Word: hibbard
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Jimmy Hibbard is lucky. Though his mother freely consumed prescription and street drugs during pregnancy, her drug abuse probably did not extend to crack. Even so, when Rick and Mary Hibbard brought him into their home in Long Beach, Calif., he was a nine-month-old veteran of pneumonia, bronchitis and asthma, so white from anemia he was "almost iridescent," recalls Rick. Now eight, Jimmy still has trouble with some motor skills. But he has demonstrated above-average reading ability...
...five-year-old Noel, whom the Hibbards are in the process of adopting, the future is likely to hold greater challenges. A Pueblo Indian, she suffers from fetal alcohol syndrome as well as prenatal exposure to angel dust and probably cocaine. For a long time she was so sensitive to tactile stimulation that it made her hysterical to walk on carpeting, grass or sand. She has been diagnosed as mildly retarded. With a good mother's militant optimism, Mary says the Hibbard house will make the difference. "All kids need structure," she explains. "But special-needs kids need it more...
Returning Players to Watch: Mark Johnson (QB), Dave Clark (FB), Rob Hibbard (P), Kevin Luensmann (DT), Carl Romero (PK), Chris Casturo...
Returning Players to Watch: Mark Johnson (QB), Dave Clark (FB), Rob Hibbard (P), Kevin Luensmann (DT), Carl Romero (PK), Chris Casturo...
...Hibbard (Dartmouth) Jr. Second Team...