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Spectrum Saturday, December 10, 1988 3 Alcohol ads have powerful Local Briefs products. Kilbourne showed a number of slides of magazine ads promoting alcoholic beverages. The ads blatantly depicted images of romance and success as a result of consuming the company's product. "They want to depict alcohol as a magic potion that will make your dreams come true," she said. "If you're in trouble with alcohol, it's far more likely that your nightmares will come true rather than your dreams." Kilbourne said many of the ads carry the implicit message that you can't have fun without alcohol, that it's the only way people can have a good time.

She countered by saying that alcohol is a depressant and questioned just how good a time one could have while consuming a depressant. Alcohol is the nation's number one hard drug, she said, and it's involved in at least one third of all suicides. The rate of suicide among alcoholics is six to 15 times that of non-alcoholics, she expalined. The situation is incongruous because the alcohol industry is spending a billion dollars a year to market a depressant, trying to sell it as an anti-depressant, Kilbourne said. Many ads also depict alcohol as necessary to sports activities.

Kilbourne showed several ads that associated consumption of alcohol with BLM to close certain public lands ST. GEORGE The Bureau of Land Management has announced its intention to close certain public lands on te Arizona Strip to use by the Suidae (swine) Family, both domestic and feral hogs as well as wild boar, a spokesman said. Approximately 7,500 acres will be closed, affecting one area along the Virgin River and eight sections of land in surrounding Mt. Trumbull and Mt. Logan Wilderness areas.

District Manager G. William Lamb said the swine are not part of the natural habitat and the decision to protect soils, vegetation, livestock, wilflife resources, wilderness, public safety and other values within the area were deemed high priority. Swine have destructive foraging habits and compete with wildlife for food. They prey upon other animals including wild turkeys and young deer. Although wild pigs do not normally charge a human, they can be dangerous when cornered, injured or protecting their young.

Known owners have been notified and have until Dec. 17 to remove their animals, said Lamb, after which, BLM may impound, sell or distroy all remainding swine found on public lands. Lamb said the closure order applies to BLM-administered lands and will remain in effect until either lifted or modified. Rate reduction likely WASHINGTON CITY Residents of Washington City will likely see a rate reduction in power charges with the announcement possibly coming within two weeks, according to Mayor Bob Slack. "When we took over power from Utah Power and Light, we said we'd be conservative in rates," Slack said.

"We promised that after one year we'd reevaluate to see if further reduction could take place. There will be, as of February 1, our first rate reduction." Slack said he hopes the reduction will be near five percent. Care and Share plans dinner CEDAR CITY A Care and Share appreciation dinner will be held at the Sugar Loaf Cafe at 6 p.m. Dec. 15.

All organizations and individuals who have contributed to the Care and Share program will be represented at the dinner. Utah Briefs by Rich Climore Staff writer CEDAR CITY Dr. Jean Kil-bourne discussed the effects of advertising on alcohol consumption at Thursday's Southern Utah State College Convocation. Kilbourne's lecture was part of a weeklong "High on Life" conference on substance abuse at the college. She explained that her lecture was not intended to advocate prohibition and was also not on alcoholism per se, but dealt with the public perceptions created by the advertising industry.

She clarified that advertising is not totally responsible for the alcohol problem in the United States, but that advertisements do have a powerful influence on education. Kilbourne pointed to a prime example. The Anheuser-Busch company spends $110 million per year on television commercials and magazine ads to promote Budweiser beer, she said. That figure is not for other products, such as Bud Light, but just the one particular beer. The amount spent promoting it is twice what the government spends on research into the alcohol problem, Kilbourne said.

The main approach to advertising alcoholic beverages is "myth-making." she said, an attempt to establish a glamorous image of-their Doctor says he staged injuries GLENDALE, Ariz. (UPI) A California pediatrician found injured on a Glendale street admitted staging his attempted murder, including inserting a bullet into his abdomen, police said Friday. The bizarre and elaborate plot was revealed to investigators by Dr. Robert McCormick, who is recovering from his wounds at St. Joseph's Medical Center, police spokesman Marshall Downen said.

Downen said McCormick admitted staging a burglary at his office in Redlands, on Nov. 13 and traveling to Arizona where he conducted a three-week search for a place to stage his attempted murder. "He said that he had planned the deception for months," Downen said. "He said he was tired of his practice in Redlands and wanted to leave it. But, he wanted to retain some income, so he staged this in order to receive disability insurance following his traumatic ordeal." After staging the office burglary, Downen said McCormick came to Arizona where he "traveled around the state, staying at hotels and motels under assumed names while looking for a site to be discovered as the victim of an abduction and attempted homicide." Downen said McCormick "looked at five or six sites" and chose as his favorite an industrial area in Glen-' dale, where he was found lying on a sidewalk, injured and incoherent Tuesday morning.

