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12:30 pm Delta The Millard County Chronicle Progress USPS Published every Thursday at Utah Delta by Du Wil Publishing 300 WDelta Utah S4624 40 Co Publisher Susan B Dutson Reporting Photography Dutson - Kathy Walker Shell Editor Editonal Staff Writer Kathy Walker Advertising Sales Kathy Walker Commercial Pnntinq Kathy Farmer Maintenance Repair Purchasing Collections Ad Design Shell Dutson Fillmore Drop off Location Kimball Insurance West 100 South Subscriptions in Advance In County - $25 00 per year $15 00 per 6 months Out of County - $30 00 per year Single Copy - 75 cents 25 POSTMASTER: Send address changed P 249 Delta Utah Rates on Request Advertising Second Class Postage Paid at to Delta Delta O UT 84624 FAX: Fillmore: DU WIL PUBLISHING OWNED BY SUSAN COMPANY B DUTSON Box Diane O Hendrickson MS iolence occurs Domestic henever someone is beaten or assaulted by their spouse or the person ho is liv ing w ith him or her It can include beatings rape harassment being held against your will not being allowed to leave the home and other illegal activity iolence is one of the most common crimes and can result in sev ere injury and death About 50 percent of children in families with domestic violence win also be but what many people do not understand is that a child can be seriously traumatized by simply witnessing domestic violence Adults can usually describe how violence at home is affecting them They can say " or "I feel things like "I'm afraid" "I'm angry guilty" It is much harder for children to describe their feelings in w ords They often act out their feelings instead of saying them Many behav iors that anger or w orry adults are really children's w ay s of asking for help w ith something that is bothering them or knowing about family violence does effect children The following Hearing seeing paragraphs give some examples of how children of different ages ask for help with w hat is bothering them There might be some other things that children do to seek help which are not on the list and the ages at which the behav iors occur might be different or overlap Infants: Sleep disturbances like sleeping so much that the child has to be awakened to eat or not sleeping restfuliy most of the time feeding disturbances like always wanting to eat or hardly ever wanting to eat continually fussing and cry ing inability to be comforted easily startled Toddlers and Chronic stomachaches and headaches nausea night terrors difficulty going to bed inability to be comforted general sadness not knowing how to play meanness Elementary Age: School problems such as difficulty concentrating school phobia problems with peers inability to share frequent irjuries and reckless behavior constant talking about fears difficulty leaving a parent or having a parent leave reverting to younger behaviors such as bed wetting and thumb sucking aggressive or intimidating behav iors cruelty to animals or smaller children Junior ligh and High School: Destruction of property truancy aggressive or violent behav ior running away substance abuse suicide talk threats or attempts nightmares stashing a weapon: depression a loner (having no friends and not participating in any outside activities) In addition - Children who witness abuse are more likely to attempt suicide to abuse drugs and alcohol to run aw ay from home to engage in teenage prostitution and other delinquent behavior and to commit sexual assault crimes (A study of Abuse & Neglect in the Homes of Serious Juvenile Offenders 1995) - Children w ho hav e witnessed domestic violence tend to have lower verbal cognitive and motor skills than children who have not witnessed domestic violence (Westra & Domestic Testing Your Home for Radon Radon How does radon induce cancer? If haled radon gas decay s into radioactive panicles that become lodged in the lungs As the panicles break down further they release small bursts of energy This ergy can damage sensitive lung tissue and lead to lung cancer over the course of a lifetime Lung cancer due to person"s halation of radon decay products constitutes the only knows risk associated with radon Lnv ironmental Protection Agency (FPA) and the Surgeon General have strongly recommended that all residences (except those above the second floor in el buildings) be tested for radon Because radon gas is inv isible to sight smell or taste special detection kits are necesfind a potential problem Radon to sary detection kits are inexpensiv e and easy to use After you've completed testing your home you simply mail the entire kit to the manufacturer for analysis (analysis is often included in the price of the kit) Test results will be returned to you via mail Levels above 4 pCi L (Pico Curies per ter) are considered "action levels" bv the EPA meaning steps should be taken tor further testing or to correct the problem Testing your home or business for the presence of radon gas it the only w ay to know if elevated radon levels exist While our neighbor may hav e an acceptable don level this is not an indicator of radon exposure in our home Home construction difference outside draft patterns door appliances and even indoor activities can make a marked difference in the radon level in your home at any given time The Utah Safety Council recommends that ev ery home be tested to ensure safety To obtain more information or a low cost radon test kit please contact the Utah or Safety Council at outside the Salt Lake Metro Guinea pigs are not pigs and they were first domesticated In Peru A species of cavy they were Imported to England from Guyana r in j even abused Martin 1984) - Depression hopelessness and other forms of emotional distress among teenagers are associated w ith exposure to domestic violence in the home (Colbum 1994) strongly - A comparison of delinquent and youth found that a history of family a history or family violence or abuse was the most significant difference between the two groups (Journal of Juvenile Justice Digest 17(12) 1989) - In one 85 of children study percent witnessing domestic violence admitted to a two percent at age nine (Communicadrinking problem that started as early as age tions Inc 1989) percent of boys who witness parental abuse have demonstrable behavioral problems (Canadian Jr ofBehavioral Science Review 18(4) 1986) - In homes where spousal abuse occurs children are abused at a rate 1500 percent higher than the national average (facts on Domestic Violence Washington DC 1993) - In homes w here the mother is a victim of domestic violence daughters have a 65 times greater risk of sexual abuse than girls in homes (Bowker Arbitell & McFerron 1988) - Reports suggest that more babies are bom with birth defects as a result of pregnant mothers being battered than from all diseases and illnesses combined that pregnant w omen are now immunized against (Chiles 1988) If someone you know is living in a situation of domestic violence or abuse encourage them to seek help Abuse does not just go away or heal itself it will only get worse New Horizons Crisis Center assists victims of domestic violence rape and sexual assault They can be reached 24 hours a day at or "A bore is fellow who opens his mouth and puts his feats In Ft" Children of Spain fill their shoes with grain or carrots to feed the horses of the Three Wise Men Gifts sre exchanged on January 6th in honor of the arrival of these Megi I i H 8 it Precip 25 8 record Chemical Caliente Nevada 89008 website you can see how deeply Utah will be involved 100° wwwcitizenorg cmep'atomicatlas atlashtm a 22 Every 4th Tuesday Social Sen ice Rep Delta City Offices Tuesday Mobile Mammography I'nit Delta Community Medical Center Call Conquering Susan B There is transport think Delta P S Dm High Pleiades Star Cluster is known by some as the "Seven Sisters" and its name is his name was given as the said to be derived from the ancient Greeks meaning "to sail" he Pleiades season in the Mediterranean world sien of the opening of the nav igational hook ol Amos are mentioned several times in Hebrew scriptures particularly in the en Mars and here in Chapter 5 Verse 8 w e find the reference "Him that maketh the Orion We can also find reference in the Book of Job from the 3Sth Chapter Verses 3 and 32 Verse 31 states "Canst thou bind the sweet influence of the Pleiades or loose and Verse 32 states "Canst thou bring forth Mizaroth m his the bands of Orion season? Or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons'' or those interested in the lore about this star cluster there is much in our Southwestern Indians and the Blacktool tribes most likely to be found in our library On the technical side of M45 photographs using long term exposure times reveal over one degree in diameter (two that there are over 2000 stars in the field of slightly moon diameters) The cluster is ore of the nearest to us being only 410 light years away and the associated star members extend outward about 20 light years from the center hot stars B Almost all the stars are Type indicating that this cluster is no older than 20 million years in its development The star ta laun or Alcyone the central star and brightest member of the Pleiades is almost 1000 times more luminous than our Sun and about ten limes larger in size Its apparent magnitude is 2 86 but if it were placed at 326 light ears away (10 parsecs) it would glow at 2 S6 or two and times brighter than the star Sinus in the constellation of anis Major It would appear as bright as the planet Jupiter is at the present time