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Show Tropic Child Is Featured On Colorful 1999 Calendar TROPIC Two-year-old Pay-ton Pay-ton Johnson of Tropic is one of 13 Utah Down Syndrome chil-dren featured in the new 1999 full color calendar published by the Utah Down Syndrome Foundation. Payton, son of Moyle and Tracy Johnson, is pictured for the month of November 1999. Each month displays a full color photo , of a Utah Down Syndrom child in a charming pose. The calendars sell for $10, with $8 going to the foundation center located in Far-mington Far-mington and $2 going to the Cedar City chapter which Pay-ton's Pay-ton's mother Tracy chairs, and she hopes to see a Family Support Council set up soon in Garfield County. Her vice chair at the Cedar City chapter is Shauna Spencer who lives there.. Calendars are available from Tracy Johnson for $10 plus $3 shipping and handling by writing to her at P.O. Box 11, Tropic, Utah 84776. Tracy Johnson encourges interested inter-ested people in Garfield County to attend a Family Support Council Coun-cil Meeting set for Thursday, Oct. 29 at 11 a.m. at Bryce Valley High School. Judy Dixon, director for' the Division of Services for People with Disabilities for the Western Region, along with Phoebe K , . V ' ' 4. y k ii Payton Johnson Blackham, chairperson for the Regional Support Council, will talk about setting up a support council in Garfield County. They are also interested in hearing about local concerns for people with disabilitaies in the county. Anyone can become an associate asso-ciate member of the foundation with a donation of $20. The foundation is located at P.O. Box 753, Farmington, Utah 84025-0753. 84025-0753. Its mission is to provide leadership, coordinate education (See JOHNSON on page 6-A) Johnson From front page and information to strengthen family support councils and promote pro-mote self-determination for people peo-ple with disabilities and their families. The foundation provides "birth to 18 months and Early Intervention Inter-vention help for families by providing pro-viding physical therapists and teaching parents how to help their child. Early intervention supplies special help and testing two hours a week, and doctors travel from Primary Childrens Hospital in Salt Lake City to Cedar City to provide special services. Johnson said some 98 percent of pregnant women choose abortion abor-tion when they discover they will bear a Down Syndrome child. "We want to make everyone aware that 'Down Syndrome children are people, too,'" she said. Currently, a special grant from the Utah State Board of Education Educa-tion for a local pre-school for three-year-olds will allow children with special needs to participate and interact with other children their age. Johnson may be reached at 435-679-8824. She said that families with children with disabilities are encouraged to not to become a member of the foundation. They are not required to pay a $20 fee if it works any hardship. |