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SPRING 2011<br />
• Annual Telethon<br />
Set for June 4th<br />
• Specialized Genetics<br />
Outreach Clinics<br />
Available<br />
• My Precious Gifts:<br />
A Donor's Story<br />
• How Speech Pathology<br />
Helps <strong>Shodair</strong>'s Patients<br />
Sotara Barnaby<br />
Montana’s 2011<br />
Children’s Miracle<br />
Network <strong>Hospital</strong>’s<br />
Champion
Welcome<br />
Jack Casey<br />
Our new fiscal year will begin on<br />
June 1, and the beginning of a new year is always<br />
a time to reflect on the past and to look forward<br />
to the future.<br />
As I reflected on the past history of <strong>Shodair</strong> <strong>Children's</strong><br />
<strong>Hospital</strong>, I realized that we are in our 115th year of<br />
providing services to children and their families.<br />
During this significant amount of time, all sorts of<br />
people, patients, doctors, and staff have made the<br />
hospital a special place. As <strong>Shodair</strong> begins this new<br />
fiscal year, we are beginning to plan for our next<br />
115 years of service to Montana's children.<br />
One of our most exciting and significant plans<br />
involves raising money to help construct the<br />
“<strong>Shodair</strong> Family House.” Many of our patients'<br />
families are poor and unable to travel to Helena to<br />
visit their children who are in treatment with us.<br />
Many of these families have few local resources<br />
available to assist them. The construction of the<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> Family House on our campus will provide<br />
accommodations for them to stay, participate in<br />
intensive family therapy, learn about Collaborative<br />
Problem Solving, and reunite their child with their<br />
family and community.<br />
What We Do<br />
The mission of <strong>Shodair</strong> <strong>Children's</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> has<br />
always been to serve the special needs of children.<br />
Presently, we serve the needs of children and their<br />
families through our Department of Medical Genetics<br />
and our Department of Psychiatric Services. Our<br />
commitment to this mission remains strong, even<br />
as the needs of children continually change.<br />
Advancements in medical techniques and technology<br />
have changed the way we treat children.<br />
SHODAIR CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL<br />
from the Administrator<br />
Healthcare Reform<br />
In the future, we are likely to see a continuation of<br />
the trend to treat children on an outpatient basis as<br />
much as possible. We also expect that as we identify<br />
specialties in which children are underserved, <strong>Shodair</strong><br />
will continue to provide highly specialized services to<br />
those who are in need of inpatient psychiatric care.<br />
We hope to develop an extremely strong psychiatric<br />
outpatient program over the next year. Recruitment<br />
of additional psychiatrists and other clinical staff<br />
will be key.<br />
With healthcare reform fast approaching, <strong>Shodair</strong>'s<br />
future will be marked by the importance of<br />
collaboration with government, insurance payers,<br />
and patients. As we continue to deliver high quality<br />
care to children, we will rely on the intensive<br />
interdisciplinary teamwork of our physicians, nurses,<br />
and therapists. Additionally, we couldn't fulfill our<br />
mission without the fantastic support staff we are<br />
so blessed with.<br />
Strong Foundation<br />
Externally, we will seek stronger relationships with<br />
others committed to the care and development of<br />
children. To meet our patients' special needs, we<br />
will need to form close relationships with other<br />
service providers and insurance payers.<br />
Fortunately, we have a strong foundation on which<br />
to move into our next 115 years. It is through the<br />
unwavering commitment of doctors, staff, and the<br />
general public, both past and present, that we are<br />
able to plan for the future.<br />
Thank you for your continued interest and<br />
support of <strong>Shodair</strong> <strong>Children's</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong>.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
John P. Casey
REUNION / SPRING 2011 Contents<br />
Spring 2011<br />
Pay to the order of:<br />
The sum:<br />
Date:<br />
Inside Cover From the Administrator<br />
2 Montana’s 2011 Children’s Miracle<br />
Network <strong>Hospital</strong>’s Champion, Sotara Barnaby<br />
4 Defining Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome<br />
4 Speech Therapy: Helping <strong>Shodair</strong>’s Children<br />
March 17, 2011<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> 15,528.<br />
Fiftteen thousand five hundred twenty eight &<br />
Montana FCCLA<br />
Montana’s Kids!<br />
$<br />
00<br />
6 My Precious Gifts: A Donor’s Story<br />
8 -12 Thank You to our Generous Supporters<br />
12 Farewell to a Special <strong>Shodair</strong> Friend<br />
13 Plan to Care by Caring to Plan<br />
13 Montana FCCLA Benefits Montana Kids<br />
14 23rd Annual <strong>Shodair</strong>/Children’s<br />
Miracle Network Telethon Slated for June 4<br />
14 Summer Means Soccer Classic Time<br />
16 Caring at Christmas: A <strong>Shodair</strong> Tradition<br />
17 IHOP Helps Montanans Flip for <strong>Shodair</strong>’s Kids<br />
18 New Faces at <strong>Shodair</strong><br />
19 <strong>Shodair</strong> Prepares for Education Reaccreditation<br />
20 Welcome, <strong>Shodair</strong> Visitors!<br />
22 <strong>Shodair</strong> Specialty Genetics Clinics<br />
Address Specific Health Concerns<br />
23 <strong>Shodair</strong> Administrator Honored<br />
24 The <strong>Shodair</strong> Spolight: Leigh Fahlquist<br />
Published by: Community Relations and Marketing Department, <strong>Shodair</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong>, ©2011<br />
Editor: Anastasia Burton, Director, Community Relations and Marketing Design & Production: Roger Parchen, Art & Image Creative<br />
Contributors: Anastasia Burton, Jack Casey, Cindy Hudson, Pep Jewell, Glen Newhart, Daylinda Radley, Suzan Simmons.<br />
Contributing Artists/Photographers: Belgrade News, Anastasia Burton, Community Medical Center, Helena Independent Record,<br />
Helena Photography, KTVQ, Glen Newhart.<br />
For further information: Community Relations and Marketing Department E-MAIL: aburton@shodair.org<br />
<strong>Reun</strong>ion is printed with soy-based ink on paper produced from a sustainably managed<br />
forest. Please pass along this publication to others who may enjoy reading it.<br />
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MONTANA'S 2011<br />
CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK<br />
HOSPITAL’S CHAMPION<br />
Sotara Barnaby<br />
“Happy<br />
tobeMe”<br />
Montana sent a new representative<br />
to the legislature in March, but the young<br />
ambassador wasn't a politician. Ten<br />
year-old Sotara Barnaby of Pablo<br />
visited the state capitol to receive<br />
the rare honor of a joint<br />
proclamation of the Senate and the<br />
House of Representatives of<br />
the State of Montana in<br />
recognition of her selection<br />
as Montana's 2011 <strong>Children's</strong><br />
Miracle Network <strong>Hospital</strong>'s<br />
Champion.<br />
Sotara, who is being<br />
followed by the genetics<br />
team at <strong>Shodair</strong> <strong>Children's</strong><br />
<strong>Hospital</strong> for a condition<br />
called Rubinstein-Taybi, was<br />
first honored in the Senate by<br />
proclamation sponsor<br />
Senator Shannon Augare<br />
from Browning. He said in<br />
part, “As a member of the<br />
Montana American Indian Caucus, it is believed you<br />
are the first Native American child to be selected<br />
into the Champions program. Although Rubinstein-<br />
Taybi has created much difficulty in your life, you<br />
have continued to make your life, and your world,<br />
as large and beautiful as the horses you ride<br />
through the Mission Mountains.”<br />
Representative Carolyn Pease-Lopez of Billings,<br />
also a member of the Montana American Indian<br />
Caucus, sponsored Sotara's proclamation in the<br />
House of Representatives. She said, “I will be<br />
cheering for you, and I look forward to hearing more<br />
about the ways your courage, strength, and light will<br />
continue to positively influence those around you.”<br />
The young Champion captured legislators' hearts as<br />
she beamed with happiness, waved to her family in<br />
the balcony, and high-fived lawmakers as she left<br />
both chambers.<br />
Sotara has an engaging personality and a smile as big as Montana.<br />
She loves music, (Jonas Brothers and Hannah Montana), horseback<br />
riding along the Mission Mountains, doing physical therapy with her<br />
Wii, and participating in Native American dancing on the<br />
reservation with her grandmother.<br />
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Senator Shannon<br />
Augare of Browning<br />
shakes Sotara’s hand<br />
after reading her<br />
proclamation in the<br />
Senate on March 24
<strong>Shodair</strong>'s genetics specialists first evaluated<br />
Sotara when she was 6 years old because of<br />
developmental delays and short stature. They charted<br />
Sotara's growth and development over the next<br />
three years and, as is the case with many genetic<br />
conditions, the features of Rubinstein-Taybi became<br />
more recognizable over time. Sotara was diagnosed<br />
in 2010 at 9 years of age with Rubinstein-<br />
Taybi. The diagnosis gave her family an<br />
explanation and a genetic basis for<br />
Sotara's growth pattern and delays.<br />
The genetics team at <strong>Shodair</strong> also<br />
provides Sotara's family with critical<br />
medical and developmental<br />
management guidance. Because<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong>'s genetics specialists travel<br />
around the state regularly to conduct<br />
outreach clinics, Sotara and her family<br />
can access highly specialized genetic<br />
counseling and care close to home.<br />
The courageous way Sotara has<br />
addressed her challenges is why she was<br />
named Montana's 2011 <strong>Children's</strong><br />
Miracle Network <strong>Hospital</strong>s Champion, representing<br />
the state and <strong>Shodair</strong> <strong>Children's</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong>. She joins<br />
51 other young ambassadors from across the nation<br />
participating in the <strong>Children's</strong> Miracle Network<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong>s Champions program.<br />
More honors and adventures are in store for the<br />
young Champion: Sotara's selection will be<br />
announced during a special event in late April<br />
at the Missoula Walmart Supercenter, and in<br />
October, Sotara and her family will fly to<br />
Washington DC, where they will meet champion<br />
children from around the country.<br />
There, the Champions will also<br />
tour the White House and are<br />
tentatively scheduled to meet<br />
President Obama. In addition to<br />
the White House visit, the<br />
Champions will have a chance to<br />
visit with their senators and<br />
Sotara shares a hug with Representative<br />
Carolyn Pease-Lopez of Billings, who<br />
sponsored Sotara’s proclamation in the<br />
House of Representatives.<br />
Spring 2011<br />
representatives during a luncheon on Capitol Hill.<br />
From Washington, DC, Sotara, her family, and the<br />
other Champion children will fly to Orlando, where<br />
they will take part in the annual <strong>Children's</strong> Miracle<br />
Network <strong>Hospital</strong>s Celebration. These special<br />
ambassadors and their families will be treated like<br />
royalty by Walt Disney World and enjoy free access<br />
to all of the Walt Disney World theme parks and<br />
enjoy a variety of celebrity musical entertainment.<br />
Sotara and the other special champions from all 50<br />
states and Canada represent children's health care<br />
needs and hospitals that provide critically-needed<br />
care to young patients throughout the nation.<br />
<strong>Children's</strong> Miracle Network <strong>Hospital</strong>s, the alliance<br />
