Archive for November, 2009
Monday, November 30th, 2009
Delaney Starcher,5, was diagnosed with a Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma on Oct 29th 2009. Someone, probably her mother, a relative or a friend, posted an article on caringbridge.org asking surfers to pray for a miracle and donate money to support her treatment.
The cancer is located in the brain system of Delaney Starcher. It can’t be removed by surgery because of the size and location (it is entwined with the brain stem). The prognosis is very poor and the average survival is 6 to 9 months.
Delaney Starcher’s stepfather was also diagnosed with a cancer called squamous cell cancer of the base of the Tongue with medastasis to the Neck lymph nodes. (more…)
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Saturday, November 28th, 2009
Tiger Woods was injured early Friday when he lost control of his SUV outside his Florida mansion, and a local police chief said Woods’ wife used a golf club to smash out the back window to help get him out.
The world’s No. 1 golfer was treated and released from a hospital in good condition, his spokesman said. The Florida Highway Patrol said Woods’ vehicle hit a fire hydrant and a tree in his neighbor’s yard after he pulled out of his driveway at 2:25 a.m.
Windermere police chief Daniel Saylor told The Associated Press that officers found the 33-year-old PGA star laying in the street with his wife, Elin, hovering over him.
She told officers she was in the house when she heard the accident and “came out and broke the back window with a golf club,” he said. “She supposedly got him out and laid him on the ground. He was in and out of consciousness when my guys got there.” (more…)
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
What would you do if you had a Christmas display of 3 million lights and the neighbors were complaining about the traffic they generated in the neighborhood? If you are Jennings Osborne, you donate them to Disney World. It all began in 1986 in Little Rock, Arkansas when six year old Breezy asked her Dad to put up some Christmas lights and ended after a seven year legal battle when the United States Supreme Court ordered the display to be shut down permanently. He started with 1000 red lights and ended with 3 million lights that could be seen by plane from as far as 80 miles away. In 1985, the Osborne Family Spectacle of Lights found a new home at Disney World in Orlando, Florida where millions of visitors from all over the world find delight in the display.
Jennings and Mitzi Osborne were born in the same hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas, just three days apart in September, 1943. Their families lived only 13 blocks apart, but their first meeting didn’t take place until 9th grade. The two didn’t meet again until they were out of college and both were working at St. Edward’s Hospital in Fort Smith, AR. After four dates they were engaged and married on 13 November 1965. (more…)
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