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Show (SDffQDD13G13ti: Free Press - Wednesday, September 22, 1993 - Page 2 No, we haven't moved to Orem -- - honest Guest editorial Seat belts a cinch to save lives dropped from a By JILL OWENSBY building three-stor- y head first. American Fork Hopsital Public Relations Director In a period, an estimated 15,000 lives were saved, thanks to proper seat belt use. Another 404,000 injuries were prevented because drivers and passengers wore seat belts. Safe drivingmakes sense. Develop good driving skills and follow these habits whenever you're on the road. Properly use seat belts all the five-ye- ar Despite overwhelming evidence that seat belts save lives, many Americans still aren't buckling up. Just last week, American Fork Hospital Emergency Center treated two patients, ages 5 and 13, who had both been thrown from cars while rounding corners. Luckily, both patients were treated and released, but not after suffering much pain from time. extensive bruises, cuts, scrapes, and Obey speed limits and traffic laws. so bones. Others aren't broken lucky. Don't tailgate. Every year, there are approxifatalities Keep 50,000 your attention on the road. nationally mately Don't drive when you're tired or due to auto accidents, 19,000 are children. Proper use of approved have been drinking. Don'tdriveifyou'retakingmedi-catio- n safety restraints can reduce the prob70 in accident that makes you drowsy. death an of by ability If an infant, toddler, or child is and 90 percent. That's four out offive children who would still be alive if in the car, make sure he or she is in car seat. an they had been properly restrained. Don't allow children to play with Paramedics and hospital personcar locks or door handles. nel who see the tragic results of moFor many, following these simple tor vehicle accidents are strong prowill be difficult and will reA rules seat belt of use. belt seat ponents can be your lifeline if you're involved quire undoing a lifetime of poor drivin even the most minor accident. ing habits. 30 miles hour But if they mean a longer lifetime, at per Crashing just throws an occupant into the dash especially for our children, they will with the same force as if they were be worth it. life-savin- g te What are a few leaves in view of life's riches? must confess that I have as many human frailties as most people. Some days even though I use Coast soap with my shower and down a Geritol pill, I still have a tendency to grumble. I For example, after a recent windstorm the leavesfrom thebigblack walnut treeon my neighbor's lot blew down onto my lawn and even into my garage. As I raked and swept I said a few unkind words about that tree. However, sometime later, and perhaps the Coast soap was having an emollient effect upon me, my thoughts changed. I thought of the summer months when a robin sang from a topmost branch and the comforting shade it gave from the hot sun. I thought ofthe many times I had looked out of my kitchen window and saw the miracle of nature unfold before my eyes. The changing from bud to leaf, from green to gold, and then the falling of the leaves like gold coins from nature's purse. What are a few leaves and a few minutes of raking? Another day. Watching an evening football game. My favorite team had pulled a s and was losing so my couple of frame of mind was not the best. It was then the doorbell rang. I turned to my wife and in tones that were far from musical, I inquired, "Who in the Sam Hill would be coming this time of night?" I answered the ring and there stood a neighbor boy. "My dad would like to borrow a stilson wrench." By now the soothing effect of the Coast soap h ad lost its effect and the iron from the Geritol had sunk to the vicinity of my posterior. "What in the tarnation does your dad want with a stilson wrench this time of boo-boo- night?" The boy sensed my anger and the friendly smile left his face. "We are having trouble with the bathtub," he replied. I relented as I thought of the times when I bad bathroom troubles and put my arm around the boy's shoulder as we went out to the garage where I kept my tools. I watched him as he left and commented We have not moved to Orem. Many people think we have because an intercept on our telephone number directs callers to another number, one with an Orem exchange. An advertisement in this newspaper also gives the number as a way to reach me. Strange as it seems, the number that looks like it is in Orem is just the number of our answering machine. Two remarkable things happen when someone calls. First, without a real answeringmachine, or even without an actual telephone, the connection will ask you to leave a message. Second, we are notified via pager within 90 seconds that someone has called the number. We can't always get to a phone immediately, but the notice is given and reminds us every