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Show Page 7 Wednesday, March 3, 1976 Surfaco Mining Aroas MINER .MEWS BY AND ABOUT A Real Learning Experience ' by Kelly Mackley In order to appreciate the good health and many blessings that we all share, one must first witness the demise of others who are less fortunate.' Thursday, Feb. 16, the Health Occupations class of Park City High School with teacher Dan Pollard, took a field trip. They traveled first to the Utah State Training School for the mentally retarded, ! located in American Fork, then to the Utah State Hospital for the mentally ill, in Provo. There is a difference between these two afflictions, which many people don't realize. Mental retardation affects the brain during the growing period of a person. Mental illness usually affects a person later on in life. It can be treated and possibly cured. Many of the children seen at the American Fork Training School are suffering from diseases too horrible to imagine. Many are the victims vic-tims of Hypoencephalis; a disease which causes the head to swell, due to fluid being trapped in the brain. Most of these patients have no mentality at all, and have unusually small bodies; they are bedridden for life and the only care for them is love. There are patients at the school who have been helped tremendously. They perform functions around the hospital r whlcTFltenefit the othef patients, as well as themselves. them-selves. These patients have been brought up in the school and gradually are taught skills which will enable them to become productive, happy members of a society which has turned its back on those who, until recently, were deemed "mad" and locked away forever. Conditions in the State Hospital for the Mentally 111 were different. The students were allowed . to tour the Geriatrics Ward. Here they could talk to the patients and heard a panel discussion which dealt with the daily activities of the patients. The patients in the geriatrics ward are all over 63 years old and most are thought of as senile; a condition con-dition brought on by old age, usually resulting in forget-fulness forget-fulness and a minor loss of body functions. These men and women are not allowed to just sit around. Duties are assigned to each ward member and the fulfillment of those duties determines the activities the patient will be allowed to participate in during the following week. The experiences the students shared on their field trip will never be forgotten. They learned much about life in one day and are all thankful thank-ful for the health and good fortune which enables them to attend a public school and live a rich productive life in the community.. &Ae SP&ieib koice fob 04 at poutonel Gtininp 7:00 Breakfast served until 2:00 p.m. Reasonable lunches and family dinners. Featuring the best omelettes this side of Poison Creek. 317 Mcb Street PARK CITY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Mini Miners lose A Close One by Kelly Mackley There wasn't a dry eye in the North Summit High School gymnasium last Saturday. The Park City Miners freshman team fought long and hard for three days to reach this point, the championship game of the Region Nine Freshman Tournament. The Miners were battling the South Summit Wildcats in the final game of a tourney which seemed to just fall in front of the Miners' feet. The youngsters had to overcome a tough game against North Summit, which they won by one point. Next, Park City was forced into a double overtime game against a very tough Dugway squad, but ' the Miners escaped with a three-point victory' and a shot at the championship. The final game was a bitter battle all the way with both teams scrapping all over the court, y . The Miners employed an excellent half-court . trap which baffled South Summit almost continually and resulted in many fast breaks for Park City. The game was often tied, and a five-point lead, no matter how common or how it was held, soon dissipated and the cycle started over again. Simmons ur Travels To Washington by Patti Prince "I think my favorite part of the trip was the tour through the White House; but, then again, I really liked Ford Theater ..." said Mrs. Linda Simmons, referring to the semi-vacation taken by her and her husband, Dr. Mark Simmons, principal of Park City High School. Dr. Simmons was asked to attend a convention of principals in Washington, D.C., for a week. Many meetings were held in which principals from all over the United States exchanged ideas, - problems, and solutions. There were approximately ap-proximately 70 people from Utah schools attending the convention. . Dr. and Mrs. Simmons began their trip on