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Show ' f v. . DAILY HERALD Monday, September 6, 2004 KAYSVH1E-Histor- ical i failures arent keeping the Utah Denxxratic Party from expanding operations. Their newest office, set to officially open this week, is in Davis County, where no one from their ticket has been elected in 14 years. Only 10,000 of the county's more than 250,000 people are registered as Democrats. The telephone repairman came to install the phone line and he told me, 'Hmm, I thought I was the only Democrat in Davis County,' says Peggy Howe, volunteer coordinator at the Kaysville center. "I'm not kidding, not a day goes by that we don't get someone coming in here saying the same thing. The off ice is scheduled to open on Friday with appear- - Court Continued from Dl optimistic about obtaining fed-eral funding in two to three years. Whatever the cost, the Mental Health Court appears to be working in the state's 3rd District Court, which includes Salt Lake. Tooele and Summit coun ties. In one year, the number of jail bookings of the people who went through the court went down by 26 percent, and the participants in the court spent 47 percent fewer days in jaiL And they stayed in treatment, according to the statistics. After about 18 months to two . years, 94 percent of the court's defendants were active in their treatment, whether they were still involved in the court sys- tern or not. Korbanka said they're trying to treat patients "with the leverage of the court system" in an effort to keep people in the community while keeping the community safe. Untreated or undertreated mental illness is the main contributing factor for mentally ill people who commit crimes, according to Vicki CottrelL execu-"tive director of the National for the Mentally 111 Utah, it a organization focused on educating the public on mental illness issues. v non-prof- PROVO Continued from Dl ances by State Democratic Chairman Donald Dunn and . Democratic gubernatorial candidate Scott Matheson Jr. In the meantime, Howe and her crew of volunteers are Dusy hooking up copy machines and hanging up signs for all of the party's candidates ahead of the grand opening. The new field office is opening in a former doctor's office with a large waiting room and several smaller rooms in the back. The front office is stocked with pamphlets and contact information on every Democratic candidate. Democrats say they're not sure if this is the first time the party has set up a campaign . headquarters in Davis County, but it's the first the current crop of party officials can remember. TH ASSOCIATED PRESS "They're not going to reoffend because they really don't want to. They don't belong in the criminal justice system. ...They belong in our community health services." Vicki Cottrell executive director of the National Alliance for the Mentally III Utah For instance, a defense expert in the case of Robert Men Kartchner, who the state says abducted a boy in Mapleton on Oct. 9 in addition to other incidents, told the defense that Kartchner suffers from serious mental illness with schizophrenia symptoms. - He was never treated, according to a source with the defense. The expert also told the defense the incident in Mapleton probably wouldn't have happened had Kartchner been on anxiety medicine. The mental health court provides a structure for the defendants and gets them in the habit of receiving treatment and seeing their therapist, Cottrell said. Mental Health Court "helps them to stay in a better pat- - rC?AL CCUTXEL math, and eliminating both analogies and math compar- - Writing Democrats open office in GOP-- heavy county 03 Both new test versions will be offered for the first time in the early months of 2005, which means this year's high school juniors will have to prepare fast. After the ACT changes were announced last year, counselors at Springville High School wanted to give juniors an intensive writing class to help them prepare. They changed AP Language, a senior year writing course, into a class for juniors. "Our juniors who took the AP language now see the writing section as a piece of cake because they have done it so much," Burr said. Runolfson said her school is gearing all students up for writing, not only in tests, but in life. "We are a literacy based school, and we feel that to be literate they need to know how to write," she said. All teacher development days last year were dedicated to getting teachers ready to assign and grade writing projects. . "What good does it do if the students can pass a test but still can't do it," she said. "Instead class," Assistant Principal Judy RunoKson said. "We dont care if they are in PJL or fine art every teacher has them writing." Pleasant Grove's writing program is one of many in the county that might prepare students