On Monday, Downen said McCormick had driven his motorcycle to Tucson, put it in storage, returned by bus to Glendale and spent the night in a motel room. "He burned and bruised his skin with a grinding tool, anesthesized his head and abdomen and jammed a rod into those areas to simulate having been shot," Downen said. "He inserted a projectile into his abdomen." Downen said the doctor obtained the bullet by firing his gun into a piece of meat which he had wrapped in his clothing and placed in a bucket of water. McCormick then went to the industrial area, injected himself with demerol to attain a detached state, bound his legs, wrists and neck and lay down on the sidewalk. Affirmative Action drafts proposal SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) The University of Utah Faculty Affirmative Action Committee finally has drafted a proposal aimed at increasing the hiring and enrollment of minorities.

The recommendation, following nearly three years of study, "proposes changes in areas of conspicuous need," said Afesa Adams, university associate vice president for academic affairs and a committee member. The university Senate has accepted the committee's report, Adams said, and will forward it to other campus agencies and departments, asking them to provide draft implementation plans. The committee said total ethnic minority enrollment at the university was only 4.9 percent of the student body last year, up only one percentage point compared to the 1973-74 academic year. "Progress toward realization" of affirmative action goals at the university "has been slow and uneven," said Adams. Affirmative action is needed, the committee's report said, "because the inclusion of a broad cross section of society enriches the educational influence Dr.

Jean Kilbourne do so prodigiously, trying to make it seem to be an essential part of the college experience. As a result of such advertising efforts, the real danger of alcohol is being overlooked, she explained. Alcohol is the drug most linked with violent crime and violent death. Kilbourne said the while cocaine is a serious problem, about 500 people died last year from abusing it. Last year, 100,000 people died as a result of alcohol abuse, she concluded.

everyone is out of the house, says the fire chief. If a creosote fire does develop, the heat could crack the tile inside the chimney or even cause superheated adjoining walls to catch on fire, or sparks from the chimney could ignite the roof. If a creosote fire gets started, immediately close off all air to the stove. Don't spray water down the chimney, as it could crack the inside of the chimney. If flames continue to come from the chimney call the fire depart-, ment.

A firefighter will be on duty 'who can advise you what to do and whether a fire truck is needed. When the fire truck arrives, the fire chief will determine if the fire is serious enough to be "fogged" down with a fine spray and if the fire has spread into adjoining walls. Following safe and smart fire building practices will ensure that all of us have a Merry, and warm Christmas season, said Bentley. IS SUN TIME AVIATION Hava you spent too many nights in motel rooms? Are you tired ot high commerical rates? WE FLY YM FOR LESS MOW MSCMNTS Why Wart? We're ready to go H7 S. Akiwf M.

SI. (mt i 21441 urn i --Lmmmm -7 I Ilk A. such diverse snorts as skiinu hicv- cling and river running. In reality, she explained, consumption of alcoholic beverages during such sports acitivities is far more likely to cause injuries, or even death. About 80 percent of deaths in fires are related to alcohol, she said, as well as 65 percent of drownings and 77 percent of falls.

Another image of alcohol is that of an aphrodisiac. Alcohol abuse inevitably leads to sexual disfunction, Kilbourne noted, and quoted William Shakespeare's view of the subject. "(Alcohol) provokes the desire, but takes away the performance," the Bard wrote. The advertising companies continue to promote such images, though, she said. In addition, they recognize that 10 percent of the drinkers in the country consume half the alcohol sold annually.

The alcohol industry deliberatly targets this group and tries to reassure them that they don't have a problem and to keep up their consumption, she said. There is a vested interest in the situation, she noted, because the industry can't afford to lose 50 percent of their business. Another, and newer trend, she said, is targeting college students. Many beer companies are not only trying to get students to drink, but to jr. Rugby, anyone? Green wood, which is very moist and doesn't burn well, is also a prime culprit in creosote buildup.

All firewood should be stored for at least one season before burning it. The fire chief advises people not to use paper to start fires or to burn leftover Christmas wrapping paper, as the heat and hot ashes can easily ignite creosote in a chimney. Don't use flammable liquids as fire starters, either. The hot coals in the firebox can cause an explosion. Combustibles, including stacked wood, should never be stored closer than 18 inches to a stove or stovepipe.

People who try to make the fire last all night by overstacking wood in the stove could also be asking for trouble. Fires really should not be left unattended all night or when Rate hike sought BOISE, Idaho (UPI) Idaho Power Co. said Friday it will seek an across-the-board 8.8 percent, or $28.4 million, rate increase that will likely take effect by Christmas under terms of a Dec. 2 Idaho Supreme Court ruling. Larry Taylor, a spokesman for the Boise-based utility, said the increase would add approximately $5 per month to the bill of the average residential customer using 1,250 kilowatt hours per month.

