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Show If you cut your hand stringing a e fence, you know immediately you are hurt. If you expose your ears to loud farm machinery for several years the injury is not so but it is just as real. obvious Diminished hearing is part of old age, but older farmers have worse hearing than you might expect for their age because they have been exposed to loud tractors and combines for 20-4- 0 years. Industry has standards for noise exposure of its employees, unfortunately, farms are often family run and have too few exployees to be covered by government regulations. The industry standard is eight hours a day of exposure to 90 decibels five days a week, says Paul Edmunds, Extension safety specialist at Utah Joe. He says 90 decibels is not extremely loud. It is about the level of average street traffic, or more simply, just about any noise level where you have to raise your voice to talk to another person. Edmunds says farmers are damage: (1.) building quieter quiet machines; (2.) taking Kim Christison prob- ably greatly exceeding this safety level during the planting and harvesting seasons when they are on their tractors for up to 14 hours a day every day of the week. The sound isnt very loud, but the duration of it damages hearing. A persistent ringing in the ears is a good indicator of hearing damage. Some of the newer tractors with enclosed cabs are less noisy, but the older tractors have quite a high noise the difficulties they encounter during the maturation process. Pika-Dowill be presented at the College of Eastern Utah October 4, 5 and 6 and at Snow College October 7 and 8. Humpty Dumpty will be produced at the University of Utah December and the third play will hopefully be produced as an experimental Little Theatre offering during spring quarter atSnow, or as a Childrens' Theatre production at the University of Utah. He has recently been named a member of the Curriculum Planning Board by the Utah State Board of Education, whose responsibility it will be to plan curriculum for theatre and drama students kindergarten through 12th grade. And what are his feelings about working at Snow? Snow College has been very good to me personally, both as a student and as a teacher, 1 find the comChristison has both Ncphi and Kim commented. is of our munity very supportive Richfield roots, living the first cultural and I'm offerings, talking two years of his life in Nephi and the next sixteen in Richfield. He is a about the greater community, which is the area of Richfield High School graduate. His Sevier, Millard, Juab, Sanpete, L. maternal grandfather, Arthur and Piute served by Snow," Gabbett, owned and operated Wayne I believe that we he explained. Gabbett's Ladies Shop in Nephi for have a sophisticated citizenry and many years, and his paternal grandthat we have the responsibility to was Pratt father, Parley Christison, Juab County Sheriff for several provide the best possible theatre, art and music opportunities for them years. that we can. I believe that Snow Some of Kim's responsibilities at College is one of the best two-yeSnow include helping with the colleges, both academically and building of five sets and the culturally speaking, in the Mountain producing of five major theatre West. Once people have discovered offerings each school year, teaching Snow College, they have discovered approximately IS to 18 quarter hours a treasure, he concluded. of theatre classes each quarter, Kim and his wife Mary Ann, are administering the Theatre-Speecwho is parents of one Department, and advising approxi13 years old. mately 20 students every quarter. His work day does not end with the The official office number of this normal 8 to 5 schedule, but busy and talented man is in the but unofficially rather, following the pattern set by Noyes Building-113- , his predecessor and mentor, Joe his office is the stage in Snows Crane, many evenings and auditorium where he can usually be weekends are involved. After his found when not teaching a class. regular teaching day, Kim and his Come in and personally meet Kim begin rehearsing, Christison, a Snow College graduate and producing who with his colleagues, Richard sets building publicity materials such as theatre Haslam and Grady McEvroy, are programs and proselyting bro- carrying on Snow's fine theatre chures. Much of his time is spent as a tradition. liaison with high school theatre directors in recruiting fine high school drama students, an important part of his job of maintaining the writing Extension safety USU education services, UMC 83, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322 or by calling 750-276- 0. Colby's Corner Sterling, Utah 835-540- 1 Plants of the Week: Colorado Spruce 2.99 l Reg. $3.25, e 1 gal. size Perennials 835-424- full-leng- their hearing damage risk. Edmunds can be contacted by i Classified Service! 1 Call excellent theatre reputation Snow has enjoyed through the years. Christison also serves as vice chairman for the Cultural Arts Committee at Snow and as advisor to Alpha Delta, a student drama club. He is currently president elect of the Utah Theatre Association, and a representative to the University College Theatre Association of Region VII. Kim served his country for four years in the U.S. Navy during the Viet Nam conflict. help farmers determine breaks during the working day to reduce the stress on the ears; and (3.) wearing protective equipment! Wearing ear plugs or ear muffs is the most simple and least expensive method for farmers to Bilbao reduce hearing damage, Ask about our New State-Wid- says. Edmunds says his office would be glad to send a free set of ear plugs to any farmers who would like to try them. He also says his office can run a decibel test on farm equipment to Edmunds says. Another USU Extension safety specialist, Steve Bilbao, says there are three ways of reducing hearing level, State University. barbed-wir- by Doris Larsen Public Information Specialist Snow College When Snow Colleges drama director and teacher, Joseph W. Crane, retired in 1978, one of his proteges, Kim Christison, was hired to fill the vacancy. Kim will be remembered for his performances in Camelot and She Loves Me, both directed by Mr. Crane. He also studied English and theatre under Kims title is now Assitant Professor of Theatre and Speech at Snow, coming to the campus from the University of Utah where he had taught acting and directing for two years. After graduating from Snow College, Christison obtained both his Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees from Utah State University. He is currently finishing his Ph.D in Theatre Arts at the University of Utah. As part of his doctorate dissertation, Kim has written three Pika-Dowhich plays is about the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945; Humpty Dumpty," which explores traditional concepts of good and evil, set in a situation after the final holocaust, and a play as yet not titled about children growing up and i Noise problems real for farmers Featured employee of the week at Snow College B2 Pag Thursdoy, August 9, 1984 Messngr-Enterprls- e, 1 1.99 gal. containers n S-- FREE FREE. GIFTS! PRIZES! ar h Prices effective thru Aug. Molite SparkPiugs Towne Theatre ARMORALL Groups 24. 24F, 74 30 wt. pennzoil CLEANER 40 MONTH 8 oz. cleaner, reg. 2.29 Regular type 1 99 TRUCK-LOA- D SALE! PROTECTANT 8 oz.. protects and beautifies, reg. 3.19 Resistor type AUTO KECHAMC! We $.89 a4. 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