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Show J1 ' I s f -- ft r wum ' stm lwvxj -- tot Fiu ii ns Bunk. Volunteer to help oil year tong t1iHt:iM When I was a tuile grl, I thoughi that lltrisinu wa allI present. jih.HH gelling a Ml didnl know ihai other people 1 weren't gening the wine Mve and juienunn a me. A I grew older, I realized that there arc many people that have nowhere near a much as me. I am not only talking about the Itomele. hut about the elderly that live in the senior citizen center. I.ver cince I wa in (iul Seoul. I would volunieer fiont lime to time at the center. Al though I was jut a htile yrl and there wanl much 1 could do. the small things that I could do seemed to bring the rcident a lot of Joy, especially around AAIN) HUH S,ihviiiiu the sh.Mien 4 the resident could tu be with them around tfiiistnu. It really seemed to help when volunteer W hether ti w a t ime m help outmake Ml them helping nu card or )ut sitting around lor a kiwi, tt redly hit tlurtr thnl kj'lllt. I am reailv hoping that people will get involved, will volunteer mg. Not jul dm mg the holiday, it t hut all year Mng In the uoiili it to know that you made a little Ill bet stuneone day ed. jul ter. J, mu I, Jit Suit ua Juvenile court program needs volunteers Si nee January 1994. the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program ha provided a viwl service to the Juvenile Court Dasystem and to the children of Counand Morgan vis. Weber lro-graties. Because of the CASA who is child every virtually a victim of abuse or neglect i represented by a specially trained volunteer appointed by the Juvenile Court. The volunteer becomes quainted with the child, help the child understand the court process, and provides continuity for the child whose future is being determined by the court. "I he volunteers involved in the program ac- find that helping ihee children t a rewarding experience. Increasing number of abuse and neglect eac have created a volundesperate need tor mute their guidlend to teers willing ance and suj'poil to the young v Mini. If you are interested in sharing a lew hours a month helping a i Iul J, pleae contact Jennifer CA- . Weaver or Alette SA Coordinators. 7796421. The training of new volunteer will begin the lirt week of Janu-- 2 ary. 1998. Children arc waning Jennifer Boner Sim-phum- C.I.S.I Coordinator I ato Something can be done about radiation exposure f Getting that I holiday gift second-chanc- e never dreamed that when my wife and I a got married two days after Christmas dozen years ago that it would pay off. We basically picked Dec. 27 as a conve-litncfivisiting relatives). our daugh-- c ;i etfen had more doubts when ended up being bom on the same day. I did get a lot of mileage out of that luirk at my wifes expense. Whenever we veuld meet someone new, I would joke that )ilr daughter was bom on our wedding day, Hut hours after the ceremony. (I, of course, vpuldnt mention it was 25,980 hours after).y jThis year, though, I found the close prox-niitof these two major events advantageous dilemma. jvhile in the midst of a told me wife IA months my of ago couple birth-la- y. die wanted a certain perfume for her birth-3dy Since I had already purchased her the her could I perfume get gift, I figured that I fbj- Christmas. Well, the prognosticator a few days before Christuntil waited I iri, mas to go shopping and had long forgotten the brand name of the perfume. I thought if I department store like went into a high-claZCMTand looked at the few brand names of would remember pdtSunes at the counter, I which one she wanted. the number Boy, did I ever underestimate market. the on perfumes o( color-ft- il i After staring at the endless stacks of dethe like biggest boxes, in what seemed head was swim partment in the store, my lo h, gift-buyi- ss Centerville City Council iiflfiyor Priscilla Todd Jl6me 292- - 5441 riichael Barton ypme 292-427- 6 rancine Luczak 4 Uome iVUBJiin Nelson 0 Tlome )poglas Nielsen 9 Home steven Mangel 3 Home 292-993- 292-262- 295-449- 292-111- Clearfield City Council "Mayor Neldon Hamblin Home E 825-583- 9 Cene Fessler j Home 825-55- Dfiflie Layton IJjme 825-784- 5 Martin Eliason 4&me CurtlsOda flofne 773-619- 9 773-97- GattX- - Roundy Hjme 773-56- Clnton City Council Siayor DeMar Mitchell 1 Home 773-583- As you may already know from recent newspaper reports, heaviyour state and county were fallout radioactive the hit by ly from the atomic tests done by our government in Nevada in the 50s and '60s. I realize that it is a very disturbing thought that the U.S. government and many of our trusted public officials at the time not only planned and apcarproved of the blasts but also ried them out (there were reportedly at least 100 tests), and then proceeded to monitor the fallout, where and when it hit and in what quantities. I guess someone the first couple Afvivire we were married. My wanted to know what might hapwife would have just pretended to like the pen to those of us who unwittingour on perfume I got her. I