Show Millard County 2 - Page USPS Thurs Dec 22 1988 TO Why are kids getting fatter T HE EDITOR Part 3 By Dennis Hinkamp Information Writer Utah State University A particularly sarcastic high school coach of mine used to say “strong mind strong body take your pick” This says a lot about the state of physical fitness in the United States We’re having trouble finding a balance between mind and body As a result childhood obesity is at an high The American Academy of Pediatrics is urging cholesterol testing for many children as young as three The last two weeks’ columns have looked at why our kids are getting out is an easy Television of shape scapegoat but much of the blame must be taken by adults who don’t provide a healthy example in diet and exercise Prevention seems to be the best way to handle the problem As mentioned in earlier columns this doesn’t mean putting chunky infants on diets and ercise programs Age two is when you can start teaching wise food choices and eating habits Parents should teach that the primary purpose of food is to satisfy hunger and nutritional needs It is not used to show love or as a reward for good behavior says Dr Shelley early childhood educator in the Consumer A Christmas project idea Here s an idea for families in the Delta area who are looking for a project they can do togehter to share the joy of Christmas with someone less fortunate In 1984 my wife Diane and I started an organization called Friends of the Americas to reach out to children in Latin America and the Carribean suffering from war natural disasters or extreme poverty Since then we have founded a hospital refugee center five medical clinics and 25 projects in 21 countries of this hemisphere We refugees help homeless children disaster victims street children orphans and children living in the marginal areas of the big cities of Latin America Our most popular project is Box Project which the Christmas allows an American family to put together an individualized gift box for a needy child of a particular sex or age Families send the boxes to us and we process and ship them to our chairman in each country usually the American ambassador or his wife Each box must be personally handed to the needy child the or another ambassador by ’ American citizen Friends’ Christmas Box Action Kit provides instructions on how to prepare a box Each box contains 30 new items school supplies including clothing toys and a small American flag Most - Sue: How about using this picture in your column this week? When Cato I went to sleep on my keyboard thought I had found some new “software” Funny huh? -- Ken R Ken: Not very By anybody ever tell you sign of a sick mind? a the way did neat desk is a —Sue D BUSES AA MEETING SCHEDULE Monday - 8 pm Open Meeting Wednesday - 8 pm Mental Health Office 51 North Center Closed Meeting ALANON Wednesday - 8 pm Mental Health Office thing” Call or Della Area Fillmore Area Krnl Idler B lu 1 Kngm Community Calendar Motor Vehicle Schedule: Fillmore & Delta weekdays Millard County Assessor’s offices Mondays 10:30 am Reflections Turning Point Office Voc Center Delta Dec 22 Field Rep for Utah State Retirement will be at Fillmore City Offices II a m 4 pm Millard County The Chronicle Progress USPS MW Publisher Data Editor - Dutton Susan Editorial Km Rand at Reporter Large Advertising Sales Riley Wood Rita Robinton t Legal Billing Sales Juke Ward Goertz Design Fillmore Office Manager Evelyn Mallet Deb Greathouse Accounts Receivable Circulation Julie Ward Goertz CirculationComp CirculationProduction Rita Robinton Commercial SheHie Subscriptions In County Printing Dutton In Advance $2000 per year 00 per 6 months $25 00 per year $13 00 per 6 months cents Copy In County Out of County Out of County Single Send Address POSTMASTER P 0 Bo 349 Delta Utah changes 84634 Adurt— n Kaia m Kequea DHu fmi ond Om 2400 m K4 fwen 745340 I A new school bus costs about $55000 Topham said “We’ve tried to get at least two buses a year” he said “and the last few years sometimes we’ve picked up three When IPP came in we even got some special grants to buy some new buses” Other districts have had difficulty keeping up despite a Utah Office of Education program which reimburses districts 10 percent of the cost of each for 10 years Tight bus annually enrollments budgets and are blamed “I really think any school board member we have in the state would rate safety as number one” Clayton said “I think if they really understood the difference between pre- - and buses there would be no question in my'2 ynind that they would want to provide'art safety for students” Millard District transportation supervisor Jack Finlinson said that’s what is being done here “Mainly we’re trying to replace those old buses as fast as we can” he said “and of the eight that we do have I think we can probably get rid of four of them this I don’t know what we’re summer looking at next year but I would assume two and maybe three We’re working on the problem” Safeguards like tougher specifications