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Friday, October 5, 2012
Volume 8 • Issue No. 40
York Woman Shares Story of Survival By Pat Sommers Staff Columnist YORK – A single telephone call prompted Jean Smith to begin shaping a “new normal” in her life. “My doctor called me and said I probably had breast cancer,” Smith said of that phone call twenty years ago. The York area woman had just undergone a routine mammogram. The film image produced by the mammogram immediately raised concerns with the physician who reacted quickly.
A biopsy was ordered and was subsequently performed by a surgeon. “Three or four days later I had the bad news,” Smith recalled. The diagnosis of breast cancer was confirmed. She was just forty-five.
A wife, mother of two and a registered nurse, Smith was promptly scheduled for a mastectomy and for reconstructive surgery. Six months of chemotherapy followed. In observance of October as National Breast Cancer Aware-
Bush Daughter to Speak at UNE The Power of Compassion & How it Can Change Lives BIDDEFORD – Jenna Bush Hager, daughter of former U.S. President George W. Bush and Laura Bush, will speak at the University of New England on Monday, October 8, at 5:30 p.m. Her talk, on “The Power of Compassion and How it Can Change Lives,” will be at the Harold Alfond Forum on the Biddeford Campus.
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Hager is a correspondent for NBC News. The graduate of the University of Texas, where she received a degree in English, covers a variety of human interest and feature stories. In 2006, she traveled to Latin America as an intern with UNICEF. During her trip, she was inspired to write “Ana’s Story: A Journey of Hope,” a New York Times bestseller based on the life of a 17-year-old single mother living with HIV and determined to shield her child from the abuse and neglect that riddled her own childhood. Hager is still very involved with UNICEF and is currently the chair of UNICEF’s Next Generation, an initiative dedicated to reducing the number of preventable childhood deaths around the world. In addition to “Ana’s Story,” Hager is the co-author with her mother of “Read All About It!” The educational children’s book was inspired by Hager and her mother’s mutual love of reading and teaching. The 2012 Bush Distinguished Lecture coincides with “Family First for a First Family – The Ties That Bind: A Family Album,” an exhibit honoring the life and times of the 41st President, at the George and Barbara Bush Center Gallery on UNE’s Biddeford Campus. Family First
Jenna Bush Hager (photo courtesy of UNE website)
for a First Family is a photo essay conceived as an inspirational tribute to a marriage and family life that have known not only extraordinary acclaim, success, and joy, but also disheartening trial, tribulation, and tragedy. This is the third speaker in the George and Barbara Bush Distinguished Lecture Series, an annual event honoring the legacy of President and Mrs. Bush as political and community leaders. Last year’s lecture, which was attended by George and Barbara Bush, featured Andrew H. Card Jr., who served as White House chief of staff under President George W. Bush from 2001 until 2006. The lecture and gallery are free and open to the public. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
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Korean Musical Gets Local Touch By Timothy Gillis Staff Columnist
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ness Month, Jean Smith agreed to share her experience with breast cancer and its treatment and to emphasize to other women the importance of self-examination and scheduling regular mammograms. “It saved my life,” she said of the screening procedure which aids in early detection of breast cancer. Early detection can be a critical factor in successful treatment. “If I hadn’t had a mammogram,” Smith said, “I might have gone three or four years until I felt something in my breast.” Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in
women, according to the Maine Cancer Foundation. It ranks second among cancer deaths in women, falling right behind lung cancer in current statistics. As a nurse, Smith said she knew of breast cancer patients who had undergone treatment and “were fine.” But thoughts of the side effects she knew sometimes accompany chemotherapy were unsettling. “I was horrified at the idea of being sick all the time,” she admitted. But the nausea she anticipated was limited, and Smith was able to continue working at her part-time job at York Hospital. “I worked the whole time,” she said. The diagnosis was difficult
OGUNQUIT – Jayme McDaniel, associate producer at the Ogunquit Playhouse, is taking his skillset on the road, to Seoul, Korea, where he will choreograph the musical “Rebecca.” The production is based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier, which was made into a 1940 film by Alfred Hitchcock. The show presents some challenges to McDaniel, beyond having to fly across the world to get to work. The musical is German, and is being translated into Korean. McDaniel will have an interpreter with him at all times to help ease the communication difficulties. The production will be at the LG Art Center in Seoul, opening on January 15, 2013. McDaniel leaves for Korea on November 9. “This is the first time it’s being done in Korean,” McDaniel said. “Theater is a little different there. On Broadway, for example, when a show starts a run, they hope it goes forever. In Korea, they will have a limited run, and then take the show on the road. They produce a show for three or four months, then
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they’ll take it off the boards and tour it. Then in a year or two, they bring the show back.” McDaniel will be there for the limited engagement but won’t take the extended tour. “When they remount show, I would return and restage it,” he said. The story of “Rebecca” features a mysterious death, and another production of the musical has encountered some mysteries of its own. The New York version of the musical has been postponed indefinitely, “due to the unfortunate withdrawal of a cruSee MUSICAL page 4...
Jayme McDaniel, associate producer of Ogunquit Playhouse, will choreograph “Rebecca” in Seoul, Korea (courtesy photo)
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