| Show September Gunnison Valley NewsSalina Sun Common Sense suggests Off The Top StslSl Speciafist Questions and Answers from ilS'll ‘Extension Are you “Well Educated”? by Lori Olsen recently received a that made me pause It made me think A distant acquaintance said "You re well " I’ve never coneducated sidered myself “well educated” And how can you tell if someone is “well educated '9 don't think it has much to do with the amount of schooling you have Their are college professors and highly effective educated teachers who have very little common sense There are millionaires that are creative and brilliant but have little formal education Certainly it isn't in a persons looks I'm a frumpy looking mom who usually wears jeans and gym shoes And you may know someone who looks like a but is a brainy-awith multiple college degrees On the other hand we have all associated with people who dress the part and walK the walk but when they open their mouth we know they have a limited education Or they just don't apply their education So is “well educated'' defined by your vocabulary9 use a short list of $10 words that learned in 8th or 9th grade occasionally study "Word Power" in my monthly issue of “Reader's Digest” but that doesn't make me educated And when my verbiage is full of "And ummrnm" and "Yuh know?" don't sound like I’m educated Could it be "well educated" means “well read” and knowledgeable about history and current events That's not me either When read a literary piece it’s usually a children's “Newberry Award Winner" And History? can't even get into the highly acclaimed historical novels My current event knowledge is limited to reading cooking magazines and Martha Stewart's "Living" Okay occasionally listen lo Rush Limbaugh Maybe that's Hoiv Should Parents Tell Their Children About Divorce? to mar and continually reading expand your mind After much consideration and wasting more time on this think “well eduthan prudent cated' is defined by thinking By continually gaining knowledge tor answers to and searching life's little d big problems "Well educated” people realize they don't know it all but someone out there probably has the answer When they can’t understand something they turn to books written by experts on the subject They scan the Internet for new ideas to help make life easier They look for people with questions-an- hands-oexperience They may even seek divine inspiration for solutions to everyday problems So I'm going the take the compliment - weeks after it was offered - and realize the comment was probably flattery and I’m just foolish enough to spend my en- ergy analyzing Off the Top is a product of Lon’s disjointed and thoughts in a conversational style This column does not necessarily reflect the opinions of this newspaper rambling By Glen Jenson Professor Pmeritus USU Extension and f amity and Human Development Department 40 to 45 perApproximately cent of all children in the United States will experience the marital disruption or divorce of their parents according to Census BuStudies of chilreau statistics dren whose parents recently divorced showed wide variation on how they were impacted by the divorce Most studies indicate however that divorce is difficult on children no matter what their age Many of those surveyed indicated they were completely unprepared for their parents' separation To help alleviate some of the stress and fears children experience during this time consider these ideas Most importantly as a parent be sure you have tried professional assistance in repairing the marriage before calling it quits Divorce will likely not be easy on anyone and if the marriage is repairable quality professional counseling can help Recent research indicates that with mar- dysfunctional parents DRIVERS WANTED SOLOS TEAMS FLATBEDS 53FT VANS HEAVY HAUL IGREATJPAYANDIBENEFITS1 YEARS CDL A OIR EXPERIENCE Flatbed - 11 Western States Heavy Haul - 48 States 53ft Vans - West to Flatbed & Heavy Haul Drivers call: Van Drivers Call: 3 HearttAftackXStrokelKidneylEroblems? you or a loved one has taken any of the side effects you may be eligible for ous drugs listed below and suffered Financial Compensation BAYCOL MERIDIA v- PREMPRO FEN-PHE- N - TIME RESTRICTIONS Or perhaps it's a little of all the above some formal schooling the way you carry yourself and gram- (looks) vocabulaiy APPLY - CALL NOW! 