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Show V WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS LEADER, AUGUST 20, 1981 Power Of The Pr By quarterback. He is the best college passer in the country. But because the print media has shunned him some people are starting to second guess. Pow er of the press again. DANE AAIGHAM The power of the press. Scents to always be there. amaes this reporter how much influisual and ence newspaper, media, has on many lives. If a name is misspelled or not even mentioned someone gets upset. If a score is wrong or omitted someone hears about it. Championships are won and lost on the athletic field yet theie are still some who put a whole lot of IT STILL the street can say that he feels so and so is the best to ever play the game of football. Few people take much stock in it, just one guys opinion. But make that guy a sports writer and he says the same thing and all of a sudden everyone believes it. It's a scary thing to have that much power. The power to ruin a high school players week. I miss printing that he scored a touchdown and that guy hates me for life. I missed that it was their son who made the key block to enable the back to score and those parents didn't talk to me for weeks. mprovin A MAN OFF a emphasis on polls. College and high school teams are the first people to head right to the polls on the day they come out yet no one ever gets a trophy for it. BEFORE AM) after games all the relatives dive through the paper to see if that idiot reporter mentioned their favorite son or nephew. The press get to name their and teams and that has a lasting effect on the players. They could have had a tremendous season but unless some paper recognizes their accomplishments they feel betrayed. 4 honestly felt for years now that the best the public in Davis County in sports to serve way would be simply to write the roster each week. Dont I HAVE say any thing good or bad about a game, dont even need mention who won, just print, right from the program, w ho was dressed. That way everyone sees their name in the paper and everyone is happy. FLAYER could hav e a super game, gain over 500 yards rushing and score 20 touchdowns, but unless a reporter gets his name in the paper very few w ill ever know of it. Plus, it can never be made up to that player, once you forget to write a name it can never be corrected. Sure you can go back and write another column about missing the name but even then how can that player's parents show the original game story to anyone without the kids name. Sometimes other people just think or say to themselves "how can they let a small thing like that upset them?" But the bottom line is that they do get upset. pre-seas- list. For heavens sake here's a guy w ho led the world in as ajunior and passing last year, was an now we're led to believe there are two quarterbacks in the country better than him? SOME NEWSPAPER or sports information director in California should get a raise for the job they've done in selling this John Elway of Stanford. Who heard of this guy last year? Now hes the number one quarterback in most magazines. No matter what's said to Jim and his family the damage is done. He should, he is, the Misspellings can live with because half the time it's the way the coach said to spell the name. Even then the parents are at least thankful that I tried to get the name in. But out and out missing the name is a sin that bugs me to death. I find out later I got the wrong guy scoring and I get mad at myself. 1 TWO OF MY biggest mistakes come to mind. While w atching a Woods Cross game once a couple of years ago I watched a certain player score a touchdown. At least this guy had on the jersey. Seems like the person whos name was on the program was in the hospital, yet I had him scoring a touchdown on Friday. footThen somehow when I named the ball team a couple of seasons ago 1 lost one page of my article when I turned it in. I didnt notice it at the time. The results were that two players werent mentioned, BISSEI.BKKt; FARMING l'()N- -(i eneral Davis School District test results show students' scores to be on the upswing, well within national .ind stole norms. him Iosrnu; received by TEACHERS MAY be getbetter." he also noted, indicating in times past the district was sometimes fortunate to have one qualified applicant for a position while there are now generally many applying. ting dividual grades was made by this newspaper with Supi. Lawrence Welling indicating intent was not to rate against another. He said the matter would be stuone-scho- died. however. Detailed school-hschool data was supplied earlier by the Salt y note was school board members Tuesday night in a report front curriculum direc-toiDallas Workman and Gram Sieed. Scores lor tests given m grades 2. 