All Stories from October 9, 2012 (Change date)
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Linda Karch, Arlington Heights: ‘I am very blessed to be a survivor’Oct 09, 2012 11:05 am - After completing treatment for a breast cancer diagnosis in 1999, I became involved as a volunteer with the American Cancer Society. In addition, I began participating ...
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Tammy Lonsberry, South Elgin: I ‘fought like a girl’Oct 09, 2012 11:04 am - This is my third year walking in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event, and also the third anniversary since my breast cancer diagnosis. I “fought like a girl”...
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Residential sprinkler requirement in Elgin’s futureOct 09, 2012 11:04 am - The proposed adoption of building codes that would require sprinkler systems in Elgin residential housing may not affect new construction for decades. City council membe...
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Jennifer McDermott, Evanston: ‘My main reason for walking is my 11-year-old daughter’Oct 09, 2012 11:03 am - My main reason for walking in Making Strides is my 11-year-old daughter. Both my grandmothers and two of my aunts had breast cancer. I want a cure found so that, as she ...
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Cara Novy-Bennewitz, Wilmette: Her book helps newly diagnosed patientsOct 09, 2012 11:02 am - Hearing you have cancer is hard enough without the added burden of trying to figure it all out — from where to start, who to see and what to do. I know this first hand. ...
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Susan Witwicki, Hoffman Estates: Cancer survivors walk togetherOct 09, 2012 11:01 am - When the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk started here in the Northwest suburbs, I knew I had no reason not to participate. I am a 6-year breast cancer survivor...
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42nd Senate candidates promise different approachesOct 09, 2012 11:00 am - As Democratic state Sen. Linda Holmes campaigns for re-election in the 42nd District, she is promising to apply her fact-finding skills and willingness to work toward so...
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Police: More victims possible in Aurora assault caseOct 09, 2012 11:00 am - Authorities believe a trio of Aurora men, who are accused of sexually assaulting a woman in August, might have committed more attacks at a home near the Aurora Universit...
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Skydiver cancels try at supersonic jumpOct 09, 2012 11:00 am - ROSWELL, N.M. — Extreme athlete and skydiver Felix Baumgartner canceled his planned death-defying 23-mile free fall on Tuesday into the New Mexico desert because of high...
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Lori Skipper, Joliet: ‘It’s my time to give back to the ACS’Oct 09, 2012 10:57 am - Last year, at 35 years old, I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer that spread to all of my lymph nodes. I had a mastectomy, four months of chemo and six weeks of ra...