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Show ' The Salina Sun 10 VA Seeks to Thursday October 1, 1981 Discover Stamp Collecting, Salina Postmaster Invites Discover Stamp Collecting The Hobby of a lifetime is the theme of the first annual National Stamp Collecting Month, to be observed Oct. 1 - duces a youngster to the hobby is giving that child a lifetime gift, Post- master Madsen said, because stamp collecting does not depend on 31, Salina Postmaster age, stamina, or the Arlen Madsen noted. weather. The fall observance Many families treawill include issuance of a sure stamp collections, special souvenir card, work on them together, unusual post office lobby and pass them along displays, and philatelic from generation to gene items especially designed to attract newcomers to the hobby. -- Millions of Ameri- cans recognize that stamp collecting geneknow- rates increased ledge of geography, graphy, history How to turn plain wood into works of art will be demonstrated at the Woodworking West and Symposium 81, Oct. 8 10 at Brigham Young University. -- science. Children who engage in this hobby have a good time acquiring new or used stamps, and the hobby stimulates their intellectual growth. Teachers tell us that boys and girls frequently use The workshop is sponsored by BYU Confer- information in preparing and presenting class projects, Madsen said. The Postal Service is sponsoring the monthlong observance in cooperation with the Council of Philatelic Organiza- There will be something for everyone, from the beginner to the professional, according to Dale Nish, director of the symposium. Demonstrators will show their methods of producing tion (COPO) which ences and Workshops and the Department of Industrial Education. ration. In an age when all too many of us spend our leisure time solely as spectator, stamp collecting is a hobby in which everyone can participate. Thats the message the Postal Service wants to Orange. get across this month new Robert Nimmo, during the National head of the VA, made the Stamp Collecting request at the meeting Postmaster last month of the AdviMonth, Madsen concluded. sory Committee on the plate, he said. A $125 registration fee covers all conference sessions and conference packet. information regarding the workshop can be obtained from BYU Conferences and 242 Clark Workshops, Building, BYU, Provo, Utah 84602; phone (801) More . 378-490- 3. in- cludes national, regional, and local organizations involved in all aspects of stamp collecting. An adult who intro Health-relate- d Effects of group of Herbicides. Obviously, scientists and veterans the many studies now representatives who met in Washington to advise underway need to be the Veterans Adminis- completed before we tration on dealing with have all the answers. But the Agent Orange contro- it seems to me as a that you already versy was asked to speak layman out on the subject to have established a solid basis for correcting some help veterans and news media understand what of the misinformation is known about Agent that continues to be circulated, Nimmo said. DENVER-- A The seven VA medical centers and four regional offices in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and New Mexico have given a total of more than 1,200 Agent Orange physicals to requesting Vietnam veterans. They have handled more than 250 claims. Of with twig pots, que those, only three have candlesticks and bowls. been approved - based -- Dale Nish, sympo- on chloracne, a serious sium director, who is an skin rash. expert in working with The emotional issue unseasoned wood and of Agent Orange is by far defective wood. the most frustrating pro-- Del Stubbs, one of blem I am facing in my Californias best wood- new role with the federal Nimmo turners, will demonstrate government, his work with elegantly told the advisory group. I wish the facts were turned boxes and vases. available that would al-- Byrd Pearson, a calow reasonable people to binetmaker and woodsay that exposure to turner, will speak on Agent Orange in Vietnam Working Western does have a direct cause Hardwoods. and effect relationship to the current and future -- Scott W ineland, a health of veterans, or that the facts would let supplier of turning stock, will bring a load of us, in good conscience, reassure those veterans quality woods for purchase by workshop parti- and their families that cipants and will speak on they have nothing to fear California Hardwoods. from that experience. Scientific studies related to Agent Orange and discussed by the Turning Wood into Art bio- their stamp collecting Correct Agent Misinformation turnings, and participants will be given perience ex- first-han- d with basic woodtuming operations, both spindle and face Highlighting the sym- posium will be: and Melvin a first and second generation craftsman team that specializes in working burls and spalted wood. -- Mark Lindquist, -- Rude Osolnik, one of Americas most versatile woodturners who will demonstrate his techni Advisory Com- mittee to the VA included an epidemiological study designed by the UCLA School of Public Health, an analysis of world literature related to herbicides being conducted by an independent contractor, a study of birth defects underway at the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, and a follow-u- p study of die health of some 1,200 air crew members who received massive exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides during spraying operations i in Vietnam. Nimmo concluded: is completely dependent on the scientific community for our course of action. In all areas, VA deals with medical problems on the basis of the latest validated informaT