Show Page 14 —The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday April 2 1996 control to an gain attempt Compulsive cleaning presumably until one of the By Calvin R Petersen sales clerks directed this obviously hallucinating He that hath Clean Hands and a Pure Heart — Sunday School hymn woman back out to the street At one point I summoned A lasting image from my early childhood is that the courage to stop and ask of Mickey Mouse as The Sorcerer’s Apprentice her what she was doing but calling forth unstoppable powers of cleaning and she looked right through me washing through an incomplete knowledge of and continued tidying up our magic in Disney’s Fantasia Some years later I disordered universe encountered a woman who seemed to have been My musings about what possessed this woman enchanted by similar mystical powers led some time later to a short study for the Journal While in high school I had a summer delivery job of Humanistic Psychology entitled “The Cleaning which regularly took me down main street to the Lady” But I have continued to puzzle about her over the years What could have possibly motivated post office in Salt Lake City Along the way 1 frequently saw an elderly woman who always caused such seemingly mindless work? I’m not sure if the onlookers to stop and stare in astonishment For Cleaning Lady worked nine to five but she clearly reasons beyond anyone’s ability to ascertain it had a regular job performing it with a diligence that seems that her calling was to clean all of the cracks would delight any employer How she differed from in the sidewalk! The instrument of her work was a the other city and office workers who stopped to single crutch which she alternately leaned on and stare was that she always seemed to work through used as a precision tool carefully removing all of lunch and the conditions of her employment were the dirt and debris from between the slabs of utterly mysterious She hadn’t been hired by the cement This was very tedious work that seemed to Streets Department nor was she affiliated with any go on endlessly but her job description did allow sanitation workers’ local She didn't even work for some variety Sometimes she could be found a living in any usual sense of that phrase as she straightening the shelves in ZCM1 or Auerbach's — reportedly sustained herself from the garbage cans of local restaurants and she was rumored to make her home under a pile of boxes in some back alley Several years later I observed another example of severe psychological disturbance that seemed to shed some light on the Cleaning Lady’s bizarre behavior I had paid a visit to an elderly aunt whose husband suffered from Alzheimer’s disease We were seated at her dining room table which was covered by a dean white cloth 1 was asked to sit next to this seriously demented elderly man He was oblivious to the conversation that proceeded around him but I gradually became aware that he was disturbs! by something Finally I noticed the object of his concern He was fixed on a single piece of dark thread which he pushed out in an agitated fashion in no particular direction with one finger on the white cloth in front of him Clearly this tiny piece of lint had brought a serious degree of disorder to his state of being He now lacked the mental equipment to simply pick up the offending material and discard it but it represented some sort of chaos and he could not leave it alone At this point my aunt took notice saying “Oh Pshaw!” deftly grasping the thread and putting it in an apron pocket At this the old gentleman became completely calm as his world became clean and orderly once more Such experiences caused me to begin thinking fat guys doing slam dunks at the community gym” Rich Gordin has been inside the minds of Olympic athletes for 10 years and doesn’t pretend to know all the mysteries therein What he does know for sure is: “It may be mind over matter but don’t forget to prac- tice” Gordin a sport psychologist and professor in the Utah State University Health Physical Education and Recreation Department has worked with Olympic sprinters high jumpers shot putters gymnasts fencers and professional golfers Sports psychology is probably just as misunderstood as the mind itself Gordin says Sports psychologists like to turn the moniker “shrink" on its head and say that what they do is “expand the mind" However despite what the psychic hotline might be selling there are limits on what the human mind and body can do A lot of people throw around unfounded platitudes such as “sports are 90 percent mental” or “you can do anything if you put your mind to it” Well Gordin says “if that were true I'd be on the Professional Golfers Tour right now and you'd see a lot of short Pill Continued froroPage 13 Unlike birth control pills for women drugs being investigated at Research Triangle Institute and North Carolina State do not rely on hormones to control fertility That will spare men many of the side effects associated with birth control in women and ensure that the contraceptives do not affect libido or sexual function The approaches to male contraception differ dramatically Dr Joseph Hall a biochemist and the lead investigator on the “Athletes at the highest level usually feel they have done all the proper training but are looking for that extra edge Sport psychology can help them refine and best use what they have trained for We can't dramatically improve an athlete’s performance but we can help them figure out why they don’t perform up to their ability in big competitions” Gordin says That “why” usually deals with some aspect of composure focusing and visualizing The answer may be as easy as teaching relaxation techniques he says He says most top athletes spend a tremendous amount of time monitoring their health' and training Most don’t pay nearly as much attention to their changing mentalemotional states Sports psychologists help them analyze this For instance “there was a pro golfer that I discovered spent much more time thinking about where not to hit the ball than where to hit it Getting him to realize and change this item of thinking turned his game around” says Motivational speakers need not apply Hall is focusing on the enzymes that allow sperm to identify and penetrate eggs If the necessary enzymes do not bind to the sperm? the sperm can't “see” an egg Researchers at Duke University are taking yet another approach: They