Show Program provides pals for lonely kids Big Sister program is a with Utah State TV Bk Brother agency affiliated Soiity and designed to provide big brother who don’t have that pals for children in their lives are carefully Volunteers for the program matched with a then and interviewed Kfctjd The sister majority of children ye brother or homes Some have from parent single goe and call in requesting Iggd about the program have been referred to the Others to participate Court DFS Head Juvenile by pngram Suit and other existing agencies coordinators Kent Urc and Karen Williams of the most that of the program report volunteers are college students with very busy the students are willing to gjmJules However reinforcement tune positive giving pnd to continue fnendihip and encouragement their education on a one to one baais with their usgned brother or sister Many lasting k the case O’Quinn Brother Ditched Utah friendships have been made as of John Carter and Stuart O’Quinn who is 16 joined the Big Big Sister Program in 1980 and was with Carter who is a graduate of State University Cirter and O’Quinn to know each other spent a lot of time They recently get-no- g returne- d from Jackson Hole Wyo where they scuba Boated Jackson Lake and became certified 4ven Other activities they have done include at Joshua Tree National Monu ment in California a lot of camping and cross country skiing in the winter Carter recently helped O’Quinn get a job at Ecosystem Research Institute as a lab technician where he will continue to work on a e basis when school starts O’Quinn will be taking a lot of classes in order to make up for lost time and will graduate on schedule He then plans to attend Utah State University and major in biology O’Quinn states that he has had a change of attitude and is now more active in planning for his own future He says Carter has helped him out a lot Carter thinks of O’Quinn as a son a brother and a best friend "I’ve adopted him” Carter also enjoys O’Quinn’s entire family Carter says O’Quinn has taught him how to share his time with other people Carter will be helping O’Quinn when he gets into college and both plan to continue with their activities During the past year that Ure and Williams have been coordinating the Big Brother Big Sister Program the number of matched youths has more than doubled providing more and more youth the companionship of a big brother and a sister friend As in any program there are some matches that never quite get off the ground but the majority are similar to that of Carter and O'Quinn This year there are plans to increase the involvement and number of big brothers and sisters part-tim- I 55 hair I SMAC?C3COTft or !) or our naiscuts NO APPOINTMENTS $-- £3 Jw only Qr NECESSARY! 7S2-fSt- 9 Movts Showing Hiking Backpacking Thursday November 5700 p mSC 320 ADMISSION IS FREE sponsored by To pniiectymir dotft waste worlds with unwanted cdJsro Your phone is part of your home And at Mountain Bell we understand that when someone uses your phone to invade your privacy it’s like an unwanted visitor coming through your front door But we want you to know that you can have the last word with these callers By not wasting any words with them at all If the caller is a salesperson using a hard sell don’t have to listen Just say you’re not interested you and hang up If you get an obscene call or the caller remains silent don’t stop to listen Above all don’t talk to them Hang up on their hang-up- s And if these callers keep after you or threaten you get in touch right away with the police and your load Mountain Bell business office Wll help you find other ways to deal with these calls No matter what kind of unwanted calls you get let your actions speak louder than their weeds By hanging up It’s the best way we know to protect the privacy of your home And your phone RirtEi2WE5ry33jv3 |