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CLUES ACROSS

1. Numbers cruncher 4. Creator 10. A type of center 11. About spring 12. Equal to 64 U.S. pints (abbr.) 14. Precursor to the EU 15. Something that can be cast 16. Gold-colored alloy 18. A salt or ester of acetic acid 22. A hard coating on a porous surface 23. A type of detachment 24. Filmmakers need them 26. Promotional material 27. __ Blyton, children’s author 28. Short, sharp sound 30. Feeling of intense anger 31. Popular TV network 34. Island entry point 36. Disfigure 37. College army 39. One who’s revered 40. Long, winding ridge 41. Football stat 42. Stealing 48. Hawaiian island 50. More raw 51. In one’s normal state of mind 52. Daniel LaRusso’s sport 53. Tropical American monkey 54. Measures heart currents 55. Midway between south and east 56. Knotted again 58. Born of 59. Value 60. Soviet Socialist Republic

CLUES DOWN

1. Mother tongue 2. Removes potato skins 3. True 4. Early multimedia 5. The making of amends 6. Discovered by investigation 7. Small arm of the sea 8. More seasoned 9. Atomic #81 12. Type of pear 13. Chemical compound 17. One’s mother 19. Vietnam’s former name 20. Snow forest 21. Church officer 25. Hardens 29. Ancient 31. Advertising gimmick 32. Subatomic particle 33. Not fresh 35. Loosens 38. Religious symbols 41. Film 43. Orthodontic devices 44. Grilled beef sandwich 45. Journalist Tarbell 46. Brooklyn hoopsters 47. Japanese social networking service 49. Romantic poet 56. Dorm worker 57. Poor grades

SUDOKU

A-FIB ANGINA ANGIOGRAM ANGIOPLASTY ANTICOAGULANTS AORTA ARTERIES ATRIUM ATTACK CAPILLARIES CARDIOLOGIST CATHETER CHAMBER CHEST CONGENITAL CORONARY ECHOCARDIOGRAM HEART HYPERTENSION ISCHEMIC PACEMAKER VALVES VEINS VENTRICLE

HANSON from page 8

Hanson said she now has type 1 diabetes and gives herself insulin shots four times a day.

Some people sail through their cancer journeys with flying colors, she said, while others struggle with side effects like she has had. But regardless of how their journeys play out, Hanson said people have to stay positive. And they have to have faith, she said.

However, as positive as she’s been throughout her cancer journeys, Hanson said she’s had days where she would cry for no apparent reason and that it was OK. It’s OK to cry and it is OK to ask for help.

Even better, Hanson said if someone knows someone going through cancer, instead of asking what can be done, she said to just do it.

“Don’t just offer to bring a meal over, just do it,” she said. “Don’t ask what you can do, just do it and check on the caregivers, too.”

A PAST

HONORARY SURVIVOR

In 2016, Hanson was an honorary survivor for the Relay for Life event. As much as it meant to her, she said it wasn’t so much about her as it was about her mom and sister.

In an Echo Press article before the event that year, Hanson said, “These two women showed me it’s OK to lose your hair and it’s OK to not think your job is the most important thing in life. My mom always taught me that God takes your hand and walks you through everything. My mom and my sister are my go-to girls.”

Throughout their entire cancer journey, Hanson said her mother always told her there is always someone who isn’t so lucky and she believes it.

“Once you have cancer and you make it through it, you do everything you can to help someone else who’s going through it,” Hanson said. “I truly believe that I am blessed and I have said that from day one.”

MISSY HANSON Cancer survivor

Missy Hanson, cancer survivor, looks back at the Echo Press from 2016 when she was chosen as one of the honorary survivors for the Relay for Life of Douglas County event

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