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Show o I l Twin thefnst lime w heard Zach wehncwhewu litfi I. He iilailijicd himselfas Tint Zach' and presented the spoils Jim less!)-- uitli good humor. We knew we found our hid." Tommy johron . Fast Zach, has great gig oh the radio UmvnHurw name is Zach Chmtcnsen, him as most rcT' ast Zach. the morning sport radio pcrvwulny for one of Utahs tnot popular country western raJio nations, KBULL 93. Zach is only 1 1 years olJ, but hes making quite a name for himself combining his three fjvoritc tilings: sports, country music and talking. It all started when KBULL morning radio personalities. Tommy Johnson and Joe Johnson, wanted to do something different with the sports segment of their morning show. Ihey came up with the idea of a child sports broadcaster. They got on the radio one morning in October and announced a sports reporter kid contest They were looking for someone between the ages of 4 and 12 to do the sports and asked kids to call in and audition. Hu For a week, Johnson and Johnson listened to many, many children reading the sports and played the best auditions over the air. Zach of Kaysvillc heard the contest announced, and he and his brother Nile both prepared a sports broadcast and called the station. From the first time we heard Zach we knew he was right He identified himself as Fast Zach and presented the sports flawlessly with good humor. We knew we found our kid," said Tommy Johnson. ! So Fast Zach got the gig. I le became the official KBULL sports reporter. Since then, every night after his homework is done and chores are completed, Zach reads the newspaper and watches the news and writes down all the sports scores and stats. He has to be careful to keep the sports within his allotted time. His mom, Maxine, and his dad, Kris, help him. Zach bounces jokes off of his seven brothers and sisters and throws the best jokes into his script. Then he does a read . 773-706- 5 The Annual Christmas I w Brunch is Wednesday at 10 am. Ham and egg will K Reservation are The ccmer will he Christmas Day. dosed served. t needed. . V' -- ft- I Judie Gabon continues the season on I rtday at I M am. On Dee. 30 there will he music from the Old Timers. The December birthday 1 parly is Monday at 1:30 a ni. There will he a New Years I've Surprise Iarty, Dec. 31 at 11:30 am. through and goes to bed. The next morning, he calls the station after he finishes hts early morning paper route and read the sports over the air. I like to make joke and try to make Joe and Tommy laugh." Zach said. I want to be a L)J when I grow up. I love to call the station every morning, and I really like going down there and doing it live." Johnson and Johnson have invited Zach to come to the station in Salt Lake as often as he wants to do the sports presentation live. But hes only been a few times, because it makes e class at Sam him late for his School. Usually Llemcntary Morgan he just calls his direct line and reads over the air. I les always been on time, hcs always been accurate, and hes always been reliable. His parents are very supportive of him. It docs my heart good to see a mom and dad take such an interest in their child," said Joe Johnson. Autumn Glow Senior Citizens Center, 81 E. Center Street, Kaysville, 544-123- tomorrow at 10 a.m. The cost is S3. Reservations arc needed. The center is dosed Dec. 25. There will be Bingo I nday at 12:13 p.m. Move It. Stay Active: Dont Lose It!" is at noon. Monday. The New Years Lvc party is Dec. 30. There will be entertainment. snacks, and treats beginning at 4 p.m. There will be New Years Resolutions at noon. Dec. 31. The Social Security drawing will also be at noon. The center will be dosed Jan. 1 for New Years Day. The social security drawing contest begins Jan. 2. It is also trivia day. fifth-grad- Zach is not paid for his sports broadcast, but KBULL gives him tickets to Jazz games and Giizzlics games. Fast Zachs been with us several months now, and I think he definitely adds to the mix of our morning program. The listeners like him," said Tommy Johnson. Hes one of those people that you dont worry about his future because hes so talented." PHI asiii jo '''"! U Jil u i SuiljiW ijil.t iv .f " Golden Years Senior Center, 736 South 100 , East, Bountiful, Fast Zach can be heard on KBULL 93.3 FM between 7 a.m. and 7:05 a.m. Monday through Friday. I fe will be olT the air between Dec. 24 and Jan. 5 because of alternate morning program- ing. Poor kid hasnt had a break since he started, so it will be good to give him some time off. Maybe he can sleep in or take a break from sports, said Tommy Johnson. Zach says that he wont sleep in because of his paper route and he likes sports too much to give them up. He is looking forward to being back on the air as soon as possible. 