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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