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Show Pleasant Grove Review New Utah! - Wednesday, July 25, 2001 - Page 7 local teens attend USU enaineerina state oroaram Tmacrinfi creatine1 vour Aliit) tj own water-powered rocket and watching it blast off into the sky, building and testing your unique biplane bi-plane design by flying it in a wind tunnel, constructing your own magnetic cannon or helping build a 30-foot steel suspension bridge. These are just a few of the challenges that greeted 286 teen delegates from around the state and beyond at Utah State University's 12th Annual Engineering State program June 11-15. American Fork High School students selected to participate in the program were Misty Curtis, daughter daugh-ter of Mike and Susie Curtis; Abigail Eyring, daughter of Susan and Michael Jones; Alan Powell, son of Terry Powell and Betty Powell; Kimball Reeves, son of Todd and Karla Reeves; and Nelson Scoville, son of Heidi and Garry Scoville. Delegates from Lehi High School were Andrew By Kalyn Secretan David L. Lander, well known as Squiggy on La Verne and Shirley, was a featured speaker at a conference con-ference about Multiple Sclerosis held at the Jordon's Common Theater in Sandy recently. Dr. Robert M. Satovyk, Director of the Western Neurological Association was also a featured fea-tured speaker. Long lines formed at the Jordon's Common as people and their families gathered at the theater for the discussion dis-cussion on M.S. Each family received a book by Lander, titled, "Fall Down Laughing: How Squiggy Caught Multiple Sclerosis and Didn't Tell Nobody." A packet of information was given and everyone had a chance to put together a plate with fresh fruits, veggies veg-gies and eclairs or brownies, along with a drink and a bag of popcorn to take into the theater. Dr. Satovick opened the conference with a Multiple Sclerosis update. He is the director of Western Neurology Associate's MS Clinic in Salt Lake City. The Western Neurology Associate's MS Clinic is a new MS Center in Salt Lake. There are 350,000 people with MS in the U.S. Typically it hits at between 20 and 40 years of age. Two thirds of the victims are women and it is more frequent fre-quent above the 37th parallel. paral-lel. Utah has a very high incidence, there are many within our local area. MS is the most common acquired neurological illness ill-ness in young adults in the temperate zone. It's cause remains unknown, there is no cure, it is unpredictable, it is life long, and it may or may not be disabling. These facts create anxiety, anger, depression, grief and torment. tor-ment. The symptoms are weakness, weak-ness, numbness, fatigue, vision problems, slurred speech, poor coordination, short term memory loss, depression and bladder dysfunction. dys-function. The incidence of MS in first degree relatives of patients with MS is 20 times greater than the general gen-eral population. Dr. Satovick said it is not contagious conta-gious but there is a tendency tenden-cy towards the problem when a child is conceived. They used to discourage pregnancy for MS patients, but he noted women are protected during pregnancy. Sometimes the symptoms increase during postpartum. postpar-tum. Many people are using the ABC treatments: A for Avonex, B for Beta Interferon, C for Copaxone. This was approved for MS in 1999. Patients need to discuss with their doctor if they should go on a treatment treat-ment and which to use. Avonex is a shot given nce a week. Beta Interferon was the first MS drug and shots are given more often. Copaxone has been around a long time to treat cancer and was approved last year to treat V. Brian Caldwell Moss, son of Leslie and Ruth Moss; and Brady Russon, son of Kevin and Sheree Russon. Pleasant Grove High School delegates were Brian Caldwell, son of David and Linda Caldwell, Jesse Kissee, son of Alison Chuntz and Dana Kissee; and Michael Westover, son of Scot and Susan Westover. Designed to introduce high school juniors to engineering engi-neering studies and campus TCI IKS ODOUT HVin MS. Dr. Satovick answered questions from the audience and then turned the time over to Lander. In addition to his work as Squiggy on the Laverne & Shirley sitcom (1976-1983), he has appeared in a number num-ber of films and guest starred on many television shows. vIn 2000, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society honored Lander with the Ambassador of the Year Award. Lander hid the fact that he had MS for 15 years except for his wife and daughter. When he decided to go public, he found it was funnier to say Squiggy had MS. In 1978, Lander made a celebrity appearance for a multiple sclerosis fund raiser rais-er in upstate New York. 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Corporate sponsors pick up the $350 per student tab for participants' meals, campus housing, lab materials and activities. "Governor Leavitt has laid out an ambitious chal- "Anybody can get this one," the director replied. "People are born with muscular mus-cular dystrophy, but anyone can wake up with multiple sclerosis." Little did he know that five years later, he would be diagnosed with the disease. He just finished taping the final episode of " Laverne and Shirley," when he noticed numbness in his fingers fin-gers and limbs, vertigo and difficulty with balance. At first he wondered (who was to blame and he was angry. He was afraid he would be fired from his job if people peo-ple knew he had MS. He heard of some miracle cures, and even tried some of them. He had all the lead filling taken out of his teeth and had gold fillings put in, but that didn't work. His sister got him a belt of magnets mag-nets and he heard how bee stings can put you in remission. remis-sion. 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