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Unsung heroes. (The Goodness of America).(Brief Article)
Salt Lake Tribune columnists Paul Rolly and JoAnn Jacobsen-Wells occasionally report instances of honesty and Good Samaritanism. On March 18th, for instance, they noted three refreshing examples of "unsung heroes who restore our faith in humanity":
* On February 22nd, West Valley, Utah, residents Earl and Sandy Helm drove to downtown Salt Lake City to participate in some Winter Olympics activities. While walking to a site after parking their car, they realized that Mrs. Helm's wallet was missing. As they were retracing their steps, a woman approached and asked if their name was "Helm." She had found the wallet and had waited to see if someone would come looking for it. She left without giving her name.
* Denver resident Frank Simons and his wife "recently traveled to Salt Lake City to move his mother out of her home and into a senior-living complex." During a yard sale, they met painter Michael Sovic, whom Mr. Simons hired to paint his mother's home once it became vacant. "One day," the columnists relate, "Sovic was painting in the back of the house and asked the Simonses to follow him into a back closet that he was preparing to paint. Under the paper lining of a shelf was a pile of hundred-dollar bills." The stash totaled nearly $3,000. Thanks to Sovic's honesty, it "paid for a hearing aid for Simons' mother."
* In early May, Salt Lake City ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Unsung heroes. (The Goodness of America).(Brief Article)