of premier hospitals for children, is a non-profit<br />
organization dedicated to saving and improving the<br />
lives of children by raising funds for children's<br />
hospitals across North America.<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> has served the needs of Montana's<br />
children for 115 years, and is one of the 170 premier<br />
children's hospitals included in the <strong>Children's</strong><br />
Miracle Network <strong>Hospital</strong>s alliance. It is Montana's<br />
only <strong>Children's</strong> Miracle Network <strong>Hospital</strong>, and the<br />
only facility in the state to offer both residential<br />
and acute psychiatric treatment in one location. In<br />
addition to specialized psychiatric care for Montana<br />
children and adolescents, <strong>Shodair</strong> provides<br />
comprehensive medical genetic services to patients<br />
of all ages from throughout the state.<br />
You can support <strong>Shodair</strong> and <strong>Children's</strong> Miracle<br />
Network <strong>Hospital</strong>s by contributing through the<br />
May is For Miracles fundraising efforts of national<br />
sponsors like Walmart, Sam's Club, Costco, and<br />
Dairy Queen.<br />
To learn more about <strong>Children's</strong><br />
Miracle Network <strong>Hospital</strong>s<br />
and its corporate sponsors, visit<br />
www.CMN<strong>Hospital</strong>s.org. And,<br />
be sure to watch the <strong>Shodair</strong>/<br />
<strong>Children's</strong> Miracle Network<br />
telethon on your local Montana<br />
CBS station on Saturday, June 4<br />
beginning at 4:00 pm. You'll learn<br />
more about Sotara's compelling<br />
story and her <strong>Shodair</strong> team.<br />
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What Is Rubinstein-<br />
Taybi Syndrome?<br />
Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome<br />
(RTS) is a condition that was first described<br />
in 1957, but it was given its cu<strong>rr</strong>ent name in<br />
1963 by two doctors: Jack H. Rubinstein &<br />
By Cindy Hudson<br />
MA, MS, CGC<br />
Genetic Counselor<br />
Hooshang Taybi. They reported on seven children with broad thumbs<br />
and great toes, characteristic facial appearance, and cognitive delay.<br />
Since that time, hundreds of cases have been identified around<br />
the world.<br />
Characteristic features of the syndrome include short stature,<br />
characteristic nose, a highly arched palate, downslanting eyes, heavy<br />
or highly arched eyebrows, small head, and broad thumbs and/or great<br />
toes. Other common characteristics can include a red capillary birthmark<br />
on the forehead, hyper extensible joints, and extra body hair.<br />
Common problems that can be seen in babies with RTS after birth<br />
include feeding difficulties, respiratory infections, ear infections,<br />
eye infections and abnormalities including tear duct obstruction.<br />
Other medical issues such as eye problemshopedic problems are<br />
frequently found in individuals with RTS. It is also important for<br />
families and doctors to be aware of the possible problem that some<br />
individuals with RTS have under anesthesia, such as altered cardiac<br />
rates and rhythms causing a<strong>rr</strong>hythmias.<br />
The diagnosis of RTS can be made by noting the characteristics<br />
during a genetics evaluation, as most of the individuals are diagnosed<br />
clinically. Though the exact cause of all cases RTS is still unknown,<br />
there is genetic testing which can identify a change in one of two<br />
genes associated with the syndrome in about 50% of affected<br />
individuals. Most cases are usually sporadic and generally not<br />
considered hereditary. The recu<strong>rr</strong>ence risk for a couple to have a<br />
second child with RTS is approximately 0.1%, but an individual with<br />
RTS has as high as a 50% chance of having a child with RTS.<br />
Rubinstein-Taybi affects both males and females equally. It is not as<br />
rare as was first estimated, but occurs in about 1 in 100,000-300,000<br />
births, depending on the population. Because RTS can be variable<br />
between affected individuals, some of the mild cases go undiagnosed.<br />
It is very common for a mildly affected person to be diagnosed in<br />
adolescence because the individual had no severe medical problems,<br />
extreme characteristics, or only moderate delays. As we learn more<br />
about the variability and genetic basis for RTS, we may be able to<br />
identify individuals at younger ages and thereby help families find<br />
support and disease specific resources to aid in their child’s care.<br />
References:<br />
Management of Genetic Syndromes, Third Edition, Suzanne B. Cassidy and<br />
Judith E. Allanson, editors, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010<br />
Rubenstien Taybi Syndrome Association, http://www.rubinstein-taybi.org/<br />
Speech Therapy:<br />
Serving the<br />
Children of<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> One<br />
Word at a Time<br />
By<br />
Daylinda<br />
Q. Radley,<br />
MA, CGC-SLP<br />
In the Oscar-winning<br />
movie The King's Speech, he<br />
was the patient teacher helping King<br />
George VI deliver his inspiring speech<br />
during World War II. David Sedaris<br />
dedicated a chapter of his bestseller,<br />
Me Talk Pretty One Day, to the<br />
humorous and often unconventional<br />
ways this type of school personnel<br />
attempted to “cure” him of his<br />
childhood lisp. What do these<br />
professionals have in common? They<br />
were speech-language pathologists.<br />
In the United States, the first<br />
documented “speech teachers”<br />
worked in Chicago public schools in<br />
the early 1900s, focused mostly on the<br />
areas of articulation and fluency<br />
(Bataglia, 2010). According to Barboa<br />
(2008), these professionals became<br />
formally refe<strong>rr</strong>ed to as speech<br />
pathologists sometime in 1930.<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> <strong>Children's</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> cu<strong>rr</strong>ently<br />
offers a multi-disciplinary a<strong>rr</strong>ay<br />
of services to address the needs of all<br />
its patients. Since the hire of a full time<br />
speech-language pathologist, <strong>Shodair</strong><br />
now provides speech therapy services<br />
for its residential patients. The cu<strong>rr</strong>ent<br />
speech therapy program at <strong>Shodair</strong><br />
not only identifies children with<br />
speech-language related disorders, but<br />
offers intervention while they receive<br />
residential treatment.<br />
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According to a study by Pearce et al (2008), as many<br />
as 40% of all psychiatric patients are diagnosed with<br />
previously unsuspected language impairment.<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> is matching, if not significantly exceeding,<br />
that percentage when it comes to the number of<br />
cases in which patients have been identified as<br />
having a speech or language disorder.<br />
The communication disorders that <strong>Shodair</strong>'s<br />
children have are varied, complex, and complicated<br />
by multiple factors. There are children who are noted<br />
to have weakness of articulators (i.e. lips and<br />
tongue), making it severely difficult for them to<br />
say their simple wants and needs clearly to others.<br />
The inability to make oneself understood by others<br />
is in itself frustrating.<br />
On the other hand, there are children who come to<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> with long histories of social incompetency,<br />
often resulting in numerous episodes of peer or<br />
sibling conflicts and isolation. Their significant social<br />
skills deficit have led others to<br />
call them “difficult” or “weird”<br />
for not having the basic skills to<br />
understand the nuances of<br />
engaging in simple conversations<br />
with others or having the<br />
capacity to start and maintain<br />
friendships.<br />
It's also not uncommon to see<br />
a child who struggles with<br />
remembering words or relaying<br />
their thoughts while in therapy or<br />
school at <strong>Shodair</strong>. The<br />
significance of identifying and addressing these<br />
communication difficulties can never be<br />
underestimated when their impact on the children's<br />
lives is so significant.<br />
Knowing and understanding the medical profile of<br />
a child with a co-existing communication disorder<br />
helps the intervention team identify strategies that<br />
would best address their needs within social settings,<br />
family interactions, and academic environments. This<br />
also allows the intervention team in the hospital and<br />
within the community to access and sustain speech<br />
therapy services to address the needs of each child<br />
holistically, no matter where they may be in the<br />
Spring 2011<br />
future. The speech therapy program addresses the<br />
gaps in children's communication skills so that they<br />
may be able to successfully engage and participate<br />
in all facets of their treatment at the hospital.<br />
Working with children who have speech and<br />
language disabilities requires an investment of time<br />
and creativity: It takes time to get to know each<br />
child's interests, his unique way of learning, and to<br />
build his trust. Speech therapy sessions are not only<br />
meant to be results-oriented, but fun, too. There are<br />
children who may have similar diagnoses, such as<br />
Expressive Language Disorder, but may require two<br />
different approaches in addressing their needs. For<br />
an example, “Mike” may work on building basic<br />
sentences by singing songs, while “Sarah” may<br />
practice saying longer sentences by cutting out<br />
pictures from a magazine.<br />
Some children start showing improved clarity of<br />
speech after one or two months of working on<br />
their speech production. As soon<br />
as they figure out that others can<br />
understand them, their levels of<br />
confidence and enjoyment go up<br />
tremendously. Interacting with<br />
another person has <strong>final</strong>ly become<br />
pleasurable! It's not uncommon for<br />
the speech pathologist to walk<br />
around the hospital at Christmas<br />
time with a patient pretending to be<br />
Santa's Helper while working on<br />
the “s” sound. You might even<br />
come across a teenager at <strong>Shodair</strong><br />
working on reading people's body language and<br />
facial expressions with the speech pathologist right<br />
by his or her side. Eventually, children do make<br />
progress with time and consistency.<br />
Providing speech therapeutic intervention to children<br />
of <strong>Shodair</strong> is not as romantic or easy as speech<br />
therapy is sometimes portrayed in the media. What<br />
it does capture is the sense of fulfillment when a<br />
child is able to realize the power of his words for<br />
the very first time.<br />
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D O N O R<br />
P R O F I L E :<br />
My<br />
Precious<br />
Gifts<br />
By Suzan Simmons, Ph.D.<br />
A scene from the<br />
nursery at <strong>Shodair</strong><br />
<strong>Children's</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong>.<br />
I always knew I was adopted. My parents raised<br />
me knowing that I was very special and feeling so overjoyed that<br />
they got me because they’d waited so long to have a baby. My<br />
parents had grown up in the same small town in Montana and were<br />
ma<strong>rr</strong>ied during World War II. Dad was that brilliant, daring and<br />
prankful young boy, and Mom was the quiet, studious but sassy young<br />
brunette. She was working at the County Extension office in Lewistown,<br />
Montana, when Dad came home following his Marine training at<br />
Fort Pendelton.<br />
After his discharge from the military, Mom and Dad made their home in<br />
Missoula, Montana where Dad attended law school and worked nights at the<br />
Missoula Mercantile where Mom also worked as a bookkeeper. Dad finished<br />
law school in three years and then accepted a position with a law office in<br />
Sidney, Montana in 1949. His starting salary was $200.00 per month. Mom<br />