two minutes until we can The By RUSS DALY clear the pager unit. Before the phone was disconnected for our move, we could also forward our home calls to the electronic number, eliminating the answering machine from our house. I don't see how we have lived this long without these technological advances that make it possible for us to have these ser- vices. For example, I like the service that notifies you that someone else is trying to call. I first became aware of how nice it is when I worked for the government. Since I was able to take breaks only at certain times, I found it frustrating to call home and get a busy signal. We added the extra service to our line, and I could get through anytime. Some people do not like that, though, because they dislike being put on hold. Their argument is that they should have the full attention of the other party. I consider it a necessary evil. I believe that one is still within the bounds of etiquette if he or she quickly dispenses with the third party, saying they will return the call when finished with the first. If I receive more than one call while talking to someone, I have also been known to ignore the third party. At least you're not giving anyone that annoying busy signal. Another service th at can be fun as well as practical is the one that lets you call a third party at the same time. Of course, that eliminates the possibility of party of the first part to talk with the party of the second part about the party of the third part. The last time I was in Las Vegas, I noticed that they have even more services available than we do. One of those is the controversial identification service that prints the number of the calling party on a special screen. If you are familiar with the number and you want to talk to that person, then you pick up the phone. If you don't want to talk to them, you can ignore the call. Personally, when I don't want to talk to people, I unplug the phone altogether. One nice feature about the service, though, is that you can see what calls have come in while you are away. But then, isn't that what answering machines are for. I can imagine that such a service might Beatles At some point, we all have to separate pack up and take off to start making our -- The -- - very well. With home and health and happiness we shouldn't want to fuss, For by this stack of evidence, God's very good to us. Well, I see the wind is blowing from the north and more leaves are falling. More leaves to rake. So what? The own lives. And usually college is as good a place as any to start the process that takes us from adolescence to adulthood. So I was thrilled when my daughter asked me to pack her up and drive her to college. Originally she and her mother were supposed to make this trip but her commitment to the Utah State University Marching Band meant she would have to leave for college a week early, and her mother couldn't make the trip. faAfter a divorce, an ther gets used to missing out on some of these rites of passage. It is always a treat to be included, and I didn't intend on missing out. As we loaded up the car, I realized how much planning has to go into the move how much a child's life is taken on the trip. This isn't an overnighter, or a week at camp, or a summer with grandma. This is the symbolic cutting of the apron strings that separates an adult from his or her childhood - to an extent. And the car was full of stuff. There were bags and bags of clothes; a laundry basket filled with kitchen utensils, plates and glasses, pots and pans; a box of food that won't last as long as she thinks it will; another box with more shoes than I think I've ever owned; boxes with letters from missionaries; a few books; a stereo and -- tapes; a clarinet and drumsticks; and accumulated over 18yearsof es Editor's Column By MARC HADDOCK basically all she has. "Did you leave a lot behind?" I asked. "Let's see, there's an old sweatshirt . . . ," she answered, unable to think of anything else that remained in the home for her younger sisters to scavenge. living She talked with excitement during the entire trip about her new "home," a dorm that would be the dwellingfor six girls, each with a small bed, desk and closets and a shared kitchen. She talked enthusiastically about the friends who were going to be there with her. ("There are more kids from our ward going to USU than anywhere else.") About the friends she would meet. (She had identified her roommates home to wnsbymatchingup their telephone prefixes with those in phone books from throughout the state.) About her classes. (Her first one was supposed to be at 8:30 a.m., but when the computerized schedule came back, it was at 7:30 a.m.) About her new town. ("I love Logan!") About her new freedom. ("I probably ought to be a little sad," she said when she saw me starting to choke up a couple of times, "but I'm really looking