5 The Christmas brunch is I - ' BRIAN NCHOLSONStandard-Examme- f 93.3. After getting the sports JUNIOR DJ: Zach Christensen, , is a sports announcer on it into the radio station. .. calls and brief a writes Chnstensen script pages every morning, KBULL 1 1 cut short to mission Tonga mercy Eye surgeons hopes to go back and finish work he began By D. LOUISE BROWN Standard-Examine- correspondent r boy sits in total darkness in his small home on theTongan island ofTongtapu. Thousands of miles away in Lay-toUtah, an eye surgeon gazes out the window of his office and wonders aloud, Im trying to figure out how to get back to him. The boy is James Hola, a vic' tim of progressive cataracts that dimmed his eyesight eventually to total blindness less than two years ago. The surgeon is Dr. Robert L. Treft, who crossed ' James path last month while on, a mercy mission to Tonga to bring relief to as many TonganS as he could in the two weeks he ; planned to stay. ' T reft had just set up the surgical equipment that would have . brought improved sight to many Tongans, including James, when he received word that his mother had passed away. His family d A10-year-ol- ' n, . Robert L Treft made many friends during his visit to Tonga. Trefts journey td Tonga be-- v , - , 295-347- 9. The Christmas Eve brunch is Wednesday. Richard Mitchell will be at the organ. The center will be closed Christmas Day. On Friday. Garvecn will entertain at the organ and on Dec. 30 Lynn will be at the organ. There will be a traditional bingo party with prizes on Dec. 31. The center will be closed Jan. I. There will be an ovemigh-tc- r to Jackpot, Jan. 5 and 6. Senior Association, Davis Hospital Chapter, 1600 W. Antelope Drive, 0 Layton, The office hours for 774-708- pleaded for him to return home. James came within hours of having his sight restored. Treft had decided that he would have time to do the surgery on James eyes before he had to pack up and leave in time to catch his flight. But the oxygen concentrator broke down and parts were not to be found on this small Pacific island- - We couldnt get it fixed, and so there was no way to put this little boy to sleep to do the surgery, said Treft. I had to tearfully explain to James family that I was not going to be able to help. I told them Id be back as soon as I could. pi He WITH FRIENDS: Dr. Heritage Senior Citizens Center, 562 S. 1000 East. Ctcorflcld, 1 1 , Dy KyANN MVtBS Senior Calendar gan when he volunteered to take his expertise and equipment to Tonga as a participant in Deseret mediit International, a cal missionary organization run by retired physician Bill Jackson of Provo, and others. Appeals that come to the LDS Church for medical assistance are sometimes ftinneled to Deseret Intemation-- , al. Jackson coordinates those non-prof- See EYES8 Wednesday will be 8 a.m. to noon. The office will be closed Christmas Day, Friday and Jan. 1 and 2 for the holi- days. The health screening for this month will be Jan. 7 and Jan. 21. Menus Davis County Council on Aging luncheons are the same at all of the county centers and are served at 1 1 :30 a.m. A $1.75 donation is suggested. Reservations should be made at least one day in advance by calling Autumn Glow at 544-123- 5 or Heritage at 5. Wednesday, Dec. 24: orange glazed ham, au gratin potatoes, green pea with red pimento, ambrosia fruit salad, Christmas fruit cake, sweet potato roll and milk. Thursday, Dec. 25: Merry Christmas! The center is closed. Friday, Dec. 26: chili con and yellow squash, mandarin orange gela- carne, green tin, marble birthday cake, sal-ticrackers and milk. Monday, Dec. 29: meat loaf, scalloped potatoes, cob-etof corn, carrifruit salad, chilled pears, buttermilk roll and milk. Tuesday, Dec. 30: tuna noodle cheese casserole, zucchini and tomatoes, peachrai-si- n and cream cheese, chocolate pudding with whipped topping, combread with honey butter and milk. carrifruit salad, chilled pears, buttermilk roll and milk. Tuesday, Dec. 30: tuna noodle cheese casserole, zucchini and tomatoes, peachrai-si- n and cream cheese, chocolate pudding with whipped topping, combread with honey butter and milk. te Selfishness is really generosity for mom, at Christmastime dont Home Light Nz it came time to part the wee birdhouses made for all the jhbors this Christmas, my ghter pitched a fit. lora Lee and I have tradi-lall- y cooked or crafted a vari-o- f over gifts for our neighbors thril-to years. Shes always been the carry kages on the night the wholelily goes caroling and deliver-- rhis year, we spent an evening ering tiny cardboard cubes -. i slivers of holiday tissue paStrung with a gold cord, the Sheri Poe Bernard Columnist results were elegant and festive Christmas tree ornaments. In the past, weve assembled little wooden trees with stars, bells and wires. Weve made potpourri and filled clear glass balls with the stuff. Weve cooked darling gingerbread families with raisin eyes and buttons. But something about the cardboard birdhouses captured Flora Lees fancy and made them to part with. No amount of lecturing on the season of giving could change her mind. It was uncharacteristic. Eventually, we tied red ribbons around holiday pothold-er- s and wooden spoons and delivered these to the neighborhood families. While I was boxing up our packages. Flora Lee relinquished a birdhouse to each set of grandparents and her Boise cousins. Once the boxes were mailed, a bakers dozen of , out-of-to- the birdhouses were still strung . on coat hangers in the garage. Then came the day we trimmed our Christmas trees. We erected a fat and fluffy Northern pine in our basement family room and saturated it with flashing lights and our family ornaments. We picked a smaller evergreen with sparse branches for our upstairs living room. The up- stairs tree holds my collection of songbird ornaments, strings of fresh cranberries, some gilded walnuts and raffia bows. The upstairs tree is only 5 feet tall, and a little anemic - sort of like Charlie Browns tree. But I picked the small pine because I have enough songbird naments. Itll be years before I have enough ornaments for a e tree. ' full-siz- ' i The birdhouses are a wonderful addition to my songbird tree. Flora Lees selfish assertion that we keep the ornaments turned out not to be selfish at all. She was thinking of the songbird tree, and how much those little tissue and cardboard creations would complement her mothers collec' ' tion. I |