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Show c Free Press - Wednesday, March comment USTS changes raise questions Last Thursday staff members at the Utah State Training School were reporting recent advancements at the school to members of the Board of Directors of the Divsion of Handicapped Services. Ironically, the same day, the Association for Retarded Citizens-Uta- h (ARC) released a letter attacking the school. The two events provide an interesting contrast in the current controversy over whether handicapped individuals such as those living at the Training School can best be served in institutions like the local facility, or in group homes in communities throughout the state, where eight handicapped persons would live in a homelike setting. Current social thought favors the group homes, as does ARC, which accounts for the nature and the objections of Marlene Harrison's open letter. And plans are to place up to one-ha- lf of the residents of the Training School into group homes as the facilities become available. But local officials realize that the institution will always be required for some of the severely handicapped. the areas of improvement reported at Thursday's meeting with the DHS board was in the area of resident injuries - the focus of some strong criticism several months ago. Training School officials reported on a computer program which was being used to analyze where and when injuries occured, so that steps could be taken to improve the problem areas. Prevention was a major goal of the program. Throughout the presentation, it became apparent that every injury to residents, regardless of the severity, One of was being closely scrutinized, as were psychological changes in residents. Steps were being taken to improve problems that have always plagued the institution. Harrision's open letter, on the other hand, was a broadside attack on the institutional nature of the Training School. Some of the areas of concern included the lack of privacy, a pervasive odor of urine covered by disinfectant and the restraint of certain residents. There are answers to several of Harrison's questions. She wondered about the necessity of putting bars on the windows of the Woodland Academy, a building which houses residents who have committed or may commit criminal acts. She wondered about the need to restrain individuals, when the restraints are often designed to protect the residents from hurting themselves. On the other hand, Training School officials agreed that Harrison's letter brings up come legitimate concerns. But the two incidents point out the advantages and disadvantages of both alternatives of care for the handicapped. Can the Utah State Training School provide an atmosphere for an acceptable lifestyle for the state's retarded, or is the institution-car- e philosophy outmoded? On the other hand, will residents placed in group homes throughout the community be subject to the same kind of scrutiny, and the protection that results from that scrutiny, as are the residents at the Training School. Once the handicapped are placed in all those group homes, who will visit all of them, as Harrison did, to make sure quality care is being provided. Right now, the state hasn't even designated who will license and review procedures in those group homes. And once the residents are moved, who will provide the medical care, activities and other services now offered at the Training School and mandated by law?These are the questions the state will face as it moves the Utah State Training School residents from the institution to the community over the next few years. They will need to be answered before the moves start. Cheese available and butter are still available to Lehi 10 a.m. to p.m. at the Senior Citizen Center, from weekdays USDA Cheese 1 Senior Citizens 95 E. 100 North. 27, 1985 - Page 2 TV won't rule my day ! (Just my nights) you better believe it By BETTY FOWLER Have you noticed how people build their lives around the television weathermen? People won't budge out of their houses unless the weathermen tell them it's okay. If they have hankered to visit their aunt in Alpine they have to check with Bob Welti first, and even though they've been dying to jog, run, or hike, they can't, unless Eubank okays the excursion Mable wanted to walk down town to mail a couple of letters, pick up her weekly supply of milk, and have a salad at Porters Place. She delayed the trek because the noon news and weathermen predicted a snowstorm, of course. She should have known it would turn out to be a beautiful day. But before she realized it was 73 degrees and sunny, it was much too late for her walk. And, it isn't all the weathermen didn't hear me. He was right in front of the TV avidly watching as a girl in either. Take one of my good friends. She absolutely refuses to schedule anything on Friday nights. She's in love with J.R. Ewing. It's tough to entice her out of the house at 10 p.m. either. She was ready to shoot Channel Two for letting Patrick Greenlaw go. And, now she's adjusted to Randall Carlisle, she stops whatever she's doing to watch the 10 o'clock news. She'd probably adopt Wednesday's Child if Randall told her to, even though she's a grandma already. What was more alarming was when this macho guy I know, 32 years old, brought his car to a screeching halt, ran into my house. a mink coat waltzed around the room. "That's Ashley's coat," he said. Karen can't schedule orthodontist appointments for her kids at 3 p.m. because they rush home from school and hole up in the basement watching "Days of Our Lives." And there are those day-shifolks who record the soaps on VCRs so they can have the "The Young and Restless" for dinner. When the weatherman comes on tonight, I don't care if they do say it's gonna rain or snow two or four g inches, I'm going on a expedition. If my friends can do it, I can too. And, watch out. Maybe I can find somebody like J.R., Randall, Victor or Jack. Even when it's raining. Especially when it raining! From now on, it's MY life. At least until 10:20 tonight. and asked if they'd found Ashley yet. Puzzled, I asked who Ashley was? He raked me with cold eyes as he ran to the tv, punched the on button, and stood watching until the tube lit ft up. "Well, Victor is trying to find Ashley who's lost her memory after Brent Davis told her he was her father when all this time she'd thought John Abbot was her dad, and while Victor was chasing Ashley, his wife was waiting at the hospital with Jack Abbot, Ashley's evil brother who has a thing for Victor's wife, because their little girl fell down the stairs and ..." I interrupted. "Say that again." The macho dude didn't answer. He man-huntin- Deduction says this Holmes is real thing For the next 11 weeks, don't plan on me for anything on Thursday the editor9s night. At least, not between 8 and 9 p.m. I won't be available, and I won't make myself available. There