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Sur^ery^, The World Can Be A Brighter Place For Michelle JBXJ'Oretu Manago Po«t Managing Editor Three years ago, the future looked dim for Michelle Porter. Michelle suffers from retinablastoma, a mal liffmnt eye tumor. Her mother, Karen didn’t have much hope either. Doctors couldn’t assure them of the days that Michelle had to live Michelle had to face chemotherapy treatments for an indefinite period of time. Every day •’ there was medication to take and even the chance for Michelle to attend public schools with other kids seemed remote. But today a lot has changed. Today, a ray of sunshine has found its way into the life of Michelle and her mother. Michelle, now five, is an active, precocious young girl. She is no longer on chemotherapy. Her medication has been reduced to cough medicine. Since the chemo therapy treatments there has been no further signs of cancer. But most important, Michelle is able to attend school and interact with other youngsters her age. “Michelle is in kindergarten,” replied Mb. Porter who works for Lance and Michelle interrupted say ing “And I read on a second grade level.” . But with all of the good news, Michelle still needs help. During the time she received chemotherapy treatments, the process stopped the bone growth in her face. Ms. Porter explained that the chemotherapy treatments acted as a necessary evil, plaiting the spread of cancer, yet lulling necessary bone cells. “Michelle needs reconstructive surgery no«L" replied Ms The present insurance company I have will not assume the cost because Michelle was already sick when we changed policies.” Ms. • Porter explained that she switched insurance companies in order to get better coverage for visits to the doctor’s office. According to Ms. Porter it will take $3,000 to $4,000 for Michelle to undergo plastic surgery. “She needs another artificialeye and we hope that during this surgery, the doctors will be able to get her eye (the artificial one) to close and blink.” Another hope of Ms. Porter’s Is that Michelle, through this surgery will be able to grow Karen Porter and daughter, Michelle It is estimated that the surgery needed would take $3,000 to $4,000 eyeiasnes. Those hopes, eyes that close, eyes that blink and eyelashes may seem unimportant, but to someone like Michelle who has never known such simple pleasures, they mean a lot. Word has begun to leak out that Michelle needs help. And there has been some response to that plea. On Friday, January 23, John Kee and The New Life Community Choir will be sponsoring a benefit concert on Michelle’s behalf. The concert will take place at Jerusalem House of God, 1704 E.Trade St. On Sunday, February 8, Michelle’s aunt, Vickie Johnson will sponsor a disco at King’s & Queen’s. Donations are $3. Every six months, Michelle enters the hospital to see if the cancer has spread. With Retinablastoma, there New Programs Helps Prevent Forest Fires Kalelgh - The large fires in North Carolina during the past two years have been the wont fires in _ the state since 1963. But landown ers can help prevent^ forest' firas "* through a new program of the N.C. - Division of Forest Resources. The Landowner Hazard Reduction Prescribed Burning Program is de signed to eliminate the build-up of dead leaves, grasses and twigs on the forest floor that bum very easi 'ly during peridds of extrenrfS dryness and high winds. Several of the larg er fires of 1986 could have been more easily controlled with fewer \ acres lost if these burnable fuels were eliminated. The objective of the program is to reduce the threat, or hazard, of the burnable fuels through a pltnned, of ' prescribed, controlled burning pro cess done by the Division of Forest Resources. is always that chance. This disease affects childhood only. Caused by an overgrowth of cells in the eye, the disease causes the loss of the child’s eye and it can also spread to the brain and liver. If you would like to help Michelle donations can be sent to Michelle Porter Foundation, 700 Canterwood Drive, Charlotte, 28213, in care of Jeannette Robinson who is the founder of the Charlotte Doll Show. To reach her by phone call, 596-4756. A&T Receives Major Grant Raleigh - Governor Martin has announced that a major, innova tive grant has been awarded to North Carolina A&T State Uni versity in Greensboro by the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The grant, the first of its kind in the state, totals approximately $18,000 and will fund the development of a new training program for minority businesses. "I am pleased to announce this grant, which we hope will be a major step towards qualifying more companies owned by mi norities and women for state highway contracts," Governor Martin said. The grant will help develop an Entrepreneur Development Insti tute (EDI) which will operate in conjunction with the Governor's Initiatives on Historically Black Colleges- and—Universities (HBCU) program. The HBCU program was established to at tract state and private contribu tions for historically black insti tutes of higher learning to aid them in their efforts to be self sufficient. Specifically, the Institute will assist minority businesses in the preparation of bids for construc tion projects. Federal law re quires that a certain portion of highway construction work must be done by disadvantaged busi ness enterprises. Under the EDI grant, a week long seminar will be held on the A&T State campus for eligible contractors. The dates for that seminar are February 9-13. The seminars will be taught by A&T professors and Department of Trsfnsportation personnel. If there is sufficient interest in the program, another seminar is planned for March 2-6, also at A&T.__ IF YOU’RE PAYING MORE THAN $LJO PERMONTH fOR A CHECKING ACCOUNT YOU’RE PftYINGTOO MUCH! Before you sign up for a no-minimum checking account offered at any bank, read the fine print. The cost of each additional check that you write may more than offset the advantage of not having to keep a minimum in your account FOR EXAMPLE: Mr. Smith keeps an average monthly balance of $475 and writes 20 or more checks every month. Where will his checking account cost him the least amount of money? 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