Merrill Simon, left sits with part of his family in his Moundhouse home Thursday afternoon. A Lieutenant in the Army Reserves, he will leave his wife and 9 children January 2 to train soldiers in Camp Parks Calif. He will hire a night nurse to help attend to his children some of which have special needs. They are from left to right, Merrill, holds hes granddaughter Haylee, 8 months,. Other members pictured here, left to right are: Jeremy, 11, Marshal, 14, Roberta, Jesse, 13, and Joseph, 2.

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Reserve soldier seeks help for son before he leaves

• By ncs-import
• December 27, 2002