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Show mfsm 0ffDlnfi(2lfi)G Free Press - Wednesday, July Drowning poses threat to all ages Parents sometimes place their child in danger of drowning by overestim ating the child's ability to be safe around water, says Dr. Robert Bolte, director of Primary Children's Medical Center Emergency Department. That midjudgement can lead to tragic results. In the past two summers 69 near drowning victims were treated at Primary Children's. Fourteen of those children died. A common practice of leaving a child under the age of four in the bathtub with an older siblinghas resulted in a number of drownings in Utah. No child under the age of four should be left in the tub without adult supervision, even for a few seconds. Dr. Bolte issues similar cautions for two other common sources of drownings: n industrial open canals and five-gallo- buckets. A industrial bucket filled with water or cleaning solutions can also be a safety hazard for toddlers because it is heavy enough that it will not tip over when a toddler falls into it. Toddlers' large heads make them top heavy, and if they fall into this size bucket they often cannot get out. No toddler should be left unattended with a filled with water. Dr. Bolte cautions against another kind of misjudgment - leaving a young child who has had swimming lessons alone in a pool or stream. "We encourage all parents to give children swimminglessons,"he explains. "But you cannot consider a young child drown-proo- f just because he or she has had swimming lessons." Children under the age of 10 should always have adult supervision in and around water, regardless of their swimming ability, he says, since they sometimes lack the strength or judgement to play safely in or five-gallo- - Page 2 We need kinder, more gentler signs Editorial five-gallo- 21, 1993 n n -- near water. The AAP recommends the following to safeguard against drowning: If you have a swimming pool in your fence that isoyard, install a four-side- d lates a swimming pool from the house and yard. This type of fencing has been shown to decrease the number of pool injuries by more than 50 percent. For infants and children through age 4: Never leave children alone in bathtubs, spas or wading pools, near irrigation ditches, post-hole- s or other open standing water. Do not leave children in the bathtub supervised by an older sibling. Swimming lessons for children un" der four will not provide and may lead to a false sense of security. Pool covers are not a substitute for "drown-proof-ing- four-side- d fencing. Parents should learn CPR and should keep a telephone and emergency equipment (such as life preservers, life jackets, shepherd's crook) poolside. For children 5 to 12 years: Children need to be taught to swim. In addition to rules for safe swimming in pools, parents and children need to know safety requirements for swimming in natural bodies of water, such as lakes, streams, rivers and oceans. Swimming lessons for children will not drown-proo- f them and may lead to a false sense of security. Children should never swim alone or without adult supervision. Children should use approved flotation devices when on a boat or when playing near a body of water. Children need to understand why jumping or diving into water can result in injury. Children should refrain from walking, skating or riding on weak or thawing ice. How would the wolf be treated today? The story of Red Riding Hood has been told to children for many years. The story goes that Little Red Riding Hood had packed a basket of goodies to take to her grandmother who lived in a cottage deep in the forest. Brer Wolf learned of her plans and decided on a bit of mischief. So he went on ahead and arrived at the cottage before Red Riding Hood. He killed the grandmother and ate her. He then put on her nightgown and bed cap and put on her glasses. In a little while Red Riding Hood came and immediately sensed that something was wrong. She asked the wolf several questions and in answer to the one "what teeth you have," the wolf said, "all the better to eat you with" and made a pass at thelittle girl who ran screaming from the cottage. Just then a woodcutter was passing by and heard the screams. He came to the rescue and killed the wolf with his axe. A celebration was held and the woodcutter was cited as a hero. But wait a minute. Let's modernize this story. Grandma may have been in bad taste, actually the wolf was merely doinghis thing and thus did not deserve the death penalty. Further, the wolfs lawyers contended that killing the grandmother could be coninasmuch as the strued as wolfs intent was to "make love, not war" and it can be reasonably assumed that the grandmother resisted overtly and might, given the opportunity, have killed him. Based on the considerations, the coroner concluded that there was no legal basis for charges against