will be no fires, no hearings, and no late nights waiting for the jury to bring in a verdict. Somebody else will have to worry about that. Because I'll be stalking the streets of London, helping Sherlock Holmes solve the intriguing mysteries that made him famous, but never made the translation to film until now. You see, I love Sherlock Holmes -but not because of Basil Rathbone. To be sure, I saw all of the movies in which Rathbone portrayed as the world's first, and greatest, consulting detective. But I saw them when I was younger. Then, about 10 years ago, I picked up a two volume anthology of all of Arthur Conan Doyle's stories about Holmes - listed in the order the editor of the publication thinks they occurred. And when I sat down to read, it was a revelation. d Here was the Holmes I had never known. A fictional character that becomes real as he solves case after case. And the mysteries were new, as well. Because the movie versions of Conan Doyle's - stories had been ,. ' column By MARC HADDOCK loose with the author's plots. pretty To be sure, some were extremely thin. But Holmes as a character was never thin, thrilling the reader even when the story line was a weak. And the great Sherlock Holmes movies, the one's with Rathbone, were made when Hollywood didn't trust anyone to provide a perfect script. Remember, this was the era that added dialogue to Romeo and Juliet for the movie-goinaudience. - The original Sherlock Holmes g stories didn't pass muster, and one of the classics, filmed in the midst of World War II, even featured the great detective solving a modern war-tim- e mystery. The opening credits explained to an audience used to seeing Holmes and Watson in the London of the 1890's that the character was timeless. Bohemia." It was perfect. That was followed by "The Speckled Band." And again, it caught the character of Holmes exactly as Conan Doyle created him. Better than that, the stories were true to the original tales, even though those don't compare with the d action of today's mystery writers. What they lack on action, they more than make up for in atmosphere and intrigue. fast-pace- But the great thing about the original stories is that Holmes is not timeless - he is a reflection of his is Holmes Sherlock This era. And the period as well as the everything Holmes should be -man are what make those stories so sullen and depressed when there is no problem to stimulate his mind, to enjoyable. That's why I'm reading all the the degree that he resorts to cocaine Sherlock Holmes stories again, for for artificial stimulation, excited the third time. and hyperactive when he is on the There are no longer any mysteries trail of a criminal. And he never to be solved, I know how each tale says, "Elementary, my dear but the richness of the Watson." Bless him. ends characters and the detail of the era Watson is, for once, not a dodcan be enjoyed over and over again. dering old fool, but an intelligent and They never get old. resourceful to the companion That's why Holmes has survived detective - ready in an emergency and flourished. to help out. That's why I was excited to learn . This Thursday night, Holmes will that Sherlock Holmes - as he was solve "The Adventure of the Dancreated by Conan Doyle - was cing a nice tale Men," coming into my home, thanks to about . . . well, never mind. You just might want to find out for public television. The series, part of yourself. Just don't make any plans PBS's "Mystery," started two that include me. , weeks, ago with "A Scandal in After all, the game's afoot! - -- , Board members want say in choice for new superintendent of USTS Members of the board of the Utah Division of Services to the Handicapped say they want to be involved in the selection of the new superintendent of the Utah State Training School. Meeting at the training school for their monthly board meeting,, several board members said they are not satisfied with the selection process as it is being conducted, and that they want to interview the applicants for the superintendent position. Adrien Taylor, board chairman, said 'You can put anything on a resume, but that doesn't mean that person will be easy to work with." Two members of the screening - Elaine Sharp, committee executive director of the Mental Retardation Association of Utah (MRAU) and Marlene Harrison, president of the Association for Retarded Citizens (ARC) - also expressed dissatisfaction with the process, saying they did not think it was adequate. Mrs. Sharp said the criteria given to the committee to select finalists "weeded out. many people we believed had sufficient qualities to be superintendent." Mrs. Harrison agreed, saying committee members felt the process "all cut and dried" before the names were given to the committee. The women said the committee reviewed 11 applications for the position. Mrs. Sharp said she didn't think the position was as widely advertised as it had been previously. She said the last time a superintendent was chosen there were 65 applicants for the position. "I think we wasted a lot of time going over the applications when the criteria given us cut out people we thought were good," Mrs. Sharp told board members. Mrs. Taylor said the selection committee narrowed the field to five applicants, with the final selection to be made by Nor man Angus, director of the Department of Social Services, and Dr. Gary Nakao, director of the Division of Services to the Handicapped. She said she is disturbed the selection process leaves the DHS board out of the process, "but we are the ones who must work with the new superintendent." Mrs. Sharp agreed with training school staff members who said they feel the staff at the school should PENNZOIL'S "CLEAN DEAL SALE" Htlii 3rcc press ISSN No. U.S.P.S. No. have the opportunity to meet the applicants and be involved with the selection process. Alton Lund and Harold L. Pope, both members of the DHS board, said they also feel the board should be involved in the selection, and felt it would be appropriate for them to interview all 11 applicants. "I believe the board will have a clash with the director. Weneed to clarify the process," Mrs. Taylor stated. 309-50- West Main Lehi, Utah 84043 Published weekly except for Thanksgiving and Christmas by Newtah, Inc. Telephone Numbers 9 Advertising & Circulation. 32 Ne'S 3 10W-4- 0 qt. . Publisher Editors Brett R. Bezzant Marc Haddock Betty Fowler Subscription price $12" per year Second class postage paid at Lehi Post Office 12-q- case price t. t $22" Postmaster: Send address changes to P.O. Bos 7. American Kork. Utah W003 J MUITIVIS SVES GASOLINE Lube, oil, filter "WE COME TO YOU" Supreme Qua ' tv ii w at us on wi'" 12-q- 2 Offer US. QT.) 94bu qt. MOTOR OH " .... iTm . $il09 U PEHNZOIL . ALSO SLIDING TRUCK WINDOWS ,. jMI S.A.E. 30 AUTO & TRUCK GLASS ri r s. vital fluids, new oil filter. 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