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Family, community rally to help Caryn Brown in her battle against breast cancer BY LAUREN SALCEDO lsalcedo@arlingtontimes.com
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Making Strides walk raises $110,000. Page 6
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Caryn Brown was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer in 2009 and her community came together to help her and her family.
Council issues proclamation City urges community to ‘join in this worthwhile cause, to celebrate successes and memorialize lost battles’
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Arlington Assistant City Administrator Kristin Banfield, a breast cancer survivor, reads the city’s proclamation of October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month on Oct. 1.
ARLINGTON — The city of Arlington proclaimed October of 2012 to be National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, with the help of a city employee who’s already well aware of breast cancer. At the Monday, Oct. 1, Arlington City Council meeting, Mayor Barbara Tolbert invited Assistant City Administrator Kristin Banfield to read Tolbert’s proclamation asking all of the city’s employ-
ees and citizens to “join in this worthwhile cause, to celebrate successes and memorialize lost battles.” Banfield is set to serve as the event chair for the 2013 Marysville-Tulalip Relay For Life for the American Cancer Society. After being diagnosed with breast cancer in April of 2008, Banfield has undergone several surgeries and now calls herself a breast cancer survivor. Tolbert’s proclamation noted SEE CITY, PAGE 11
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ARLINGTON — For thousands of Americans, the month of October means donning pink shirts, pink shoes, pink ribbons and more as part of their effort to support National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In Snohomish County, that includes the thousands who have been diagnosed with the life-threatening illness. According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 254,650 new cases of invasive breast cancer were diagnosed among
women in the United States in 2009 — the same year that Caryn Brown, wife of Arlington High School basketball coach Nick Brown, was diagnosed. “Three years ago, the Wesco coaches decided to do a Coaches vs. Cancer game, with one Wesco league school hosting it,” said Brown. “It ended up being meaningful for our team because I was diagnosed a month later.” Brown’s first chemotherapy treatment coincided with the first CvC game hosted