the wolf and that, in fact, the woodcutter was guilty of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and so, the self-defens- e, If I see one more "Road Closed" sign, I just might go crazy. Not that I mind the construction going on in the area, especially the Main Street freeway interchange, but I don't like the negative feeling that the sign gives off, not to men tion the frustration I feel at h aving to make detours in my planned route. Then a friend called me at the office to find out about the closure of the over pass on 500 East. Or 600 East, if you're stuck in northeast Lehi needing to cross that struc- ture. After several calls to the Department of Transportation project office in Spanish Fork, I found out that the overpass had indeed been closed, and that it would remain closed until the middle of August. The bottom line i s th at we have to put up with this necessary inconvenience in our lives. But UDOT might try to make it more pleasant along the way. Instead of the ugly orange sign that announces that Main Street is closed, how about one that says, "Take the scenic Mill Pond route to American Fork." To replace the notice that the 500 East overpass is closed, they ought to put a pretty billboard by 100 East, the proposed detour, that reads, "100 East: First gateway to beautiful northern Lehi." Many Lehi citizens may not be aware of the changes m ade to the freeway, especially since we've always had to use the 1 100 West exit when we return from Salt Lake. For those who travel past Lehi, though, all of the detour signs might just become a pain in the neck. I think that "Warning: Simulated Roller Coaster Ahead" would be just the cure for boring caution signs. When Betty Liston won "Best of Show" honors in the recent Steel Days Art Contest, she didn't take the award literally. After all, not much was showing. Why, sure, the oil painting was of a young woman who was more draped than clothed. And the work must have been good - after all, it won first place. But nobody who went to the art show got to see it, because somebody at Utah Power thought the paintin g was too risque for that venerable old building, and ordered the offensive art out of the door. It just goes to show you, doesn't it? Now, I've known Betty for as m any years as I've lived in American Fork. As our darkroom technician, Betty develops our film, prints our photographs, shoot? the halftones that we need to print pictures in the newspaper and finally makes the negatives of our completed pages to send to the press. I can only remember two or three Mondays or Tuesdays when Betty wasn't here to lend a hand. I remember them because I had to develop film and print the photos -a time consuming process. And others had to pick up the slack with other darkroom procedures that are an important part of putting our newspapers together. I've haggled with her over prints trying to get this one just right, or askingfor that one to be made larger. I've brought her many a roll of film after news deadline, claiming that required a special development. Together we've printed a lot of fair photos and a few And I can vouch for her. She is a tad opinionated (sometimes I agree, sometimes I don't), but she is not a dirty old worn an and I don't think she paints many naked ladies. She does paint very well. Her oil paintings are legend around the office, as each Christmas she prepares one or two miniature landscapes for our annual office Christmas present shuffle, and then hides them in innocuous packages. As our names are called out, each person tries to figure out which present was brought by Betty. Then we fight (and I mean this quite literally) to get the package with the painting. I won one once, and hung it proudly in my home, but lost it when I left that house. Like I said, it was a prized possession. I've been trying to win another ever -- three victims. How the boys were lured intothe woods, how one was sexually mutilated - anbefore they were bludother raped to death. geoned When Edmund Kemper was convicted of killing eight women, including his own - mother, at his trial it came out that Kemper has a history of abusing dogs and cats. i Road." Their intent was to warn drivers that overpass structures could be potentially more slippery than the rest of the road. Even being used to the cold winter climate of Utah, I guess one can't fully appreciate that warning unless one encounters freezing rain. We found out about freezing rain one move to another building and none was available. What could the people running the show do? Column The offensive painting was removed, the "Best of Show" ribbon was transferred to another of Betty's paintings and the show went on. But we thought the painting deserved a By MARC HADDOCK -- late-breaki- 1 ft By TOM GRIFFITHS prize-winner- woodcutter was indicted, arrested, arraigned, convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison. The