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Show Emery County Progress, Castle Dale, Utah Tuesday, October 20, 1 998 9B Castle Dale City's old bridge will get a Lets Dine at School : face lift with grant monies, along with elbow grease provided by local scouts The Elcmentaries can look forward to a w'eek consisting of the following lunch choices: Monday: Mexican Luau, meat pizza, soft pretzel w ith cheese, cottage cheese, green salad, fruit salad, granola, tampico and milk. Tuesday: Hamburger stew with bread, enchilada, nachos w ith cheese sauce, spinach, peaches, com, fruit bowl, tampico and milk. Wednesday: Beef Fajitas, pigs in a blanket, potato puffs, peanut butter bars, pineapple chunks, fresh vegetable sticks, tampico and milk. Fried chicken dinner with roll, deli sandw ich Thursday: w ith potato chips, broccoli and cheese, beets, raisins, fruit bowl, applesauce, tampico and milk. chicken nuggets, green salad, rolls, Friday: cocoleana cake, potatoes au gratin, peas and carrots, pears, tampico Beef-a-ron- i, and milk. Now I dont know about you, but I think I could eat! Have a great week students, and until next article, enjoy your school food and be sure to thank your servers. They put in many long hard hours and deserve to be recognized for that time. Easy Gardening Jack Progress Columnist Lang, The old bridge in Castle Dale is being for use by walkers, joggers, bikers, etc., with grant monies. Before the can be done however, the old decking must be removed. The Scouts of the Castle Dale Third Ward have volunteered to remove and clean up the debris of the old decking as an Eagle PROGRESS . PHOTODoris Quinn Scout project. They have begun work and are hoping that it will take them the 100 hours required for an Eagle Scout project. Pictured above Ben Jorgensen, Ben Fuller, Dennis Fuller and Brett Bunderson work to remove part of the old decking on the bridge. Dont waste your leaves and grass trimmings! Work them into your garden this fall. This will break down and help keep your soil loose and also make plant food for the coming growing season. Now is also a very good time to put phosphate into the soil. Once into the soil phosphate will never be washed away like the nitrates. Phosphate is needed by potatoes, tomatoes and all of the bean and pea plants. If you have new trees and wooded plants in your open soil or garden work grass trimming, leaves and other types of compost into the soil. This will help hold the moisture in and around the young plants. Be sure to weather is mild. They need moisture throughout the winter to survive. For early spring flowers like tulips, hyacinths, daffodils, crocus and many other types of bulbs from now until the grou nd starts to freeze is the perfect time to plant. Our local nursery has a nice selection of bulbs to choose from. I believe that you should plant as many as possible in different colors and types to give added color to your spring flower garden. If you would like some help or encouragement give me a call, To end this column on a humorous note I ask: What is the true definition of a farmer? A man who out standing in his 687-534- water your young plants throughout the winter if the field! Local car safety education a Castleview Hospital focuses on grandparents Trauma from motor JACKIE ANDERSON in motor vehicle By Sun Advocate staff reporter effort to create public awareness regarding vehicle safety, Southeastern Utah Health District, Castleview Hospital and the Utah Highway Patrol are conducting a grandparents day child restraint safety check and training seminar on October 22. Interested persons may check future publications of the Sun Advocate for more information. When questioned, Why grandparents?, Georgina Novak, Health Educator for Southeastern Utah Health District, responded, This is our way of looking at the total community We begin by educating sixteen year old beginning drivers, then young parents of infant children, and continue on through grandparents; the circle of life. Novak stresses that in an age where many homes have single parents, and many two parent homes have both parents working outside of the home, grandparents often become the main caretakers for preschool and young school age children. Todays grandparents come from a generation that was not educated in the safe use of child restraints, continues Novak. She also reports having received many calls from concerned citi- zens regarding children sitting in the laps of adults in the front seat, or being otherwise unrestrained in the vehicle. The department also receives requests from grandparents wanting to rent car seats for visiting grandchildren. All of these factors point to a strong need for grandparent education, points out Novak. Novak would like citizens to understand that vehicle safety is an attitude. Athletes use safety equipment for baseball, football, equestrian sports, etc., she reminds motorists. Astronauts and car racers use safety equipment. Motorist must adopt the same mind set. According to the Utah Highway Safety Office, motor vehicle crashes continue to needlessly crashes is the leading cause of death and serious injury to children in the United States. Ninety-fivpercent of car seats are misused, according to Novak. To insure a childs safety you must secure the child properly in the seat and secure the seat properly in the car. A common mistake Novak sees parents making is leaving the handle of car scatcarriers up in the car and throwing a blanket over them to shield babys eyes from the sun. What will shield babys eyes from the broken handle in a crash? she asks. e Novak emphasizes a vehicle on Utah roadways. The child restraint law was amended in 1996, mandating that all children up to ten years of age must be properly restrained in motor vehicles in it be the dash, windshield, steering wheel, air bag, etc., and the third and final crash is that of the bodys internal organs colliding with the inner body restraints of bone and muscle. Did you know that in a crash or sudden stop, your body weight is multiplied by the speed of the car? A thirty pound child in an impact at 40 miles per hour will strike the interior car surfaces, or objects outside the vehicle with the force of a 1,200 pound object. An adult weighing 150 pounds in an impact at 40 miles per hour will strike the interior of the car surfaces with the force of a 6,000 pound object. Imagine the impact on a young child seated between that adult and the steering wheel. An adult weighing 150 pounds in an impact with, say a deer, or even a large boulder, at 75 miles per hour will strike the interior of the car surfaces, or objects outside the vehicle with the force of a 11,250 pound object. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, deaths and serious disabilities caused by motor vehicle crashes could be reduced by approximately 50 percent with use of safety belts and child Without Advertising a Terrible Thing Happens... paigns, health and safety fairs, incentive programs, as well as Safe community grants. These services are offered by various organizations including: Utah Highway Patrol, Utah Highway SAFETY INSPECTION GUARANTEED Reg. $10.00 with WE GUARANTEE OUR WORK SO YOU KNOW ITLL BE DONE RIGHT! coupon Exp. is making sure you come back Years of professional know-hoto do business with us again and again. 11398 go Days Same As Cash w O.A.C. 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