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Show Rftview - Wednesday, November 20, 1991 Page 10 3 w-v "'"TP Red Cross plans help for gulf war families -WW, f"N Joyce Gunther, a mother, watches over the hobby displays at Valley View School. Valley View holds hobby show By KALYN SECRETAN Hobbies are unique and various among the students at Valley View School. Hobbies were on display recently in the library. Anyone who wanted could bring a hobby, and all classes Uxk turns going into the library to view the display. Bascbal' cards was a popular hobby among several students. Michael DeGroot brought his in a box and noted he had 3,520 cards. Someone also brought a collection of Desert Storm Cards. Several students love art and drawing and displayed some of their favorite pictures. One of the unusual drawings was of a Mountain Men display. Costumes were made from leather and fur with a lot of beadwork attached. One student brought an elephant display while another had a pig display. Kiauna Tomlinson's pig display featured a pig pen with pigB of all varieties including Miss Piggy and along the side was several sev-eral stuffed pigs. A rock and gem collection was brought to the school by Erik a Ruf, the gems were all identified. Other displays featured stamps, coins, sea shells, tole painting, ceramics, and one girl brought her golf trophies. Teachers' choice... Students of the Day at Pleasant Grove Jr. High are, L-R, Geoffrey Pankretz, Cami Bryant, Ben Sykes, David Rioja, Bobbi Morgan, Brenda Burton, Jameson Little, Stacy Scott, Chris Clements, Kelly BOren, Lila Lee, Kade Hanks, Alison Kennington and Brei Baldwin. Hy KAYLENE KELSEY The American Rod CroM hu Un awarded $13.5 million to help military personnel and their fami-lim fami-lim cope with the kinds of unique problem arising in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm, Chloe Langston, Director of Military Social Services of the Central Utah Chapter Chap-ter of the I tod Cross, announced today. The Rod Cross received this grant under the Persian Gulf Conflict Supplemental Authorization and Pernor, el Benefits Act of 1991. This money ia to provide military families fami-lies with child care assistance and variety of counseling services, Mrs. Langston said. National Guard and Reserve members who served -- or continue to serve -- in Operation Deseret Storm and their families are eligible to apply. "We recognize the unique needs of military families, particularly families of Reservists and National Guard members deployed during the conflict," Mrs. Langston explained. ex-plained. "They often have limited access to family support services found on active-duty military bases. During the deployment, they were quickly faced with a very tough situation - one of lengthy separation separa-tion and stress. Hopefully this money will help a little with some of the child care and counseling services needed by the military and their families." Mrs. Langston said Red Cross caseworkers will help families access ac-cess a variety of community services, serv-ices, including family counseling, crisis intervention, respite child care, and budget counseling. Red Cross chapters nationwide will provide vouchers to pay for services through a new system designed to help families obtain services quickly and easily. "The development of this new program, and exchange of information informa-tion with the military community we serve, will assist us in preparing prepar-ing to respond to any future mobilization mobi-lization of Reserve and National Guard troops," Langston said. The Red Cross provided a variety vari-ety of services to both active duty and ReserveNational Guard personnel per-sonnel and their families during Desert Storm, including the send-ingof send-ingof 199,881 emergency messages to and from military personnel during family emergencies. Red Cross chapters across the nation sponsored military family support groups and worked closely with local units to educate dependents about services and benefits available avail-able to them during active duty. More than 500,000 active duty, National Guard and Reserve troops served in Operation Desert Shield Storm. According to Mrs. langston, a taam of 155 Red Cross personnel served with the troops in Saudi Arabia. Fur more information about these new services, military personnel should contact Chloe Langston at the Central Utah Chapter of the American Red Cross, 866 N. Freedom Free-dom Blvd., Provo, telephone 373- 8580. til Who will be a Christmas Family? We need your help. Each year this newspaper selects four or five families who really need some assistance to have a good Christmas, but we need you to tell us who those families will be. In written form, please give us as much information as possible about needy families you know. 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