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Show Volume XVII Issue XXI The Ogden Valley news Page April 15, 2010 Utah Is Number One in Saving Lives! Spring is in the air and that can only mean one thing, National Donate Life Month. April is National Donate Life Month, a month where organizations like Intermountain Donor Services and Utah’s Donate Life Coalition raise awareness about the need for organ, eye, blood, and tissue donation. This year, as in many past years, citizens of Utah should be proud that we lead the nation in the number of people saying yes to donation. Currently, over 70% of Utahns have signed up on the Yes Utah Donor Registry to express their donation wishes—one of the highest percentages in the nation. While this is great news, there is always more to be done. Many people have recently asked, if you have all those people signed up, why is there still such a shortage of organs available for transplant? The obituary pages are full every day, so what’s going on? These are excellent questions. What few people realize is that to become a donor, someone has to die in the hospital on a ventilator. In any given year, there is the potential for about 80 organ donors out of the 6,000 deaths a year in Utah. This means that only approximately one out of every 75 deaths in Utah could be an organ donor. Each organ donor has the potential to save nine lives, so every single donor is vitally important to saving the lives of fellow Utahns. So while 70% of people signing up on the Yes Utah Donor Registry sounds impressive, and it is, there is still more to do. When asked in professional surveys, “In general, do you support or oppose the donation of organs and tissue for transplant?” 96% of Utahns say they support donation. So where are the other 26% who haven’t signed up? Typically it is because of a myth or misconception about donation, and that brings us back to April being National Donate Life Month. We want to help dispel those myths and misconceptions that keep people from saying “yes” to donation, even though they may support it in theory. If you have questions about donation or transplantation, please visit www. yesutah.org or call 1-800-833-6667. So many lives hang in the balance. Wisconsin Study: Social Media Reinforces Teens’ Belief that “Everybody’s Doing It” Parents have long believed—and research bears out—that teenagers are more apt to pursue risky behavior if they believe “everybody’s doing it.” Now, in a first-of-its-kind study, a University of Wisconsin-Madison research team found that young adolescents believe depictions of underage drinking on social-networking sites such as MySpace or Facebook are real. Seeing dozens of on-line profiles boasting of drinking or sex, says the study’s author, makes risky behavior seem normal among all teens—a belief that might influence them to pursue the same activities. Dr. Megan Moreno, assistant professor of pediatrics at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, conducted focus groups involving adolescents ages 11-18. Her research was published in the October 2009 issue of Journal of Adolescent Health. “We now have this first step of hearing teens say, ‘If we see our peers displaying this behavior on a social-networking website, we believe it is real,’” said Moreno. Previous research studies have illustrated that adolescents are more likely to engage in behaviors such as alcohol use if they believe their peers are doing so. “If you learn that three of your best friends smoke, then you are more than likely to adopt that behavior,” she says. “This has been happening for decades. The concern with socialnetworking websites is that these behaviors are now published and accessible to a much larger network of adolescents than a teens’ typical peer group.” Focus groups were conducted with adolescents at recreational centers in Seattle while Moreno was serving a fellowship at Seattle Family History Library Classes Now Available on Internet—Free classes make genealogy expertise accessible anywhere It is rare that Marcia Covington can make the trip from her home in State College, Pennsylvania to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Now, however, people like Covington can take classes from the worldfamous library without ever leaving home. The FamilySearch Family History Library is now making its popular classes available at FamilySearch.org where anyone anywhere in the world can access them for free at a time that is convenient for them. The classes have been offered on-site in Salt Lake City for years. Until now, attendance has been limited to those patrons who are fortunate to live in the surrounding community or happen to be visiting the library as part of a research trip. Making the classes available online allows access to many more patrons. “Most people do family history whenever they can fit it in their busy lives, on evenings, holidays, weekends, and so forth. Whether you are a beginner or experienced researcher, you can choose subjects of interest to you from the available classes and watch them anytime and anywhere,” said FamilySearch Community Services Manager Diane Loosle. The online classes are a great complement to the free personal research assistance the Family History Library offers to its patrons in Utah and through its family