Wednesday night following the sentencing the woodcutter's cottage was burned to the ground. One year from the date of the "Incident at Grandma's," her cottage was declared a shrine for the wolf who had bled and died there. Village officials spoke at the dedication. Red Riding Hood, herself, gave a most touching tribute. She explained that, while she was grateful for the woodcutter's intervention, in retrospect, she realized that he had overreacted. As she knelt and placed a wreath on the grave of the wolf in his memory, there was not a dry eye in the whole forest. Does this remind you of modern day law cases? s. since. She's done a lot of these, but no one is ever naked in them. afford is to be laughed at. book Yet significantly, anew paper-do- ll includes cutouts of the nine justices - in Paul preme court says it says. The majority opinion which allows barbaric anim al sacrifices "in the name of religion" has to be wildly contradictory of anything the authors of that document ever intended. The Supreme Court has reversed itself on occasion; this calls for another "occa- boys. The Memphis (Tenn.) Commercial Appeal has published enough portions of confession to reveal a chilling 27-pacultlike rituals - "eating the meat of a freshly sacrificed dog" and recounting moments of the the final terror-fille- d One sign that I enjoy spotting is "Slow Children at Play." Unless the word "Slow" is printed in much bigger letters than the rest, I stay inside if I were a child in that neighborhood. "Dip" is one sign that I dread seeing, not because I take it person ally, but I know that it must really be a deep dip if they are bothering to announce it. They ought to follow that up with "Told you." Another sign that I dislike is the "Dead End" notice, especially if the sign doesn't appear until the "end" really is "dead." I like the way Maryland dealt with streets like that. They posted "No Outlet" signs on streets that didn't eventually wind around to a street with an opening. But Maryland did have its share of odd signs, too. One of, the first signs to amaze us back there was, "Bridge Freezes Before better showing than that, so we've reproduced it right here in your family newspa- - The Constitution of the United States says whatever the majority of the Su- animals and ended up sacrificing other By RUSS DALY Some don't want to see "Best of Show" The Editor's High court condones blood cults sion." In West Memphis, Ark., a grand jury hears that three boys started sacrificing Haly Pianist -- their underwear. e 1993 Paul Harvey Product Inc. Carroll Cole strangled a puppy years before hecommittedhis several murders. Milwaukee's Jeffrey Dahmer - years before he mutilated and killed 17 people impaled the head of a dog on a stick in his backyard. Anthropologist Margaret Mead said, "One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a child is to kill or torture an animal and get away with it." Sociologists and lawmen recognize the pattern of cruelty to animals escalating into cruelty to humans. The very idea that our Supreme Court would give its blessing to animal sacrifices "in the name of religion" is unconscionable. One thing our highest court cannot -- - night when Diane went to Relief Society and took what seemed like forever to get home. Finally, she made it home, but she was not able to drive into our apartment complex; an officer directed her to park in the parking lot of a church building next door. After having driven very slowly and cautiously through busier, metropolitan traffic, she was hit by another car that couldn't stop when it pulled into the parking lot. On theother hand, Marylanders seem to go nuts when it comes to snow. We had moved there in January, and we were fascinated by their reaction to the snow. But that's another story. Driving through Texas and Oklahoma, we saw signs that warned us "Do Not Drive into Smoke." Since we didn't know what type of smoke to look for, those signs made us drive carefully, prepared for any such emergency. It also gave us the opportunity to look at each and every oil well on the route to check for possible fires. Along the same route, in Elk City, Okla., a large blue sign told us that the town was the home of Susan Powell, a Miss America winner. With our great Miss Lehi contestants, we're going to have one of those signs one day, too. If I were giving awards for signage, I think Td probably have to choose another Maryland favorite. On the army base near our home, a pleasant sign admonished motorists to "Drive Gently." The sign was probably hinting about a slow, safe speed, but it certainly wouldn't hurt to follow that advice any time you're in the car. And the publisher reports the book is "selling very well." How much are Americans going to "bend" to accommodate the alien morals and mores now making themselves at home in our country? I've read the Supreme Court