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Show A6 DAILY Home Continued fromAl Our Troops. He thanked the community for its kindness and generosity. "I only have one eye, but you don't need more than one eye to see all the kindness and love in this community. I want to say thank you very, very much, Ewell said Hundreds of people gathered in front of the home while third graders from Pony Express and Eagle Valley elementary schools entertained the crowd with patriotic songs. When Ewell arrived d at the end of a road with his family, some of his fellow soldiers walked him to the flag pole, where he raised the Stars and Stripes in his new front yard. MARK 10HNSTON, Daily Herald motivating me." thanked the community for coming out to support them then and on Friday. "The groundbreaking ceremony was truly incredible, and today is spectacular. It's hard to find the words, other than to say thank you and tell you how grateful we are," she said. Alt a Vista Homes worked on the new home for more than a year. Alta Vista's Dave Hall said the company wanted to donate a home to an injured soldier in Utah County, and it put gether a committee to find the ideal candidate. After they began the project they hooked up with Homes For Our Troops, a nonprofit organization from Taunton, Mass., that provides specially adapted homes for severely wounded veterans. The group provided the $120,000 needed to buy the land in Eagle Mountain, as well as an additional $30,000 for materials. The total cost of the home to a family would normally be more than $500,000, Hall said, and every dollar was donated "We know he's going to be in a wheelchair soon. We want to give him an environment where he can still get through the house and take care of his family," Hall said. The groundbreaking ceremony for the home was held in September. Terra Ewell Lehi-base- d Assistant Adjunct Gen. Jef- ferson Burton, of the Utah National Guard, said Ewell gave his life for his country and for each and every person at the ceremony. "So it's fitting that we as citizens and friends gather here Rep. Chris Cannon, together to recognize he and his family, who now share in presented Ewell with a U.S. the burdens that he carries," flag that flew over the Capitol Burton said. in Washington, D.G "I appreciate the fact that Members of the community this community has come towere able to tour the home, gether and done this wonderful which is filled with ramps and wide hallways to help Ewell thing for this family." Cannon said. "We have an obligation as get around with his disabilities. a people to take care of these The home was designed to be folks." as low maintenance as posLt. Gov. Gary Herbert was sible, but Ewell is looking forone of many people to call ward to doing at least a little Ewell a hero. hard work after he moves in next week. "We know what heroism is and he exemplifies that m He's hoping he'll be able to mow the front lawn himself. every degree. But I would "I love the smell of fresh cut say to you he's also an inspirational leader. Leaders are grass. That ought to be fun to those people who motivate mow, knowing it's my own," us and inspire us to do better he said. than we can in spite of ourselves," Herbert said. "He's Jeremy Duda can be reached 1 or jduda at motivating all of us. He's mo- heraldextra.com. Continued from Al i 1 " ... 1 DONNA abuse of teenage girls at the ranch. The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which runs the west Texas ranch, denies any abuse of the children, who were seized in a raid nearly two months ago. Church officials say they are being persecuted for their religious beliefs. A draft agreement released by CPS attorney Gary Banks earlier Friday said the parents could get their children back beginning Monday after showing identification and pledging to take parenting classes and remain in Texas. State officials, who have 124 children in custody, had reached the tentative agreePress ment with the 38 mothers and MCWILLIAMAssociated a Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints leader speaks to members outside the Tom Green County court house Texas, on Friday. had agreed that the order would be extended to all but a of the media in few specific children. The last minute snag was a blow to parents who had San Angela, -- home-schoole- d five-tim- 344-256- tivating this community. He's FLDS Willie Jessop, had finished 14th and 6th the previous two years. Tia Thomas, also 13, from Coursegold, Calif., was quite surprised by Evans's early departure. She and Evans, both of whom are were competing against each other for the fifth time. The pair had been corresponding via instant messages throughout the year. "I was sad," Thomas said. "I thought he would be one of Mishra, an anatomy and eighth grader at the finalists this year." physiology instructor at Ivy Eagle View Middle SchooL Tech Community College in Thomas admitted that she Bailly laughed declining the wouldn't have been able to Lafayette, Ind, covered her request. face with a handkerchief afIyer managed to correctly spell Evans's word either. She ter her son correctly spelled would have spelled it with two spell "solidungulate," which means having single, undi"n"s. "taleggio," an Italian cheese, in the 14th round. vided hoof on each foot. She In the seventh round, ThomSameer's father, Krishna so surprised herself that she as received a word she didn't ran the wrong direction back know how to spell, "canicuMishra, a microbiology instructor at Ivy Tech, said he to her seat. lar." She asked Bailly, "May