Archive for Monday, December 12, 2011
Part of book inspired by Shawnee toddler who battled cancer
The Team Lucy float rolls through downtown Shawnee during the 2011 St. Patrick's Day Parade. Lucy Weber, a Shawnee resident, was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor and underwent surgery on her first birthday — June 8, 2010. After her death in November 2010, friends and family created Lucy's Legacy to promote random acts of kindness.
A book with a chapter inspired by a Shawnee toddler who battled brain cancer is now available for purchase.
Author Margie Long, Kansas City, Mo., never met Lucy Weber and hadn’t heard her story until reading her obituary.
“I was just very moved by her story,” Long told The Dispatch in June. “I just thought, ‘Oh my gosh, this one little person only 17 months old, and the world is going to change because of her.’”
Long planned for Lucy’s to be the first of 15 stories in her book about people who were “lost too soon.” It’s called “Unfinished Business: Stories of Amazing Ordinary People.” It is available to purchase online at outskirtspress.com/bookstore.
Lucy, 1, died in Nov. 2010. The Shawnee community and beyond rallied around her and her family, later starting a pay-it-forward movement called Lucy’s Legacy, which has random acts of kindness slips online at facebook.com/TeamLucyGoose.
A condensed version of this item appears in the Dec. 14, 2011, print edition of The Dispatch
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The postal service is cutting back hours at some rural post offices. How often do you go to the post office?
“For my own personal use, I only go a couple times a year to mail gifts, usually around Christmas and family birthdays. At that time I usually buy a couple books of stamps that last for most of the year! For professional use, I go a couple times a month to check our PO Box.”
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