for new writing sections that are being added to the ACT and SAT college entrance exams this year. The changes are needed, said Brenda Burr, an English and ACT prep course teacher at Springville High School "I am thrilled about the changes in the test," Burr said. "If you want to see if students are skilled in English, you let them write. You dart give them a multiple choice test." The ACT, the test students along the Wasatch Front tend to take more often than the SAT, is adding an optional writing portion that may or may not be reviewed by colleges and universities. The SAT is adding a mandatory writing section, shorter reading sections and more advanced -- about how scores will affect ad- missions. , For now the new ACT writing portion will not be required at BYU for admissions through 2006, he said. "We are waiting for the tests to sort of settle down before we make decisions," he said. "It is just too early to say." Burr said she thinks some students will welcome the new challenge. "Some might be scared at first," she said. "But I think when they actually see the test, they will realize that this is not as scary as the multiple choice. The multiple choice is created to trick you ... but in the writing section you get to make yourself clear." Marissa Daley, a senior at Lehi High School, said if she has a choice when she takes the test this year, she will take the writing portion. "I think I would rather write sol can express myself," she said. "That is better than guessing. I can make it make sense." I Jill Fellow can be 9 reached at or jfellowheraldextra.com. 344-254- Experience Noises and Ringing In Your Ears? Do You tern," she said. "They're not going to because they really don't want to," Cottrell said. "They dont belong in the criminal justice system. ... They belong in our community health services." The program brings together Provo city and Utah County prosecutors, Wasatch Mental Health and the 4th District Court. Each case is screened. Participants need to be legally competent and be charged with a misdemeanor or lower-levfelony that can be held in abeyance. They also need to suffer from a serious, chronic mental illness that is treatable, such as schizophrenia. After the participants plea out of their cases, they get treatment and, if so advised by their doctors, take medication. Initially, they come to court once a week. The frequency of their appearances might be dee basis. creased on a Matthews has been going to Mental Health Court for two weeks, and thinks the process is working for nun. "So far, they've treated me ' pretty fairly ," he said. Ringing, buzzing, crickets, frying sounds, sirens in the night. These and other annoying sounds in the- head describe what more than 40 million Americans complain of, according to the American Tinnitus Association. Those who suffer from tinnitus are often told that "nothing can be done", or worse, "you'll just have to learn' to David Swenson live with it." But in recent M.S., CCC-years, a great deal of research has taken place to help relieve some of the stress and debilitation, though known etiological causes number into the hundreds. A recent research project, headed by Max S. Chartrand, President and founder of DigiCare Hearing Research and Rehabilitation, helped find solutions to specific tinnitus Jii el Jasterboff PH.D. of the University of Maryland. "Obviously, we cannot make any promises as to individual outcomes," said Dr. Chartrand. "But, we have found in the past work, that the patients educaton process alone goes far in helping, relieve some of the worry and stress. Involving other medical and health professionals raises community awareness, and fosters a team approach." "We're talking about a malady that keeps people awake, adds to stress, and often is described as relentless and tormenting. Most often, we find such cases tied closely tothe degree of unmitigated hearing impairment. Correct the hearing loss, and you're halfway home to resolving the worse effects of the problem." A no cost consultation and hearing screening appointment can be arranged and participant prospectus will be provided to those who qualify. CALL QELITE yv problems. