Show 3 The Gunnison Valley News Wednesday October 16 1991 Home and School: Vital Links President by LILY ESKELSEN Utah Education Association My visiting aunt and I walked into a candy store where she immediately began pointing out various confections while the girl behind the counter filled a bag It rang up to $2 34 was stunned and asked if she had really meant to spend lhatmuch She looked at me rather confused and in her bold Mississippi accent said “It’s chocolate It’s worth iL” Sugar As a fellow I understood Most kids today would have understood Most of parents too - truly have a love affair with sweets That makes it awfully hard to stand as healthy nutritionconscious models for ourchildrcn But we must stand When a child comes to school undernourished he will not be ready to learn Observe that my focus is not on hunger Many kids who never have to go to bed hungry are - still undernourished They have a bowl of sugared cereal for breakfast No juice No toast They drink the pop and cat the Twinkic in their lunchbox and throw away the apple They come home and grab a bag of chips And they’re not really hungry at dinner time — except for dessert Before bed they’re forging through the kitchen for a snack The lessons we give first graders on the four basic food groups are valid for big people too Each day kids need about two servings of meat or high protein foods three servings of breads andeereals four servings of fruits or vegetables and three servings from the milk group it’s at least four) (with teenagers Kids don’t run on batteries Fill them up with the power they need to get the job done Grant Money will help FIRE TRUCK VISITS PRE SCHOOL CLASSES: Fireman Morgan Jensen visited the Gunnison Elementary classes last week The students were introduced to the firetruck and even received a ride teachers at the Carla Mellor and Beth Christensen Snow college students off Students in Central Utah will benefit directly from four separate grants awarded to various program it and projects at Snow College may lake several months to realize some of the benefits but all of the money is directed at helping students receive a better education The college is going to receive close to a quarter of a million dollars this year to continue it’s Upward Bound program The program is designed to help high school students in danger of abandoning their education for one reason or another This is the third year for the Upward Bound Program at Snow College and the program is show“We’ve success ing remarkable had 16 kids for 2 full years and 15 of them graduated this year” said bound Director Ken Upward Jackson “Five of those kids are still making a decision about college and the other ten have already started college this fall It’s really see their advancement exciting over time Another $198000 has been granted to the school to conduct a This proTalent Search program gram helps find students from 7th to 12th grade and dropouts up to age 27 Once the young people are found then they can be helped in a fashion similar to the Upward Bound program The $198000 grant for Talent Search is for a three year program Talent Search is part of a national trio program that includes Upward Bound and Student Support Services Talent Search is an attempt to reach out to kids headed for trouble or dropping out It they are found they can be offered tutoring counseling and any help that may inspire them to continue with their Jackson said they are education looking for about 250 kids to get the program the ground The principals at various schools are cooperating by offering the space for the program at each individual school and the federal funding will provide for the teaching resources The US West Foundation has given the college $4000 to implement a Supplemental Instruction program to help students succeed in classes which have a tradition- ally high failure rate The Supplemental Instruction program is designed to help students already enrolled at Snow College Supplemental Instruction brings students having difficulties together with the students dubbed “Model Learners” SI Director Mat Barreiro said the key to the success of the entire program is the student leaders” they are the model and they show other students how to be successful in learning They help others find a different way lo think about learning” And the Marriner S Eccles foundation has given Snow Col- lege $5000 to purchase photo communications lab equipment The lab will be located in the new Humanities and Fine Arts Building Snow College is in the process a communications creating department to handle the growth in curriculum and increased student interest in the area On many of the university campuses communications is the largest division Photo is a vital part of comjournalism munications Student utilizing the new darkroom will be benefiting the college newspaper and yearbook and even more importantly they will be preparing for interesting careers in communications of what is it? Self-estee- m ' uiulleilcd by others’ negative and criticism are probably people who are involved in positive When people continuallydcridc themselves it is easy to buy negative comments from others regardthe critic is ing their attributes merely reinforcing what these persons already think of themselves No one escapes criticism at one time or other But there is a way of looking at it which will help you protectyour self esteem