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Show OF INTEREST Utah Special Olympics Needs Your Help! by Marcella Mouskondis Forum staff writer When the Olympics come to mind, we think of the dedication of the athletes and challenges they face. Here in Utah we have a special Olympics, the Utah Special Olympics Winter Games and they need your help! The Utah Winter Games are asking for 1,000 local residents to help as games will be located at Weber State University on Feb. 29 and March These Olympics are designed for children with mental disvolun-teers.T- he 1-- 2. abilities to compete with other children who face the same challenges. This is a very rewarding opportunity for residents to help children IF AT FIRST YOU SUCCEED, TRY, TRYAGAIN. the latest DALBAR Consumer Satisfaction Survey, a comprehensive study of 2,000 financial service companies - hanks, mutual funds, brokerages, and insurers TIAA-CRE- F was voted the leading provider of retirement plans. Well try to do better next time. Not that we mind the recognition, its Just that a lot of people expect nothing less than the best from us. Over 1.8 million individuals in higher education and research, to ticipants all they need to help fulfill their financial goals and long-terexpectations. In the years to come, well work even harder to enhance the level of personal service and innovative solutions we offer to help them build a secure and rewarding tomorrow'. Maybe that's why so many of the best minds in the nation trust us not just with their money, but with their future. Ik: exact. And frankly, so do we. Day after day, for over 75 years, we've 6 800 weekdays 8 am to 11 pm ET. or visit our Web site on the Internet at put eveiything we've got into giving our par http:www.tiaa-cref.or- m - Find out more about Americas retirement planning experts. Call us at 1 842-277- g. JL Ensuring the future for those who shape it.w CRF,F ofrtifioite January 24 Wednesday The Forum are distributed by '1 1AA-CRK- F Individual and Institutional Services, Inc. who put a tremendous 1996 amount of effort into competition, said Kendra Howell, WSU student director of the Winter Games. These children have the opportunity to compete and strive for the same challenges and goals other athletes face. Seeing how much these children try is something that always stay with you, Howell said. Volunteer responsibilities range from just a few hours to several days of work. People who have only a little time will still be able to help, said Howell. For more information on volunteering, contact Kendra 3 (afterHowell at or Joanne noons) Ruby, Utah Winter Olympics regional coordinator for Northern 626-641- Utah, at 773-937- 2. of R.G. Willey Speaks at CEO by Siu Mirys Forum staff writer William Child, Chief Executive Officer of R.C. Willey, spoke Wednesday in the Lecture Hall of the Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business. Child talked about the companys history and its acquisition by Warren Buffett mittees. Currently he is a Utah of the member Governors Club and serves on the Key Bank Board of Directors. Child praised his father-in-la- w, R.C. Willey, as a great genius. marketing According to Child, Willey would let his customers keep the appliances for a certain of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. period of time before they According to Child, one of decided to buy them. During the reasons he wants to sell the trial period, customers the company is that he does would keep the refrigerators not want to pick a successor. in their homes, and soon He has four children from his found that it was really first marriage and four chilhandy to have a refrigerator dren from nis second mar- at home. Willey also does not want allowed his customers to riage, and he to pick any one of his chilpurchase appliances on a dren to be his successor. farm plan. Customers could Another reason he wants to pay off the bills according to sell the company is that a certain schedule. when he and nis wife pass Child said that the home who successors his away, furnishings business is a inherit his business will need tough market. He tries to to pay a huge estate tax. offer values to his customers, Child was married to and he works on a fair marDarline Willey in 1951. After gin. He said that Buffett is a the death of his father-in-lah and long-terR.C. Willey, he inherited his investor, who buys solid, Buffett appliance store. In 1956, he good companies. transformed the store into a looks for companies with a home store. great past ana a promising furnishings Since then, he has expanded future, and with a minimum the business and kept updatof $50 million profit after and the ing taxes. upgrading Following the death of Child was one of the lis first wife, Darline Willey, speakers to lecture for the le married Patricia Wright. Bill and Vieve Gore School Child is active in the commuof Business as part of the nity and has been serving on Weldon J. Taylor Executive numerous boards and com Lecture Series. down-to-eart- w, com-Dan- y. m |