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Show Bess urges Kswanlans m give homeless a chance St acc Bess who helped students of the No Name School" pioduce the popular Homeless Bear book, uiged Bountiful Kiwamans in their Tuesday luncheon to seek to understand the homeless. "Next time you see a homeless person, or a homeless nmly, look at them, think about them, she said. One example she offered was a family of five chil-diemother and father married 25 years, who have lived in their care for nine months. The youngest child is tucked under the dashboard, the father and mother sleep in the front seats, the rest of the family on the back seat I hey have to change parking lots which requires buying gas. They are on a waiting list for shelter and tood I he v ife is a great lady, she added. Not all of the homeless are unkind or uncaring, she noted, but are givers of what they can and they help I n. others, Bess added. Out of her experience and interviews, Bess has written a book, Arent they Lazy?" Teaching at the No Name School was her first job out of college. The school was started nine years ago and she has been teaching for seven years. The first three years, she taught kindergarten to 12th grade. New teachers have been added, and she now works with children in fourth, fifth and sixth grades. Children are in the school 90 days. There is a real problem: teacher and student ratio. Help is needed in funding, she said in a question period The 90 days are not just school-day- s, but are teaching and loving days. They need to be lifted up, out of their stress and feeling of hopelessness. Parents need to learn how to parent, she added. But, Bess emphasized, they (parents and children) are great survivors. National Kidney Foundation still seeking organ donors After the indulgences of the holiday season, resolve to make a difference in someones life. Sign up to become an organ donor. According to statistics compiled by the National Kidney Foundation, there are more than 30,000 people nationwide waiting for a vital organ transplant that number grows by about 1,000 per month, Seven people a day die waiting for the ultimate gift. In Utah, according to the Intermountain Organ Recovery Service, there are more than 150 people waiting: 93 for kidneys, 49 for hearts, 1 1 for livers, three for combined kidneypancreas, and one for a lung. There are fewer titan 60 cadaveric donors in any given year in Utah. The most common transplanted organ is the kidney; approximately 10,000 people each year receive a new kidney, but another 25,000 are on waiting lists. There are about 3,000 liver and more than 2,000 heart transplants each year, with twice that many waiting. The success rate for organ transplants also continues to climb. Kidney transplant survival rates are over 90 percent for a year or longer, while heart transplants are over 80 percent, liver transplants nearly 70 percent and lung transplants nearly 50 percent. In addition to vital organs, corneas, bone marrow, skin, and bone are transplanted with excellent success. The only thing lacking is donors. Making a New Year's Resolution to become one is as easy as signing your drivers license or picking up and signing a Uniform Organ Donor card. The National Kidney Foundation is committed to ensuring that everyone who needs a transplant is able to get one, says Utah chapter President Rick Webber. We will gladly supply Uniform Donor Cards and information about organ and tissue donation. it The NKF is a organization funded entirely by the public. The Utah chapter provides funding for medical research, community education about the treatment and prevention of kidney disease, and financial assistance for kidney patients. More than 20 million Americans suffer from diseases of the kidney and urinary tract; millions more are at risk. These diseases are preventable or treatable. The NKF helps more Americans prevent, treat, and cure kidney and urinary tract diseases than any other voluntary agency. non-prof- low-inco- Davis Co. military maneuvers Petty Officer 2nd Class Stantord K. Neering, son of Lynn T Woodard, Bountiful, recently returned aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Princeton, homeport-e- d in Long Beach, Calif., from a deployment to the Persian Gulf with the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Battle Gioup USS Princeton served 90 days in the Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch, enforcing United Nay six-mont- h Hong Kong, Princeton crewmembers helped repair and paint buildings at a shelter for abandoned babies. In Dubai, Princeton volunteers painted and cleaned a grade school and coached basketball at a school for the disabled. Additionally, while in the Persian Gulf, Princeton watch-stande- rs organized and directed the successful rescue of four naval aviators involved in a ing the deployment. This type of rapid movement from one crisis area to another is an example of naval post cold war employment outlined in the Navys new strategy entitled ...From the Sea. He joined the November 1986. two-aircra- mid-ai- r f Neering is one of more than 360 crewmembers aboard the guided missile cruiser which traveled more than 20,000 miles dur- collision. Navy in Nations sanctions against Iraq, and one week in Somalia in support of Operation Restore Hope. The ship ilso made home port visits to Hong Kong; Dubai, United Arab rmuates; Bunbury, Australia and Pearl Haibor, Hawaii. While in ; i Hogle ZOO seeking art show entries ihs CENIERtt! Hogle Zoo is accepting ntnes foi the first annual art show he Shape of Wild Things until I eb 18 at the zoos education oifice The goal of the art show is to help the public gain a greater Ut i February 2, 994 Lynda Nelson and Brian Neuenschwander 1 awareness and appreciation of February 4, 1994 Rhonda Allen and Robert Foster Annalisa Seljaas and Peter Cliften Stephanie Chandler and Jim Maynard wildlife The zoo exhibition is open to all fixing Utah artists with a limit of three entries per artist. The categories are painting (any medium), photography and dimensional medium including the artwork. dis- mation about the exhibit or to an entry form call ext. 153. G v 582-163- All at 1 (800) - I 999-800- 9, weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call today to schedule your FREE mammogram. Your mammogram will be: Quick, private and convenient Performed by women professionals It will save you time. It will save you money. Most importantly, it could save your life. 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In spite of your excuses about cost and inconvenience, if you are over age 35 you need to have a mammogram. The best way to detect breast cancer in its earliest, most treatable, form is a mammogram. February 5, 1994 Amy Tangren and Brad Boggess drawing, pastel, printmaking and fee of $12 textile A for three entries must accompany Selected entries will be IbtM) r |