history centers worldwide. According to Loosle, the free online classes are one part of the growing number of tools FamilySearch is building for its online patrons. That is great news to people like Covington. “Very few people have the opportunity to come to Salt Lake City, but these classes give me the same access at home as I can get in Utah,” Covington said. “Our distances here are Children’s Hospital. Co-investigators included an alcohol counselor and social worker, both with experience with adolescents who use alcohol. According to Moreno, younger adolescents (those under 16 years old) were especially intrigued by depictions of alcohol use, and were more likely to believe what they saw. “The younger teens were more impressionable and convinced that what they saw was real,” said Moreno. “They would say, ‘Wow, they put that on Facebook?’ If they saw someone holding a beer can, they believed they must be drinking. If someone said they got drunk, they believed they got drunk.” Earlier this year, Moreno released another study on social-networking sites that indicated more than half of adolescent MySpace users Ogden City is excited to announce the mentioned risky behavior such as sex, violence, construction of a new viewing deck addition smoking, alcohol consumption, or drug abuse that will complement the Kayak Park that was on their Web profiles. previously completed. This new deck is something that has been pursued for some time, and will assist the viewing and the staging of the Kayak Training areas of the Weber River located near the intersection of Exchange Road and the Weber River in Ogden. The new facility will also be located just down stream from Fort Buenaventura, and has current draws from outdoor enthusiasts including kayakers, hikers, bikers, fisherman, and others who are seeking outdoor recreation adventure. The new deck will consist of different viewing and seating areas to accommodate any and all who want to view the activities, or just rest at the location and appreciate the scenery. The decking material will consist of lowmaintenance and high-durability composite There are no mice in here. Photo by TREX-like materials. The city of Ogden and local business Bruce Grandin of Eden Wadman Corporation are working together in a joint agreement to complete the deck and pretty long, and for some people it is a 40-minute drive to the nearest family history center. These classes make it possible to get training in your home whenever you want, and it is so nice that it is free.” There are currently 23 Family History Library classes available online, with subjects ranging from European research to United States military records. The most popular offerings are the Beginning Research Series for Ireland and England and a class on descendancy research. The classes vary in length from 6 to 58 minutes, with most lasting about 25 minutes. The format of the class varies, depending on the content being presented. One type of class shows a video that alternates between the teacher and the PowerPoint slides. Another kind of class integrates video of the presenter, the accompanying PowerPoint slides, and links to supplemental materials all in one screen. Several of the classes are interactive, such as a course on reading German handwriting. In these classes, the teacher is represented with still photographs and audio narration, and the student can actively participate in learning activities, such as matching English and German characters or transcribing selected words from a document. As a student types, the correct text appears in green and incorrect answers appear in red, providing immediate feedback. FamilySearch is continually adding new online offerings; classes on how to read English handwritten records are currently in development. All of the classes can be accessed on www.familysearch.org<http://www.familysearch.org> by clicking on Free Online Classes on the home page. Construction to Begin on New Kayak Park Viewing Deck Subscriptions available for out of area residents at $18.00 annually. Send payment with mailing address to: The Ogden Valley news P O BOX 130, EDEN UT 84310 l supporting structure. The deck is also partially funded by a R.A.M.P. grant. Restrooms Being Installed at 29th St. Trail Head Ogden City is pleased to announce the construction of new restroom facilities at the Bonneville Shore Line, 29th Street trailhead. The addition of these new restrooms will be a welcome relief for the many trail users who visit and use the exciting and challenging trails located on Ogden’s East Bench. This restroom addition will also be a dream realized by the many who, for many years, have found the eastbench trails a frequent destination, taking advantage of their health benefits and the asthetically pleasing views associated with the area. The facilities will make use of durable stainless steel fixtures and exterior materials that will blend into the surroundings and help make the structure a positive addition. This new structure is made possible by Ogden City and Weber County R.A.M.P. funds. OPEN HOUSE l Friday, April 23rd 2 - 8 p.m. Light refreshments ~ Experience state of the art technology Free 2nd opinion ~ Prize drawings ~ Kid’s contest Office hours minimum 3 days a week. 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