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Cancer survivor channels anger Steamboat resident Kassandra Collins leads Relay For Life team development Brandon Gee
mother to breast cancer 17 years ago. She herself was diagnosed with colon cancer in December 1998 and has been in remission for 8 years. Last month, the disease struck close to home, once again. Collins’ father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer June 23. “I was really angry,” Collins said. “I was really angry at cancer. I was really angry that we still haven’t found a cure. I was really angry that cancer doesn’t prejudice. … It just decides who to pick, and it’s not fair. “Once again, the fear and the
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It’s no secret how Kassandra Collins feels about cancer. “I want to kick cancer in the ass. I’m really angry. My mom died too young. She was 52 years old,” Collins said. “It breaks my heart that she didn’t get to see my daughter. She JOHN F. RUSSELL/STAFF Kassandra Collins is a colon cancer doesn’t know my husband. Too survivor. She lost her mother to breast many lives have been lost way cancer 17 years ago, and her father was too young.” Collins, a 50-year-old Steamdiagnosed with pancreatic cancer last boat Springs resident, lost her month.
Relay tales In the weeks leading up to the 2009 Steamboat Springs Relay For Life, the Steamboat Pilot & Today will profile some of the people who have participated in or been touched by the event.
human frailty of what cancer does to people comes full circle. It makes you think twice about how you live your life.” Collins’ father, Richard Humbert, underwent a major, sevenhour surgery to remove a tumor. Pancreatic cancer is one of the grimmest forms of the disease.
Collins said her father is being given just two to three more years to live. “My dad has been very positive. He’s said he wants to see his 20 grandchildren all graduate from high school,” Collins said. “I think it’s a little unrealistic, but it’s an awesome goal. If you embody that spirit, it gets you up, it gets you moving, it gets you thinking about what you need to do to live 20 more years. “There’s a lot of life left to live; that’s the only way I can stay positive with the negativity of cancer
in my life. I truly try to be a positive person every day, and I try to see the lessons in life. I try to wake up in the morning, and I have a choice about how I’m going to approach the day. I’m alive. I’m breathing. I have an amazing daughter, a wonderful husband. I live in a great city and have a great family. The rest doesn’t really matter because it can all be gone in a moment.” In addition to staying positive, it’s also important for Collins to be an active soldier in the See Survivor, page 8A
Care Interpreters break barrier plan N eyed Integrated Community serves medical community, Spanish speakers
ine-month-old Marc Rodriguez sat wideeyed on an exam table Friday, grabbing at stethoscopes and pens as his mother learned how his height, weight and head circumference were changSTORY BY ing. BLYTHE TERRELL Nurse Megan Armstrong and later Dr. Ron Famiglietti explained the baby’s growth to Ivonne González. They spoke directly to González, pausing occasionally so interpreter Karina Craig could repeat their words. González later said that without an interpreter, she’d have struggled to understand the details of Marc’s growth. “There are words that I cannot understand,” González said through Craig. “The words that we use in Mexico are different than the words in English, so sometimes you don’t understand very well what is being said.”
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Ivonne González, left, prepares her 9-month-old son Marc Rodriguez for his checkup at Dr. Ron Famiglietti’s office at Pediatrics of Steamboat Springs. Karina Craig, interpreter program manager for Integrated Community, is on hand to help bridge the communication gaps between Famiglietti and Spanish-speaking González.
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Good times roll in Hayden Folks of all ages line streets to enjoy annual parade Blythe Terrell
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Jack Dolcey celebrated his birthday Saturday at the Hayden Daze parade. The Craig native lives at the Haven Assisted Living Center in Hayden. He was relaxing along Jefferson Avenue in Hayden with caregiver Beccy Lanier and fellow Haven residents Patti Christlieb, Larry Marshall and PAGE DESIGNED BY STEVEN RECKINGER
Teenie Allen. Lanier had to remind him about his birthday. “I guess they’re right,” Dolcey said with a smile. “I forgot all about it.” The Haven residents enjoy watching the line of floats, animals and children, Lanier said. The parade began with the American Legion and American flags. “Oh, I’ve got to stand for ‘The Star-Spangled Banner,’” Allen said as the Legion men
approached. The crew stood respectfully. Scores of Hayden residents lined the streets to watch. Children gathered candy tossed from floats, which followed a “Let the Good Times Roll” theme. The Sports Med float went a slightly different direction than others. Participants handed out bottles of water and temporary tattoos, skipping the whole candy See Hayden Daze, page 9A
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Hayden Town Manager Russ Martin gets dunked by his wife, Ann, during the Hayden Daze activities at Hayden Town Park.
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President Barack Obama told the nation Saturday his health care overhaul is financially sound, but a new analysis by congressional budget experts of emerging House legislation said it would increase deficits by $239 billion during a decade. “I want to be very clear: I will not sign on to any health Obama plan that adds to our deficits over the next decade,” the president said in his weekly address. “And by helping improve quality and efficiency, the reforms we make will help bring our deficits under control in the long-term,” he added. It was the sixth consecutive day Obama sought to keep the focus on his chief domestic priority in the face of mounting resistance on Capitol Hill, including from conservative Democrats. Republicans also renewed their criticism. The president’s remarks were released late Friday, a few hours before an update by the Congressional Budget Office said the overall cost of the House bill would “result in a net increase in the federal budget deficit of $239 billion over the 2010-19 period.” The estimate included the cost of higher Medicare fees for doctors, an important ingredient of the measure for the American Medical Association. The AMA, which represents physicians, endorsed the bill late last week.
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