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Show Unsung heroes honored By DONETA GATHERUM FAIRVIEW, IDA. Gordon Richins, former resident of Farm-ington Farm-ington and Kaysville, is recovering from severe injuries he sustained in a farm accident that will change his life forever. On Aug. 9, Mr. Richins, a dairy farmer, was getting hay off a stack to feed his herd. A bale weighing between 80 and 100 pounds hit him in the back of his head and neck. Immediately he knew the accident was serious because his body went numb. A Life Flight Helicopter transported him to McKay Dee Hospital in Ogden where he underwent under-went surgery on his neck. Because of the severe nature of his injury, pneumonia developed making recovery a slow process. He was put on a respirator and in a special trauma bed which rocked him up and down to keep fluids om settling in his lungs. Occasionally, Occa-sionally, his fever reached 108 degrees. de-grees. Four months after the accident, Mr. Richins realizes he will be a quadraplegic, paralyzed from the neck down. He has made some progress. No longer does he have to be fed through a tube in his nose. He is off the respirator and can breathe and talk. Neighbors in Fairview, Ida. have built a wheelchair wheel-chair ramp for his house and he was able to visit home at Christmas time. Mr. Richins, a native of Farm-ington, Farm-ington, who married Faustine Bennett, Ben-nett, the daughter of Feren and Fern Bennett of Kaysville, appreciates appre-ciates the support he has received from his wife and their 10 year old son Dustin. Although he faces life in a wheelchair and medical expenses ex-penses that are not covered by insurance, in-surance, Gordon, his wife and their son are willing to take each day in stride. One relative mentioned, "They are fighters and even this will not get them down." Mrs. Margaret Clayburn of 301 N. Main Street, Layton, donated an expensive portable oxygen rig to the Davis County Sheriffs Paramedic Para-medic program. Mrs. Clayburn stated that the paramedics pa-ramedics had responded to her home several times in the past due to an illness suffered by her late husband and had saved his life during dur-ing those visits. Mrs. Clayburn stated she could only think of the paramedics who had helped her husband in the past and decided to donate the equipment to them. The oxygen rig will be used in day to day paramedic operations at the sheriffs department. Centerville resident Bill Tingey has been declared an Unsung Hero by a "grateful neighbor." Every time it snows he clears the snow off of dozens of driveways in the neighborhood. Mr. Tingey has been a good neighbor to many of his widowed and elderly neighbors. "He has done it for 30 or 40 years and he certainly deserves credit for it," reported the thankful recipient of Mr. Tingey's good will. By CHERIE HUBER Mr. Zamora of the Layton Eagles sent a note saying that the organization received some very much appreciated donations for their program for Guide Dogs for the Blind after a story about the program ran in the "Clipper." There are some wonderful, caring people out there. A story about Help Save the Animals, a local organization of women who donate their time to caring for abandoned animals, also ran in the "Clipper" at Christmas time. The organization received several hundred dollars in donations dona-tions from other people who love animals after they read about the organization. Davis County residents are also opening their hearts and their checkbooks to little Brayden Seymour. A large group of people including Governor Norman Ban-gerter, Ban-gerter, radio personalities and school students are raising the funds necessary for his operation. Brayden is receiving a liver transplant trans-plant at Primary Children's Hospital. Hospit-al. Bountiful High School had a dance with the proceeds going to Brayden. Viewmont will hold a "Rag and Rock around the Clock" stomp this Friday night and Saturday Satur-day morning. The dance will last from Friday, midnight, to Saturday at 6 a.m. All the proceeds from the dance will go to cover medical costs for Brayden. Donations to the Brayden Seymour fund are also welcome. People caring about people is what makes Davis County a great place to live. |