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Show Remember the riots? steeds Grease-lovin- g City of Angels dees r3 Page A4 H Snt4 i."s.,Y fj, IIS? foM Clippers put Jazz' will to the test as noise levels rise to ride Mormon Trail Page A9 ttft&ty Many towns do nothing Page C1 Page B1 far 124 Vssrs, Ptyvs, 'Utah - A PuSltxtr Community Newspspor j' n rm -- : : trr -- fL""1 .tfLfv -- .,- - r, I Mi, - -- r: N&', Agencies roll up sleeves to help area's homeless fPi llllmlUP (: By RYAN VAN BENTHUYSEN The Daily Herald : hol-ster- Daily Herald photoMarc Lester Mare Morgan sits on the steps of the Hotel Roberts In downtown Provo Friday afternoon. Morgan, who is homeless, has been living at the hotel for about three months. His expenses are being paid by the Community Action Agency and the Vocational Rehabilitation Service. In return, Morgan is putting forth the effort to organize his life so he can once again stand on his own two feet. Agency and the Vocational Rehabilitation By RYAN VAN BENTHUYSEN The Daily HerakJ Ser-vic- it CAA is a organization that works to get homeless folks on their feet and keep counthem there with seling and financial help. t . The agency, was working in partnership with Vocational Rehabilitation Services, another organization that helps the homeless and disabled find work and get back on track. "The bottom line of our program is that we want to assist individuals with disabilities to become employed and. says Sink or swim, Marc Morgan's trying to get his life together. Morgan is one of the thousands of homeless people in Utah County who are taking steps to get off the streets and back into a home, an office and a lifestyle. Like many others, Morgan is a local resident, not a transient just passing through town. Morgan has been staying at the Hotel Roberts for about three months. His expenses are being paid by the Community Action non-prof- lifestyle-improveme- nt ,; Your name ' Jack White, district director of the division of rehabilitation in Provo. About a month ago, CAA stopped funding Morgan's shelter. NoW heTis working exclusively with Vocational Rehabilitation Services, where he will begin job training in computer software this June, Morgan says. He will receive dental work and surgery on a bad arm; these expenses will also be paid by Vocational Services, he says. Thanks to a man named Dwayne Frisbie at don't need to be a movie star to see in lights name or, if you're willing your to set your sights a little lower, on the side of a large building. For the right price, almost any John or Jane Doe can receive that singular recogfrom nition colleges throughout the country. At Utah Valley State College, for example, the going rate to have a laboratory or room named in your honor is $50,000 or 75 percent of the cost to finish the interior of the facility, whichever is greater. Building or wings of buildings are available for a cool half a million dollars or more. You cash-strapp- 1 In the past two and a half years, UVSC officials have played name that building, wing or room to the tune of about $5 million or more in cash donations or deferred gifts money set aside in trusts that could result in big bucks for the college i later on. "It's a great way to encourage giving and also a great way to reward peopleho have been strongly supportive of the college," said Cory Duckworth, UVSC vice president for institutional advancement. "It helps us cast a positive light on charitaf ble giving." It doesn't hurt the college's image, ' ' either. By naming a building after someone , 1 H feet are the saving grace of an " already badly flawed system of freebies for those in need. Others ; ht say that not offering a shelter with no strings attached is inhumane. Utah County does not have an shelter overnight "bunk-style- " where the homeless can get a hot meal, crash for the night and move on in the morning. Rather, ' the valley offers "sheltering ser- - " vices" that put the homeless up in hotels for anywhere from one day to a week. Along with the hotel 7 room comes classes on how to pinch pennies and several pieces advice of that are collectively called a continuum of care. Advocates of the system firmly believe that Utah County's by teaching way of helping is them how to remain stable more productive and keeps more people off the street in the long single-overnig- lifestyle-improveme- long-standi- m (See LIFE, Page A6) widely recognized as a champion of industry or other endeavors, colleges simultaneously acquire a cash infusion and bask in the reflected glow of being associated in people's minds with a winner. It's not very different than the links between Wheaties cereal and Michael Jordan, Southwestern Airlines and actor Jack Palance or a hemorrhoid medication and actress Kim Alex' is. LDS the. Brigham Young University, Church's educational flagship, doesn't have a set policy or specified cash amounts that governs the names given to buildings. Most buildings on campus are named for past church presidents and other Mormon religious figures. BYU safaris throughout the world. Many of Bean's big game trophies, which he alsp donated to the university, are