always said that was the most difficult time for them financially. After about a<br />
year, Mom and Dad moved from their very small apartment where they’d slept<br />
on a mattress atop books, to a new duplex. It was then they thought they were<br />
ready to start a family.<br />
As life sometimes goes, things didn’t happen quite as expected. After seven<br />
years of ma<strong>rr</strong>iage, they decided to apply for adoption and did so through<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> Children’s Home. They had contact with Mrs. Sinclair, and eventually<br />
she sent them a letter stating that she had a baby girl for them. Mom always<br />
talked about the elation she and Dad felt.<br />
Unfortunately, as Dad was a young attorney and not self employed, he did not<br />
have the option of leaving town at will to go pick up a baby girl. He was in the<br />
middle of a trial and had to be in court. It was March 1952, and the weather<br />
was what one might expect during a Montana winter. Mrs. Sinclair called to<br />
ask if Mom could meet her in Great Falls, so Mom set out with her younger<br />
sister and her aunt. They met Mrs. Sinclair at a hotel. I don’t remember all of<br />
the specifics, but both Mom and my Aunt Beryl told the story of how I was<br />
delivered with dirty pants!<br />
If you knew my mother and how conscientious<br />
she was about her clothes,<br />
you would understand my aunt’s<br />
surprise when my mother threw her<br />
coat on the floor so she could change<br />
my diaper. At that point, she was so<br />
overcome with emotion she couldn’t<br />
change the diaper, and my aunt did<br />
the job for her! It must have been a<br />
scene, and for me, the beginning of<br />
wonderful relationships with each of<br />
these women, but mostly, my mother.<br />
Young Suzan Beryl Cresap.<br />
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When the trial ended, Dad came to Lewistown to pick up my mother and his<br />
new baby daughter. My name had been decided to be Suzan (named after Dad’s<br />
favorite sister) Beryl (named after my mother’s sister and also my godmother)<br />
Cresap. Suzan Beryl Cresap. That would be my name until I ma<strong>rr</strong>ied. My father<br />
called me “TuzKid” (pronounced “tooz kid”), but I was always called “Suzy” by<br />
both Mom and Dad. I was still “Suzy” until the day each died.<br />
My parents had been told I came from a family with artistic talent. My mother<br />
had always wanted to learn how to play the piano, and this apparently influenced<br />
her notion that the “artistic talent” meant pianist. I therefore took piano lessons<br />
from ages six to seventeen. Without my mother’s persistence, I would never have<br />
continued in lessons as long as I did. I have some talent, but my parents to this<br />
day would say I have “extreme talent.” That’s okay. I can play the piano. My<br />
mother’s efforts did pay off, however. I later learned that the artistic talent that<br />
hung in my genetic background was that of painting: My biological grandmother<br />
has two paintings in the Smithsonian Institute; she also painted a portrait of one of<br />
the governors of Montana, and had an art studio in Missoula probably during the<br />
time Mom and Dad were there! My grandfather taught voice lessons; sadly, I<br />
inherited only an appreciation for both of these talents. I can’t sing and I can’t<br />
draw or paint!<br />
Both Dad and Mom grew up during the Depression, and they were typical of<br />
how that era affected their views on materialism and money. They did not,<br />
however, raise my sister (also<br />
adopted) and me in that same<br />
fashion. Although they didn’t over<br />
indulge us, we pretty much had<br />
everything we wanted.<br />
Mom always said that she loved<br />
our birth mothers. She felt she<br />
knew them in her heart and she<br />
felt thankful to them. My birth<br />
mother, who was deceased by<br />
the time I began researching my<br />
background, was someone that,<br />
although I would never meet her, I respected<br />
regarding her decision and was thankful that she allowed me to have the gift<br />
of my wonderful parents. I only wish I could have said “thank you” to her.<br />
I only wish she could have known that I was given a wonderful life. It has<br />
been rewarding to meet my biological family and feel their acceptance,<br />
but they will never replace the relationship and bond that I’ve had<br />
with my parents.<br />
I am reminded of them everywhere I look and I remember what they<br />
have taught me. But most of all, I thank God everyday for His gift of<br />
them to me. They always told my sister and me that we were God’s<br />
gifts to them, but truly both of us have felt that THEY were<br />
God’s gifts to us.<br />
Thank you, <strong>Shodair</strong>, for my precious gifts.<br />
Spring 2011<br />
Suzy at home with her parents in the 1950s.<br />
Suzan Simmons,<br />
Ph.D., is a licensed<br />
psychologist and<br />
practices in Des<br />
Moines, Iowa.<br />
Suzan and her<br />
husband, Thomas,<br />
an elementary<br />
school principal,<br />
have four adopted<br />
children and nine<br />
grandchildren.<br />
Donors to<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong>, Suzan<br />
and Thomas<br />
look forward to<br />
continuing the<br />
family tradition<br />
of giving that her<br />
parents established<br />
over 50 years ago.<br />
You can give<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> a precious<br />
gift now by using<br />
the envelope in this<br />
magazine or visiting<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong>Legacy.org.<br />
Thank you!<br />
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Unrestricted<br />
Traverse S. Crider /<br />
Martin W. Glynn<br />
& Annual Giving<br />
Theodore J. Criswell<br />
Golden Eagle Lodge #66<br />
8<br />
Earl E. Ackerman<br />
Allan E. Altner<br />
Dorothy Alstad<br />
American Legion Custer Post #5<br />
American Legion Hardin #8<br />
American Legion Musselshell #18<br />
Dan Anderson<br />
Helen L. Anderson<br />
Willard R. Anderson<br />
Leslie L. Arensmeyer<br />
Richard Bailey<br />
Earl F. Baker<br />
Robert A. Bakke<br />
Irene Band<br />
George H. Bandel<br />
Thomas W. Bangs<br />
Rogers S. Bara<br />
Martin Barcus<br />
Barkell Trucking, Inc.<br />
Jack C. Ba<strong>rr</strong>ett<br />
Roberta R. Ba<strong>rr</strong>ett<br />
Ivan R. Bauer<br />
Stanley Beaudette<br />
Fredrick J. Bell<br />
Harold J. Bell<br />
Ralph W. Bergantine<br />
Patsy J. Berkeley<br />
Bethany Chapter #42 OES<br />
No<strong>rr</strong>is Bjork<br />
Patricia Black<br />
Gertrude E. Blomquist<br />
Barbara L. Bollwitt<br />
Rhoda Boon<br />
Arnette R. Borden<br />
Mary Bosanatz<br />
Edna C. Bowman<br />
Carol M. Boyce<br />
Thomas R. Brady<br />
Wa<strong>rr</strong>en E. Brass<br />
Clarice I. Brooks<br />
Kizzie Brown<br />
Rose Brown<br />
Browning, Kaleczyc, Be<strong>rr</strong>y & Hoven<br />
Joe Brummer<br />
John J. Bublich<br />
Harold R. Budd<br />
Anastasia Burton<br />
James R. Burton<br />
Michael Caplis<br />
Cascade Chapter No. 101 O.E.S<br />
Raymond A. Castor<br />
David B. Cellan<br />
Thomas Christensen<br />
Thomas E. Christiansen<br />
John H. Christnach<br />
Clarence A. Clark<br />
Clement D. Clemencig<br />
Colton Tower Consultants, Inc.<br />
Combined Federal Campaign-<br />
Helena<br />
Je<strong>rr</strong>y D. Combo<br />
Mildred Compson<br />
La<strong>rr</strong>y P. Cooper<br />
Alan Cosper<br />
Mark D. Cowett<br />
Clear Creek<br />
Clay Cummins<br />
Margaret Cummings Chapter<br />
William Cunningham<br />
Custer County District High School<br />
Key Club<br />
George L. Day<br />
Mary-Lou Day<br />
Dayton Ladies Aid Society<br />
Jack R. Davis<br />
Gary Dees<br />
Doug Denmark<br />
Nancy Denning<br />
Donald A. Derby<br />
Mary L. Dietz<br />
John Doran<br />
Maxine Dronen<br />
Mary C. Dudley<br />
Eastern Star Riverside Chapter #84<br />
Da<strong>rr</strong>el Eatherton<br />
Je<strong>rr</strong>y Eby<br />
Richard D. Ecklund<br />
Donald O. Eike<br />
Glen Elliot<br />
Dave Eppley<br />
George Erickson<br />
Freda C. Estes<br />
Esther Chapter #3<br />
Connie J. Evans<br />
George Eye<br />
Farmers & Ranchers Lumber<br />
Elbert C. Fazenbaker<br />
FCCLA Ennis School District 52<br />
La<strong>rr</strong>y Fechter<br />
Frank J. Felke<br />
David Ferguson<br />
Ferndale Sewing Circle<br />
Mary Feuerbacher<br />
Mamie Fiers<br />
Alfred L. Finch<br />
Alma L. Fink<br />
Donald J. Fink<br />
Finstads Carpet One<br />
First State Bank of Malta<br />
Cal Fischer<br />
Jonni P. Fischer<br />
James Fisher<br />
Shirley E. Fisher<br />
Gail Fjare<br />
Kenneth Floyd<br />
Ross Floyd<br />
William Flynn<br />
Fords Department Store<br />
Je<strong>rr</strong>y M. Ford<br />
Earl E. Foss<br />
Cynthia L. Foster<br />
Brian E. Frame<br />
Helen F. Frank<br />
Friendship Lodge #37 AF & AM<br />
Eleanor S. Furbush<br />
Coelette S. Gardner<br />
Dale Gardner<br />
Edward J. Garnett<br />
Marlene F. Ga<strong>rr</strong>ison<br />
John C. Ga<strong>rr</strong>y<br />
BJ T. Gerhart<br />
Bruce G. Gibson<br />
Wilbert W. Graf<br />
Great Falls Chapter #9 RAM<br />
George G. Green<br />
Robert Greytak<br />
Kathryn A. Grimes<br />
Les Guderjahn<br />
Charles Hackman<br />
Freda R. Haidle<br />
David L. Hajny<br />
James W. Hall<br />
Edward A. Hamm<br />
John F. Hammett<br />
Ronald V. Hampa<br />
Kenneth C. Hansen<br />
Nora Hanson<br />
Mable Harding<br />
Ray Hardt<br />
Harlowton Kiwanis Club, Inc.<br />
Don P. Ha<strong>rr</strong>ington<br />
Dena Ha<strong>rr</strong>is<br />
John C. Hauck<br />
John C. Haven<br />
Robert Hayes<br />
Leo A. Heath<br />
Helena Elks Lodge #193 BPOE<br />
Helena Ranger District<br />
Ann A. Henrickson<br />
Gary Hicks<br />
C. B. Higginbotham<br />
Gary H. Hines<br />
Kathryn R. Hoyt<br />
Charles Hubbard<br />
Judy D. Hughes<br />
Lois A. Hughes<br />
Arthur R. Hunthausen<br />
Alta M. Hyde<br />
Ingram Clevenger Inc.<br />
Wendy Irvin<br />
James L. Issacs<br />
Fred Itcaina<br />
Bernice L. Jacobsen<br />
Blanche M. Jacobson<br />
James W. Janicek<br />
William Jefferson<br />
Mary E. Jensen<br />
Rosemary Johnson<br />
Steve L. Johnson<br />
Sue Johnson<br />
Victor R. Johnson<br />
Vivian L. Johnson<br />
Kenneth Jolley<br />
Sheila Jomara<br />
Tom Jones<br />
Vernon E. Jones<br />
Dr. Robert J. Jose<br />
JustGive<br />
Vernon Keller<br />
Jack Kelly<br />
Edward C. Kessel<br />
Theodore F. Kline<br />
Harold M. Klinker<br />
Bob Knight<br />
Harold Kober<br />
Robert Kobos<br />
Roy Konen<br />
<strong>Reun</strong>ion<br />
Thank<br />
You!<br />
to all of<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong>’s<br />
generous<br />
supporters<br />
September 1, 2010<br />
to March 1, 2011<br />
We make every<br />
effort to ensure that<br />
these donor lists are<br />
accurate. If you<br />
notice an e<strong>rr</strong>or in<br />
your listing, please<br />
telephone the<br />
Foundation office<br />
at (406)444-7548<br />
so we can make<br />
co<strong>rr</strong>ections.
Donald Kotesky<br />
Eugene R. Kremer<br />
Donald W. Kude<br />
Ruth T. Labar<br />
Robert A. Lake<br />
Arlie J. Lane<br />
Hazel V. Larson<br />
Janice Larson<br />
Mike W. Larson<br />
Robert W. Lawson<br />
Bob Leo<br />
Carolyn L. Lewis<br />
Liberty Co. Combined Fund Drive<br />
James P. Lincoln<br />
Lillian A. Lindstrand<br />
Robert J. Litzinger<br />
James Lombardozzi<br />
Donald Maclaren<br />
Joyce K. Magnuson<br />
John J. Mahon<br />
Manderville Insurance Agency, Inc.<br />
Robert C. Mann<br />
Marie Chapter #36 OES<br />
Charles Mason<br />
Marjorie Matchett<br />
Irene McAllister<br />
Shirley McCallum<br />
Grace McCullough<br />
A.J. McDade<br />
Leah McDonald<br />
Mike McGinley<br />
Evelyn G. McKenna<br />
Barbara J. McKibben<br />
Ed McLean<br />
Wally McManigle<br />
John B. McMullen<br />
Peter McNamee<br />
Walter L. McNutt<br />
John D. McRae<br />
Jim Mikkelsen<br />
Montana Air Stream RV Club<br />
Montana Shares Workplace Donors<br />
William R. Morgan<br />
Robert C. Mo<strong>rr</strong>is<br />
Evelyn L. Morse<br />
Willard Mortenson<br />
George D. Mueller<br />
James Mulvey<br />
John L. Munk<br />
Margaret R. Murdock<br />
Martin E. Mutch<br />
Willard Neighbors<br />
Agnes E. Nelson<br />
John H. Nelson<br />
John R. Nelson<br />
June M. Nelson<br />
Ralph E. Nelson<br />
