March 13, 2013 Issue

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UW-­Whitewater  soccer  coach  plans  team  trip  to  Northern  Ireland Page  16

March  13,  2013

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A new heart,

  Established  1901

a new beginning

Autumn  Markos  was  born  with  two  heart  defects  and  has  undergone  seven  surgeries,  LQFOXGLQJ KHDUW WUDQVSODQW LQ ¿ YH PRQWKV 7KH 0DUNRV IDPLO\ ZDV ¿ QDOO\ DEOH WR WDNH KHU KRPH ¿ YH ZHHNV DIWHU KHU VXFFHVVIXO heart  transplant  on  Feb.  3.

Autumn’s Army “Once  a  Warhawk,  always  a  Warhawk.â€?  This  is  the  philosophy  head  coach  Bren-­ da  Volk  said  the  UW-­Whitewater  softball  program  stands  by. It’s  what  made  Volk  reach  out  to  Lind-­ VD\ 0DUNRV D IRUPHU RXWÂż HOGHU IRU WKH Warhawks  softball  team,  after  hearing  about  her  daughter  Autumn’s  heart  com-­ plications. The  softball  team  will  be  holding  mul-­ tiple  fundraisers  for  the  Markos  family  to  help  with  medical  expenses.  Today,  the  team  will  be  holding  a  fundraiser  at  Jes-­ sica’s  Family  Restaurant  in  Whitewater.

By Andrea Behling Editor  In  Chief

UW-­Whitewater  alumna  Lindsay  Markos  would  go  to  church  every  Sunday  with  a  beeper  in  her  lap,  praying  it  would  go  off. Markos  knew  that  when  it  did,  it  meant  the  Herma  Heart  Center  of  Children’s  Hospital  in  Wisconsin  had  found  a  compatible  heart  for  her  four-­month-­old  daugh-­ ter,  Autumn,  who  had  two  congenital  heart  de-­ fects. Lindsay  said  it  would  be  very  meaningful  for  the  beeper  to  go  off  on  a  Sunday. “So  many  important  things  have  happened  in  our  lives  on  a  Sunday,â€?  Lindsay  said. It  was  on  a  Sunday  when  Markos  and  her  hus-­ EDQG $ODQ KDG WKHLU Âż UVW FKLOG $OH[LV ,W ZDV DOVR on  a  Sunday  when  their  second  child,  Aiden,  was  born. And  when  the  beeper  went  off  at  11:42  a.m.  on  Feb.  3,  2013,  marking  a  new  beginning  for  Au-­ tumn,  it  was  a  Sunday. “We  just  knew  that  everything  was  going  to  be  OK,â€?  Lindsay  said.

WHat:

Autumn’s  Army                         softball  fundraiser

Where:

Jessica’s  Family                            Restaurant                            140  W.  Main  St.

WheN:

Today  from  6  a.m.                         to  9  p.m.

WhY:

10  percent  of  all                    sales  will  be  donated                    to  the  family The  team  will  also  be  selling  T-­shirts  DV VHHQ EHORZ DQG EUDFHOHWV WR EHQH¿ W the  Markos  family.  Contact  Brenda  Volk  at  Volkb@uww.edu  to  order  a  T-­shirt  or  bracelet.

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