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Show wm I f4 i i c ( Mtf Emery County MIAtT 0 f CAITLI y 1 "ib1 m jw Vftfy SECTION COUNTRY lo) 6) Group et goals in abuse battle alcohol-dru-g Drug culture permeates our society, physician tells group prescription medicines By KEN VAUGHN Editor is perdrug culture a Price our society, meating conof told a group physician cerned local citizens in Castle Dale last Thursday. That drug culture includes a lot more than the abuse of illegal drugs, Dr. Paul Sundrup said. It includes the abuse of prescription and drugs by persons of all ages and lifestyles. Sundrup was speaking as part of a workshop Thursday and Friday on alcohol, and drug abuse at the Senior Citizen Center. A panel discussion Thursday featured Sundrup, Emery High The with One of the things to come out of a community alcohol and drug others is also wrong. When you go home, he said, I want you to look through your kitchen and medicine cabinets. Youll find a lot of drugs that are there just for emotional reasons. Whether its aspirin, abuse workshop last Thursday and Friday was a plan for an Emery County Alcohol - Drug Council. A total of 47 persons comprising or concerned citizens and law education and social service agencies attended at least part of sleeping pills, or the caffeine in coffee, too many people are thinking drugs can solve their problems, Sundrup said. Swinburne told the group he doesnt perceive drugs as the problem, but as symptoms of other problems. the workshop. Thirty-siparticipants stayed the entire two days. The purpose of the workshop was to identify the alcohol and drug problems of Emery County and set goals and plans in dealing with those problems. The program was organized by a local steering committee of Lecia Johansen, Rev. Milton Carr, Wendy Brubaker, Kathy Brixey and Rhonda Cozad. x two-da- y Principal Robert Swinburne, Sheriff Lamar Court Services Juvenile Guymon, Director Tim Simmons, District Social Services Director Maun Alston, and Mental Health Counselor Roger Peay. Emery County Sundrup said he has dealt with alcohol and drug abuse problems for ten years, including work in Provo and through the University of Utah. The slang of drug use is common throughout todays music and everyday speech, he said. He pointed to posters on the senior citizens centers walls which promoted getting a natural high through sports and recreation. The media has presented the idea there are packages that can solve our problems, Sundrup said. of unused The storing prescription medicines and the use of them later through selftreatment is another misuse of drugs, he said. Sharing He listed the following as problems possibly leading to alcohol and drug abuse: 1. Lack of family discipline; 2. lack of morality; 3. disregard for any kind of religion; 4. hypocrisy by parents; 5. peer pressure; 6. lack of respect for authority; and 7. broken homes. Supervising were Roseanna Miller, prevention education specialist with the Uintah Basin Association of Governemtns, and Randy Rowell, prevention coordinator with the State Division of Alcoholism and Swinburne said the school faculty and staff cant also act as the police and as parents. We have several students who have been kicked out at home and hang around the school because they have nowhere else to go, he said. The key is respect among family members, he said. Also, he said, the sheriffs office should be enlarged to provide more patrolling and other police work. Guymon said his department has no organized program and blamed a lack of manpower and money. He also said more community support is needed. People would rather point fingers and tell us what were not doing, instead of offering suggestions and help, he said. They want arrests made until its my son or my daughter. Drugs. Much of the two days was spent learning of the alcohol and drug problem in the area, but the participants didnt stop there. Rev. Milton Carr, Castle Dale, listens as Wendy Brubaker, Ferron, makes a point during the alcohol-druabuse workshop Thursday and Friday last week. The g Guymon also refuted the myth drug abuse came with the coal mines and the power plants. It was here well before then, and it started with he said, alcohol." There's an attitude in this community, Peay added, of not of being showing weakness, perfect. He said counseling alcohol and drug abusers is difficult because the alcohol or drug took the place of talking about problems in the first place. Alston and Simmons both said drugs and alcohol are often behind many other problems, such as spouse abuse and child abuse. Simmons said kids involved in crime are very often involved with drugs and alcohol, too. He cited an example of two teenagers in Price who this summer broke $1,800 worth of windows in churches and schools after getting drunk at a kegger. Both were what we call clean, one owner kinds he said. Both had never been in trouble before, did well in school .and came from religious families, one Mormon, the other Catholic. They were ashamed afterward, he said, and one couldnt remember most of what had happened. The schools, the parents, and everyone must give kids the same message, that alcohol and drug abuse is wrong, Simmons said. Alston listed some of the resources available to the definite goals in such areas as law forcement, and school classes. shelters Brother-Bi- g Sister program within the school. Another group on recreation decided efforts in that area should be directed at someday getting a county recreation facility built. The