OCR Text |
Show Young Valerio gives life to 8-year-old Liver of local girl gives hope to another SPRING ANN VALERIO Spring Ann Valerio is described as having been a "loving, giving child" by those who knew her - a description she carried with her upon her death last week, and the donation of her liver and kidneys to aid others. The three-year-old daughter of John and Cheryl Spencer Valerio of American Fork, Spring died of a rare throat infection Wednesday afternoon at Primary Children's Hospital, and her parents generously allowed a team of surgeons to remove her liver to provide a dying Memphis, Tennessee Ten-nessee eight-year-old boy a new chance at life. The donation was a final gesture in keeping with the donor's happy, giving nature, her father told reporters Friday. Letter to the editor: Steel Days successful Editor: , . ,; , . ,. , . May I thank all the city, civic and church leaders who contributed many hours of time and planning to make our recent American Fork Steel Days celebration such an outstanding success. It was a great honor for me to participate in the parade and all the other enjoyable events. Why do I enjoy living in American Fork? It has such a community spirit of caring, cooperation and appreciation, it makes me very proud to be a resident of this fine community. -Ora Chipman Trip of a lifetime Letter to the Editor : There is a group of individuals and businesses in this community who have recognized and filled a need . . . one of encouraging excellence ex-cellence in our schools. As a parent of one of the students competing in the National History Day, I would like to express my appreciation first to Mrs. Janice Mayne who encouraged the students to enter the state contest. Secondly, to all of those who were willing to help finance travel expenses ex-penses so the 6 eligible students from American Fork Junior High could attend the national competition. com-petition. Mrs. Mayne was unwilling to accept any financial assistance for her trip; she wanted to be sure that all of the student's expenses were paid completely. The generous donations of community members, the efforts of parents and Mrs. Mayne in raising the funds through bake sales, Mr. Gourley's encouragement and help as principal of the Junior High, the willingness of businesses to let the students perform services for payment, all, unitedly helped to make what seemed an impossible dream come true. ' , ; With the student's trips financed, several parents Were able to attend with their child to offer assistance and encouragement. For my daughter Michelle and myself it was the experience of a lifetime, a chance ta . share the magnificence of Washington, a city of history and architectural genious, a chance to see government govern-ment in action. The History : Day entrants of American were young people of scholastic excellence' : . . Y the genious of youth is apparent there. , Thank you again for giving our students a marvelous motivating experience for excellence. -Sincerely, "' V? Melanie Zimmerman Mr. Valerio said the donation was in character for his child because she was "always giving and sharing which was extraordinary for a three-year-old and she didn't like to see anyone suffering." Spring Ann died of apiglottis, a rare infection which shuts off the air passages to the throat. Arden Spencer, her grandfather, said doctors told him the virus only strikes children between the ages of three to six and it can kill within hours by blocking the air passage "just like you had drowned." He said the little girl had been taken to the doctor when she complained of a sore throat Tuesday, and was later taken to the Emergency Room at the American Fork Hospital. Both times, she was diagnosed as having intestinal flu and sent home. That evening, her air passage stopped, and, he said, even mouth-to-mouth resuscitation couldn't help her. After Spring Ann was declared brain dead at the Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake, a team of transplant surgeons from LeBonheur Children's Hospital arrived in Salt Lake and began removing her liver. Her kidneys were also removed at the time. The liver was taken to Memphis where Louis Ragsdale was being prepared at the same time for the transplant. The boy was reported doing well with his new liver early this week. Spring Ann's kidneys were taken to the University of Utah Medical Center where the Intermountain Organ Bank began tests to determine deter-mine if the organs were viable for transplant. The Valerios said in donating the organs of their daughter, they hoped to save other parents from the kind of sadness they are feeling now. KK'IIAHI) HEAP, board istrict By (UNA CALDWELL The Alpine District wants to get away from the "We will do everything" statement of philisophy and develop a meaningful and practical statement that gets rid of the "glib" words, said the Board of Education at a goals workshop meeting on Tuesday. "It is a mistake to generate a list of goals, file them and never use them," said Richard Sudweeks, a board member. Practical district goals need to be the foundation from which every other goal flows from, he said. The district made some tentative goals in the areas of communications, com-munications, public involvement, curriculum, program, personnel ana policies. The goals need to be worked out and reviewed by new Superintendent Superin-tendent Clark Cox who look office Aug. 1. s""m " "'"Haw U () UD apb MS Ml Alpine Credit Union is turning back the clock. We are now offering loans at the almost forgotten rate of 12 APR. That's right 12. Borrow for all your summer needs: new cars, trucks, RV's, vacations, or home improvements. This special rate applies for new loans for almost all worthwhile purposes. pur-poses. No refinancing of existing credit union loans. Take up to 36 months to repay. And it's easy to repay an Alpine Credit Union loan too! Most members president, checks over listed district works on Here are some of the goals suggested at the meeting: COMMUNICATIONS -Foster an open, honest, two-way communication between the board, district, personnel, students, and patrons. -Follow appropiate channels of communications, making responsible respon-sible decisions at a level closest to the problem. -Promote an awareness, understanding un-derstanding and terminology of the problems and issues that confront the district. -To make accurate and complete decisions based on data. INVOLVEMENT -Inform and involve those affected af-fected by decisions during the process which leads to a decision. CURRICULUM -Articulate a course of study K-12, formalize scope and study. 1510 NORTH STATE OREM, UTAH 225-0256 goals at workshop meeting. goals POLICY REVIEW -Develop policies which provide direction for: a) legal, ethical and professional behavior and b) administrative ad-ministrative implementation. -Regular, periodic review of policies. RESOURCES EFFICENCY -Use of professional business and personnel practices to stewardship over appropriate tax moves and properties. -Balance efficency and equality in use of resources. These are a few of the tentative goals discussed at the meeting. Nothing has been finalized and accepted. Some items will be reworked re-worked and re-worded. Prior to the meeting Cox sent the board a list of suggested goals that he would like to see completed in the Alpine District. can repay their loans through convenient con-venient payroll deductions. Members with Direct Deposit can authorize automatic loan payments from regular shares. All members can make their loan payments in person or through the mail. No matter what your needs are, see Alpine Credit Union. You'll be borrowing borrow-ing from your own financial family . . . a family that cares about you! Take advantage of this special 12 loan rate. Citizen - Thurso , August 4, 19rt - Page 3 Beach Boys to play at cancer benefit KSL-TV's Dick Nourse and one of Utah's favorite musical groups, the Beach Boys, are joining together for a benefit concert for the Utah Division, American Cancer Society. It's the "Dick Nourse Concert for the American Cancer Society featuring the Beach Boys" on Friday, August 5, at 7 p.m. in Park West. The concert is part of the Pepsi Challenge Summer Fest Series. The evening's activities will include in-clude lots of music by the Beach Boys as well as appearances by Dick Nourse and KSL weatherman Kent Norton. A portion of each Beach Boys ticket sold will go to the American Cancer Society to further its programs of research, education and patient service and rehabilitation here in Utah. Tickets can be purchased at Toad Tape in ..iden, Budget Tapes and Records in Logan, Sound Track in Salt Lake City, and all ZCMI and Datatix outlets. U S P S No 0185-8000 SI West Main American Fork. I'Uh 84003 Published weekly by Newlah, Inc. Telephone Numbers Advertising & Circulation . 756-7669 News 756-5273 Publisher Kditors Kretl K Bezzant Marc Haddock Subscription price $9.50 per year Second class postage paid at American Fork Post Office Postmaster: Send address changes to 59 West Main. American Fork. Utah M003 |