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Show iL ' ; ir-. w . u. l , , , J KEY CLUB DONATION. Rett Christensen, left, president of McCullough, fund raising chairman; Douglas Bonzo, Key Club the Key Club at Cedar High School presents $125 contribution to Advisor and James E. Piacitelli, Kiwanis advisor to the service Utah Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation representatives, Mr. organization, and Mrs. Don Anderson. Watching the presentation are Ed CHS Key Club presents funds to foundation the back of the eye. What happens hap-pens simply is that the retina slowly degenerates and loses its ability to transmit pictures to the brain. There is no known treatment that can stop the progress of RP or cure it. The gift from the Key Club has been designated for the purpose of purchasing a film projector to be placed in the National Foundation headquarters. A suitable plaque designating the donor will be on the projector. This activity is one of the many activities that this active service club at CHS has been engaged in over the past several years. Responding to the challenge of the District Leaders, Cedar City High School Key Club has donated $125 to the National Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) Foundation. Utah-Idaho District of Key Clubs has made this foundation one of their prime service projects for the year. Under the leadership of Ed McCullough fund-raising chairman, the Key Club at Cedar City High School gathered Christmas trees, sold pop bottles and pop corn to raise the funds. The donation was presented in a meeting of the Club on Friday, January 31. Making the presentation to Don Anderson, President of the Utah RP Foundation were Club President, Rett Christensen; Club fund raising chairman, Ed McCullough Mc-Cullough and Club Advisor, Douglas G. Bonzo. Mr. Anderson, an employee of the Five County Organization, is afflicted with RP. RP is the name applied to a group of hereditary diseases that affect the retina, the film-like tissue in |