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Show W m r 'V If "Trr 0y, 10-- 0 0-- gif yiW'U tu ill' 1.1 J tf'Ul , J' ll i' OfiiwmiMiiiMi y ...i -- imu ml fOie National iiwii hi iiii; Ctm8-3nhgpgnhe- unn.i ir. im .. my ii.i ii.i.ni mi. ti.ki..i Thursday, April 3, ni, 1997-- A7 "TV Turnoff Week" is being observed in Moab ' fi .QriU' K9-. C r VS - It first started on April 24,1992, when 2000 students from 12 schools tried a shocking experiment that of turning off their TV sets for one entire , week! Benjamin Lev of Sonoma County California organized the turnoff with the simple goal of helping families rethink the role of the TV in their lives. In 1994, April 0 became V 24-3- National Week. ff To- day more than four million people have participated involv- . r ifif. Seekhaven volunteers Lori Klein, Colleen Beever and Jan Donlon with Ms. Ankerson and fifth grade class at HMK Intermediate School hold props that remind them to STOP, SAY, LISTEN and THINK for their conflict resolution role play activity. Seekhaven volunteers active in Grand County schools Over 444 volunteer hours have been logged in at the Grand County School District during the months of February and March by Seekhaven volunteers. From Kindergarten to High School, students received over 136 classroom presentations on violence prevention education. The littlest children watched a puppet show and then took over the puppets to play the parts themselves. Delighted with the Seekhaven Puppeteers, they gently learned safety rules from Ayla McRae, Art Grusensky, Jim Page, Andrea Baker, Katharine Hutto, and son Kelly. Taking videos, art projects and role play games into Red Rock, volunteers taught cooperation, not bullying and how to work out conflicts. Jan Donlon volunteered to train the team in Tole plkying to help the children learn how to Stop, Say what the problem is and what you want, to Listen to the other person, and to Think of ways to compromise and end a conflict. Colleen McGann, Lori Nagel, Mona Horwitz, Shana Bown, and Mindy Humphrey gave dozens of hours of time and energy to the classroom presentations. Everyone, all our lives, will be dealing with conflicts. Disagreements are part of life, says Janet Van Kleeck, Education non-viole- It-wi- flicts! Thank you, Seekhaven! says Audrey Graham, mother of two. Middle and High Schools students received more than a dozen presentations by Alison Kennedy, Outreach Program Director at Seekhaven. Again, violence prevention skills were taught both with videos and classroom discussion. She reminded students that Youre always welcome to call and talk if you have any questions or concerns, and every- Program Director at Seekhaven. But learning how to the violence and arrive at peaceful solutions is a skill these volunteers are trying to teach right from the beginning. Focus in Helen M. Knight was on conflict resolution. From board games to role play, students responded with enthusiasm to the lessons being taught by Lori Klein, Sue Dalton, Susan Mendenhall, Tammy Keogh, Ginny Welch, and colleen Beever. My kids are playing happily on the playground, with no more fighting when they have con ing 25,000 schools. Mr. Lev admits to watching lot of TV when he was young a despite the chiding he received from his father was loathing the passivity it had wrought upon his children. Several times his father broke the set or cut off the cord. Lev also remembers him gently rocking his head between his hands and saying, jellify your brains, and making sloshing sounds. It wasnt until Mr. Lev became a kindergarten teacher that he was able to see the harm it was causing as children began imitating the reptile martial arts from Ninja Turtles and playground injuries increased. the children learning that dumb is cool from The Simpsons and Beavis and Butthead? If children learn more from what theyre shown than from what they are told, what other Wrere values are they learning that will have an impact on their behavior? Could it really affect their academics, he wondered. As he studied Jane Healys book, Endangered Minds: Why Our Children Dont Think & What We Can Do About It, he found some answers. Our brains are like a muscle and can be developed, especially through the critical growing years between birth through age six. This can be done through mental stimulation new experiences, reading and being read to, conversation, exploring the world about us physical exercise, stimulating the five senses (hearing, seeing, tasting, touching, and smelling) and creative play which is causing the brains nerve cells to send out new dendritic branches, resulting in a more plastic,, more capable brain. Television is not as mentally stimulating as are these activi ties. Thus, a child who is a chronic TV watcher will have a less less flexible brain. The TV zombie look on childrens faces confirms this. d, Statistics reveal children watch 5,000 hours of television by the time they enter kindergarten. By the time they graduate from High School theyll have spent more time watching television than sitting in a classroom. Realizing that families were their daily viewing routines that they couldnt see its effects, Lev felt a for a week or two would give them a chance to look at their lives from a hew perspective. Also, an organized turn off would give them the support they needed. As a result, countless children all over America are now watching less TV and living hapso enmeshed in TV-Tumo-ff pier, more productive lives. Proudly they tell Mr. Lev of the activities they are doing instead. Turning off the TV is a simple sensible act with the potential of improving family life in dramatic ways, says Mr. Lev. His next question is How are the parents doing? thing is kept confidential. Seekhavens phone number is 259-222- 9. nt 1 lJh'i ;'i . i J Seekhaven Puppeteers Ayla McRae, Bon Kelly, Andrea Baker, Art Grusensky and Jim Page bring safety rules to the kindergarten classes at Red Rock Elementary School. 1 Avoid fats in fight against cancer and Grand County Democratic Convention Hear Salt Lake County Commissioner Randy Horiuchi. Avoiding obesity cutting down on total fat intake are just two of the American Cancer Societys dietary guidelines for reducing the risk of cancer. Socialize with Grand County Democrats Pot Luck Lunch. Help the party get organized p.m. Saturday, April 12-11:3- 3"ii5" op Triple Prints, fl"n6" op 5"n7" Double Prints, op 5"ii7" Single Prints To learn more about these and other guidelines, contact your local American Cancer Society and tell Fem you want to 0-1 Civic Center start making Choices for Good Health. 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