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Show Thursday, March 23, 2006 NORTH COUNTY' NEWSPAPERS Page 15 s I J iaiiiu, - one mm sit a Unmnxs Brenda Armstrong I north county staff The value of animals in helping to promote healing is becoming increasingly recognized among therapy professionals. At Dan W. Peterson School in American Fork, the students are hoping their therapy dog will be healed. Three-year-old Riley was hit by a car on March 2. His face was severely damaged and he suffered a broken muzzle, shattered sinuses, a broken jaw and lost many teeth to the incident. ruj ix hours of surgery was needed to repair his face, but there were no indications of brain damage or other life I threatening injuries. To date, $3,200 in medical expenses has been incurred with projections that bills will increase as further medical treatment is needed in the future. Jean Riches teaches special education at the school in American Fork. She began training her Border Collie, Riley, when he was only four months old after sensing his calm and pleasing disposition would enable him to become a highly valued asset in her work. After much training, the team became certified with the Utah Animal Assisted Therapy Association, As-sociation, a non-profit organization dedicated dedi-cated to bringing comfort, love, hope and healing to those in need through the miracle of the human-animal bond. "We work together with children who have severe, profound disabilities," Riches said. "A good portion of our students stu-dents are medically fragile. I bring Riley to school to help my students learn to respond re-spond in a gentle, loving way. The skills implemented by Riley are so valuable at school and for some children the only word they can speak is 'Riley.'" "Riley showed what an exceptional animal he truly is after the accident," said Riches. "He came when he was called and obeyed all vet commands. Riley is very valuable to myself and to my students. I was going to do all that I could to save him." Brent Taylor, principal at Dan W. Peterson, said the school has 125 special education students ranging from 5 to 22. Riley is the school's only therapy animal and the trained dog helps children overcome over-come many of their fears, Taylor said. "Riley is a great, mild mannered dog," Taylor said. "Some of our students are reaching out and touching for the first time. There are no real challenges in having him at our school because there is so much time and effort involved in training and it is quite the process just preparing him for school. This is a really re-ally neat program and our kids just love him." Like all professional therapy, animal assisted therapy aLso requires staff supervision, su-pervision, establishment of goals and methods and careful documentation of progress. Deborah Carr, UAATA board member and site evaluator, said the organization or-ganization places a strong emphasis on advanced training, high standards, and adherence to a rigorous set of policies and procedures which guide all actions of the team. UAATA certifies all types of animals for the therapy based program including dogs, guinea pigs, birds, miniature hors- iUVV 5 V' The skills implemented by Riley are so valuable at school and for some children the only word they can speak is 'Riley.' Jean Riches SPECIAL EDUCATOIN Tf ACHER Photos by ROBB COSTELLONorth County Barking points: Riley, an injured therapy dog on the road to recovery, with his owner Jean Riches in Salem on Monday. es and even full sized horses. Each animal ani-mal must be certified every two years and receive a vet clearance, parasite control and take a bath 24 hours before each site visit. Therapy animaLs are also required to pass rigorous tests to see if they can handle angry voices, loud auditory audi-tory and visual distractions and crowds. "We feel this program is so beneficial," benefi-cial," Carr said. "Losing Riley to this accident has been a major blow to the program in Utah County. There are only five certified handleranimal teams in Utah County and I have had to put off site requests because we just don't have enough members. We see such great physical and emotional benefits. It is just incredible to see these animaLs promote healing and growth." A fund has been set up by UAATA to help assist with the medical expeases for Riley. Donations may be made at any Wells Fargo Bank branch under the name Riley, The UAATA Therapy Dog Fund. For more information, contact UAATA at 2X0-1855. Obituaries Ardis Simmons Christensen Eastmond Gene Haag Cesar Carbajal Ardis Simmons Christensen Eastmond, age 87, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 18, 2006 in Orem, Utah. She was born in Spanish Span-ish Fork, Utah May .12, 1918 to Isaac and Re-gina Re-gina Simmons Christensen. Ardis married Tavlor East- I mond October 29, 1942 while Taylor was on leave from the army before he was shipped out with Company B. 30th Infantry, Third Division. Their marriage was later sealed in the Logan Temple on July 27, 1944 during a two week furlough. Ardis and Taylor were blessed with a daughter, Elaine in 1945 and after trying for 9 years to have another baby were able to adopt a baby boy they named Rondo (Ron) Hindley in 1954. In 1956 Douglas John was born to complete their family. Ardis attended Spanish Fork High School where she was valedictorian. She was one of the top three in shorthand class despite being left-handed. She used this skill in her work at Geneva Steel as secretary to several department heads until she retired. Ardis was very active in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -Day Saints. She served as secretary secre-tary in several of the organizations and supported Taylor with his duties du-ties as a ward clerk in many wards. Ardis