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Show Inventor is responsible for SUSC Scholarships among the 40-plus members of the campus community who regularly donate to scholarship funds through payroll deductions." All telethon contributions are tax ; deductible , and each donor can ask,, that his or her contributions be earmarked ear-marked lor a specific area. For instance, in-stance, a person interested in the fine arts can contribute specifically to music, art or drama scholarships, while someone interested in the growth of SUSC industrial education programs can contribute directly to that area. "Whatever the contribution, from $1 to a lull-tuition scholarship, all donations will be gratefully accepted." ac-cepted." Jensen says. Persons willing to give a little of their time to the scholarship fund-raising fund-raising effort cat' contact Gary Tom, chairman of the volunteer workers committee, at rK(l-4-4 1 1 , extension 399. Several Southern Utah State College students will attend school next year on academic Scholarships made possible, in part, by American inventor Alexander Graham Bell. Telethon IX, this year's fund-raising fund-raising activity to raise money for academic scholarships, will make good use of Bell's invention, the telephone. On 12 different Tuesday, Wednesday Wed-nesday and Thursday evenings between April 15 and May 8, volunteers volun-teers at SUSC will be calling alum-ni, alum-ni, parents of students and friends of the college for scholarship contributions. con-tributions. "Through Telethon IX, we hope to collect $20,000, all of which will be used for full-tuition scholarships for academically deserving, financially strapped students," says Dave Jensen, telethon publicity chairman. "That would provide over 40 scholarships, at $462 each, for the ' 1980-81 school year." Telethon IX is being directed by Natasha Carter, a senior major at SUSC and chairperson of the college's Annual Giving Committee. Members of her committee include Jensen, Gary Tom, Janice Mae Bickmore, Don Marchant and Phil Robison who are responsible for publicity, contacting con-tacting volunteer callers, developing prospect lists, providing refreshments refresh-ments and making technical arrangements for the telephone campaign. During each of the 12 nights the telethon will be run, 28 volunteers will be needed to man the telephones. Each volunteer will work two hours, half of the four hours the 10 telephones will be in use each evening. Volunteer workers, Jensen says, represent the SUSC student body, campus clubs and organizations, college alumni, local business clubs and civic organizations, and members mem-bers of the community at large. "Members of the SUSC faculty and staff also take their turns at the telephones," Jensen says. "Many of the faculty-staff volunteers will be |