was just proud his son made it "I didn't know a lot of the I please have the California into the finals this year. words I got immediately," pronunciation?" Sameer Mishra gained Tia's mother, Pamela Iyer said before the championa reputation at the Bee for ship finals. Thomas, said her daughter's more than just spelling. He There were also solemn mo- joke helped her make it to the ments during the competitioa finals. provided comic relief in the semifinals and championship Forty-fiv- e "That really helped her respellers began rounds. the semifinals Friday morning, lax and slow down," Thomas "I'm not used to people but after three more rounds said. laughing at my jokes except only 12 remained for Friday Yet she made no jokes in for my sister," Mishra said evening's championship finals. the 13th round when faced after the contest. with "opificer." Competitors were tripped up In a late afternoon semifinal by such stumpers as "cryptoShe replaced the "o" with an round he correctly spelled coccosis" (a fungal infection), "e," eliciting the judge's bell. "macedoine," a French word The spellers onstage and "phrenicectomy" (excision of for a type of salad, after coma portion of the phrenic nerve) most of the crowd rose to and "cyathiform" (shaped like their feet as Thomas took a menting "that seems good a cup). right now." seat on the stage next to her In the 9th round Friday eveThe Utah County contestant parents. in the Bee, Isaac Skarstedt, ning Mishra approached the Some of the past national microphone and the pronounc-er- , was disqualified in the second winners attended the finals, Dr. Jacques Bailly, read round. After passing the first including the winner of the "numnah a sheepskin pad round written examination, he 1925 Bee, Frank Neuhauser. placed between a saddle and misspelled "facticide," ending As an 1 boy from an animal's back. But Bailly's his run for the trophy. Louisville, Ky., he won with Matthew Evans, a pronunciation sounded odd, "gladiolus," taking home $500 in $20 gold pieces. prompting tittering from the speller from Albuquerque, crowd and a puzzled question N.M., who was one of the Neuhauser, now 94, shook from Mishra. favorites enteringthe Bee, Mishra's hand after the Bee. "Numbnut?" Mishra asked. received a standing ovation He told the boy he'd competed when he was eliminated in Bailly then more clearly against eight other spellers in stated the Hindi word. e the 6th round. Evans, a the first ever national spelling "Oh, numnah!" Mishra reNational Bee competitor, contest. plied before correctly spelling Neuhauser told him, "It was misspelled "secernent," (that it. "That's a relief." which promotes secretion). He a lot easier than you had it." Mishra wasn't the only speller who drew laughs. The competitors Friday, Continued from Al who ranged from 10 to his family's seventh stab at the typically asked coveted championship. His sis- Bailly for alternate pronunciater competed three times, tions, definitions and etymoloShruti Mishra said she was gies. But Jahnavi K. Iyer of "immensely proud." Enola, Pa., added an extra "It's everything my entire question to the mix in the 5th round family has wanted for like 7 "Could I have an easier years," she said Mishra's mother, Alka word please?" asked the Sgt 1st Class Gordon Ewell center is escorted from a humvee by a fellow soldier after arriving at the presentation ceremony of Ewell's new home in Eagle Mountain on Friday. flag-line- Saturday, May 31, 2008 Spelling ' - 3 HERALD thought hundreds of happy were imminent. "There was an opportunity today for relief in this, and it was not granted," said Willie Jessop, an FLDS elder. Laura Shockley, an attorney for several children and mothers not part of the original appellate court case, predicted more filings Monday in the court that originally ruled against the state's action, the Third District Court of Appeals in Austin. That court ordered Walther to allow the children to return to their parents in a reasonable time. Under the deal CPS released, the families wont be able to leave Texas until Aug. 31 but would be allowed to move back to the ranch. It also calls for parenting classes and visits by CPS to interview children and parents in the child abuse investigation. Walther wanted to remove the August deadline and provide for psychological evaluations of the children. She also wanted it specified that parents can't travel more than 60 miles initially held as minors and a from their residence without 48 handful of agreements allowhours' notice. She also wanted ing parents to keep custody CPS to have access to the ranch while the Supreme Court conand the children at all times sidered the case. FLDS, which teaches necessary for any investigation. Walther ruled last month that polygamy brings glorificathat the children should be tion in heaven, is a breakaway sect of the Mormon church, placed in foster care after a chaotic custody hearing involv- which renounced polygamy ing hundreds of lawyers repre- more than a century ago. In an ongoing criminal senting the individual children and parents. investigation separate from The Third Court of Appeals the custody dispute, Texas ausaid last week that the state thorities collected DNA swabs failed to show that any more Thursday from sect leader than five of the teenage girls Warren Jeffs. A search warwere being sexually abused, rant for the DNA alleges that and had offered no evidence Jeffs had "spiritual" marriages of sexual or physical abuse with four girls, ages 12 to 15. 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