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Show Review - Thursday, March 3, 1983 - Page 3 Pain Clinic- - he sustained some dental injuries during his football career, he found himself able to control his pain while in the dentist's office by a process of distraction. Also as an athlete, he learned that pain becomes your ally. "You never run a marathon without experiencing pain. But if you continue to worry about it, it will never be of value. Every athlete fights a battle with pain. It's part of the conditioning process. It makes cowards of some," he said. "I find pain doesn't get in my way. There are too many things going on to let it get me down. I find a way to get around it," he said. "I can't think of a worse way to live than with self-dou-that comes through pain," he added. The clinic receives clientele only on referral from a private physician. This way if there is an underlying disease process going on which is treatable medically, the patient can receive the most appropriate care. One lady with shingles experienced pain even when the wind touched her skin. Since going through the clinic she has had no pain for two years. - "Our approach to pain takes a lot of communication. If the person is constitutionally sound and still socially active," said Connelly, "we can usually help them." )0)(S ontinued from pagel) n0 me type of sedentary activity such 7 A lying in bed. "We teach them to move. Inactivity k t causes stiffness and an an-ticipation of pain. Then the amount of rerAin is increased even more," he id. daw The staff's aim is to get their clients ibO feel they are in control. They use nTweral different methods to bring ut Jus about. Counseling, biofeedback, re and activity all help twister the high success ratio, tak A factor that enhances a person's ain indirectly is stress. "We help ery iem to eliminate any stressors in m,.jeir life that take away their jpijoysical and emotional ability to intntrol pain," said Connelly. ra i;Such factors might be parent-chil- d 'dilations, spouse relations, financial lrdens, obesity, or smoking. "Some ; ink the world should be fair. The j''brld is not fair. This causes a lot of 8"sople stress. We teach them to look ?. " life with a more positive per- - 5ctive," said the therapist. J The staff has found that an upbeat titude greatly faciltates a healthy 'deling. "Depression only adds to the Problem," said Connelly, who claims it e staff members are really a fun or Biynch to be around. Connelly sites the like Sample of one man who had chronic hatpin until he saw a series of comedy Movies. "He laughed his way well," fyyesisaid. that In attacking chronic pain directly, 'ays-- e clinic also uses biofeedback. This 'onnj';a monitoring system which teaches iu what is going on in your body and liketfcw to control it. Thermographics, or luialdy temperature measurement, and Jidtkiectromyogram (EMG) 'UT Or measurements also help the person learn control of his body. "Even small things that are going on inside you can make a big dif-ference to you," said Connelly. He said sometimes a person is not aware of the tension he or she is feeling inside. "We sometimes lose contact with our body. So we try to help people develop an awareness of their body," he said. Another biofeedback device they use at the clinic is a galvonic skin response measuring instrument (GSR). It measures the changes in amounts of perspiration on the skin. Since perspiration is an indicator of stress, the person can determine their level of stress and then learn how to lower that level. is helps a great deal, also. For instance, pain is usually described as burning or hot, so the patient is asked to think of something cool whenever he experiences pain. One person thinks of freezing caterpillars, while another may put in his mind the image of being on top of a high mountain in the middle of winter with the wind blowing. People with migraine headaches are taught a technique for preventing their occurrence. "This is the most successful technique that has been developed for people with migraines," said Connelly. The three-memb- staff at the clinic all become involved during a person's counselling there. On the staff besides Dr. Connelly, are psychiatrist Anthony Gillett and marriage and family therapist Bill Marshall. Connelly became interested in pain control through a series of events that started with his fascination with hypnosis as a young boy. Then when Alpine District at bottom of state instructional costs for the 1981-8- 2 school year was 26,977. The average expenditure perpupil for all 40 school districts this past year was $1,181.73. Another major financial category contained in the report was ex-penditures for the administration of school" districts; including operational costs for boards of education, district executive Financial data released this week from the State Office of Education place the Alpine School District at the very bottom in expenditures for instruction and for costs associated with the administration of the district. The information is contained in the State Office's 1981-8- 2 Annual Report to the legislature and makes financial comparisons among Utah's forty school districts. With respect to instructional costs, Alpine spent the least last year at $1,019.80 perpupil. Daggett School District, headquartered in Manila spent the most perpupil with a figure of $2,088.07. Part of the reason for the increased costs to Daggett is " the remoteness of the area along with the limited number of students in the district. Other districts with similar populations to Alpine are Salt Lake City District and Weber District. Salt Lake expended $1,556.16 perpupil and had an average daily attendance of 23,044. Weber District spent $1,104.34 on the instructional needs of each student and had an average attendance of 20,438. - Alpine's average daily attendance salaries, and special area services. Here again, Alpine School District boasted the lowest expenditure perpupil in the state. For this last year, Alpine spent $15.78 perpupil on administration. This compares to the state average of $39.63 in ad-ministrative costs perpupil and to the high of $316.89 perpupil spent by Daggett District. Salt Lake District spent $59.71; Provo District expended $58.35; Murray District came in at $73.97; while Weber District spent $26.79 