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Show SPRINGVILLE HERALD Thursday, July 5, 2007 Summer brings added danger, death to Utah kids When it comes to keeping keep-ing children safe during the dangerous months of May-August, Utah ranks a dismal 39th in the nation. That's according to the first-ever Safe Kids U.S. Summer Safety Ranking Report, which measures the rate of accidental in jury among children ages birth to 14. The study by Safe Kids Worldwide shows Vermont Ver-mont led the nation in summer safety with 1.6 child deaths per 100,000 population over the 5-year period, 2000-2004. Wyoming Wyo-ming scored last with ll I I r1 4.5 J. Darren Burrup TheBirdDogRealtor.com cell 420-3189 a rate of 8.3 deaths per 100,000 and Utah's rate was 4.7 per 100,000, for a total of approximately 153 child deaths during the period. "The good news is the report also shows Utah achieved a 10.3 percent drop in the number of M 1 I TH e Bird V-g Realtor F IT'S OUT THERE, I'LL FIND IT and LISTING 100 SERVICE la bm W h ! ' J CUT HEREL n n bbi mm (First 5 Coupons) H2Vo Gimmics) Personal Guarantee - MLS Full Service Affiliated www.myhomeutah.corn ::'.: yt0imvmsSfm9m!,ij .y,:.-.-.:,, mmW& childhood deaths due to summer injuries during 19997-1999," said Janet Brooks, Safe Kids Utah Co-chair and Child Advocacy Ad-vocacy Manager, Primary Pri-mary Children's Medical Center. "The fact that local lo-cal health departments conduct regular child car seat safety checks, and the development of the SPOT THE TOT driveway drive-way backover prevention campaign are just two success stories that likely helped the state bring the death rate down," Brooks added. "Working with parents, caregivers and policymakers, policymak-ers, as well as the state and local public health departments, we've made Utah safer for children over the past ten years," said Brooks. "Injury prevention pre-vention does save lives and we will continue to increase Safe Kids Utah efforts to address child safety." The study reports that nationally, an average of 17 children a day, or 2,143 children in total, died from May to August in 2004 due to injuries, many of which could have been prevented. V In 2003, there were 28 deaths and 20,372 children in Utah ages 0-14 made emergency room visits due to summer injuries. Of those, 353 were hospitalized hospital-ized and at least 25 suffered suf-fered a traumatic brain injury. Others may have suffered paralysis and other serious disabilities. Safe Kids Worldwide research indicates that the five most common causes of summertime child injury inju-ry deaths are: Drowning (up 89 percent in the summer vs. the annual monthly aver--age) Biking (up 45) Falls (up 21) Motor vehicle passenger passen-ger injuries (up 20) Pedestrian injuries (up 16) "These results should be a wake-up call to Utah and the nation," said Sharon Sha-ron Hines-Stringer, Director Direc-tor of Safe Kids Utah and a health educator with the Utah Department of Health Violence and Injury In-jury Prevention Program. "When a child dies every few hours from a summer injury, many of which can be prevented, we have our work cut out for us." Safe Kids Utah recommends recom-mends the following steps to reduce summertime child injury and death: Ride Safe: Secure children up to 40 lbs. appropriately ap-propriately and securely in car seats and secure children over 40 lbs. in a booster seat until they are at least 4'9" tall and 80 lbs. Enact legislation requiring mandatory use of booster seats for children ages 5-9. 5-9. Wheel Safe: Assure a child wears a properly fitted and adjusted helmet for the right sport, including includ-ing biking, skating, and riding a scooter. Play Safe: Actively supervise children in and around water, on playgrounds, play-grounds, and in or around motor vehicles. Release of the study coincided co-incided with the start of summer, known by emergency emer-gency personnel as "trauma "trau-ma season." For more information, please visit http:www.utahsafekids. org. 1790 S. State Springville (801) 491-6882 Brand New Clean Facility Brightly Lit Aisles Security Cameras Alarms on every Unit Computerized Access Control ' Sizes from 10' x 10' to 10' x 40' Computer classes in Mapleton i i I 73rd Annual Vlte Stivwsede The 73rd Annual Ute Stampede is Utah 's family fun rodeo. Good things happening in Nephi! ).