It involves where criticism understanding comes from Criticism seldom comes about of a as an authentic recognition fault or problem but rather results from unsettled emotions from within the critic It is difficult to say good things to others when your own is low We often hear the term but what does it really is a constant — mean? it refers to the value of an individual All people have an equal but value attached to unmeasureable their being however is different in lhat it is an valuative judgment of ourself - by our self When The process is ongoing we feel we are succeeding in life’s endeavors we feel good and as a rises If we result our feel we are failing we feel poorly about ourself and our falls It is helpful lo recognize things which will help move along in a positive direction as well as tq know how to prevent selfesteem from plunging Psychologists have found the one behavior that is most strongly associated with our level of is “self talk” Each day of our life we are silently having a conversaThis tion with ourselves has much more influence on our than the emotional development things others say to us Eleanor Roosevelt once said “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent” There is much truth to this People who are comments So before feeling negatively about yourself as the result of what someone says to you try to figure out what motivates the critic Two things will help develop appropriate self esteem: and makmonitoring ing an attempt to allow to work in your favor making an effort to understand the roots of criticism before internalizing it you were turned down you may be eligible now If 150000 children now eligible for services their Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability claims under the new regulation resulting from the in SulliSupreme Court decision van vs Zebley The new regulation requires that when deciding if a child is distake into abled Social Secuiity 200000 children with claims were whose previously denied for medical reasons or whose disability benefits were suspended have already responded to Social Security notices sent them in July They have requested that Social Security review Almost disabilities 1 Vote for Frank Roberts StrongBox batteries feature: construction to handle heavy equipment punishment plates to give an added reserve of power grid design to provide more cranking amps and resistance to corrosion Envelope separators to virtually eliminate electrical shorts offer lifetime trade-i- GUNNISON IMPLEMENT 62 South Main - Gunnison - 1 do my very best to help improve the town and not pull it apart or the people in it because think that the people do not care what you may know until they know that you care about them So if you good people of Centerfield think will do a good for job you and the town please elect me Frank Roberts for Centerfield Town Council on November 5 1991 Council UJ will account how the child’s impairments affect his or her ability to perform activities carried out by healthy children of the same age In July Social Security mailed notices to more than 450000 children informing them of their right In the same envelope to a review was a reply form that they were asked to fill out and mail back within 120 days if they wanted a review of their case 150000 About notices were accordreturned as undcliverable Social to Marchant Randy ing Security manager in Provo Social Security is making special efforts to locate these 150000 children Children entitled to a review include those whose disability claims were denied or whose benefits were slopped because of medical rea1980 and sons between January 1990 even if they are February now 8 years of age If you didn’t receive a notice but think you or your child may be eligible check with any Social Security office Fax It At the Sa)ina Sun Office Our Fax Number: 7 to come preschool arranged for the fire department and discuss the importants of Fire Safety Pictured is with preschool fireman Morgan Beth Christensen students looking on Wildfire Danger is high for Deer Hunt Season The US Forest Service Wildland fire agencies are asking deer hunters to be very careful with fire in Utah’s backcountry The fire danger is moderate lo high over most of the state “Recent warm weather with no has created dangerprecipitation ous fire conditions” warns State “In addiForester Dick Klason tion because we’ve lost most of a small our seasonal firefighters fire could become a large destructive fire before we could control Bureau Division ofLand Managemcntand of Stale Lands and Forestry are asking hunters to be especially and cigacareful with campfires rettes Sparks and heat Irom vehicles and equipment can also start fires “Please don’t leave campfires unattended” says Klason “and be sure your campf ires are out before Let’s have a safe breaking camp and fire free deer hunt” it” Roger Says: You're growing older gracefully when the number of things you can no longer do is roughly equal to the number of things you no longer want to do Two quick ways to disaster are to take nobody's advise and to take everybody's advice Money can be lost in more ways than won Little boy's definition of a dream: "When God shows a movie" Success always looks easy to those who weren't around when it was being earned Gunnison Valley Bank we've earned high ratings for safety & soundness At our 0 wncJ Independent Hank EQUAL HOUSING LBCER mm m® ©s |