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Show 'rrr r p f f The Park Record 0 Section C Thursday, September 21, 1995 D Page C11 TRS offers phone service linking all Americans Submitted by the FCC What would you do if yOU wanted to phone Miss America? The nation's 75th anniversary Miss America, Heather Whitestone, is what's described as "profoundly deaf." 7 This hasn't kept her from realizing her dreams such as becoming Miss America 1995 arid planning for a career as an accountant.L And it doesn't keep her phone from ringing or her from answering. Today anyone in the U.S. can make a local or long-distance telephone call to any person with hearing andor speech disabilities without using any special equipment or incurring any extra charges. All you need to do is call your local or toll-free number for telecommunications Relay Services (TRS), which, as its name all Americans. TRS is simple to use. A caller (whether they are hearingspeech disabled or not) dials a TRS relay operator, (called a Communications Assistant or CA) who then places the call to the person that caller wants to reach. The CA relays messages back and forth, listening to the voice from one party and translating it to text for the party using a text telephone and vice versa. The text telephone (TTY) allows a person with speech or hearing disabilities to type conversation out and receive typed conversation back. The service is strictly confidential and callers can ask for either a male or female relay operator. There are no extra fees or charges for using this telephone service. TRS users pay the same distance carrier for their TRS number. You can get the number of your ' TRS from your telephone directory or from your directory assistance. TRS has just celebrated its second birthday and is already one of the fastest growing communications service of any kind in the world. Yet many Americans still are unaware of TRS and its benefits to them. The Federal Communications Commission, which set up TRS under The Americans . With Disabilities Act (ADA), wants all Americans to know how important this program is and how easy it is to use. TRS can be used for critical, life-saving life-saving calls to medical personnel; it can be used to find and keep jobs and it can be used, just like any other phone call, to order a bringing new businesses to and from a community of approximately 26 million people with hearing and speech disabilities that up until two years ago had been excluded from many of the benefits of basic phone service. And TRS can help individuals with hearing and speech disabilities contribute their full potential to our society by opening the door to jobs and careers that all require this access to the telephone network. So, if you want to call Miss America, or anyone else with hearing or speech disabilities, just relay that call through TRS. Whitestone spoke recently at a FCC celebration of the second anniversary of TRS. "TRS has opened a whole new world to me and the millions of others who use it," Whitestone said. TRS opened the door to that world. Now all Americans are free services (i Kb), which, as its name rates paid as equivalent voice calls, pepperoni pizza with extra cheese, world. Now all Americans are fre suggests, is a relay service linking You can even ask your long TRS can help fuel the economy, to walk through. Regional forester calls for review of grazing cuts A regional official has affirmed a decision Oak Creek (Pleasant Creek permittees did not the public; after 15 days of review, the distric to cut cattle grazing levels on the east slope of uouiaer Mountain but held up implementation until an independent review is done of the data on which the decision was based. Deputy Regional Forester Jack Blackwell affirmed a June 1 decision by Teasdale District Ranger Marvin Turner to reduce cattle numbers 42 percent on Oak Creek Allotment. The decision would split the existing East Slope Cattle Allotment into Oak and Pleasant Creek allotments, reduce Pleasant Creek grazing 16 percent, shorten grazing seasons and implement intensive management. Blackwell denied an appeal of the decision from the four permittees who run cattle on Oak Creek (Pleasant Creek permittees did not appeal). The appeal claimed the decision was based on unreliable data and failed to consider forage used by elk; it also disputed the key areas selected to monitor range health. Besides the appeal, letters circulating and newspaper articles have carried allegations of "falsified documents," Blackwell noted. "We do not believe those allegations. But we think the fairest thing to do is to develop an independent, outside review, agreed to by all parties, of the disputed analysis." He said that Teasdale Ranger District officials wll work with permittees to establish makeup and operation of the independent review group. Blackwell said the review results will be shared with appellants, interested parties and the public; after 15 days of review, the district ranger could implement the original decision, "if it is determined that the data