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Show March, 2000 ProvoOrem Chamber of Commerce Monthly Newsletter Pag' 9 Laser Tag at Welcome to Laser Assault! What is Laser Assault you may ask? Simply put, Laser Assault is Laser Tag at It's Best! featuring fea-turing Utah's largest and brst laser la-ser tag arena. The best way to explain laser tag is: a high-tech game of tag using beams of light, similar to kids playing "army", or another explanation is paintball, without the paint or pain. "What sets this laser tag arena apart from nearly all the others in the country is that the playing floor or arena was custom designed de-signed by premier laser tag players," play-ers," explains Jim DeGroot, manager man-ager of Laser Assault. "That's right," confirms Josh Chiniquy, assistant manager. "I've played ' on game floors all over the United States, this one is hard to beat. It incorporates a main game floor Despite benefits, aspirin greatly underused in Too few Americans who have heart disease take aspirin to help prevent a recurrent heart attack and other cardiovascular problems, prob-lems, according to a report in Circulation: Cir-culation: Journal of the American Heart Association. The report found that only 26 percent of people who had heart disease and could have benefitted from aspirin aspi-rin therapy took aspirin as recommended rec-ommended by the American Heart Association and other medical groups. ' That was much lower than what might be expected," says the study's author, Randall Stafford, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a senior scientist at PartnersMassachusetts General Hospital Institute for Health Policy in Boston. "It shouldn't necessarily be 100 percent because be-cause not everyone can take aspirin as-pirin without developing complications; compli-cations; but it should be more than 26 percent. Physicians may not be paying adequate attention to this important prevention strategy," he adds. "Large numbers num-bers of patients with coronary artery disease are not being optimally opti-mally managed, and their risk of having subsequent heart attacks and dying is increased because they are not on aspirin." . Kegular aspirin use in people pith heart disease has been fhown to reduce the risk of blood plots that can block a heart artery nd trigger a heart attack. The pierican Heart Association rec- LASER ASSAULT It's Best! Like Playing Army, along with an upper balcony that goes most of the way around the outside of the game floor. In addition ad-dition there are partial mazes and barricades which provide cover." The writer of this article also learned that this arena is equipped with three levels of lighting to add to the challenge of finding your opponents as well as a fog machine for those truly looking for a challenge. Laser Assault is also unique in the fact that they cater to large groups, Special discount rates are available for Scout Groups, Church Groups, and all Not-for-Profit Groups. There is a weekday week-day discount available for all players as well as additional discounts dis-counts for large groups. Whether you're hosting a birthday party or a bachelor party, group pack people with have experienced a heart attack or unstable angina - a type of se-: se-: vere chest pain - take aspirin to reduce the risk of another heart attack or hospitalization because of recurrent angina. Although aspirin may be beneficial in preventing pre-venting heart disease in the first place, there is strong evidence of its benefit in patients who already have heart disease. Because taking aspirin can pose some health risks - including peptic pep-tic ulcers, gastrointestinal bleeding bleed-ing and allergic reactions - the Association warns that individuals individu-als should not take the drug without with-out first consulting a physician. The study's review of 10,942 doctor visits by people with heart disease revealed "a relatively dramatic" dra-matic" increase in the number of patients taking aspirin. Usage rose from 5 percent in 1980 to 26 percent in 1996. Certain individuals individu-als were more likely to be taking aspirin as a preventive measure. More men than women took aspirin as-pirin - 28 percent compared with 17 percent of those age 80 and older. People with high levels of cholesterol were nearly twice as likely to use aspirin as were those with normal levels - 45 percent versus 24 percent "Although aspirin therapy in the most elderly may carry an increased risk of complications, aspirin is likely to have the greatest great-est absolute benefit int his population," popu-lation," Stafford says. The finding find-ing of less aspirin use among women is "consistent with the ages (including food and beverages bever-ages andor game tokens) can be custom designed for your group's needs. Additional details are available simply by calling. As we just mentioned Laser Assault has a huge video game room and a pool room. Video game tokens