Show 2 - Pge Millard County USPS Thurs Dec 31 1987 TO THE and Your Child: You Success in School EDITOR by JIM CAMPBELL Utah Education Association President Will Hayes is one educator who teaches the “four R’s” You know the first three The fourth “R” is responsibility according to Mr Hayes a teacher in Santa Barbara California Every year he invites an employee of the transit company there to explain the bus system The next day he sends the sixth graders out in groups of four or five to ride the bus and take notes about what they see Hayes says administrators don’t like that exercise They say he can’t do it because the kids are alone-adults no control Of course not he responds The whole purpose is to teach responsibility Whether or not you agree with Hayes the man knows a lot about young people He’s been teaching since 1936 and at 72 he looks like a TV star He’s giving retirement no thought He recalled a father who came in to talk about his son’s problems in math- - a stressed-ou- t student Hayes told the father that the important thing wasn’t math The teacher told him to work on making the boy secure “and let me worry about the math” In a article Hayes says his students discover things for themselves They do a lot of work with but they computers and calculators also study number facts He warns students that the batteries may go dead Hayes tells parents his students should have no TV Monday through Thursday nights He requires parents to meet with him on the opening night of school He has his students write a poem every week "I touch every child every at a head tweak an ear” he said “I also tell my students how good they that love them I have no qualms about using the word ‘love’ and I tell parents that” Adult Toys by Dennis Hinkamp Writer Consumer Information Utah State University Those of us who are childless would probably like to adopt a kid at least for the month of December This would give us an excuse to peruse the toy stores during the Christmas season I always tell the clerks that I’m shopping for a nephew that I really don’t have Fortunately there are lots of toys for adults this year New Twist on Watches: Maybe they have finally run out of variations on wrist watches because finger watches are big this year The watches built to a ring have about the same size face This as a normal watch however makes them vulnerable to damage Then again maybe manufacturers haven’t run out of variations Now you can buy a digital watch with a butane lighter built in The watch comes with supa warning not to wear it to bed pose if you wore it upside down you might also be in danger of burning off your arm Tacky Ties: Do you remember last Christmas’s fish ties that were funny for about a week? Well the spin offs this year are duck raccoon and flam ingo ties Exercise equipment: You’ve always got to think twice about giving exercise equipment as a gift What are you saying? “Keep up the good work” or “You sure need to flatten that flab”? One exercise device that leaves no doubt what you are saying is “Beerbell” a beer glass with a barbell attached that allows you to drink and exercise at the same time The passivist mousetrap: Looking for a gift for the squeamish? Finally somebody did build a better The allows mousetrap you to catch the mouse within a plastic tube Then you can either throw it away to die a slow death or you can release it unharmed at a rehabilitation center Jim McMahem: The most difficult task this Christmas may be to buy a product not endorsed by Jim McMahon That pretty much eliminates motor scooters sports shoes sunglasses and tacos The game he endorses called “Gotcha!” will probably draw the most terest this year This allows you to shoot blobs of paint all over you house and friends’ clothes Community Calendar Beginning June IS Motor Vehicle Schedule: Fillmore 9 a m noon & Mon & Thurs pm Delta Wed 9 a m noon & pm Renewals any working day at Millard County Offices Jan Dance M E Bird Center 7:30 pm Music Moonlighters Everyone invited New Years dance Delta Utah Stake 9 pm-- l Center arn $3 couples $1 50 single Jan 4 Beef Tag Deadline for Millard County Junior Livestock Show Jan 7 Deseret District Cub Scout RoundDelta Utah Stake table 7:30 pm Center cultural hall Pre Natal classes begin at Delta Medical Center 7:30 pm Community Jan 7 - 28 Folk Art Exhibit Fillmore Library Jan 12 Adult Reading Classes begin 5:30 USPS wary - Editor Dutson Susan Editorial Dawn Carder at Large Reporter Advertising Sales Riley Wood Rita Robinson Julie Ward Legal Billing Sales Goertz Design Fillmore Office Manager Evelyn Mallet Deb Greathouse Accounts Receivable Circulation Julie Ward Goertz Rita Krebs Circulation Circulation Commercial of County PO Production In Advance $1100 Delta Dear Millard High Students: As a spectator at the basketball game between Millard and Manti on Dec 18 I just want to say “Thank You” to all of you for the fun evening The game was well played and the cheering group from the boys was a fun addition to the game I really enjoyed the exchange between the cheerleaders and and the men’s cheering team on the main floor I hope this spontaneity is not quashed by the “powers that be” As a Millard High Booster and fan I loved it and want to see more involvement by the students I for one found nothing out of good taste and found lots in good fun If Mr Braithwaite can’t handle that tell him that the fans from Manti are known the state over for their poor taste in sportsmanship Keep up the good work kids! A loyal fan Marlene Whicker