announced last fall the discovery that sperm also may use smell to find eggs Creating a chemical that blocks sperm smell receptors could eventually lead to a commercial contraceptive But it is the difficulty in identifying such a chemical and making it into a drug that has kept male contraceptives from becoming a reality North Carolina State and Research Triangle Institute researchers believe they have North Carolina Slate project wants to “blind'' sperm Fail wants to eliminate K “In my mind the advantage is that there is no sperm” Fail said of her approach “If there’s no sperm there's no accidents” analogue that appears to prevent sperm from recognizing eggs In early tests in rats the compound Cancer tion sizes to three ounces (the size of a deck of cards) Choose leaner cuts and choose baked Coa tinned (hn Page 13 are eaten in large quantities Smoking and excessive alcohol overcome that hurdle Hall has developed a sugar Pre-18- of sperm cells while leaving intact the sertoli cells that late sperm production regu- “I think that what our call the Education Center at Ukranian egg dyeing Hospice 752-953- com- cells in the testis” Fail explained To date Fail and Cook have achieved a high level of effectiveness in dogs rats and mire with no toxic side effects and esophagus Yet “A lot of people have the idea they have things they have to cut out to be healthy and that’s not true" Riley said “It all goes back to moderation” With meat in particular Riley offered the “three P” test to ensure healthy eating: portion part and preparation Keep por Continued from Page sign “We as adults think 1 know this is good for you so you’re going to cat it'” she said “Sometimes we forget that kids have tastes that like us they have different things they like and don't like” Instead give children choices of what to eat Just make sure the choices are healthy 0 jwvrorTl”Bi 13 serious disease The physician SCIBILK0 will check an older person carefully for the presence of such a disease (TC) Main Grief: After Sudden Loss” is from 11:30 am to 2 pm wax-resista- nt Wednesday April 17 in Logan Regional Hospital Gassroom 2 Cokie Roberts ABC and NPR correspondent is the moderator -Space is limited 16 deserve a seat 9 call Three CEU credits are available 70 Cambodian New Year 750-534- The Cambodian community of Logan will celebrate the new year Saturday at the Whittier Center 290 N 400 East Logan Dinner will be from 6 pm Entertainment includes traditional dances and the live band Apsara For information call Opera auditions Nevada Opera Association will hold open auditions Saturday May 4 in Reno for both Main Stage Productions for the 19961997 season and the Nevada Opera Studio the company’s 5-- Researchers at North Carolina State say their drug has no obvious side effects but add they have not yet tested for toxicity long-ter- m problems or dose So far both drugs seem to act quickly taking effect within 30 days And animals treated with the contraceptives recover their fertility within a few days or weeks once treatment stops 65 education and outreach residency Occupational For further information or to schedule an audition appoint- safety conference The Cache County Chamber of Commerce Manufacturer’s Group Hallelujah! ment call Nevada Opera at 46 or Hallelujah! 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A lot of people like to bring up the Biblical account about David defeating Goliath as an example of mind or faith over matter What they neglect to mention is that in the full Biblical account David had already killed both a lion and a bear with his sling before he The only apparent problems luncheon from 11:30 am to 4:30 pm Wednesday April 24 in the 40 dress is encouraged and matches will be held for black powder rifles shotguns and pistols Camp fees are $10 traders fees $20 this" tive when given orally His result! will be published in the April edition of the journal Biology of Reproduction Now Hall is moving to patent his compound and refine the drug with will present a Safety in Focus Occupational Conference and A rendezvous will be Friday through Sunday at Fort Buenaventura in Ogden of cancers of habits on children can backfire the liver mouth throat larynx use increase the risk Calvin R Petersen PhD Is a psychologist In private practice with UfeSpan Mental Health Services Frontier rendezvous Gordin says the higher the level of athletics the less need to be motivated or “psyched up” and the more they need to be relaxed and focused In fact a “pep talk” at the wrong moment can do more damage than good Gordin says he has learned it is just as important to know when to keep your mouth shut as it is to talk “Sports psychology also isn’t just about ensuring peak performances” he says “We are also there to help athletes through failure For instance there will be team of sports psychologists at the Olympic trials in Atlanta to help athletes who don’t qualify for the US Olympic team For many of them this will be the end of their careers as athletes and they need to work through is 92 percent to 98 percent effec- the help of endure Through the symbolic washing performed in rites of baptism souls are purified and saved Through the cleaning up of conceptual clutter our in modem knowledge is advanced But cleanliness have problematto increasingly times seems grown ic Man has become the only animal that cannot tolerate his own odor continually attempting to banish or disguise it And the knowledge of bacteria and viruses combined with the stresses of contemporary life may be what has led millions to compulsive handwashing and other forms of irrational scouring Cleaning is ordering Ordering is controlling That had to be what the Cleaning Lady was trying to accomplish She was attempting to bring order to her existence But surely as a result of her mental illness the task had come to far exceed her grasp and she had gone back to basics She was working at survival in a world grown too chaotic and complex perhaps not unlike most of those who stopped to stare at her in wonder Happenings Mind over matter only takes one so far By USU Information Services that there must be something very fundamental about cleaning Perhaps it is our ultimate human compulsion It certainly has had survival value Without basic sanitation civilization cannot long emrwtrasoo9trTimcav Hallelujah1 Hane-Va- i Uv" V Haiijjah1 HaneUaV HairfujaV I HaMujah1 Hallelujah1 f a 1 if ‘Jr 'j-- ' lfi |