tion. We have no independent position on Agent Orange. There are many people who are sincerely and deeply concerned about Agent Orange who could get a measure of relief from anxiety by knowing the facts and perspectives you can provide. VA NSHS Cheerleaders North Sevier High Schools vivacious cheerleaders are ready for Homecoming and extend an invitation to all of the area to activities. support the c Make m ttflne SMinigs! Metamucil Laxative 14 ez. Becton-Dicklo- Dietac m Asepto Fever Thermometers Maximum Diet Capsules 75 mg. 20 Caps Oral or Roctol $488 $69 Head & Colgate 7 . Ultra Brite Shoulders WLitieiShampoo 7iz. lltz. or Tube 6 oz. Strength DlEIAC $249 Listerine Antiseptic 32 Alpha Keri Bath Oil Did you ever wonder how Sevier School Dis- trict chooses its books for the school year? Assistant Superintendent Cart Tuft explained the process recently. He said every textbook the district considers must pass a Work Copy test or a textbook evaluation form test. youre worried that Sevier or other districts will try to push morally questionable books on your children, take heart. It would be difficult to get it past the Utah State Course of Study Textbook Committee. This committee has issued guidelines calling for exclusion from school programs the following general topics or areas: If $259 Porcelana Medicated The intricacies intercourse, sexual 1. Salina Drug Salina, Utah mulation, erotic of stibe- havior, etc. 529-740- 1 M Nielsen, son of Ked Nielsen and Vicki Nielsen, Aurora is pictured with his father, (right) and past Scout Master, LaVon Curtis (left) as he Kelly 2. The acceptance or advocacy of homosexuality as a desirable or acceptable sexual adjustment or lifestyle. 3. A position or advocacy of or how to do and ceptive techniques devices. 4. The acceptance of or advocacy of free sex, promiscuity, new rality. or. mo; A National Rifle Association analysis of the latest crime statistics published by the FBI reveals that those major metropolitan areas with strict gun laws lead the nation in their rates of violent crime. from jumping place in 1979. York City also leads the nation in armed robbery with 1,429.2 per 100,000 population, more than 100 thousand last year. New Firearm 1980. involvement in murder, however, has Since the District of declined during those Columbia enacted its years, down from 67.9 handgun ban its murder percent in 1974 to 62.4 rate has risen 17 percent, percent for 1980. according to the FBIs Additionally, handgun data. In near-b- y Virginia, where the are relatively involvement in murder restrictions on gun has fallen from 1974, Baltimore, with few Among cities whose when handguns were ownership other than populations exceed stringent gun licensing those imposed by Federal involved in 54 percent of and registration 500,000, Boston wds listed the murder rate U.S. murders, to 50 requirements, saw a 19 law, as most Americas percent in 1980. This 9 violent town last year. percent increase in its dropped percent. decrease has occured The 1980 statistics are rate of robbery last year The UCRF statistics despite the influx of more contained in the FBIs over 1980. show that, overall, the than 13 million new Uniform Crime Reports And Washington, D.C., United States murder handguns into U.S. cirreleased on September where . the culation during the same has rate fluctuated .in private 10, 1981. ownership of handguns recent years. It fell from time period. Boston is followed by was banned in 1977, 9.8 per 100,00 in 1974 to GET THE LATEST! 1976 and 1977. Then New York City, moved from eighth place 8.8 in Subscribe To Baltimore, Washington, in overall violent crime it rose to 9.7 in 1979 and THE SALINA SUN rose to to 10.2 the before ban 1980. in D.C. and Cleveland, all of handgun again which have extremely rigid gun laws. . Massachusetts, in 1975, adopted the Bartley-Fo- x a Act, establishing mandatory jail term for the unlicensed carrying of a firearm. In 1974, the year before Bartley-Fo- x took Boston effect, ranked fifth in overall violent crime. It now ranks first. avers which New York, type passed Bartley-Fo- x legislation in 1980, has become Americas second most violent city since the law passed, H at of reading abilities of the students most likely to be using the materials. 5. Is the physical and technical quality of the student materials, including all media, satisfac- Utah tory? 6. Is the physical and technical quality of the supportive .teacher materials (teachers guides, media items, etc.) satis- Independent factory? Bank' One of the questions asks if the text uses the provide comprehensive metric system when meacoverage of course consurement is required. tent as outlined in the Another asks if the book officially adopted course promotes a positive of study? for members 2. Is the subject matof all ethnic groups, and ter compatible with the if the material portrays a interests, abilities and variety of roles for needs of the students for members of both sexes which the materials are unbiasedly. being considered? 1. Does the material self-ima- October 1, 1981 Vi the materials ! QMb presented in an objective and unbiased manner? ; 4. Does the material accommodate the range OnDsoxanDsEQ fforrfK It's Coming SOON at Gracious in Living" GUNNISON 303 it approaches to contra 1 ( ( fourth fourth place in ' Personnel in the district and other persons take each proposed text material and evaluate it with some of the following question: 3. Are shows them the drinking fountain at the Aurora Park, he made as his Eagle Scout Project. Gun Laws Fail to Curb Rising Crime How the School District Chooses Its Textbooks ez. Toothpaste your choice Eagle Scout Project lnT 'ii' '.'KUI3T3' UWiTH '"Ti |