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Show - aafegagi LETTERS . w- - .'3ft Jacob Dylan Roddy possibly even survival. Jacob has short bowel syndrome and has spent most of his life in the hospital fighting infections. Despite his traumatic medical y and history, Jacob is veiy receptive to people. However,his mother, former Roosevelt resident, Alisha Miller Roddy, the daughter of George and LaRee Miller, explained that her son is very aware of what goes on in a hospital. He is receptive to everyone except people in green scrubs ... with needles, Unfortunately that's because Jacob has been in the hospital too many times. Jacob has a great personality for what hes gone through, she notes. There are a few techniques to help people cope with short bowel syn drome, however, Jacob 's beat bet at a healthy life is a small bowel trans- . Continued from page Dear Editor, During the past week several of the children that come to Child Care at my home have talked to us about Chief Gurr." They have been talked to by their parents about the things that Cedi has done for the community and for them members of the community. They wanted me to tell them the things that they should know itthekindc' person thathe 1 School District is suffering from enrollment declines and the resulting loss of Weight Pupil Unit binding from the state, the situation still does not warrant layoffs. Administration has looked at all the class sizes and just cant see where we can reduce staffanywhere without hurting the programs in the schools and the classes, said Miles. is costly, still considered experimental, and not covered by insurance. His mother said that although the list is short, Jacob could have to wait up to a year for his transplant which could mean more infections and more hospital time. Although her son has already beat Alisha 21 explained that every time Jacob gets an infection his immune system is depleted a little bit more. At the same time, he is also developing a UBIC QUEENS 1 be performing a Latin tapjazz dance at the pageant. Lisa is currently at tending Snow College and plana to attend Utah State University where she will mqjor in public relations and advertising. Lisa would like to onedqy become the public relations director for the Utah Starzz. Lisa's platform is Youth Mentoring. Tiara Pure, 19, is the daughter of Steve and Lena Puro of Roosevelt While attending Union High, Tiara was a member ofNational Honor Roll, English Sterling Scholar, Who's Who in American High Schools and a Na tional ACT score recognition recipi- ent Tiara will perform a vocal solo. She is currently attending the University of Utah and mqjoring in theater education. She hopes to someday attain a Ph.D. in Theater Studies and pursue a career in the field of musical theater performance. Tiaras plat- "Youth Govemi SINCEBIRTH-Jaco- b Dylan RoddyofSaltLakeCitywasbom with short bowel syndrome, a disorder that has left the 1 8 month old toddler in need of a short bowel transplant. FIGHTING election races ByAldonRachele One week after citizens were allowed to file (July 16) for various races in Duchesne, Roosevelt, Myton and Ballard that will be decided in the general election in November, a few people have signed up. City council, mayoral and water board Beats are up for election. Brett Prevedel and Mark Hicken, who are current Ballard Water Conservancy District members, have signed up to run again. Board members serve four-yeterms. Ballard council members, Tom Nordstorm and Susan Bellon and mgyor Vaughn Parrish terms are up this year. Bcllon resigned and moved from the area. Her unexpired term is being filled by Earl Hawkins. In Myton, Mayor Connie Fillingi m and council members Larry Dye and Ernest Martinez terms expire this year. As of July 20, no one had filed for mayor or city council in Ballard or Myton- - However, the filing deadline isnt until August 15. Clint Park has filed for the position of mayor in Duchesne City. The term of Mayor Kim Hamlin is expiring along with dty council seats held by Park and Dr. Paul Tanner. In Roosevelt the terms of Mayor Dennis Jenkins and council members Mike Guinn and Roger Dart will end this year. Information as to those who had filed was unavailable at presstime, Monday. Filingfor municipal office is quite easy. Candidates must fill out a half page Declaration of Candidacy by ar fflWIN .THEATRE One Show Sunday 7:30 Jurassic " America's Sweethearts "PG-13- " 7:30 and 9:25 p.m. m With Weekly! Avenge Daily TV Viewing: Adult Women: 5 hours, 14 minutes. Adult Men: 4 hours, 44 minutes. Teens: 3 hours, 10 minutes. 3 hours, 19 minutes. Kids iiECHO. iDItlYEI - t Fri & Sat July Take Advantage of our Reduced Rates! 