Charles R. Nemec<br />
Jim Nettleton<br />
Glen Newhart<br />
Alan Nicholson<br />
Robert H. Nicol<br />
Emily Nielson<br />
Leonard E. Nopen<br />
Lee Norby<br />
Raymond Norton<br />
Emil C. Nygard<br />
Spring 2011<br />
Loren Ogle<br />
Martin P. Olsen<br />
Donald E. Olson<br />
Lilly Oraw<br />
Oro Y Plata Foundation<br />
Ervin Osler<br />
James J. Ott<br />
Ruth Owen<br />
Daniel V. Paddock<br />
Sherwin E. Palmer<br />
Park City United Methodist Church<br />
Ray Patterson<br />
Walter C. Perman<br />
Lillian Pe<strong>rr</strong>y<br />
Frank E. Perusich<br />
Gene S. Peterson<br />
Dennis Petty<br />
Les Pfeifer<br />
Elleo H. Phillips<br />
Phoenix Publishing<br />
Eugene E. Pietala<br />
Clinton Pilgeram<br />
Michael Pipp<br />
Carol Place<br />
Phillip E. Pollard<br />
Betty Poor<br />
Elaine C. Power<br />
Bonnie M. Preikszas<br />
Mgr. Ret. John Prendergast<br />
Albena E. Preskar<br />
Jay Preston<br />
Lawrence B. Prince<br />
Raymond J. Puccinelli<br />
Dolores I. Quellette<br />
T.M. Quinn<br />
Howard Rainer<br />
Richard Raunig<br />
Curtis Reber<br />
Carl M. Rebich<br />
Ha<strong>rr</strong>y Reddig<br />
John C. Redfern<br />
Je<strong>rr</strong>y Redlin<br />
Mark Refling<br />
David Rehbein<br />
James Rehbein<br />
Jim Reilly<br />
James S. Ricci<br />
Dolores Rice<br />
Francis H. Rice<br />
Helen Rice<br />
Steven Ringstad<br />
Riverview Chapter #80, OES<br />
Robert Peccia & Associates<br />
James K. Roberts<br />
Barbara J. Robertus<br />
Ha<strong>rr</strong>y Z. Roch<br />
Rock Rose Chapter #63<br />
Charles Rodeback<br />
Ada E. Roedl<br />
Dick R. Rogers<br />
Ronald Roginske<br />
Donna S. Rudiger<br />
Emile L. Ruffier<br />
Saundra G. Rux<br />
Evelyn A. Sabo<br />
Robert A. Schatz<br />
Schellinger Construction Co., Inc.<br />
Eric Schilt<br />
Alison H. Schmaltz<br />
Robert W. Schreiner<br />
Willard Schwartz<br />
Scobey WELCA<br />
Scobey Women's Club<br />
Palmer Scott<br />
Daniel Shea<br />
Herbert S. Sheldon<br />
Joseph F. Shevlin<br />
R.L. Shockley<br />
Orville Siegle<br />
William J. Silk<br />
O<strong>rr</strong>in Skunes<br />
Andrew Smith<br />
Beverly Smith<br />
Constance E. Smith<br />
Dale Smith<br />
Helen I. Smith<br />
Walter L. Smith<br />
C.O. Smithers<br />
Je<strong>rr</strong>y C. Smithers<br />
Ed Spe<strong>rr</strong>y<br />
Bob Spoonheim<br />
Ray Sprandel<br />
Barbara L. Staley<br />
Dave Staley<br />
Don Sta<strong>rr</strong><br />
State Employees Combined<br />
Giving Campaign<br />
Harvey Steen<br />
John Stein<br />
Raymond C. Stinnett<br />
Donald Stocker<br />
Fred J. Stout<br />
Leroy Strand<br />
Pam Stuckey<br />
Student Assistance Foundation<br />
Eloise Sundberg<br />
Carolyn Swalling<br />
Ron Swenson<br />
Elizabeth Swift<br />
Margaret M. Tange<br />
David B. Tawny<br />
Charles R. Taylor<br />
Jeff Taylor<br />
Vernon M. Taylor<br />
Jack W. Thompson<br />
Timberline Auto Center, Inc.<br />
Patricia Torgerson<br />
Treasure Lodge #95<br />
Ha<strong>rr</strong>y Trollope<br />
Linda Ullman<br />
Ullman Lumber Co., Inc.<br />
United Methodist<br />
United Methodist Church<br />
Frank Valach<br />
Valley Bank of Helena<br />
Valley Federal Credit Union<br />
Ray F. Venzke<br />
Fred Verlanic<br />
Hans Verploegen<br />
Matt Vertin<br />
Vesper Chapter #83<br />
Victory Chapter #86<br />
Victory Lodge #43 AF&AM<br />
Elmer S. Visser<br />
Donald Walker<br />
Robert B. Walker<br />
Dorothy M. Wallace<br />
Ida M. Wallace<br />
Bernt F. Ward<br />
John M. Ward<br />
James Warehime<br />
Shirley Warehime<br />
Margery N. Warfield<br />
Pe<strong>rr</strong>y R. Weidler<br />
Edmund M. Weninger<br />
Western Business Equipment Inc.<br />
E.T. Whalen<br />
Bob Wheeler<br />
Daniel K. White<br />
Richard Whitaker<br />
Roy Wickum<br />
Wild West Company Inc.<br />
James Williams<br />
Mary Wills<br />
Helen F. Wilson<br />
Andrea Withner<br />
Celia Wood<br />
Norma Wood<br />
Moe Wosepka<br />
John J. Wright<br />
Charles R. Zadra<br />
Roman Zugaza<br />
Frank Zweifel<br />
Memorials and<br />
In Honor Gifts<br />
Bold = Honored or Memorialized<br />
Indented = Donor<br />
Ms. Betty Aadsen<br />
- Dolores Aadsen<br />
Wayne Andrews<br />
- Donald L. Romo<br />
Kam Arneson<br />
- Bennie W. Green<br />
Nancy Asanovich<br />
- Ha<strong>rr</strong>y & Rae Faroni<br />
Gail E. Babcock<br />
- John McDonald<br />
Bob Baker<br />
- Patricia Baker<br />
Fred Baker<br />
- Dale Hjelt<br />
Shirley M. Baker<br />
- Willard Baker<br />
Clara Bays<br />
- Donald L. Nansel<br />
Arlene “Puccinelli” Bedey<br />
- George Hutchens<br />
Alfred Bell<br />
- George Hutchens<br />
Brad Benson<br />
- Arthur R. Tucker<br />
Jim Berg<br />
- Jeff Doggett<br />
Olga Berger<br />
- Mickael R. Teig<br />
Gerald (Je<strong>rr</strong>y) Bignell<br />
- Marshall Muchmore<br />
Jan Blackburn<br />
- Raymond Leeds<br />
Bob Blotkamp<br />
- Mary T. Blotkamp<br />
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Memorials and<br />
In Honor Gifts<br />
(continued from page 9)<br />
Lo<strong>rr</strong>aine Blumhardt<br />
- Charles N. Thom<br />
Careene Bohrnsen<br />
- Marshall Muchmore<br />
Clifford Borgen<br />
- Georgianna Borgen<br />
Robert W. Boucher<br />
- Bernice L. Boucher<br />
Beverly Braach<br />
- Marshall Muchmore<br />
Maxine Bridger<br />
- Bert C. Bridger<br />
Getrude Vacura Bryce<br />
- T.M. Bryce<br />
Sheila Leslie Burton<br />
- George Hutchens<br />
Colton Caffyn<br />
- The Animal Haus<br />
- Martha S. Cappis<br />
- Rick Connell<br />
- Karen Gartzka<br />
- Bruce H. Kindsfater<br />
- Je<strong>rr</strong>y Parsons<br />
- Vicki Pfeiffer<br />
Anna Campbell<br />
- Edgar & Doris Fisher<br />
Norman Carlson<br />
- Gertrude Molmen<br />
James Ca<strong>rr</strong>ico<br />
- Marcia L. Ca<strong>rr</strong>ico<br />
Jack Casey<br />
- Patricia M. Casey<br />
Te<strong>rr</strong>y Ceynar<br />
- Frank E. Rucinsky<br />
Boyce Coffey<br />
- Bennie W. Green<br />
Dennis Connors<br />
- George Hutchens<br />
Kenneth & Mary Coughlin<br />
- Catherine C. Goetz<br />
Brent E. Cresswell<br />
- Roy Wickum<br />
Gladys Danielson<br />
- Dolores Aadsen<br />
Viola Davidson<br />
- Marie Corcoran<br />
Deceased Family Members<br />
- Ray J. Dayton<br />
Dennis DeLaittre<br />
- Donald A. Derby<br />
John Delano<br />
- Russell Ritter<br />
Rosalind-Prophet Dobb<br />
- Shirley Prophet<br />
Woody Casey<br />
& Elizabeth Dougherty<br />
- Ibrahim Ayyoub<br />
Patricia Dunne<br />
- Dennis W. Dunne<br />
David Eastlund<br />
- Click Christianson<br />
- Glen Stratton<br />
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Paul Eblen<br />
- Margaret Lawyer<br />
Allen “Je<strong>rr</strong>y” Eby<br />
- Jeanne Reed<br />
Donna Edmisten<br />
- Betty A. Rice<br />
Cory Elderson<br />
- Ann Be<strong>rr</strong>y<br />
Karen Eliason<br />
- Neil H. Eliason<br />
Gladys Ellenburg<br />
- Esther Y. Ingram<br />
Myrtle Jackson Elliott<br />
- Eugene Elliott<br />
- Ha<strong>rr</strong>y Faroni<br />
Francis Etzwiler<br />
- Tony Jangula<br />
Donald Fallang<br />
- Leslie A. Saisbury<br />
Theresa Fassen<br />
- Roy Wickum<br />
Anton Fiest<br />
- Ruth Fiest<br />
Dolly Fredenberg<br />
- Kay Wearley<br />
Jeremy Funston<br />
- George Hutchens<br />
Louis Giacoletto<br />
- Ha<strong>rr</strong>y & Rae Faroni<br />
Natalie Ginder<br />
- Gladys Ba<strong>rr</strong><br />
Mary Gonzales<br />
- Mike Hovan<br />
Louise Green<br />
- Leslie A. Saisbury<br />
- Suzan B. Simmons<br />
Patricia Gruss<br />
- Edward L. Nelson<br />
Margaret “Peg” Gustin<br />
- Elaine Walters<br />
- Ione Huston<br />
- Erma L. Kaeding<br />
- Martha J. Overfelt Kuipers<br />
Robby W. Haley<br />
- Robert Haley<br />
Mercides Hamann<br />
- Helen V. Husen<br />
Jack P. & Sylvia Hanson<br />
- Jack W. Hanson<br />
Marie Hanson<br />
- Jeff Doggett<br />
Paul Hansen<br />
- Dale Hjelt<br />
Scott Hanson<br />
- Lloyd Irvine<br />
JoAnne Hawn<br />
- Barbara Rumford<br />
Hazel, Jane, Evelyn<br />
- James A. Eddy<br />
Laura He<strong>rr</strong>ly<br />
- Kenneth LaPalm<br />
James P. Hildenstab<br />
- Lenore Hildenstab<br />
Je<strong>rr</strong>y J. Hildenstab<br />
- Lenore Hildenstab<br />
Honor of those dedicated to<br />
helping children<br />
- Beverley A. Bu<strong>rr</strong>ows<br />
Arthur Hunthausen<br />
- George Hutchens<br />
Richard Isdahl<br />
- Natalie L. Fitzpatrick<br />
Clarence Johnson<br />
- Donald R. Laubach<br />
Edith Johnson<br />
- Deanna D. Wilson<br />
James M. Johnson<br />
- Barbara Rumford<br />
Vera & A.H. Johnson<br />
- Alvina Welliver<br />
Mary Ann Jones<br />
- James W. Jones<br />
Dr. R.B. Jones<br />
- Martha Jones<br />
Sarah Jones<br />
- William Silk<br />
Karen Kallay<br />
- John F. Baucus<br />
Graham T. Keeler<br />
- Martin Mertz<br />
William & Aurora Keenan<br />
- Doane G. Hage<br />
James Stephen Kello<br />
- Ha<strong>rr</strong>y & Rae Faroni<br />
Patsy Ann Kello<br />
- Ha<strong>rr</strong>y & Rae Faroni<br />
Jerome Kiff<br />
- Jeff Doggett<br />
Ma<strong>rr</strong>y Kindnesses<br />
- Jane E. Kountz<br />
Marguerite Kinney<br />
- Stuart Kinney<br />
Sandra Marie Kirkland<br />
- Donald C. Arps<br />
Walter “Tom” Kloker<br />
- George Hutchens<br />
Michael Koenig<br />
- Bernard T. Koenig<br />
Loretta & John Kolesar<br />
- Ba<strong>rr</strong>y Kolesar<br />
Mrs. Annce Kraft<br />
- Robert J. Kraft<br />
Taun Kultgen<br />
- Roy Wickum<br />
Ruth Kvanler<br />
- Jay Preston<br />
Anna Lang<br />
- Brian S. Lang<br />
Sheila A. LaVille<br />
- Marie Corcoran<br />
Doug Lawney<br />
- Percy T. Craddock<br />
Joe Leskkovar Jr.<br />
- Ha<strong>rr</strong>y & Rae Faroni<br />
Bernadine Lewis<br />
- Rose M. Phyfield<br />
Margery Lewis<br />
- O<strong>rr</strong>en T. Reppe<br />
- Gary R. Smigaj<br />
- Don Williams<br />
Mary Elizabeth (Jones) Lewis<br />
- Frank M. Gieseiman<br />
- Dorothy A. Jenkins<br />
Aubrey Frances Lierow<br />
- Joe Lierow<br />
Doug Lowney<br />
- John Jaksha<br />
Bernie Lucas<br />
- Jeff Doggett<br />
Cliff Ludwig<br />
- Donald R. Laubach<br />
Calvin Lybeck<br />
- Willard Lybeck<br />
Ray Lybeck<br />
- Cleona Lybeck<br />
Shannon Lynch<br />
- Ha<strong>rr</strong>y Faroni<br />
Alice Maes<br />
- George Hutchens<br />
Don & Shelly Mahoney<br />
- Charles C. Schabel<br />
Beverly Mandic<br />
- Ha<strong>rr</strong>y & Rae Faroni<br />
Ray & Marlene<br />
- Ray Puccinelli<br />
Dr. Ed Maronick<br />
- Bill Maronick<br />
Je<strong>rr</strong>y Marquardt<br />
- Bill Hill<br />
Barabara M. Math<br />
- Kristian Paul Kluck<br />
Howard & Yvonne Mayo<br />
- Betty A. Rice<br />
Alice Mays<br />
- Margaret Lawyer<br />
Charles McAdam<br />
- Clara Wacker<br />
Kody McAuley<br />
- John J. Bublich<br />
Trent McKittrick<br />
- Mildred McKittrick<br />
Earl McLean<br />
- Jack Ritter<br />
Lee McMilin<br />
- Susan Sager<br />
Me<strong>rr</strong>y Christmas<br />
- Stephen L. Lewis<br />
Bob Millen<br />
- William C. Anderson<br />
Virginia Miller<br />
- Ruth Fiest<br />
Marion Meduit<br />
- Ha<strong>rr</strong>y Faroni<br />
Helen Meldrem<br />
- Jack G. Carpenter<br />
Jean Mertz<br />
- Martin F. Mertz<br />
Remi Monforton<br />
- Leora Brinig<br />
John Mo<strong>rr</strong>ow<br />
- Betty Bjornrud<br />
- James R. Hellen<br />
Katrina Moseng<br />
- Barbara Dejarlis<br />
Jim Mular<br />
- Florence Mular<br />
Edna Murphy<br />
- Tom J. Christensen<br />
<strong>Reun</strong>ion
Betty Mussetter<br />
- Elizabeth Bell<br />
Lynn Napier<br />
- Jack C. Sand<br />
Emily Nelson<br />
- Robert P. Lund<br />
Keith Nelson<br />
- Jean Kvande<br />
Will Neustrom<br />
- William E. Campbell<br />
- Yvonne Tiegen<br />
Andris Nicklay<br />
- Ray F. Nicklay<br />
Ernest Nordquiest<br />
- Leslie Nielsen<br />
- Richard O. Nordquist<br />
Walter Nuxoll<br />
- Irene Messmer<br />
Jean O'Brien<br />
- Ha<strong>rr</strong>y & Rae Faroni<br />
Louis Obstarczyk<br />
- Phyllis L. Hemstad<br />
Bob O'Leary<br />
- Joan B. Richards<br />
Dorothy M. Olson<br />
- Blue Rock Products Company<br />
Alta Onstad<br />
- Joyce A. Christianson<br />
- O.G. Christianson<br />
- Leroy Gilge<br />
Kenneth Johnson<br />
- Alvin G. Lewis<br />
- John Onstad<br />
- Ann L. Schaefer<br />
- Herb Strom<br />
- Charles Valach<br />
- May Wilson<br />
Walter & Norma Perkins<br />
- Jack M. Kambich<br />
Bill Peterson<br />
- Viola Iverson<br />
Tessa Pitman<br />
- Carolyn K. Pitman<br />
Thelma Mae Potter<br />
- William R. Morgan<br />