for joint construction padded seats that keep children from being catapulted during a quick stop and gas tank barriers that can help preare not included in vent explosions 1977 buses built before April “There’s no doubt those newer buses are safer than the older buses” Finlinson said “Although the older ones do have a good record” There has also been the suggestion that the placement of gas tanks even with reinforcement is not safe enough Dec 23 Drawing for DNES PTA quilt Dec 24 “Festival of Lessons Lights and Delta Carols” Community Presbyterian Church 7 pm Dec 25 V Elder Douglas Dearden mission 12 farewell Fillmore Third Ward noon Dec 26 Ben and Lorraine Stephenson Golden Wedding Anniversary pm Leamington Ward Cultural Hall Dec 29 West Millard Recreation District Special Meeting to approve revised 5:30 pm White budget Sage Regional Park Dec 31 2 New Y'ears Eve Dances at IPP Activity Center youth in the gym and s in the dining area 9 pm Continental Breakfast to midnight 14 and up $10 couples midnight to and $5 singles Sponsored by Acappella Choir Jan 2 Immunization Clinic Delta Public Health Office am & Alder who is Principal of the West Desert High School at Trout Creek old south of Callao said his son is so scared of the buzzing he dives under cars when the planes fly over “The bigger kids can handle it” he said “but when you have a little kid out there playing all by himself and all of a sudden this thing comes wrapping by and they don’t know what it is it just scares the living daylights out of pm them” Jan 3 Cholesterol screen pm Public Health Dept Fillmore Jan 4 Blood Pressure Clinic Delta Public Health Office :30 am & p m Jan 6 Beef Tag Deadline for Millard County Jr Livestock Show Jan 8 Alton and Lorraine Staples mission farewell Kanosh Ward Chapel 11:50 a m to continued neth Topham said the older buses have been “retrofitted” and are being replaced as quickly as possible “We have tried to get new buses in as fast as we can” Topham said “and we’ve Some retrofitted where we could things we couldn’t do But such things as the flashing lights and padded seats we did go through and do that sort of Chef’s Palace 225 East Main Jan 10 STEP discussion group Social SerRoom est 252 vice Conference Main Delta Jan 12 Deadline for scholarship applications Jan 14 Tagging deadling for Millard County Beef at designated areas Jan 16 - 23 March of Dimes Mother’s March fund raiser it includes a letter and a important photo from the family who prepared In the highlands of the box Guatemala the slums of Mexico City La the San Bias Islands of Panama of Honduras and a thousand Mosquitia other places Christmas Boxes provide a chance for Americans to go where the need is greatest and share with children the joy of Christmas and the generosity of the American people Here in the states preparation of a Christmas Box is a chance for families to express our lovp for the children of Latin America and spend family time together giving of ourselves Since 1984 Friends has delivered more than 200000 Christmas Boxes to many including needy children prepared by families in the Delta area This year thousands of children in Latin America are hoping and praying that we will remember them These are children who have never had a single toy or new piece of clothing We invite you to prepare a Christmas Box this year To receive Christmas Box Action Kit or write call (504) Friends 912 N Foster Baton Rouge La 70806 Please mention the Millard County Chronicle Progress Sincerely Rep Louis (Woody) Jenkins Chairman have begun Some manufacturers stalling the tanks between the center frames of the bus “I don't see a need to have it right in the middle of the bus” Clayton said “If it is on the outside at least you have one side of the bus that students could be in in case of a fire Maybe they would have a little more time to get out of the bus” Officials agree that materials used to cover seats in buses do not meet federal fire standards and should be studied A test conducted by Fiberglass showed that it takes only 3 minutes for bus seats to become engulfed in flames During the test temperatures exceeded 1400 degrees inside the bus Finlinson said seat material in the older Millard Distnc buses have been replaced The move to diesel engine in buses also improves safety Diesel has a lower flash point Clayton said shcool buses don’t use lap seat belts because they have been found to cause internal injuries to children in collision He said shoulder harnesses pose installation problems and it is difficult to monitor their use Glenn Bryson owner of a regional Bluebird bus dealership in Bountiful said windows on most buses are large enough escape routes for children accidents Despite involving school buses in other parts of the country school transportation official say that school bus transportation is still the safest way to go “School transportation as long as you keep it in the school bus is the safest form of transportation” Clayton said “It is eight times safer than transporting