Life Stories - Woman spent life in service to others
The Wilmington Star-News Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:47 PM PDT
By Lori Kennedy-Stewart StarNews Correspondent Vicki Hayes said her mother Betty Smith did not have a flashy career; however she still had an impact on people’s lives. Betty Freeman Smith died Aug. 8 from lung cancer at the age of 77. Smith survived two years of treatment including a clinical trial in Chapel Hill to help other lung cancer patients. |
Irvington quarterback returns to gridiron after beating cancer
The Star-Ledger Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:47 PM PDT
That Nijee Leverett is playing football -- and that he started at quarterback today for Irvington-- is still hard to comprehend for those closest to him. After a year long battle with cancer Leverett opened the season for Irvington High. |
9/12 Free Prostate Cancer Screenings
KBTV Beaumont Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:46 PM PDT
The Julie Rogers "Gift of Life" program held free prostate screenings Saturday. Prostate cancer survivor, Morris Carter, is serving as the chair for prostate cancer awareness month. |
Portstock rocks Henley Island
St. Catharines Standard Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:40 PM PDT
Hundreds of people crowded onto Henley Island for a rock extravaganza to raise money for the new regional cancer centre Saturday night. The second annual Portstock music festival featured six different blue and rock bands and was expected to attract close to 600 people.[...] |
No Running Water For Weeks
FOX 5 New York Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:25 PM PDT
Since early July, residents of 274 Malcolm X Boulevard in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn have been without running water. A pipe broke in the building and the city shut off the water so the street wouldn't flood. More than 20 people, including a man suffering from cancer, have been resorting to bottled water and filling jugs at a nearby hydrant to shower, clean and prepare food. The owner of the ... |
Lockerbie bomber’s health worsens
The Malaysian Insider Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:17 PM PDT
TRIPOLI, Sept 13 â€" The health of the terminally ill Libyan convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has deteriorated markedly in the past day, his brother and doctors said on Saturday. Abdel Basset al-Megrahi was released from prison in Scotland and allowed to return home last month on the grounds that he has prostate cancer and does not have long to live. The United States, and opposition ... |
Catholic War Veterans keep history alive
Montgomery Life Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:12 PM PDT
Peter Stefanek had cheated death in bloody Pacific island battles that claimed the lives of thousands of young men his age during World War II, but sensing his time was short because of cancer, he finally talked about his wartime experiences in the last weeks of his life. |
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