Show 2 - Page Millard County s Thun USPS June 11 s (flu mm onto - I’m not writing a column again this week I’m far too tired But I think 1987 with a 16 page regular paper and a 20 page special IPP edition there ought to The oldest wars or have you ever asked yourself why you don’t get much accomplished? by Jillyn Smith Science Writer Utah State University War was never formally declared but the battle was joined when the first caveperson used a tree branch to tidy up the cave and told its mate to throw out the bones The entropy wars are oldest wars Each day the battle is the same: the second law of fighting disorder the tendency toward thermodynamics random distribution of everything The first weapons were simple but life was simpler then As we built more things to clean up the weapons evolved too We live in a constant entropy wartime economy Hardware stores are full of specialized armaments: soaps nails oven cleaner bug spray vacuums paint light bulbs hose washers lawn Not to mention the exotic edgers cleanup equipment available for rent We each wage the battle in our dividual ways with our own brands of weapons and valor but the war is the same: Put things in order THEY DON’T STAY THAT WAY The bugle sounds loudly in the spring We open the windows and see the dirt on the sills The battle moves to the yard Mow the lawn! Stand back and you can HEAR it starting to grow again Wash the car! Raindrops start to fall To the hardware store! A bug splats on the windshield Call in the specialized mercenaries! The roofer the tile man the exterminator and the tree surgeon look at the entropy wounds and point out a few more Society is not tolerant of pacifists in the entropy wars Neighbors get annoyed if you don’t join in the fight Governments encourage participation with garbage pickups and clean city awards The price of not fighting the war of course is encroachment of entropy: Lost checkbook Misplaced car keys Dust bunnies of frightening proportions Tripping over things Maybe a saucepan to eat the cereal from but no clean sppons Any anything can disappear in tall grass Some especially valiant warriors make entropy cower a little I know a firm lieutenant with a gravel yard and a lot of "nos” in her armory: No shoes in the house No cooking of food that could make crumbs No eating in the living room No going to bed without a shower No reading the newspaper unless you wash your hands afterward and No immediately touching door casings on your way to the sink her When were children she sent them outside preschoolers with sack lunches and napkins and a no: No playing in mud puddles When she did not they became teenagers shrink as would many with fainter hearts from entering the battlefront of their rooms She was the ultimate Enforcer I have realized that I will never distinguish myself in the entropy wars And I have to go now I can’t seem to find the broom Community Calendar June Utah Safe Boating Week June 11 Commodities distribution 60 and older M E Bird Center 2 pm Food Handlers class Delta Public Health Office 2:30 pm ($500 fee) June 12 13 International Arts in the Park Fillmore North Park June 13 MariAnn Adams Tony Trillo wedding reception pm Sutherland 2nd Ward June 13 DHS Class of 1952 35th reunion Provo Excelsior June 14 Elder Scott (Herf) Jeffery mission farewell 12:50 pm Delta Ward June 15 Delta summer band begins Maram Jazz ching band MWTh Band MWTh Beginning June 15 Motor Vehicle Schedule: Fillmore Mond & Thurs 9 am noon & pm Delta Wed 9 am noon & pm Renewals any working day at Millard County Offices June 17 Commodities distribution 59 and under 2 pm M E Bird Center June 18 Veteran’s Outreach Rep Fillmore Job Service 11 am noon Delta Job Service pm June 19 Millard County Democratic conven8 tion pm Delta City Offices Sheri Lynn Wood and Dean L Coats wedding reception Holden Ward pm Millard Courtly The June 20 Teresa Young and Lee Taft wedding reception pm Delta 1st Ward 21 June Elder Joey Searle mission farewell 12:50 pm Delta 1st Ward June 24 Miss Liberty Pageant 7 pm Delta City Offices Gordon and Kathryn Bishop 50th Hinckley Ward wedding celebration Cultural Hall pm June 26 ' raiser fund Inc Trail June 27 - 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Spend a lot of time Fishing JOHN WATERBURY Dear John Letters is Editor’s note: John Waterbury Chemical Director of Dayspring Dependency Services for Intermouri-taireor Health Care and questions quests for information may be sent to him at IHC 36 South State Street 21st floor Salt Lake City Utah 84111 These letters for the basis for the “Dear John Letters’’ Chemical Dependency - a family disease Dear John I don’t understand what you mean when you write about the family disease with chemical dependency And maybe because I don’t fully understand I don’t agree with yoi At any rate when I think of a disease I think of something that develops by itself not something that develops as a result of what you do Taking alcohol and drugs is a matter of volition It’s a choice