Francis Prebost<br />
- Edgar & Doris Fisher<br />
- Bennie W. Green<br />
Marc Priest<br />
- Arlene Priest<br />
Henry & Rena Prophet<br />
- Shirley Prophet<br />
Juanita & George Putzker<br />
- Mary J. Ashley<br />
- Juanita Montana Huppert Putzker<br />
- Evelyn Childress<br />
Helena Cosik<br />
- Richard J. Giuliani<br />
Andrew Huppert<br />
- Nikki Keough<br />
- Betty A. Kibbee<br />
- David A. Loeffler<br />
Edna Reese<br />
- Maxine Robertson<br />
Roberta Rennie<br />
- Marshall & Irene Muchmore<br />
Spring 2011<br />
John Rice Jr.<br />
- Betty A. Rice<br />
John & Verna Rice Sr.<br />
- Betty A. Rice<br />
Wanda Rice<br />
- Betty A. Rice<br />
Richard Richter<br />
- Peter W. Sullivan<br />
Jack Riedesel<br />
- John R. Riedesel<br />
Robert Rinehart<br />
- Kathryn Rinehart<br />
Mary M. Roberts<br />
- Glen H. Roberts<br />
Charles Robertson<br />
- Marguerite R. McIntosh<br />
Ruby M. Robertson<br />
- Roy Wickum<br />
John Patrick “JR.” Rohan<br />
- Leona N. Yerkich<br />
Robert C. Rogers<br />
- Peter W. Sullivan<br />
W. Elmer Rogers<br />
- Margaret A. Rogers<br />
J R Rohan<br />
- Rock Rakich<br />
John Rohan<br />
- Fred Ernst<br />
Jase Rosenbaum<br />
- Robert Rosenbaum<br />
Margaret Rowling<br />
- Rose M. Phyfield<br />
Harold Rue<br />
- Bennie W. Green<br />
Frank Rucinsky<br />
- Triangle Communications<br />
- Flynn Realty<br />
- Mary P. Blair<br />
- E.M. Blawatsky<br />
- Michael Clancy<br />
- John G. Dritshulas<br />
- Mike Hamilton<br />
- Linda Hoines<br />
- Cliff Jacobsen<br />
- Bruce J. James<br />
- Jeff Johnson<br />
- Bob Keeler<br />
- Clarence Keller<br />
- Je<strong>rr</strong>y Kinsella<br />
- Steven G. Koss<br />
- Lilly Kretchmer<br />
- Russell Malsam<br />
- Burl Minor<br />
- Carolyn Patrick<br />
- Alan L. Pearson<br />
- Murdy Risman<br />
- Gary J. Romero<br />
- Frankie Saver<br />
- Edward Solberg<br />
- Richard Stevens<br />
- Claire Stoner<br />
- Mo<strong>rr</strong>is G. Toldness<br />
- Clyde G. Webster<br />
- Lloyd Wolery<br />
Eileen Switzer Salberg<br />
- Patricia Switzer<br />
Jodi Clasby Sampson<br />
- Mary G. Eliason<br />
Bill Savage<br />
- Click Christianson<br />
Deb Saxton<br />
- Daniel P. Antonietti<br />
Addy Scher<br />
- Brian Markey<br />
Paul Schillinger<br />
- Anna Schillinger<br />
Bob Schonsberg<br />
- Sarah Jones<br />
Bob Schreiner<br />
- George E. Ayers<br />
- Dennis Gerke<br />
- Melvin Stauch<br />
Robert Schriener<br />
- Montana Tavern Association<br />
- Jack Davies<br />
Harold L. “Butch” Schultz<br />
- Leslie A. Saisbury<br />
Curtis Schwartz<br />
- Susan K. Slate<br />
Pat Schwenk<br />
- Benita Nelson<br />
Doris Scott<br />
- Leora Brinig<br />
Betty Mae Shammel<br />
- Maurice Shammel<br />
Barb Sheline<br />
- Katherine Ebert<br />
Dennis Sheline<br />
- Katherine Ebert<br />
Neal Sikveland<br />
- Jean Kvande<br />
Kathuryn Sinclair<br />
- Willis McKeon<br />
Sister<br />
- Ca<strong>rr</strong>ol L. Forsch<br />
Chadwick H. Smith<br />
- Rena H. Smith<br />
Catherine & Victoria Sneddon<br />
- Bruce A. Sneddon<br />
Robert & Eleanor Sneddon<br />
- Bruce A. Sneddon<br />
Darwin Snuffer<br />
- Roy Wickum<br />
Dan Snyder<br />
- William Whitsitt<br />
Stevie Sorensen<br />
- Clint H. Johnson<br />
Frances I. Spolar<br />
- Ha<strong>rr</strong>y Faroni<br />
Billie Spurgin<br />
- Delores Hill<br />
Fred Staedler<br />
- Marylee Staedler<br />
Florence & Ernest Stead<br />
- Ruth Fiest<br />
Calvin Steppler<br />
- Edgar & Doris Fisher<br />
Sheila Marie Sullivan<br />
- Martin Mertz<br />
- Katherine Ebert<br />
Doris Sunwall<br />
- Marcia L. Ca<strong>rr</strong>ico<br />
Michael Tange<br />
- Melvin C. Tange<br />
Borghild Terland<br />
- Bennie W. Green<br />
Wyoma Terland<br />
- Bennie W. Green<br />
Kayla Thompson<br />
- Scott R. Donisthorpe<br />
Art Tucker<br />
- Dorothy Slapnik<br />
Edward Turner<br />
- Kenneth LaPalm<br />
Jim Vaira<br />
- Timothy J. Klasna<br />
John Van Daveer<br />
- Susan Sager<br />
Evelyn Vickrey<br />
- Susan Sager<br />
Nicole Virag<br />
- June Virag<br />
Dick Wall<br />
- Paul E. Verdon<br />
Dick Wallis<br />
- Russell Ritter<br />
Diane Walsh<br />
- J. Hurst<br />
Jennifer Welch<br />
- Gary C. Welch<br />
Weston Howard Family<br />
- Shirley E. Voyta<br />
Deanna Whitehouse<br />
- Gail Rossmiller<br />
- Phyllis Gemar<br />
Carol Winters<br />
- Russ Winters<br />
Robert N. Wirth<br />
- Betty Paulsen<br />
Elanor Wolffs<br />
- Joyce Murie<br />
Jim Wolfe<br />
- Jessie M. Treweek<br />
Dorothy Woolsey<br />
- Je<strong>rr</strong>y Woolsey<br />
Endowment<br />
Valley Bank of Helena<br />
Estates, Trusts &<br />
Foundations<br />
June Carson Trust<br />
Eddy Foundation<br />
Ha<strong>rr</strong>y J. Fuhrman Trust<br />
Willard Ha<strong>rr</strong>is Trust<br />
Martha Hawkins Trust<br />
Alvina Kramlich Estate<br />
Barbara J. Lehfeldt Trust<br />
Jesse Long Trust<br />
Robert Masolo Trust<br />
Steve Mlynarek Trust<br />
Julia Paulsen Estate<br />
Gloria Pierce Trust<br />
Robert B. &<br />
Pearl P. Richardson Trust<br />
Louisa Rothfus Estate<br />
Fredrick W. Traeger Trust<br />
continued on page 12<br />
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In-Kind Gifts<br />
89th Cavalry<br />
C.R. Austin<br />
Chris Bardash Family<br />
Katherine Be<strong>rr</strong>y<br />
Big Sky Santa<br />
Big Timber Women's Club<br />
BlueCross BlueShield of Montana<br />
Broadwater County Sheriff<br />
Brenda Ludwig<br />
Ca<strong>rr</strong>oll College Student Nursing<br />
Association<br />
Church Of Jesus Christ<br />
Of Latter-Day Saints<br />
Comfort Inn<br />
Bobby J. Crabtree<br />
Deer Lodge Womens Club<br />
FCCLA State Adviser<br />
FCCLA Sunburst School District 1<br />
Elizabeth L. Fischer<br />
Bill Fitzgerald<br />
Marion Folley<br />
Jessica L. Gazelka<br />
Great Northern Town Center<br />
Business District<br />
Doyle Hailey<br />
Donna Hansen<br />
Evenly Ha<strong>rr</strong>is<br />
Helena Alliance Church<br />
Helena Fire Department<br />
Helena Independent Record<br />
Helena Photography<br />
Highwood Public Schools<br />
Mary A. Hunder<br />
Hunters Pointe<br />
Last Chance Kiwanis<br />
Leonard John<br />
Kelly Lanceford<br />
Carol Lease<br />
Vi Madison<br />
Karen Marble<br />
Melville Lutheran Church Women<br />
Victor & Bonnie Mertz<br />
Beth Miller<br />
Miss Montana 2010 - Kacie West<br />
Miss Montana's Outstanding Teen<br />
2010 - Amy Fox<br />
Miss Montana USA 2011 -<br />
Britany Wiser<br />
Robert J. Moes<br />
115Years<br />
of Caring<br />
12<br />
Montana Department of<br />
Environmental Quality<br />
Montana Department of Labor<br />
& Industry<br />
Montana State Library<br />
Luke Murphy<br />
Neighborhood Assembly of God<br />
Grant Ostby<br />
John Pe<strong>rr</strong>os<br />
Eve Pottery<br />
Quilts For Kids, Inc.<br />
Rocky Mountain Credit Union<br />
Cecelia Roma<br />
The Schwens<br />
Jacquelene K. Sharp<br />
David Smith<br />
Naomi Soll<br />
Stitches From the Heart<br />
The Friendship Center<br />
Toys for Tots<br />
Valley Bank<br />
Al Wahl<br />
Walmart - Helena<br />
Cory Wood<br />
Children’s Miracle<br />
Network Giving<br />
8 & 40 Salon #606<br />
American Legion of Helena Post #2<br />
Elmer Bender<br />
Lorie Carey<br />
Costco Missoula<br />
Costco Wholesale Northwest<br />
Credit Union Miracle Day, Inc.<br />
Dawson County High School<br />
DJ Bar Ranch<br />
Elks Lodge #193<br />
FCCLA/ Montana Association<br />
La<strong>rr</strong>y Funston<br />
Tom Hanel<br />
Hardin High School<br />
IHOP - Bozeman<br />
IHOP - Helena<br />
IHOP - Kalispell<br />
IHOP - Missoula<br />
Miche N. Jarvey<br />
Jefferson High School<br />
Manhattan High School<br />
Judy K. Maurer<br />
Kathleen A. McArdle<br />
Ba<strong>rr</strong>y McNamara<br />
Montana Logging<br />
Association<br />
Mountain View Co-op<br />
NAPA/Glendive<br />
Old Navy/Gap Foundation<br />
George W. Padbury<br />
Roundup High School<br />
Safeway Stores, Inc.<br />
E. M. Smith<br />
Smoot Honey Co.<br />
Penny C. Smoot<br />
Sue A. Somerfeld<br />
Janet Stickney<br />
Sun River Electric<br />
Cooperative Inc.<br />
Shelly Vick<br />
Victor Associated Students<br />
James D. Whealon<br />
Walmart Stores<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> Soccer<br />
Classic 2010<br />
E. Dixon-Napier<br />
Edward Jones Investments<br />
Play On Soccer<br />
Walmart - Havre<br />
Special Project Gifts<br />
Russell Bower<br />
Bud Giese<br />
Peg Gustin<br />
Inez Hoopes<br />
Ione Huston<br />
Je<strong>rr</strong>y Jacovoc<br />
Jim Johnston<br />
Gordon La Fournaise<br />
George Lambert<br />
Jack Lee<br />
Bob Losselyoung<br />
Ed Maierle<br />
Lee Majors<br />
Georginia Morgan<br />
Josephine Neveras<br />
Town Pump<br />
Charitable Foundation<br />
Tommy Smith<br />
Ruth Thompson<br />
Lloyd Ticknor<br />
Margaret<br />
“Peg” Gustin<br />
1927 -2011<br />
It is with great sadness<br />
that <strong>Shodair</strong> Children’s<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong> mourns<br />
the loss of Peg Gustin.<br />
Peg was a life-long donor<br />
and a wonderful friend to<br />
the children at <strong>Shodair</strong><br />
through her generous<br />
giving. Peg was<br />
instrumental in building<br />
our pirate ship<br />
playground in 2010,<br />
providing winter clothing<br />
to children in need, and<br />
making new teaching<br />
technology available for<br />
our classrooms. Peg loved<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> and was a<br />
passionate advocate for<br />
our children. Perhaps<br />
her greatest joy was<br />
challenging others to<br />
make their own gifts<br />
in support of <strong>Shodair</strong>.<br />
Thank you, Peg,<br />
for your lasting legacy<br />
here at <strong>Shodair</strong>.<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> was founded in 1896 and is a<br />
private, nonprofit healthcare institution serving children and<br />
families. Now more than ever, your gift will make a profound<br />
difference in the lives of Montana's children. For more<br />
information about making a gift to <strong>Shodair</strong>, visit our website at<br />
www.<strong>Shodair</strong>Legacy.org<br />
or contact the <strong>Shodair</strong> Foundation Office at (406) 444-7560 for details.<br />
All gifts are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
From the Foundation Director<br />
Plan to Care by<br />
Caring to Plan<br />
While there are plenty of perils<br />
for not having awill or estate plan, there are<br />
great rewards for those who do have one. For those<br />
who plan, there is a comfort and satisfaction in<br />
knowing that love for family and friends will<br />
continue for years to come. And property enjoyed<br />
today will be preserved and appreciated tomo<strong>rr</strong>ow.<br />
There is another benefit, too. Many individuals who<br />
have a will also include a provision in their plan for<br />
their favorite charity.<br />
Including a charitable organization like <strong>Shodair</strong><br />
Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> in your will has many benefits<br />
for you. Perhaps most importantly, it demonstrates<br />
and affirms that the donations and support you have<br />
shown to the thousands of Montana children and<br />
families treated by <strong>Shodair</strong> during your life will<br />
be transformed into a lasting legacy benefiting<br />
future generations.<br />
When you include a gift to <strong>Shodair</strong> in your will,<br />
you are telling yourself, your family and the world<br />
that what we will together is important and<br />
significant for all time. Your family will see that the<br />
works and loves of your life will be lasting. There<br />
is also another benefit that you and your heirs will<br />
appreciate. When you include a gift to <strong>Shodair</strong> in<br />
your plan, your estate benefits from the estate tax<br />
charitable deduction.<br />
Your life matters and your wishes count. Use our<br />
FREE online Wills Planner to identify those values<br />
and people that are important to you. Rather than<br />
leaving questions of what you would have done or<br />
would have liked to do, you can make sure that<br />
you leave a lasting legacy. It’s one that clearly<br />
demonstrates a commitment that will last<br />
beyond your years.<br />
Glen Newhart, CRFE<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong><br />
