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CCYYMK For nomination criteria and an application, call 330-996-3165 Mohamed in partnership with Mohamed recently completed the 4th grade at Barrett Elementary School. He has learned at an early age what caring, responsibility and respect are all about. younger brother needed a bone marrow transplant to save his life. A donor was needed, and Mohamed was tested and found to be a match. Part of the process included daily shots for a week, plus multiple test procedures.

Although he was frightened, he did not hesitate to help. He willingly gave a part of himself to help his brother. After the procedure was completed, brother had to remain in the hospital for several weeks. Mohamed understood that his full attention had to be focused on being with his brother at the hospital. love for his family give him the strength to help care for his siblings at home while waiting for his return.

Thank you, Mohamed, for displaying great courage in your time of need. Hours ChapelHill 1835BrittainRd. CuyahogaFalls 2783StateRd. Fairlawn 3050W.MarketSt. Macedonia 8210Macedonia-CommonsBlvd.

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2.25 APY INTRODUCING TitaniumSavings APY 2.25 APY 12MonthCD APY 21 Solid Banking Experience Accounts nconventional remedies entice cancer patients Studies estimate of sufferers try options that could be harmful By Marilynn Marchione A ssociatedP ress TAMPA ith much ofher lower body consumed by cancer, esleeF lasch finally facedthe truth he herbal supplements and special diet were notwork ing want this thing cutout from me. I want it she told her family. Bu tit was too late. Her rectal cancer potentially curable earlier on had invaded bones, tissue he53 year old Florida woman could barely sit constantly bled and soiled herself. was one doctor said epain must have been excruciating lasch had sought anatural cure nstead a deadly disease ran its natural course.

And the herb peddlers who sold herhope in a bottle? hatever money she had left in life, they got most of said asister haronF lasch yprey on the sick public with the belief that this stuff can help them, whether they can or a ome people who try unproven remedies risk only money. Bu tpeople with cancer can lose their only chance of beatingthe disease by skipping conventional treatment or by mixing in other therapies venharmless sounding vitamins natural can interfere with cancer medicines or affect hormones that help cancer grow. Ye tthey are extremelypopu lar with cancer patients, who crave control over theirdisease and want to do everything they can to be healthy needs that make themvulnerable to deceptive claims. Studies estimate that 60 percent of cancer patients try unconventional remedies and about 40 percent take vitamin or dietarysupplements which do not have to be proved safe or effective and are nota p- proved by the federalF oodand rugA dministration one has turned outt ob ea cure some show promise for easing symptoms. Touch therapies bodyapproach es and acupuncture may reduce stress and relieve pain, nausea, dry mouth and possibly hot flashes and are recommended by many top cancerexperts recent study found that ginger capsules eased nausea if started days before chemotherapy.

anyhospitals offer aromatherapy yoga and acupuncturebecause patients want them and there is little risk of physical harm. They call this complementary or integrative medicine because it is in addition to not in place of conventional treatments. At the other end of the spectrum are quacks selling fringe therapies and supplements through testimonials, not proof. aetrile detoxifying enemas cartilage the miracle cures change but the bogus claims remain the same. a tI am noticing in the last year or two is a resurgence of these things.

coming a Barrie assileth medicine chief atMe o- rial loan etteringC ancerCe n- ter in Ne wYork and a longtime adviser to theA mericanC ancer ociety Th eI nternet fuels this trend by letting people buy directand bypass doctors who could help them see through scams and misleading claims of scientific proof. adly some Web sites are run by quacks a doctor mean the remedy is safe or effective lot of these doctors prey on insecurities andneed for said Dr. Roy Herbst lung cancer chief at theU niver sity of Texas M.D. Anderson ancerC enter A bout7 percent of cancer patients go straight to an alternative approach, sometimes traveling toM exico the Bahamas or a nEurope for treatments not allowed in the United tates assileth research found. Most cancers spread slowly, so people can be temporarily fooledinto thinking herbs or special diets are keeping it at bay.

A fterthey ve been there some months they llrealize things are not working. But with cancer you get one chance. By the time they get back to area sonable hospital, they redead othingcan be done for she said. erbalsand dietary supplements can underminecancer treatments in ways that patients a and doctors measure hen a treatment fails, i to say whether it was due to the cancer or because a supplement subtly interfered know that ssome harm going on.W ejust know the magnitude of i said Dr. Jeffrey hite the National ancerI nstitute scomplementa ry and alternative medicine chief.

tudies show that as manyas two thirdsof cancer patients who use unproven remediesdo not tell their doctors. TV Some local stations already digital only ontinued from Page A1 networks such as police andfire departments eople with cable TV or a satellite programservice should not notice any difference in their service once the change takes place ndthat most homes: ielsen estimates that more than 90 percent of homes in this region have cable, satellite or both. In most cases, subscribersdid not need newequipment ime arnerC able says even subscribers to their most basic service with no converter box, will be unaffected by the transition. Bu tthere have been some exceptions assillonC ablepro vided customers who are getting analog only service a converter to switch digital signals to analog for their sets; it offered up to three boxes and installation without charge to subscribers. hat happens Friday Th emajor impacto nFriday will be on people using anover the air antenna with ananalog only TV set.