forward to this." I fought the urge to bring my bittersweet Letters to fine The FDA is now daring to warn American Medical Association and American Heart Association and American College of Nutrition that government will not tolerate those the the the the are good for you. Many experts agree that Vitamin E helps reduce the risk of heart disease, but the FDA wants tocategorize Vitamin E in some cases as an "illegal drug" which should be taken off the market. The FDA has been trying for years to get control over dietary supplements, but under the administration of commissioner David Kessler, the health food stores which make health claims for some food supplements are deemed "snake-oi- l salesmen." Unfortunately, there are enough exaggerated claims to justify criticism. Butfortunately.RepublicanSen.Orrin Hatch and Democrat Rep. Bill Richardson have teamed up to checkmate Commissioner Kessler. Together, they are sponsoring the Dietary Supplement and Health Education Paul Harvey Paul Harvey Products Inc. 1993 E5SB J ! A yo Act which would permit supplements to be considered safe UNLESS THE FDA CAN PROVE OTHERWISE. Our bureaucracy is at war with itself over this issue. The federal centers for Disease Control has concluded that folic acid can help prevent birth defects. But when a manufacturer of folic acid gave a copy of this report to a customer, the FDA wanted the manufacturer prosecuted! There are some liars in the health food business. It would be very simple for the FDA to prosecute the liars and put a stop to such exaggerated claims, but the bureaucrats appear determined instead to punish the Not only would I run the risk of forgetting who it was that I had originally dialed, but I know I would freak out if my phone rang and I found out that I had done the calling. Finally, another optional feature will allow a person on one phone make the other phones ring to simulate an intercom. I guess that's where I draw the line, because if I ever had to get in touch with someone in my own house that badly, I would install one of the fancy business phones with the different lines and the hold button. Maybe all of this technology is good only in small doses. Can you imagine having all of the special features hooked up to one phone. Imagine yourself in this scenario: You have your phone redial someone whose line was busy because they had one call on hold while talking to a third party. When it rings back, your identification screen can't display the number because the caller had just tried to call you and had conference call with your ana three-waand the extension in the machine swering y bedroom. feelings into the picture; she was so cheerful, and this pain is the price of parenthood - isn't it? And the reward for doing a good job or for having a good kid. We both cheered when we came out of Sardine Canyon and caught a glimpse of Cache Valley she because she was arriving at her new life, me because we were finally past the highway construction. We climbed the four flights of stairs to her apartment, our arms filled with bags and boxes, us breathing very heavy at the top, and with more excitement than a person ought to have she introduced me to the cinderblock and brick home she will inhabit for the next eight months. The rooms looked remarkably like the dorm rooms I shared with my cigarette-smokin- g roommate from Arco, Idaho, during my first semester at Idaho State University 24 years ago. (His mom was looking over his shoulder when he filled out the part about whether he wanted a smokingor nonsmoking roommate, so he lied.) I know she is in for an adventure, and I'm confident her optimism, her positive nature, her vivacious essence will carry her through with a lot more success than I every realized my first year away from home. But then, I'm her father, and full of the unrealistic expectations shared by all fathers. Really, I just hope life is good to her, as she takes this step into adulthood. It all seems so permanent, so inevitable, so irreversible. At least some of the time. But maybe part of the old kid is there, too. "So," I said, "are you givingyour bedroom to one of your sisters." "No way, man," she said. Tve got to have some place to sleep when I come home." ecOitop Heritage Fair received a lot of support Editor: The Lehi Historical Preservation Commission is appreciative of the support of Lehi residents and businesses and visitors from other communities who participated in the recent Heritage Fair. The historic homes tour were especially rewarding. Thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Lamb for letting us inside the old 3rd Ward building, and hearingof the heritage those walls Internal government fight over health foods The Food and Drug Administration made. -- hold. A very special incident about William Hadfield as a young man deciding to leave his brick work on the 3rd Ward building