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Show COURIER : News Mg +s lat rlinainltCnbteR, aniey a r e i o C e h t f o s Member aati SO nN Volunteer to Help the Hal es Re BF 8 ht Sat Family Fight Leukemia eg By Kari Gres OR BUSINESS MANAGER or most people the perfect life would includea wonderful family, running your — : own successful business and living in a nice area in your own home. Brady | _ Hales and his family seemed to have just that a perfect life after years of hard work. The home was built and the papers signed on January 12 of this year, the kids were doing just fine in school and sports and the family owned business was well on its’ way to a long successful future. A month later Hales was blind, exhausted and diagnosed with leukemia. “I thought I had the flu in January,” Hales said. “I started iaits my sight towards the first of February. By the middle of the month I was nearly blind and ee I had diabetes. We went in for a test and the next day I was diagnosed with cancer.” Hales became a number; a’statistic in a column for cancer studies with oe UNTO SO IDS p E TL and The Hales family relaxes at home during what has been a trying year. From left, Heather Hales, Tina Coen Brady Hales, Brady Hales, Jr., Tristen Hales, and Ryan Hales (kneeling).© charts showing where cancer is prevalent. | Life was about to take a.U-turn for the Hales ities Amidst all of the turmoil, that has been the one thing that has made life move along “T had to go back to work,” wife and mother of four, Tina Hales said. “The kids got day-to-day--the out-pouring of kindness from those around the Hales family. 7 sons. and we had to give up things that we were used to in order to survive.’ — “Tt has been unbelievable,” Tina Hales said. “We have been given so much, and so Not only did the family life change, but so did the professional life as well. many have come ‘age to help. I don’t know what we would have ne without the “I owned my own business and we had just begun to reap the benefits of the hard _ help of so many.” work and effort that went into that business,” Hales said. “With my eyesight gone and a _ The latest hand to come forward to help has been Dana Scott, a family friend. Scott ' being exhausted from the oral chemotherapy | was. unable. to work. My business was is organizing. a fundraiser for the Hales family in ‘the | form of yard. and garage sales unable to manage itself. We have lost all of that now.” | _around the. community. The idea is to have several ‘sales at various points around the The medication and chemotherapy have taken their toll on Hales aa his family, but community and then pool the profit to donate to the Hales family. treatments have also given limited vision back. Sees is scheduled for a bone marrow The Yard / Garage Sale Fundraiser is scheduled for Saturday, August 21, and the transplant in March, 2000. 3 point of contact for all ae will be Dana Scott. For more information, « contact Scott at What Hales can see now is how hard life is§ when ry is lost. 671-1118. “The hardest thing for me has been going from being self-sufficient to completely Note: The Wasatch County Courier will be covering this a for the duration of the — depending on others for my and my family’s wel] being,” Hales said. “We depend on month of August with follow-up articles each week. The Courier applauds the efforts of all those in the community who volunteer their time and effort for worthy causes. If you have a story that social services, which is not always pleasant, Medicare and our family and friends for Re, The — ISD AINA IA OF mT ARNE LUI County’s Source for Han d S Helping MLL MU | Wasatch PAGE 4... ce Le : demonstrates the self-sacrificing attitude that benefits Wasatch County, contact The Courier at 654-2661. A Li | MORTGAGE What kind of car do you Fwant to drive when you grow up? “We Support | ~ Our Great. , RTE sate ae (asked at the Wasatch County. Demolition Derby) ° Community woe ts SRSA ’ Se NOREEN ace Soe : Soe Lo gewen ratt 25'S UALR AED o% Appreciate — Wasatch AIL en ee ye MATRIC hes Ag ANTS County _ Supportin ig Us William Edler Patrick Loftus “A BMW” ~D.L.MeDonald— age] Aryanne Goalen age4 ‘Amonstertruck” Christian Loftus “T dont quite know Carnames... Maybe a ford “One of those ‘A red Mustang.” Joseph Edler pickup.” — ‘derby carsi.” ‘A Lamborghini.” Brendan Edler _ ‘Aqummer.” =| 39 Joe Probst = og REPUBLIC MORTGAGE 190 North Main 654-2818 iki ast REPUBLIC _ Ld tac é Saacared By sil lL. our survival.” |