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Show a 6 The Magna TimesWest Valley News,Thursday, April 15, 1999 Local Granite District schools get aid for readers High School Sports: Affordable fun for everyone! Reading Specialist could be in all 62 elementary schools within a few years by GARY R. BLODGETT EDITOR Bed & Breakfast For Two Only $22.Q Sunday Thursday i (upon avalability) HOTEL & CASINO I I FREE Hotel & Casino I For Reservations L 11.00 Fun Book (includes cash discounts and gaming coupons) Continental Breakfast PrimeTime in the Granite School District could have a teaching specialist in more than half of its 62 elementary schools. The Granite School Board was told last week that money to fund the proposed program will come from a portion of a $7.7 million federal grant under a new federal grant Must present coupon upon arrival. Choice of Ilam & Eggs Special, Calls Buscuits & Gravy, or or Beginning this fall, more than half of the elementary schools Exp. April 30, Granite District will receive the largest single portion from the grant - $1.2 million - enough to fund a reading specialist in more than half of the districts elementary schools, according to Kevin Hague, director of curriculum services. He told the board members that this amount will be sufficient to pay costs for more than one-hathe districts elementary schools lf 199J and that if funds continue to flow, These will be chosen from a list of the remainder of the schools should individual schools that must apply have a reading specialist within a for this special service, it was few years. explained. The district will then hire 30 new Purpose of the specialist, Hague readis student raise to to replace the specialists. teachers explained, ing skills to a required level" by The $1.2 million grant appropriathe third grade, instead of try ing to tion w ill be used to pay the cost of improve a students reading skill the new teachers, and for their (or lack thereof) later. He noted that training, according to Hague. In addition. Granite District will its easier and more effective to increase the reading skill at an earhire specialists for five additional lier age. schools through a cooperative the school with the University of Utah. officials, effort Everyone governor and even the president -- Those reading specialists will work have spoken out about the need for with U. graduate students to collect students to be reading on grade-levdata to determine the effectiveness the third the of end of the revised reading program. by grade. But this is not happening in some To start. Granite District reading schools in the Granite District, specialists will look into the kinderaccording to 1998 Standard garten to identify with students Achievement Test (SAT) scores. who are (or have been struggling Fifth grade students (the youngest with reading). tested on SATs) showed that Reading specialists will teach a Granite District fifth graders scored e reading group on a daily in the 37 percentile on the reading basis, and will work with other students in small groups until they are portion of the SAT. This is significantly lower than the national norm at grade-leve- l. of 50, and well below the statewide Hague told the board that new teachers will be hired on one-yeaverage of 47. Granite District officials plan to contracts to replace the reading select 30 teachers who have special specialists because of the uncertaintraining in reading to become indity of continued federal funding for vidual reading school specialists. the reading program. el first-grad- ar Share your life, share your decision by S ANDIE PHILLIPS CONTRIBUTOR I sit this beautiful, spring Sunday afternoon watching our children playing tag with one another. I cant help but wonder if my mother, Elaine Smith, of Bountiful, Utah will hear their giggles, or be able to bathe them in her love and attention again, by the time summers lazy days are upon us. Elaine lies in LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City awaiting a special gift, the fight of life by way of transplantation, through donation of a liver. She has suffered with liver disease caused by a virus, for 10 years. Last April after a major abdominal surgery, her liver began to deteriorate rapidly. She was rushed to the hospital on three different occasions beginning in October for hemorrhaging. Then on March 2nd, Elaine was hospitalized with severe hemorrhaging and kidney failure due to the malfunctioning of the liver. She was in the ICU for nine days and now lays waiting for the only hope of survival a liver transplant. Organ & Tissue transplantation is truly one of the great medical wonders of this century. But as in the case of many other technological advances, questions regarding the ethical, moral, economical and religious dimensions have arisen concerning organ donation. Of course, it is a matter of personal choice, but just one selfless act of a donor can bless the lives of up to 50 people. There are many misunderstandings and many questions that I would like to address as follows: How many people are awaiting transplantation? As of February 3, 1999 there were 61,353 people nationwide waiting for a donor to share the gift of life with them. 16,000 of those are waiting for