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Show 5 day forecast TUES WED THURS sunny mostly sunny rain cloudy partly cloudy 6842 mostly sunny 6640 6838 5933 5734 t,'i Tuesday, March 24, 1998 SAT. FRI V visft us online m Tuesday 1 06th Year - No. 24 Price, Utah 500 Domestic abuse problem plagues area By SCOTT PARKER tion, poverty and the culture surrounding the Staff reporter family. Possible personality factors increasing the likelihood of violence include low poor impulse control, external focus of control, negative affectivity, heightened responses to stress. Alcohol or drug dependence plays a large role as a background factor as well as an immediate contributor to family abuse. C.S. Widom, domestic abuse expert, found rates ranging from 18 percent to 38 percent of par- Carbon County is no exception to the nationwide problem of domestic abuse. In fact, abuse is a tremendous problem that has slowly emerged in local homes. Domestic violence has increased over the past self-estee- several years to the point of taking a good part of the officers time at the sheriffs office, according to Carbon County Sheriff Jim Robertson. The Carbon County Sheriffs Office serves all domestic violence cases in Carbon County. And according to statistics compiled by Robertson, the county serves more domestic abuse cases per capita than any other county in the state. From Sheriff Robertsons experiences, he has decided that domestic abuse in local homes is caused by three things - drugs, alcohol and financial troubles. It disturbs me that Utah pushes family values so much, yet theres such a terrible problem in existence, pointed out Sheriff Robertson. According to a 1994 Federal Bureau of Investigation report, one of the five leading causes of death for children under the age of 12 is homicide and more than half of the homicides are perpetrated by a family member. It is estimated that 1,200 to 1,500 children The Colleen Quigley Women's Shelter provides are killed nationally by parents or parent figfor families in need of help during vio- ures each year, according to a 1996 study. or abusive situations. Val Olsen speaks In 1995, 4,967 women were murdered, with d almost killed by a boyfriend or husband. of children in the nation estimated Wife battering is the leading cause of injury would be considered victims of domestic violence. to women between the ages of 15 and 44, acNo matter what kind of abuse is taking place, counting for more injuries than car accidents, it follows a circular pattern that is difficult for the victim or the perpetrator to break. muggings and stranger rapes combined. The four main types of abuse are physical, The first step is tension building, where miand Val conflicts and threats of violence build stress mental nor to emotional, sexual, according Olsen and Terri Yelonek of the Colleen Quigley factors in both parties. Womens Shelter. They also pointed out that Next, violence erupts as the abuser physically there can be emotional and mental abuse with- hurts the victim through throwing items, hitting, out the others and every type of abuse is a mat- kicking, choking or sexual abuse. ter of power and control. The third phase of the cycle is a period of remorse, many times referred to as the honeyUnfortunately, each case of violence is different and a definition is hard to develop. For ex- moon phase, in which the abuser apologizes and ample, if spanking is considered abuse, then an buys gifts or flowers so the victim will forgive the one-thir- two-thir- child-maltreati- ents being alcoholics. Abusive, heavy drinking husbands involve alcohol during approximately half of the incidents resulting in spousal abuse. During an interview, Wellington Police Chief Lee Barry indicated that almost all of the domestic violence cases he has handled were heightened with drugs or alcohol. However, all problems cannot be blamed on the perpetrator being drunk because there are many personality traits that will emerge whether alcohol or drugs are being used. Some research has indicated a link in many cases to poor physical or mental health, although less consistently found than previously stated factors. Money can influence abuse, but once again it is not responsible for all cases. According to studwith Terri Yelonek about the opening oftheshel-service- s most ies, poverty stricken parents do not male ter on a federal grant. The program was the treat but even more influential is the children, ond to be started in the state. mutual caring found in the community. For example, neighborhoods with many chilabuse. This phase includes promises of change dren suffering from maltreatment tend to sufand volunteering to start a treatment program. fer from severe social disorganization and lack After the apologies, the cycle just keeps repeat- of community identity, followed by high juveing until one person breaks it in some way. But nile delinquency, drug trafficking and violent the violence most likely will get worse during each crime. incident. Some of the blame may also be placed on beThe causes of the violence are numerous, but liefs and values in todays culture, such as popuresearchers have found that many cases have lar use of violence as punishment, extremes in similarities. There are hundreds of books availfamily privacy and violence viewed on television able which list thousands of characteristics, conand in movies. sequences and solutions involved with domestic Stepchildren, unplanned children and chilabuse. dren in large families are at a greater risk for Factors which contribute to abusive relationabuse. ships include personality traits, family interacKnowing if a spouse or neighbor is consid tion patterns, acute stressors, social disorganiza (Continued on page 3Aj sec-lenc- u of U prepares x to conduct local antibiotics study x A, o The department of family and preventative medicine at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center is organizing a study in the Price area to in- vestigate antibiotic resistant streptococcus pneumoniae strains. The bacteria is responsible for earaches, sinusitis, pneumonia and meningitis. The U of U study will be conducted under the direction ofMichael MaGill, M.D. Emery County teenager killed, Clawson woman Injured in separate traffic accidents Price rescue personnel place Heather C. Bonuales of Clawson into an ambulance after a rollover last Friday afternoon about one mile south of Ridge Road on Highway 10. Bonuales was a passenger in a car driven by Jack M. Thomas, 20 of Price. Bonuales' daughter Kelsey C. Smith was secured in a child restraint device. Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Cort Childs indicated that Thomas' vehicle flipped one-vehic- le and internal injuries. Officials estimate that Thomas was traveling in excess of 80 miles per hour when-thmishap Friday occurred. UHP troopers are also investigating a second accident early Sunday that killed a Clawson teenager. Jason Schiew, 19, died instantly after he apparently allowed his 1995 Pontiac Firebird to drift off Mill Dam Road in Orangeville about 3:45 a.m. The sports car reportedly hit a fence post, sending a support post through the windshield, striking the victim in the head. A passenger in the car, Jake Allen Mower of Orangeville, was not injured. Researchers exploring the emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria suggest that the United States and countries around the world may be near the end of the antibiotic era. Recently, a study in France showed that during the period from 1984 to 1994, the frequency of streptococcus once and rolled once, ejecting Bonuales. Thomas received pneumoniae increased from 5 minor injuries and the baby was not injured. Bonuales was transpercent to 32 percent. The inported to LDS Regional Medical Center with a fractured spine crease is due, in part, to antibiotic resistance. The French researchers also determined that because there is a lack of community studies, it has been impossible to de1490 East for resiat 2:56 a later, again weeds, Bv SCOTT PARKER weeds Carbon County department at p.m. Staff reporter dents were burning. At ap- weed fire at 530 East 2450 500 South. Part of the problem, velop a prediction pattern for the emergence of antibiotic reaccording to Price Fire Chief sistance. proximately 12:46 p.m. a call South in the Kiahtipes subdiviKent Boyack, is that some Weed fires in Carbon County for a controlled burn no longer sion. Streptococcus pneumoniae The fire in the subdivision people light fires to burn weeds interrupted a calm spring Sun- under control. used to be uniformly sensitive leave. and worst the was of the then A probably day with sirens in several areas large area of weeds and to penicillin. However, recent Chief Boyack warns citizens of the county as the Price City grass were burned, but a railday, the department has a total cultures from inpatients at the Fire Department responded to road maintenance worker was of five trucks and all but the lad- that leaving a controlled burn University of Utah and Primary five fires last Sunday. there with a shovel keeping the der truck were called out and is illegal, he also reminds all citi- Childrens medical centers, 32 During a normal day, the flames to a minimum prior to the crew of 10 men called for zens to call public safety dis- percent and 26 percent respeccrew of 20 men is divided in the fire department arriving on help from the other shift. patch to alert them of a con- tively, show intermediate to structrolled burn at out A went for to call a scene. the 10 the where half, respond high resistance to penicillin. At 1:47 p.m. there was an- ture fire at 6:45 p.m., but first half of the day and the Beginning June 1 and endThe goal of the current study other 10 respond to the second other brush fire in Carbonville turned out to be a burn under ing Oct. 31, permits are man- is to determine if appearance of half, but the second crew called the department responded once control at 500 South 700 East. datory in all of Carbon County. resistant strains are preceded for help by the third fire. The last fire was at Melody Within Price city limits, a per- by excessive antibiotic use. again. Excessive usage is thought to Another call went out to the Estates only seven minutes mit is required all year round. All five of the fires were ld Fire chief issues contoiled burn warning - POOR COPY 637-089- 0. 10-ye- ar occur when patients take antibiotics left over from a pervious illness or patients pressure doctors to prescribe unnecessary medications. In order to test the hypothesis, the U of U researchers will determine the prevalence of antibiotic resistant streptococcus pneumoniae in children between 7 months and 8 years of age by taking nostril swab cultures from up to 800 youngsters in Price. Culturing will begin in April and last approximately one month. In addition, the parents of the children will be asked to complete a questionnaire regarding the antibiotic history of the participating youngsters. All information gathered will remain in strict confidence. Upon completion of the study, participants parents will receive the results of the childrens cultures. Families with children ages 7 months to 8 years will receive a letter during th$ first week of April. Parents whose children attend school in Price are encouraged to schedule an appointment to participate in the study. Sandy Dean, R.N., is coordinating the study in the Price area. For additional information or to schedule culture appointments, parents should contact Dean at extension 5320, or call Becky Wood at 637-212- 0, 637-443- 0. With the cooperation of the Price community, researchers hope to broaden the existing knowledge of antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria. V f . |