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Show And Shares Her Story 3B WEST VALLEY VIEW Thursday, April 5, 1984 Counselor Knows What She's Talking About by Helen Glissmeyer SALT LAKE. When Connie Hale counsels drug users or kids locked up in a correctional facility, she is often told, you just dont understand my problem. Her retort is, Oh yes I do. I have been there myself. Then she proceeds to tell them about her seven-yea- r nightmare to overcome the effects of drugs. She admits to using every kind of drug there is and being submitted to every cure program. In fact, she believes it is a miracle that she was able to live through it all. But she has, and 10 years down the road, her life has made a complete turnabout. Besides working as a counselor at the County Dentention Center, she attends the University of Utah and as a senior is hoping eventually to complete a Ph.D. in education psychology. She is a volunteer with adult probation and parole, gives drug education for the drug enforcement administration (department of justice) and works with youth corrections for the Police Academy and with Granite Mental Health. She is a popular speaker with youth groups, addressing mostly junior and senior high schools. She knows her story is her best tool for helping others and she is not ashamed to tell it. It unfolds like a TV drama. As a young girl, she was a 100 percent at- - tender at church, a cheerleader at school, had taken nine years of tap and ballet lessons, sang in a school operetta and had never used tobacco or alcohol. Then came the event which changed her life - her marriage at age 17. She had four children by the time she was 21. Her husband, she explained, decided he couldnt deal with so much responsibility and abandoned her. At first she was angry. Then came severe depression. This made her vulnerable and she was befriended by the wrong kind of people, who introduced her to marijuana. Subsequently she went on to speed, acid, cocaine, LSD, PCP and then on to heroin, which eventually was costing her $800 a day. To support such a habit, she explains, a person gets money in one of three ways: burglary or robbery, prostitution or selling the drugs. She chose the latter. Her life just kept deteriorating. She was hospitalized often and put in jail 14 times, including the state prison. She was in every program there was to rehabilitate. Finally, she said, I was just burned out and committing mental suicide. Then one day she told herself, Nobodys going to help me unless I help myself. And she started the long way back. What happened to Mrs. Hales children while all this was going on? She admits is was tough for them." Her mother cared for them most of s the time, so now as they will be okay. She has remarried, resides in Magna and her life is starting to have some successes. Besides her own children, she has a niece living with her and usually has a foster child or two in her home. Mrs. Hale has found there is a real drug problem among young people in the Salt Lake area, probably because parents refuse to recognize it. One of the widespread problems, she feels, is that ours is a nation of take something to feel better. This idea has been inflicted upon us most by TV, with its advertisements of a pill for every tiny ailment. In our schools, Mrs. Hale observes, there are very few kids who dont know how to get drugs if they want them, The schools are divided between users and nonusers. The basic reason kids go on drugs is depression and lack of selfesteem. At one time or another they will have to make the decision of whether to go on drugs or not. She hopes she can have an influence on a great many of them, to help them make the right choice, to keep them from making the same mistakes she did. COUNSELOR . . . Connie Hale, a counselor at Juvenile Detention Center, talks to detainees about the problems associated with drug use. teen-ager- Open House - Glenn Harts Note Golden Anniversary They first lived in Idaho Falls where they owned and operated the Nite Hawk and Harts Ice Cream Parlors for 9 years. Sons Bob and Don were born while they were In Idaho. Next they moved to Denver, where they worked evenings, for Ethels father at the Rainbow Ballroom, and Glenn worked at a creamery during the day. Five years later they returned to Utah, living on a small farm while Glenn worked at Murray Smelter. When the smelter closed he went to work in route sales for Miller Honey and Peerless Yeast. Son Steve was born on the farm. Their next move, 27 years ago, brought them to their present address. Glenn next worked at Thornton Manufacturing and Ethel ran a day nursery, commenting that they both The sons of Glenn and Ethel Hart will honor their parents at an open house, April 7, In celebration of their golden wedding anniversary. Family and friends are being invited to call at 542 East 4500 South between 4 and 8 p.m. Parking is available across the street and the family requests no gifts. Glenn was born in Salt Lake, the son of William T. and Janet N. Hart, in a home on Post Street and 6th South. He graduated from West high and served an LDS mission to England. Ethel is the daughter of Lester J. and Mabel W. Strong. She was born in her home at 1213 Harrison Avenue, graduated from LDS high and attended LDS Business College. Glenn and Ethel met when both were employed at the Bluebird and were married on April 2, 1934 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. IflfHEELCJMlRS Green Sheet classified ads reach y homes nearly 55,000 every Thursday morning. Thats potential readership in excess of 212,000 people - and thats a lot! Whether youre buying, selling, lookrenting, trading, ing for help, finding a lost item or conveying a personal message, classifieds can do your job. mid-valle- Glenn and Ethel loved children and the nursery was an extension of that love. The honored couple are active in the LDS church. Glenn has served two stake missions and taught all levels of Sunday school, as well as serving in the superintendency. He is a high priest. Ethel has served as secretary in Sunday school and Relief Society and is a visiting teacher. She also enjoys being a homemaker while her husband enjoys his fishing. Both find time to be with their children and grandchildren for special events and visits. 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