Show & Page 6 Millard Countv Chronicle Progress August 6 1998 If Child SW3l lOWS Continued from front page The hardest thing about the Miss Utah Pageant for Kristina was being cut off from her family and friends for an entire week “We could not talk to anybody or call anybody that we knew” she explained “We were basically there and that’s what we on” Daily practices for were concentrating the pageant sometimes lasted as long as hours Kristina was one of 60 contestants a far ay from being one of five in the Miss Millard Pageant One of Kristina's major challenges as Miss Millard was traveling the long distance from Weber State University to Millard County She also had expensive phone bills Ha biggest challenge was to overcome ha shyness to fulfill ha role as a public speaka “I had to overcome my fear of talking in front of people and audiences" she said “I think before that singing had helped me” Ova the past year Kristina has spent many hours practicing for interviews and talking to people Singing one of the talents Kristina displayed during this year’s Miss Millard Pageant is one of ha favorite things to do She’s been doing it since she was a child singing for relatives during family reunions at Christmas “It just grew from there" Kristina said “I did musicals and singing for the community” She plans to try out this year for the Weba State University Choir Kristina hasn’t chosen a major yet but said she’s considering cal field a career in the medi- doing therapy She will sophomore year this falL in Moab Kristina moved to with ha family when she was 4 years old She is very close to ha parents Bill and Marilyn Wright “1 wouldn’t be the person I am today without them” she said Kristina is the fourth of five girls “I have two nieces and two more nieces on the way” she said “There’s nothing but girls in my family” Kristina’s hobbies include volleyball basketball and hiking Shejust loves any outdoor activity She also likes to press flowers and work with beads She makes bead necklaces bracelets and earrings A former Fillmore Youth City Council Mayor Kristina has held several positions in the LDS Church Her advice to girls who want to compete in the Miss Millard Pageant is to work hard talk to people who have an idea of what Miss Millard is all about and practice talking to people Practicing walking confidently is also important Kristina also says to learn to practice good grooming such as the proper way to put on make up and style hair She encourages every girl to enter the pageant because it’s a growing experience “If you never do anything or put yourself out then how are you going to learn and better yourself?” she asked start possibly ha Born “But even if your child seems fine is still a small possibility that the will become trapped in the lower esophagus where it could lead to a tearing of the wall and a veiy rare but poteninfection” says tially Norris “Therefore ask your child’s caregiver about how to monitor the and whether an or similar exam should be done” Also try to determine that a coin was the only item the child swallowed Certain otha items tiny batteries for example - contain toxic substances and should be" removed promptly by a health professional Norris notes “But the vast majority of coins siminto the stomach and then out ply pass through the bowels with no complications within a few days” he says Joe Beaver A DeWolfaDHS ate received Certificate of Giselle maintaining Honors gradu- Honors for peting Rodeo West study says that 44 million tons of the 61 million tons emitted each year in the US would not be allowed if powa plants met current regulations and 104 million tons of 135 million tons of S02 would be stopped The report states that power plants are the largest emitters of mercury IPP shows up as the 34th worst polluta for C02 and 79th worst polluter for NOx on the study’s top 100 list Otha Utah plants on the list included Bonanza Carbon Hunter and Huntington Ohio ranked worst for S02 Texas was worst for C02 and mercury Utah came in 30th of 50 states for N02 42nd for S02 and 22nd for C0r Joins Insurance Agency is announce that Bart Wankia is health and life specialist We are really excited to have Bart join us He has a lot of enthusiasm and knowledge for the health and life insurance fields If you have any questions or would like a quote please give Bart a call at Now is a great time to buy life insurance with excellent rates and term policies up to 30 years TlFSiSavt yourdlttyimiidiy tnnltyotr have a full load and decrease your water and electric bills durcer- proceeds of Books Books rence and facilitates healing and that anti- biotic therapy is indicated for all H patients “Lowa ulca currence rates could be expected to duce health care costs for Utah and save thousands of people from needless suffering" said Betit is a joint campaign The Utah effort between the Utah Medical Association the University of Utah School of Pharmacy the Utah Department of Health and Proctor ft Gamble Pharmaceuticals An education program involving letters sent to Utah Medicaid physicians and pharmacists began earlia this month The project Is supported by a $7500 grant from Proctor ft Gamble $150 individual nation We are among the in terms of size vs to of la’s analyze the informain the report First power plants are not exempt from the Clean Air Act Olda plants were “grandfathered” when the EPA was first established undaNixon This was mainly due to the fact that pollution controls and the technology were new territory for cleaner bums was not available when the plants were built The amendments to the Clean Air Act changed that when Bush signed them into law Under Title IV all powa plants are regulated the same Acid rain emissions have dropped significantly since then and the industry the story tion presented Ice Cream Social will be held on the Now is Your Chance Enroll Your Child In The Performance Group That is Stealing The Show! 