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Show Page 22 - THE HERALD. Provo, Utah, Sunday, May 25 1586 Alles: Corporations Can Be Healthy Places Herald Correspondent The annual March of Dimes Thank-YoBanquet Thursday evening at the Excelsior Hotel honored many businesses and individuals who helped make the Southern Utah Division of a success. the March of Dimes u Walk-a-tho- become addicted to good health. "The purpose of good health is to add ife to years," he said, "not necessarily years to life." is an ideal setting well suited for the implementation oi health promotion programs, a series of seven seminars promoting health cars; has been prepared to be presented to any business desiring better health for their employees. These seminars are available free of charge and each lasts about thirty minutes. By LINDA MUHLESTEIN During the early 1900 s the leading cause of death was communicable disease. Today, the leading cause of death comes from diseases that tan all be attributed to lifestyle: heart disease, cancer, hypertension, cholesterol, lack of exercise, etc. n Dr. Wes Alles, national chairperson for the March of Dimes Good Health Is Good Business, and guest speaker of the evening, introduced the seminars and said, "Corporate cultures can be created where good health is the way to do things. Whole towns can do that, and have begun to do that." May Roberts who singlehandedly brought in pledges in excess of $1,100 was awarded a microwave oven and a trip for two to California Also honored were the students and staff of Franklin Elementary School who earned over $2,000 in pledges. Seventy percent of the student body along with their teachers n participated in the winning an Apple II computer for their school. Because the March of Dimes believes that the work place He urged each person to begin a more healthy lifestyle by changing oine thing that would be of the most benefit to them. As each habit is mastered, more can be added. "You can change," he said. "If you want optimum health, you have to make a commitment, and the harder you work on that commitment, the less likely you are to give up on your goal." "Regardless of whatever level of health you are in right now, it is within your ability to change that," he said. Health is not a static state, it is dynamic, it is ever changing." "The easiest it is ever going to be to adopt a healthful life style is right now," Alles said. He urged the audience to Walk-a-tho- Provo po1 Now Open The Provo. Parks and Recreation VetDepartment opened the Provo sumthe for Pool eran's Swimming mer season Saturday. The pool is located on 5th North and 5th West and will be offering swimming lessons for all ages and ability levels again this summer. Public hours for the Memorial Day weekend will be 1:30 to 8 p.m. 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday Sunday and the week before school is out the hours will be from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Regular summer hours are from 1:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. - ' ' u ; I M Sharlene Wells f Wells Urges Youth to Seek fei 'III 4 Challenges By MARGENE OLSON Santaquin Correspondent - Nineteen of the seventh grade students at Santaquin Middle School were recently recognized for being named to the honor roll for six consecutive SANTAQUIN 58 terms. An annual banquet . honored the. students. Former Miss America. Sharlene Wells, as guest speaker at the banquet, praised the honor students for their scholastic ability, for accomplishing the goals they had set for themselves, and for achieving these at one of the hardest times of life. Wells told of some of her own experiences in school. She recalled how. as a sixth grade student she ran for an office in student government and did not win the primaries. She felt she was a failure for life. That same year, however, she was the recipient of her school's Hope of America award. As her family moved several times between Utah and South America during her school years. Wells said she had to learn not to let others determine her feelings of She told the students to ask themselves what they can contribute to any situation. "You've already proven yourself by being here tonight. Now continue to challenge yourself.' Take the hard classes. Have strong goals. There is no limit to what you can accomplish," said Wells. After signing autographs and posing for pictures with each student. Miss Wells was made an honorary member of the Santaqin School faculty, and was presented with a Santaquin Chieftans Principal Tom Hudson quipped that, "we will be watching for the shirt when you do the color comments for BYU football games next fall!" i&l I".'.. V"rf t'-x- i.-r- I V:-- -i i 4 cy ;" I ;" v; . ' ' ' A ' "' , i J v - self-wort- Adopt-A-P- et r 9 -- 2,t " t Reed and Shirley Culler of Bountiful talk about drugs and a son w ho was treated at Dayspring. "Not my kid. My kid can't choose to do things like that.' Denial. It's usually the first reaction of parents who learn their child is involved with drugs or alcohol. And that was Shirley Cutler's reaction. Her husband, Reed, tells why it was difficult to accept the fact that their son was using drugs, even though the signs were there. "He never deviated from our basic house rules. He never rebelled . . . .There was never a time that he got violent or did anything really bad." An arrest removed any doubt of his involvement with drugs. u f V. Shirley: "I wasn't surprised. I knew it was coming. . .1 felt relief because I knew now he could not wiggle out of that r situation, and then we could start getting help." seven weeks like some of them are, but it's a year program with family involvement." Shirley: "But even more important After more than a year of probation, their son was still using drugs. As a last resort, Reed agreed to try Dayspring Intermountain Health Care's chemical dependency treatment program. But he was skeptical. is the after care. Because when you're chemically dependent, it is something that is a lifetime thing. And after care is very important." The drug use and the period of treatment haven't been a pleasant time for the Cutler family. And there are no guaran- Reed: "I was the heavy at the Dayspring outpatient clinic, saying, 'I don't know what we can do, I doubt if any therapy's going to help, we tried the probation for a year and a half.' " tees for the future. But with the help of Intermountain Health Care's Dayspring program, Reed believes the worst is over. After almost a year with Dayspring, the Cutlers believe in the program. Here are a few of the reasons why. "We've lost a lot in the family relationships, we lost itMu, we've got a son back from Dayspring." Shirley: "It is not an individual program, it's family. And the family attends, and the family gets well together." Reed: "It's the length of time. You take a year program, not two weeks or O Dayspring! Adult and Adolescent Chemical Dependency Treatment A service of Intermountain Health Care More than you expect Orem Animal Shelter would like to find a home for this male months old and basset. He is has had his shots. The friendly 8-- 9 pup can be adopted by contacting the shelter. Millcreek Adolescent Center Salt Lake City 487-900- 0 IDS Hospital Salt Lake City 321-558- 0 Utah Valley Regional Medical Center Provo 375-435- 7 l public AdoptA Pet Irf provided by The Daily animal conlocal and Herald trol ofllm In I'tah Valley. l McKay-De- e Hospital Center Ogden 625-200- 0 Wasatch Canyons Hospital Salt take City (Opening Sept, 1) |