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Show Home of The Mormon Miracle Pageant 1995 Dates: July 50 cents VOLUME 109 NUMBER 36 James Andrews: Model with a Message gives that message to Manti, Ephraim, Sterling students He insists hes never littered, Not once in his entire life. While many of us might find that difficult to swallow, Msgt.. James Andrews, the local actor who portrays the leather-cla- d tough guy in the Dont Waste Utah television commercials, is emphatic that its the truth. One or twice Ive even had stuff accidentally blow out of my car window, Andrews says. I the car, turned around, went back and picked it up. This was long before 1 started with the campaign. Andrews told his story Tues- day, March 14, to Manti High School and Ephraim Middle . : School students. At the top of his agenda was a of Utahs litter problem and how Manti, Ephraim and Ster- ling students can help him in his fight against trash. Its important that these stu- dents understand that they can make a difference and contribute to solutions for litter and other en- - vironmental problems, ; says Often its students like these who end up teaching adults the importance of not litter- A.ndrews. Other topics discussed with students included not wasting and maintaining healthy lifestyles. For the past six years. Andrews has traveled the state vis- iting schools around the state and spreading his Dont Waste Utah message. Since then, Utah Department of Transporta- and road crews report as much as 40 percent reduction in road- fitter in some areas of the anti-litt- er 7, 8,11-1- 5 Manti LDS Temple MANTI, UTAH 84642, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1995 New Horizons group to perform tonight guy nwwiy'WHK "If state. All my life Ive been ronmentally concerned, says Andrews. For this reason Ive always hated littering because its not only irresponsible, its people taking our natural environmental for granted. One could say Andrews dis- likes people taking anything for granted. Dont get him started on the national pastime of sumption, or what he refers to as our throw-aay society. I tend to be a pack rat. I dont like to throw anything away. which drives my wife crazy, Andrews says. People need to think twice about being wasteful. As a society, were materialistic and tend to see everything as posable. We often think Oh, Ill throw it away and just buy a new one, as opposed to trying to restore or repair it. For this reason, Im very much into recycling. Andrews, who was bom and raised in Salt Lake City, has been acting since he watched Michael Landon on Bonanza and Clint Eastwood in his spaghetti west-- ; to mention Tarzan K ,wt mov-abo- ot .Kli - I i I n A i '" ' , : yt v f'i full-tim- ' f ? J iS - ti r ( i i A i t Jsry T VA ? A I iar 1 4 . j The group presents an excellent performance for fami lies. There is no charge for admission. who would like to be entertained by an excellent performing group are welcome. All I S V Hospital surgeon utilizes state-of-the-a- rt techniques in surgical procedure Thanks to a new technology, Steven Mickelscn of Redmond, was back on the job a little more than two weeks, after ha ing major surgery on both his hands last posi-yours- pub-sid- v f A sC cA Manti Utah Stake present "Never Ending Melody" by New Horizons, a musical group from the Logan Institute of Religion on Thursday, March 23 at 7 p.m. at the Manti High School. ut anti-tio- j. - New Horizons ies. recruiting officer for the Utah Air e National Guard- -a tion thats the result of more than 14 years active service in the United States Air Force and the Utah National Guard, Statistically speaking, most people who litter in Utah are male, between the ages of 18 and 24. n UDOT strived to deliver its fitter message to this audience e when they commissioned the lie service campaign in 1989. yjc w i, 4 - rAiAtlA M . w em--n- i H ed on - ln envi- - In his day job, Andrews is a ing. 6, the body , quicker recov cry times and less pain. In the procedure two tiny incisions are made, one in the up- per palm of the hand, the other in the wrist. A small instrument is Before the surgery, nights had placed through the w rist and into been an unpleasant thing for the palm of the hand. Then using Mickelsen. He had trouble sleepthe endoscope, the surgeon careing because of intense pain in his fully cuts the transverse carpal wrists that frequently awakened ligament. him at night. During the day, The ligament has been acting numbness and weakness in his muck like a lid covering very tight hands often meant losing grip of quarters where the median is objects and dropping them. housed. In individuals suffering Mickelsen has worked in many from carpal tunnel syndrome, the jobs where lifting heavy objects nerve is crowded, typically by tisand using his hands are commonsues swollen by water retention, place. or by additional fat cells, traumaDr. Randy Hansen performs endoscopic carpal tunnel surFinally Mickelsen visited his tized tissue or inflamed tissue. gery at Sanpete Valley Hospital. The new technology means physician. After a nerve test, less pain and quicker recovery time for patients. Mickelsen was diagnosed with During surgery . the transverse intunnel an carpal syndrome, ligament is snipped, much like that condition common creasingly loosening a lid. to allow more is more prevalent in indiv iduals room for the nerve and surroundwho use their hands in repetitive ing tissue. That room also means eventual freedom from symptoms, motions, people who are overoften the cv ening after surgery. weight and pregnant women. The syndrome is caused by According to Dr. Hansen, the meon exerted the pressure being endoscopic version of the surgery Utah, the West, and the available time and energy to his art dian nerve in the wrist. is appropriate in about 98 percent can tunnel Imagination is the new exhibit at work. He has made it a lifetime of patients. Patients who have had syndrome Carpal the Central Utah Art Center in pursuit to see, appreciate and phoin includbe treated various ways, prev ious carpal tunnel syndrome Ephraim from March 15 through tograph the scenery of the west. I le ing the use of splints. But in surgery generally are not candiApril 8. The paintings by featured especially loves rangelands and Mickclscnscase, these more condates for this procedure because artist Stan Elmer, a native Utah rural communities that display a servative measures failed and the of scar tissue. painter who fives in Bountiful, in- delicate touch of human effort on condition called for surgery. The endoscopic technology clude landscapes, seascapes and the natural landscape. Owners of Mickelsen was referred to shaves about half the time off the florals in a variety of water me- his paintings mention the calmSanpete Valley Hospital surgeon actual surgery. It also means an dia, including watercolors, water-colness, serenity and peacefulness Randy Hansen, MD, who per- average of two weeks recovery pencils, acrylics, inks and found in his works. forms most carpal tunnel syn- v ersus four to six w ecks in the trawater-base-d latex paints. Exhibits Elmer received a Bachelor of drome surgeries now through use ditional procedure. at the Art Center change every five Fine Arts and a Graduate Certifiof endoscopic equipment. As in Mickelsens case, seeks. cate in Planning, both from the televiEndoscopy is basically endoscopic carpal tunnel surgery Elmer has used his artistic tal- University of Utah. He has studsion technology that allows the is usually same-daIt is not unents since childhood. Since his ied art extensively with well slits work to common that patients go home through tiny surgeon retirement almost known and the in national early rather than major openings Dr. eight years from the hospital pain-freregional ago, he has devoted much of his lanscn said. body. That means less trauma to month. New exhibit at Central Utah Art Center features work of noted artist Stan Elmer 1 or y. Actor James Andrew and his dog, Hoover, recently talked to Manti, Ephraim and Sterling students about UDOTs "Don't Waste Utah" campaign. O O e, 1 |