prominently ' displayed in the museum. Money was also a factor in naming the Crabtree Technology Building, the Leo Ellsworth Meat and Livestock Center and the Caroline Hemenway Harmon Continuing Education Building, among others. Which isn't to say that any Tom, Dick or Harriet can receive the honor, even if they can afford it. At both institutions, the board of trustees must approve the names buildings are given. It's an honor they don't confer lightly. spokeswoman Carrie Jenkins said cash isn't much of a factor in the decision. "It's done on merit," Jenkins said. "The person a building is named after must have made contributions in their field and to society that warrant the honor." Maybe so, but cash has been a consideration in the done by BYU and the LDS general authorities that comprise its board of trustees. The Marriott Center's namesake is J. Willard Marriott, the hotel magnate whose large donation made the sporting arena possible. The campus life science museum owes its lifeblood to cash from the late retail tycoon Monte L. Bean and the collection of game animals he killed on hunting name-droppi- (See NAME, Page A2) R fl group want to volunteer, their ages, their availability times and areas of When it comes to volunteering, skill and interest. From there, directors can match Utah County residents have their or individuals hearts in the right mat need groups place. help with those Now officials at w wish to offer the United Way Volsome Mitservices. on Got 'time; unteer Center want lot of people your hands? Why npt put to direct that goodthat, along with your, in the county won-de- r' will where its most. own skills and interests, Jiow they can "There is defisaid to good use? jnvolved," get no lack of nitely VolUnited The Bills Hulterstrom,' Way people who are willunteer Center is a clear--, president of the ing to volunteer," United Way in Utah information of said Mollianne inghouse "You can't on needs volunteer in. County. Buhn, the volunteer turn on the but Utah Call them, help County. center director in TV these days and them know hqw let Utah County. "They see Colin Powell like "to help and just don't know you'd in the people to urging they'll point you where to go." but and voluntdirection. get right That's where the eer1 in their comFor more informacenter comes into munities." the center at contact tion, . play. Volunteerism is 8. Organized groups national gaining or individuals can attention as the contact the center to , Presidents' Summit for America's find out who needs the most help Future kicks off today in Philadcl- and where. The director will then By TOM McHOES The Daily Herald Find it Arts Births D8 A17 Business Classified Ads. .Dl F2 . Crossword Garden .Fll .D6 D9 A4 E6 D5 Movies Obituaries Opinions Prime time Sports ......CI D10 El Travel.......... .A5 Television Weather Weather Today warmer with highs See in the lower to mid-70s. PageA5. Air Quality The air quality as of Saturday mid-afterno- ' mm was good for all areas along the Wasatch Front. ' ' ?3 ttriik: J million chiidrsr. are at risk m AVne.ica. Every one the Five Fundamentals that are eential to success. 1 reeds Fundamental Resource: A Caring Adult rarinn nttnntinn mm Got a minute? -- , : aril rite rjn mak nil h . mM U. MM IS t a""" ..D i Want to liep? Call for j 'i more Information, I .4 Orem teen ? raffemncft in ft child's liffi. Here's en example . ' ..war rtn P' Alum. ttn"T' m to sWtSSS-- " , 0- riMw,v - - 374-810- find out how many people in the r 1 e.t (See VOLUNTEERS, Page A2) ' (See HOME, PageA6) united way pairs volunteers, needs H nr for all to see: Only $1 million larger than life By MARK EDDINGTON The Daily Herald Related story, Page A7 Officials in the social work circle of Utah County have their rhetorical guns and are teaming up for a common cause. They hope to win the war on homelessness. Sharp words For about a decade, methods of helping the homeless have become a growing point of contention in the valley. And although the argument is still alive and well for some, those on both sides of the issue agree that drawing blood never gets anyone far, especially in the social arena. So, in an unspoken pact, officials have seemingly agreed to stop bickering about whose way of helping is best and have started to look at how to simply help the homeless. As part of a debate in Utah County, some believe that the sheltering serthose that vices now in use work over the long-terto get homeless people back on their - .Source: Pubncpnvai It ventures study, 1995 it. 4. I ' t I digs deep to restore landscape By DONALD W. MEYERS The Daily Herald Armed with a desire to do community service and a track record of volunteering, Mike Anderson is getting a head start on Orem's annual neighborhood Blitz pro-- ; ;gram. who movd Mike, a to Orem from New Mexico almost two years ago, helped restore -- a hillside near the "Welcome tq Orem" sign on the southern end of ' State Street. The city matched the $1,500 Mike put up for the project and supplied 10 workers to help him and 20 other volunteers he orga-nized in landscaping a slope whete! erosion had removed much of the, (See TEEN, Page A2) |
