Show f 8A Standard-Examin- Saturday November 26 1988 er FCC delays change National III WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission on Friday put off until next year consideration of a proposal to drop its regulation of telephone profits in favor of ceilings on rate increases an aide to Chairman Dennis R Patrick said Patrick had been working toward a vote on the plan next month but a consensus with other commissioners has eluded find home with woman 16 Jesse and Russ Running began caring for terminally ill children about 10 years ago when Mrs Running met Karen a young girl who had suffered severe brain damage in a car accident “All I could do was cry when I first saw her” Mrs Running said The lamily cared tor Karen until she died at 15 “I became very bonded to that child as though she was our own” Mrs Running said Since then the Runnings have either adopted or taken as foster children five other terminally ill children All have died except Missy who “is still hang" ing in there They presently have six adopted and fos- ter children four of whom have severe chil- dren Mrs Running said: “It's pretty hard to explain” “You have to have words in order to make other people understand feelings and that's hard for me to do” she said Missy spends much of her day in a baby seat gasping for air A rare blood disease has paralyzed her “Some doctors may call her a vegetable” Mrs Running said “I’ve never met a vege- - Jan 19 decision The to The proposal would lift limits on the profits that American Telephone & Telegraph Co and the regional Bel phone companies can earn on the interstate portions of their businesses Instead the commission would set a ceiling on rates limiting increases to 3 percentage points less than annual inflation him “There are so many complex issues and a long draft order we wanted to give commissioners an additional opportunity to study the issues and consider it in January” said the aide James long-distan- Schlichting That meeting is scheduled for 1 Missy a kiss on the nose Missy suf- table The children will respond to the person they are bonded to even if it isn’t any more than a knowing look in their eyes or a slight grin “You can tell when a child is happy That lets you know that you are that special person in thetr life” Photos in her album show one young girl splashing in a swimming pool and playing with the Runnings’ biological children Another picture shows her m a coffin She was 6 Mrs Running said her husband works while she cares for her three foster and three adopted children They have eight biological children but only the youngest Chris still lives at home Gigantic has left her paralyzed SNOWBOARD One of the adoptees is a boy from South America who swallowed a cup of lye when he was about 1 He’s a normal kid in every way except that he breathes through a hole in his windpipe Their three foster children include a woman SALE profoundly retarded quadriplegic girl who’s also a quad- a riplegic and who suffers from cerebral palsy and a girl who weighed little more than a pound at birth and who still relies on oxygen to breathe The Runnings get state aid for their foster children but Mrs Running says it’s never enough However she said the state does pay for the foster children’s medical care and medical equipment 20 £KI CARPET-VINY- M-- F Saturday ® SALE Models OVER 50 BOARDS IN STOCK!! 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