are accurate and have not been falsified." If data are found to be falsified or incorrect, the district ranger will withdraw the decision, correct the analysis, allow for public review of findings and reissue a decision, which would also be subject to appeal. Blackwell also asked that the Forest Service and permittees jointly develop a monitoring plan based on key areas and evaluating elk and livestock forage use. Blackwell's decision is the final administrative decision of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Under current rules, appellants can accept the decision or seek recourse through the courts. Conference sets new era for cancer society For the first time in Utah Division history, the American Cancer Society (ACS) will hold its annual meeting of volunteers and staff in regionalized segments. The first conference was held on Sept. 15 in Salt Lake City. The next conferences will be on Friday, Sept. 22, at the Days Inn in Price and Saturday, Sept. 30, at the Hunter Conference Center in Cedar City. "Traditionally, the annual meeting attracts volunteers and staff from across the state, meeting together for two days in one location," said Janet Janke, ACS Annual Kick-Off Conference Committee chair. The keynote speaker for the Price conference will be Dr. Reed Warren, immunologist and researcher at Utah State University. Gary Edwards, M.S., director of the Southwestern Utah Public Health Department, will serve as keynote speaker in Cedar City. The conferences will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 5 p.m., concluding with an annual awards dinner at 5: 15 p.m. The theme of "Helping Hands for 52 Years" will focus on the new Mission 2000 measures of success: breast cancer detection and support, tobacco control, comprehensive school health education, patient and family services, resource information and guidance, volunteer involvement and income development. An addition feature of the conferences includes an expert media panel during the lunch general session. Volunteers and staff alike will learn how to develop strategies to better describe to the public the mission and the accomplishments of the American Cancer Society. In essence, they will learn skills to work more effectively with the media in telling the story of the American Cancer Society.-Exhibit displays and free educational material will also be available. Utah is now part of a seven-state Rocky Mountain region for cancer control. In this area, an estimated 33,890 people will be diagnosed with cancer and 15,700 people will die from the disease during 1995. If you are interested in becoming an American Cancer Society volunteer, call 1 (800) ACS-2345. a O ID I I a hi FRIi & S AT v SEPT 22, 23 WEDNESDAY SEPT 27 - ta'ilgatorz FRI. & SAT. SEPT 29, 30 TEMPO TIMERS Fridays: buffet by Slles Restaurant 438 MAIN ST. 649-6038 AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE PARTIES A PRIVATE CLUB FOR MEMBERS f 4W WW: f ESTATE PLANNING ASSET PROTECTION TAX DEFERRED GROWTH 1 STAN SECOR DISTRICT MANAGER REGISTERED REPRESENTATIVE EQUITABLE ijjff lAlO Life Assurance Society of The United States V IV JL SECOR DISTRICT Centennial century-old An effort to cite Utah's 100-year-old farms and ranches was announced Aug. 29 by the Utah Statehood Centennial Commission. Chairman Stephen M. Studdert announced the formation of the Utah Century Farms and Ranches Committee whose responsibility will be to ensure that farms and ; ranches continuously owned by ' the same family for 100 years or longer are recognized in celebration of the Statehood . Centennial in 1996.Studdert said this program will recognize agriculture's unique role in the settlement, growth and development of the state and its economy. - "As we were working to put together the Centennial celebration, we realized that agriculture is the one sector of society that most Utahns have ties . to," Studdert said. "From there it was only a matter of finding the !best way to honor the role agriculture has played in our 100 ' years of statehood." ' According to Studdert, the , Century Farm and Ranch Program lis designed to recognize the Commission recognizes farms and ranches historical role of agriculture, build pride among Utah farmers and ranchers and make consumers aware of the importance of maintaining a strong, viable agricultural economy in Utah. C. Booth Wallentine, executive vice-president and CEO of the Utah Farm Bureau Federation, has been appointed to chair the committee, and Van Burgess, deputy commissioner for the Utah Department of Agriculture, will serve as vice chairman. Designations of Utah Century Farms and Ranches will start shortly after the first of the year. The year-long Statehood Centennial celebration begins Jan. 4, 1996. 1 You Know You Need To See A Dentist, But Haven't Got The Time... For your convenience, appointments are available on Friday and Saturday JEFFREY KELLEY, DD5 647-3012 The 'Only Park City Dentist Available On Weekends PCRFC Supporter 13 Mountain Muffler and auto repair . 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