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Show Pioneer Adult Behabilitation Center's award ceremony ' Sivl- :-. ;" " " - 'V:-: ..-f''. ..V.:'.. : it Vsa :-fi- -wip iff ii L1 J - 4?il U&tfi pr, pit" IlWis) j Twenty-two elementary and secondary teachers from Louisiana Loui-siana benefited from the experience of three Davis educators. Judy Forman, Betty Spencer, and Irene Janes facilitated a four-" day workshop in Baton Rouge this summer. They shared knowledge they had gained from participating in a three years mentor project sponsored by Utah's Department of Education. Louisiana is developing a Mentor Academy where, trained teachers act as peer assistants to other teachers. This program is modeled after Utah's program. ! FARMINGTON - tight local businesses and 19 people were recently re-cently honored at the annual Pioneer Adult Rehabilitation Center awards ceremony in Farmington. Hill Air Force Base, Bonneville i Media Communications, Price ' Savers, Pizza Hut Corporation, ; Davis County School District School Foods Department, ; Lakeview Hospital; Sweet Thanks and C&C Woods, were honored for their efforts to provide meaningful employment foi the disabled. The Pioneer Adult Rehabilitation Center (PARC) is the training outlet in Davis County, charged with : ; training disabled adults for useful ' ' employment. To properly meet this objective, it is important that outside out-side businesses cooperate with the PARC center to assimilate the handicapped han-dicapped adults (or clients as they are referred to) into the work force. PARC clients make excellent employees as evidenced by the response of the Pizza Hut Corpora-: Corpora-: tion which was honored as the "Employer of the Year." Every : Pizza Hut in Davis County has at ; least one PARC client working for : them, and this trend is spreading with two Pizza Huts in Weber : County also employing PARC clients. : The Davis County School Foods ; Department has also seen benefits : for hiring PARC clients to work in i various school kitchens. The clients i- perform many of the routine tasks -j found in every commercial kitchen, : thus freeing the cooks for more i detailed assignments, i The Sweet Thanks company; which manufactures caramels for distribution all over the United j States, has hired four PARC clients i in the last three months., These peo-j peo-j pie are such hard workers, that they ! are hired for above minimum wage Local businesses and individuals were honored by the Pioneer Adult Rehabilitation Center for volunteer service to the center. They are front row, left to right, Earl Baker (in wheelchair); se? cond row, Marilyn Young, Gary Green, Brenda Winesburg, Jeremy Young and Lisa Shradley; third row, Lee Carter, James Cunningham, Steve Redd and Jim Nellis; and fourth row, Robert Dunn, Doneta Gatherum, Robert Lawson, Betty Lou Lawson, Craig Moyes, and Lynn Trenbeth. rectqrfor the DavisXounty United Way organization, and it is in large part due to his efforts that this program pro-gram is so successful in this part of the state. Diversified Micrographics, Lee received the "Employee ToT the Month" award. ' At Montgomery Ward, Lee has won the company's "Gold Medallion Award." Lee Carter's award from PARC, is to honor him for the fine work he is doing as an example to other PARC clients. Three other PARC clients, Jim Nellis, Noel Jolley . and Carolyn ; Clark, also received certificates of See related article on page A-9 PARC clients with meaningful employment. Bonneville Media Communications Communica-tions and Price Savers are long time contractors of PARC. These companies com-panies subcontract with PARC to package many of their products. This relationship is good business for the company and provides many of the PARC clients withttheir first real job. Ten individuals received their PARC certificate of completion. They are: Preston Earl Baker, Jeremy L. 'Young; Marilyn Young, Steven L. Redd, Fred G. Judd, Gary Green, Brenda Lee Winesburg, Jay V. Smith, Linda Jo Schell and James C Cummings. Lisa Shradley is a PARC client who completed the requirements for a high school diploma. This is a rare achievement and so Lisa was especially espe-cially honored. Lee Carter received an Individual of the Year award for his stellar work record. Lee, a PARC graduate in 1987, has worked for both Diversified Diver-sified Micrographics and Montgomery Mont-gomery Ward. When working for - j and given a raise after the tirst month. C&C Woods is another company with a long history of hiring the disabled" A" '"manufacturer of wooden products, C&C Woods is anxious to hire all the qualified PARC clients the business can support. sup-port. Hill Air Force Base, which was honored as the "Business of the Ofear," and Lakeview Hospital are two of the PARC program's biggest supporters. The Lakeview Hospital has hired 49 skill training graduates in the last 12 years. Both Lakeview Hospital and Hill Air Force Base " have been instrumental in providing achievement for their efforts in the -workplace. Lastly, four people were honored for their special contributions to the ; PARC center and its clients. Robert' and Betty Lou Lawson of the Bounv' tiful Elks have, among other things, provides PARC clients with very special social activities. For their interest in-terest and .Mendship of Jhe PARC clients, the Lawsons were given an Advocate of the Year Award. Doneta Gatherum, a staff member for the Davis County Clipper, was given a Certificate of Appreciation for her efforts as an advocate of PARC , and its programs. pro-grams. Those who read the Clipper . will note that Ms. Gatherum is a supporter1 of education in all its aspects. , This year a new award was presented. The PARC Directors' Award went to Larry Burdett for the impact he has made to improve the quality of life for the disabled, as ' well as for the community and all its residents. Mr. Burdett is the di- 1 ; Wl :. N It ) ( f 7 Gary Green, Brenda Lee Winesburg and James C. Cummings are PARC clients who work under a private enterprise contract at the Davis School District WarehousePARC is a rehabilitation rehabilita-tion facility operated by the Davis County School District. |