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Show n Utah Valley's Newspaper Local news Monday November for 136 years 9, 2009 50 YOUR TOWN YOUR NEIGHBORS YOUR NEWSPAPER ONLINE: Battling diabetes CENTS heraldextra.com ' V Barbara Arrington walks on her treadmill at her house in w Payson on Saturday. Arrington spends a half an hour almost every day on the treadmill to keep the Payson woman's fight for health a success story diabetics about treatment tions. Heidi Toth Her revelation that she had now doesn't Type 1 diabetes seem like a big deal. Now 24 million Americans have diabetes, decades ago, when and everyone knows somebody Arrington's now who has to check his insulin or asked her to marry avoid sugar. So this month, local him, she didn't say yes or no. "I said, "There's something you health professionals are part of a nationwide campaign to raise need to know,"' the diabetes awareness and educate Payson woman said. DAILY HERALD When Arrington was op- diag- nosed at age 10, though, no one knew what was going on. Her illness started like a cold that drained her of energy. Then she started losing weight, dropping Four effects of diabetes at bay. See MONDAY DIABETES, A2 Health CLOSE-U- P care bill stymied in Senate 4 '..; ' Ricardo 'y Alonso-Zaldiv- ar ' ? THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The glow WASHINGTON " '.'"ir . $ Herald Daily 200 and Countin - ROH JAMES , from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate. Speaking from the Rose Garden about 14 hours after the late Saturday vote, Obama urged senators to be like runners on a relay team and "take the baton and bring this effort to the finish line on behalf of the American people." The problem is that the Senate won't run with it. The government health insurance plan included in the House bill is unacceptable to a - . few Democratic moderates who hold the balance of power in the Senate. See SENATE, A2 I Comparative analysis: House, Senate bills compared in a comparison, A4 side-by-si- DeVerl Humpherys, Mountain on Oct. 78, walks ahead of his two sons, 24. At 78 years old he's only 20 daughter and grandchildren while hiking his 200th consecutive month to the summit to Y minutes slower than when he first started the hike 16 years ago. " , STORY AND PHOTOS FRANSCELL Whether family, friends or strangers, one thing binds us together: Utah Valley is home. Here is the story of one of us, DeVerl Humpherys. BY ASHLEY Mickclson wins HSBC Champions ha crisp, fall day at the end of October, DeVerl Humpherys made his 200th consecutive monthly climb up Y Mountain. He was accompanied by his two sons, his daughter and several grandchildren, who all struggled to keep up with the "How come your kids are so slow?" asked his grandson on the way up. Humpherys laughed and stopped to wait for the others. "This sure beats the treadmill," Humpherys said on the descent looking over Utah Valley. His monthly hiking goal started See CLOSE-U- A3 Phil Mickelson made an to save par on the 16th after whiffing on a flop shot, then holed a birdie putt on the 17th to close with a 69. Page B1 ot WEATHER See hetaidef a com'weafw TODAY High Humpherys's number 199 b changed to 200 at the summit 54 Brilliant sunshine, clear skies of Y Mountain. Low 31 JW A. til HERALD WATCH NLINE NOW S VAmihfTrM'A V , 4 Win Free New Moon Tickets Win tickets to see New Moon on opening day. great way id motivate your henldextricontfwilight family Twitter and Facebook to express gratitude. benldex1ri.conv1aniilytrc Got milk? Make it chocolate Emily Fredrix THt ASSOCIATED PRtSS Get Daily Herald information in your Facebook and Twitter feeds healdexticoflVconmct The creators of the MILWAUKEE 'Got Milk?" campaign are getting ready to make a big push to keep chocolate milk on kids' minds and on school lunch menus, a plan that has some educators and obesity activists none too pleased. The new ad campaign from the dairy industry, set to launch Monday, emphasizes that sugary flavorings are ways to get kids to drink milk. Without them, See MILK, A3 67 percent of readers use Herald coupons each week 7 AS Anrw&mB10 PamtVyw A 10 B9 Comio vOil. VE I' Qtrtmno Scwbcwtl AS Horoscope B0 ISSivE '0' PIIH'I! BS |