opinions, both pro and con, on the Florida case relating to ritualistic killings. If our law is going to justify cruelty in the name of religion, is it permissible to do anything within the confines of a church? Surely inflicting suffering should be criterion on which lawmakers and legitimate churches could agree. Else who is to challenge some "church" that wants to sacrifice vestal virgins "to appease the gods?" "tolerance" for In our all people, our countrymen are moving over and making room for barbaric cults utterly incompatible with our traditions and with our best interests. It should be easy to delineate: "When any practice inflicts pain, it does not qualify for our nation's definition of much-vaunte- d Betty also did an oil painting of a photo I took in Alpine several years ago of three young boys setting off on an adventure down a country road, and ended up making oil several copies of this award-winnin- g which hangs in my living room and in the homes of several other newspaper employ- - ees. There is no one naked in these either. The little boys all have clothes on. Nevertheless, Betty's "Best of Show" painting apparently showed a little too much. About an hour before the show issued the opened, UP&L ultimatum that either the offending painting be removed, or the show would have to Powers-that-B- e the "Best of Show." Le4tei?s Ho the eoHitov Praise for library staff Editor: One of the nicest things about living in Lehi is having a beautiful library with a helpful, courteous staff under the capable direction of head librarian Janeen Watkins. Our city library has so much to offer to the citizens that sometimes we forget just how important it is in our lives. For example: Videos on many foreign countries that would be informative if you were planning to travel; magazines of interest for every taste, and you know how expensive they are to subscribe to these days; educational material so important to our children; many programs for both and school age children, including crafts and story time; a spacious multipurpose room available free for community activities, and for private functions, a small fee is charged; all the latest best selling books, along with hundreds of old favorites both pocket book and hard cover editions; daily newspapers; and if a book is not available, friendly staffmembers who will be happy to pre-scho- . per because we don't think the painting is offensive in the least. What do you think? There are many different opinions about what makes art. In Salt Lake, a billboard of a University of Utah gymnast recently generated controversy when many people complained that the gymnastic pose represented in the billboard was sexist rather than athletic, provocative rather than artistic. So gymnastics coach Greg Marsden donned a pink tu tu, struck the same gymnastic pose and had that puton a billboard with the cryptic legend: "What is Art?" And I guess that's exactly the point. Anyone interested in cheesecake certainly had a better chance at finding some in the grocery store than in the Steel Days Art Show, even with Betty's tasteful painting missing. Check out the cover of Cosmopolitan (can't miss it) or Swim Suit USA, and you'll find a lot more cause for provocation. Or walk across the street from the UP&L building to the City of Fun Carnival and check out the posters offered in one of the carnival booths to any one of any age. There's plenty of dirt if you want to find it. But to pull this painting is an overreac-tion- , isn't it? If this is dirty, close the Springville Art Museum. Call the BYU art exhibits pornographic. (And I don't mean the ones that BYU objects to, I mean the ones you can see every day.) And get rid of all those ancient National Geographies. Maybe some folks just don't want to see ol order it for you. The purpose of this letter is to point out to Lehi residents just how important our library is, and to request help in obtaining needed funds to purchase new ch airs for the multipurpose room. The chairs we have now have no stoppers on the bottom, nor can they be utilized on these old chairs. This causes the legs to cut into the carpeting. For a $10 donation, you can assist the library to obtain new chairs, and at the same time, pick out one of the older chairs to use on your porch or patio, as a spare for company, to set at your computer, or sewing machine, or whatever. These are good, serviceable chairs and you may pick your color from several. Let's show our town how much we care about our library, and be generous in our donations. -- Claire F. Malmstrom Chairperson Lehi Library Board Policy on letters to the editor We welcome letters to the editor. All letters should be typewritten and double spaced. Letters must also be signed, and must include the writer's name and telephone number. Please send letters to Editor, Newtah News Group, P.O. Box 7, American Fork, Utah, 84003. |