Foundation Director<br />
Spring 2011<br />
Pay to the order of:<br />
The sum:<br />
A Sweet<br />
Way to<br />
Help<br />
Montana’s<br />
Children<br />
One thing's<br />
for sure: Dairy<br />
Queen loves kids,<br />
and kids love DQ ® .<br />
That's why, at participating DQ ® locations across<br />
Montana, $1 or more from every Blizzard ® treat<br />
sale on Miracle Treat Day will help the children<br />
at <strong>Shodair</strong> <strong>Children's</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong>. Let's make 2011 a<br />
record-breaking year for Montana's only <strong>Children's</strong><br />
Miracle Network <strong>Hospital</strong>! For more information,<br />
visit www.miracletreatday.com.<br />
Montana<br />
Kids<br />
Helping<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong>’s<br />
Kids<br />
Members of the Family, Career and<br />
Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) opened<br />
their state convention in Billings on March 17<br />
by announcing a big donation to Montana's<br />
<strong>Children's</strong> Miracle Network <strong>Hospital</strong>. FCCLA<br />
raised $15,528.42 for <strong>Shodair</strong> <strong>Children's</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong>,<br />
which will be used to provide genetic services and<br />
psychiatric care for Montanans in need.<br />
The group of sixth<br />
through twelfth<br />
graders started<br />
their fundraising<br />
efforts this past<br />
fall. "This money<br />
that we have raised all year is going to stay in the<br />
state of Montana helping local children," said<br />
Arianna Lake, state president of FCCLA.<br />
Date:<br />
March 17, 2011<br />
$<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> 15,528.<br />
Fiftteen thousand five hundred twenty eight &<br />
Montana FCCLA<br />
Montana’s Kids!<br />
00<br />
13
The 23rd<br />
Annual<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong><br />
Telethon<br />
Coming<br />
up June 4<br />
The 2011 Telethon<br />
is sponsored in part<br />
by Hampton Inn/<br />
Helena, Montana<br />
Refining Company,<br />
and Payne Financial.<br />
14<br />
The annual <strong>Shodair</strong>/<strong>Children's</strong> Miracle Network<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong>s telethon is fast approaching. The broadcast, featured on CBS<br />
television affiliates around the state, will air Saturday, June 4, starting at<br />
4:00 p.m. and ending at 1:00 a.m. that evening.<br />
The telethon has been a staple of <strong>Shodair</strong> fundraising events for many years.<br />
The nine hour event is broadcast live from the hospital each year, and features<br />
segments from the national <strong>Children's</strong> Miracle Network <strong>Hospital</strong>s Celebration.<br />
The event brings people together from around the state in an effort<br />
to show and tell the story of the important work done at <strong>Shodair</strong><br />
<strong>Children's</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong>, and to introduce some of the patients and<br />
families whose lives have been changed as a result of it. It's a<br />
labor of love for a broad-ranging, caring group of people who work<br />
tirelessly to build support and generate donations to ensure those<br />
vital services remain available.<br />
Miss Montana 2010, Kacie West, television personalities from<br />
around the state, and <strong>Shodair</strong> Foundation Director, Glen Newhart<br />
serve as on-air hosts. Joining them will be the 2011 Miss Montana<br />
contestants and area service groups and volunteers from across<br />
Montana who donate their time on the phone banks throughout<br />
the day. <strong>Children's</strong> Miracle Network <strong>Hospital</strong>s corporate sponsors<br />
located in Montana also take part,<br />
by volunteering or participating in<br />
check presentations throughout<br />
the day. Helena businesses donate<br />
food to feed the hungry army, and<br />
hospital employees work overtime<br />
to ensure the event is a success.<br />
Sotara Barnaby, Montana's 2011<br />
<strong>Children's</strong> Miracle Network<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong>s Champion, will be<br />
featured, along with patients,<br />
families, and <strong>Shodair</strong> staff who will share stories of challenges faced and<br />
triumphs won over psychiatric and genetic conditions.<br />
In addition to offering residents a chance to support Montana's only<br />
<strong>Children's</strong> Miracle Network <strong>Hospital</strong>, the telethon is an opportunity for <strong>Shodair</strong><br />
to recognize and thank its many supporters. Donors large and small are<br />
recognized on air for their important contributions. <strong>Shodair</strong> is a non-profit<br />
hospital, and depends on the help of all of its generous supporters-from<br />
<strong>Children's</strong> Miracle Network <strong>Hospital</strong>s sponsors to individuals who donate<br />
what they can, when they can.<br />
Tune in to your local CBS station on June 4, join the fun, and support a truly<br />
worthwhile cause: Helping young Montanans and their families by providing<br />
vital psychiatric care and comprehensive medical genetic services in state,<br />
and close to home.<br />
<strong>Reun</strong>ion
Spring 2011<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong>'s 12th Annual<br />
Soccer Classic Kicks<br />
Off this Summer<br />
Preparations are well underway for the twelfth season<br />
of the Annual <strong>Shodair</strong> Soccer Classic in Helena. The summertime<br />
favorite begins mid-week with activities for players, and culminates with<br />
the men's and women's games on Saturday, July 23 at Nelson Stadium<br />
on the Ca<strong>rr</strong>oll College campus in Helena. This year's event sponsors<br />
include Pepsi, Walmart, and Montana State Fund.<br />
The Classic features top student athletes from high schools all across the<br />
state. Through a rigorous screening process, over 80 outstanding young<br />
men and women are selected to play in the annual competition. In<br />
addition to having been selected as All-State and All-Conference high<br />
school players in Class AA or A, they have demonstrated academic<br />
achievement, leadership, and citizenship. The Classic also brings<br />
together a talented coaching staff from around the state to guide the<br />
teams and assure top-level competition.<br />
Players and coaches a<strong>rr</strong>ive at Ca<strong>rr</strong>oll College on July 20 to begin<br />
practices and a variety of other activities leading up to the games. The<br />
high school players host aspiring young soccer all-stars in a free clinic<br />
for children ages 5 to 12 on Friday before the tournament. The event is<br />
especially popular with area youth, with close to 200 young players<br />
typically participating.<br />
The soccer classic is a benefit for <strong>Shodair</strong> <strong>Children's</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> and the<br />
important work it does for children and adolescents from communities<br />
throughout the state. <strong>Shodair</strong> is a vital resource for young Montanans<br />
struggling with mental health challenges, and also serves as the state's<br />
medical genetics program. Last year, the hospital provided more than<br />
$2.3 million dollars in uncompensated care for at-risk children<br />
and youth from around the state.<br />
The hospital is proud to offer this opportunity for gifted youth to pair<br />
athleticism with citizenship in an event where some of Montana's best<br />
young athletes help some of its neediest children. Financial support<br />
generated from events like the Soccer Classic and the <strong>Children's</strong><br />
Miracle Network Telethon help assure that critically-needed<br />
services remain available for young Montanans in need of help.<br />
To learn more about the <strong>Shodair</strong> Soccer Classic, or to<br />
purchase tickets, contact the hospital at 1-800-447-6614<br />
or (406) 444-7548.<br />
PHOTO: TOP Ben Coulter / Helena IR<br />
BOTTOM: Mike Brandt / Belgrade News<br />
15
Christmas at <strong>Shodair</strong>—<br />
A Tradition of Caring<br />
The holidays can be tough for the children and adolescents who<br />
are in treatment at <strong>Shodair</strong>. As in years past, staff and donors gave generously of<br />
their time and funds to make Christmas a bright one for our patients, who range<br />
in age from four to seventeen.<br />
Preparations began in early November, as staff from all units gathered wish lists<br />
for Santa that identified items both practical and fun for each patient. Despite<br />
difficult economic times, many individuals, businesses, and civic organizations<br />
familiar with <strong>Shodair</strong>’s mission once again made Christmas possible for our<br />
patients by contributing gifts of toys, clothing, and quilts. Gift cards and cash were<br />
also donated, allowing nursing staff to shop for items just right for each child.<br />
One the shopping was complete, staff from all corners of the hospital volunteered<br />
to wrap presents. “Christmas at <strong>Shodair</strong> is an amazing effort,” said Community<br />
Relations and Marketing Director Anastasia Burton. “Over the course of three<br />
days, nearly 50 stockings were filled and close to 400 presents were wrapped.”<br />
The holidays were also filled with events to bring the joy<br />
of the season to patients. In the Children’s Classroom,<br />
the annual Holiday Read-In drew guest readers like Miss<br />
Montana USA 2011 Brittany Wiser as well as Santa<br />
himself. Helena’s 89th Cavalry once again helped usher<br />
in the new year with a visit to the hospital, delighting the<br />
children with an opportunity to interact with the horses.<br />
The generosity of the community had a ripple effect<br />
on patients, as they looked for ways to make the holidays brighter for others.<br />
Adolescent patients made crafts, selling the items to <strong>Shodair</strong> staff, then donating<br />
the money raised to the local Humane Society. Younger patients caroled to<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> staff throughout the hospital under the guidance of music therapist<br />
Cheryl Sobek. <strong>Shodair</strong> staff completed the circle of giving by adopting a<br />
local Christmas family, providing them with clothing and gifts.<br />
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TOP LEFT: Miss Montana USA 2011 Brittany Wiser reads to patients in the Children’s Classroom.<br />
TOP RIGHT: Teresa Graham from the Montana Deptartment of Labor and Industry.<br />
MIDDLE RIGHT: Candice Petersen of BlueCross BlueShield of Montana and Anastasia Burton,<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong>’s Director of Community Relations and Marketing.<br />
BELOW: Rocky Mountain Credit Union’s Helena office once again donated gifts for the hospital’s patients.<br />
Christmas 2010<br />
Donors<br />
• 89th Cavalry<br />
• Chris Bardash Family<br />
• Big Sky Santa<br />
• BlueCross Blue Shield of Montana<br />
• Broadwater County Sheriff<br />
Brenda Ludwig<br />
• Ca<strong>rr</strong>oll College Student<br />
Nurses Association<br />
• Comfort Inn<br />
• Montana FCCLA<br />
• Bill Fitzgerald<br />
• Great Northern Town Center<br />
Business District<br />
• Donna Hansen<br />
• Helena Fire Department<br />
• Helena Independent Record<br />
• Last Chance Kiwanis Club<br />
• Kelly Lunceford<br />
• Karen Marble<br />
• Victor & Bonnie Mertz<br />
• Miss Montana USA 2011<br />
Brittany Wiser<br />
• Montana Department of<br />
Environmental Quality<br />
• Montana State Library<br />
• Montana Department of<br />
Labor & Industry<br />
• Luke Murphy<br />
• Rocky Mountain Credit Union<br />
• Toys for Tots<br />
• The Friendship Center<br />
• The Miller Family<br />
• The Schwen Family<br />
• Valley Bank<br />
• Cory Wood
Montanans Flipped For <strong>Shodair</strong>’s Kids During<br />
IHOP’s Sixth Annual National Pancake Day<br />
The numbers are in, and once again<br />
Montanans showed their support for the patients at<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> during IHOP’s Sixth<br />
Annual National Pancake<br />
Day Celebration on<br />
March 1. The event,<br />
which supports Children’s<br />