Friday, Feb. 13, spending most of the day traveling by plane. Over the weekend, the Simmons' attended meetings that they had chosen according ac-cording to their interests. On Sunday, Dr. Simmons was appointed as the respresentative from Utah on the v Committee on mm a.m. 0 40:00 ft.m. The Miners played like they were all ten feet tall, even though the tallest man (Howard Davidson) is only 5'11". Thewere so mentally prepared for the game that an eager and very tall South Summit team could not keep them down. The score was tied at the end of regulation play so a three minute overtime was required. . Park City held a one point lead with 38- seconds remaining when two vfery untimely turnovers (both resulting in Wildcat baskets) finally subdued the pesky Miners. , The final score was 66-63 for South Summit. During post-game ceremonies, the Miners were awarded a second place trophy. An all-tournament team was selected and Miners Tim King and Howard Davidson were named to this squad because of their outstanding out-standing individual performances per-formances throughout the tourney. The young Miners will be filling in varsity positions next year and if their inspired play is any indication of things to come Park City has much to look forward to in the coming three years. Educational Technology. The committee, is concerned with audio-visual equipment and , its use. They are trying to persuade Congress to pass a bill giving schools permission ' tape television programs without paying the royalties. On Monday, the Simmons' attended a speech given by President Ford. Later, they were given the opportunity of talking with Senator Jake Gam. Dr. ; Simmons also visited three schools in Virginia which was very ? interesting. In their spare time, Dr. and Mrs. Simmons enjoyed some sightseeing. Among the . sights they saw were: The Kennedy Center, . the , Smithsonian Institute, Ford Theater, and of course, a VIP , tour through the White House. , , According to Mrs. Simmons, Sim-mons, the weather "was beautiful the whole time which made the trip more enjoyable. , Dr. and Mrs. Simmons arrived home late Wednesday Wed-nesday night after a great semi-vacation. 649-8284 WASHINGTON -Congressman Allan Howe last week announced action in the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee to favorably report to the full House of Representatives a bill almost identical to one vetoed last fall by President Ford regarding reclamation of surface mining areas, "The Congress on several occasions has tried to pass ' legislation requiring mining operations to turn mined land . back to its original state but has met with Administration disapproval in the form of vetoes," Rep. Howe noted. "Both the House and the Senate just recently passed a complete package dealing with all facets of coal mining, in the form of the Federal Coal Leasing Act . Amendments Amend-ments but has been unable to pass into law, legislation saving, land from being irreparably damaged by surface mining," he said. The Congressman explained ex-plained that the Senate version of the strip mine bill was included in the Federal Coal Leasing bill which is currently awaiting action in the Conference Committee. "The Conference Committee has delayed final consideration con-sideration until a House version, of a strip mine bill could be passed. The Senate strip mine provision relates to only federal lands whereas the bill reported out of the Interior Committee today includes all federal, state and privately owned land," he continued. Congressman Howe said it is likely the House will also include the strip mine provision in the Federal Coal Leasing bill but could not definitely indicate whether President Ford would veto the entire bill. "Even though the State of Utah would not be tremendously, tremen-dously, affected byi a rstrjp mining bill because only. four "percent of the known recoverable -coal resources can be strip mined, I have consistently - fought for passage of such a bill," he said. "States such as Wyoming and Montana and areas in the Appalachia Mountains cannot afford to have their environment damaged even if it is to insure the U.S. greater independence in-dependence in the energy field," Rep. Howe concluded. Gam Down On Ritter The "acute problem in the State of Utah concerning Federal Judge Willis Ritter is an excellent example of the need for the Judicial Tenure Act," Sen. Jake Garn (R-Ut) said last week in testimony before the Senate Sub-, committee on Improvements in Judicial Machinery. The Committee met to evaluate the Judicial Tenure Act, S. 1110, -which "provides a wise and ac-. ceptable plan under which members of the Federal -judiciary may be removed from