perpupil in administrative overhead. . There were two other categories included in the financial report. The first was for expenditures related to social work, guidance, health and psychological services. Here, Alpine District was below the state average with a perpupil expenditure of $49.99 - the state average was $57.85. The district ranked 18th of the 40 districts in Utah. The other area was costs for the improvement of instruction and media services. With this category, Alpine was below the state average with $74.06 spent perpupil - the state average was $76.32. It was ranked 21st in comparison with other districts. "We are extremely pleased with these figures," concluded Alpine District Superintendent Dr. Max Welcker. "Our efficiency in the areas of instruction and administration are especially gratifying in light of the fact that our students have scored significantly higher than both the state and national averages in both the SRA and ACT testing programs. It should be noted that if our district spent the state average per student in the category of instruction alone it would raise our annual operating budget by nearly $5 million. Reading group to meet in SLC Members and of the International Reading Association are invited to attend a reading conference on Saturday, March 5, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Salt Lake Hilton Hotel sponsored by the Utah Chapter of the IRA. Speakers and presenters from Wisconsin, Washington, Colorado, Montana, Utah and Canada will share reading techniques and ideas for all grade levels. Special media and book displays are included in the registration fee. Katie dognapped on night of debut Katie was scheduled to make her stage debut April 26 in a role that could have embarked her on a promising career. The youthful star had an important part in the humerous play, "Hoax of Hogan's Holler" that kept her on stage for almost the entire performance. Katie is a old golden retriever owned by Darrin Walker of Pleasant Grove. She had been cast in the LDS 16th Ward comedy in a very challenging role as the dog and best friend of Joshuay Bushbrier, (played by Lynn Walker) lazy head of the Bushbrier's hill cabin. In her role, it was demanded that she and her owner spend most of their time lying around on stage and taking a much disinterested view of what was going on around them. Rehearsals were underway when Katie turned up missing Saturday morning, Feb. 19. She had been penned up with friend, Pride, in such a way that it seemed impossible for her to escape. Therefore; foul play is suspected. If anyone knows of the whereabouts of this registered retriever they should contact either Tom Paul of the Pleasant Grove Police Department or the Walkers at Katie, though in the limelight, is known to be very down-to-eart- She is very tame and gentle with children and responds to anyone who calls her by name. She is about three feet tall and weighs approximately 60 pounds. She has wavy light golden brown hair and a bushy tail. and,k Did to' 2City Council various types of vandalism that has occurred in the community. The youth mayor, John Ekins, discussed the proposed youth court. He said they have distributed applications for court justices to the junior high and the high school and will be selecting them soon. The youth court would only handle first time offenses of a very minor nature. Those who agree to go to youth court would not have a permanent record while those who do not would. John said that 50 percent of all youth cases were first offenders. The council also decided that the impact fee money will remain as it is and will be used only for projects that meet the criteria for which it was assessed. A proposal to use $40,000 from the bond guarantee fund and $40,000 from a lease to build a city shops complex was not approved by the council. Councilman Dickenson's sugges-tion that expenses incurred for a fire truck engine, welder, snow blower, one ton dump truck and dues to the Timpanogos Water Management Agency be paid out of the capitol projects fund was approved. mtinued from page 1) rangement. OniKenneth Adamson and Glade alker, Pleasant Grove ,pl (resentatives on the Tri-Cit- y Golf urse committee, reported that the irse is doing well, rhey said that the course is now 10 ira old and that a 10th niversary celebration has been itatively planned for May 5 at the If course. Hie course covers about 240 acres. a rounds of 'dice ,,'f were played there. The course D1 Reived $173,762.40 from greens fees 's "i passes. )na ncrhe cost to the city is $900 per ism'nth plus a $4,000 capital provement fee each year. course has been greatly 3f " jproved since it was first built, the into "'nmitteemen said. Many features 1 someve been added. A rose garden was rated by a resident of Pleasant ad a ttjve. repose grounds people are trying to e Hint new trees which have a long ned I? span. They will be used to outline ;orLas fairways so that they can be juspeearated one from another, rentl) Piping the old river channel has ped a great deal. "he course has been rated as the dest golf course in the state nly because of its length. The nmjivundspeople plan to put in about jm ba!3and traps. MOilU'leasant Grove has put $210,501 c niDlf1 the course. American Fork has liUt $254,184 on it and Lehi ,984. Most of the difference was """" the construction years, the iBiunitteemen pointed out he council approved the county agreement and the fire chief finJ'fgeBted the money be used for irovements to the fire station and -- Ovation of the Maxim engine. ?n(?ivlnd?.Andereon was approved to iV the director of the new Commun- - Renter upon the suggestion of Bill ?lund, superintendent of parks recreation. he youth city council reported to senior council on the activities had conducted during Anti- - ,idalism Week and showed a tentebon slide which depicts the II peasant (Sroue Eeuieui U.S.P.S. No. 4357-800- 0 11 South Main, Pleasant Grove, Utah 84062 Published weekly by Newtah, Inc. Telephone Numbers Advertising & Circulation . 756-76- News 3 Publisher Brett R. Bezzant Editors. .v Marc Haddock Marcella Walker Subscription price $9.50 per year Second class postage paid at Pleasant Grove Post Office Postmaster Send address changes to P.O. Box 7, American Fork, Utah 84003 Do You Need More Room? 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