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Show Wednesday, February 17, 1982 Sun Advocate Planned Parenthood Nurse counsels parents and teens By KRISTEN D. TAYLOR Staff Writer Faye Richardson refers herself as homegrown. to The director of the local office of Planned Parenthood of Utah is a native Utahan who has received most of her professional medical training in the state and has also spent most of her time in public nursing positions. While the position may seem a controversial one to some, Miss Richardsons job is actually a natural progression that exem plifies her interests and experiences. Miss Richardson is a registered nurse who received her un- dergraduate degree at County Health the University of Utah. She then served as a public health nurse for the Tooele Department. Iater, Miss Richardson did graduate work at the University of Colorado and earned an advanced degree as a school nurse practitioner. She utilized her skills for two years as Tooele High Schools school nurse practitioner. nurse practitioner receives extensive study and training in the management and treatment of minor injuries, she said. Really, we can take the load off physicians so that they can spend time in A areas. Generally, problem especially here, we see mostly well Fees are charged on a sliding scale basis, she said. This is based on the monthly salary plus the number of people supported by that salary. Miss Richarson did indicate that legally her office can give teenagers contraceptive information and treatment for venereal disease without parental consent. One misconception about our is the idea work with that we advise abortion or other alternatives, she said. We do not r to do anything. counsel a and other We tell women the choices available when there is an unwanted pregnancy. Unfortunately, the choices are all difficult ones. Miss Richardson said she with prefers to counsel their parents. I feel that I can be of real help to the entire family by suggesting teen-age- don't have to be a teen-age- r 'You rs teen-age- teen-age- to utilize our services. rs teen-age- patients. However, it is our job to distinguish between things that a physician should see. During the time spent in Tooele, Miss Richardson also became involved in the Womens Health Clinic. It was the beginning of her interest in the concept of complete health care for women. Planned Parenthood provides a broad range of services for women of all ages in the community. You dont have to be a teenager to utilize our services, she said. We do take appointments for all types of womens health care services including yearly Pap smears, pregnancy tests and pelvic verification examinations, venereal disease detection and treatment plus contraceptive information. We also work with many infertility cases. Miss Richarson said regular clinics are held three times a week on Tuesday (noon to 4 p.m.) and Thursday and Friday (9 a.m. to noon.) 7 rs feel that can be of real help to the entire family ideas for other support services, financial help, or recommendations for other doctors and specialists, she said. Miss Richardsons office was also involved in the STEP Sexuality For Teens program, Through Education and Parenting. The program, which involved PTA support, held its first public meeting this month. Right now, I can just talk about Women of all ages can receive complete women's health care services at Planned Parenthood. sexually transmitted diseases in the school program, she said. I really believe in sex education. I think it is so important for teens to have an opportunity to clarify their own values before they get into a situation they are not able to handle. Miss Richardson enjoys her work in the Price area because she enjoys public health nursing. Her position enables her to work on an administrative level which gives her the opportunity for community contacts and involvement. Considering the job, there doesnt seem to be much free time for fun. However, Faye Richardson sneaks away weekends to perform her duties as assistant director for the Brighton ski patrol. Miss Richardson adds, Thats sports really my second love medicine. Ive already talked to a couple of local coaches and next year, you might see me on the bench. Coupon craze sweeps Carbon County Faye Richardson, director of local Planned Parenthood office, holds an advanced degree as a school nurse For generations, Americans have found ways to entertain themselves A new study of supermarket sales proves that an item advertised in a newspaper at regular price sells twice as well as the same item without newspaper support. It has always been an article of faith among retailers that newspapers are their basic medium because newspapers sell. That's why they invest the largest share of every ad dollar in newspapers. Now there are hard numbers that prove this article of faith. The Newspaper Advertising