a student in a passanger car” Finlinson agrees “The buses are naturally safer” he said “being higher and bigger than a car The accident ratio is significantly less on a school bus than on any other mode of transportation” School bus drivers are safer too Finlinson said “They are probably the best trained drivers in the state” he said “They have an excellent record” AIR FORCE continued need to ask the Air Force to address the right questions” Erickson said Erickson said the Air Force has prepared detailed maps and has filed land use permits in the West Desert Downwinders has filed a Freedom of Information Act request for release of the documents on Dec 8 with Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci Erickson wants to see a map he said the Air Force showed Bureau of Land Management officials in a confidential meeting “on or about October 1st’ he said “According to two people I talked with from BLM they saw a map that was far more detailed than the one passed out at scopings I want it” Permit applications for in the area is public domain but it’s in the FOIA request “just to make sure” Erickson said “The BLM told us we can go in and look at them so that should be taken care of” Before Utah was selected as the final test range 23 option for the other areas in the country were reviewed and rejected by the Air Force Erickson wants to see all documents related to that decision “This is the most important area as far as I’m concerned” he said “It’s our feeling that they violated the spirit if not the letter of the National Environmental Policy Act in that narrowing decision” The Air Force must acknowledge receipt of the request within 10 days but it may take months for the information to be released Erickson said Erickson said Downwinders is also studying the potential health hazards associated with electromagnetic radiation and lasers A draft environmental impact statement on the test range is scheduled to be released in May More hearings will then be scheduled including one in Delta The final EIS will be published in September 1989 we spent on the project in the next five years and about 300 jobs will be created by 1994 “Callao won’t get any of those jobs where live” Garland said “All we’ll aircraft over our get is the place and I’m flat out sick and tired of it” The West Desert School has 53 students kindergarten through 12th age children grade Several also live on ranches in the sparsely settled region “There’s not a lot of us” Alder said “but it’s home” The problem is greater in the summer he said when flights often occur daily The Air Force provides no warning of the supersonic flights which Alder said are often below treetop level In a series of public scoping workshops held last month including one in Delta Nov 15 Air Force officials said the range when in 2000 would produce a 30 percent increase in air traffic roar “If I never hear another over my ranch again as long as live” Garland said “it’ll be too soon" also criticized was The test range by Steve Erickson of Down winders Inc who objected during the scoping at“The workshops mosphere of those scopings was not sigmfifsntly revealing of information War Toys Utah State University College of Family Life She says regular routine physical acshould tivity should be the norm Life be planned around activities and not meals Teaching skills such as learning to play catch kicking a ball and jumping will promote physical activity and also help your children become involved with their peers Lindauer says Although we have a mental image of preschoolers being highly active in reality little time is spent in vigorous play such as running climbing or playing ball games she says When left to children generally play themselves quietly in small groups also observes that as Lindauer more preschools are becoming children are oriented academically forced to spend more' time at desks than in movement activities Children are discouraged from running around from dietitians The consensus physical educators and early childhood specialists in the past three weeks’ columns is what behind every kid with a weight problem there are a couple of adults contributing to it So if your own health isn’t motivaconsider helping the tion enough younger generation off to a better start of By Dennis Hinkamp Information Writer Utah State University Two of my favorite bumper stickers of the year are: “War is no buy war toys?” and “If you believe in peace why let your kids play at war?” Think about this when you go shopping this year What purpose do war toys serve? You can argue for freedom of choice and expression but it is hard to defend them on any other grounds Even if you believe that we as a nation need to be constantly prepared to protect our freedom these toys do not prepare youth for the realities of war any more than Barbie dolls prepare them for the realities of marriage says Dr Ann Austin mother of five and early childhood specialist in the Utah State University College of Family Life But you say war