are just 8 for $ 1 and the pool tables can be rented by the hour. On Tuesday, March 14, Laser Assault will be holding it's Grand Opening and in conjunction with that event Jim and Josh have designated des-ignated that day as Chamber Member's FREE Plav Dav. Yes, you read right, FREE! All Chamber Cham-ber Member representatives can play a free 15 minute game on that day simply by calling 374-3400 374-3400 and making a reservation. The ribbon cutting ceremony will heart disease observation that women may receive re-ceive less aggressive treatment for coronary artery disease." Stafford assessed national trends in the use of aspirin by non-hospitalized heart disease patients. HE and his team examined exam-ined data from the National Ambulatory Am-bulatory Medical Care Surveys, which were conducted between 1980 and 1996, a period when the evidence for aspirin's benefit in reducing heart disease and stroke grew. The surveys provide information infor-mation about the activities of a randomly selected group of cardiologists car-diologists and primary care physicians phy-sicians in the United States during dur-ing visits by patients to their offices. of-fices. Cardiologists were the most likely to report aspirin use by their patients. Approximately 38 percent of their patients took aspirin. as-pirin. That's compared to internists, inter-nists, whose rate of aspirin use in patients was 21 percent, family fam-ily physicians whose rate was 18 percent, and general practitioners, practitio-ners, whose rate of aspirin use was just 12 percent of patients. Stafford says the study may underestimate the aspirin use of heart patients because physicians may not report the use of over-the-counter drugs. Also, patients might take aspirin without men tioning it to their physician. However, How-ever, he adds, "even if aspirin use is double what I foundand I don't believe it is even close to double, that would still suggest a problem prob-lem of inadequate use." only Better! be held at 11a.m. I would encourage all Chamber Members to RSVP your free game time ASAP as game times are certain cer-tain to fill up fast. Experience first-hand what Laser Assault has to offer your business. With 20 different games to choose from Census 2000 questionnaires arriving The majority of households in the United States began receiving receiv-ing their Census 2000 questionnaires question-naires in the mail Monday, March 13, 2000. After years of preparation, the time for the once-a-decade Census Cen-sus has arrived. The questionnaire comes in an envelope with the "United States bZZ!Z:J. dress. It also bears this message: "U.S. Census Form Enclosed. Your Response Is Required By Law." "We've designed a distinctive-looking distinctive-looking package," said Kenneth Prewitt, director of the U.S. Census Cen-sus Bureau. "That way everyone will know that this, and only this, is the official census form with a bar code for their household. We want it to stand out from the stacks of other mail because it could, in fact, be the most important impor-tant piece of mail delivered in the weeks ahead." About 98 million questionnaire packages will be delivered by US. Postal Service letter carriers this week. Another 22 million fcrms are being hand-delivered by Census Cen-sus Bureau enumerators to housing hous-ing units that do not use street names and house numbers for mail delivery. This operation, conducted con-ducted mostly in rural areas, began be-gan March 3. About 83 million households will receive the long form, which has 53 questions. "The census is as important to our nation as highways and telephone tele-phone lines. It's how America knows what America needs. It will, provide the data that will help target more than $2 trillion in federal funds during the next decade - for schools, employment services, housing assistance, hospital hos-pital services, programs for the elderly and much more. It's important im-portant that all Americans fill out the form and send it back," Prewitt said. with varying levels of skill to select, se-lect, from beginner to advanced, Laser Assault is not only a great place to have fun with friends and family, but can be used as a reward re-ward for your employees reaching reach-ing a goal, a fun time of team-building team-building pitting department against department, or employees vs. management. Call Laser Assault today at 374-3400 374-3400 and mark your calendar for March 14. See you there! Laser Assault - Laser Tag at It 's Best! Boll Ends C H E For Sale 83fl South State rw 9.25-1340 V1U1U rv"- I P Newsprint It's also a good idea with your Certificates of Deposit If recent bank mergers and acquisitions have been creating concerns about your ability to maintain total FDIC insurance coverage, Edward Jones has the solution. Why take unnecessary risks? We offer the FDIC insured CDs of well capitalized banks throughout the country. 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