Gary Richardson, a spokesman for the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, said the commission was tentatively scheduled to rule on the request Monday. -77-- 1 4 experience for everyone." nated percentage of scholarships for minorities, and changing the i university's "undergraduate curriculum to include required courses on CEDAR CITY -Rugby anyone? SUSC students students, are participating in the rugged don't let a little thing like a freezing sport, and the team has begun competing snowstorm interfere with rugby practice, against a rugby club in Las Vegas, Nev. Organized by Mike Maness, some 22 (Spectrum Rich Gilmore) Common sense prevents chimney fires issues related to race, culture and gender. Eisenhower to be honored ECHO, Utah (UPI) Utah officials will honor former President Dwight D. Eisenhower as the "father of the interstate highway system," with the dedication next week of commemorative highway signs in his honor.

Lt. Gov. Val Oveson will preside at the sign unveiling Dec. 13 on Interstate Highway 80, near Echo, about 50 miles east of Salt Lake jjity. The highway will be named the "Eisenhower Memorial Highway.

The Utah Department of Transportation will install seven signs at rest areas along 1-80. Court vacates sentence SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) The Utah Supreme Court has vacated the 15-year-to-lif prison sentence of a Cache County man who pleaded guilty and mentally ill to child sex charges, and ordered a mental competency hearing for him. In its ruling, released Wednesday, the justices said 1st District Judge VeNoy Christoffersen erred in not holding the required hearing to determine if Darrel Copeland should be committed to the Utah State Hospital instead of prison. Two doctors who examined Copeland after he was charged found him to be sane but "mentally ill due to recurrent episodes of major depression." The defendent pleaded guilty and mentally ill in a plea bargain with prosecutors and admitted sodomizing his 7-year-old niece on May 1, 1985, and sexually abusing her over an extended period. But, prior to sentencing, Christoffersen failed to hold the required mental hearing.

And he refused to allow Copeland to withdraw his guilty plea before sentencing him to the maximum prison term. Justice Christine Durham, writing for the majority, also ordered Christoffersen to determine whether prosecutors upheld their part of the plea bargain. Insurance salesman fined SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) Utah federal Judge Bruce Jenkins fined a Centerville insurance salesman $2,000 Friday and placed him on 5 years probation on the defendant's guilty plea to misdemeanor cocaine possession charges. Jenkins initially sentenced M.K. Fadel to one year in prison.

But the judge then suspended the prison term to probation, provided Fadel pays the fine and undergoes random drug testing while on probation. "If you get in trouble with the law, then you've got a lot less sense than I think you have," Jenkins said. "Your job is to stay out of trouble." In exchange for Fadel's Oct. 26 guilty plea to misdemeanor cocaine possession allegations, federal prosecutors agreed to dismiss five felony drug charges. Prosecutors claimed the drugs were sold to an undercover informant.

Jenkins told Fadel, "I need to be direct with you. If you want to go to prison, violate the conditions of probation. I don't think you will do that. What you ought to work hard to do is you ought to be such a straight arrow" that parole officials will tell the court "cut him loose early." Jury convicts Ogden man OGDEN, Utah (UPI) A 2nd District Court jury Thursday night convicted a 33-year-old Ogden man on second-degree murder charges in the shotgun slaying of a bystander at a gang fight. The jury deliberated about four hours before returning the guilty verdict against Danilo Delacruz Pascual in the June 25 shooting death of Todd Salazar, 25, Ogden.

Earlier in the day Pascual testified the shooting of Salazar on the victim's porch was accidental, that he was convinced Salazar was carrying a knife. The defendant said he started fighting with Salazar because "Todd was saying something like bad words to me." "I feel sorry Todd was killed. I feel really sorry," Pascual told the jurors. "I know if I could bring him back i would. I didn't mean to kill him.

I didn't know him." CEDAR CITY There's nothing like the cheerful crackle of a fire to bring home the warmth of the holiday season unless that fire is raging out of control inside your chimney. A chimney fire can be a very frightening and dangerous experience which need not happen if homeowners practice use a few common sense strategies, says Cedar City Fire Chief Dave Bentley. As the fire burning season gets into full swing, Bentley advises homeowners to observe the following precautions for a safe and happy noliday season. Always burn short, hot fires in a wood stove, as smoldering fires tend to build up creosote quickly in a chimney. If your stove starts to smoke back through the stove door, it is a warning sign that creosote is building up in the chimney.

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