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Show ' y1 p. Wednesday, October Utah Foundation reports n p pM p-- piy Sun Advocate, 15, 1986 Price, Utah7B Utah spends vast sums on water problems Utah spends millions of dollars annually on water problems, whether for trolling floods or for developing water for use. Utah Foundation, a private, con-- Teacher to Parent Helping your child succeed by Betty Condie President, Utah Education Association Dropouts Each year, 1,000,000 students drop out of school. In Boston, the dropout rate among high school students now exceeds the graduation rate. Boston is not unique. Other large cities are struggling to keep the dropout rate from exceeding 50 percent. Utah is lucky. We have one of socio-econom- the lowest dropout rates. Though we are not yet touched by an extremely high dropout rate, we must consider it a tragedy when even one student drops out. Last year 2,813 Utah students dropped out of school. Schools try to provide alternative programs to buy young dropouts time to get their lives in order and come to the realization that dropping out of school creates more problems than it solves. Though reasons for dropping out vary, dropouts usually have these characteristics: poor academic skills, low selfesteem, low status and trouble with human relationships. socio-econom- begin early to help children succeed in school and in their personal lives. We may not be able to do much about our status, but we can set the stage for school success. It isnt wise to wait until a child is in the vulnerable junior high school years to help academic performance and the and development of social skills. Dropout prevention should begin before a young child enters school with frequent positive statements about the value of learning. It will pay dividends to the child, the family and society. Sixty percent of all prison inmates in the USA are high school dropouts. Taxpayers are billed about $30,000 a year for each inmate. Thats more than 10 times the amount necessary to pay for one year of schooling. Each year, dropouts cost taxpayers of this country $75 billion in welfare benefits and lost revenues, a high cost to everyone including those who abandon learning at an early age. ic Parents can prevent the heartache and waste of a child dropping out of school if they self-estee- ic m research agency, that some water experts are asking if established nonprofit notes Upsadaisies? A nice green plant? A fine arrangement! Roses, of course! A dashing boutonniere We PRICE FLORAL Deliver West Main, Price ( TM care Serving you with special f ''tiZr! Registered trademark 1983 Florists' Transworid Delivery Association and ol Florists 8 Transworld Delivery Assn Robert W. Mackie, Jr. AA.D. Cardiologist Center of formerly Emery Medical announces the opening of his office at LDS Hospital Suite 106, 32410th Ave. Salt Lake City 24 Hour Phone 532-413- 6 mother matters Light By Lois Bartholomew Mother and columnist Light and dark. Our days are controlled in a large measure by the periods of day and night, light and darkness. Experts tell us that even our moods are determined by the amount of light in our environment. On bright, sunny days we are more apt to be cheerful and optimistic. Cloudy, gloomy days lead to depressed feelings. Light can also be used effectively in the home to help direct the activities of your children. A cheerful, bright, sunny room is much more attractive for children to play in than one which is dim or dark. Simply turning out the light in a room or pulling the drapes can direct children away from that part of the house and into other areas where you want them to be. This can be much simpler than trying to direct them verbally, or worse, scolding an Providing attractive, brightly lit area for study will also help encourage your school-ag- e children to do their homework. Good lighting is important to good study habits, educators tell us, and having an attractive place to study will eliminate many excuses. Light and dark, cheerful or gloomy. We are fortunate to live in an age when artificial lighting is so easy and available. Guess Id better put light bulbs down on the shopping list. & THE LQSW We With the advent of winter with its short days and long nights it is even easier to direct family traffic and play areas by the use of lights. 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If the unusual wet cycle should continue, pumping is computer-projecte- d to hold the lake level about two feet below the level it would otherwise reach. project is under way and is expected to be in operation as planned, with the first of three large pumps operating in February 1987 and the other two pumps beginning to work in March and April. The pumps are expected to lower the level of the lake 13 inches in the first year of operation. If Utahs climate, unusually them. or corsage! 637 2731 engineering geological studies might have saved costly repair work later procedures should now be on. Utah has had its own water changed to spend more money for planning and preparing development program since water development projects in 1947, when the Water and Power the expectation of saving larger Board, which became the Division of Water Resources in sums in the long run. the Utah Division of Natural As time has passed, problems and difficulties of building Resources in the 1967 water projects have increased, reorganization of state if only because the most government, has directed the desirable sites for dams and construction of nearly 800 water reservoirs have naturally development projects at a cost of more than $170 million. tended to be used first, foundation analysts point out. In The Divison of Water Resources is currently charged recent times, some significant and expensive problems have with the project to pump water developed with Utah dams and from the flooding Great Salt reservoirs that have leaked and Lake into the west desert, required extensive repairs. authorized by the 1986 Utah Quail Creek dam and reservoir Legislature. This work is in in Washington County, and the addition to the divisions regular enlarged Smith and Morehouse duties of developing water for reservoir on the upper Weber use. The division of Water River are cited as examples of Resources is using special projects that have developed outside consultants in conproblems exceeding those nection with the work on the anticipated on the basis of Great Salt Lake, and is conpreliminary studies. Such sidering expanding the use of situations have prompted professional consultants. 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