add up equipment Staff , inadequately trained in injury prevention As an example of poor decision-making, a catcher on a high school baseball team who forgot to put his mask back on after a play, was struck in the face by a bat. He suffered a serious head injury and was temporarily tempo-rarily blinded. In another case, a student was hospitalized hospital-ized with head injuries for 25 days after being struck in the head by a javelin. And a female student suffered frostbite frost-bite after classmates packed eight gallons of ice cream around her as part of a fund-raising fund-raising challenge. Provo High athletic trainer train-er Donnie Bills is passionate about injury prevention. "My number one focus is getting our students to have a complete com-plete physical exam before they play sports," said Bills. "Kids grow and change so fast in Their teens that I insist every athlete undergo one every year," said Bills. "Without "Wit-hout it, 1 won't let them compete." Those physicals have turned up potentially dangerous danger-ous medical conditions, like asthma, heart murmurs and hernias, that could have been exacerbated by athletics. The UDOH recommends school officials take the following steps to prevent secondary school injuries: - Provide regular injury prevention training for staff. - Establish an annual "injury prevention week" witli safety fairs, parent workshops and teacher refresher re-fresher courses. - Develop safety rules for gyms. - Train students to use equipment properly. - Ensure that sports programs pro-grams include conditioning, personal protective gear and adult supervision. - Have a trainer, physician physi-cian or EMT present at all competitions. According to UDOH Violence and Injury Prevention Preven-tion Program Manager, Trisha Keller, "There's no question following these steps will save schools, students and their families time and noney, as well as the grief hat results from preventable injuries." For more information on secondary school injuries; please call Cyndi Bemis, Violence and Injury Prevention Preven-tion Program, UDOH at 801-438-6348. 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NOTICE OF SPECIAL VOTED LEEWAY ELECTION Board of Education of Nebo School District Utah County, Utah PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special voted leeway election will be held in Nebo School District, Utah County, State of Utah, at the same time as the special bond election being held in the School District, on Tuesday, Febnary 3, 2004, at which special voted leeway election there shall be submitted to the qualified, registered voters residing within the School District the following question: Shall the Board of Education of.Nebo School District, Utah County, Utah, be authorized to levy annually for the purpose of maintaining a state-supported voted leeway program a special tax at the rate of .0006 per dollar of the taxable value of the taxable property within the District, in addition to all other taxes levied or imposed on such property within the District? The special voted leeway election shall be held at the polling places listed below in the consolidated voting precincts established for the special voted leeway election by the Board of Education. Voters are advised to vote at the special voted leeway election at the polling place for the consolidated voting precinct in which they reside. The polling places are as follows: Consolidated Voting Regular Voting Precinct No. Precinct No. C1 BECB C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 CIO C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 BELS ELG0, GE01 MA01, MA02, MA03, MA04 PA04, PA08 PA01,PA05, PA09 PA03, PA06, PA07 PA02.SL01 SA03, ER01, WH01 SA01, SA02 SF02, SF03, SF06 SF09, SF10, SF14 SF01.SF04, SF05 SF08, SF11,SF13 SF07.SF12 SP04,SP05, SP11 SP01.SP08, SP14 SP02.SP12, SP13 SP03, SP06, SP09, SP16 SP07,SP10, SP15 SQ01.SQ02, SQ03 Polling Place Location Dennis Remington Residence 10212 South Covered Bridge Drive Covered Bridge, Utah Richard A. Johnson Residence 6807 South 3200 West Lake Shore, Utah Goshen Elementary School 60 North Center Street Goshen, Utah Mapleton Elementary School 120 West Maple Street Mapleton, Utah Taylor Elementary School 92 South 500 West Payson, Utah Wilson Elementary School 590 West 500 South Payson, Utah Barnett Elementary School 333 East 400 North Payson, Utah Payson Junior High School 1025 South Highway 198 Payson, Utah Mt. Loafer Elementary School 1025 South 250 West Salem, Utah Salem Elementary School 140 West 100 South Salem, Utah Spanish Fork Junior High School 600 South 820 East Spanish Fork, Utah Larsen Elementary School 1175 East Flonette Drive Spanish Fork, Utah Rees Elementary School 574 North Rees Avenue Spanish Fork, Utah Canyon Elementary School 1492 East 1240 South Spanish Fork, Utah Brockbank Elementary School 340 West 500 North Spanish Fork, Utah Art City Elementary School 121 North 900 East Springville, Utah Grant Elementary School 105 South 400 East Springville, Utah Westside Elementary School 740 West Center Street Springville, Utah Sage Creek Elementary School 1050 South 700 East Springville, Utah Brookside Elementary School 750 East 400 South Springville, Utah Santaquin Elementary School 25 South 400 West Santaquin, Utah will be a qualified elector. Such persons will be registered as provided by law. The County Clerk will make registration lists or copies of such lists available at each of the