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Show OREM TIMES Thursday, September 27, 2007 events UVSC hosts third annual Death Penalty Symposium Utah Valley Suite College has attracted some of the world's foremost scholars on issues related to the death penalty for its Third Annual Death Penalty SvmHsium Oct. H-!) in SC20il5. This symposium will expose K'ople to ideas from high-profile speakers from around the world," said Sandy Mcfiuni-gall-Smith. assistant professor of hehavioral science. "We hope to provide a balanced, comfortable atmosphere lor H-ople to discuss this important impor-tant issue." Nils Christie, who will speak on Oct. H, is professor of Criminology at the University of Oslo. He is the author of numerous nu-merous scientif ic articles and Inxiks. I le has published books on topics such as crime, crime control, education, drugs and drug control. Christ ie has worked as a visiting professor in Berkeley, Jerusalem and ( )xford, and has also given lectures in other universities in Lit in America and in Eastern East-ern I AirOM'. On Oct. !, liud Welch, whose daughter Julie was killed in the ( Jklahoma City Ixmibing. has won many awards for his involvement in speaking against the death penalty. He has testified before be-fore the U.S. Congress, State Senate and I louse Judiciary Committees, the British and European Parliament, made numerous radio and TV ap-M'arances ap-M'arances and met frequently with the father of Timothy McVeigh. For related local issues, Current vents 101 A re you a subscriber to The Daily Herald? A re you planning a vacation? siiuli'iiK ,nul lr.i hers love using llie Diiilv Hi'rald for learning activities. Before you leave on vacation, iliinjlr the Mhts you won't He reading to local schools. We'll make certain your papers are delivered to teachers teach-ers tor imti iK tional use. Vacation I )on,ilion is easy and convenient tor you. It's also a great way to promote literacy lit-eracy and support Hie Daily Herald's successful Newspaper in Education program. Here's how 1. C all I he I ),uly I lerald at WKO and tell the customer service representative when you will be aw, iv on vai ation. 2. Keiuost that vour undelivered newspapers be donated to a local school. V We will automatii ally stop delivery while you are away and resume delivery when you return home I he undelivered papers go to local schools during the current or coming school year. . ...M $ orem pleasant grove $ alpine FOC Begin Yqjii - : ..t Vv': ( t ' r T T TTT' ,Ti i(i 1 representing the views of Utah's policy and law makers will be Tom Bunker from the Attorney General's Office. The symposium will also include in-clude UVSC's Student TX-bate Team, as well as panel discussions discus-sions and rxxjk signings. The event is free and open to the public. Monday, Oct. 8 - SC 206B 11 to 11:50 a.m.: Nils Christie, Chris-tie, University of Oslo 12 to 12:50 p.m.: Robert Johnson, American University (Lunches provided for first 30) 1 to 1:50 p.m.: Margaret Vandiver, University of Memphis Mem-phis 1 2 to 2:50 p.m.: Student Debate 1 .1 to 3:30 p.m.: Book signing sign-ing Tuesday, Oct 9 - SC 206B 10 to 11:15 a.m.: Tom Bunker, Bun-ker, Attorney General's Office I 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.: 1 lugo Bedau, Tufts University (Lunches provided for first 30) 1 to 2:15 p.m.: Bud Welch 1 2:30 to 3:45 p.m.: Panel Discussion I 4 to 4.30 p.m.: Book signing sign-ing Eighth annual Leadership Conference to be hosted by UVSC The Center for the Advancement Ad-vancement of Leadership and UVSC Conferences and Workshops Work-shops today announced that the Kighth Annual Leadership Conference will be held Oct. 2 at UVSC's Orem campus. The event runs from 8:45 a.m. to I p.m. at the UVSC McKay Fvents Center. The 2007 Conference, which is open to all, is based on the theme "Making Your Mark - Leading in the 21st Century." Featuring world-renowned keynote speakers Hyrum W. Smith and Chad Lewis, with special guest speaker, Utah A custom stairway elevator allows FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT jn the home of your choice, removing the physical challenges imposed by stairs. Stairway elevator features include. Battery backup for use during a power failure Easy fold-up leaving Swivel seat for ease Caf! toll free 1 - 800 Sometimes, saving money isnt easy. We can help. Whether you're looking for a simple savings account, a CD, an IRA, or automatic transfers from checking to savings, we have the savings vehicles for every need. Call 222-9006. ItMCare Car. lulr aiiung rrom AmenLechWpiiese' First Lady Mary Kaye Huntsman, Hunts-man, the Conference is open to all high schools, private schools, colleges, universities, businesses and members of the community. 