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ROOSEVELT "PG-13- Family Fact of If August 15. Forms are available in the city derksoificeduringregular business hours. There is no filing fee to run for office. Requirement to run for office are: l)be a U.S. citizen, 2)registered voter of the city where they live (in which they plan to run for office) for 12 consecutive months immediately proceeding the date of the election. If the number of candidates does not exceed twice the number of people needed to fill the office, a primary election will not be held and the candidates will faceoffin the November general election. 7:30 and 9:15 p.m. h a Si Citizens file for Park III For Delivery OUT of the Uintah Basin Area " d Comcees fertile pageant areChor-intaBasin ley Jenkins and Miss 2000, Karletta Brady. The new Miss Utah, Jaclyn Hunt will perform during the pageant The Miss Uintah Basin Pageant will be held in the Uintah High auditorium on Aug. 1, at 7 p.m. Tickets may be purchased in advance at Bev& Millies and Gales Office Supply in Roosevelt Tickets are $ 10 in advance and will be $12 at the door. This year there will be no reserved seating, so get there early for the best.seat There will also be no patron tickets sold. Please dress appropriately for this formal evening of talent and beauty. outside to remember them. They decided that they wanted to show The Chief" that we remembered him and the things that he had done for us by putting his badge number in the fence where they could see it during the day, and remember that because he worked hard for us, we can have many oftlte things that we want. Wespelledout his badge number and alsojwt, Chief" in our fence, surrounded by three yellow stars which were shrouded. The children placed their flags around this monument. Chief, you will be missed, but not forgotten! T mHim UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. July 24. 2(X)1- - Pane'S The length ofJacobs small intestprohibits Jacob from being as active ineof his small bowel is as most children his age, it can also left- - isnt as important, as what parts causesevereliverandveindamage.lt ofthe organ are still intact. Jacob has is possible that Jacob may have to gab all of his duodenum, which starts the a liver transplant if it is too long before he isable to have stimuli bowel digestive process. What his small intestine doesnt have is his ileum transplant. Even after Jacob has his transwhich does most ofthe absorbing. His large intestine ia intact and helps plant, he will be on medication which will cost his parents $2,000 a month. salvage nutrition but its not enough. Jacob has to rely on the support of Because the cost of Jacobs transintravenous nutrition, delivered plant and travel will be a burden on through a central line close to his the family, Alisha is beginnings fund heart. He can only tolerate small raisingcampaign. It's his life, she commented, amounts of food before his diarrhea becomes too bad. Jacob is currently concluding that even ifher family has to endure the rest of their lives in taking about two teaspoons of nutrients an hour. poverty, it will be worth it to see Beingfed through a tube not only Jacob healthy. one-thir- resistance to the antibiotics doctors are giving him. She hopes that Jacob wont have any more infections until he is able to have a transplant, unfortunately the chance of no more infections is highly unlikely, she said. Once Jacob is first in line for the transplant he will have to travel to Omaha, Nebraska, to receive his new bowel. The procedure, which is considered extremely complicated, is only done at a few hospitals in the United States. There are many causes for short bowel syndrome, which can occur in adults, but is most common in infants and premature babies. Jacobs short bowel syndrome is the result of a congenital problem. In many cases small bowel syndrome occurs when the small intestine twists around itself killing off the blood supply. Jacobs small bowel narrowed, most likely from a blood vessel problem, a twist, when he was developing. It is possible for people to live without their large intestine- - the small intestine is more crucial to survival. There are three parts to the small intestine, the duodenum, thejejunum and the ileum, that work together to break down and absorb complex nutrients or foods and absorb water. After food breaks down in the small intestine and water as well as nutri- ents have been absorbed, the large intestine salvages what is left. If the breakdown produced by the small intestine is not absorbed, normal stool doesnt fofm, causing diarrhea. the toddler will continue to wage, against