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Show Review - Wednesday, March 26. 1986 - Page 10 Local man guides Helping Hand program yy , yyyyy'my 'g; MfSfflsrassM f ;i0yp: LaVar K. Huntsman is spearheading the Helping Hand Farm Project, a non profit cor-poration designed to help people help themselves. The organization is presently seeking donations to get the program going. Huntsman, Pleasant Grove, said that the goal of the corporation is to establish a facility wherein needy individuals are provided the specific assistance which they require for the basic necessities of life while obtaining required training and counseling to support themselves and contribute to society. The project will include a farm near the present location of the State Training School which consists of 475 acres of surplus Utah State property. The number of residents projected is listed at 201 male residents, 34 female residents, 1.0 family unit residents, plus room for expansion if necesary. All residents who are physically capable will participate in assigned work activities. A counseling program will also be provided. Needy individuals, according to Huntsman, a- -e those whom, for some reason beyond their control, can no longer provide food and shelter for themselves and their families. The determination of need" is made by state and local governmental social service Huntsman noted that the benefits that food and to the residents are shelter will be provided together with essential training and coun-seling to assist the residents in becoming as soon as possible. The public will receive the benefit of having those needy individuals, who constitute a burden on public assistance organizations, provided an opportunity for food, shelter and training. Most of the food for the project will be raised on the farm by those who are being helped. Dairy cows, beef cattle, sheep, hogs, and chickens would be raised on the farm. Crops such as hay, oats, barley, corn, potatoes, onions, carrots, cabbage, beans and fruits would also be raised. Huntsman said that he estimated the cost for the project and first year expenses at $1,740,600. The cor-poration has a tax exempt status and donations are Surplus produce from the farm could go to help others in the com-munity such as mothers of depen-dent children, elderly people or anyone whom the social service departments might suggest. Huntsman said that an en-dowment fund would be set up so that after it reached the desired amount the entire operation would LaVar K. Huntsman then be with th' prject being run off of the interest LaVar is a retired Pleasant Grove farmer who saw a need after reading about the homeless street people. He has been asked to serve on the Governors Task Force for i 1 Homeless and the Needy. I He is married to the former Run Harsh and they have four children 20 grandchildreb, and 12 great. grandchildren. to He is a former LDS bishop and isa retired constuction supervisor. He was raised in Plesant Grove. : ' .Hi Xv x. :;i J?" '. - . " - Letting go of the ball is the hardest part, Lori Mecham finds out as she participates in the Bowl-a-tho- n for the Manila School for the Blind. Local businesses aid blind children By SHARON MORREY Every pin that fell over at Jack and Jill Lanes Saturday afternoon, March 22, went over to a good cause as funds were raised as well as spirits for the Manila School for the Blind. ACTWU (The Amalgamated Clothing And Textile Workers Union, Rocky Mountain District Joint Board) Local 866, organized the bowling event in an effort to raise enough money to buy the school a copying-enlargin- g machine and a Braille writer. "Two years ago, we did it for the Utah State Training School. This year we wanted to do it for someone else that needed it," says Chris Golding, ACTWU Local 866 President. "The school needs an enlarging machine. Everything now has to be sent to Ogden, and that takes so much time." Many of the children in the Manila School for the Blind are able to see but need the print big. One child is completely sightless and thus, the school needs a braille writer for her. Golding says pledges were taken for every bowler in the Saturday heat. Some from as far away as Chicago signed up. Supervisors and floor personnel from Bayly's, their children, students from the Manila School were involved, .bowling and paying up and smiling. Everyone appeared to be enjoying the contest of skill. Pledge sheets had minimums of $3.50 per score sheet, just in case a nervous bowler had a few gutter balls. To buy the copy machine and Braille writer, between $2500 and $3000 was needed. Golding says the event was successful. Each bowler played three games, League-style- . Then the score was totaled and tallied, a penny a point for a 500 total would cost the pledger $5.00. Local businesses contributed additional prizes for winners; Smith's Drug, Barnett's Variety, Freeway Pizza, Prestwich's Beanery, Christensen's, Vector Video, Intermountain Craft, and Bayly's from Pleasant Grove. American Fork businesses in-cluded Jack and Jill's, The Golden Corral Family Steakhouse, Arby's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Baskin-Robbin- s' and the Pizza Hut. Other generous firms were Trafalga and McGee Trophy and Stamp from Orem, VTW Club from Springville, the Elk Horn in Lehi, Country Express, the United Steelworkers of America, Local 2701 and the Chicago and Central States District Joint Board. Golding says "so many people have helped. We sould like to thank all the bowlers and their sponsors, who made our Bowl-a-tho- n possible and a great success." Jack of Jack and Jill's was presented with a special plaque thanking him for his continuing support and contribution. Those who may have missed the Bowling bonanza and who yet may wish to help out the School for the Blind are invited to contact Chris Golding, care of Bayly's Manufacturing at 350 West Center, Pleasant Grove. Utah. 84062. Kiwanis Club celebrates 71st birthday and spent more than $40.4 million on community service activities, with a special emphasis on meeting the ' needs of underprivileged children. Members of the North Utah County Kiwanis Club recently noted the 71st birthday of Kiwanis International, according to Karl Johnson, club president. The first Kiwanis Club was char-tered on Jan. 21, 1915, in Detroit, Michigan. Today, the men's service club has grown to number 8,200 clubs and 312,000 members in 76 nations around the world. Locally, service projects of the North Utah County Kiwanis Club include the Hope of America awards for sixth-grad- e students, and an honors banquet for outstanding high-scho- seniors. The club also sponsors students to educational conferences, helps needy families at Christmas, and organized several events for the American Fork Steel Days celebration including the children's parade, the mammoth parade and the pancake breakfast. t A tradition with the club is donating founds to help sponsor the boy scout troop at the Dan Peterson School for the handicapped. Mr. Johnson announced a new meeting schedule for the club, and a new type of club membership. He said the new schedule will include a lunch meeting - instead of the usual breakfast meeting - on the second Tuesday of each month. The new type of membership will involve a reduced monthly fee for those who wish to attend only two meetings - lunch and ladies' night -- each month. Last year, Kiwanis clubs raised ( moo wmffo J , Amount Term Mo. Pymt. 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Lewis, whose wife, Deborah, is the daughter of James and Donnia Hayworth, Pleasant Grove, has been promoted to his present rank while serving with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Helicopter Air Station New River, Jacksonville, N.C. A 1977 graduate of Pleasant Grove High School, he joined the Marine Corps in March 1979. |