community awareness group thought it was important corrdination be established with existing groups, such as Alcoholic Annonymous. Its also important everyone in the county be aware of the problems that exist and the programs formed to deal with them, they said. A hotline telephone service to provide information and an Alcohol and Drug Prevention Week were other suggestions. The school system was another area discussed by a group, and goals in that sphere involved getting classes organized. Classes would include not just the physical aspects of drugs and alcohol, they said, but relate to the problems which cause there use. One such class could deal with personal and social skills, they said. 24-ho- Emery High announces dates of The Contrast performances Emery High School presents Nov. beginning trast, a two-a- Collette ct The Concomedy starring 15 Powell and Ben Clements. The play is a musical love story written by Royal Tyler. The story takes place during the Colonial period of United States history. It is about a young girl, Maria (Powell), who falls in love with Manly (Clements), although her father wants her to marry Dimple (Kelly Anderson). The plot is complicated by the fact Dimple wants to marry Letitia (Yvonne Mikkelson) because she is rich, but is really love with another girl, Charlotte (played by Torri in Collard). How does this comic situation all work out? Youll have to come watch the play to discover that for yourself. Showtime is 8 p.m. on Nov. 15, 16, and 17. Denise Goudreau and Michelle Powell are the directors of this musical comedy, which promises to provide an enjoyable evening of entertainment. from domestic en- - drunk. They said trials should be monitored and local authorities loosely-organize- d pre-tri- al emergency alcohol - drug abuse smaller groups to set persons convicted of selling drugs, contributing to the delinquency of minors, or driving petitioned not to reduce charges. abuse They said alcohol-dru- g evaluations should also be required whenever alcohol or drugs are thought to be a contributing factor to a crime. A group of teens are going to work at organizing a welcoming committee to help orient new students moving into the area to the high school. They also want to form a club to sponsor a and kind of Big activties, education, counseling, driving in the broke up into workshop Recognizing a problem exists, they broke up into groups to organize different angles of attack. A group on law enforcement decided it wanted to see a push for the maximum penalties for meet alcohol drinking and community: evaluation, Participants council County alcohol-dru- g one result of two-da- y violence, parent-chilprograms through the juvenile court, and an alcohol recovery center. d A million mining claims filed by deadline About 1.1 million mining unpatented claims were filed with the Department of the Interiors Bureau of Land Management by the statutory deadline of Oct. 22, 1979, BLM Director Frank Gregg announced recently. Approximately 200, 000 of these were filed in Utah. I commend the various segments of the mining community for working so closely with us to notify mining claimants of the requirement to file unpatented mining claims with the BLM State Offices. In the last ten days before the October 22 deadline, we estimate that 240,000 claims were filed. In some of benefits which will our State offices, as develop from the Act. I regret that we many as 17,000 claims were being filed cannot accept those daily. Gregg said. Gregg said. filings, We simply do not unpatented Filing mining claims with the Federal Government was required by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, to provide a way for both the public and the government to The 64th annuql know where active convention of the Utah claims are located, Mining Association is and in order to planned in St. George eliminate abandoned for Nov. 11, 12 and 13. from the claims The convention records. There were only a which w ill be attended few late filings which by many area mining arrived in the mail on executives has eight October 23, largely as speakers. The speakers and a result of the mining communitys un- subjects are respecderstanding of the tively: Dean L.H. have the statutory they cannot be location under ac- the authority to do it. We cepted. Mining Law, If such lands are claimants will be able are making every effort to expedite the not withdrawn for to locate new claims return of those filings other purposes, and and file them with with notification that are still open to BLM within 90 days. Draws area reps Mining convention opener set La Liman oi the Mines and Mineral Industires at the University of Mines and Utah, Yours; Congressman James D. A Good Congress, Paucity in Matheson, Neighbor Policy for the Midst of Plen- Energy dependence; 1 n -- Dean Rex Less of the J ty. ..Energy Minerals D Moore, and and Robert partner in Santini, Reuben Clark Law the Black and Moore Utah subject not disclosed; School at BYU, The law firm, State Senator Fred W. Prima Donna, the Coal.. .A Myth! The Stae Bureaucrat and the Finlinson, Role in the DevelopThe convention fee is Nine Old Men. ment of Synthetic Also speaking are: $75. For information Fuels. Presidnet J. Allen contact the association Other speakers Overton of the at 825 Kearns Building, include: Gov. Scott M. American Mining Salt Lake City, 84105. Manly (Ben Clements) and Maria (Collette Powell) share a moment together in "The Contrast," a musical comedy to be presented by Emery High School Nov. 15 17. |