Tuesday, October 18, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Phil CaryathorKANSAN
Target practice
Above: Members of the Lawrence National Guard mortar unit spent Saturday at Fort Riley firing mortars as part of their training.
Left: Mark VanAnne, Lawrence resident, instructs Tim Tuttle, Norfolk, Neb., junior, on the proper technique of firing a mortar. Top: Brad Plumley, Leavenworth sophomore, left, Darin Newbold, Topaek junior, and Matt Robinson, Lawrence resident, watch for explosions from the mortars and relay information to the gunner for sight adjustments.
Disabled teacher enjoys challenge, livens classroom
The Associated Press
She played easily with the children, drawing the more shy ones into a race, then singing a round of songs with them.
GARDEN CITY - On a sunny afternoon last week on the playground at Garfield for schoolchildren, children swarmed around the wheelchair of third grade teacher Amy Rodriguez, waiting for instruction for their next
Back in the classroom, she worked to keep the attention of the 25 active 8-year-olds in the last 15 minutes of the day during a map-reading lesson. "They are some, real, real life," said later of some of her
"They are some real, real live wires," she said later of some of her more boisterous students.
Her class is bilingual. She has a paraprofessional in the classroom who works in Spanish with three of her students who speak almost no English The students are recent immigrants from Mexico and El Salvador.
Rodriguez is in her first year of
teaching. She maintains a spontaneity and enthusiasm in the classroom and seems to really care about each one of her charges.
Her attitude toward life has served her well in her 23 years. Three years ago, it helped her through a devastating accident that left her legs paralyzed.
The daughter of Dick and Kate Rodriguez of Elkart, she has been in a wheelchair since a cheerleading team took her to Hays State University. Rodriguez was a student of the university at that time. She was on top of a human pyramid in a practice session, and I felt about to 10 feet, breaking her back.
Rodriguez said that her students asked many questions during the first few days of school but that she would use the wheelchair fared them anymore.
Although she has been told by doctors that she will not walk again, she has not given up hope.
"I'm still waiting on a miracle."
State money requested for alcohol programs
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — The state should increase financing for community alcohol and drug abuse treatment programs to help ease the demands of recovery, by the state Department of Corrections, lawmakers were told yesterday.
George Hachman, a spokesman for the Kansas Association of Alcohol and Drug Program Directors, said community programs were being asked to provide more services to those under state's prison overreaching crisis.
He urged the Legislature's Special Committee on Ways and Means to increase state financing for the community programs by $1 million. The committee recommended to increase in community programs, allow them to create 45 more beds in hallway
houses and add 10 outpatient programs.
The increase would allow the state to expand programs for people on probation and parole, he said.
"The kind of system we have in this country is a kind that keeps up with the demand," Hasmun said. "The reality is that people who go into prison come back out on the job."
State prisons currently house about 5,600 inmates in buildings designed to hold about 3,900 prisoners. The state Department of Corrections also has jurisdiction over about 400 more inmate halfway houses and state hospitals.
Hachman that an estimated 80 percent of the prison population needs counseling to deal with alcohol and drug abuse problems.
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What's Your Alcohol I.Q.?
The campus-wide alcohol awareness committee encourages you to take a private moment to reflect on these questions and record your answers. It is a well-known fact that for many students, alcohol is part of the fun. Sometimes its use can also become a serious problem. We urge you to assess the role of alcohol in your life.
How Much Do You Know About Alcohol?
know about alcohol** and how you don't know. Choose the ending or endings you think most accurately complete each statement. Typical services of beer, wine and liquor
know. Choose the ending or endings you think most accurately complete each statement.
1. Typical servings of beer, wine and liquor:
   a. contain the same volume of liquid.
   b. vary in alcohol content.
   c. are equal in alcohol content.
2. To slow down the effects of alcohol:
   a. drink more slowly.
   b. eat something substantial beforehand.
   c. snack while you drink.
3. If you're going to a party and want to pace yourself:
   a. drink only liquor.
   b. moderate the amount you drink.
   c. drink only beer or wine.
4. If you think you've had too much to drink, the best solution is to:
   a. stop drinking and eat something.
   b. wait 10 minutes before your drink.
   c. drink black coffee and go out for some fresh air.
5. If you're trying to lose a few pounds, or like to watch your weight generally, the best approach to drinking is:
   a. switch from beer to wine.
   b. switch from liquor to wine.
   c. count your calories.
   d. skip the meal or eat less before drinking.
6. Labels on beer, wine, and liquor:
   a. describe the alcohol 'proof' of the beverage.
   b. list the alcohol as a percentage of total volume.
   c. vary in the kind of information they give you.
7. The group with the highest proportion of drinking problems is:
   a. men in their early 20's.
   b. women in their early 20's.
   c. men and women in their 40's.
8. Which of these mixes causes alcohol to be absorbed more quickly into the bloodstream?
   a. carbonated water.
   b. a skin tint.
answers
2. (a, b, and A) Alcohol causes the body to retain salt and water causing bloating you may have swollen or puffy lips and lakes after a night of drinking. Therefore eat while drinking but avoid salty foods such as peanuts and chocolate because they can cause diarrhea. High protein foods make good snacks cheese, meats, eggs. Alcohol does not affect your blood alcohol content (BAC) any more than another. However, the amount you drink does. Since alcohol is not a food, it is not digested. Alcohol is directly absorbed from the stomach walls and the small intestines into the bloodstream. Within two minutes, all the BAC in your blood is removed. The liver detoxifies alcohol at the rate of one per drink hour (1/2 of alcohol). Cold showers, exercise, coffee, fresh air, or anything else you might have had just don't work. Only time allows your body to do so.
3. (c) calories in common drinks: 12 light beer; 95 cal; 12 oz regular beer; 150 cal; 11 oz liquid; 100 cal;
(c) liquor is described by 'proof'. 80 proof equals 40% alcohol. Wine is described by percent; 11 percent equals 22 proof. Beer equals about 5% alcohol if proof.
4. (w) women are less able to digest 5% alcohol if proof.
5. (b) Carbon dioxide in carbonated water helps alcohol to be absorbed more quickly into the bloodstream.
6. (a) High carbon dioxide absorption you keep alcohol in the stomach longer. Wheat dilutes alcohol so it is less quickly absorbed.
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