his own body, until he can receive a transplant which will offer him the chance for a normal life and plant. Currently, Jacob is fourth on a waiting list for the transplant, which SCHOOL BOARD mUim V happy-go-luck- Continued from page i j?ti'friMlf ItfBTIO; constant battle for toddler who awaits transplant Jacob Since birth, Dylan Roddy has fought a constant battle against death- - a battle which "TheChieT I operate the Little Golden Time Child Care here in Roosevelt Over the years I have provided Child Care for hundreds of children here. Seldom do I have the children come to me and talk about things like the incident that occurred last week. I felt that if Would be a good idea for them to learn about the things that we consider priorities in life. We talked about heroes. We talked about how people that are really heroes arent out there thinking that they are heroes. They are actually trying to do the things that will make life better for the people around them, In that respect, a hero doesnt have to play basketball or make a million dollars. They just have to care about the people they live with. They have to think that other people are more important than heir own ations. We talked about the things that heroes might do for others, We talked about doing the right things even when the right things are not really the popular things. We talked about givingourselves fur the benefit of others. Then we talked about Chief Gurr. Only a few ofthe children had met the Chief. They wanted to know what he had done that was special. We talked about having a safe place to live. A place where people could feel secure in the things that they wanted to do and the things that they owned. We talked about how different that is sometimes. Many ofthe children that come to my child care have been involved in difficult situations at home. They have had their lives changed because people had not done the things that would have been good for them. Tlieir lives are sometimes difficult because ofthe circumstances that they are in. Then we talked about how important it is to be able to live in a place where people can try and do things that will help their families. That is something that all of the children could understand. We all want to be happy and want to be able to do things that we want to. I explained that in Roosevelt, Chief Gurr had been responsible for making those opportunities available to us. The children wanted to do something to remember him. They said that they would like to make a tribute to him like the one that we did for the children who died in the Okla homa bombing. We had placed hundreds of purple ribbons in the fence igjMgigiaiHlifiir By Katie Hansen Kids remember u .. Bf Life is a continued from pap 2 the state. Im appalled by this. Some ofthe very officers who patrol the streets of Roosevelt could at this very moment leave the risks of police work and make similar money working behind the counter at Arbys. How is it that we can feel good about the bet that the men and women who would take a bullet for any of us are paid wages that are so sinfully nominal? Where is our social conscience? We live in a country where we can actually get involved in the process oflegislation. We can elect officials who share the same passions for the issues we hold dear. We can lobby our lawmakers for social change. It is within all of our stewardship to become informed about what officers in our communities earn. And once informed, it is our responsibility to lobby our lawmakers andcommunity leaders for Cecil Gurr was Utahs longest tenured police chief. His blood ran in the streets where maqy ofus have walked. He died a martyr to the cause of the fight against drugs. He also died a martyr to a fight that we as a society can win. That fight is to see that those who serve us as officers are compensated fairly. An ancient eastern Indian proverb once warned: A great society will become minuscule when artisans, teachers and community shepards are not regarded as the kings. Lets live it by lobbying our community leaders letter by let ter, phone call byphone call, for fair compensation of those men and women who choose to be our servants in these volatile times. Darrin Reed Cowan Th is letter in no way reflects the opinions of KTVX TV or any of tit let- associates..Theopinionsini ter are Darrin ReedCowansalone. i, 1 "PG-13- 1 AND Give A Gift Crazy-Beautif- ul "PG-13- Subscription!! Announcing Your Gift! 1 Name " UBIC We wiN sends Card in your behalf with Coupon Only!) " Matinee August 2nd & 3rd Admission: SI. 50 per person Address St. City 7JP Year 2 Years 3 Years 1 NEW RENEWAL "Shrek MOVIE Information Call 722-209- 5 |