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Boggs said children report on a parent Refrain from making derogatory people need only look to the 2002 Bush said that his plan comments about their other par- court record to see who is tellwould make forest healthy from ent ing the truth If you want to disease and fire by going "right After the separation occurs to bat" into forest areas that are know the truth I suggest people both parents should regularly should take a drive dangerous to communities up Naspend time with the children It Canyon in the habitats and recreational areas is also important that both partional Forest or up by Brian Another key aspect of the proents allow children to ask quesHead Ski Resort near Cedar City posal would make it harder for tions and discuss their feelings Read Articles such as Access environmental groups and othregarding the divorce as often as Advocate Fall of 2001 titled For- ers to appeal logging plans Enthey need to est Management Sierra Club vironmental groups however The more amiable the diStyle Range Magazine Fall of differ from the president in their vorce is and the events leading 2002 titled Beetle Mania How solutions for containing wildto it the easier it is on children the Bark Beetle became a "Pro- fires including diong more to Conflict between the parents is fire proof homes and structures tected" Species Ask KSL Chanlikely one of the most destrucnel 5 News that aired pictures of near wildfire locations tive elements of a divorce of the South the dead timber It opposed "thinning" beIt is usually best for neither cause it says it is just a corpoparent to rush into another relaNational Forest just a few rate handout to the logging inoften for It is difficult tionship children to accept another per- weeks ago In many articles I dustry Bush said that a good have read the environmental economy would be helped by a son into their circle of family reclaim that the Forest Sermanageable forest policy that lationships especially soon after groups vice is not interested in the small will reduce the need for a divorce trees and under brush because firefighting services and help Finally it is important to note there is no money in it Well in prevent the devastating propthat there seems to be little relathe it would not do erty losses associated with fires tionship between how children NBC News August 22 2002 react at the time of the divorce any good to remove the smaller and how they will fare later in trees and underbrush because Sen Ron Wyden a longlife the large old growth trees are time supporter of the environTo see other "Ask A Specialist" i UK Mathew Graff 4 2002 by Ann Parkinson USU Extension Foods at the Buy Safe StoreFoods costs money so it is just good sense to keep in mind the quality in the food you buy Buy cans and jars that look perfect If paper labels are wrinkled it might mean there is a leak in the container E)o the cans the cans have dents or rust? Do they have lids that are not closed tight? The food may have germs that can make you ill Eggs should be refrigerated in the store If they are not on the refriger- mental movement finds himself under attack from it because he is willing to allow increased logging in some areas in exchange for Republican support for a bill to ban timber harvesting in forests in western Oregon Wyden is not alone among Senate Democrats Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle moved quietly last month to exempt some areas of his home state from environmental constraints attaching a rider to an emergency spending bill to allow some logging in areas of South Dakota's Black Hills Na- tional Forest The measure You Shop cart That way the juices won"t drip on othpr foodRefrigerated and cooked foods have higher risks Beware if any of the following is true: Temperature is between 40 degrees F and 140 degrees F Food is in this temperature range for three to four hours Food is low in acid Dishes containing meat cooked vegetables and eggs are particularly risky Moisture is right for growth Take food home right away so ated shelf don"t buy them that you can keep meat eggs Open the carton to see if any and milk cold and the frozen eggs are broken or cr ickedRa w foods frozen Pick up milk and meat poultry and seafood other cold foods last This wi(l sometimes drip The dripping give them less time to warm up juices may have germs that can before you arrive home Save hot contaminate other foods Keep chicken and other hot foods for these juices away from other last too This gives them less foods by putting raw meat time to cool off before you get poultry and seafood into plas- home Hurry home and put food tic bags in the bottom of your away immediately! l AAjAj waives key restrictions on forest thinning and blocks court challenges by opponents logging a change the environmental movement fears will spread to forests throughtout the West It is my opinion that the Government is looking over the non- sense that some environmental groups have caused and using common sense to reinstate na- tional forest I feel that environmental groups should focus on a system to control Spruce Beetles from such devastating results rather than encouraging the growth of DEAD timber A that the Forest Ser- Judge ruled vice did break the law by not data on a indi- keeping proper cator species The Forest Service e should pay for it: Not the and their habitats Not the people who have lost their jobs Not the firemen that risk their Eves to fight fires I plea to Congress to focus on common sense and over look nonsense I pray for them to have the wisdom to know the difference I ' ? 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