Bureau collects computer tapes on product movement from supermarkets coast to coast and measures the effect of newspaper ads one week on sales of the advertised items the following week. Measures were made on items sold at full price and also on price off deals. Advertising pressure ranged from one liners to feature spots of four square inches or more The chart sums up the findings. markets. He said Bobcos gets 500 to 600 coupons a week totalling from $100 to $150. Walker feels that coupons are a good customer value. After grocery stores take the coupon from consumers, that is only the beginning of a long redeeming process. Once a week, Bobcos sorts the coupons and sends them to the Utah Retail Grocers agency. This agency is the middle-ma- n that bills the manufacturers for the coupon value plus a handling fee. This handling fee pays for the agencys work. Couponing is a money making venture but not for the grocer, according to Walker. They receive enough funds to cover the reduced price. Manufacturers use coupons as a way of promoting a product. Coupon cutters use coupons as a way of saving money. Now, however, there are clubs and organizations dedicated to the art of couponing. There are even kooky collections of anything from butterflies to baseball cards. The latest craze to sweep the nation and Carbon County is couponing. Martin Sloane, coupon expert, has completed a year-en- d survey with staggering figures on the coupon influx. American consumers cashed in on coupons totalling close to $700 million in 1981, according to Sloane. He found that 100 billion were coupons newspaper ads sell. through is about average with the other issued by manufacturers in 1981 with a total face value of $17 billion. Author of the nationally syndicated column The Supermarket Shopper, Sloane is founder and president of the American Coupon Club. His column is distributed to about 450 newspapers and appears regularly in the Sun Advocate. Those seemingly harmless coupons printed in newspapers and magazines have snowballed into a big industry for businesses and a science to the everyday coupon cutter. Coupons were printed on everything and anything in 81, Sloane said. They could be found on everything from shopping bags to the back of UCLA football tickets. This trend is evident in Carbon County with local stores reporting a high return on coupons. We get quite a few a week, said Don Neely, Safeway manager. It averages about $130 worth of coupons per week. refunders desired. Neely said coupons help business by bringing more people into the store and purchasing other items. However, Neely said that couponing requires a lot of time and effort and therefore isnt overly popular. Index No advertising Price cut items, advertised Regular price items, advertised 100 295 FD3GG 201 As might be expected, the price off items sold better than those at regular price But even the regular priced items sold twice as well with newspaper advertising as without. SP0C3AQ. GHAcaocDA'ODora If newspapers sell food items like this, they can bring home the bacon for whatever you're marketing. Danger Signals of Pinched Nerves: 1. Headaches 2. Neck Pain 3. Shoulder Pain Sun Advocate 4. Difficult Breathing 5. Lower Back Pain, Hip Pain, Pain Down Legs. Newspapers. CARBON Number One for a lot of good reasons. CHIROPRACTIC Free Include X Eam Does Not Rays or Treatment conventions. These conventions beckon the serious couponer to come with excess coupons and trade them for items Most Insurance Accepted 39 N. 6th E., Price 637 0450 With four grocery stores in Price, Neely feels the competition is too great and that Price cant maintain so many stores. However, the most popular advertisement Neely likes is the cents-of- f program that doesnt utilize coupons. This offer doesnt require any bookkeeping and everyone can reap the benefits, he said. Dennis manager, Bobcos Walker, said even though Bobcos is known for being a discount grocery store, coupon use ' ' Entire families v Say Hello To A Reformed ' SUGARHOLIC! I knew oil about losing weight , I had lost the same 24 pounds But I lost , (or the last time at Diet Center' smoal limes ,h"u'",nd' ' men and all ''"d Canada who are learnmqhow to et sl,mwomen, and slay Diet Center Why don t you deride to mm them' It!!, sHATTHEto sv DIET .CENTER11 are becoming involved in the craze. The coupon interest has m- creased company wide by 15 percent over 1980, according to Shelby Kesterson, director of advertising for City Market in Grand Junction, Colo. Kesterson said all City Markets send their coupons to the main office in Grand Junction. They in turn send their coupons to the American Clearing Service for sorting and billing. Coupon cutters could rival video game fanatics in the love of their sport. However, with coupons the player has the advantage of saving money instead of spending money. West Main Price - 637-624- 3 |