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Show Saturday, April 72001. THE DAILY Hi.RALD. (www.llarkTlicHcralAconvt. . Pets of the week t U ' !YU r- 'A i x if' jV t n & i . 0 ! V J f . i r ), mmtnm!SH.M KEVIN l.EEThe DaiK herald These x male, left, and female puppies are available for adoption at the Utah County Animal Shelter, 2031 S. State Street, Provo. For more information, call 343-408or visit www.co.utah.usdeptANIMAL. Utah's rate has suicide grown 150 percent in the last 20 years, and the state ranks as 10th highest in the country in suicides, with Nevada running first. Col. David Litts suggests a possible connection between the high suicide rates and the emphasis placed on succeeding in this area. emotional crises like suicide. "Society does not allow "It's about relationships room for failure," Litts said. and taking care of one anoth- "There is a lot of pressure to er," Evans said. "It's about succeed, in family, in your job, helping them to see and giv- . etc." Litts serves as special ing them the vision beyond what they are capable of seeiadviser to the assistant sec-- " ng-" retary for the Department of Evans' message came with Health and Human Services alarming "suicide statistics, and as surgeon general for both nationally and locally. suicide prevention and spoke On average, 85 Americans during the morning session die from suicide each day. of the conference. Although more females attempt suicide, males are at lab-mi- Page A5 how fast a suicide can happen for a young adult. "A kid can have only three . hours of a bad day and it can happen," he said. "So we have to be aware of the problem." to die from suicide. According to a survey done in 1997 by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, PROVO Author Richard Paul Evans told attendees at the second annual Statewide Suicide Conference at BYU on Friday that healing is "all about freeing ourselves." Evans, who wrote "The Christmas Box," spoke about why he thinks his books could be blueprints for dealing with and healing from rn r least four times more likely The Daily Herald rrf" Liah hosts suicide conference By DEBR.4 JANDREAU -- , fnw. Litts explained the process to applying four-ste- programs. The first step defines the problem and covers the who, what, when, where, how and how many of the identified problem. The second step focuses on the why and identifies the risk factors, such as depression, alcohol, drug use, bereavement, job loss, etc. The third step- involves developing approaches to prevention address the causes and risk factors. Trie final step is implementing interventions that have demonstrated effectiveness in preventing suicide and suicidal behavior. ... Debra Jandreau can be reached at 344-255or One shockingly strong aspect to Litts' report was 3 djandreauheraldextra. com Speaker: Activism begins in own back yard quent realization of the dangers of living on the poisoned land of the West Desert next door to the Tooele Army Depot, Dugway Proving Grounds and the Utah Testing Training By HAVALAH GHOLDSTON The Daily Herald OREM Chip Ward's stories of life in the nation's largest "environmental sacrifice zone" topped the bill Friday at the Range. 14th-annu- al UVSC conference Ward refers to the Grantsville area he still calls home as "an environmental sacrifice zone" because of the numerous pollutants. That's how I became an activist," he said. "We have the biological poisoned ground of our being. We expect there are representatives and laws and environmental policies to protect us. Think again." Ward encouraged listeners to start looking in their own back yard to stop envi on envi- ronmental ethics. Ward has distinguished himself in the last 10 years of West as a Desert HEAL, Families Against Incinerator Risk, Citizens Against Chlorine Contamination and, most recently, author of "Canaries on the Rim." "Canaries" tells the story of how Ward's life changed when he moved his family to Grantsville, and his subse t( ronmental damage. "Don't get overwhelmed, do what you're comfortable with, but do something," he said. "Distraction, like denial, doesn't work forever, and by the time you look up, your problems are out of .1- -' fi ii ih if ij A jj control." Student and teacher response to Ward's call for action reflected. on discussions of the day. "It infuriates " me that when my students think oi environmental issues, they don't even consider what the air quality here is," Dr. Lyn Bennett said in a book discussion group with Ward. 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