Therefore It is not a disease Seems logical to me But Confirmed At 70 Confused Dear CC & 70 how you feel but I can understand your feelings are not based on the the act of Granted whole picture drinking or using is a choice at least initially and it’s a choise that a large number of teenagers are making today But for some they reach a point where they lose the ability to make that choice Physically some are geneticalIn other words their ly predisposed to become addicted very body is easily And when you add the right variables of a chemical dependent vironment culture and family the likelihood of addicbackground Research tion increases dramatically has shown that children who live in the home where one or both parents are addicted are four times more likely to develop those problems That means four kids out of every ten are in jeopardy If that’s not enough to convince you then let’s look at the definition of the work “disease” Typically a disease is a condition that has an etiology or cause It has specific definable signs and symptoms it follows a course it may be treated and a prognosis may be made regarding the outcome Now while the exact cause of chemical dependency is still somewhat elusive it meet all the other criteria to be classified as a disease These dynamics when applied to the family are just as destructive When one member of the family becomes chemically dependent often the whole becomes family dysfunctional: physically psychologically emotionally and spiritually And unless the famiusually gets the necessary treatment ly everyone loses Individual family members variably attempt to provide the necessary balance or stability to allow' the family to function Unfortunately these attempts often result in as each member takes on certain roles There is usually an “enabler” who makes excuses for the chemically dependent member The “enabler” is always trying to rescue him There is usually a “hero” who takes control of everything in an attempt to solve the problem Ironically while the “hero” is usually the one who is seen as the family success he is often the one who develops major life problems later in life Another role is the “scapegoat” This person is usually seen as a little viant acting out and creating addiThe “scapegoat” tional problems serves as the focus of attack by the rest there is a Often of the family “mascot” This person uses humor to and cover up the pain confusion anger And finally there is the “lost child” This person usually gets lost in into a and the shuffle quietly develops Simply stated the family disease concept is a complicated process in which the family uses a variety of coping mechanisms in an attempt to comof the pensate for the disruption chemically dependent member These attempts often result in the development of a variety of behaviors which cause pain and confusion in many areas of the family’s life Unless these problems are identified and dealt with they tend to be carried over from one generation to the next And when that happens we all lose As people grow CONFIDENTIALLY: older some grow wiser some grow richer but most just grow older Resisting the inactions of resisters by Wilfred L Ebel Acting Director US Selective Service System David Gillam Kerley has been convicted as a felon by a jury of his peers in Madison Wisconsin On May 29th he was sentenced to 3 years in prison and ordered to pay a $1000000 fine His crime? Refusing to comply with the Military Selective Service federal law that requires men to register with Selective Service within 30 days of their 18th birthday While I agree with the necessity to I have great prosecute nonregistrants sympathy for Mr Kerley My feelings are akin to the adage that one should “hate the sin but love the sinner” It is a paradox that a man fortunate enough to live in a free society-othat protects our right of legitimate choose to defy a law that helps guarantee our freedoms Registration gives our nation the ability to call on its young men in any future emergency should Congress decide a draft is needed Mr Kerley the bounds of legitimate dissent by knowingly and willingly violating the law The government literally begged him to register and thus avoid going to trial RegretMr and tably Kerley adamantly repeatedly rejected such entreaties Apparently he never understood that it’s okay to be discontent in our society but it’s not okay to be a malcontent For a democracy to thrive citizens cannot pick and choose which laws they will obey all laws must be obeyed Laws that prove unpopular or unwise are changed by our society through our system of government not by criminal disobedience Respite widespread circulation of fliers on the University of Wisconsin’s Madison campus calling for students to “pack the courtroom” very few supporters of the defendant were present when the guilty verdict was handed down I suspect that the young men in Madison like just about all young American men know that spending those five minutes at the post office to give the