4. ft and S all showed the district well above national levels, ranging from in the 2nd grade, at V3 vs. 2.B national to 9 h for Sth giaders m the district vs. s s K.K A TAKE THE case of Jim McMahon righ now. Now first of all let me say I'm not a Jim McMahon fan or a BYU fan but I also have to say that someone is doing him an injustice leav ing him off the By TOM nationally Substantial improv ements were noted in math and reading scores. with Dr. Workman speculating that could result from a change in district policy to a 'more basic skills reading program years ago followed by math a few years later. Mr. Steed, in reporting on secondary activity, said a change from full to spring testing has been an improvement with "dramatic" increases in reading and math show n abov e the norm although results plateauing. arc-no- SCHOOL BOARD Member Sheryl Allen asked that testing information be made available before an upcoming board workshop that could he held within the next month. She said such data would be helpful in setting board goals after determining problem areas. 1 A similar request for breakdown bv a schools and in Lake City School District, foi example, and was used in an article appearing in "The Sunset News", a west side Salt Lake newspaper. MRS. AEI.EN emphasized parents can review their children's test results, possibly using them to bolster efforts in problem areas. Speaking of the test results Board Pres. Lttcile Reading said. "1 think this refutes the accusation that schools while Asst. Supt. Gayle Stevenson cautioned home-teachin- against placing too much emphasis on testing. "We can t just base it on tests we test ten IN .i very narrow range." OTHER action, the board approved a $239,000 bid from Jerry B. Joi,es of Ogden for construction of a addition to east I. ay ton Elemental" a School. Completion is set lor March I. IWI I he lowest of 12 bids received. it was well below t he 532I.Oiiii architect's estimate and at Mi a square foot indicated a lowei cost than has been seen in several veal's. Buildings and Grounds 'Director Dean Penrod said. Dr. Welling also noted the district is Lilly stalled for the start of school Aug. 31 with more than 40.000 students anticipated. wo schools Stoker and Hilltop will not open to students this year, for the first time but a new junior high school Mueller Park in t Bountiful vv ill open, although some areas will not be finished, anticipated. it is SO WHY IS Wigham writing this column. 1 guess It gets football this for season. to prepare you tougher and tougher each year to cover these guys. I'll try my best to mention all the players I can, even your son. Mistakes will always be there, at least as long as I'm here. If anything is wrong in the paper feel free to write or call, like most folks do. The bottom line is that Im here to serve you people. Let me know how its going. Fitness Tips Bv DR. DALE NELSON UTAH STATE IMA ERSITY the blood supply to the muscles. It gives them greater ability to extract oxygen and it raises the level of enzymes that control metabolism in the muscle cells. A good physical conditioning program depends primarily on what you do with your legs arms. And therein lies the major emphasis on the effects of training. It's what happens to the muscles which service the extremities that counts the most. and-o- r LEG MUSCLES can improve as much as 300 percent in work capacity with minimal changes in heart capability. That's why runners, cross country skiers, hikers and cyclists have good legs and swimmers in addition to good legs have good arms. This same analogy can be applied to all THIS MAY come as a surprise. but. by comparison, exercise doesn't do a whole lot for the lungs and the heart. Almost all of the improvement in functional capacity occurs because of changes in muscle circulation and in the muscle cells themselves. Exercise tremendouslv increases "cardiovascular" acti- vities. Cardiac rehabilitation is mainly skeletal muscle rehabi- litation. Heart patients conquer fatigue by developing good legs. Have you ever wondered why your legs are the "problem" when you are out of shape? I DON'T mean to minimize the importance of having a good pump (heart), adequate lungs, and clean pipes (blood vessels). They, too, are affected by the aerobic conditioning process, but the focus should really be on the leg and-o- r arm muscles. Run for your muscles. They will help you handle stress, withstand fatigue and get the most mileage out of your physical life. DAVID A. McCarron.M.D., of the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center, found that a group of people with high blood pressure were getting 39 percent less calcium from dairy products and 22 percent less calcium overall than a group of people who did not have hypertension. This good news is in keeping with earlier studies showing that calcium added to the diets of hypertensive rats actually lowered their blood pressure. Incidentally, most diets are somewhat low in calcium when you don't drink much milk and eat very little cheese. 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