Concerned citizen speaks out An article came in the mail to the Chronicle Progress office in Fillmore which really incensed me and I felt must inform you so that you can form our readers The article was written by Edwin Feulner who writes for the Heritage News Forum and is president of the a Washington Heritage Foundation DC based public policy research stitute He knows what he talks about The article says in part (and he is speaking about Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega): “Dear Comrade Gorbachev” the same thing with House Speaker Jim Wright and his other friends on Capitol Hill Here he was so successful as the New York Times’ Stephen Kinzer “that the Sandinistas now reported believe they can succeed in going over the president’s head to Congress” “Through a series of skillful political maneuvers in Managua and Kinzer wrote “the SanWashington” dinistas may have won at least a temporary edge in the effort to sway ConMr Ortega has portrayed gress himself as open and willing to compromise” Ortega said in a recent speech at the Kremlin “the Nicaraguan people which eight years ago freed itself from is proud of its capitalist exploitation fraternal relations with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics We will never give up our fraternal relations with the Soviet Union I thank the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Soviet people in general on behalf of the Nicaraguan people for their unconditional and generous support given us during the course of these past years Long live the 70th anniversary of the October revolution!” Ortega’s friends in Congress seem not to care that even as he droned on about the Kremlin the Red Army in Afghanistan continued one of the most murderous savage cupations in history which the think is apparently since they’ve never condemned it in the United Nations That occupation of course is just one in a long list of crimes Moscow has committed since the start of the Soviet “revolution” that Ortega celebrates Having plaed in Moscow long enough Ortega set sail for Washington to do Temporary edge? This has all the earmarks of a permanent victory Congressman Wright who has played a huge role in Ortega’s success blasts those who won’t join the applause as being “afraid that peace will break out” Thanks to that kind of thinking Nicaraguans will enjoy the kind of “peace” Cubans have enjoyed for the last 28 years and Wright’s home state of Texas among many others had bettide of ter brace for a refugees fleeing the “peace” Ortega wants to preside over As a concerned citizen I ask you to write Senators Orrin Hatch Jake Gam and Congressman James Hansen and tell them to stop this treason that House Speaker Jim Wright is committing Also as far as refugees go our shores are brimming over with refugees and we don’t need anymore We can’t begin to handle what we already have Write Senators Orrin Hatch and Jake Garn US Senate Washington DC 20510 and Congressman James Hansen House Washington of Representatives DC 20515 Evelyn Mallet Utah changes 84624 by Jane Beckwith foreign correspondent Because high school is not comin even though about Japan pulsory 93 percent of Japanese junior high students go on to high school it is not free Elementary and junior high is free because it is compulsory But for high school parents must pay a tuition basa ed on the rate of the prefecture governmental body similar to a state In Hiroshima prefecture parents pay 30 to 40 percent of their children’s high school education which ends up being 7000 yen a month With the strong yen right now that’s about $5000 per month for each student Students also must buy their books The size of the book is intriguing to me Every book is about 200 pages long no matter what subject And each class can have a reference book to supplement the text So parents end up paying about 4500 yen at the beginning of each year for textbooks Still the cost in minimal and the number of pages a student is responsible for is few in comparison to American education Teachers faithfully cover each page of the book and it seems to me that they expect the students to memorize what’s written there The school is pretty spartan in comA schools to American parison classroom has sliding glass windows on both sides one set opens to the outside the other opens to the hall The class has “elementary” type desks wooden free from graffiti The classes are all painted the same tan color There are two blackboards at the front of the class and the color of chalk has a code for the students White is for normal use Yellow is used when the teacher wants to point out something significant to the students Red is used to correct a student’s answer Some teachers have green chalk handy but I don’t know what it means exactly At the back of the room are 47 lockers one for each student and another blackboard and a broom elefcet Some students bring plants from home but most classes are sterile None have heat or carpet (Did I mention that students are forbidden to wear coats to school because they have no place to hang them and because teachers are afraid students will wear coats “too colorful”?) Well back to tuition If a student is able to pass a rigorous test and enroll in a private school his parents will be footing a hefty bill of 200000 yen per month for that child’s education But of course the private school is more likely to prepare a student to pass the entrant to college test so any parent would be happy if his child passed Another expense incurred by parents