Jordan....

I just wanted to let everyone in the Parowan area know about this.

PAROWAN - Country Pride Productions will present a tribute to legends in country music Saturday as a county-wide fundraiser, including raising funds to help pay medical expenses for Parowan resident Jordan Mitchell.

Mitchell, 19, was put in an induced coma Dec. 29, 2008, after being airlifted by LifeFlight to the University of Utah Hospital's Neurological Critical Care Unit with blood pressure so high it caused her brain to swell.

The former Parowan High School homecoming queen and student body president was diagnosed with systemic scleroderma - a rare, chronic autoimmune disease - at age 13. This condition was compounded by the additional diagnosis of Lupus in the kidneys, another autoimmune disease.

Fellow organizer Larry King said the current student body president would be making a presentation to the Mitchell family at the show, which takes place Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Parowan High School Auditorium.

Part of the Country Pride tradition is to help small-town organizations raise money by providing self-contained entertainment, with 60- to 90-minute shows of popular country songs from different generations.

The company has raised money in the past for churches, fire departments, school organizations, libraries, Special Olympics, Relay for Life and others.

Organizations and fundraisers sell concert tickets for $10 and 50 percent of the money goes back to the fundraiser.

"Wherever we can we try to raise some money to help somebody," King said of the show. "I even told people, 'if you lost your job and you can't find work and things are falling though for you, you can sell some tickets and keep some money,' because they're part of the community, too."

Other local organizations as part of the fundraiser include the high school raising money for a peer group, a group wanting funds to build schools overseas and family in need of financial help to pay for medical bills resulting from cancer treatment.

For information on the show, visit countrypride productions.com or call (801) 638-8815.



Cole got to go surprise her at the hospital this morning with a few other friends. He said she was being hilarious and cracking jokes the whole time. He was proud of her and said she is walking really well. They are expecting for her to go home some time next week!