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J I'D 4 4 I ''N4-- Continued from Al leather Johnston 6 organized the Park City lemonade stand with her friend Nicole Greene said she and other church members plan to stage a large lemonade fund raiso at Simon's m& morial which is not yet sched- I 44 4 ' t) ) tfe 4 4 r 0 k 1 i 2 4ii :IP k uled "Since there wasn't much we could do for Simon he asked that we have a lemonade stand to raise money for pediatric cancer" said Beaton who brought s- '4- - At of: ip 114 — ‘tt 1' -- ' 4--1 131 - N71zAtte Neuroblastoma facts Third most common type of childhood cancer in the US neuroblastoma accounts for 73 percent of all childhood cancers It is the most common cancer in infants i - 670 new cases of neuroblastoma are diagnosed each year nationwide survival rate for The children with neuroblastoma is 68 percent although children diagnosed at later stages have a much lower survival rate five-yea- r - l'ettritt t i Boys are more likely to develop neuroblastoma than girls For every six cases in boys there are five in This photo of a fascinated and transcendent Simon Vodosek was taken In March at the Exploratorium in San Francisco Simon died Friday girls ment has grown rapidly boosted by Alex's June appearance on Oprah Winfrey's TV show With donations from around the world she had raised about $700000 toward her $1 mill ion goal by the time she died Corporate commitments are expected to push her foundation past that mark and the money will go to pediatric cancer research cen lasagna for the family Thursday leather said she opened the 17months is the average age at the time of diagnosis Around of cases are diagnosed by the first year one-thir- lemonade stand "because I like making lemonade and the money went to help kids like Simon that are sick" The hardest part about seeing Simon So ill she said was he "can't play anymore that's sad" The lemonade stand move 90 percent of cases are diagnosed by age 5 In seven of 10 cases the disease is not diagnosed until it has already spread Smitrr: nor Imeritts Caw" Siteirly ihr Sgth lake Trilmat - a set of basic fundachildren mental rights" he said "It could forever deny to a group of citizens the right to approach its legislature to seek benefits and protections" McCullough's campaign manager and law firm partner Rob Latham added: "This thing Continued from Al is so flawed it's difficult to find an attorney practicing in Utah common law marriages and civil who thinks it's a good thing It unions: "No other domestic just creates a mess" union however denominated And Skordas says the amendment is unnecessary given lawmay be recognized as a marriage or given the same or substanmakers' repeated ellbrts to peptially equivalent effect" per state statutes with tradi- The candidates say that setional definitions of marriage em' section would block law"Anytime you have a consti- makers from extending basic tutional amendment you can count on decades of partnership rights of P"—a- "-1 visitation luisjiital challenges and thou- f medical sands and thousands of emergency decision-makinand dollars trying to inter- N IL' to thou- - 1 inheritance pret what the amend- sands of unmarried I ment means" Skordas 1 tah couples — gay and said "We spend a lot of time and money trying straight They worry if st voters approve the to define the Constitu- s amendment the change thin This isn't an issue 'could throw some Utah that needs to go down iii benefits Mark Shurt lett that road" employers' The amendment is packages into chaos :And they note the unquestionably popu- tar in conservative amendment was not re- viewed by the state's Utah Last month The Constitutional Revision Church of Jesus Christ Commission of Latter-daSaints is- ttlt Since 1987 Utah has sued a statement sup- ' recognized porting amending both j "common law" mar the US Constitution and state constitutions riages for couples who have lived together and to block gay marriage A Sall Luke Tribune acted like husband and Greg ordas wife The stnte is home poll in May showed to about 24000 unmar- most Utahns would tied heterosexual part i vote for such an amendment tiers according to 2000 census figures Another The amendment co- itt: - 3400 same-seSen Chris couples sponsor live in Utah Butters II West Jon --0-' Utah's amendment dan disagrees with all ' invites three attorneys' inter- litigation simply — on their behalf the at- pretation of the Ian- "' ' torneys say Gay rights guage Butters argues both parts of the groups challenged simi- - Andrew McCullough amendment are neceslar language in a 2000 Nebraska initiative on constitusary the second paragraph reintional grounds That case is forces the first lie believes Utahns still will vote for the pending in federal court Shurtleff says Utah's amendamendment despite the attorment is equally problematic "It ney candidates' general potentially deprives a bunch of concerns couUtahns — not Just same-se"They're going to give the homosexual community some help ples but heterosexual common-laButters couples as well as their causing confusion" Amendment opposed by candidates :r L 7"" - fr 1 e'H Joint Statement Regarding Proposed Amendment No 3 Utahns of good faith disagree over whether the state constitution should be amended to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman We respect each citizen's views on this complex issue However because proposed Amendment 3 goes far beyond simply defining marriage and would prove unnecessarily hurtful to many Utahns and their families we oppose the amendment As written Part Two of the proposed amendment would prohibit the Utah Legislature from ever extending even the most basic partnership rights to an unmarried couple such as rights to hospital visitation to emergency medical and to inheritance Moreover Part Twos overly broad could lead private employers in Utah to question the legality of their language desire to extend certain benefits (such as health care) to unmarried partners decision-makin- Clean Carpet Is Here To Stay'TM Furthermore proposed constitutional amendments such as Amendment ought to be given the careful scrutiny of the Utah Constitutional Revision 3 4 Areas Cleaned for said "But Utahns still will vote in favor of the amendment" But Don't Amend Alliance director Scott McCoy whose group is leading the fight against the amendment figures the candidates' agreement will neutralize a sensitive issue — at least in the race to be attorney general McCoy talked to each candidate indiscovered their dividually common thinking and suggested the collective statement "This was meant to be a political wedge issue" he said "By bringing all the candidates together we're trying to neutralize It can this making it a neither hurt anyone nor help anyone when they all come out together in a statement" While the joint statement with Skordas and McCullough provides all three candidates with political cover Republican non-issu- L110444 ' ''' k- knifing Salt 4 Lake City and St 4:t se it" Brigham Young University Political Science Department chairman Kelly Patterson said Shurtleff will have to explain his position to conservative voters That explanation could be tricky "It's a complex legal argument that ultimately he'll have to make to voters And the more you have to explain yourself to voters the more likely you are to Cash for Fine Jewelry and Watches ta R359-203- 5 JIJ ARM I SHOOT ort 100 tee BINOMNIPM - 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