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Show ST. GEORGE NEIGHBORHOODS www.thespectrum.com — The Spectrum BARNUM e Continued from pg. 8 Medical Center. Ogden has consistently been in the top five on RSVP’s top ten list for more than a decade. Dean Brooks of St. George is in fourth place with 1,559 hours. Brooks is a regular volunteer with United Way Dixie and is actively involved in volunteer house management at the Eccles Fine Arts Center at Dixie State College. Jessie Diamond, another volunteer at Dixie Regional Medical Center, is RSVP’ s No. 5 on the Top Ten list with more than 1,500 hours. ~At No. 6 and No. 7, Jay Eitner, with 1,450 reported hours of service, and Harry Hill, with 1,440 hours of service, have both been involved this year in assisting hundreds of Medicare beneficiaries make decisions on the prescription drug coverage in the computer lab at the St. George Senior Center. Eitner recently accepted a new volunteer assignment with the VA clinic. Jimmie Sue Matlock, who recently celebrated her 90th hospitals, senior centers, food banks, Neighborhood Watch, disaster preparedness and recovery, assisting prisoners coming out of local prisons access services needed to keep For the week of November 7, 2008 Ed Sappington / For St. George Neighborhoods Following his retirement from Dixie State College, Andrew Barnum returned to campus as a volunteer. them straight; income tax preparation and in dozens of community events, including Tuacahn Summer Theater Season, St. George Musical Theater and other sites. RSVP provides service opportunities for those who want to make a difference in their communities while maintaining the flexibility to decide who and how fre- quently they serve. For more information about volunteering in Washington County, call 674-5757 or toll free to 1800-541-7735. — 11 for 34 years. Dean earned * his bachelor’s e Continued from pg. 2 munity. RSVP volunteers choose how and where they want to serve — from a few hours to more than 40 hours a week at local schools, libraries, MUSIC Hebi. reported 1,219 hours of almost daily service to Dixie Care and Share. NaOma Openshaw, another volunteer at Dixie Regional Medical Center, reported 1,189 hours of service and is recognized as the No. 9 volunteer on RSVP’s annual list. The only first timer on the list, Peggy Sayman, is No. 10 with 1,182 hours of service in the Emergency Room at Dixie Regional Medical Center. One of three programs of the national Senior Service Corps, RSVP in the fivecounty region of southwestern Utah offers maximum flexibility and choice to volunteers over age 55, matching the personal interests and skills with opportunities to serve in the com- Hunt said after she had taken lessons from Dean for a short time, he encouraged her to join the association. “I joined under great duress, she said. “I didn't think this was my thing’ She found out otherwise. “IfI truly am going to represent that I am a piano teacher, [want to be the best can’ she said.“.. It’s a matter of ‘what do you value?’ Are you going to be professional or are you going to be a person next door who happens to play and gives lessons?” Dean said the association is open to any teacher of music. More than that, he said, it’s open to anyone who wants to gain a greater understanding of music. Dean's musical roots go deep. His father taught music at Snow College in Ephraim and master’s degrees in music from Brigham Young University. He taught 27 years himself before retiring. Since his wife, Dianne, is a St. George native, the couple moved here. “Music is forever, Dean said of its importance. “(Former Latter-day Saint apostle) Bruce R. McConkie says if a person has musical ability, they had it in the pre-existence. It just makes a person more rounded, more in touch with humanity” Dean said his goal as president of the Utah Music Teachers’ Association is “to lead by example and to be a mentor to everyone. Hunt said she believes he is doing so. “He has a way of inspiring people to want to be better and he has a gift that I hope rubs off on me, she said. Book drive to benefit foster care St. George Neighborhoods EE ST: GEORGE — The Diversity Center at Dixie State College is hosting a book drive on behalf of the Utah Foster Care Foundation. 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