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BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH FEATURE
As cancer spreads, Meridian wife, mother looks to emerging treatment
inside BUSINESS A family business founded in Meridian in 1990 is helping to lead the nation in research and advancements in the potato storage industry. Don’t miss this unique story of a researcher whose passion and kindness are still fresh in the minds of those who loved him.
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CRIME Theft, battery, possession of drugs and driving under the influence were some of the most common offenses in Meridian over the past week. Check the Meridian Police Department log to see if any criminal activity is taking place in your neighborhood.
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Photo by Ashley Locke, courtesy of Julie Fry
Julie Fry, 42, of Meridian is hopeful an emerging cancer therapy that’s only offered outside the U.S. will give her more time with her family, including her husband, Eli, and children Elijah and Heidi.
Treatment is only available outside the U.S., so the family is fighting the clock and raising money ON THE TOWN
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hen Julie Fry was by Holly Beech diagnosed with hbeech@mymeridianpress.com cancer, her hope was © 2015 MERIDIAN PRESS to live long enough for her 2-year-old into adulthood. She wants to go on hikes and take more overseas trips daughter to remember her. with her husband, Eli. Four years later, after surgery, “That’s really the hardest part of chemotherapy, radiation and a relapse, the stage IV metastatic breast this journey for me,” she said, “and trying to picture them and their cancer has spread throughout her lives without me in it.” bones and organs. The spread of the cancer escalatFry, 42, forbids her doctor from ed this year, but Fry and her family giving her a life expectancy predichope an emerging treatment — one tion. She pictures herself being there for her 16-year-old son, Elijah, not available in the United States — will help. The family is seeking to and 6-year-old daughter, Heidi, as raise $46,000 for Fry to travel to the they grow up. Hope4Cancer Institute in Mexico Fry wants to be around for the to start a non-toxic treatment that simple moments, like teaching works like chemotherapy without her daughter how to do a ponyattacking healthy cells, Fry said. tail, and for the big moments, like helping her autistic son transition Please see Fry, Page 3
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GIVE Kona Grill fundraiser WHAT: Percentage of proceeds will go to Fry family WHEN: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday WHERE: Kona Grill, 3573 E. Longwing Lane No. 140, The Village at Meridian
GoFundMe Fry’s mother, Kathy Platt Palmer, has set up a GoFundMe account to raise money for cancer therapy expenses. Learn more at gofundme.com/juliefry. “We’re hoping that … we get her the treatment that she needs and this will be a turnaround,” Palmer said. $1.00 C M Y K
BUSINESS Should the state’s Division of Building Safety be able to beat out private building inspectors for city and county contracts? The state said the division doesn’t compete with the private industry or use tax dollars to operate, but one local business owner is callJulie Fry’s family and friends are organizing fundraisers to help her pay for ing for this practice to stop.
cancer treatment in Mexico that is not covered by insurance or approved in the United States.
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