for their children’s educations comes from what is called “juku” or cram schools Because Japanese people put a lot of emphasis on graduating from a prestigious college most of the Stretching by Jillyn Smith Science Writer Utah State University Once when I visited a Civil War museum I was amazed by how small the uniforms and boots were At other historical costume museums I’ve seen tiny suits of armor tiny dresses with miniscule tiny waists tiny shoes gloves The logical conclusion: We are large compared with our ancestors probably because we eat better today People ed to be much smaller Witness how and grandtiny our grandmothers fathers are not to mention greatgrandmothers and There is an alternative explanation however So says the curator of arms at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New in science York writer Horace Freeland Judson’s book “The Search for Solutions” The argument goes like this: Suppose you are a person of normal size If vour clothes are expensive and not worn out you pass them on to someone else perhaps a younger brother or sister clothes are normally passed on and get completely worn out clothes also get used up and worn out They can be cut down to fit as they are passed on You only have an hour at lunch to Or you find run or play racquetoall yourself hurrying to get to your league basketball game The last thing you think about or want to worry with is Sure you “warm up” stretching shooting free throws with your buddy or you start slowly off as you begin your run For most of us it we stretch we do it in the tradition we learned from our it till it hurts little league coaches-Recent studies about flexibility or stretching if done correctly decreases your risk of injury can improve your performance and gives you a general sense some apof By adding propriate stretches when you are finished you can increase your gains in flexibility and decrease the muscle soreness that may follow your activity The stretching must be done correctly to get these benefits There are several types of flexibility exercises each with its benefits and risks First is ballistic or “bouncing” stretches This is probably the type of stretching you learned if it has been 10 or more years since organized sports With this type the person bounces until they reach their goal The problem is each time a muscle receives a quick stretch the muscle spindle a muscle receptor to the brain tells the muscle to contract This signal can predispose you to a muscle strain before you even begin your activity A second type is static stretching This technique has you assume the stretch position to the point of stretch You then hold this position for a period of time Studies have shown 20 seconds to be the minimum to get a degree of relaxation or stretch Ideally you want seconds as you to build up to become comfortable with the stretch With this type of stretch the golgi tendon apparatus (another muscle receptor) sends signals to the brain for the muscles to relax techniThirdly is the que This is a more complicated type stretch that involves contracting one muscle and stretching the opposing mucles This can be a very effective stretch technique particularly when you need to be extremely “stretched out” final of the product Mona Lisa show there But it is difficult to pass on clothes Not too many people can wear them So they survive and end up in costume collections The armor in the Metropolitan Museum’s large collection is mostly tiny to be sure but the curator believes the collection does not accurately represent the stature of the population of knights in the Middle Ages He believes that the knights were but that their armor was caught in the A young man knighted phenomenon at 17 quickly grew out of his first suit suit of armor So he hung the in the closet and had a larger suit made normal adult size which he or someone else wore out Years later when HIS young son was knighted the dad’s first suit was hopelessly out of style thus impossible to wear so the son had his own suit made which he also grew out of quickly The grandchildren of the first knight remember their shrunken old retired grandfather as a little man and there’s his first suit of armor hanging in the closet to prove it In his prime the knight was five feet ten the curator says but nobody remembers are three earlier versions beneath the 'if Fillmore Area Bv lav T Roger- students are actively seeking acceptance (One in some university teacher was shocked to hear that only a few students from Utah want to enroll in Harvard) And the road to school starts when a kid that is about to graduate from elementary school The easiest way for him to get to a good college is to get “in” a good junior high and then in a good high school But he has to take a rigorous test and pass in order to be accepted to the junior high of his dreams One of the teachers here told me that his boy had failed to pass the test for a good junior high so he will not be able to go with the family on a Christmas vacation The boy and his mother will stay home and she will help him study for the test coming up in April for the prestigious high school The “big” college test is looming closer and he MUST pass that one The easiest way to pass that test is to get a running jump on it now To further insure that a student can pass the big tests whatever level parents send their children to juku And of course that costs money too About 4000 yen per session as a matter of fact Students usually go to juku two or three times a week