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Call Classes are limited Corny Join Library ' 6 For girls aged 2 years to 9th grade For Anottwr Skyrocketing Season That’s Out of TW Worldlll I sffi m Men!sDfpt Men's 550 Levi's stonewash bleached black sand Men's Shorts select styles since This Space Sells traatw lawn Of course to have the report put IPP of olda plants is hilarious we were built well afta any grand fathering exemptions Some Utah powa plants were on the leading edge of environmental technology IPP was the first to install a new technology to reduce trogen oxide emissions when it was built for the in 1986 New federal standards year 2000 wiH require all powa plants to have similar technology The study reports numbers as totals such as in tons per year If the numbers are compared to a base on which to judge they have more meaning For instance “emission rate" presents a more picture than total raw numbers “Pounds of pollutant pa energy input or production” allows betta comparisons At IPP our sulfur emission runs at 006 IbsMMBTU or six one hundredths of a pound of sulfur for every million BTU’s of heat we put into the boila Where the standard is 12 lbsMMBTU we are 20 times Iowa than required by Title IV that IPP is one of the cleanest showing coal fired plants in the world As for mercury EPA and utilities are not sure exactly how much is produced as an industry but they do know that power plants are NOT the worst! 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they did 2000 Cost of Sundae's Cargo floating otuhe water Jfroxq a sinking ship is called flotsam while the debris washed ashore is called wreck powa plants scratch- general managa for the Intermountain Powa Agency “In fact I don’t know where they come up with the numbers City Library’s 1st Annual Community Ice Cream Social Friday August 14 Library purchase from Utah ing their heads in bewilderment: “There for older powa plants are no exemptions from the Clean Air Act” said Reed Searle pleased to their new UniverCreighton Corey of Delta Utah Babe Green Tips to fifty gallons of FACTS: wata are used in each cycle of a washing officials we degree OMAHA Neb Fillmore to close the lethal loopCongress Clean Air Act" News says those claims have upon hole in the Deseret The Local student earns Dixie machine and mer- calculations Grade during the ft Spring Quarters at College in St George UT Giselle is the daughta of Ed and DeWolf dioxide coin The crocodile cannot move its tongue— it is rooted to the base of its mouth com- carbon there Joe Beaver PRCA oxides nitrogen cury The report included only those plants that emit more than 20 tons of pollution ova and above what would be allowed if legal loopholes were closed the study’s “findings": Summarizing has exempted olda powa Congress plants (including IPP) for from Air Act standards Clean years If Congress closed these loopholes 66 of the NO and 78 of the S02 coming from utilities would be eliminated In Utah alone that’s 42888 tons of NO and 9684 tons of S02 that would be moved each year according to the study’s sible Daniel While the public breathes dirty air and eats toxic fish and the threat of global climate change looms in the future it is perfectly legal for these old dirty powa plants to operate under ancient or no pollution controls" Darren Speece a for the research group stated spokesman in the Deseret News “We call upon the Los Angeles Department of Wata and Powa to clean up its plant in Utah and A Deseret complains of abdominal pain or shows excessive drooling should be taken to the emergency department as soon as pos- Physical Therapy degree ing its 107th annual commencement emony on May 16 1998 just one of many cowboys scheduled to be in upcoming Days of the Old Rond Crafts recent study as reported in the News and Salt Lake Tribune says that due to exemptions in the Clean Air Act IPP is one of the 00 dirtiest plants in the country and the worst polluta in Utah The US Public interest Research Group accompanied by the Sierra Club took EPA data and produced a list of 359 powa plants that supposedly do not have to meet new standards for sulfur dioxide by stool t Receives honors Loophole Makes Intermountain Power Single Largest Polluter in Utah Thousands of infants and toddlers swallow coins every year and most of the time the coin passes out through the bowels But an emergency department physician with UCSF Stanford Health Care says that even if your child shows no symptoms it’s important to call your pediatrician or family physician for vice within about 24 hours Certainly if the child is choking apply first aid such as the Heimlich maneuva and then take the child to an emergency department immediately says Dr Robert L Norris director of emergency services at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and associate professor of surgery at Stanford University A child who is having trouble breathing shows signs of vomiting has blood in the Fillmore sity awarded a Doctor of Giselle A DeWolf RePrinted by permission from IPSC Bulletin coin call doctor says emergency physician Wright 21! 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