Miracle Network<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong>s, raised over<br />
$8,300 in Montana, all<br />
of which goes to <strong>Shodair</strong><br />
Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> in<br />
Helena to aid its patients<br />
and their families.<br />
Glen Newhart, <strong>Shodair</strong><br />
Foundation Director and<br />
Program Director for<br />
Children’s Miracle<br />
Network here in<br />
Montana said, “It was<br />
wonderful to see people<br />
of all ages take part in<br />
National Pancake Day,<br />
have a great time, and<br />
then make a donation to<br />
help kids. A big thank<br />
you the IHOP employees<br />
who donated all or a<br />
portion of their tips on<br />
Pancake Day and their<br />
customers for their<br />
incredibly generous<br />
support of the work we<br />
do here at <strong>Shodair</strong>.”<br />
On National Pancake Day, Montana IHOP<br />
customers in Bozeman, Helena, Kalispell, and<br />
Missoula enjoyed a free short stack of pancakes and<br />
were invited to make a donation to the Children’s<br />
Miracle Network <strong>Hospital</strong>s. As Montana's only<br />
<strong>Children's</strong> Miracle Network hospital, all the money<br />
raised stayed in-state to provide care for <strong>Shodair</strong>'s<br />
patients. IHOP Montana District Manager Rick<br />
Summers noted that the Helena IHOP raised the<br />
largest amount: $2,750. He added that the total<br />
Spring 2011<br />
funds raised in Montana represented<br />
a 31% increase over the amount raised last year.<br />
“Every year, National Pancake<br />
Day gets better and better and<br />
I want to thank everyone who<br />
made a donation to help the<br />
kids at <strong>Shodair</strong> Children’s<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong>. All of us at IHOP<br />
had a great time raising<br />
money to help Montana’s<br />
kids and we look forward to<br />
raising even more next year,”<br />
Summers said. “Thanks also<br />
to Lt. Governor John<br />
Bohlinger, Miss Montana<br />
Kacie West, Miss Montana<br />
Outstanding Teen Amy Fox,<br />
Coach Mike Van Diest, Halo,<br />
the Fighting Saints coaching<br />
staff, the Missoula Maulers<br />
and Slash for taking part in<br />
some of the fun activities<br />
we had at our Montana<br />
restaurants.”<br />
The fundraiser is a tie-in with<br />
Shrove Tuesday, or Pancake<br />
Day, which has been<br />
celebrated for centuries in<br />
England. Strict rules<br />
prohibited eating dairy<br />
products during Lent, so<br />
pancakes were made to use<br />
up the supply of eggs, butter,<br />
and other dairy products<br />
—hence the name Pancake Tuesday.<br />
The Sixth Annual National Pancake Day raised<br />
$2.5 million across the country; funds that will<br />
largely benefit Children’s Miracle Network<br />
affiliated hospitals throughout the United States.<br />
TOP : First Lutheran School students and Caroll College<br />
Saints Head Coach Mike Van Diest following the Saint’s<br />
pancake stacking contest at the Helena IHOP.<br />
BOTTOM: Miss Montana 2010 Kacie West and Sotara<br />
Barnaby, Montana's 2011 <strong>Children's</strong> Miracle Network<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong>'s Champion at the Missoula IHOP.<br />
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New Faces at <strong>Shodair</strong><br />
Daylinda Radley, M.A., CCC-SLP, licensed speechlanguage<br />
pathologist, recently joined <strong>Shodair</strong> <strong>Children's</strong><br />
<strong>Hospital</strong>'s clinical team. Daylinda<br />
received her bachelor of science<br />
in speech pathology from the<br />
University of the Philippines in<br />
Manila. She then went on to<br />
receive her master of arts in<br />
education from San Jose State<br />
University in San Jose, California.<br />
Daylinda completed speech-language pathology<br />
internships at Stanford <strong>Hospital</strong> in Palo Alto, California,<br />
and the Center for Speech, Language, and<br />
Occupational Therapy in San Jose, followed by a<br />
clinical fellowship at Progressive Speech Corporation in<br />
Campbell, California. Prior to joining <strong>Shodair</strong>, Daylinda<br />
was a speech-language pathologist at Evergreen School<br />
District in San Jose.<br />
Daylinda specializes in evaluating and treating <strong>Shodair</strong><br />
patients who have a variety of communication<br />
disorders including those that are secondary to learning<br />
disabilities, autism, and social cognitive deficits.<br />
She is certified by the American Speech-Language-<br />
Hearing Association.<br />
Sara Wakefield, RN, MSN, MHA<br />
recently joined <strong>Shodair</strong> <strong>Children's</strong><br />
<strong>Hospital</strong> as its new Newborn<br />
Screening Follow-Up Care<br />
Coordinator.<br />
Sara received her bachelor of science degree in<br />
nursing from Montana State University in Bozeman.<br />
She then went on to receive her master of science<br />
degree in nursing/health administration from the<br />
University of Phoenix.<br />
Prior to joining <strong>Shodair</strong>, Sara was Health Services<br />
Manager at Intermountain <strong>Children's</strong> Home and also<br />
served as an adjunct temporary nursing instructor at<br />
Ca<strong>rr</strong>oll College. Sara has also worked as a public<br />
health nurse in both Lewis and Clark and Jefferson<br />
Counties.<br />
Steve Mosby recently joined <strong>Shodair</strong> <strong>Children's</strong><br />
<strong>Hospital</strong> as its Director of Information Systems.<br />
Prior to joining <strong>Shodair</strong>, Steve worked for 36 years<br />
at St. Peter's <strong>Hospital</strong>, serving for 28 years as its Director<br />
of IS and the last eight years as its IS Architect. Steve<br />
worked from 1974 until 1998 directing the development<br />
and implementation of software solutions for all<br />
departments at St. Peter's.<br />
Steve spent ten years in the 1980s with the Helena<br />
Health Institute, a company owned by St. Peter's, as its IS<br />
Director. In that capacity, Steve<br />
implemented the St. Peter's<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong> computer system for<br />
Ba<strong>rr</strong>ett Memorial <strong>Hospital</strong> (Dillon),<br />
Mountain View <strong>Hospital</strong> (White<br />
Sulphur Springs), Broadwater<br />
Health Center (Townsend), Easter<br />
Seals (Great Falls), and Westmont (Helena). In 1999,<br />
Steve was responsible for replacing all of St. Peter's<br />
homegrown health core information system (HCIS) with<br />
MEDITECH's integrated HCIS.<br />
Steve began his career as the Manager of Dealers<br />
Computerized Accounts for the Montana Hardware and<br />
Implementation Association from 1969 until 1971. At<br />
that time, he became the Manager of Dealers Services<br />
and continued working in that capacity until 1974,<br />
when he joined St. Peters <strong>Hospital</strong>.<br />
A graduate of the University of Montana-Helena,<br />
Steve received his degree in Computer Programming<br />
and Business Data Processing.<br />
Child and adolescent psychiatrist Dan Korb, M.D.,<br />
joined <strong>Shodair</strong> on April 4. Dr. Korb will work with<br />
patients on our Acute Unit.<br />
Dr. Korb, who is board certified in<br />
general psychiatry, earned his<br />
medical degree from the St. Louis<br />
University School of Medicine.<br />
He served his internship in<br />
psychiatry, followed by residency in general psychiatry,<br />
and completed a fellowship in child and adolescent<br />
psychiatry, all at the University of Utah. Next, Dr. Korb<br />
moved to Missoula, where he worked in private practice<br />
and as a consultant to several facilities, including <strong>Shodair</strong>.<br />
After relocating to Colorado and practicing there for<br />
several years, Dr. Korb moved back to Montana to<br />
become part of <strong>Shodair</strong>’s clinical team.<br />
In his free time, Dr. Korb enjoys running, swimming,<br />
bicycling, and even the occasional triathalon.<br />
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<strong>Shodair</strong>'s Education Department<br />
Prepares for Reaccreditation<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong>'s Education Department<br />
has been a continuously accredited school since<br />
1998. In order to earn reaccreditation, a team<br />
from the Northwest Accreditation Commission<br />
will visit our classrooms in late April to review<br />
our educational services to the hospital's patients.<br />
One of only six recognized accreditation agencies<br />
in the country, the Northwest Accreditation<br />
Commission's goal is to “advance excellence<br />
in education through the process of accreditation."<br />
Accreditation promotes continual school<br />
improvement and leads to greater student<br />
achievement. The Commission accredits schools<br />
in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon,<br />
Utah, and Washington.<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong>'s Education Department is up for<br />
reaccreditation as a “special purpose school”<br />
because we serve students in a children's<br />
psychiatric hospital. Our department works yea<strong>rr</strong>ound<br />
in tandem with the hospital's clinical staff to<br />
ensure success and healing for each child. Our<br />
students are aged 4 - 17, and they include patients<br />
on our Acute Unit as well as those on our three<br />
residential units. All of our teachers either have<br />
a special ed certification when they are hired, or<br />
agree to obtain it within three years of their<br />
date of hire.<br />
To give you an idea of the demographics of the<br />
students we work with, nearly 70% of our students<br />
qualify for special education services, compared to<br />
12% in public school. At one point, nearly all of<br />
our middle school and high school aged students<br />
had not been in school for two years or more prior<br />
to being admitted to <strong>Shodair</strong>. We discovered this<br />
when we were trying to determine why we were<br />
struggling getting this particular group of students<br />
to attend school here. Because of the diverse<br />
needs of our students, we offer varied educational<br />
services, including general ed, special ed, GED<br />
prep, and college prep.<br />
Pep Jewell<br />
Director of Education<br />
Our Education Department will be evaluated<br />
according to the Commission's eight Standards for<br />
Accreditation. The standards focus on teaching<br />
and learning, improving student performance, and<br />
support for teaching and learning. In order to<br />
maintain accredited status, schools must<br />
demonstrate they meet the Standards of<br />
Accreditation and continually work toward<br />
improved student performance.<br />
Those accreditation standards are:<br />
TEACHING AND LEARNING STANDARDS:<br />
1. Mission, beliefs, and expectations<br />
for student learning<br />
2. Cu<strong>rr</strong>iculum<br />
3. Instruction<br />
4. Assessment<br />
SUPPORT STANDARDS:<br />
5. Leadership and organization<br />
6. School services<br />
- Student support services<br />
- Guidance services<br />
- Health services<br />
- Library information services<br />
- Special education services<br />
- Family and community services<br />
7. Facilities and finances<br />
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT STANDARD:<br />
8. Culture of continual improvement<br />
Our Education Department prepared for the<br />
Commission's visit by completing a self-study,<br />
followed by the development of a school<br />
improvement plan. We expect the on-site<br />
accreditation team to review evidence, conduct<br />
interviews, and observe in our classrooms. The<br />
four-person evaluation team, comprised of Montana<br />
education professionals, will then issue us a<br />
written evaluation, detailing our strengths and<br />
recommending improvements as related to<br />
the Standards for Accreditation.<br />
We look forward to the Commission's visit and<br />
will share their findings with you in the next issue<br />
of <strong>Reun</strong>ion.<br />
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To learn more about <strong>Shodair</strong>'s Education Department,<br />
call (406) 444-7564 or visit us on-line at www.shodair.org.
