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Show SPRINGVILLE HERALD Local officials traveled to Spanish Fork Canyon last week to get a first-hand look at hydroelectric potential Thursday, October 12, 2006 i : " 1 " - ' " " " -Qn' r A F P & The power generation potential of water flowing flow-ing from Strawberry Reservoir into Diamond Fork Creek has long been an untapped natural resource. re-source. Officials from Spring-Ville, Spring-Ville, Spanish Fork, Central Utah Project and Strawberry Straw-berry Waters Users Association Asso-ciation inspected and discussed dis-cussed the prospects of developing de-veloping this resource for the growing power needs of South Utah County last week. The power generation potential would be approximately ap-proximately equivalent to Springville City's peak load of 50 MW. Been There, Done That The Fat of the Land Liz Elder So, what do you think about being fat? It's in the news all the time lately. By the way, the next time someone tells you that all Utahns are fat, you might want to remind them that Utah is the ninth slimmest state in the Union according to the Center for Disease Control. Anyway, the New York Times just had a huge article arti-cle in it's weekly magazine about school lunches and obesity in kids. There are schools in San Francisco where the kids eat only organic foods and grow their own gardens during class time so that they'll feel connected to the earth. It probably is a good idea, but doesn't it have that touchy-feely, typical California Cali-fornia over-reaction thing going on? Organic is a big issue but also low fat. The kids in my Sunday School class are of the opinion that they would eat school lunch if it was nutritious, a salad bar, for example. At least they were enthusiastic for a minute, and then they remembered that it was geeky to eat school lunch and changed their minds. Therein lies one problem prob-lem geekiness. Eating lunch at school has always been the territory of the band kids. Of course, these are seniors who have a low tolerance for geeky get Collin Gordon, a deputy with the Utah County Sheriff's Office, tells students at Cherry Creek Element ry School in Springville about the work his dog Jargo does to sniff out drugs and explosives. Gordon presented an assembly to Cherry Creek students on Friday as part of the school's Red Ribbon Week. Students spent the week participating in activities designed to discourage them from taking drugs. iff tr Open Mon sfio pdycsfi! far 6 No iBterss lor 6 Freadisposat of S Haaqar's Mattress Officials inspect hydroelectric potential in Diamond Fork Canyon The projected plan would Diamond Fork structure as consist of a 45 MW power show in the photo of the lo- plant at the Syar6th Wa- cal officials, ter Aqueduct and a 5 MW This is a clean renewable power plant at the Upper energy resource. ting in your car and driving away for lunch is cooler. But so is being slim Taco Bell notwithstanding. One extensive program has taken the foods currently cur-rently served in schools, those already packaged, only -need-to-be-preheated foods ordered each school year for the next year's menu, and tried to work with those. Apparently it's hard to even order low-fat foods in this category. But these people lobbied and worked and figured out menus that were as well rounded as they could get them, BUT, still, in the one program that's been evaluated evalu-ated these kids didn't actually actu-ally lose weight either! I think they didn't because be-cause I think the reason those kids are fat is that their moms are afraid to send them outside to play and they don't have time to take them themselves because be-cause they're working to be able to afford their one bedroom apartment. One of the most interesting interest-ing things about the CDC rankings is that people with lower incomes rank higher in weight everywhere. every-where. The poorer states ranked as fatter. That's probably one reason Utah ranks so low, because for the most part, our state is economically stable. Maybe we don't have the highest paying jobs in the country, but we have lots Firm Twin Mattress Sale $89 Box Spring $60 10-year warranty 10-6 - Sat momiis. 0AC months. CAC rwrtlress. of jobs and not too many layoffs. Isn't it interesting that the lower your income, the more likely you are to be overweight? It's sort of the opposite of what you think would be true, and somewhat some-what a sign of our times. One of our kids worked for a year with mentally ill out patients living in Tooele. They were all on a very fixed, very low income yet almost all of them smoked and had cable TV. TV gave them something to do and smoking gave them a connection con-nection with the cool people peo-ple they saw on TV. It's important to try and take care of ourselves and maintain our good health. I, in fact, have just joined Weight Watchers because I'm hoping that paying the money will make me feel guilty and help me through the five o'clock hour when I have no dinner made. But I also wish we could change our society so that people felt safe and connected con-nected with being who they are, where everyone had the time and means to eat nutritiously and exercise ex-ercise a' little outside without with-out worrying about being mugged. I guess Miss Universe and me have that in common. com-mon. All we want is, "World Peace, Bob." X Liz Elder may be reached at clelder2001yahoo.com REPLACEMENTS ARE OUR SPECIALTY! EMERGENCY FURNACE tvBPLACEME $200 DOLLARS OFF ON ALL 95 HIGH EFFICIENCY FURNACES CrZ.... Financing Available W .Wfef call Anytime tiA,rcte 489-7088 "Quality Soviet at a Fair Price" vrvw www, harveyheating.com ! j ft t : i; !