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Show DAILY A2 HERALD Thursday, June 19, 2008 sure what the total balance is, but Berry said Emily's case could easily run up costs of $1 million. Continued fromAl "Leukemia is extremely expensive to in love with her instantly. That makes this fight, and she's had it three times," said a much more meaningful experience." Berry, who is also a neighbor of the Austin family. Emily was first diagnosed with acute ,. a particularly So when he proposed running the Walymphocytic leukemia aggressive strain when she was 5, said satch Back for Emily to the other team Mark Austin, her father. Bouts of chemembers which include some of his office staff at Cascade Family Medicine and motherapy and radiation twice beat the cancer into remission, but it returned both their friends they were eager to help. "When we had decided to do it for Emtimes, when Emily was 9 and 13. So a year and a half ago, the Orem girl underwent ily, there was no question in mind," said a bone marrow transplant, a risky last re- Ashley Okerlund, Berry's office manager sort when other treatments fail. and teammate. "She's a very sweet girL "At that point, that was really the only She's very positive. This is just something she's going through and is not at all negaoption we had," Austin said. "Prior to the bone marrow transplant, she'd quite often tive about it." The office staff started asking every get sick with some kind of viral infection." Emily's health seems to have improved patient if they wanted to donate $ 1 for since then but there have been some Emily with their copay. To date, the team complications, and the process has left the has raised $4,000. Austin said that is a family with expenses that grow with each "substantial help." "It's a neat thing," he said. "These guys semimonthly checkup, Austin said. work so hard." "Every time we go to the hospital, there's about five different people that we Tanner Bell, who the race have to pay bills to," he said. "It's all over five years ago, said while he expected the the place." event to grow to the size it has - there Austin said his health insurance covers are about 7,000 runners this year the much of the costs, but there are still multinumber of teams nirining for charitable ple copays each time and medications that causes has been a surprise. V cost hundreds of dollars a month. He said "That's something that we did not see the bills are too widespread to know for originally," he said. Teams running for Running A Lee Newspaper Established in 1873 Customer Service Newsroom 375-510- 3 801344-2M- 0 Toll free 80(8803075 FAX 9 www.heraldextra.com Street address: 1555 N. Freedom Blvd., Provo, UT Send mail to: P.O. 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Program creators are hoping that patrons will find that they have more access to information and materials. "Hopefully, if they can't find what they want at our library, they will be able to find it at another library," said Kristi Seely of the Lehi City Library. Each library has unique items and special collections MEMBER, AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS 'Holiday delivery includes delivery the weeks of Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Pioneer Day, contents Copyright All Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's 3-- go-ahe- there, offering support and taking pictures. At least for this weekend, the family will enjoy the excitement and forget ' what an easier life might have been like these last 10 years. "It's kind of hard for me to visualize how a family without this problem would feel," he said. "We appreciate just being able to be together." . Manager Chief Financial Officer call all these different causes has been a really cool, unique thing about this race." Tanner and the other race administrators have even partnered with Operation Kids for the past three races, giving runners the chance to raise money for a good cause if they haven't already got one. The partnership has raised about $50,000 for the global children's charity so far. "It sure has been amazing," he said. When team Notso Macho Libre makes the run this weekend which its members will do in 7 mile shifts and in full Mexican wrestling regalia a la Paramount 's "Nacho Libre" Emily will be with them for part of the ride. Doctors to bike alonghave given her the side the group for part of the stretch, Austin said. "She loves to ride her bike," he said. "That'll be a lot of fun for her." Austin and his wife Laurie will also be 2008, Daily Herald. Any reproduction or other use is strictly prohibited Day. without written permission. Utah County's EDITORIAL source of local news 1 v.hraldxtra.c that will be available to more residents because of the hew system. Michele Graves, director of the Eagle Mountain City Library, said she hopes residents will be excited about the new opportunities. "We just really want to get people coming in and using the library," she said. All of the participating libraries will continue to function as they currently do in terms of policiesbudget, adcard ministration, fees and so forth. It is up to individuals to become familiar with the different policies at each library, Some advice from the area librarians include making sure you are in good standing with your "home" library, supporting your local library by searching the availability of materials there and enjoying the greater range of materials that is now available to all north Utah County residents. "Be patient, this is a work in progress," said April Harrison, director of the Pleasant Grove Library. Graves said, "Come in. Use your card. If you are going to participate in the program, make sure you are prompt in returning the items and make Ace Stryker can be reached sure to follow the rules. We are trying to make it as easy as possible for patrons." Participation in the program is automatic with a card from Lehi, American Fork and Pleasant Grove libraries. at 344-255- 6 or astrykerheraldextra.com. Be- cause the Eagle Mountain City Library has a smaller collection of materials, a fee is required for Eagle Mountain residents who want to participate in the program. Residents of Eagle Mountain who are already patrons of the local city library will be required to get a printout of their account from the Eagle Mountain City Library and then take that document and the $40 fee to the Lehi City Library at 120 N. Center St., starting July 1. cardholders at all libraries will have access to the program with no additional Non-reside- fees. Harrison, who has 20 years of experience with the Pleasant Grove Library, said she feels this is an exciting new program. "I am very excited. I have always felt that information is our most valuable tool in our society. The more informed we are and the more access everyone has to information, the greater the citizenship," Harrison said.' Payson Continued from A1 reached for comment. Phillips said he did not know if they had been arrested or charged in the incident. Phillips acknowledged laying his hands on the alleged taggers, but said he did not strike or hit them. "I touched them, but it wasn't assault," he said. "It probably wasn't the right thing as far as grabbing them by the back of the neck, but I don't feel like I assaulted them." Payson Mayor Burt is Bills declined to comment, saying it would be inappropriate to comment while the case is still under investigatioa The case is being handled by Salem police and the city attorney's office to avoid a conflict of interest. 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