and attending the dedication of the Salt Lake Temple. Lee and Joy Smith let us view their barn. Put home and 1 together without metal bolts or nails, the structure was impressive. Geraldine Dalley guided us through their old "Austin home," where antique-packewe were entertained by a group of high school students. Mrs. Ila Evans was so gracious as she showed us her home. One could feel the warmth and hospitality of over 100 years of ld d has outgrown its britches. "phonee." That service might be convenient in principle, but I can see how the chances of getting the wrong number would dramatically increase in proportion to the number ; of children and teenagers in the home. One service will automatically keep trying busy or unanswered numbers and ring your own phone when the connection is We all have to move into adulthood Bye, bye. By TOM GRIFFITHS to myself what a good kid he was. I observed him on many occasions taking out the garbage and cutting the lawn. I had watched him on his skate board and envied his grace. Just before I ertered the house I looked up into the sky. Could it be possible the stars were brighter? And the new moon smiling? "Nah," I said to myself. "You are getting a bit daft in your old age." A few mornings ago I arose to see the supper dishes unwashed. My good wife had become so engrossed in genealogy and some of her forebears coming over on the Mayflower that the thoughts of dishes was far from her mind. Now men, I ask you, is there anything worse to start out a day than to face a mess of dirty dishes? It was the wife's morning to sleep in so while she slept I did the dishes, grumbling all the time about the injustice of life. Suddenly a poem came to me that changed my way of thinking. Thank God for dirty dishes, they have a tale to tell; While other folks go hungry, we're eating : Daly Planet She's leaving home, after living alone for so many years. powsincg be fun to try, however, because I would really enjoy calling someone who had called me and saying, "Hi, what did you need?" Another Vegas service allows the person with the phone to redial the last telephone number that had taken place in the system, whether it was made by the "phoner" or the entire health food industry. The FDA jealously defending its prerogatives and seeking to expand them, is out of step with the new era of preventive medicine. And for the FDA to dictate to responsible medical journals what they may and may not print is unconscionable. Kenneth Scottowns Highland Laboratories in Mount Angel, Ore. An assortment of newsstand publications have mentioned taking capsules of coenzyme 0 as a potential heart benefit. Kenneth Scott made reprints of one such article (from the February 1987 issue of OMNI magazine) for his customQ-1- ers. FDA agents and an armed U.S. marshal entered his home, seized the OMNI reprints and other newspaper and magazine articles. This is a Nazi-likWhat's worrisome to all of us who take supplemental vitamins and minerals with demonstrable health benefits is that the FDA under Kessler wants to be a dictator unless Hatch and Richardson and you him somehow manage to e book-burnin- de-fan- g g! living. Several people felt they were on sacred ground when we stopped at the old Relief Society Hall. Dona Anderson and her daughter, representing Eliza R. Snow and Emeline B. Hales made such an impression-- a focus on Lehi women's heritage. The three-hou- r tours of uptown and down town Lehi were great. Three tours of the Lehi area saw 40 people touch the legacy of a noble pioneer heritage. The Fiddler's Festival was an evening of "my kind of music" for about 150 people. six-ho- Broadbent's Store was all decked out with personal collections and mementoes of one family's heritage. The cemetery tours were fascinating, with special stories about the headstones themselves, as well as the people buried there. Thanks to Robert Trepanier for the special "fast' meals served to the tourists. Lehi has, without a doubt, the greatest living historical heritage of any community in Utah. Much of the goodness and greatness of the past is still here waiting for us to communicate with and touch. We are truly a blessed people when we know what our ancestors left us. -- Carl Mellor Heritage Fair delightful ' Editor: ,; ' What a delightful informative and enjoyable week - the 1993 Historical Heritage Fair! How fortunate we are to have the benefits of the historical knowledge of Carl Mellor and Richard Van Wagoner! They gave so much time in conducting the tours. I was born and reared here in Lehi, but . -- I learned much on every tour. The week was cl im axed Saturday evening with a dinner and the Old Time Western Fiddlers Festival. It was so much fun! If you missed participating this year, don't fail to if these events are planned in the future., -- Arva W. Bone 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. |