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Show Emery County Progress Castle Dale, Utah Tuesday February 26, 2002 3A Resource Center Continued from PAGE 1A. goal is to save lives with prevention and education. We encourage yearly checkups for early detection. We promote awareness. Each volunteer board member takes care of a program. Our telephone number is and our email 381-2S3- 8 is cancerCy etv.net. We offer support to the community for those whove been effected by cancer. We're here and available. We applied for and received a grant which has been used for books, pamphlets, informational videos and much more. We've also had a number of donations to help us get started. The office space is donated. A computer was donated by the Emery County commissioners. Internet access is being donated by Emery' Telcom. Savage In- I dustries donated a TV and VCR. are currently looking for someone to help with the ex- We i i H ft 1 t I penses of the phone line. We also will have a printer available so you can print out the information and take it home for further study. We will also have a copy machine. We can access the Huntsman Cancer Institute and the Na- tional Cancer Institute so people can come and research. We are open by appointment to help you find and look at what you need. Our program includes the Look Good and Feel Better program which I am in charge of. I will do a consultation with someone going through cancer treatment and help prepare them for hair loss. We have wigs and we have a lot of makeup that has been donated. I show them howto create eyebrows, and give them personal support. They can also take the makeup home with them, said Sitterud. Kathy Anderson said, I am the chairman for early detection and education. We attend health fairs and set up booths to educate people. We really push the month of October which is breast cancer awareness month. We encourage all to women their get mammograms. Sitterud said, Jamie Jensen is in charge of our Reach to Recovery program. She is a new volunteer with us and just getting this program going." The program involves volunteers who visit with people before their surgeries. These volunteers have often faced the same difficulties the current patient is facing. They offer support and encouragement. They can help address the fears and feelings the patient is dealing with because theyve been there. Dana Olsen is the health education chairman. Olsen said, 1 am the nurse for all the schools and 1 do presentations on to- -' bacco and on eating healthy." Kathie Kearny Reaves is the Quality of Life chairman she said, We offer emotional support to cancer victims. We also work with connecting them to available services." Rex Funk is the chairman of the Man to Man program. He said, This is a support group and an advocacy group for early detection and prevention. We encourage anyone over 40 to have PSAs and yearly checkups. became involved when met Cathy one time at a commission meeting. was encouraged by her enthusiasm. We want to provide a base of information for men. We also want to encourage women to become involved. Encourage your husbands to have their examina- Eric Howes, chair elect of the Emery County Chamber of Commerce, Cathy Sitterud of the Cancer Society, Jackie ceremony for the new Ungerman, chamber president, and Mike Nelson, chamber chairman, at the ribbon-cuttin- g cancer resource center. 1 1 1 tions. is a program where friends telephone friends and remind them to get their mammograms and also to do and get your checkups. Emery Jones is in charge of tobacco control. He works with the peer helpers presentingpro-gram- s to the schools. Margaret Keller said, I am the volunteer involvement chairman. We need help. All of our chairmen need committees. We need all of the volunteers we can get." Sitterud said, We hold monthly meetings where we meet and talk and listen for names of those with cancer who might need our help Were here and available. We hold three fundraisers each year. Our Relay for Life is scheduled for July 12 and 13. We are looking for help with the relay. The relay raises money for research. We are asking for an organization who w ould like to take it over. We w ant to keep it going. Our daffodil days fundraiser is going on right now. We are taking orders for bunches. They will be delivered March They are treated and they wont open up until you cut some off sister was really sick and 1 had been stayingwith her and helping her out. One day she asked me to go and buy 12 dozen daffodil bulbs to plant outside her window: She said that when they bloomed next spring they would remind her of me because they are the cancer flower. So I went to Home Depot to get them and guess who helped me? It was Derek Parra who won a silver medal at the Olympics in speed skating. Sitterud encouraged been a longtime in coming. But its here now," said Sitterud. Dr. Scott Hardy also spoke at the open house. He is the unit medical president. He spoke on prevention and early detection of cancer. Dori Kelsch also spoke on where money donated to the cancer society goes and where it is used. Everyone is encouraged to use the new' resource center to find out more about a disease that has touched everyone in one way or another. one to get involved in Relay for Life. She said, We always honor our cancer survivors with a survivors lap. We cure a lot about our survivors. We decorate our tents and its a real family event. Businesses and other organizations get involved. We feed you. We have a great time and lots of laughs." We w'ould also like to get our golf tournament going. We need a chairman for this. This center is our newest project and it has every- - 11-1- 5. the bottom of the stem. They stay fresh for about days. Daffodils are the cancer flower, they symbolize hope, freshness and 7-- encouragement. They are the first flowers of spring after a long winter. Judi Bishop shared a story about daffodils. She said, My PUBLIC MEETINGS Upcoming public meetings for the Emery County area include: -- The Emery County Commissioners will meet March 5, 4 p.m., in the Commission Chambers of the Emery' County Courthouse in Castle Dale. The Emery County Building Authority will meet March 3, 2 p.m. in the Commission Chambers of the Emeiy County Courthouse. - The Emery County School Board will meet at Cleveland El- - 50 SALE 50 SALE , ementary March (i. 7 p.m. - The Castle Dale Planning and Zoning Commission will meet March (i, 7 p.m., at the Castle Dale City Hall. - The Ferron City Council will meet March 6, 7 p.m., at the Ferron City Hall. -- 50 SALE 50 SALE WESTERN FAMILY; 22 oz., Asst. & 7 i: 50 SALE vCup Noodles NISSIN, 2.25 OZ. Meat Hotdogs 'P&Stfl I ''--i Buy One, Get One i ' 5(jc WESTERN FAMILY; 32 oz. 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