Show Logan becoming a ‘hockey town?’ Valley's first charter school opens soon LoganlUtah© 2002f$U25 Dailewspape Bridgerland's' ori93iyj6l2J6X3undaAugusr4?2002 Wmm "Dq®Pqd Weather back to hot and mostly sunny It’s DtksDqd Teen suicide baffles parents professionals here By Arrin Brunson staff writer — PagaA14 ' N Update help I a net Yellowstone ‘hot spot’ quite active JACKSON Wyo (AP) — The hot spot responsible'for many of Yellowstone National Park’s geysers and hot pools has erupted more frequently that geologists previously thought Researchers at me University of Utah discovered evidence that the feature has been active at least 142 times m the last 16 million years spewing volcanic ash across the western states Scientists previously placed the number closer to 10Q Geologists Barbara Nash and Michael Perkins professors at the university studied ash deposits in Oregon mid Idaho and found ash from Volcanic sources other than the nearby Cascade Range By studying its composition Nash said they determined some of the ash came from the Yellowstone hot spot A hot spot is an area of molten material that is closer to the earth’s surface than normal In this case the North American tectonic plate has moved over the hot spot which' fras previously under Oregon northern Nevadal and southern Idaho Eventually die hot spot ended up underneath Yellowstone ' The 142 major eruptions docu- -' mented by Nash and Perkins were up to' 200 times bigger than the 1980 eruption of Mt St Helens and typi- cally generated between 250 and 600 times as much ash Based on the age of the ash in die geologists’ studies activity from the hot spot appears to be slowing down There have been only three large eruptions in the last 8 million years whereas between 8 and 15 million years ago mere were between 10 and 20 The most recent activity was 642000 yean ago in what is now Yellowstone It created the massive Yellowstone Caldera Nash said Several theories explain wlty '' activity is slowing R could be that the hot spot’s heat source is cooling or that it is located under a particularly thick portion of the North American plate ' Despite slowing the hot spot will erupt again in the future probably thousands of years from now Nash as elsewhere ' such violent deaths have occurred in Cache Valley in the last few months In an effort to minimize potential harm to the victims’ families or concern mat public coverage might prompt others to take their lives newspapers rarely report suicides Yet informed parents can be especially alert to changes in the behavior of their children who might suffer from shock or who might consider copycat ting the term used by the mental health community to describe the phenomenon of an increase in suicide attempts by peers - 12-early three years ago a y ear-ol- d Cache Valley boy attempted suicide by hanging Nearly three months ago after an argument with his went to his bedroom mother the tried again and was successful The violent act came as a surprise to his mother who said her only child had seemingly turned a corner and was doing better than ever in the weeks before his death “It was a small argument compared to some of them” she said “He was looking forward to so many things and was so positive He was excited about getting his license (in eight days) Things just don’t add up” Looking back though this single mother has uncovered some telling dues The young man visited many of his teachers and dose friends in the weeks before his suicide expressing his appreciation to them for their kind deeds — A3 Statistically speaking Three million American teens have thought seriously about or even attempted suicide a government survey released in July showed More than 13 percent of young Americans between 14 and 17 years of age considered suicide in 2000 the report from the US Sub--’ stance Abuse and Mental Health Services The teen had also made several attempts to contact his estranged biologicri father to no avail Even the contentment his mother described is an indicator that the young man had made die decision to kill himself mental health experts agree Although teen suicide is statistically rare two See MOST PARENTS on A12 t rMcKayAnhdercai-fetxat- ni alter jbrosajpo v4’’'51 ?lh finish Irik wNoZay Rhode' of Newton ie p& twenwv down the couree Above Vj ateofacwg get tangjed MMCflrara VHantf Journal as said’ Skating medals to MANCHESTER v -- i - Just what Is thiisummer dent doing?! 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