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Show Drugs: new weapon in rape Rapists are using drugs as a new weapon to overpower their victims. The most common are rape drugs ComGHB. Rohypnol and assault or even call out for help. Rape often occurs. When the drug wears off, the victim may not remember anything about what happened. Rapists actively seek out in- pletely undetectable when hidden in a drink, these drugs are dividuals to victimize. Educat- potent, destructive, and sometimes lethal. Rohypnol (street named ing yourself and your peers and observing the surroundings and action of others can help reduce the risk of being rooties, Roopies, circles, the forget pills, R-rib, and rope) works like a tran- victimized. Steps in protecting yourself include: Dont drink beverages that you did not open yourself. Dont share or exchange drinks with anyone. Dont drink from a con- 2, It causes muscle quilizer. weakness, drowsiness, slurred speech, loss of coordination and judgment, and amnesia that lasts up to 24 hours. It looks like an aspirin - small, round and white. GHB (also known as liquid X, salt water, or scoop) causes quick sedation and similar effects as Rohypnol. The most common form of GHB is a clear liquid, although it can also be a white, grainy tainer that is being passed around. Dont leave your drink unattended or ask someone else to watch your drink while talking, dancing, using the restroom, or making a phone call. If you realize your drink has been left unattended, powder. Both drugs may cause respiratory depression and even death, especially if mixed with alcohol or other drugs. How does it happen? The throw it away. Dont mix drugs and alcohol. If you have been drugged and raped, get to a safe place and get help immediately. Ask a trusted friend to stay with you and assist you in getting the help you need. Call the police and get medical care. Call Utahs rape and drugs are given to an unsuspecting person at a social event, club or party, usually by dropping the drug in a drink. Both drugs become colorless, odorless, and tasteless when dissolved. As the drink is consumed, the drug takes effect and sedation occurs. The victim becomes inca- 24-ho- ur sexual assault crisis and information line at Remember, rape is a crime. Help is available. pacitated and unable to resist THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday, September 15, 1999 - Page Benefit concert will feature local musicians ent show, placing first. They will be joined by of Mariah Arthur and her sister In high school at the age will be held on Saturday, September 18 at the San Juan 15, Jill and Jane were asked Lisa Wright and Lisas band, Bitterwater. The public is inHigh School auditorium at 7 to compete against other students who were trying out for vited. p.m. The ticket is a coat that is Saturday evenings concert region competition. They won will feature Mariah Arthur and were able to go to state to outgrown but clean and in and Lisa Wright and the perform. They took second good shape to be sent to Bitterwater Band, with a spe- place in the state competition. Kosovo the first of October by the Utah Humanitarian relief cial performance by Sandy Following this, my twin sisI effort. If you can not find a and and ter Jane perStill and Jill Sizemore. Most sang of you in this area are ac- formed at talent shows at the good used coat or a new one for quainted with the beautiful San Juan County Fair and that matter, then a suggested various places, she remem$10 per family or $3 per persinging of the Arthur sisters. the also on son is suggested. You may not be aware that bers. They sang The coats and monies that a Blanding native, Jill local radio station KUTA and Sizemore, recently signed a were dubbed the Judds of are collected will be given to contract with one of the larg- Blanding, after the famous the LDS humanitarian project to be sent to Kosovo. This will est record companies in Nash- Judd Sisters. Jill has performed wherever help those people be a bit ville, MCA Records, and will be touring the U.S. along with her she has lived since then. This warmer this winter. The Blanding Lions Club is singing partner Sandy Still summer she came back to live in Blanding and has been spearheading this project with from Salt Lake City. Jill Sizemore was raised in working at the Homestead the assistance ofthe Public AfBlanding and was known as Steak House. A few weeks ago fairs council of the Blanding Jill Shumway. She is the a lady named Sandy Still, who LDS Stakes. Everyone is indaughter of Devar and Madge has been singing and playing vited. Refreshments will be Shumway. She began singing her guitar in the Salt Lake served. Coats should be launin public when she was about area for 40 years walked into dered and mended if needed. Should you not be able to the restaurant to eat a ham9 or 10 years old. burger. Jill was her waitress attend and want to donate a Harmony came quite natural to me, she remembers. and told Sandy that she did a coat to help an individual be warmer this winter, then drop She has a twin sister, Jane, little singing, too. She was invited by Sandy to it off at the Homestead Steak whom she sang duets with. record six of Sandys original House in Blanding or at the When Jill was about twelve she performed in a school tal songs at Counter Point Studio Blanding Police station. in Salt Lake. The demo tape they made was sent to MCA Records in Nashville. MCA or Mercury Recording is one of the top recording companies in A Coats for Kosovo Concert Nashville. Just last Saturday the owner of MCA called Jill and Sandy to tell them he was flying them out to Nashville and was signing them up for a national tour with a full band to go with them. Before they fly off they graciously agreed to help give a concert in Blanding at the San Juan High School auditorium Blue Mountain Meadows Golf Course (Benefit toward purchasing this Saturday, September 18, Monticello a new ambulance to be stationed at 7 p.m. in Blanding) Blanding ($1950 to date) City of Blanding Redd Mechanical Recapture Metals Clarks Anne Hawkins Palmers Canyonlands Tire International Uranium Corporation Black Auto Body Star Loans James D Redd Patio Drive-I- n The Homestead Steak House BCL Distributing Bluff ($1600 to date) WW Simpson Enterprise Curtis Jones Desert Rose Inn K&C Store Far Out Expeditions Cow Canyon Trading Post Wild Rivers Expeditions Turquoise Restaurant & Service Gene & Mary Foushee Dan & Jean Treece Rock Speaks Gallery Juanco Construction Cadillac Ranch $500 $100 Monticello ($1350 to date) City of Monticello Blue Mountain Foods Canyonlands Motor Inn Sign Center Warren Peterson, DO GO Miller, DDS $500 $100 Super 8 San Juan County ($700 to date) San Juan Ambulance Service $500 $100 Blue Mountain Chiropractic TOTAL TO DATE: TEAM Golf SIGN-U- P Team Names: S Band instrument rentals 0 interest plan Maintenance included Low monthly rental fees Community Learning Center grant. Parents who attend all the presentations will receive free books or school supplies. For further information call Sheila Sakizzie at 678-232- 2 or 678-252at Jenny Rodgers 1. Brent Johansen 435-587-- D.D.S. donors will be listed at the tournament 1 6 or Lyman Grover at Well keep your bite SIGN-U- P (to appear on sign)! bright Exclusive Hole Sponsor $500 Hole Sponsor $100 Shared Hole Sponsor $50 Other Amount $ (if Other presentations will provide handy information F.A.C.T., and the 21st Century Family Dentistry and Orthodontics cash check d. Redd Sponsors Name Female or youth 17 & under) 1135 per four member team hand-in-han- Rent-To-Ow- n Bill SPONSORSHIP Y Children learn best when families and schools work On Sept. 17 Blanding Elementary School is holding a Parent Extravaganza event to help parents get a handle on the family side of this partnership. Dinner will be served at 5:30, with Pete Black of the school board as the featured speaker. Special Education, Title I, $5600 Donations of $25 and more and For information, call Laurie Schafer at or Linda Swenson at Open House at Blanding School about the schools mission and belief statements, how parents can get the most out of the upcoming SEP conferences, and the helping hands available to students through special programs including ESL Heritage Language, Indian Education Committee, PTA, HOLE SPONSORS paid in full this week $500 $100 donation, please describe) 7 970-565-24- 80 136 North Madison Cortez, CO 212 South 2nd East Blanding, Utah(435) 678-3- 4 |