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Show Wednesday, December 22, In sports. GREEN RIVER were and they even girl, but we were much quicker than they were. He credited Acerson with excellent defense and remarked on her improved shot percentage from the night before. Haven King was the leading scorer for the Pirates with 13. Vetere had 11 and Acerson had 9. The boys team did not fare as well. In their first game, the Pirates lost by 20 points to host team Dove Creek 6848. The leading scorers were Ty Mecham with 17 points and Jimmy Powell had 14. Coach Art Hughes had no comments concerning the game. The Pirates played Rough Rock High School and won 0 for third in the tournament. Mecham scored a game and tournament high of 22 points and was named to the team. Powell had 12 points and Cory Anderson had 11. Hughes felt the win was a result of a good team effort. The Pirates will travel to Monticello on Jan. 7 for their next game. 67-5- 52-2- 9. Wrestlers place 3rd in tournament The River Green School wrestling Ouray a playground slide and had badly bruised his head and was obviously shaken up from the fall. But he seemed reasonably alert and his vital signs were near normal. The thing that bothered me, said Coda Reynolds, Family Nurse practitioner at the clinic, was that he wouldnt cry. As hurt as he was, nothing I did during the examination made him cry. There was something terribly wrong and I didnt know what it was. Within Codas seconds, suspicions werre dramaticaly confirmed. Little JoJo became lethargic, his pulse slowed alarmingly, he bagan to tremble and then to seizure. So violent were the seizure spasms that it was impossible to get an IV started and she called the local ambulance drivers for help. They were trained emergency medical technicians and were qualified to assist. The nearest trauma center was in Grand Junction, Colo., some two hours by ambulance from the rural town of Green River in southeastern Utah. But there was no time for that. JoJos pupils were dialating and his condition was deteriorating at an alarming rate. Only by d bagging him, (using a artificial breathing device) were they able to keep JoJo breathing. If something couldnt be done right away, it seemed it would be too late. Dr. Jerry Peters at St. Marys Hospital in Grand Junction responded to the frantic call for help and prescribed Decadron, a drug that would relieve the hand-operate- spasms 23 0 RS to Peters 3 to to to ta static, the very welcome message came that the gale-forc- listens to nurse Coda Reynolds' heart JoJo Requelme, 2, during one of his check-ups- . Requelme is recovering from recent fall. a injuries suffered during also advised that an IV be inserted directly into JoJos jugular vein and that bagging (artificial respiration) be continued. A helicopter was on the way. While things looked bad, somehow JoJo was holding his own. Maybe they would make it after all. Just do the best you can, encouraged Peters. As if things werent bad enough, a violent wind and rain storm had developed over this arid mountain desert area of Utah and the helicopter was unable to land. The call from St. Marys telling Coda that the helicopter could not make it was like the voice of doom. St. Marys emergency room physicians, unfamiliar with the protocol at the remote clinic, advised Coda to give a stronger 3 ta to ta tea to 3 ca to MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR from Smuin Rich & East 637-120- drug, like Dilantin, a powerful long-lastin- With powerful strobe lights blazing through the dark and torrential rain, the helicopter settled from the sky like a ministering angel and carried little JoJo to the emergency room at St. Marys. Miraculously, JoJo was conscious within two or three days and was back home within a week. His bruises are almost gone and he is once again a happy, smiling, rambunctious little boy, thanks to the skill, courage and determination of Coda Reynolds, and those who valiantly assisted her. The Green River Clinic is managed and operated by Utah Valley Hospital in Provo. This will buy you seizures. more time, they said. "But I dont have that drug or anything like it, replied Coda. The law says I cant even have it, let alone administer it. There was pain and frustration in Codas voice, for even though she provided the only primary medical care within more than a hundred-mil- e radius, Utah law does not allow her as a family nurse practitioner to prescribe or administer this class of life-savin- drugs. With a desperate sense of urgency, they loaded JoJo into the fastest county ambulance, an old but powerful Cadillac, and roared down the dark, rain- - B g ' Merry Christmas j2 R&A Market ss la ts IS ca 3 ta 3 es ss fcs ta ea ta in w.,.The magic of Christmas, 2 2 2 2 .2 2 2 2 2 Is found in a childs eye, The minute you tell one, That Santas in the sky! 1 ss fcs s 3 Natalee Gibson Notre Dame School 2 2! 2' 2, 2! 2 2l 2 Drawn by Delbert Rich, Wellington Elementary. 2 The management and staff of the First Security Bank wish you a HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON. 1 slmmxmmicmmJBXWMmmwa anticoagulant drug that would reduce cerebral swelling and stop JoJos 3 Patrick Smuin Castle Heights Elementary g Angela Tappan Sally Mauro Elementary n a everybodys spirits. Coda and the EMTs did everything possible within their power that could be done and JoJo live on, barely. M Rounding out the place finishers was Jay Madsen, who coach Bill Wright said, wrestled the best match of his career. Madsen placed fourth. and carrying a would try again, pediatrician e despite the gusting, winds and driving rain. The helicopter was to meet the ambulance at Cisco, a crossroads town about half way between Green River and the hospital. It hardly seemed possible that little JoJo would make it even that long, but the news that help was on the way renewed helicopter J 95 j& temporarily. ns tsa la tor downpour was too much for the worn windshield wipers and an emergency stop in the tiny desert town of Thompson was made to replace the blades. On the high ground of the rolling hills, he ambulance driver was able to talk, with difficulty, by radio to the emergency room at St. Marys. Intermittently and with much the finals. Chad Pinneo, Dave Bastian and Don Hunt all had three pins in their qualifying matches, placing third in their weight divisions. Dave Lucero and Dave Farnsworth placed third also. Norwood from Colorado. Green River was led by Robert Maybee who was the highest finisher for the 47 N. 100 slickened highway toward Grand Junction. The blinding Pirates, finishing second after losing a 54 decision in High team turned in their finest effort of the season this weekend at the Nucla Holiday tournament in Colorado. The Pirates finished third in the team standings, finishing behind Central High School and Moab. Other teams participating were Ridgeway, When they first brought little JoJo Requelme into the Green River Clinic, his injuries didnt seem so bad. He had fallen from had a 35-3-1. Price, Utah7C efforts save boy's life Desperate - . . Both GRHS teams play in Colorado Both the boys and girls basketball teams from Green River High School went to Colorado this weekend for tournament play in the Dove Creek Invitational. The girls team placed first in the tournament with two wins. The Pirates played host team Dove Creek on Friday night and won Coach Stan Parsons felt even with the win, he was a bit disappointed in the girls play. Our shooting percentage was bad, he said. We only shot 22 percent from the field. The Pirates only hit 13 of 33 from the foul stripe. Parsons said the girls defense let down at the end of the first half. With 30 seconds left to go, they scored six straight points. Leading the Pirates were Claudia Acerson with 11 points, Carmen Vetere with 10 and Jana Weihing with eight. The second night of play, Green River downed Ouray Parsons was very pleased with his team. They had a huge team, he said. 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