government your name address date of birth social security and phone numbers is a civic duty as well Failure to as a legal requirement register they know is simply not worth the risk of being branded a felon being denied federal student aid or making themselves ineligible for most federal employment and certain federal job taining benefits It is sad to note that Mr Kerley has also placed his future profession at risk He aspires to a degree in law and one must wonder what difficulties will be encountered when a convicted felon applies for admittance to the bar Although I have never met Mr Kerley I am certain we share some common concerns and goals Surely we both want future generations of Americans to enjoy the same benefits we inherited from our forebears But history teaches the wise must not only must they pray for peace for war simultaneously prepare Preparedness never caused a war and never prevented one unpreparedness This year as we commemorate the Bicentennial of the signing of our Constitution we should each remember that freedom isn’t free Nor is its perEach generation manency ensured must be prepared to make whatever sacrifices are necessary to preserve and American In our values protect culture the security of our free society must often rank ahead of individual beliefs or we goals Concomitantly must adhere to the legal concept of least drastic means That is to say the method of the government’s assuring safety of the state must minimize intrusion on individual rights Peacetime registration without a draft is hardly intrusive 18 million men have registered since President Carter called for a return to peacetime registration after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan No doubt many were less than eager to do so and some have legitimate and deeply felt objections of conscience that would preclude them from serving in war But they lived up to their obligation by registering and the moral high ground belongs to them Not one has been adversely affected because they obeyed the go to school work travel marry and enjoy all the benefits of living in our great nation that knows Every registrant registration is not an obligation to serve in the military All should know that the System will provide equitable op- portunities for exemptions postponements and deferments should Congress reinstate a draft Conscientious objector status will be dispensed liberally to those whose religious ethical or moral beliefs cause them to oppose military service It is out of fairness to these millions who have is that the government registered obligated to pursue those few who have failed to comply I am proud of the 5000 young men who come forward to register every day I lament that Mr Kerley doesn’t share this pride He has failed to understand that registration is an vestment our nation must make to help maintain the peace On April 21 1987 Gillam Kerley a old law student at the University of Wisconsin (Madison) was convicted in federal court of failing to register with Selective Service Kerley was indicted for the offense in 1982 and has waged a legal battle with the government since then On May 29 Kerley faced sentencing by US District Judge John Shabaz TO THE letters EDITOR Delta an oasis of friendly people our car until 10 that night and brought it to our motel The next morning the Olds dealership took it first thing so we could get on our way to Reno to a woodstove show The manager of the Best Western also let us stay in our room without charge until the car was fixed We just wanted to thank these people and tell you what a friendly and helpful town Delta Utah really is Rick and Candy Brodel Colorado Hotchkiss Our car recently broke down 25 miles from Delta which we considered bad luck But from the way we were treated in Delta it couldn’t have been a better spot A really nice truck driver hauling coal who said he lived in Richfield brought me into Delta to Sahara Motors and stayed until we had a tow truck lined up We were fortunate to have Carey Meinhardt tow our car in He and a friend Pete that afternoon (we didn’t get his last name) worked on Subscription renewed Enclosed is money to renew our We have been taking the subscription Chronicle for nearly 45 years We love it! Chester O Wheeler Garrison and throwing ing food up She spent three months in a hospital with a special unit for the treatment of anorexia nervosa and bulimia She is still seeing a therapist who specializes in the treatment of eating disorders Although eating disorders are not as some people have proclaimed and “epidemic” on today’s middle school high school and college campuses they are distressingly prevalent At any given time six to 10 percent of all high school girls are bulimic If present trends continue by age 20 as many as one in every seven high school girls will be or will have been bulimic The eating disorders usually have serious and negative effects on academic performance interpersonal relationships and general mental and physical health