Show u u rL r- r PAGE THREE i Handicap Is No Handicap To This Sanpete Worker J Proving that being handicap handicap- handicapped ped Isn't a handicap has helped a Gunnison man continue a apro- apro productive productive pro pro- life which Includes a a. time full-time occupation as an In Insurance insurance insurance in- in counselor Merrill MerrUl Peterson who lost his right leg and has a severe Impairment to his left leg isa Is Isa isa a candidate of Utah's Handicapped Handicapped Handicapped Handi Handi- capped Citizen of ot the Year and has shown that with the will wUl to keep going even severely handicapped handicapped handicapped han han- persons can be just as productive as anyone else For the past 13 years Mr Peterson has been confined to tea a a. wheelchair Yet he Pearl have a multitude of business business busi bus iness i- i ness activities that w would uld wear out most people During World War n II he was wasa a chief carpenters mate in the and In 1959 he suffered infection in the hip of his right leg which later had to be am am- The left hip became fused and he was in the hospital for two years At that time he began working working working work work- ing income taxes for friends and this gave him the Idea to set setup setup up an office In his home to do income tax tau and keep books for small businesses Since then he expanded his work to insurance counseling and is an agent forgrave forgrave for forgrave grave markers While this has been a full- full time job Mr Peterson who was wasa a building contractor prior to his original illness has worked with a student in remodeling three homes while confined to his wheelchair Mr Peterson Is active in civic work and Is comm commander of the Gunnison American Le Le- Le 1 1 gion glen Post while his wife serves as auxiliary pre president I r |