<strong>Shodair</strong><br />
Visitors<br />
Groups Visit<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> & Kids<br />
Planning a visit to<br />
Helena and would like<br />
a tour of the hospital?<br />
Contact our Community<br />
Relations and Marketing<br />
Office at (406) 444-7561<br />
with your request.<br />
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On January 19, nine visitors from Quality Life Concepts toured<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong>’s Genetics Department, its residential units, and learned more<br />
about its Collaborative Problem Solving treatment approach from<br />
Laura Fuller,<br />
Ph.D., <strong>Shodair</strong>’s<br />
Director of<br />
Psychology. The<br />
visitors were from<br />
QLC's offices in<br />
Great Falls, Havre,<br />
and Shelby.<br />
Karl Rosston, LCSW, Suicide Prevention Coordinator at the Montana<br />
Department of Public Health and Human Services, visited <strong>Shodair</strong> on<br />
January 20 to give a suicide prevention presentation for all direct clinical<br />
staff. Karl was formerly Director of Social Services at <strong>Shodair</strong>.<br />
On February 3, <strong>Shodair</strong> exhibited at<br />
the Third Annual Voices of Hope<br />
Cancer Summit, coordinated by<br />
Community Medical Center in<br />
Missoula. The educational event<br />
included panel presentations by a<br />
variety of medical experts and<br />
cancer survivors, covering topics<br />
such as oncology treatments and<br />
what it means to be a survivor.<br />
Comedian and two-time cancer<br />
survivor, Mack Dryden, was keynote<br />
speaker at the summit. He’s pictured<br />
here with <strong>Shodair</strong> Genetic<br />
Counselor Amy Crunk.<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> was invited to take part in the Montana<br />
BioScience Alliance’s Poster Session at the Capitol<br />
Rotunda on February 8. Senator Bruce Tutvedt of<br />
Kalispell learns more about the Newborn Screening<br />
Follow-Up Program from Care Coordinator Sara<br />
Wakefield.<br />
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Members of the Legislative Spouses Committee<br />
toured <strong>Shodair</strong> on February 15, donating several<br />
colorful quilts they made for the hospital’s patients.<br />
Following the tour, they received a presentation on<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong>’s history and programs at a lunch held in their<br />
honor. The women complimented hospital staff on<br />
the comprehensive a<strong>rr</strong>ay of genetic and psychiatric<br />
services available to assist Montana’s families.<br />
Two presentations took place the week of March 14 as part of<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong>’s celebration of Irish History Month. Helena author<br />
and consultant Lo<strong>rr</strong>etta Lynde talked to students in the hospital’s<br />
high school classrooms about Ireland’s past and present. Later<br />
in the week, author and interpretive historian Ellen Baumler,<br />
Ph.D., of the Montana Historical Society visited <strong>Shodair</strong>’s high<br />
school classrooms dressed as Montana pioneer Mary Ronan<br />
and told students about this remarkable woman’s life.<br />
Thank you to our staff volunteers and our friends from Century 21, Farm<br />
Bureau Insurance, Head Over Heels Salon, Helena Denture Clinic, Helena<br />
Motors, Rocky Mountain Credit Union, and Walmart for taking part!<br />
Helena High School counselors<br />
toured <strong>Shodair</strong> on March 2, visiting<br />
its Genetics Department, residential<br />
units, and Clinical Intake Department.<br />
The counselors also met with<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong>’s Director of Education,<br />
Pep Jewell, and teachers from<br />
classrooms serving the hospital’s<br />
acute and high-school aged patients.<br />
RIGHT: Historian Ellen Baumler<br />
dressed as Mary Ronan.<br />
BOTTOM: Helena author Lo<strong>rr</strong>etta<br />
Lynde with <strong>Shodair</strong> Librarian<br />
Margie McNellis<br />
Community members and <strong>Shodair</strong> staff volunteered<br />
for a “Reality Store” simulation activity for the<br />
hospital's high school students on April 8. Students<br />
received a mock checkbook with their monthly<br />
income entered for a specific career, then visited<br />
tables manned by the volunteers. At each table,<br />
students learned how to pay rent, buy insurance,<br />
and make other financial decisions they'll face<br />
as adults.<br />
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Specialty<br />
Genetics<br />
Clinics<br />
Available to<br />
Address<br />
Specific<br />
Concerns<br />
Did you know <strong>Shodair</strong> <strong>Children's</strong><br />
<strong>Hospital</strong>'s nationally recognized Medical Genetics<br />
Program provides genetic evaluation and counseling<br />
to patients at locations all across Montana? Last year,<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong>'s genetics team saw more than 800 patients<br />
at over 80 outreach clinics in Billings, Bozeman,<br />
Browning, Butte, Great Falls, Helena, Kalispell, Miles<br />
City, Missoula, and Sidney. <strong>Shodair</strong> also uses<br />
telemedicine technology for interacting with its genetics<br />
patients and their medical providers.<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong>'s Medical Genetics Program, which is<br />
funded in part through the Montana Department of<br />
Public Health and Human Services, helps people<br />
with known genetic conditions, or those who have<br />
concerns about their risk to develop or transmit a<br />
genetic disorder. In addition to “general” genetic<br />
outreach clinics, <strong>Shodair</strong> offers its services to patients<br />
and families with specific concerns at the following<br />
specialty clinics:<br />
Cancer Risk Assessment Clinics<br />
These clinics are geared toward anyone diagnosed<br />
with cancer before the age of 50, multiple types of<br />
cancer in one person, multiple family members with<br />
the same or related cancers, or anyone concerned<br />
about cancer in their family. Monthly cancer risk<br />
assessment clinics are now offered in Bozeman at<br />
Bozeman Deaconess Cancer Center, and in Missoula<br />
at the Montana Cancer Center at St. Patrick <strong>Hospital</strong>,<br />
as well as at Community Medical Center. Patients<br />
are also seen in Helena as needed.<br />
“With these clinics, patients can be seen sooner than<br />
in our general genetics outreach clinics. Patients are<br />
seen in the cancer clinics where they are receiving<br />
treatment, making it easier and more comfortable<br />
for them,” says Amy Crunk, a board certified genetic<br />
counselor who works closely with Dr. Jim Reynolds,<br />
a medical geneticist. Both of these members of<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong>'s Genetics team have completed the City of<br />
Hope Intensive Course on Cancer Risk Assessment.<br />
Metabolic Clinics<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong>'s metabolic clinic services are offered on<br />
an approximately monthly basis at one of six<br />
rotating sites across the state. In addition to clinics<br />
traditionally conducted in Billings, Missoula, Great<br />
Falls and Helena, <strong>Shodair</strong> <strong>Children's</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> is<br />
now planning to offer regional metabolic clinics in<br />
two additional locations: Bozeman and Kalispell.<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> also delivers metabolic consultation via<br />
telemedicine. Interactive videoconferencing assures<br />
patient access to specialty services throughout the<br />
entire state of Montana.<br />
Newborn Screening Follow-Up Program Care<br />
Coordinator Sara Wakefield says, “We've been able<br />
to expand our metabolic clinic services and offer<br />
them more frequently as a direct result of having a<br />
metabolic physician, Dr. Samuel Yang, as a part of<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong>'s staff.” Sara adds that previously, these<br />
services were contracted through an out-of-state<br />
provider and only available every six months.<br />
A multidisciplinary team complements Dr. Yang's<br />
clinical services in delivering care to children and<br />
adults with a variety of metabolic diseases. In<br />
addition to diagnostic evaluation and therapeutic<br />
monitoring, patients and their families are offered<br />
nutritional management, genetic counseling,<br />
psychological screening, specialty refe<strong>rr</strong>als and<br />
patient advocacy services.<br />
Cleft/Craniofacial Clinics<br />
Sponsored by <strong>Children's</strong> Special Health Services of<br />
the Family and Community Health Bureau at the<br />
Montana Department of Public Health and Human<br />
Services, Cleft/Craniofacial Clinics involve a varied<br />
group of specialists to provide evaluation and<br />
treatment recommendations to families of children<br />
with cleft lip/palate and other syndromes affecting<br />
facial growth.<br />
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“Treatment plans for a baby born with a cleft lip,<br />
cleft palate, or other craniofacial condition are<br />
complex,” says Dr. Jim Reynolds, a medical<br />
geneticist at <strong>Shodair</strong> and member of the Cleft/<br />
Craniofacial Clinic treatment team. “It takes<br />
numerous team members with a variety of expertise<br />
to help co<strong>rr</strong>ect a child's malformations over the<br />
years as the child grows into adulthood.” Team<br />
specialists may include a craniofacial specialist, a<br />
plastic surgeon, a medical geneticist, a pediatrician,<br />
an otolaryngologist, a psychologist or social worker,<br />
dental and orthodontic specialists, a speech<br />
pathologist, a nutritionist, a public health nurse,<br />
and the child's primary care doctor.<br />
Cleft/Craniofacial Clinics are held at varied times<br />
throughout the year in eight locations across<br />
Montana: Billings, Bozeman, Browning, Great Falls,<br />
Helena, Kalispell, Missoula, and Wolf Point. For<br />
more information, contact <strong>Children's</strong> Special Health<br />
Services at 1-800-762-9891 or (406) 444-3620.<br />
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Clinics<br />
Beginnining this year, <strong>Shodair</strong> will partner with the<br />
Fort Peck Indian Health Service to evaluate and test<br />
patients for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong>'s specialists will make recommendations for<br />
follow-up and education for patients, families, and<br />
the community. <strong>Shodair</strong> genetic counselor<br />
Katherine Be<strong>rr</strong>y says, “Appropriate education and<br />
behavior management is crucial to the success of<br />
a child affected by this condition.”<br />
These on-site clinics will be held twice a year and<br />
staffed by <strong>Shodair</strong> team comprised of a medical<br />
geneticist, a genetics counselor, and a clinical<br />
psychologist. <strong>Shodair</strong> will also provide follow-up<br />
services for clinical needs identified by the team<br />
during the evaluation and testing process.<br />
For more information about <strong>Shodair</strong>'s general<br />
or specialty genetics clinics, call 1-(800) 447-6614<br />
or (406) 444-7530, or visit us on-line at<br />
www.shodair.org.<br />
Spring 2011<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> Administrator<br />
Jack Casey Honored<br />
with American <strong>Hospital</strong><br />
Association Award<br />
The American<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong> Association<br />
(AHA), in partnership<br />
with MHA - An<br />
Association of<br />
Montana Healthcare<br />
Providers, announced that <strong>Shodair</strong> <strong>Children's</strong><br />
<strong>Hospital</strong> Administrator Jack Casey received<br />
one of AHA's sixth annual “Grassroots<br />
Champion Awards.”<br />
The awards recognize hospital leaders<br />
from each state who serve as highly effective<br />
advocates for their hospitals and their patients.<br />
Jack received his award April 12 at the 2011<br />
AHA Annual Membership Meeting in<br />
Washington, D.C.<br />
Jack has been <strong>Shodair</strong>'s administrator since<br />
1987. Since that time, <strong>Shodair</strong> has grown to<br />
20 acute beds and 68 residential beds, and its<br />
genetics labs are recognized across the country.<br />
“Jack Casey has been an active leader in<br />
hospitals and healthcare in Montana for over<br />
30 years," said Dick Brown, President of<br />
MHA. "As administrator of <strong>Shodair</strong> Children’s<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong>, he has been a strong advocate for<br />
protecting and promoting health services for<br />
the young citizens of our state."<br />
Jack and his wife, She<strong>rr</strong>y, have four grown<br />
children and seven grandchildren.<br />
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SHODAIR<br />
SPOTLIGHT<br />
24<br />
Leigh<br />
Fahlquist<br />
While many people at <strong>Shodair</strong><br />
play a key role in<br />
helping our patients<br />
heal from<br />
significant abuse,<br />
neglect, or emotional<br />
challenges,<br />
one of the most<br />
is that of the<br />
primary therapist.<br />
In this position, a<br />
therapist serves as<br />
the lead for a<br />
patient and his/her<br />
family, facilitating<br />
recovery through individual and<br />
family counseling. At <strong>Shodair</strong>, primary therapists are<br />
assigned to one of three residential units or the acute<br />
unit, where in addition to individual and family therapy,<br />
they facilitate group counseling sessions for the children<br />
or adolescents in treatment.<br />
Leigh Fahlquist, LCPC, is one of two primary therapists<br />
assigned to the hospital's <strong>Children's</strong> Unit, where he<br />
helps patients ages 4 - 9 work through diagnoses such as<br />
depression, AD/HD, and bipolar disorder. “These kids<br />
have a disability they don't have a lot of control over,”<br />
Leigh says. “In our society, we tend to believe children<br />
don't have a serious mental illness, but we know they<br />
do. They don't just turn 18 and suddenly get a mental<br />
illness. Mental illness can often emerge in early<br />
childhood, and that's why we're here as a hospital.”<br />
Leigh began his career helping adults and adolescents<br />
with mental illnesses, but was gradually drawn to what<br />
he feels is his calling: helping children on the road to<br />
recovery. After graduating from Texas A & M University<br />
with a degree in psychology, Leigh worked with<br />
mentally ill adults as a case manager for the State of<br />
Texas before becoming a juvenile probation officer.<br />
“That experience helped me decide I wanted to move<br />
away from monitoring behaviors to taking the more<br />
proactive role of counseling,” Leigh explains.<br />
After earning his graduate degree in counseling and<br />
human services from the University of Colorado at<br />
Colorado Springs, Leigh worked for facilities that<br />
emphasized nurturing approaches to counseling<br />
families and children, where he became interested<br />
in the use of play therapy. This experience lead him<br />
to an internship in play therapy in a private practice.<br />
Leigh points out the similarities between play<br />
therapy and Collaborative Problem<br />
Solving, a key treatment approach<br />
used at <strong>Shodair</strong>: “Both are rooted in<br />
philosophy that children do well if<br />
they can and have the capacity to<br />
solve their own problems with the<br />
right guidance. In Collaborative<br />
Problem Solving, you ask questions of<br />
the child rather than provide answers,<br />
so they can come up with solutions<br />
that are realistic, doable, and durable.<br />
The parent becomes a partner with<br />
the child and can be more proactive.”<br />
Leigh also likes the collaborative nature of his role<br />
as a primary therapist at <strong>Shodair</strong>, where he's worked<br />
for the past eight years as part of a specialized<br />
clinical team that includes psychiatrists,<br />
psychologists, and nurses. “I like the huge team<br />
component here—there's a lot of shared support<br />
and ideas about how to help children. At the same<br />
time, I have some freedom to work with the kids<br />
and families in the way I think best.” Leigh adds,<br />
“The other thing I like about <strong>Shodair</strong> is that when<br />
children are in residential treatment, you have a<br />
client you can work with steadily over a period of<br />
time toward healing. There's a definite beginning,<br />
middle, and end to their treatment, and there's<br />
closure when they leave.”<br />
Shelly Edwards, formerly <strong>Shodair</strong>'s Director of<br />
Social Services, says, “Leigh's compassion and<br />
dedication to children and families has resulted in<br />
many, many positive outcomes throughout his<br />
tenure at <strong>Shodair</strong> <strong>Children's</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong>. He always<br />
strives to improve programming to better meet<br />
the needs of patients and families.”<br />
Leigh says he can't picture himself doing anything<br />
else. “Working with children ca<strong>rr</strong>ies a significant<br />
amount of responsibility, but provides me with a<br />
great deal of pride.”<br />
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2755 Colonial Drive<br />
P.O. Box 5539<br />
Helena, MT 59604<br />
www.shodair.org<br />
Spring 2011<br />
Medical Genetics Outreach Clinics<br />
July 2011 through September 2011*<br />
Billings<br />
• July 20, 21<br />
• August 17<br />
• August 19 (Cleft)<br />
• September 21, 22<br />
Bozeman<br />
• July 27<br />
• August 3 (Cancer)<br />
• August 20<br />
• September 7<br />
(Cancer)<br />
• September 28<br />
*Clinic dates and<br />
locations are<br />
subject to change.<br />
Artwork by Sotara Barnaby,<br />
Montana’s 2011 Children’s Miracle<br />
Network <strong>Hospital</strong>’s Champion<br />
Butte<br />
• July 28<br />
• September 29<br />
Great Falls<br />
• July 6<br />
• August 10<br />
• September 14<br />
Helena<br />
• July 6<br />
• August 16<br />
• September 13<br />
Missoula<br />
• July 11<br />
• August 3<br />
• August 10 (Cancer)<br />
• September 1 (Cleft)<br />
• September 6<br />
• September 14<br />
(Cancer)<br />
Kalispell<br />
• July 12<br />
• September 7<br />
(Metabolic)<br />
To schedule<br />
an appointment,<br />
contact the<br />
Medical Genetics<br />
Department at<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> by calling<br />
1-800-447-6614.<br />
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<strong>Shodair</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong><br />
Board of Trustees<br />
Red Menahan<br />
President<br />
Bob Lemm<br />
1st Vice President<br />
Virginia Thompson<br />
2nd Vice President<br />
Cindy Melton<br />
Secretary<br />
Rita Gowen<br />
Treasurer<br />
David Lemm<br />
Joe Shevlin<br />
Ed Tinsley<br />
Moe Wosepka<br />
Jim Foley<br />
Chairman Emeritus