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CATHY ALLREDNorth County Becky Canning, Utah County Division of Substance Abuse, presents the dangers of energy drinks to the Lehi Community Council on Sept. 20. She and co-worker, Brian Alba, will speak at a workshop on Oct. 5 at Lehi City Hall, 153 N. 100 East, at 7 p.m. on youth and energy drinks. Utah County looks at dangers of energy drinks Cathy Allred NORTH COUNTY STAFF Move over sugar, caffein-ated caffein-ated drinks are the new addictive ad-dictive substance for children, according to Utah County representatives. rep-resentatives. Becky Canning and Brian Alba from the county's Division Divi-sion of Substance Abuse Prevention Pre-vention gave a presentation on energy drinks and its dangers to Lehi Community Council members on Sept. 20. Canning compared the marketing mar-keting of sugar-laced products to the recent boom of caf-feinated caf-feinated products and said it posed new health dangers to children. Canning and Alba will be delivering a more in-depth presentation pre-sentation on the subject Friday at Lehi City Hall, 153 N. Center St., at 7 p.m. "Energy drinks are very trendy," Canning said. "Sex sells. You can get on their Web site and it's soft porn (www. myenergy drinks.com) ... Another An-other thing that sells is shock value." "Pimp Juice" and "Whose Your Daddy Energy Drink" are two of several energy drink products that use sex and shock to attract consumers consum-ers to buy their line. A $3.4 billion industry in 2005, with 9 million cans of energy en-ergy drinks bought every day in the United States, Canning said it is expected to be a $10 billion industry by 2010. S7 one. -r -i-' western - Community Bank Life's needs. Life's bank.'" W,Ti"cOMMUNITY,.COM Mi -v-aiJtut feMSmM No longer isolated to soda pop and coffee-based products, caffeine can be found in "Jolt Gum," candy like "Foosh Energy En-ergy Mints" and "Buzz Bites," "Shower Shock" soap, "Octane Energy" body gel and "Spazz-stick" "Spazz-stick" caffeinated lip balm. Energy drinks lead out in sales and profit targeting teenagers, boys and girls, with product names like "Monster Energy Drink," "Sobe No Fear," "Hansen's Functionals" and "Jolt Cherry Bomb." "Rockstar" with its slogan "Party like a rock star" and "Lost" with its pitch "If you are going to surf, skate and snow board in the same day you'll need some energy to go out and party" target the young, Canning said. A 16-year-old boy was pulled over for impaired driving in Lehi in 2006 and officers found out that he was not on any other substance but "Red Bull," an energy drink according to Lehi police. Banned in some European countries like France and Sweden, Swe-den, "kids know that they can drink Red Bull and get a legal high," Canning said. She said health officials recommend no more than 100 mg a day of caffeine and some energy drinks carry cautions that pregnant women, those sensitive to caffeine and persons per-sons under 16 years old should not consume their product. Red Bull is not a glorified coke product without the fizz; PRGMDCOLU33E 625 N. State St. Orem 224-2698 boxmart qwestoff ice. net 833 S. 170 E. Provo 377-1011 boxmartofprovoyahoo.com j i' '. ( - " it has three times the caffeine, and Monster has five times that amount. A diuretic, caffeine is addictive, addic-tive, can cause heart arrhythmia, arrhyth-mia, allows for an unhealthy jolt and crash cycle and brings about adverse mood effects, she said. "Caffeine causes heart palpitations." "Basically, we say an environment en-vironment has been created about which we know nothing abut," Canning said. ' The labels on the energy drink containers can be deceptive. decep-tive. "The labels just don't deliver the facts," Alba said. "These drinks are not about the health benefits they claim they are good for. They are out to make money." He said the marketing was very powerful with similar packaging on energy drinks as to the same company's energy alcohol drinks opening an easy transition from one to another. For example Rock Star's near twin "Rock Star 21" has more alcohol in it than a beer usually has. It is not uncommon uncom-mon for these products to be sold side by side in the stores confusing both the consumer and the store employees. Canning and Alba said their main concern is youth turning from energy drinks to alcohol energy drinks to beer to hard liquor. "They are creating a culture," cul-ture," Alba said. "They are creating a condition." litt JI 3S |