so that extra expense can really add up Jukus are big business here They advertise every place and they publish annual reports stating how many of their graduates were able to enroll in Tokyo University or similarly wonderful places Usually students will study math science Japanese or English at juku Those are the subjects that the big test focuses on Some of the sophomore students here have told me that they went to juku while they were in junior high but once a person hits a high school he usually forgoes juku until his senior year After high school if a student has failed to pass the test for the university of his choice he has one year to prepare to take it again That means he can enroll in a juku full time which costs about 400000 yen per year College is twice or three times the cost of that tuition and about 40 percent of the students in Japan who try the tests fail the first time and end up for a year in juku High School students try to a preventive measure and senior year students sign up for juku in masse One teacher estimated that 60 percent of the seniors in this school will sign up for juku That means that sixty percent of the students will attend school six and a half days a week at this school and then several nights and perhaps Saturday afternoon at a juku I asked a girl what she would be doing for Christmas vacation Dec 25 to January 7 and she said she would be going to juku I said “But what will you do on Christmas Day?” She said “Take a test at juku” SPORTS MED Tiny Ancestors or Tiny Clothes? per 6 months cents Send Address Box 249 n s a fact! Lob of COOL DUY5 00 per year 00 per 6 months $20 00 per year Copy Single pm Printing Subscriptions In County In County $10 Out of County POSTMASTER 26 Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia Delta Review Soil Tester Recertification Delta Public Health Office 2 pm Feb 2 Blood Pressure Clinic Delta Public am & Health Office Dutson Shellie Out Comp Production Circulation Rita Robinson pm Jan of proThe movement grams to pay TV experts say has been accelerated by the Federal Communications Commission’s financial interest and syndication rules Under these regulations adopted over a decade ago the three networks from receivare prohibited from later ing any profit broadcasts of their programs after the network viewing As a result free television is in what it can restricted spend on quality programs Many people concerned about what’s on television are asking their legislators to support repeal of the regulations saying pay TV will outbid free TV for vital such as maprogramming jor sporting events movies quality series and the like The people are writing to the House of Representatives DC Washington 20515 and the US Senate DC 20510 Washington Millard County Chronicle Progress The Publisher Fillmore Library Food Handlers Class Delta Public Health office 2:30 pm ($5 fee) Jan 12 March 26 EMT Course in Delta pm Vocational Saturdays Tuesdays Center Jan 20 Food Handlers class Fillmore Public Health office 2:30 pm ($5) Review Soil Tester Recertification Fillmore Public Healt office 3:30 pm Jan 25 Clinic Delta Public Immunization am & Health Office pm MHS Booster expresses appreciation More news from Japan to There are two disadvantages This technique can cause some increased soreness in the muscle fibers and is it difficult a technique to secondly teach correctly so that supervision is usually necessary at first The final type of stretching is “partner stretches” This involves assuming a stretch position and then having a friend push you gently to a further extreme of the stretch This can be useful in sports where the extremes of range are important gymnastics ballet etc but this technique is very risky to piost athletes A good rapport is important between the stretching partners to avoid unnecessary injuries If your goal with flexibility exercise is a general warmup to sports the preferred type of stretching by these authors is the static stretch This is a safe effective means of warmup and cooldown for most sports There are a few stretches that are commonly performed that may be risky in themselves The first is stretching the hamstrings by leaning forward from the waist This puts the back in a risky position for injury If you bend your knees as some have suggested then you cannot effectively stretch the hamstrings A more effective safer means is to lay on your back bend your hip to ninety degrees and straighten your knee as much as possible Another dangerous stretch is the “hurdler’s stretch" This involves laying back on a bent knee This can be safe for those without any history of knee injury but is very risky for those with histories of knee injury To be done correctly lay fiat grasp your ankle and slowly lower your knee to the ground towards your opposite leg You can make your sport more enjoyable and less risky by investing a few moments in flexibility exercise Two good reference books are Stretching for all Sports John Beaulien and Stretching Anderson RA 1975 If you are interested in a one page stretching program for general activities you can call or write the St Anthony Hospital Sports Medicine and An1313 St Rehabilitation Center KY 40204 thony Place Louisville ext 1671 (502) Adverting data CiM PoUf 2400 in 0 0 the clarified: The largest eyes of all land animals are those of the horse and ostrich — about one and a half times the size of the human eyes Jerusalem ous r sulfur artichokes offer large amounts of calcium iron chlorine and magnesium sodium phosphor- |