-? J Congratulations to the I Care winners for the week of October 2-6t at Art Cvity School. They have really shown in their actions and words that they care about the school and their community. They are: Madison Webster, Bryan Westhoff, Christina Serrano, Jane Shoemaker, Jared Lof gran, Jeremy Wolf, Ally Brunson, Matthew Wallace, Alyssa Bird, Jacob Chatfield, Abigail Pina, Trevor Smullin, Jade Lin, Shay Church, Moroni Black, Kylee Jensen, Hayden Smith, Rebecca Elzinga, Samantha Child, Kelcie Collett, Mason Barnes, Shayni Brailsford, Thomas Merrell, Jacob Simmons, Kristi Hatch and Tyson Farley. Help your cMtlren with Halloween safety Dr. Traer Caywood SPRINGVILLE According to the American Ameri-can College of Emergency Physicians, the most common com-mon injuries on Halloween Hallow-een are eye injuries from sharp objects, burns from flammable costumes, and injuries sustained from collisions col-lisions with motor vehicles. Check costumes very carefully care-fully to make sure they won't cause your child to trip and their props are flexible and have no sharp edges. All trick or treaters should have reflective strips or reflective material mate-rial on their costumes and carry flashlights. Make sure they do not carry or go near open flames. Drs. Caywood and Win-ward, Win-ward, optometrists in Make your 2007 canyon park reservations now Springville City will be accepting applications from residents of Springville Spring-ville for reservations for the summer of 2007. Applicants must provide pro-vide the name, address and daytime phone number num-ber of the person desiring desir-ing the reservation and the name of the group for which the reservation is being made. Any duplicate applications applica-tions will be discarded, causing one of the applications appli-cations to be placed at the end of the lists. The person submitting the coupon for a reservation reserva-tion must be a Springville resident, must be the person per-son making the reserva Diabetes Technology Fair Tuesday With so many exciting advances in the treatment and technology of diabetes, diabe-tes, patients are frequently asking about new developments. develop-ments. On Tuesday, Oct. 17, the Diabetes Management Manage-ment Clinic at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center will be presenting a Diabetes Dia-betes Technology Fair to Springville, note that eye irritations and infections can also increase at Halloween Hal-loween due to improper use of makeup and costume cos-tume contact lenses; The FDA warns against face decorating with things that aren't intended for the skin. Even products intended for the skin can sometimes cause eye irritation. irri-tation. If labels on face paint and makeup products say they are not for use near the eyes, believe it and be aware of possible eye irritation, irri-tation, even if the packaging packag-ing has a picture of people wearing the product near their eyes. Products that are for use on nails or hair, or for most of the skin, still may not be safe near the eyes. tion and the person who will be responsible for the group using the park. All reservations will be paid in full at the time of scheduling. schedul-ing. .All applications must be in the Springville City Offices Of-fices at 50 S. Main by Friday, Fri-day, Oct. 27, 2006 by 5 p.m. ! CANYON PARKS I DRAWING ! Name i Group Name i i Address Daytime Phone share information on new products and services. The event is open to the public and will be held at 7 p.m. in the Clark Auditorium at Utah Valley Regional Medical Med-ical Center's Northwest Plaza building. The fair will provide education ed-ucation about new insulins and insulin treatments, in (foMafflsffliMIIbfift Up to 10 of women report they have heavy menstrual bleeding during their monihly cycle. Heavy menstrual cycles can disrupt your daily activities, cause embarrassment and lower your quality of life during your cycle. If you suffer from heavy menstrual bleeding 3 or more days during your cycle, a research study is being conducted by MD gynecologists at the Salt Lake Women "s Center and Mt. Timpanogos Women's Health Care.. You may qualify if: You are aged 18-49, have had a history of Heavy menstrual cycles for at least 3 days of your cycles in four of the past sin months, and are not taking estrogen, progesterone or other hormonal products You can attend up to 8 study visits over an approximate 24 week period Study related medical exams (physical exams, pelvic Ultrasounds and ECG) and laboratory tests provided at no cost to qualified participants. Qualified subjects are compensated up to $1,150.00 for participating in the research study. Participate today to see if this research study may help you with your heavy cycles. Call today for a research screening to see if you qualify: (HBOO The FDA has also received re-ceived reports of corneal ulcers associated with the wearing of costume contact con-tact lenses in excess of the recommended time period. Corneal ulcers can progress prog-ress rapidly and can lead to corneal scarring, vision ' impairment and possibly blindness and eye loss. Patients are urged not to use decorative contact lenses unless they have seen an eye care professional profes-sional and have obtained proper fitting lenses and instructions for using them. If you want to use costume contact lenses for Halloween, we can help you use them safely. Please contact our office at 489-5111. Halloween is a fun time of the year. Do all you can to make it safe. A random drawing will be held and number, date and scheduling appointment time will be assigned. A list will be posted at the Chamber of Commerce Office at City Hall, and the city will attempt to notify no-tify each applicant by telephone. tele-phone. RESERVATIONS COUPON novative insulin pump technologies tech-nologies including inhaled insulin, new non-insulin hormones and continuous glucose monitors. There is no cost to attend the event and no RSVP is needed. For more information, informa-tion, contact the Utah Valley Val-ley Diabetes Management Clinic at 357-7546. . HM illffin'H1! mi in k mi |