Those viewers need a box, sold at local retailers, which will convert the digital signals for viewing on an analog TV set. The remote-c n- trolled boxes detect thedigital channels and arrange them in their traditional order so you still find Channels 3, 5 and 8 in that order on thebox though their numericaldesigna tions on digital differ. (For the foreseeable future, you can also expect stations to continue identifying themselves on the air by their analog channel numbers.) he switch from analogto digital was previously scheduled for ebruary then postponedb e- cause it was feared too many homes were not yet ready for the change in issuing government discount couponsfor converters were a factor. In early ebruary the Nielsen Co. estimated about 5.4 percent of homes in the leveland A ron anton area were not at all ready for the transition.

That added up to more than81 000 homes oupons became more readily available. Ongoing attempts to increaseconsumer awareness have included on air crawls duringshows nforma tional meetings have been held, and will continue to be heldin the days ahead. There haveeven been offers to come to your house and hook up your box. orexample the Federal ommunicationsC ommission has joined forces with theI nter national Association of Fire hiefs to have firefighters voluntarily make house calls toh hook up converters.T ofind out if that service is available in your area 888 CALL FCC lease do not call the fire departments. A ccording to IAFC, onedepart ment was buried under5 000 calls A saresult of these efforts, more homes are now prepared.

As of May 24, Nielsen said the local unprepared percentagewas down to about 4.4 percent hichstill means that more than 66 000 of the 1. 5million homes in the region are not ready according toN ielsen percentage here isconsiderably more than the national average of about2.7 percent hile leveland A kron antonranks 17 th in size among national TV markets it is eighth among 56 ielsen surveyedmarkets in un- readiness ertain groups at risk A lbuquerque antaF eis the worst with 8.4 percent unready, says ielsen by allas ortW orthat just under 6.4 r- cent dthe FCC has noted that some groups are especially at risk includinglow incomei n- dividuals minority communities nglish speaking consumers senior citizens, consumers with disabilities and individuals living in rural areas or on tribal ot that this will delaythe transition ome local stations, including WOAC and WDLI, have already gone digital. And President Ba rack bama who supportedthe ebruarydelay in a statement on Friday that want to be clear: There will not be an- otherdelay urge everyone who is not yet prepared to act today, so you don lose important news and emergency information on June 1 said. I encourage all A mericans who are prepared, to talk to theirfriends family and neighbors to make sure they get ready before too uteven those over the air viewers who have gottentheir boxes may have noticed some problems withreception igital images can break up, and WOIO and WKYC still tgetting their digital signals as far as they would like. WKYC sproblem stemmed from being assignedC hannel17 for digital broadcasts.

Until recently that channel was occupied by WDLI. WKYC had to broadcast onC hannel 2 for the time being, and at reduced pow- r.Bu tWDLI has now moved to its digitalchannel ,3 9.WKYC will switch over to Channel 17 on ridayand according to asta tion representative, will beavail able to its current analogview ers WOIO which broadcastsdig itally onC hannel1 asked for a power increase from the FCC but is still awaiting action on it.I tdoes plan to move its digital antenna to the top of its analog tower and expects that to help working with individual viewers with receptionprob lems WOIO program manager isaM anus said the station has found a better antenna makes adifference usuallyone that is mounted ome of the over the airpro gramming will not be available to cable subscribers. For example imeW arnerC abledoes not have the fouradditional channels fromWDLI has added THIS TV to its digital tier under its agreement withWUAB It also has the weather channels from WOIO and WKYC.A imeW arner spokesman said it has some supplementalPBS channels under anagreement between PBS and the National Telecommunications A ssociation Bu tif other local broadcasters add channels, their cable carriage will be subject tonegotia tion our contract with the broadcaster calls for amulticast we will carry it in said ravisR eynoldso fTime arn r. ichH eldenfelswrites about popular culture for the Beacon ournal in the elden ilesO nline blog at http heldenfels ohio com and onTw i t- ter can be reached at 330 996 3582and rheldenfels thebeaconjournal com A6 Akron Beacon Journal uesday une9, 2009 www.Oh i o.c WHERE TO GO FOR HELP obileA ssistanceC enters offering advice on hooking up a digital- to analog TV converter and ordering a discount coupon will be in the A kron area Wednesday through riday Th ecenters are from the U.S. Commerce epartment sN ational elecommunications and Information A dministration Th ecenters will have demonstrations of how to connect a box.

orms will also be available for the discount coupons, although the coupons will not arrive before TV stations convert to digital on riday hile some people have shown up at previous centers with their TV sets NTIA recommends you leave the TV at home. LOCATIONS AND TIMES INCLUDE: Wednesday ,9 a.m.-noon ent avennaG oodwillS tore ,2528 tateRo a t. Wednesday p.m., Goodwill ,7 5Midway laza allmadge Thursday ,9 a.m.-noon akemoreG oodwill 1500 Canton oad A kron Thursday p.m., Goodwill 570 E. Waterloo oad kron Friday ,1 0a.m.-3 p.m., Walmart 2887 S. Arlington Akron CHRIS MEARA A ssociatedP ress Dr.

Lodovico Balducci of the Moffitt Cancer Center in ampa says having advanced cancer without standard medical care can cause excruciating pain in some patients. CHRIS MEARA A ssociatedP ress athyA llen a dietitian at the Moffitt Cancer Center in ampa holds dietary supplements that are used by some cancer patients. Sh ewarns people to be skeptical of so called natural Story System AKRE by MTURNER Time 22:38:16 Date A 64X Pg. Date Topic: INL TAKES Keyword INL TAKEPage 1 CyanMagentaYellowBlack.