Pomona High School - Pantera Yearbook (Arvada, CO)

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5? if 555: -Sf gf , W ,ff 'Wake up, Zant' was their plea By Mark Herwlg Zant Scott of Arvada has a lot of friends. Scott, 16, who would have been a junior this year at Pomona High School, was hit by a car June 9 as he left work and his life and the lives of those close to him haven't been the same since. The accident put Scott into a coma for two months. He awoke in mid-August, an event partially brought on by the daily visits of his family and friends. Besides missing two months of his life, Scott also has a brain stem injury, broken leg, broken collar bone and borken rib to contend with. He is not expected to leave Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge for nearly a year. What makes this unfortunate ex- perience special is the outpouring of support Scott has received during his ordeal. While comatose, Scott's friends, many from the Pomona Chamber Choir of which Scottwasamembensetupshiftsduringthe summer to feed their friend, kept a diary at his bedside for comments and conversation in preparation for the time he awoke. And in that act, there was hope. Perhaps, as Scott's mother Ginny Maloney thinks, it was acts like the diary that helped bring her son out of the coma. Scott is now reading that diary. On a more spiritual note, Scott's friends entered his name in nearly every area prayer list. Every was done by this young man's friends to tilt the scales in his favor. And in a more practical gesture, Scott's friends donated a radio, flowers, reading material and even some spaghetti from his former place of employment. Who could ask for more? And as if all the moral support weren't enough, Scott's choir group is putting on a tConunued on P298 31 Dance-a-then to help Scott lConnnued1rom Page 1l dance-a-thon at Pomona High School start- ing at 8 p.m. Friday to raise money for his long and arduous rehabilitation period. Teresa Campbell, a Pomona senior and president of the Chamber Choir, has been organizing the event for nearly two months and hopes to raise 85,000 for the Zant Scott Fund. A regular dance with a 31.50 admission will start with the fund raiser, and last until 11:30 p.m. when only dance-a-thoners will be allowed to continue - or endure - until 8 a.m. Saturday. All proceeds from the dance will go to Scott's rehabilitation fund. Other support for the dance has come in the form of free refreshments provided by the McDona1d's restaurant at West 80 Ave- nue and Wadsworth Boulevard. All of this support has Scott's mother counting her blessings and reflecting on the effect it has had on her family and son's friends. The kids played tapes of different voices and people to Zant saying 'wake up Zant, wake up.' That is kind of neat coming from today's generation, said Maloney. Some of the roughest, toughest kids in school came to see Zant, boys and girls alike. The experience made the kids more aware of how delicate life is, she said.- Without their support, I would have felt very, very alone, she said. 287

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Pomona stiidefitos hold benefit for iniured classmate By JOAN LOWY News Stal! Pomona High School students danced all night Friday in the hope that a classmate might walk again. The high school's Chamber Choir organized a dance-athon to benefit Zant Scott, 16, who was hit by a car near the Arvada school in June. Scott, who was in a coma for two months, suf- fered brain stem injuries and fractures of his collarbone, leg and ribs. Scott, hospitalized since the accident, was released from Lutheran Medical Center for two hours to attend the dance. More than 100 screaming, jumping students greeted him as his mother and a friend guided his wheelchair into the school gym. Teresa Campbell, 17, president of the choir, said students hope to raise 55,000 to help defray some of Scott's medical bills. We want this to be a really big thing with the whole school involved, Campbell said. YDLlth POMONA PROBE Dance-a-thon By Chris Avery Pomona High students raised more than 83,000 at the recent dance-a-thon to benefit Zant Scott. The money will be used to pay for Zant's medical bills. Overall, the dance was deemed a complete success. Very spe- cial thanks should go to the Chamber Choir and Theresa Campbell for their time and effort in organizing the event. June 9, 1981 was the day Zant Scott was hit by a car and put into a coma for 2 months. After he recovered consciousness, he needed rehabilitation, and that meant money. That's where Theresa Campbell and Chamber Choir came in, they organized a dance-a- thon September 25. The dance was a total success and so many people showed up it rivaled even homecoming. In all, S3000 was raised. The dance also received nation-wide attention. 286 benefits Zant Besides the dance, school clubs have held bake sales and student council has been selling spirit and jinx dolls - yarn dolls in either Pomona's coiors or the colors of other area high school teams - to raise money for Scott, Without them, I don't know what I would have done, said Ginny M. Maloney, 38, of her son's classmates. Students began visiting Scott in the hospital's intensive care ward from the day he was injured and continue to arrive daily, Maloney said. Scott, who is learning to walk and talk again, isn't expected to be able to return to school for another year. Looking over the dancing crowd Friday, Ma- loney said, Many times I thought if Zant should die - and it was very close - there has to be a reason. And the only reason I could think of was that these kids would come to realize that life is precious. Zant Scott

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