Show BIO — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday August 13 2002 Mission Continued from Church wards made blankets Pharmaceutical salesmen ties” would sail into Larsen's Logan office and run smack Her "vision" may have been a little vague — Tonga ’ somehow became Samoa — but as she says she “pushed it" From Deseret International an organization in Provo that facilitates visits to developing countries she got a name Dr Emosi Puni He handled the Samoan end of the arrangements so expertly that what they had he aid would be major governmental rigmarole turned out to be nothing at all “My wife and children also caught the vision of making a difference” Larsen writes Or in Albright’s words “we basically begged” Laura Larsen gathered educational material formula blankets clothing and medications The Larsens' son Mike and his wife Carly knocked on doctors' doors and came away with more medications Larsen daughters Jen and Shanda collected schoolbooks and North Park School B1 seen a cockroach" she says with a shiver "But these were hufic I would whip up the sheets each night to make sure none were there And the spiders were big enough to carry us away" Among her photos is one of a cockroach But the photo'is blurry as if the photographer had been shaking There are also photos of paradisiacal pools and palms It is likely that these visions flashed through Albright's head that frigid day in February when Larsen began to speak of the South Seas A doctor in Brigham City hud been talking up Tonga he said to Albright his secretary Wluit the heck maybe they should consider going “Dianne caught a vision” Larsen writes "that we could make a difference in another part of the world doing what -- 66 in lYemonton also pitched in we do for people in Cache Valley and Box Elder Coun- had never seen a cockroach But these were hugei I “I into Albright: "We’re going to Samoa” she’d tell them "Is there anything you can do to help?” They answered with antibiotics and $1200 Cache Valley Specialty Hospital stepped up with a generator and pads and ACMI donated not only equipment to treat bladder and kidney stones but they also sent Mike Macrum to manage the equipment The "vision" was not caught by all however An ultrasound machine that had been promised fell through at the last minute "We had to do ' biopsies differently” Allnight said "It was pretty tricky” If backing the expedition was an honor being in back of them at the airport was a hor-- would whip up the sheets each night to make sure none were there And the spiders were big enough to carry us away? well-clock- —Dianne Albright All went fine until leaving Fiji for Samoa Albright speculates that the Fijians weren’t happy to see all those medicines going to Samoa Whatever the reason they struck an attitude and Lanen had to fish out his wallet The bite at the airport added to a personal Cost of thousands of dollars But in Samoa things couldn’t have gone more smoothly ror There were more than 30 suitcases not to mention a traveling party including nine Larsens Puni was at the Apia airport with vans to whisk them to a pleasant hotel Samoan independence days were in progress June 4-- 5 and so there was opportunity to relax and explore The flea market was unforgettable not least because of the lepers Their hosting hospital was new and clean and and so inviting that it came right out to greet its patients the reception "room” being the courtyard The scene was not so sunny or air conditioned tit the another hospital’s maternity ward with its blood and geckos on the wall “Filthy” Albright said and Larsen wrote that "die handicapped children need to eat in shifts so the next group after a quick rinse of forks and spoons because there is not enough silverware for anyed ale-onl- y ' one” As it turned out there was not enough time or medicines for the team to do all it wanted to do "There were hun- dreds of patients that were turned away” Lanen writes Hundreds were seen for prostrate screening not the most efficient use of time Albright says Future visits might include less screening and more attention to serious ill nesses The first day they saw 15 patients and one television reporter The next day following the evening telecast the line stretched to the horizon Wad spread across the waves and patients began arriving by boat They all wanted to talk and talk lime didn’t matter to them but truth be told the 9am to midnight days were taking a toll on the team The relaxed rhythms of the first days were gone and 3 Albright found herself in a schedule twice as hectic as in Logan "So many patients” she recalls with a sigh "We just get into a rut in our lives where we just keep £oing and i going” Then she brightens "But that’s why we were there” Moore school EBEBS9B shofts meedledl Immunization requirements for school entry in Utah now include the hepatitis A and chickenpox vaccines according to a press release from the Utah Department of Health Beginning this school year two doses of the hepatitis A vaccine and one dose of the chickenpox vaccine will be required for all kindergartners to protect children against preventable diseases' UDOH adopted these changes into school law after receiving the latest recommen' dations from the national Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and the Utah Scientific Vaccine Advisory Committee according to the rfelease "As new and improved vaccines are licensed we must continue to implement strategies that will reduce the diseases these vac' cines can prevent” says Linda Abel Immunization Program Manager Utah Departmentof Health : The AC1P recommends rou- tine hepatitis A vaccination for children living in communities with high rates of hepatitis A Based on a average Utah was from 1987-199- 7 identified as one of 1 1 high-ris- k states in the US where hepatitisA rates are nearly two times the nationalaverage (10 cases per 100000 population)' Children years are more A and to hepatitis likely get of all reported nearly one-thicase's occur among children under 1 5 Despite the approval of the vaccine in 1995 hepatitis A continues to be one of the most frequently repotted vac-- : diseases in )IT Ilk w r 10-ye- ar 5-- rd (THE REST WILL HAVE TO SETTLE FOR THE INCREDIBLE EASE AND CONVENIENCE BILL PAY BRINGS TO THEIR LIVES V theUS k Happenings AP0lUlGliE&i'v 0 QUR-'SiNpERE5T- That's right Sign up for internet Bill Pay and you t&uld win an entire month's bills palll kyZionsy SyyV CHADD meeting Ii ' CHADD Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder support group meets fmm'7 to 9 tonight at Logan Regional Hospital roonl 4 The group will yvatch a video about diagnosis and treatment tif ADHD The public is welcome to attend For more information call Janice at 752-022- 8' ' v ‘J: Entries sought i ii : Entries are now being accepted for the amr" “Apple Days" Parade to be held on Saturday Aug 24 at l i pnuin River Heights City Thii parade is one of the high- lights of River Heights City’s "Apple Days” festivities and will feature oyer 60 entries includingcity floats bands - a ‘ princesses rodeo royalties and of criurse candy To include your entry contact parade chairmen Lisa Efiis 7524680 or Diane Weese for information v- ' V"v - ’ tr r - j" - L'i ' ' - ' 1 v--- v' 'k ' yy - ’ ’ '1 ' '1 sy y-'- V'- v-- t ? 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