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Show 10 Looking for clues in RX drug deaths in Utah The Utah Department of Health (UDOH) is about to begin a first-of -its-kind research project that will take an in-depth look at all fatal drug-related deaths over the next year. The goal is to find out why record re-cord numbers of Utahns are dying by prescription , drug overdose and use those findings to design prevention efforts. i Over the next year, researchers re-searchers at the Office of the Medical Examiner will conduct as many as 600 interviews in-terviews with family members mem-bers of victims of drug overdose deaths. "We'll be asking the families critical questions about the victims' lives prior to their deaths," said UDOH Executive Director Dr. David SundwalL "We'll look at things like whether they were overweight, if . cay wood Dr. Traer Caywood EYE AND VISION CARE JUST AROUND THE CORNER. : ' ' Spring ille Office j 374 Eat 400 South ' J 489.5 HI f r feF, 1355 N. 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The partners will collaborate with the University of Utah Inter-mountain Inter-mountain Injury Control Research Center in order to answer questions about two important problems in Utah: the epidemic of prescription-related overdose deaths and a high suicide rate. "Although we are looking look-ing at two separate prob- winward Dr. Rick Winward HOW CONVENIENT. i ? .L IZ& 1 3 1 1 Ji"? homes rV, n i1 V ' SPRINGVILLE HERALD lems, there is a lot of overlap," over-lap," says Douglas Gray, MD, from the University of Utah, "We need this data collected in order to develop viable solutions for these problems." More Utahns are dying from unintentional drug overdoses each year than - are dying in motor vehicle ve-hicle crashes. In 2007, 317 Utahns died from non-illicit drug-related overdose deaths that were classified as undetermined or accidental. acci-dental. All the agencies involved in this new study want to help prevent these deaths. "We hope this collaborative collabora-tive effort amongst state agencies will help uncover clues to prevent future prescription pre-scription drug overdose deaths," said Francine A. Giani, "Executive Director of the Utah Department of Commerce. Earlier this year, UDOH, with the support of DOPL, the Labor Commission and the Utah Attorney General's Office, launched the 'Use Only as Directed' Direct-ed' Campaign to educate Utahns about the dangers dan-gers of prescription drug misuse. The goal of the campaign is to reduce the number of unintentional prescription pain medication medica-tion overdoses in Utah by 15 percent by 2009. For more information on the Use Only as Directed Direct-ed campaign please' visit www.useonlyasdirected. org. If you're thinking of skipping skip-ping that dreaded chore of raking this fall - forget it! There are several reasons you need to rake up fallen leaves. Here are just a few: Fallen leaves will deprive de-prive your grass of crucial cru-cial sunlight during the fall months. Leaves can also accumulate accumu-late and get wet, leading to mold growth and attracting pests, such as termites. A heavy rain can wash leaves down to a nearby storm drain, preventing the water from draining. This can lead to your yard or street flooding. You should check with your municipality. Some ask for leaves to be bagged, others allow curb-side piles that are collected by a municipal mu-nicipal vacuum. You can also rake leaves into piles around shrubs, trees or into gardens for natural compost. And remember, raking is strenuous work. Take breaks and use proper prop-er equipment. You can learn more at http:www. angieslisttips.com. Beauty is whatever gives joy. - Edna St. Vincent Millay ; 1 Fall raking zil Si must MountainStar Mountain View Hospital SprillgVlllG YOllth may be calling you soon Debbie Balzotti Beginning Oct. 9th members mem-bers of the Springville Youth Council are conducting con-ducting a citizen's opinion poll by phone. They will be -asking how you would vote if the Library Bond Election were held today -yes, no, or undecided. 1 i S 5 I 1 Wi my r: i K Kiersten Carr and Allyssa Elliott, left to right, are making phone calls to Springville residents, along with other members of the Springville Youth City Council, for the opinion poll starting this week. They are asking residents how they will be voting on the Library Bond Election in November. Hatch, Hobuchar unveil Copper Theft Prevention Act Copper will no longer be an easy steal for thieves under a bipartisan bill just introduced by Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Amy Kldbuchar (D-Minn.). The Copper Theft Prevention Pre-vention Act of 2008 is aimed at cutting down on copper theft, which has reached all-time highs due to worldwide economic growth and the high price of the metal, which has quadrupled in cost and, in some corners of the globe, is worth between $3 and $4 a pound. Hatch said copper heists also are a problem in Utah. He said thieves recently recent-ly used an Ogden metal yard's Caterpillar excavator excava-tor to steal a 1,700-pound load of copper from the company and load it into a getaway truck. In Utah County, authorities recently recent-ly apprehended a man who had been stealing copper from a construction company com-pany every week and selling sell-ing it by the truckload for between $800 and $1,200. "Sadly, copper is easily eas-ily turned into cash and a very small percentage of thieves who steal it are ever caught," Hatch said. "That's why thieves - often methamphetamine addicts -have been stealing copper in every form and costing cost-ing Americans hundreds of thousands of dollars in theft, damage and threats to safety. This bill will help put a stop to that." "These thefts are happening hap-pening all over," Klobu-char Klobu-char said. "The thieves are going after construction sites in the suburbs, utility util-ity lines in the countryside and anywhere they find a vacant house. This is not just property theft; it also can be a matter of life and death." Just two weeks ago, Klobuchar noted, a vacant fourplex in Minneapolis exploded from a natural gas leak caused by stolen copper pipes. The blast rendered an adjacenf du Even though these great young people are excited to participate in the political politi-cal process, some for the first time, they are a little nervous. I hope everyone who answers the phone will take a couple of seconds sec-onds and kindly respond to their brief questions. 5 w iy-i plex uninhabitable, resulting result-ing in the relocation of two families. The Hatch-Klobuchar legislation would make it much tougher for thieves to sell stolen copper , to scrap metal and other dealers. deal-ers. Under The Copper Theft Prevention Act of 2008, scrap metal dealers would: be required to keep records re-cords of copper transactions, transac-tions, including the name and address of the seller, the transaction date, the amount and description of the copper, and the number num-ber from the seller's driver's driv-er's license or other government-issued ID card; maintain these records for a minimum of one year and make them available to law enforcement agencies agen-cies to assist them in tracking track-ing down and prosecuting copper thieves; perform transactions of more than $250 by check instead of cash; and, impose civil penalties up to $10,000 for failing to document a transaction or for engaging in cash transactions trans-actions of more than $250. Hatch said the bill does not preclude states from enacting their own laws, u you Un- In I) 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY SE s Thursday, Ortober 9, 2008 COUIlCil If you would like more information on the library li-brary bond visit HYPERLINK HY-PERLINK "http:www. yes-library.org" www. yes-library.org or email questions to HYPERLINK passthebond burgoyne.com. but does establish a baseline base-line from which all states must operate. "I. am committed to moving mov-ing this legislation forward and encourage my colleagues col-leagues to join our effort to refine and enact this important bill as it moves through the process," Hatch said. Reps. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) (D-Mich.) and Jim Ramstad (R-Minn.) are sponsoring a companion bill in the House. You can't hold a man down without staying down with him. - Booker T. Washington The life that conquers is the life that moves with a steady resolution and persistence per-sistence toward a predetermined prede-termined goal. 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