Since this cluster formed only in a brief time as far as our univ erse is concerned it is of special interest to astronomers It contains newly bom stars of supergiant propor100th the luminosity of our Sun in the Red Dwarf tions along ith stars that are only class a 16th magnitude Don't attempt to find these stars unless you own a telescope hav ing a minimum of 16" or more of aperture Other interesting objects located in this cluster are the "Hash stars" that appear to belong to the class of stars that rapidly flicker in the Orion Nebula This type of star will suddenly brighten up 50 times or more in are amplitude that ill ary from sev eral minutes to about three hours All of these stars inches in in the 13th through 17th magnitude and require instruments in the aperture class Interestingly enough the proper motion of this cluster is in a common direction to direction at 25 miles per second At this rate the cluster ill require the 30000 ears to drift a distance equal to the apparent idth of the Moon The diagram below w ill give ou some idea as to this motion across our line of sight after 20000 years The arrows indicate the apparent distance traveled Box 391 Jay Delta Date October piece The Mary Hales Reed Jeffery T Rogers By of October aid ith the crisp cold air being more prevalent we get this some really ideal observ ing conditions unlike that of the summer months During rises around 1113 week we do have our moon to contend with through the 29th when Ins gives us approaches ast Quarter on the 31st p rn and is in its waning stage as race skies for the weekend up till about midnight to observe deep space objects as One of the favorites among ail observers is the Pleiades star cluster aKo known M45 in the constellation of Taurus "I he Bull" Although this star duster has been is time tor it to make written about several times in the past few years in this paper its debut again The star cluster rises over our eastern mountains almost due east and be located in "the n vrthem direction shortly after 700 p m MST It can easily slightly naked ey es as a hazy patch of stars appearing like a little dipper shaped asterism to the that are well dark adapted and away from city or artificial lights With a pair ol binoculars of almost any quality one can count 20 or more stars that make up this star cluster The beauty of this star cluster lies in using low magnification with the widest possible field of view available Even with telescopes in the 16 inches of aperture magnification may be too much depending on the field of iew ol that particular eye- Sincerely Thursdav Wednesday at M F Bird Tuesday B and Millard County the L'et 'n nuclear waste transport through your town's Governor Michael if is tulS aware of tah's coming participation in the transport of "high level" hv Millard County elected offiuk'cu waste Jestined for uvea Mountain Nevada cials ere net mforneJ cannot sv illiam Vnclur spokesman for Governor Leav itt in the nuclear area) say 'sthey will "rev ue proposed transportation route's" and "in- ist on federal help to train emergency n ease there is an accident in I tah et's talk about that' 'Cspondcr hen not in a tram carry ing high level nuclear waste is derailed by terrorist's or mi an error or simply a broken wheel en a rail car) if a cask is ruptured and citizen's are contaminated they will be taken to a hospital isolated in a room with it's own separate ventilation 000 citizen's are contaminated'"' Where ate what if system '''' that you going to put all those people question was posed at the last DOt NRC meeting held here in Caliente Nevada "W e will treat them in the parking lot if we have to" was their answer nuclear incident won't happen in the dead of winter'' Shall we treee to death in a parking lot or die in a cov room from exposure to plutonium'' of inferior he "safe as mother's milk" cask's are made bv man so the possibility 999 inferior unsafe containers were unsafe container's has to be considered In ugust discovered at the Rocky flat's Colorado facility The company was fined (isn't that there is an accident chance's are your water will be comforting to you ') hen (not contaminated imculently the nuclear regulatory commission doesn't want to abide by the PA's water standard obeyed by everyone else) you farmer's irrigate your crop's livestock eat those crop' and your dairy head's produce milk You make your liv ing all starting with the water should you lose everything you have worked for because of a power plant in New York North Carolina Minnesota etc? The Amargosa Farm area understand (very close to Yucca Mountain) has one of the largest dairies in Nevada and the milk goes to A Lot's of people there)! A middle aged couple invested every dime they had into a few acres where they raise