above-described polling places for use by registered electors entitled to use such voting place. Absentee ballots may be obtained by any person otherwise eligible tn vote at the special voted leeway election but who (a) is physically, emotionally, or mentally impaired; (b) will be serving as an election judge or who has election duties in another voting precinct; (c) is detained or incarcerated incarcer-ated in a jail or prison as a penalty for committing a misdemeanor; (d) has a legal disability; (e) is prevented from voting in a particular location because of religious tenets or other strongly-held personal values; (f) is called for jury duty in state or federal court; or (g) otherwise expects to be absent from the voting precinct in which the eligible voter resides during the hours the polls are open in Utah County on the day of the special voted leeway election, by making application in the manner and within the time provided by law, either by mail or in person, at the office of the County Clerk, at the Utah County Administration Building, 100 East Center Street, Suite 3600, Provo, Utah 84606. Any eligible voter who is hospitalized or otherwise confined to a medical or long-term care institution after the deadline for filing an application for ah absentee ballot in the manner and within the time provided by law may obtain an absentee ballot by sending another person to obtain ob-tain the absentee ballot on his or her behalf at the office of the County Clerk, at the Utah County Administration Building, 100 East Center Street, Suite 3600, Provo, Utah 84606. PUBLIC NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that on Wednesday, February 11, 2004, that being a day not later than ten days after the special voted leeway election, the Board of Education of Nebo School District will meet at the Board's offices, 350 South Main, in Spanish Fork, Utah, at 6:00 p.m. and will canvass the returns and declare the results of the special voted leeway election. Pursuant to Sections 53A-16-1 10(2) and 11-14-12 of the Utah Code Annotated 1953, as amended, the period allowed for any contest of the special voted leeway election shall end forty (40) days after February 11, 2004 (the date on which the returns of the election are to be canvassed and the results thereof declared). No such contest shall be maintained unless a complaint is filed with the Clerk of the Fourth Judicial District Court in and for Utah County, within the prescribed forty (40) day period. The ballots to be used at the special voted leeway election shall be in substantially the folliwng form:.' ,. .. V'1' " ' '1X. BALLOT NUMBER Voting at the special voted leeway election shall be by ballots that the County Clerk of Utah County (the "County Clerk") shall provide on behalf of the Board of Education and the Business Administrator to the judges of election, which they shall furnish to the qualified electors of the School District. The polls at each polling place shall be opened at 7:00 a.m. and will be kept open until and will be closed at 8:00 p.m. on the day of the special voted leeway election. There is to be no special registration of voters for the special voted leeway election, and the official register of voters last made or revised shall constitute the register for the special voted leeway election, except that the County Clerk shall register at his office during regular office hours, except Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, and except during the 20-day period immediately preceding the special voted leeway election, any person who on the day of the special voted leeway election JUDGE'S INITIAL OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF NEBO SCHOOL DISTRICT, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH SPECIAL TAX ELECTION February 3, 2004 . (Facsimile Signature) ' Business Administrator, Board of Education of Nebo School District PROPOSITION NUMBER 2 Shall the Board of Education of Nebo School District, Utah County, Utah, be authorized to levy annually for the purpose of maintaining a state-supported voted leeway program a special tax at the rate of .0006 per dollar of the taxable value of the taxable property within the District, in addition to all other taxes levied or imposed on such property within the District? FOR THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE ANNUAL SPECIAL TAX TO MAINTAIN A STATE-SUPPORTED VOTED LEEWAY PROGRAM AGAINST THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE ANNUAL SPECIAL TAX TO MAINTAIN A STATE-SUPPORTED VOTED LEEWAY PROGRAM To vote in favor of the above proposition, place a cross (X) in the square after the words "FOR THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE ANNUAL SPECIAL TAX TO MAINTAIN A STATE-SUPPORTED VOTED LEEWAY PROGRAM." To vote against the proposition, place a cross (X) in the square after the words "AGAINST THE AUTHORIZATION OF AN ANNUAL SPECIAL TAX TO MAINTAIN A STATE SUPPORTED VOTED LEEWAY PROGRAM." IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board of Education of Nebo School District, Utah County, State of Utah, has caused this notice to be given. DATED: December 10, 2003. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF NEBO SCHOOL DISTRICT, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH By $ Brent H. Gordon President SEAL ATTEST: By sTracy D Olsen Business Administrator Published in the Springville Herald January 1, 8, 15, 22, 2004. |