- . Rodeo July 12, 13, 14, 8 p.m. , ; . - Thursday night; family special $3.50 special price for ! child accompanied by adult. Thursday night - reserved ; and general admission tickets. Friday & Saturday nights -All seats reserved. - Rodeo Information - 435-623-5608. www.utestamped-erodeo.com www.utestamped-erodeo.com City of Fun Carnival at the fairgrounds all three V nights f See gigantic American Flag parachute into the rodeo arena every night. , Military Service veterans honored every night JULY 12: 8 a.m.. Bucking horse round-up Main Street to fairgrounds; 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Baby Contest at - fairgrounds; 4 p.m. Music on Main Street; 6:30 p.m. ' Western Parade, Main Street JULY 13: 6 am. Club Chuckvvagon breakfast, City Park; 10 a.m. Craft Show, Main Street; 2 p.m. Music on Main Street; 4 p.m. - Ute Stampede Mammoth Parade Main'Street; 6:30 p.m. Sign-up for 2006 Wrangler National Na-tional Final (plaza level) tickets. Last chance to enter at Dodge display area by fairgrounds ticket office.; Enter for a chancc to win a new Dodge truck. , " Wells Fargo Coin Dig after rodeo. Two hundred and , fifty 50 .cent coins will be scattered on arena floor for children, eight and under to vie for. Mothers and all women, 21 or over will vie for an additional 250 coins. JULY 14: 6 p..m. Chuckwagon Breakfast, City Park; 7:00 a.m. "Fun Run", City Park; 8 a.m. Golf Tournament, Tourna-ment, Canyon Hills Golf Course; 10 a.m. Craft Show; 10 a.m. - Car Show City Park, Horseshoe Pitching Tourna-ment, Tourna-ment, east of county complex, Nephi Gun Club Stampede Stam-pede Shoot-out; 2 p.m. Music on Main Street; 4:00 p.m. . Bathing Beauty Parade, Main Street, Judging at Nephi City Park v; . Would you like to know more about your computer? com-puter? Come to "Ask the Computer Guy" on the second sec-ond and forth Thursday of each month at 9 a.m. in the multi-purpose room at the Mapleton Community Center, 125 W. Community Center Way on 400 North. Thayne Harmon will be there to give a general presentation pre-sentation on basic navigation naviga-tion and file management. Bring your questions and let Thayne answer them for you. Seniors please join the seniors for a Soup and Salad Sal-ad Pot Luck Lunch on the second Thursday of each month at 11:30 a.m. in the Multi-purpose room. On July 12th there will be a foot clinic before the lunch at 10:30 a.m. We all need to increase our fitness level! Join us in our exercise room in the basement of the City Hall Monday through Friday from 8:30 until 11 a.m. and afternoons from 3 until 5:30 p.m. They will also be open from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturdays. The quilting group has taken the sum mer off and will start up again in the fall. If you have any questions about quilting please call Sadie Young at 404-2534. Group painting is held on Monday from 1 to 4 p.m. in at the center. The Pet Dish Dr. Harold Davis P.V.M. Here's some Garfield trivia to see what a "smart cat" you are! The answers are at the end. 1. Where was Garfield born? A, In a log cabin B. In an igloo C. In Mama Leone's kitchen . . , D. In Mama Cass's kitchen 2. Where did Garfield find Pooky? A. In a Dumpster ,' B. In a dresser drawer . C. In a galaxy far, far away D. In Graceland 3. What kind of breath does Odie have? A. Bated breath ; B. Bone breath C. Minty, fresh breath D. Toxic-waste breath 4. What was the villians name in the first Gar-., field movie? '.' A. Smiley Chapstick ; B. Giggly Chipmunk C. Happy Chapman " D. Victor Von Doom 1.C 2.B 3.B 4.C , 7 3 IsOtton Kosser - oU years of producing the . '-f f -J 5 West's Best Rodeos! . Friday, July 13 Noon to 1 p.m. internal Medicine Break Room 1 055 North 500 West, Provo RSVP to 81 2-5001 Wednesday, July 1 8 Noon to 1 p.m. Conference Room 11 75 East SO South, American Fork :,: RSVP to 41 8-081 2 ol&Von about general colon health. (fuJis medical Questions. a slice of pie. 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