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Show ‘TheSalt ltLakeTribuneUTAH Sunday, January 16, 2000 Virgin River Project Under Wayiin» Zion ion Park BY BRENT ISRAELSEN THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Serving children who wait Since 1995, the U.S. government has spent $3.2 million repairing the road. This latest phase, which Taking advantage of the low visitation season, BRITTANY H. Brittanyis a red-headed girl of 9 with lots of energy, whose spe- cial interests include dolls, out. door games and animals. This little girl's dream is to have a mom, dad and a babysister. She has suffered abuse and ne- glect and has been in foster care for several years. This third- graderis in a self-contained classroom requiring modified instruc- tion and redirection in order to succeed educationally. She wears glasses and is hearing impaired. Sheis able to care for herself and construction crews are in Zion National Park this with emotional issues. He has been in foster care for several month and next to widen a troublesome section of the Virgin River. years due to abuse and neglect in his birth homeand currently re- sides in a residential treatment center. tional park. The park and the road are expected to remain open throughout the project, said Zion superinten. dent Don Falvey. Since the road’s construction in the early 1900s, Heis expected to be able to form relationships with an adoptive family. There is some difficulty relating to his peers with a desire to be in control. floods and landslides have damaged it regularly. In A two-parent or single-father family where John is the youngest 1995, a landslide wiped out a huge chunk of the road, forcing the park to relocate the road atop a new12. or only child is needed. He will need to remain in contact with foot-high retaining wall. Thewall restricted the river into a fast-running youngersiblings. is expected to live’ independently as an adult. Brittany is a social child and enjoys the companyofother chil- dren, though supervision is re- quired as she may be aggressiveat times. two-parent orsingle- mother families where Brittany can be the youngest child will be considered. MARCUS Marcus is a lively, talkative 13- year-old boy whois inquisitive, anxious to learn and can sense when a person is being genuine. His special interests include animals, football and outdoorsports. This seventh-grader performs below gradelevel and attendsspecial education classes to help him with readifig skills. He does best in a small-school atmosphere and has aspirations of becoming a college studentandplaying football. At times he battles with de- pression and anger but this is managed with redirection and medication. Alltwo-parentor single-mother families wanting to adopt Marcus will be considered. Financial assistance is available for medical care, therapy and JOHN G. EDWARD P. Edward is a 15-year-old whose special interests include baseball, football, cars and art. Due to abuse in his birth home,he has beenin foster care for several years and has formed close relationships rections well, has a nice, caring level. An Individual Education STPNMOLMUELeaarl SeaTac oa 9y a problem solver. This bright seventh-grader needs to be challenged, and attends a special classroom for children dealing nancialassistance is available. channel. Heavyflooding in 1998, which pushed the river's flowfrom 150 cubic feet per second (cfs) to 4,000 cfs in a matter of hours, undermined the wall and opened several sinkholes in the road. That stretch is part of a 1.5-mile-long part of the river that traverses a 4,000-year-old landslide, whith left the area with extremely unstable slopes of s@il and rock. “[We have] a road, a river and a landslide all trying to be in the sameplace at the same time,” park hydrologist Dave Sharrow. “What we are ing to do with this [widening] project is give river a more stable channelso it does not build'its own in a waythat causes more problems for the road.” In addition to widening the river, crews will in- stall boulders to act as obstacles to slow the flow. Park officials hope to complete the project by mid-March to avoid disrupting the late March spawning season of the Virgin River spinedace, a rare nativefish. Mostof the construction will occur on the bank opposite the road, but sometraffic delays may occur as crews bring in heavy equipment. HELD OVER! MON! Nae] BRIDALA{? CLULELE SELECTED WEDDING GOWNS REDUCED TO $99 PLUS THOUSAN inte WEDDING GOWNS. eter eo)tea CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT Sact Lake City(801) 466- REUPHOLSTERY INCLUDES: JOHN G. inquisitive young manof12 who is To adoptone ofthese children or others, contact The Adoption Exchange, 1065 E. 3300 S., Salt Lake City, UT 84106 or call 412-0200. Fi- REUPHOLSTER Noy BEFORE ‘2000 JaanaTes It Comes BackTo You Better Than New! adoption. John is a bright, creative and Financial assistance may be available for travel, medical care and therapy. utero and possibly suffered neu- rological damage. Hefollows di- Plan is designed to help improve his language andcognitive skills. EDWARDP. A family interested in adopting Edward would need to be willing to participate in an extensive transitional treatment program prior to placement. A two-parent family with parenting experience andno other children in the homeis preferred. with foster parents in the past. 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