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Show 6A Emery County Progress, Castle Dale, Utah Tuesday, January 26, 1 999 jpiiimiaDm Youre Dog-gon- e Wright Doug Wright, Progress Columnist Modern efficiency requires effort to understand Letters to the editor Gift of life is appreciated Dear Editor: Last week, the national headquarters of the American Red Cross issued an purely philosophical standpoint, it alert, advising the nation of would seem with all the electronic dethe erator is still in excellent working condition. They still have to go, and be replaced with the newer, more up to date vices used inside many of the auto parts and 200,000 miles old. I can tell right now, models. today, maybe thats one of the things A little bit different slant is replacethere are some of you thinking that Im that makes a mechanic a mechanic in these times. Maybe he knows that gotrying to slip in a testimonial about ment parts. At Mine, Mazda vehicles. Not so. I want to say a where I worked in the warehouse, each ing deeper into the part would not lead thing or two about mechanics. I know, I mechanic was given a set of tools to use to any economic consequences. know. Now Im really in trouble with my for his work. We were told that any furHowever, there was a time, good or skeptics, since I have already explained ther issuance of tools to the mechanics when things were different. I rebad, to you just how much I know about mehad to be looked at very carefully, since member going to Ted Lunds house chanical things. tools at the mine had a way of disapwhen there was an assortment of parts But I do know that I paid over three pearing. scattered all about the living room, all hundred dollars for a little box about So, when a mechanic would come to in different stages of repair. He would two inches by two inches called an Ignthe warehouse and ask for a replacement have his older boy busily cleaning parts, itor Module. Now, I dont fault those tool, my immediate response was in the while his own attention would be riveted people who did the repair on the truck, form of (what I thought) was a logical on something requiring a little more skilled knowledge. they dont set the prices on the parts. question. What happened to the other one? But, it did get me to thinking (and thats Thats when parts could be removed not a good idea for me). I dropped it down inside the miner from parts, and either repaired or reThere exists today the equipment and (or other equipment) when I was work- placed, which, in those days, helped to technology available to diagnose the ai- ing on it, was a typical reply. Well, comkeep the cost of the job down considerlments of a car, that has never been ing from the old school of thought, which ably. equaled. In just a matter of seconds that basically said Waste not, Want not, my For years, and without knowing the same equipment can solve, in fine de- usual response to the answer was, Why facts, I have ignorantly (that is to say, tail, virtually any problem you can imagdidnt you just fish out the old one? lack of knowledge) made a distinction ine. It was then that I would usually get a between the old mechanic, who diagSo, theoretically, all a mechanic has look that betrayed the thought, Buddy, nosed a problem through his own ingeto know today is how to read the instru- are you so stupid about economics that nuity, and the modern mechanic, who ments on his equipment to know what you cant see why? Maybe thats why I relies greatly on a machine to give him the problem is with the car. Am I right, kept asking the question over and over the solution. The one would tear down so far? Then all he has to do is take out again, one mechanic at a time. a part, find the problem, and, somehow the part where the problem is, and reLook, I was told. It would cost the get the car going again. His modern place it with a new part, and the probcompany more money to find the lost counterpart replaces the whole part and lem is solved. Am I still on the right wrench and fish it out than it costs to probably gets the car back on the road track? That's where I get a little con- replace it. I dont know who came up for many more miles. The one, I mistakfused in the matter. with that kind of philosophy, but I guess enly called a real mechanic, while the I know that we are living in a throwit has its merits. And, perhaps thats the other I called a parts changer. same philosophy applied to auto meaway society. We throw away TV sets beI have since repented of that distinccause they dont have the second chanchanics. It might cost more in labor to tion. The jobs may have changed a lot nel image, so we can follow two programs have him get to the to look over the years, but I think both mechanat the same time. We throw away refrig- at parts within the part he has chosen ics know what they are doing, and it erators because last years model didnt to dispose of, than it would cost to re- takes quite a bit of skill to do either one. have the special ice making machine place the whole thing. By the way, has anyone seen a coil and with the features this years model does. From the viewpoint of an armchair mea distributor cap lately for a 1953 No matter that the older TV or refrig chanic, looking at the procedure from a Chevrolet? A couple years ago, I had to have the first and only repair done on my little Mazda truck, which is almost ten years Des-Bee-Do- nitty-gritt- Crime Prevention: A ARP Its No Laughing Matter 1995. A Public Service Presentation critically low blood supply and appealing for donors across the country to give blood. Even though the blood supply in Utah was sufficient to meet the needs of Utah patients, the local American Red Cross Blood Services Division stepped forward to assist the rest of the country. IN a localized effort, the American Red Cross Utah Blood Services division formulated its plan to respond to the national appeal. The needs of patients in Utah hospitals would be met first but, by collecting more blood than