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Show ·Provo wo'man ·becomes PointofLight~o.694 . ..... ·~or:voIQnt~$rcpunseling > . , ,' ,:' .:.: ::", ':' <. . : ' .• ' ': . _:". :-'" . ': :: . .' I. '. ' .. : • SerVice: 79-year-old ·,~;.'. · · ~e~g ~ 1977 fropt a ~ong ~~cp".·'""; · ,... . .. .. ; . } :.: ; ,' . mg career at the Uruv~rslty of . retiree . w,~h ~anqer finds :. . Utah, Brigham Young Univ.~rsity . time to help more than . and pas.e ~estern ·Reserve (Uni· . .. .' '. ' verslty), SlDlth pursued P9~tgrad- ., patients ' a week•.:" ,' .<: ua~, studies . in her fi~<l;~·and , ;, . .' ' ,. earned a license to treat substance '; Lee Davidson . '. . . '. '; ' ~ab~~rs ' 'and' . to '. couns~l"'~tlierr'~f'" ! . . ... 2,9 By Deseret NeWs Wasnington eorrespondent'·.i·'; ·fanillies." . . ' ; . : She wanted to work Provo's ~il- · lesc~nts . and . young : lian SlDltb, doesn't let advancmg' '. '. .': ' . . :. ag~ or can~er slow her volunteer cp~ellng of substance~busers ' . f'Mrs~ Smith!s' . . ...... l,.lIlIan .Sm ~~a7::i~~~tB6tst~~1~~~ :~~ .' ,··mry $ervice is llo. f"· ·' "~" :"" \:., .. ·:. :.:...·,~<,\:.,:~~: . ; :,.,~:,~,."'..~:, )i;,,': ;:" .••"., .., . , . .. among hls ' "thousand .poiritsof ';'contingent on her ";'·'''''«'''~<:<i>atte.~s <.qL:y,iQJl;!nce ·· ~d l. drug' · •< , . ' .... .~ WASI:II~GTON - li&~~' ~~l~~~~~olunteer in . ;'. ' .l1!f!f!J!~' ' ..~ .. As $~e.:'~" ·;·:: :'·"';:~·::.:;~:(':~!~~~~~~'~t,,[cr~~~g~~., '. · tli~ nation each day as an offici~l . ... ~ PUt$'lt'YOU do not'~".~> . .~ •. 4..r,u$S", !ti.~s~.tp.:l'e~tore:··thelr"-self:"· point of , light and said, he .chose , · jUs.t dQ it whi.myou ·'·~'''' ·· ·'''': '~·este~m :~q .'£9~~~·>an~ . offers · Smith, 79, becau~e.of her unusual... feellik .'.e it _. . VOU" ,,.,..,.t<:...,. ;,j",''''''; .su.PThpoe·rfw't°hithte·~~H'foamili · alses·o· noted, ly strong coinmitment to l).elp.·oth:.. . ~, . ' use ers ~ 'receive ' quality health care -"\ Jpake a C01l1l11Jt~ ..' ''¥rs. Smith's voluntarY service is ap~ devel~p a sense of> well :-: ·not con~gent on her moods, but bemg" " . . . . . ·;· .' ·"i.;:....:,·;. '" . ' . .' • • .. . . . . isa stistainedeffort to traI;lsfonn : Whuethe ': White H~u~e"'was :r;.;:/J!Qllse cItation :·.. ."" " .', the.lives of. those sh~ copDsels. As making 'thearmounceJ}lE!nt, sinlth:<. · .\ : : .. - . . . . . ',she pu1$·it,r'You do nQt just do it · ~as in Utah receiving a' r~gUl~r. . '. when YOlf{eellike it -.:.. you make . treatment for cancer - accordiIig found the opportunity to do so at · a commitment.' " t(r~ a · ~orker . ' at The Gathering The G~thering Pl~ce. Bush ' nbt~d' that people such as P.lace in Provo,· where she volun- ' . "There she helps lighten the ca-.. Smith help exemplify his belief teers. . .' . seload, providing m~ch-need~d . that ·"from. now on in America. ~ But as a White House press re- services ' to an organization that any definition of a successful life . leaSe said, "'Despite her personal could not afford to hire another .: must inc1:\.ld~ serving others." . struggle ' with cancer, she finds full-tiJne psYchOlogist," theWhit~ .. Sen. Jake qarn, R-Utah,· also tgoe t.Oconsult, treat and comfort House said. : . . ' . ". ' . .;:: . praised SriUth. ~"She ,exeinplifies mqre than 20, patients a week" at' , It added, ·"Mrs. 'Smith' works .. ' the Americap. spirit of 'giving .and 'l'he Gathering Place, where she . with a very. diverse 'group of cli- ' .. compassion. l would encourage y~lunteers three days a week as a : : enis, ~c1uding an ' ex-motorcycle otherUtahns to look to Mrs. c:~cal psychologist. . . . gang . member . whom she}las Smitl). as a role model of strength ::.The press release added, '.'~ter helped to examiIie his .destructive and caring." . . .-. . . · · ment. "'._ White. '. .' ; ,~ ~ In ttie arrangements witli tfie Wliite J{ouse for meeting CJlresUfent {}3usli aM to re{;eive tlie a'oint ofLiolit recognition, a cfate was aecitfeawlien tie couU[{ana in Saft £aRg to present tier witli tliis fetter aruf meet lier. <[fie aay came, andwlien stie was caffea a60ut 1ffiat time to 6e at ttie airport, slie toU[ tliem slie was {(too sicf(to come. " Wlien tlie repCy was, {(6ut tfiis'is tlie ~t oftlie VniteaStates, to meet you ana Iionor you 11 slie forgea tlie courage to get aressetf, put flY tier wig, arufface ttie situation. J{er cliemo tlierapy lid taRgn a{{ of lier fiair anaslie was aeatliCy iff. Wfiat a fesson for us a[[ in our aff{ictions. |