was the epitome of gratitude. grati-tude. She was very appreciative of anything anyone did for her. She was cheerful, kind, interested in others, and in spite of health problems, and at times great pain, remained positive and truly endured en-dured to the end. She loved to read and visit with friends. She was always helping others, especially her children and grandchildren. It was very hard on Ardis when Ron suffered a severe injury in a car accident in 1973. Within two years Taylor was diagnosed with Parkinson's Parkin-son's disease and died in 1976. Doug died in 1978. In 1989 Elaine's son Robert came home from kindergarten kinder-garten and found Elaine in a coma from which she never recovered until her death 9 years later. Ardis never let her trials overcome her faith that the Lord knew best. She is now reunited with her loved ones. Ardis is survived by son Ron Eastmond of Lake Stevens, Washington, Wash-ington, son-in-law James Elwell, Wichita, Kansas, granddaughter Jessica Riggs, Springville, and other grandchildren (Susan, Robert, Rob-ert, James, Jesse and Ian Douglas), great-grandchildren; her two sisters, sis-ters, Roma Butterfield and Majel Clissold; many nephews and nieces especially Kay C. Jacobson who has helped her the last few years. Ardis was preceded in death by her husband, parents, son, daughter, great grandson, brother (Lorimer Christeasen) and sister (Muriel Harding). The family would like to thank all the staff at Bel Aire in Orem, especially Steve Sabins for their loving care of Ardis. ALso the 1st Choice Home and Hospice care people (MiLinda HudnaU-former neighbor) for helping her. Funeral services will be held at Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary, 495 South State, Orem Utah at 1 1:00 a.m. on Friday March 24. Friends and family may attend a viewing one hour prior to the service. Interment Inter-ment wiL be in the American Fork City Cemetery. Gene Thomas Haag, a long-time resident of Orem and Provo, passed away as a result of a heart attack Wednesday the 15th of March, 2006, at his home in Orem. Gene was a husband, brother, father, grandfather, and a friend to many. The son of Walter Fer- rabee Haag and Amy Louise Phillips Haag and the oldest of four brothers. Gene was born August 29, 1924, in Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove, Utah. He married Nellie Sherma Cobbley of Challis, Idaho, on May 23, 1943, in American Fork. They were sealed in the Provo Temple December 17, 1988. Gene graduated from American Fork High School and attended the LDS Business College before enlisting enlist-ing in the U.S. Air Force in 1943. He served until the end of World War II. He spent most of his employment employ-ment career as a manager in the heating and air conditioning business. busi-ness. After retiring he aLso worked in real estate. Gene enjoyed playing golf, painting, and visiting with friends. Mostly, however, he enjoyed watching and supporting his children chil-dren and grandchildren in sporting events, performances and numerous numer-ous other activities. He will always be remembered for the support he was to his family. The children and grandchildren appreciate the tender and loving care he gave to his wife, their mother and grandmcrther, particularly during the last year of her illness. He was aLso an active participant I I. if. in civic activities. He organized the Edgemont Boys baseball program, was a member and later president of the Edge- mont Lions Club, and was instrumental in the development develop-ment of Veter-aas Veter-aas Memorial Park in Orem (located in the Provo River Bottoms). Gene and Sherma are the parents of four children: Rosanne (Cardell) Jacobson, Provo; Robert Gene (Denise) Haag, Orem; Melody (Robert) Muason, Eagle Mountain and Gaylen (Leona) Haag, Alpine, all of Utah. They have 16 grandchildren grandchil-dren and 18 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death are his parents, a brother, Keith Haag. He is survived by his wife, Sherma his children and his brothers, Eldon L. Haag, Pleasant View and Max L. Haag, Orem, Utah. Gene was an active member of The Church of Jesas Christ of Latter-day Saints. The family would like to express gratitude to the members of the Cascade 5th Ward for the love and support they have given to the family especially over the past year. Funeral services were held Monday, Mon-day, March 20, 2006, at 1 1 a.m. in the Cascade 5th Ward Chapel, 1051 East 200 North, Orem. Interment was held in the Orem City Cemetery. Cem-etery. "Grandpa, we know you will still be watching and checking on all of as. We love you." Condolences may be sent to the family at: www.walkerfamilymor-tuary.com. Cesar Daniel Carbajal, 62, died March 17, 2006 at his home in American Fork, after a heroic battle with can cer. Born November 23, 1943 in Santa Lucia, Department Depart-ment Canelo nes, Uruguay, South America, Amer-ica, the son of Hector and Ana Hada Romano Ro-mano Carbajal. He married Karen Day January 19, 1979 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He was a Biology Professor in High Schools in Uruguay Uru-guay for 35 years. He aLso taught in the British Schools for nine years and in the Teachers Institute in Montevideo, Uruguay. He served as President of the Sunday Schools in tlv-' 'n:rjy Paraguay Mission, a branch president in Canelones, a counselor in a bishopric, and in many other church callings. He is the author of 2 hooks, and s ke 6 languages. He worked r .assistant .as-sistant Vision Specialist for Alpine School District. I le was an exn ' nt teacher with special connect i to the youth. Survived by his wile, American f ork; three sons: Wayne (Erin), North Ogden; Kevin (Danielle), lYovo; Jonathan (Holly). 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