Gunnison Valley Gazette | 2008-11-06 | Page 9

Thursday, October 23, 2008 SMOKING Continued from Page 7 times as sensitive to tobacco advertising than adults, are more likely to be influenced to smoke by cigarette marketing than by peer pressure and that one-third of underage experimentation with smoking is attributable to tobacco companies advertising and promotion. More generally, the big cigarette companies have been trying to shift attention and support away from establishing effective new laws or policies to prevent and reduce tobacco use among kids by promoting the idea that the problem should be left to parents, instead. But dumping the entire burden on parents will not reduce the availability of cigarettes to underage buyers, stop tobacco marketing that reaches kids, establish smokefree schools, or otherwise reduce youth exposure to tobacco marketing and tobacco use when outside of their homes. To address these powerful factors that influence kids to smoke, parents can take the following actions: • Show your kids how cigarette ads and images are designed to manipulate them. Parents can reduce the power- The Gunnison Valley Gazette ful impact of all the cigarette ads and positive-smoking images that confront kids everyday by talking with their children about the ads’ false ideas of glamour, maturity, coolness, and beauty, and about how the tobacco companies try to manipulate kids into becoming their future addicted consumers. • Make your kids’ schools tobacco-free. By getting more involved in their children’s schools, parents can try to make sure that the schools follow effective antismoking policies developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others such as: -Prohibiting all smoking on school property or at school events. -Not accepting any funding, curricula, or other materials from the tobacco industry. -Educating students about the short- and long-term negative consequences of tobacco use, and providing peer-pressure refusal skills. -Providing prevention education in kindergarten through 12th grade, with intensive education in junior high or middle school and reinforcement in high school. -Providing tobacco-prevention training for teachers. -Encouraging parental support of school-based tobac- Lost Dog LOST DOG Please! If you have seen this little Yorkie he is so missed! He disappeared on Oct. 25 around 1:45 p.m. He is so special and we miss him, so if you have seen him please call Cindy at 5287459 or 528-3456. Public Notice The Axtell Community Special Service District Public Hearing Thursday November 13, 2008 @ Town Shed Additional agenda items need to be in writing ten days prior to the meeting to: President Travis Blackburn PO Box 21093 Axtell, UT 84621 Agenda Items: Purchasing Policy Fee Schedule Adopt 2009 budget Published in the Gunnison Valley Gazette 10/30/08, 11/06/08 & 11/13/08 co-prevention programs. -Offering assistance to both staff and student smokers who wish to quit. * Support other local tobacco-prevention efforts, such as new state or local laws to make restaurants and other public areas smoke-free or new initiatives to enforce the existing laws that prohibit cigarette sales to kids. * Support new state and federal laws to restrict cigarette marketing that reaches kids, such as state laws banning cigarette vending machines or a new federal law to give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authority over tobacco products and their marketing that parallels the FDA’s existing authority over other food and drug products. * Support new state and federal programs to prevent and reduce tobacco use among kids, such as increases to federal or state cigarette taxes (which reduce smoking rates, especially among kids) or new state investments of tobaccosettlement funds in programs to prevent and reduce youth smoking. There are many ways to take action to influence local, state and federal laws and programs to prevent and reduce tobacco use among kids. Working with locally based tobacco-prevention coalitions is one terrific option. Another way to take action and keep informed is to visit the Action Center on the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids website. The Campaign’s website is at www.tobaccofreekids.org and the Action Center is at http: tfktakeaction.policy.net. Page 9 The annual Mistletoe Mall is set for this weekend There’s no doubt about it, the days are shorter, the nights are cold and the brilliance of fall is slipping away. This signals that the holidays are peeking around the corner and it’s time to start preparing for the splendor of this sensational season with a visit to the Mistletoe Mall. This annual event, in its 26th year, will be held Friday November 7th from 5 to 9 p.m. and Saturday November 8th from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Gunnison Valley High School little gym and cafeteria. Anticipation has been building as this year’s event comes together. The committee expectations are really high and they are excited for shoppers to come and see the vast array of items that some of the finest crafters and vendors have been working on throughout the year. It is amazing to watch the magical transformation that takes place as the building is turned into a holiday shopping wonderland. The Mistletoe Mall will be the place for shoppers to find quality handcrafted gifts, seasonal specialty items, unique home and personal items and delicious food. Among the items that will be available this year will be a full line of hand made bath products, lotions, soaps and salves. There will be beautiful handmade pottery, tole painting, refrigerator calendars, three lines of candles and home scents, flo- rals, wreaths, decorated trees, aprons, holiday towels, jewelry, specialty baby items, dolls, shelves, benches, children’s books and toys, Christmas decorations, blankets, watches, metal and vinyl signs, clocks, tiles, blocks, metal art and so much more. Specialty booths will include the commercial pans, an on-site vinyl letter cutter that will do custom orders while the customer waits. The ever popular and sinfully decadent Rebecca’s Chocolate will be returning again this year. Everyone should indulge their chocolate habit at this booth and store up for the coming year. There will also be homemade cinnamon rolls and fruitcakes. On Friday night Jeana’s Dance Works students will be serving soups, breads, and pies to earn money for their next dance tour. On Saturday the Lions Club will be serving their traditional and delicious taco salads, sloppy Joe’s and chicken sandwiches. They do this as a fundraiser to help with projects in the community, so be sure to support their efforts. Cantus, the girl’s singing group from the high school, will be selling watches, holiday hot chocolate, muffin and soup mixes to earn money to help with a singing tour they are planning to take. While at the Mistletoe Mall, they will be Misc For Sale FOR SALE Never Used! Still in plastic. Queen Pillow Top Orthopedic Mattress Set. Retail $819 Sacrifice for $199 435-979-0111 Food Storage Ensure having food in hard times. Go to the internet, type in, Community Supported Agriculture, then if you would like to join our CSA, contact us at: [e-mail] or call 1-435-528-7723. sharing their talents by singing Christmas carols on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. The G-Gettes Drill Team will also be doing their Fernwood Chocolate fundraiser so be sure to watch for them. As Mistletoe Mall committee’s way of saying thank you to their loyal adult customers, they will be giving away two fully decorated Christmas trees Friday night at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 3 p.m. You must be present to win. They will also be holding their traditional hourly door prize drawings for any age customer with some really fun prizes to be given away. Because the crafters have very limited time to set up their booths, it gets quite hectic, so shoppers are asked to wait until the doors officially open at 5 p.m. before entering the building. Shoppers that have to wait on Friday will find themselves treated to free hot chocolate and cookies. The Mistletoe mall has become a family tradition for many because people know there’s no place like home for the holidays and there’s no place like the Mistletoe Mall for holiday shopping. The Mistletoe Mall committee would like to extend an invitation to everyone, young, old and in between, to come out to the Mistletoe Mall on November 7th and 8th and feel a little happy holiday spirit. Help Wanted YOUTH WORKER POSITION Residential treatment facility hiring Youth Workers for boys home in Manti. Job Duties will include but not limited to: Supervise youth in home, community and school. Follow structure and expectations set up by program. Youth workers will be responsible for maintaining a safe environment for the youth and be able to teach accountability. Experience is not necessary but beneficial. Training will be provided. Applicants must be 21 years of age or older, have a high school diploma or GED, and obtain first aide, CPR, and food handlers permit within 20 days of hire. 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