toys have always been with us Before GI Joe there were cowboy and Indian toys and before that kids probably tossed rocks and sticks at each other Well one of the differences is that new war toys have become less imaginative and more scripted It is difficult to defend them even on the basis of fostering creativity There used to be just generic good guys and bad buys now there is a defined enemy Most of the war toys are supported by cartoons and movies that tell the kids who the enemies are One of the most popular of these “action figures” tells on the label whether or not this is an enemy or a good guy On the back of the package is a short biography about this person There is something both comical and eerie about this For example one reads “this is the type of person who butts in the front Consumer lines and never leaves a tip she disguised herself as a dental assistant for six months and used poison dental floss on her victims” As if going to the dentist isn’t already frightening enough for kids they have to plant the thought of evil dental hygienists in their minds It is hard to shield your kids from war toys even if you choose not to buy them says Austin Many of your children’s friends will have them You may even have relatives who insist on giving them to your children as gifts She says maybe the best you can do is make your own house a demilitarized zone You can just explain to your children that they can play with war toys at friends or at grandma’s house but they can’t bring them home This allows them respect for others’ as well as your beliefs Dr Shelley Lindauer director of the child development lab in the USU College of Family Life says she keeps war toys out of the lab campus but the kids still know about guns When a policeman comes to class to talk to them often the first thing they want to see in his gun They talk about resolving conflicts by “blowing away” the other person Another problem with war toys is that they are becoming too Last year Burbank Calif banned toy guns that are replicas of the real thing such as machine guns This several manufacturers are year toy gun painting the muzzles of their guns orange to make them more distinguishable from the real thing War toys require that there be an enemy Austin says Maybe conflict is just a reality of life but maybe it is that way because we are always preparing ourselves for conflict — You and Your Child Success 1 in School by JIM CAMPBELL Utah Education Association President A teacher who came from another country gave this illustration: If a Japanese mother has two children— one very bright and the other not very bright she will say to the less bright child: “You can be a doctor like your brother It will take you three times as much hard work but you can do it You will do it You will work three times harder” But according to the teacher an American parent is likely to say to the less bright child: "You can’t be a doctor like your You will be an automobile brother mechanic instead” Then the teacher made it plain that it’s okay to be an auto mechanic “but what we’re telling the child is that just because it will take him longer to become a doctor c r A I&4 A he shouldn’t do it at all” Sometimes a “less bright” student will fool both the teacher and the mother That happens when motivation comlack of pensates for any brainpower We see it when the does poorly in reading at first and later reads a Russian novel in a day We see it when the college student does poorly on the law school aptitude test is admitted anyway and finishes in the top ten percent of her class We see it when we don’t expect it But we see it far more often when we do expect it Like the Japanese mother if we expect a lot from our children they often live up to that expectation The’ County Agent by Larry Campbell L'SU Extension Agent Tom was a champion at At 35 pounds that is For you see Tom is a turkey One who escaped Thanskgiving to become a state 4H champion But the ti ue story of success is not about this magnificent bird but the young lady who raised him Katrina Hirschi 35 She is the daughter of Birrell and Marie Hirschi of Fillmore Katrina's school and 4H activities do not include only Tom She is a cheerleader Sterlstudent body officer ing Scholar senior class officer and Vice President of FHA all at Millard High In addition she is the youth representative on the state 4H Council a county 4H ambassador and a Foods 2 project leader to seven old boys two of whom won blue ribbons for their muffins at the State Fair Katrina serves on the state 4H Japanese Exchange Council and has hosted Japanese students for three years in her home She has been to the Western Regional 4H leader training school at Lake Tahoe and served on the Congressional Youth Council in Washington DC Katrina has been in 4H for nine years She has won the county’s style review meal preparation and dairy foods demonstrations She loves to do things for people and for this reason I’m proud to share the story behind our newest state champion |