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ixlwsa 6W The Salt ike Tribune Sunday August 7 198 Korea beckons Utah athlete were concerned his participation might jeopardize the race official status Mr Brewer said he didn know until the day before that his entry was approved He competed in a chair designed for basketball one in the forefront of wheelchair sports equipment He trained by pushing portions of the course at a time but is the first to admit he wasn prepared endurance wise for what was coming He finished the 26 2 mile course barely under the 6-hour mark 5 59 35 a time he since cut by more than 60 percent Over the past 12 years he completed 67 marathons including 10 consecutive Boston Marathons For the last seven years at Boston he placed first in his class divisions determined by an individual extent of paralysis Mr Brewer set world records in the 800- and 1 500-meter events last year in international competition at Stoke Mandeville England and Vienna Austria and set a world record of 2 06 42 in the Manitoba Marathon Winnipeg He expected to fare especially well in the Paralympic marathon and is ranked high in 1500- and 5 000-meter track events Although he holds the 800-meter record he unsure whether he will compete in that event Training this year has included competition out of state at least once a month to build strength but especially to win the purses Since athletes for the Paralympics were selected at national trials been on their own to raise finances for the trip That responsibility has forced him to be more visible and vocal publicly Mr Brewer said adding that he avoided that kind of exposure and self-promotion in the past At 38 though Mr Brewer believes he's at his athletic peak and so is expending a lot of physical and emotional energy training for events and making necessary contacts Although bis goals include winning medals for the United States team making wheelchair sports more visible to the public and more accessible to upcoming athletes he also hopes to "set a record that will hold for a long time He said a sub two-hour marathon will be his aim After the Paralympics Mr Brewer will continue some road racing but will discontinue track training and competition He 11 give back time and energy to family and By Nancy Hobbs Tribune Lifestyle Writer John Brewer with several world records under his wheels is on his way to Seoul Korea and tne 1988 Paralympic Games Twelve years after breaking new ground in Utah com peting in his first marathon and with succeeding years dedicated to training Mr Brewer is recognized as one of the country best wheelchair athletes The same determination and hard work recognized among able-bodied athletes vying for spots on the Olympic team has been applied in the last several years by Mr Brewer in his goal to compete in the counterpart for disabled and physically challenged athletes He will have a chance to prove his abilities in three and possibly four track and road events in October one week after the closing ceremonies of the 1988 Summer Olympic Games The Paralympic competition (the word "Olympics cannot be used in the title due to copyright law) will be in the same facilities as the preceding Olympics Mr Brewer has been a quadriplegic since December 1973 the result of a car accident in Los Angeles where he was living Having completed an associate degree in art from California Santa Monica College he decided to continue his education at the University of Utah where he would have supportive family nearby While at the of Mr Brewer was assisted by a rehabilitation counselor who learned that prior to his accident Mr Brewer was involved in athletics and played varsity high school football The counselor suggested wheelchair basketball as an activity Mr Brewer could pursue and one of the few sports then accessible to wheelchair-bound individuals basketball was kind of Mr Brewer recalled "I had a hard time getting a shot off because of the muscle loss his upper extremities I never cared for basketball anyway even before the accident "But it got me traveling out of state a little bit During those travels Mr Brewer met another person with the same degree of paralysis who introduced him to the more attractive option of wheelchair-track competition In early 1976 at a wheelchair athletic meet in DeAnza Calif Mr Brewer was excited to be surrounded by 500 athletes and more wheels than legs By that summer he had appealed to race officials to let him enter the Deseret News Marathon Because they Staff Ptioto by Rick Egan John Brewer in a three-wheel chair for i to Seoul Korea for Paralympics Besides track competition will travel in October I track events compete in marathon was recently named to the Paralympic wheelchair basketball team Mr Schlappi resides in Tempe attending Arizona State University Donations to any of the three Utah athletes can be made through the National Wheelchair Athletic Association 3617 Betty Dr Suite Colorado Springs Colo 80917 Make checks payable to NWAA with a notation of the athlete (John Brewer Kim Holding or Mike Schlappi) to whom the funds are contributed friends who have supported and understood his drive to have this experience he said The people who are close to me are hoping that 1 11 taper off after this year and concentrate on expressing more of my inner self with my art said Mr Brewer an art teacher at Midvale Middle School Mr Brewer is not the only Utah athlete preparing for the Paralympics Kim Holding Salt Lake will be competing in wheelchair archery and Orem Mike Schlappi Some ways to encourage positive behavior ly we can offer an alternative "I can take a walk with you now but I would love to go with you after dim ner We can respond to our children a way that them that they are very important to us and that we are interested in their ideas and their feelings always give the child the dollar to get something at the or that we must always interrupt our task in order to see what the neighbor dog is doing It takes mature judgment to determine how to repond to their requests At those times that we cannot respond to their request immediate world is a safe caring place We tend to think of discipline as meaning punishment The school principal illustrated well that discipline can be a warm human teaching exchange The same can be true of our response to nagging Rather than responding to the out ward behavior we can address the underlying need Instead of letting irritation govern our responses to our children we can invest our interchanges with love and respect We can communicate caring We can help our children feel loved All of us want to believe we are important that we make a difference that people care about us Children have the same needs When children nag and pull on our sleeves they are often asking to be noticed to be appreciated and to be loved If we ignore them the need to be noticed is aggravated and the nagging may increase That does not mean that we can Would it be best to ignore the behavior1 It seems likely that the child is nagging for one of two reasons First the child may want reassurance and love from his father If the only way the child can get the parent attention is by nagging then the child will probably nag chronically The child will do whatever is necessary to get attention Second the child nagging may be an indication of hunger fear or some discomfort that needs a response Maybe the child needs lunch Maybe the child needs dad to sit down put the boy in his lap and chat In either case the child needs attention rather than "therapeutic" silence Some research has suggested that if a mother responds promptly to her crying baby the child will ultimately cry less than the child that is responded to more slowly A prompt response rathethan encouraging crying may teach the child that the By Wallace Goddard Department of Family and Human Development Utah State University LOGAN In my job for a Utah school district I was expected to visit many schools as an advocate for disadvantaged children I was visiting with the principal of a school for handicapped children when we were interrupted by a class change The principal asked to be excused from our conversation while she attended to the students who were to report I sat and watched as she was approached by two boys The first boy reported that he had completed his assigned work The principal warmly congratulated him and presented him with a treat The second boy pressed her with I get a piece of candy She looked at him and thought for a moment Then still seated by her desk she grabbed the boy by both arms and pulled him face to face Her voice was stern Not only do you not get a treat you are in trouble I heard what you did to the substitute this morning It seemed certain that the boy was about to face severe discipline But this wise principal surprised both me and the boy She continued I don't want you to ever act that way again You re too good a person to behave that way' If you do that again 1 11 hug you senseless And she proceeded 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