office without the agony of impeachment." Sen. Gam is a co-sponsor of the bill. . "Judge Ritter has been the subject of controversy for over 25 years and continues to arouse sincere questions regarding his competence,'' Sen. Gam testified. "The problems posed by Judge Hitter's relationship with many members of the Utah State Bar and the general public will be the kind of problems that S. 1110 will solve. The bill is not an attempt at-tempt to review actions that are simply controversial, but aqtions that are intemperate, incompetent or otherwise ' inappropriate for an officer of the Federal courts. "Judge Ritter is a disgrace to the Federal Judiciary and to the bar,", Sen. Garn . continued. "During the time I have been a member of the Senate I have received an average of , one complaint per week, regarding Judge Ritter. Most of these complaints are from persons who have experienced ex-perienced his justice first hand.- SUPERB GOLF BRINGS VICTORY TO NICKLAUS Jack Nicklaus climaxed a superb week of golf by firing a sizzling 7-under-par 65 Monday to win the Tournament Players Championship. His previous rounds of 66, 70, and 68, gave him a 72-hole 72-hole total of 269, an almost unbelievable 19-..under-par over the demanding 7,128 yard In-' In-' verrary Country Club Course. His nearest pursuer pur-suer was J.C. Snead who finished at 272, three strokes behind Jack. Afterwards, Nicklaus commented on his play, "I feel as though I played four pretty darn good rounds of golf. I played aggressively the entire week." Jack's victory was worth $60,000 in addition ad-dition to the Joseph Dey trophy. It was his 59th triumph as a professional and increased his lifetime earnings to $2,600,000. Friends, that's simply fantastic. CONNORS DEMOLISHES ORANTES IN CHALLENGE MATCH On one of his best days ever on the tennis court, Jimmy Connors completely mastered his Spanish rival Manuel Or antes, and easily won the $250,000 Challenge match last Saturday. "The way I played today is the way I would like to play forever," said Connors afterwards. "Everything I touched was in, except for two or three balls I missed. Today I hit the ball very firm and very deep each time. I tried to hit a deep approach shot then move in and take the net away." ... ' He did exactly that in a flawless exhibition wherehe won 6-2, 6-1 and 60. Asked if he would like to play Arthur Ashe, to whom he lost to at Wimbledon last year, Connors replied, "I'd like that very much. No more needs to be said." - ACC TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK t The Atlantic Coast Conference basketball tour- : riament, which wUl be played outside of North Carolina for the first time in 23 years, opens Thursday afternoon at the Capital Center in Washington, D.C. 1 Mmaaim vmww umitiKim 4 ., 43J4-,:tt". By Bill The ACC is fast gaining the reputation as one of the toughest, if not the toughest, basketball conferences in the entire country, The tur-nament tur-nament this week will no doubt provide fans with some good basketball plus a deserving champion. cham-pion. ' :" ::,:"v V. - '; ' North Carolina won the regular season championship cham-pionship with an 11-1 record and 24-2 overall, thereby gaining the first round bye in the seven-team seven-team tournament. The tournament champion automatically qualifies for the NCAA Eastern Regional Playoffs Playof-fs ; :,-;: Although the regular season champion does not necessarily have to get a bid, North Carolina seems assured of an at-large bid if the Tar Heels fail to win the tournament, and they'll have their ' hands full with teams like Maryland, N.C. State and Clemson. Next week, we'll take a look and see what happened. HONEST PLEASURE EASILY WINS FLAMINGO Honest Pleasure romped to an easy 11-length victory in record time in Saturday's Flamingo -Stakes at Hialeah and already has established himself as an early favorite in the Kentucky Derby, Der-by, the first of thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown events. The colt, last year's 2-year-old champ, ran the IVs miles in 1:46 45 without being touched by the whip for the fastest Flamingo time in history. Braulio Baeza was in the saddle for the victorious colt. IN QUOTATIONS Sparky Lyle, relief pitcher for the New York Yankees, when asked whether he liked Astro-Turf Astro-Turf or grass, he replied "I don't know I've never smoked Astro-Turf. ' ' NAMATH GETS THE LAST WORD - 01' Joe Willie may not be quite as agile on those knees but he still has the gift of gab. Asked : rathec-TSardonically -by;, ai sports, writer;:if he majored in basket weaving at Alabama, Namath replied, "No, it was to touch, I took journalism." stilt "il! SttWr Roland ability |