was counting ly just carried on with our lives years of marriage to bring out her honesty. not knowing we were being reSure enough, on Christmas morning, when peatedly subjected to heavy hits she opened the gift she had a look of disapof radioactive fallout. Isn t that pointment. All I had to ask was, So, of course, we wouldn't the me told she what you wanted? And then known it was happening have brand name. I said I was sorry. except by being told and warned The only drawback to such a plan is that by the people who knew. Since for two days 1 had to put up with the jokes the information has been supabout my gift from my wife and mother, who pressed for so many years now, was visiting for the holidays. and since we weren't warned by There is one hard and fast rule that all our government, I think one can men should know: If they give a wife or girlsafely assume that they didn t friend a lousy gift, it becomes a rallying point want us to know about it. for all the women in the family. Mothers, sisThat over 100 such tests were ters and cousins will crack jokes and harass carried out without us being you endlessly about it. warned and since our governI decided this was my penalty for initially ment was monitoring the fallout conforgetting the name of the perfume. closely, I can only draw the well. I got the conends was well that one no alls that clusion Anyway, and am cerned about me and my little life right perfume for an anniversary gift back in good graces with the opposite gender. (important though it may be to men for advice of one piece me) or to you and your life (imStill, I have out there. If you are thinking of getting marportant though it may be to you). or her Christmas either near date As a matter of fact, almost all a ried, pick a my family members lived in birthday. Then you, too, can have backup Blaine when your gift falls flat. You may have to County, Idaho all than better but thats of few grief, take a days throughout those years. And it turns out that Blaine County was months on end. at reached weekdays be can one of the most heavily hit counHowell Andy ties during the testing period. added ming. The swarms of holiday shoppers to the confusion. Forget trying to get a clerk to help. They were busy impersonating zebras Kaladuring a fedding frenzy of lions on the hari. I decided not to panic just yet. I would do the rest of my holiday shopping and hope an idea would pop into my head. Sure enough, one did. Wal-Ma- rt While pushing my cart through later in the day, I noticed a table of, let s just the checkout say less expensive perfume, by counter. You know the kind where any actress who got five minutes of fame has her name attached, like Roseanne s Purple Passion. It dawned on me that the best way to find out what perfume my wife wanted was to get her some she didnt want. Then for our annishe wantversary I could get her the perfume ed and save a few bucks at the after-Christm- as sale. So I plunked down a few dollars on some cheap perfume, and wrapped it up. Now, this scheme would not have worked And how about all the other,, decent people who lived in Idaho and Montana. North and South-Dako- ta. Wyoming and Nebraska and Kansas, Utah and Colorado... Oklahoma. Missouri, Arkansas,. , Illinois. Wisconsin and Iowa?,. What about all of them? I know my own health has suffered a great deal because of that radiation contamination. And I -have had a continuous struggle to maintain my health and try to... live a decent and productive life. And I don't know anybody who feels like their life is unimportant and best viewed as u mere statis-li- e in the overall grand scheme of t things, do you? Well, ma be you are one or the new residents who werent even there al that time. But I was., there at that time and I remember what a truly beautiful exis- e tence it was for the most part.-Littldid we know our environment was being secretly poi- soned by an unseen, unknown, o hand. I wTote mainly to you to tell ; you that there is hope. Something can be done about the effects of radiation and other toxic sub- stances. I did research on this, t' did something about it for myself and I know that even if you have received doses of radiation and other toxins there is something., . that can be done. If you feel you have suffered . from the effects of radiation and ; other toxic substances or any of,! your family or friends have you'-cawrite to me, Linda J. S truth-- 1 ers, P.O. Box 8162, Clearwater, FL 33758, and 1 can tell you what I did about it and how I found the information. Linda J. Struthers Clearwater. Fla. 776-495- 1. ffl Dennis Simonsen 8 Home Arverd Taylor 3 Home Bill Russell 0 Home Richard Lee 5 Home Merlin Mitchell 2 Home 825-841- 776-086- Home 544-587- 1 Home Reed Nelson 451-60- SAVE ON ALL LIONELS! 825-938- 825-689- dSwaoncneE 773-195- Farmington City Council j TP ir Mayor Gregory S Bell 9 Home Pat Achter 1 Home Gary E. Elliott 3 Home Tammy Boyce 3 Home David M. Connors 1 Home Larry W. 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