Parents and teachers must protect young people from unreasonable of thinness and its glorification relentless pursuit Connie’s eating disorder began at the end of her sophomore year in high school She became obsessed with her weight and began to severely limit her food intake She cut out breakfast and lunch and ate only plain bagels several times a day At times the hunger created by this became too much and sometimes when she was alone she gorged herself on pizza and cookies Then she fasted for the rest of that day and ate nothing but a few bagels for the next few days until hunger overwhelmed her again Her behavior continued until she entered college She found college life frightening and started to eat voraciously for hours even though she was not hungry When her weight rose to 107 pounds she implored her roommate to teach her to duce vomiting after meals A short time later she was throwing up automatically after every meal Her life became focused on obtain- - SPORTS MED LINE This is a new column which will be appearing regularly in this newspaper It is prepared by Stephen Henry MD and Regina White Durbin LPT Dr Henry is an instructor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Louisville in Kentucky and a Physician Consultant at St Anthony Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center Ms Durbin is presently Director of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center and Associate Director for Rehabilitation Medicine Services at St Anthony Medical Center vessels and thus less swelling Also important is elevation othe foot Avoid standing with CTuiches or sitting in a chair with the foot hanging down towards the floor Examination by your physician is best within the first hours (golden period) before swelling pain and muscle spasm increase It is an important time for your physician to make an accurate diagnosis and recommend appropriate treatment (Ace wrap splint or cast) may be necessary to rule out a fracture or a dislocation of the bones of the ankle It is best to keep the athlete on crutches bearing no weight on the foot After 48 hours toe on crutches is started touching however As a stopped if painful general rule if pain is experienced with weight bearing then crutches should be continued If the ankle has a mild to moderate sprain and is stable early treatments with hot and cold contrast baths ultrasound and other modalities increase healing If the ankle is unstable casting is sometimes recommended to allow proper healing In severe ankle injuries surgical repair may be the best choice This is especially true for athletes who will participate on a college level and who will require good ankle function Preparing the athlete to return Once the pain and soreness has resolved strengthening and stretching exercises are started Slow jogging is started with taping or bracing of the ankle Conditioning is progressed according to the amount of pain perienced during exercise Once the athlete has returned to normal training supportive taping is then suggested to prevent Complete ligament healing takes approximately 20 weeks If the athlete is participating in a high risk sport high top shoes are also recommended Ankle injuries are often complex and prompt treatment may allow an earlier return to the sport and delayed onset of arthritis If you have a serious ankle injury please consult your physician for proper treatment Ankle sprains are perhaps the most common experienced by injuries athletes Usually found in basketball volleyball football and soccer sprains can occur in most any athletic event For the most part ankle sprains are not serious injuries however if improperly treated can result in prolonged recovery and delayed return to the sport What is an ankle sprain? It is a tearing of small fibrous bands (ligaments) attaching the many bones of the foot and ankle In mild sprains In only these ligaments are injured severe sprains the ankle bones displace tearing muscles and other ankle tissues It is this injury to the muscles and soft tissue that produces the swelling and pain One important fact to remember is that the stability of the ankle depends upon the ligament bands Even in the presence of minimal swelling the jury can result in an unstable ankle The coach trainer and athlete should be cautious when assessing this injury Eight out of 10 times the ankle sprain is found on the outer aspect of the ankle Injuries to the inner aspect are more serious and require a longer healing time before the athlete returns to action How should the sprain be treated? ICE! ICE! ICE! Initially swelling in the muscles ligaments and soft tissues occurs as a response to injury This swelling is a significant problem which increases pain and delays return to walking and running Ice application causes a constriction of these blood Delta Area Bt Reed Jellen memmHB a 'vi i t Fillmore Area lm B 1 Rogers High Low 29 30 71 77 40 46 31 82 45 2 82 77 45 48 43 50 Date May Fri Sat Sun June Mon Tue Wed Thu 3 4 85 89 Precp |