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Show mu nnlrmai MONDAY, THE SUN AUGUST 21, 2000 ..s i .. 4 3 3 y. Every once in a while, one comes across a truly extraordinary individual who has an amazing capacity to achieve perfection while simultaneously having a positive impact on the lives of everyone that individual happens to meet. Shannon Lane was one of those people. Although her life was tragically cut short this summer, her students will still try to carry on her legacy. Rachel Hughes, Amber Sands, and Stephen Vincent By Sun Staff thedixiesunhotmail.com To those students who knew her, Shannon Lane was more than just a she was a surrogate mother. teacher She had the unique ability of befriending everyone she who she met. More than just putting names with faces she knew the hurts, sorrows, and triumphs of all her "kids." To the three of us, Shannon Lane was a glimpse of the kind of person we hope to someday become. As a mentor, a mother, a teacher, and a friend, Shannon left an extraordinary impression on all of us. Walking into the Forensics (Speech and Debate) room for the first time, you would immediately notice the small blonde woman pouring over magazine and newspaper articles in the back comer. One would almost think she was a student herself with her young face and bright clothes. Seeing her for the first time, it would be easy to underestimate the extent of her influence. She was unassuming in nature, but she seemed to draw people to her with her life and enthusiasm. She simply had a subtle way of bringing out the best in everyone. Undoubtedly, she and head coach, Eric Young, could make us champions in debate; Shannon Lane was a glimpse of the kind of person we hope to someday become. but she also wanted to make us champions in life. Each of us remembers thinking how glad we were to find out that Shannon was going to coach for that year because of not everything she brought to the team just for her knowledge but because she was the next best thing to a mom. She saw the potential in all of us. She encouraged us continually, believed un us unconditionally; she expected the best in THINKING T ABOUT A NEW CAREER? Dental Assistant Medical Assistant MedicalDental Secretaiy Pharmacy Technician Optometric Assistant Dental Lab Techician TODA Y - CLASSES START SOON! Provo St. George (800) (800) 652-090- 7 THE 377-290- 7 INSTITUTE AMERICAN OF TECHNOLGY MEDICAL-DENTA- L reached the most distressed soul, and she made better all whose lives crossed her own. She was nothing short of perfect. Our hope is to emulate her life, for we know that only good can come out of doing so. The sun may have set on our her existence on this Earth, but it raises each day for those of us whose lives were touched by hers. It raises to gives us a new day to try to live better those precious life lessons that she taught us by her life. We will always be grateful to this wonderful teacher of ours. The Sun SPECIAL ISSUE STAFF other precious experiences. She had a mere 34 years on this planet, but she touched more lives and hearts than most people could with 100 years. She simply was an overachiever. Anything she attempted, she mastered. No challenge was too great to overcome her will. She was a member of the forensics squads at both Brigham Young and Southern Utah Universities. It was at BYU that she met her husband, Jay. Together, they formed a wonderful partnership that fairy tales are made of. They had two beautiful daughters. And they surrounded themselves with the riches of life: a close-knfamily, good friends, and working to benefit not themselves, but others. In the past, she had helped build the forensics programs at Dixie High School and Southern Utah University before joining the Rebel forensics squad last year. Her input always proved to be central to our success. In the past year, Shannon helped found the Mentoring Program at Dixie College. She trained mentors to go help troubled youth in the community. In her brief time with the program, she had quickly built into a strong force of college students completing a miracle mission: giving hope to youngsters who without their mentors would have little hope at all. This program probably exemplifies Shannon's life: always seeking to help even the most troubled. She lit up the darkest comer; she How to Reach Us Dixie College, North Plaza Bldg., Rm. 125 225 So. 700 East St. George, UT 84790 Newsroom Advertising Fax it 9 MONTH COURSES JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE HANDS ON TRAINING PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT EXCELLENT GROWTH POTENTIAL FINANCIAL AID AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO QUALIFY CHL that was what she knew we could be. One always left her presence with the feeling that they could accomplish what had seemed impossible just a short while before. To try to put into words everything that Shannon was is to try to capture that moment just before the sun disappears behind the horizon: Impossible. Not only was she an incredible person, but she was an incredible teacher. Her students fed off her quest to know more. Somehow, she had a way to reach every one of her students. Her storage of information was seemingly endless not just in communication or debate, but life in general, and you could ask for anything. There was no wall between Shannon and her students. One could talk with her as easily as they could a friend because that's what she was. We shall never forget talking with her about current issues, riding with her on the rides at Disneyland, and all of us because (435) 6527818 (435) 6527882 (435) 6564019 ii thedixiesunhotTnaii.com http:sim.dixie.edu The Sun is distributed each Wednesday during and Spring semesters as a publication of Dixie College, its Arts, Letters and Sciences, and Dixie College Student Activities. The unsigned editorial on the opinion page represents the position of The Sun, as determined by its editorial board. 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