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Show M'" '1 .?;?? ' t ; . from the t 'ijt'-V- by HENRY BREAN v.. A'jj'-j- - V The quilts are. patched together with scraps of , . , Johnston should know. She V '.Or- - ' donated fabric and the hands of volunteers. They're doc always beautiful, butthey are underwent dozens of chemotherof Quilts 4 Cancer. warm chat s all cbtac marten id BprbJohnston, apy treatments when she battled r r ;v and bear cancer in both breasts .A qwlywiU not cure, bikhwiU warm the body, heart, and soul," she says.. ' Johnston and her husband, Jim, founded Quilts 4 Cancer just afeertheymoved to 17 years ago. Her personal stakr in , I Pahrump, Nev., (pop. 24,631) from New York neariy two and a half yean ago, after Quilts 4 Cancer tuns even deeper, Jim took early retirement from General Macon. Since then,tht group, has Inade and ..The 'organization grew from a :? v distributed more than 600 comfottquilts" to cancer patients. The last 100 were, promise she made to her mochet, smaller indies) quilts donated to youngsters, ranginginage from infant whodied of cancer 'while Johnston was being treated for here. to 21, with die help of the national Candlelighcers Childhood Cantjer Ftxmdarion ' a national organization dedicated to childhood cancer awareness. Johnston credits her owQsur- vival to early detection and treat- Most of the time the people are just overwhelmed that a stranger cared about ment and is certified in breast ., them, Johnston says. They ate touched to have this thing that was made both training, having taught the York's schools and skill New someones caring heart. Irs a very personalgift.in womens high prisons. . Its also a functional one. Chemotherapy often leaves patients feeling died, side, Recipients of die quilts, as one would eiepect, are extremely grateful. and cold, Johnston un. It's ice water in your veins. It can bc l2Q degrees outside, s Pah tump resident Vicki Roberts, .49, was diagnosed withbon-Hodgki- n ' ' and you are freezing! hunter green and burgundy qiiiilt lymphoma last year. Shereceived a and took it with her when she went to LasVcgai for chemotherapy treatnietus, I !' s using it in the car and at the dink to keep her warm;' , 'll just made a spudl town seem that much tighter knit," Roberts says. It was; nice to know there are jxople put there who are willing to do something like this for you, and they dont even know you. :. ' Barbara Cleveland and her husband, David, run a j . er -- . . mj . N-- . (35-by-- 45 . ' ii . lifp-savi- - ! .. Metal Iteprodoctlofi Finely Detailed That Delivered The Dew! ;A Die-Ca- st of the dude Truck diagnosed witli pdncreatk cancer id May of this year, and Barb a beauufiil quilt with a dog pattern to the dying woman th July. ' It meant a lot to my tnothet; Cleveland says. Barb's whole llfr is service to peopfa. Theres nothing else. She just touched my heaf How could she not? ; Roughly six to eight houngoaintothe maldngteadiquik, not induding the time it takes to gather donated or discounted naarerials and prepare them for use. rWe'jR always ip nedd ofibric, Jahnseoo says, whose nonprofit Quilts 4 Cancer flhvwes oh donaaorit of fifork'and money from residents and businesses in Pdrnimp and 1 Vegas, the cash donations are used cb buy dric and other quilting hand-deliver- ed . . ONLYty . y- Most dfche work is donehya coregroupof 20 volunteers! The women' get tqgaher once a qionth for gnxqj sessioos iricrml ro as 'eahng bOes. Jatmsroo receives no money fromidle endeavor, nor does anyone elspit is all volunteer. Thy scraps of donated fabric are matched as cloeely as potoible, but for die mokpret, volunteer produce what are known as aay quilts. Johnsron fredy admia the quilts arent going to win any beaury contests. .... Swat IMad IMal Rtpflcali Parte 134 Salt ow you cat proudly rfinfay A Haavy Nithe. famed Mountain Daw Truck in your home. Al the bucks details has been lovingly recrealed in precise 144 scale, .For Fastest fettled CaO Tol-Fr- 24 Horn A Day Pick-U- p p bom the rumme. boards and Mountain Dm lhick 01). JM8PBHIMS Swat fare PteteUptucka. curved fenders to me coiarful hub-- A14J8PSHK95, ' tires caps The robber vMtoanl I bt?d Rato order by mal, amt) you name and addreaa dong ' wlh a chack tart total amouft including PBH.JCA and NY actually "spin. The .. steaming daome-tkbumpers, gri, heacf residents plaaaa add sdaataxj Or you may chnge this Bam to your bgfasand fatocaps reaby shine. And emit card by metaling your joenrt number and repkaBon date.. the hood even pops open to reveal IrtMMlM OunnlNd. dial tttarM0te4wi rewrehni yaw Pick-U- . . e a powerfUV8 engine! Meal distjnc-th- e of al are die trademark Cotas of bright peenand ydtav. piu dW Mouraain Dew logoe which decorate the sidds, back and covered top of die flatbed-Orde- r today! . aMieheretWaprewatretaieMtpurelieii prtee : They're not going to go into a museum," she says. "They aren't meant f ta These are giant ll cards. They are hugs." get-we- wee . ROGERS &.WEBSTERCOLLECTIBLES' on nanwnyw c.a voem wweaWf nan iopmiw For more information about Quilts 4 Cancer, Barb Johnston at btirbq4c(gwizard.coni. Htnry Brian is managing alitor of tbt Pahrump (Nev.) Valley Times. , 417f,DEn COIMA. HUKT1MTM ItRIlM, HY 1174S VMTOUR WEBHTCI PUBUMtERSCNOICeXOM .BOX ail . . . b,- - aa'wok & |