Breast Cancer

Who are congressmen to talk about honesty? To the editor: On Thursday morning, Aug. 19, the main television news was about a baseball pitcher named Roger Clemens, who lied to Congress about taking steroids. For this he was going to get jail time. I couldn’t help thinking what about members of Congress, who lied to the American public when they swore on the Bible that they would uphold the law, and then before the American people they upheld their special-interest friends by letting them hire illegal aliens and did nothing about it. They also sued a state for upholding the law and sending illegal aliens home for breaking the law. The law is for everyone.

Women unergoing mammograms at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center, Ephraim McDowell Fort Logan Hospital or Ephraim McDowell Diagnostic Center will have the latest diagnostic technology in the world available to them tomorrow. Ephraim McDowell Health is one of two organizations in Kentucky offering breast cancer screenings with a Selenia Dimensions 2D full field digital mammography system. Digital mammography will be available at Ephraim McDowell Diagnostic Center Thursday, at Ephraim McDowell Fort Logan Hospital on Aug. 5 and at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center on Aug. 19. The new system offers incredibly sharp breast images, an advanced ergonomic design providing more patient comfort and a flexible platform that supports advanced mammography applications.

The Community Arts Center continues its monthly “Lunch with the Arts” series Wednesday with a lunch-hour presentation and theatrical performance by Danville’s own Holly Henson, nationally known and “Ruthlessly funny! ... can make you laugh so hard your filling’s ache!,” according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Henson will pose many provocative questions about the arts in Danville during a luncheon that promises to be “food for thought.

Esquire Magazine columnist Nick Sullivan opined in March of this year, "Men can still pull off pink, so long as the particular shade is restrained and the number of pink items in an outfit is strictly limited to one. " I suppose, then, that Nick would approve of the Nicholasville Fire Department's October attire. After all, pink pants would have been just a little over the top! I've been both entertained and impressed as the "real men" among us get on the bandwagon to support breast cancer awareness.

It's not everyday that one sees firefighters wearing pink shirts to work, but this week and every Friday in October, members of the Nicholasville Fire Department are doing just that. The reason is simple: To help raise awareness of breast cancer. "We were just talking about it here at the station, and it's just a way to give back," Firefighter Donnelly Barnes said. "With October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and it started off with just us wearing the T-shirts to bring awareness to it. " It quickly morphed from there.

Danville resident Lisa Hardin never expected to hear the "C" word. She thought she was safe, but in January 2006, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and found herself telling her parents, husband, children and friends. Two surgeries later she was declared cancer-free, but still had to undergo four months of chemotherapy and a year of Herceptin. Herceptin is a drug that Hardin took intravenously to help fight the cancer. Sudden awareness October is breast cancer awareness month, and local and national organizations such as the Susan G. Koman Breast Cancer Foundation, along with area health departments, spend time promoting and explaining the importance of self breast exams and regular mammograms to detect breast cancer early.

Boonesboro Lions fish fry Saturday The Boonesboro Lions Club will host its annual fish fry Saturday at the clubhouse on Ford Hampton Road. The event will be from 1 to 6 p.m. and feature a menu of fish, hushpuppies, french fries, cole slaw, tartar sauce and a drink for $8 in advance or $9 at the door. Children 3-12 eat for $3. Carry-out orders are available. Diagnosing breast cancer dinner, talk Ertel Medicine and Pediatrics, 1520 Boonesboro Road, will host a special dinner and discussion with Becky Ingram, lead mammography technologist at Clark Regional Medical Center.

The George Rogers Clark volleyball team lost at Madison Southern Tuesday night. Clark (15-5) lost the first game 25-21 and the Eagles (6-16) completed the sweep with a 25-18 win in the second game. The Lady Cards play host to Rowan County at 7 p.m. today for senior night. On Thursday, the Lady Cards will have a Dig Pink breast cancer awareness rally at 6:30 p.m. at the school. Nicole Pence of WLEX-TV Channel 18 will speak at the rally. T-shirts for the event are $8 and are on sale at the high school.

A little over two years ago then Centre College senior soccer player Robby Crump's mother died of breast cancer at about the same time Mark Hudson, a former Danville and Centre soccer player, also had a family friend pass away from the same ailment. That led Hudson, now the soccer coach at Austin College, and Centre coach Jeb Burch to start the Komen Game to support the Susan G. Komen For the Cure, a national organization that works to help find cures for breast cancer. The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference rivals play here Oct. 2 at 6 p.m. in Komen Game III, and will again try to see which school can raise the most money for this special cause.