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Lewiston gets involved in Community Research for Fitness and Healthy Diet By
Melanie Price LEWISTON -- As part of a Utah State University study, citizens are being invited to take part in Community Research for Fitness and Healthy Diet, representative Rod Hammer said at Tuesday night's City Council meeting. Funded by the Centers for Disease Control, the research project is entirely run on a volunteer basis, Hammer said. He said the town could commit to participating but if they don't want to do the activities, they don't have to; non-participation will be part of the research, too. "They're just asking for a letter saying yeah, we're interested, either as a control group or to do the activities," Hammer said. Councilman Jeff Hall recommended that Mayor Paul Dent send a letter saying the council supports people being healthy. Dent agreed to have the letter sent soon. In other business, Dent reported on his attendance at a convention held in St. George for all city elected officials. "They are making a big push for cities to get involved in organ and tissue donations," Dent said. The council agreed to mention the donor idea to the youth groups, hoping the youth could get people to register as donors for a service activity. Lastly, the council discussed the oversized dumpster that has been made available to citizens. People are dumping on the ground and the city is paying higher and higher bills due to the increasing weight of the garbage load, said Councilman Brooks Tarbet. The council is suspicious that people outside of Lewiston are illegally dumping. "We've got to make some sort of an adjustment," said Dent. "Anyone who is outside of Lewiston should not be able to put stuff in it," said Hall. The council voted that the dumpster will be removed by the end of the month. It will return in the middle of August for those who are doing Labor Day clean-up and will remain until Nov. 1.
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