livers. Locally in Utah, the number of people waiting transplants is 220. The number of organs donated in Utah in 1998 was 52. The number of people including my mother, waiting for a liver, is 39. Who can donate? Anyone can be a potential organ & tissue donor. Newborns to Senior Citizens as old as 80 years can donate. Eligibility is done on a case by case basis at the time of by DONA BIERMAN STAFF WRITER water aerobics, postnatal water aerobics, arthritis aquatics, and other programs are being offered at Pioneer Valley Pre-nat- 3S2)2) al Hospital. medical and social history. What is the difference between organ & tissue donation? Organ donation which includes the kidneys, lungs, heart, liver and pancreas can only be done with a donor that has been declared brain dead. Tissue donations include corneas, bone, skin, veins, heat valves, tendons and small intestine. This type of donation can help many more people because donation can occur even after the heart $SdD(D) cises for and post-natinvolvement, women are getting in better shape before delivering a baby and losing unwanted pounds after delivery. These new courses are offered at the hospitals Apex Center in the Medical Arts pre-nat- al al Building, 3336 South Pioneer Go'Oen Cooai Restaurants At participatmg restaurants Parkway. rs L mnl Set, Ready, ZIONS MORTGAGE COMPANY A division ofZions First National Bank Call Us Today For A Quick Mortgage Answer 4135 West 5415 South, Salt Lake City, UT 841 18 (801)524-466- 9 tit torn LENDER Mun to donate? Yes. On your donor card you can specify what you wish to donate. Where can I get a donor card? Donor cards are available at most Dept. Of Motor Vehicles and hospitals. You Utah Donor Hotline at I 6744. Why should I decide now about organ & tissue donation? The need for organ donation has in the last two years, but risen 41 have tapered off. Approximately nine people a day die waiting for a lifesaving donation!! When you make the decision to be a donor it becomes a legal document for transplant, only if you have told your family about your decision. Your next of kin must give the final permission to the hospital. One familys loss and pain can be another ones hope and joy. Share your life, Share your decision. A variety of pool programs and exercise agendas are scheduled. within one year and must wait until The hospital also offers work-out- s for people that suffer from different forms of arthritis. For more information call the hospital at 964-318- attend. 0. al water aerobics classes offer women a safe, low-impa- ct that tones and trains the muscles of expectant mothers. The courses, which require physician permission to enroll, are taught by certified instructors. ; , Post-natwater aerobics programs are available to women who want to shed unwanted pounds after delivering a baby. These classes are stress-fre- e and play a crucial role in women gaining a h new sense of and feeling important and good about themselves. Women wanting to enroll in these classes must have delivered work-o- ut self-wort- Apply for a mortgage today, pay an application fee and get a credit decision back on the same day! I want Can I choose what help expectant mothers Pre-nat- With the addition of aquatic exer- body form. donations death according to the donors Water work-out- s stops beating. Will there be any disfigurement with donation? NO!!! Organ & tissue donation involves standard surgical techniques. Suture lines are located would cover them. .y where clothing Prosthetic devices are used with bone and eye donation to maintain after their six-wee- k Some advantages of check-u- p pre-nat- al to and exercises include maintaining a healthy weight, improving womens strength and endurance, increasing improving chances for an easier delivery, reducing risk for low back pain or post-nat- al self-estee- orthopedic injury and reducing symptoms including nausea and leg cramps. The arthritis aquatics course, another program at the hospital, is taught by The Arthritis Foundation YMCA Aquatic Program and increases mobility of arthritis patients through a gentle work-ou- t. According to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, more than 40 million Americans suffer from some form of arthritis that limits daily activity. United Way honors WVC by DONA BIERMAN STAFF WRITER While many businesses support United Way through payroll deductions, checks and cash, employees of West Valley City have the distinction of being a leading public agency to donate during 1998. WVC was honored in February for their efforts by United Way for 70 employees, averaging $190 each, increasing both donations and its number of leadership givers. Leadership givers are donors contributing at least $1 ,000. Employees contributed $13,321 which doubled their contributions from 1997. The theme for the year was The Difference Is You In a Childs Life, emphasizing success in public service. United Way supports community programs that make a difference, including making neighborhoods safe, supporting education and promoting opportunities for residents in a changing world. The financial commitment of WVC employees joined the approximate 800 local businesses which have supported annual United Way campaigns with more than $7 million. poor CC |