was needed locally, the additional blood could be redistributed to the parts of the country in crisis. The Utah blood donor centers were opened for extended hours and additional days. The states media publicized the local efforts. The residents of Utah responded. Every regularly scheduled blood drive was well attended and the donor centers were full. Hundreds of people called to schedule donation appointments. Volunteers came to answer phones and greet donors. Donors were advised that some waiting time was inevitable, and they were patient. Donors understood that the Utah blood supply was sufficient and that they were helping replenish the blood supply for other parts of the country. At the end of the week, the Utah Blood Services Division had collected more pints of blood than was needed in Utah. The additional blood was redistributed through the National American Red Cross system to the parts of the country which had low blood supplies due to reduced donations during the recent severe winter storms. Red Cross national headquarters is encouraging eligible donors to continue supporting their local blood centers. While the national supply is improved, the need for blood donors continues. It will take several more days of concentrated giving before the national blood supply is at adequate levels. Utahns still need to donate so we can continue to assist the national American Red Cross. A person can call to schedule an appointment to donate blood. When advised of the nations need, the Utah media provided superior coverage to make the need known to the public. Then the people of Utah came forward. The Utah spirit of caring and community commitment made it possible for the Utah Blood Services division to assist in a time of national crisis. A simple expression of apcannot preciation ad- equately express the gratitude of a patient in need for whom a blood donation is the gift of life. But the American Red Cross Utah Blood Services Division knows of no better way to tell the people of Utah that they have made a difference in the lives of critically ill and injured people across the country. So, simply, from every per- son has received the gift of life your who blood donations are truly appreciated. Gary J. Ouellette Chief Operating Officer American Red Cross Utah Use tobacco money wisely Dear Editor: Whatever one thinks about the merits of the recent agreement between the state attorney general and the tobacco industry, one fact is clear this agreement will not have a major effect on tobacco consumption in Utah unless a substantial portion of the funds are used for programs de- signed to discourage to- bacco use and help tobacco users quit. It is imperative that the funds from this settlement not be viewed as a windfall, but instead be used to address the issue at the core of this settlement: reducing tobacco addiction, particularly among young people. This is especially important in Utah where we see trol. The Tobacco Prevention and Health Care Alliance, along with the Coalition for Tobacco Free Utah, has presented an excellent plan to confront the devastation caused by tobacco use in Utah. It may be surprising to the reader that tobacco is the leading killer in Utah and a major cause of cancer. The agreement prohibits the tobacco industry from seeking to divert use of the funds away from public health and tobacco control efforts, but we need to be on the look out because this industry has often used front groups and surrogates to do what it cannot do. In addition, it would not be surprising to see the in- smoking among seventh dustry support efforts to through 12th graders on a use the funds for public dramatic increase since health purposes unrelated 1989. to tobacco control in an efI strongly urge Governor fort to divide the public Leavitt and the Utah Legishealth community. lature to see to it that at After all, the industry sees least Business franchises are important incbme supplements to many retired persons. Read and comprehend the fine print. If some details are unclear, consult an attorney before signing an agreement. of the settle- one-thir- d ment is committed to tobacco prevention and con itself as a winner as long as the money is not used to on page 7A) Emery County iPr (Ogress VOICE OF EMERY COUNTY SINCE Administration Take down your personal walls and let people in Stories we have heard of the early settlers of our country fill our minds with people of great strength in many aspects of their lives. We read of the Native Americans, the trappers, the miners who spent months in the wilderness alone. They would epjoy the company of others for a time and move out again. Or a family or a group of families lived at great distances from any other. They had to make a great effort to be in touch with anyone else. Recently I began to read of the men living alone in the forest and on the plains who committed suicide. How many men or women may have struggled with loneliness and depression that we never hear or think about? Some people today are often like persons who starve while surrounded by food because they dont know how to or will not use it. Individuals and families seldom live far from other people. Yet individuals and families hurt from being alone. They need to reach out to those around them to say, Please be people to me. What we do is often contrary to that. We build up walls to keep people out for fear they may say No, or for fear they may not like us once they get to know us. This can happen even between family members. On the other hand, someone may reach out to say; I need people, by an invitation, an attempt at conversation. Your personal wall, shown by refusing to respond or by minimal response, isolates both you and the one who initiated the contact. There are many ways of breaking down these personal walls, if a person is willing to admit he or she has one. These range from individual efforts, to group ways to build new extended families. 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