pistachio nuts and they are scared do they walk away or risk death? Either way they lose' Should all the cow's in the Amargosa arm area ear radiation monitor's to see if the milk is safe for people to drink that day monitor's ?? how many pistachio nut's worse yet should the people wear radiation would you like'1 Nevada and the majority of her citiens do not want Yucca Mountain but we can't light alone against the force's that intend to get their way at any cost time is running out call or write your state and local official's and tell them "not through tah" Governor I eav itt and Senator Hatch don't know how ou feel tell them write our comment's to the DOF as well endy R Dixon LIS Project Manager MS 010 I S Department of Lnergy Office of Civ ilian Radioactiv e Waste Management Yucca Mountain site characterization office PO Box 3030" North Las Vegas N'ev ada You have until to make written comment's to the Department of Energy concerning transportation and burial of high level nuclear waste A regional public hear13 2000 if you want to comment ing will be held in Salt Lake City Hilton Inn January the hearing will run from 10 am - 3 pm you need to schedule a time and 6 - 10 pm Here' leulke O: efvrv lolhe Editor musl fv signedlo be considered for publication tin held at writer's request at the discretion of the editor Dear Susan 1'ee :': may he TTrzx hTHJ Nuclear Waste transport through Utah Mee:iHe v- - s! rev Sames He p irsi hursdav so:i Delta a v I St " - County skks As we near the end iii hursdav c:m V"'-a- :v nJ Cropper jl: :sfs s Fillmore Viturdiv Medina AifZLmZ TO THE EDITOR If you are equipped with a fair sized telescope in the 8" aperture class and happen to own a specialized filter for your eyepiece you might get a glimpse of the nebulosity surrounding the main stars in the Pleiades It often lakes photographs of long duration to see these w ispy filaments caused by the dramatic birth of these stars The photograph to the right is one of the best available to date that show the haze of hy drogen and helium that has been ionized around these stars j r o o° 1 0 G Cinderella Pageant Slated for Oct 30 Saturday October 30 will be a very exciting and rewarding day for 28 young girls from throughout Millard County The second Miss Millard Cinderella Pageant will be held at the Millard High School auditorium beginning at 2 noon Because of the high number of participants the program will start one hour earlier than previously advertised Each contestant will model a sportswear outfit and a party dress The talent portion of the program w ill include vocal solos piano and violin solos dance tumbling and an art presentation All judging will be done by out of area judges with previous experience in the Cinderella program This portions of the competition is open to the public and everyone is invited to come see some of our country's best talent from girls ranging in age from three and fifteen years old Tickets will be sold at the door :30 $3 per person and $2 beginning at for children under twelve years old All Overall Cinderella Girls TalentTot and the Photogenic winners Personality will be eligible to advance to the state nals next June in Richfield All girls who participated will receive an award as Cinderella is a youth development program that focuses on building confidence and pride in the girts who participate Come join with us at 12 noon on SL Oct 30 and cheer for your favorite Cinderella girl It will be a fun entertaining and exciting afternoon Save Your Life With Your Palm The palm of your hand can save your fire Your palm on a closed door can warn you of dangerous smoke and fire on the other side But only after the fire has started and is already strong Your warning to test the door before the fire gets strong should come from a smoke detector mounted outside your bedroom door A smcke detector is designed to give you a mechanical signal that unwanted smoke and fire is in the house After the signal your own preplanning will save your life Feel the door If it's hot DO NOT OPEN IT use an alternated escape route Smoke hot air and poisonous gases rise ahead of flames and if a door is hot life in a death may be on the other side Of course using the palm assumes that you haven't already suffocated because you slept with your bedroom door open Sleep with the door closed The National Fire Protection Association (NF?A) urges you to "Learn Not To Burn!" by using the palm method planning alternate escapes ahead of time and installing a smoke detector If you buy fire detection equipment make sure it bean the label of nationally recognized testing laboratories such as Underwriters Laboratories or Factory Mutual Install and maintain you detector according to the directions or seek professional guidance -- 1 poor c |