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Show 6 Tha Magna Times West Valley News, Thursday, March 31, 1994 Schools Helping your child Six Magna-WeValley City schools among 15 in Granite School District st Succeed in school by LILY ESKELSEN President, Utah Education Association identified as being at 'quake risk by GARY R. BLODGETT EDITOR Fifteen schools in the Granite School District have been identified as quake risk six of them in the Magna-WeValley City area. Meeting in West Valley City last week, Frank Willardson, district assistant superintendent, first declined to name the schools involved in the study, saying that it could cause undue alarm among students and parents. He clarified that the IS school buildings and annexes identified in the report may be at risk during a major earthquake along the Wasatch Front or in the west Salt Lake Valley. A major earthquake was described as registering 6 or more on the Richter Scale. st He also noted that the IS schools are among the oldest of the 90 schools in Granite School District, with the oldest being Whittier Elementary in West Valley City. Webster Elementary, Brockbank Junior High, and Cyprus High in Magna are also on the list of quake risk schools. In addition to Whittier School, that schools annex and Valley Junior High were also listed as schools in West Valley City as being prone to during an heavy damage earthquake. All were built prior to 1949 when seismic (earthquake) standards came into play in Granite School District. A spokesperson for the district explained that this does not mean that these At my house, we have what we call restaurant manners I were husband and My always confused that a change in the location of our meals did not produce the expected change in kla Kntwif Whara ai ypnr rpctoiinnl a.. h. buildings are unsafe, or that they should be abandoned. Parents became more concerned, and some telephoned the district, when temblors were felt along the Wasatch Front last month. :h used at the breakfast table manners casual between the ferences food less than an tend to we ignore anything (meaning would assumed we manners more the and they display rigid fight) in public (like using actual utinsels to lift food into their mouths). My husband and I are, admittedly, somewhat slow at times, but after 17 years of research and experimentation, weve finally come to the conclusion that there is no gene for manners located on the human DNA molecule, and if we want out children to know the rules of polite conduct, we actually have to teach them, You may wonder what social graces may have to do with ceeding in school. The answer may lie in the definition of suc- cess, while it is true that you won t find manners on the core curriculum or expect to pass a college entrance exam on etiquette, rules of social behavior are nonetheless survival skills. Mothers and fathers can set examples for their children in common courtesy by the way they treat each other. If you want your children to remember please and thank you and excuse me, let them hear such words from you, especially when you are talking with them. Insist on prompt letters of thanks for gifts received. Make them open doors for people carrying packages. Correct them when they interrupt. They may never put their napkins in their laps or care which is the salad fork. But if we can teach them that the point of politeness and manners is to show respect for the feelings of others, to make those around them feel comfortable and at ease, and to consider someone elses needs above their own, they will have learned a true life skill. all-o- nAA11J Ol DOBra Af EmUCallOn 1116611112 The next meeting of the Granite School District Board of Educa- tion will be held on April 5,7 p.m., in the board room of the Office, 340 East 3545 South, Salt Lake City. The meeting schedule for the month of June has been revised, with the June 7 and June 2 1 board meetings being combined; they will be held on June 14. suc-Distri- ct Support your local high schools and attend their games! Great fun for the entire family! PICTURE THAN CABLE No more fuzzy pictures BETTER LOWEST PRICE EVER! UNIDEN 4500 SATELLITE SYSTEM Largest measles outbreak in U.S. ; 40 cases along Wasatch Front MORE CHANNELS THAN CABLE Over 350 channels - Installed MORE MOVIES THAN CABLE 1000s of different movies ft w COMPLETE SYSTEM screen, mesh dish motorized dish mover Descrambler & UHF remote control. e Full Stereo 7-- Receiver these children are in considerable danger. During the last few years in the U.S. there have been over 50,000 cases of MORE SPORTS THAN CABLE Almost every major sporting event & measles, picture-in-pictur- NOT ON CABLE m q,)',0!ret,25d' free channels on satellite bIlsT Tv mJkn 32 An Authorized Uniden Dealer 18 4 O MONTH Interest, Revolving Account for the Wasatch Front Uhik' . ?C aIj t J23 it 39 MONTH 12.9 AlftfiH8WIWnizti9&u among jschpolage children; the county is quite good (94 fully immunized), local children are preschool-ag- e poorly protected. A recent study by Dr. Lucy Osborn showed that 50 of had not yet had y.eT PARENTAL LOCK-OU- T available on cable. You can lock out unwanted programs, channels ft movie ratings on satellite Not Fixed Interest, two-year-ol- ds their measles-mumps-rubel- la vaccine (MMR). Now that the measles virus is in our midst, .CfeiWjS.n. In ,f ep9p Rs the ; measles - or 3 534-463- 8. 3. If you suspect measles, draw blood for IgM serology WE NOW ACCEPT VUSA, RfiASTEPCAPD St BDSGOVEP and send to Utah State Laboratory for free processing (584-8400- ). In addition, as of today, all unimmunized children 12 months or older presenting to Primary Childrens Medical Center emergency department will be offered vaccination for your convenience! on-sit- Now, you can oubscribo or place a claaaifiod ad by simply calling in, and you can charge itl You may also pay for commorcial job printing with your credit card! e. If we are able to rapidly raise the immunization level of preschool age children in this community, we may be able to a major measles epidemic. If we fail, the consequences will likely be quite serious. prevent SUBSCRIBE! MAGMA TIMES WEST VALLEY NEWS : " 1 outbreak; the Salt Lake City-ar- e County Health Department, Primary Childrens Medical Center, the Intermountain Pediatric Society, and the Salt Lake Medical Association urge all physicians to: 1. Vaccinate all children with MMR promptly at 12 months. 2. Report all suspected cases of measles by phone to 534-464- . 10,000 measles related hospitalizations, and over 140 deaths, mostly in FREE CHANNELS & PROGRAMS uniden ut k v V 1 I n. w . April 1: No school. April 4: No school. d April 5: only. Hot dog, crunchy carrot sticks, Year-roun- pear slices, snack chocolate April seasoned plesauce, milk. treat, and milk choice. 6: Deluxe pizza, green beans, apcrazy cake, choice of April 7: Hot turkey breadstick or sloppy joe, crisp celery sticks with dip, mixed fruit cup, spice cookie, chocolate and milk choice. April 8: Burrito with salsa, crisp cucumber rings with dip, pineapple chunks, cutie pie, choice of milk. I V h |