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the local effort is led by certified clinical auchologists. Your personal physician will be alerted with the results with your permission. , During the 1980's Dr. Chartrand led a landmark 2000 patient study on tinnitus and amplification, out of which came many new effective innovations, including standardized tinnitus assessment, hearing aid strategies and a compilation of treatment approaches from all over the world, including treatments originally researched by Dr. Pawel case-by-cas- nftur t i . "i I Utah Valley's Preferred Hearing Clinic HCANNO AuocunoN Amemcan Hearing Aid Associates Helping Amrfict Hear Well Again igiZ5 GART A&QA September 7, 2004 at 7:00 p.m. at 351 West Center Street, Provo Opening Ceremonies: we prepare them for life in the business work! in college, in their careers. They have to know how to write.'' Ed Colby, a spokesman for ACT, said ACT had considered , adding the new section for decades, but after the University of California actually requested the addition, ACT polled hundreds of universities nationwide. Polls found that at least one third of the schools were ready and waiting for the test to add writing. "Some schools dont want it and others said they already have a writing assessment that works for them, but there were enough that we saw it as a , need," Colby said. "So we decided to add it as an optional portion so it wont hurt kids that dont need it." ACT is compiling a list of schools that will require the new section. The list will appear on wwwACTstudent.org next week. Tom Gourley, director of admissions at Brigham Young University, said he is waiting for the new sections on both tests to come out before he makes a long-terdecision Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance Minifies; Approval of the minutes of the August 1 7, 2004 Council Meeting Proclamations and Awards: Award to Provo City Police Department for the DARE Program 1 . PTA membership enrollment month Questions lor the Mayor and Council: (Limited to 1 5 minutes) Action Agenda: A. An ordinance amending Section 6.26.110 (Minimum Parking Requirements) of the Provo City Code to modify parking requirements for rental dwellings. B. A resolution appropriating $1,110,670 in the General Capital Improvement Fund for construction of a splash pool located adjacent to the Veterans Pool and applying to the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005. a Master Equipment Agreement and related documents with respect to the lease for equipment; authorizing the execution and delivery of documents required in connection therewith; and authorizing the taking of all other actions necessary to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this resolution. C. A resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute and deliver v Yf, DTNASTM 1112 iH . ENTIRE .JTr"." irvais 1 I kllfl TTTT" DYHASTAR msxtttssai 1 JlllllS fIL & I I D. A resolution appropriating $308,559.69 in the B & C Road Fund for an arb- itrage payment and applying to the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005. .02.030 of the Provo City Code to modify the definition of "Director, to clarify the basis of fees charged for collection of solid waste, and to authorize the Director to establish rules for the collection of solid waste service fees. E. An ordinance amending Sections F. 1 1 .01 .020 and 1 1 yVFl l A public hearing to consider an ordinance enacting Chapter 14.50(5) Project Redevelopment Option Zone) and (Canyon Village amending Section 14.50.100 (PRO Zones Adopted) of the Provo City Code. Maeser Neighborhood PR0-A-- 5 Ml, cg3 1 1 t m mZj NORMCA Worn.- n C IS I jbsSKNOL J 2fj voua. Ji rfr50ll W dynamic tTa cg3 m oo3 Pp1 c- - gg3 f - jTJ J J SALOMON Land Use Items: 1. 7 Salomon SkilMa9l rWMMH MARKER SALOMON 3 Gf t'"!2 ' -- llffL arMOMOW orW " SMRMdhigi SMmbovd 2. A public hearing to consider an ordinance changing the zone classif-catlo- n of approximately 1.9 acres of real property located generally at 400 South State Street from CG (General Commercial) and RC ' (Canyon Village Project (Residential Conservation) to PR0-A--5 Redevelopment Option). Maeser Neighborhood 3. A public hearing to consider an ordinance enacting Chapter 14.50(6) PRO-A-- 6 Project Redevelopment Option Zone) (Trellis on the Green and amending Section 14.50.100 (PRO Zones Adopted) of the Provo City Code. Riverside Neighborhood , .' m 4. A public hearing to consider an ordinance changing the zone classif-catio- n of approximately 1.76 acres of real property located generally West 2280 North from RA (Residential Agricultural) to at 156-29- 0 PR0-A-- 6 (Trellis on the Green Project Redevelopment Option). Riverside Neighborhood m m anMV m b in i i a mm m ; ". mrnrn m r m m. mmr - - The next Council Meeting will be held on September 21, 2004 at 7:00 p.nx m Council Chambers, 351 West Center Street Provo, unless otherwise noticed, Provo City will make reasonable accommodations for all citizens to participate In this meeting. Headphones are available lor those with hearing loss or Language Interpreters are available upon request The meeting room is via the south parking garage access to the elevator. Uassls- -, accessible fully 852-612-0 at tance is needed to allow participation at this meeting, please call least 3 days before the meeting to make arrangements. Council Meeting is . , . . also broadcast live on cable channel 17. m 3 e mj pumuni ' . mmuwm MM rum |