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` Opened in 1992 and run by
Dayton’s Good Samaritan Hospi-
  tal, the Samaritan Homeless Clinic years to do this graduated from UK and whose brother, Greg Hardin,
l offers health, dental, psychiatric, for_free," she will graduate from UK this spring with hopes of at-
lt counseling, and social Services as insists. And for tending medical school at UK rn the fall. "My UK edu- ‘
tl Well es Preserlptlens free ef Charge another. the cation was wonderful. My professors were excellent,
ee Deyeerfe homeless eeeldemee regular hours and I loved Lexrngton," Thompson says. _ I
. OH my given night some 600 as the cl1nrc’s Thompson also found love rn L€Xll'lg[Ol'l,1'€L1l'11ill1g
’ . only full-time during her freshman year of college with her elemen-
People may ha lmmclcss lh DeY”°h physician — 8 tary school boyfriend, Michael, with whom she’d lost
and Sufhouhelmg M°m$Ome1'Y a.m. to 4:30 touch after his family moved to Lexington. The pair,
C°lm'?Y» Ohhor SaYS ludhhh Bam aha p.m. Monday who married in 1997, made the most of their under-
l H0¤1€l€SS C¢f1f€1"$ P1°0g1‘8-m COOP- through Friday graduate years together at UK, regularly attending
t dinator. But for 80 — 85 percent of —— allow her to football, basketball, and baseball games as officers in
them, “l1omelessness is a passing focus her free the Student Athletics Council.
th_i_nge” she SayS_ "HOm€[€sSn€Ss is time on her Despite their move to Ohio, the couple’s True Blue
not Permanent like e Chronic illness family that in- spirit still runs deep. Their home sports a special satel-
el. e dlseesey Ben, SeyS_ alps Simply cludes husband hte TV package so they can catch all the UK basketball
e peeled ln these Peepleee levee. Michael V games, and the1rlson’s room has a UK themezshe says.
Q Meet People eee homeless fee ele Thompson ’96 "Two of Alex s first words were, “Go Cats! ’ laughs
,, AS, ’97 ED, a Thompson.
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High School. and children. Alex. 4, and Lyndsey, 2. .
It’s eteee that ~—ehet-hy~· re tee hehhhhe er were to ere Whha hhamaaah ahwaya hhaw aha wahtaa Fa ha a haa-
l Sellbe llew deeply She ewes ebeel llel pellems _ lneluel_ tor. she admrtseto sometimes being a bit sulrprtsed at
me eelne ee lem ee le Spenser llelleley eelllee lel. lllem how her career has unfolded. For that, she s got her
l with her husband and kids during Christmas and Fourth lllellds ta lllallkj _ _ _
l erhtty. hehehe sees her patients as people whe ereeeeye h waaahaaahaah hahaha aa! at UK whahaaaa
  eeeel lleellll eelel lust llke emybeely else. mended she look rn:to the family practice residency
  ~·rhr het there to rect scrry rcr my phtrehtsi she er- Pheghem at Deyheh S Fhehefeeeh Maahaal Cehlef ‘h
elaine 199S.Wh1le Dayton couldn t boast proximity to a
l ··rhr thereto give them the respect that they deserve. heeeh hha ah tha aahaa heehlehey hhegeeme aha wa? _
  Tlleee ele leeulel. peeple Wlle lust leele el Wlene lem consrder1ng,1t did offer something more important. the
l elelle llle Wey le eml up here promise of a balance between work and family.
l "l don`t want anyone to think that I had these grandi— ll Wes tha aclvlcc af El lllcllch agallh llllggycals lalcl
I osc plans going into medical school that I was going to lllzll lllllm2ll€ly_lO_Ok Thompson ta llcl pcslllml ei the
save the world and be this activist physician and work Homeless Clllllc lll 20Ol‘Tll? FlElllClSCan_l\/ledlcal Cell-
I with poor people and the homeless. Because that was hot leY_elOSed ehmhg Th9mPS9“ S third and final Y€31`Qf
l my intcntion." shc admits modestly. "But I feel comfort- leslclcllcy allhl hcl lll‘llS€’ Ball Slelskllh lell ta lake .3 iah
t eble llel.e··- at the Samaritan Homeless Clrnrc. When the clrnrc’s
l "I`hompson`s comfort at the Homeless Clinic equates pllyslclllll pOSlll°ll Opened llph Slaslm celled Tllhmlpsoll
l to e et.—trretrtt·eteeh—et. eeey rapport with her patients there, aha raaahhhahaaa that aha ahaah rhaaih hhawhaa
l says Bari Stasko. a nurse at the clinic. aha al ha looklllg lhlli glob llllcc llcli lgslclellcy was lll)
"Shc`s very honcst with her patients. and they respect Z Tllolllpshul was llllllally lleellallh Elbolll ilpplylllg
het- illlkl l`CCOglllZC that shes hyrhe, to ere everything she hw tha ehh‘e Jah Sha ahaahaa h aah aha aha a glad aha
can to improve their quality of life." Stasko says. Fllll l Wlll Slay llcl-B aa lollg aa thaw ll keep lll€* aha
Having moved to Ashland from Michigan with her iahaa _ , _ _
family when shc was in the first grade.Thompson always Sllllflqllolllljsoll eldmlls lllélli ale Ccllalll Clllllcell
knew she wanted to be a doctor. she says. despite coming Cllallellgeslm WOl-klllg Wllll pallcllls wha all-G llOm€l€SS‘
` from a family full of teachers. She chose UK to do her Sllc Call l tell pelllcllls aa go llOm€ and feet Ol ta
pre—mcd undergraduate work thanks to a "good scholar- Wzllfll lllclli Cll€_lS* lol. lllslzlllcli , _
ship" and a desire to stay in-state for college. _ Fm. me ta Sll and leclhllc ehllllccllle Wllll dlhlbcles OF
Hel. elelll Veele el UK ee em lm(lel.el.eCllelle and m e dl_ high cholesterol about their diet rs r1drculous," she admits.
cal sclroolsttident were "the greatest years of my life." Nlllcy Gal what they Cellllllcyllic Oll llle Slllclileli ,
says 'lliompson. whosc sister. Jodi Granger. `95 BE. also Fol placllcell puliposcg aha can l plicscllbc medlceh
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