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Show ...' 3 C fc- .... - -I , ' ' ' f WENDELL COTTRELL, past district governor of Lions International, Inter-national, gave report to state meet. Sugar House Lions Help Multiple Handicapped The yearly report of the Multiple Handicapped committee of the Utah State Lions club was presented pre-sented by Wendell Cottrell, chairman chair-man and Sugar House business man. It was one year ago that the Lions of Utah were alerted to the gravity of the plight of many of Utah's young citizens and since that time the Lions of Utah have been steadily moving forward in the program to help improve conditions con-ditions for these youngsters, said Mr. Cottrell. As part of their year's activity, the Sugar House Lions, in connection connec-tion with the Salt Lake County Mentally Retarded Assoc., opened the Fairmont school after consider-( consider-( Continued on Tage 7) Handicapped (Continued from Jage l) able sums of money, and many hours of labor were spent to renovate reno-vate the building. OnV-Jfeek before be-fore the school opened, the parents of the children attending took a daily 2 hour session indoctrinating indoctrinat-ing them in their responsibilities. The sheltered workshop, now a part of the Fairmont school activity, activ-ity, is at present making it possible for 15 children to earn through the contracting of labor from two business busi-ness institutions in the Sugar House area. A similar project has been opened in North Salt Lake said Mr. Cottrell. So successful has this pioneering move been that the educational system of the state in many school districts is now attempting a program pro-gram to take care- of the educa-ble educa-ble child in the lower I.Q. divisions. Also two bills are ready to present pre-sent to the State Legislature, one calling for a two-year study of the problem and the other calling for an appropriation to help subsidize sub-sidize this program in the two pilot j plants reported Mr. Cottrell. |