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Proton cancer center approved
\"We are disappointed by the decision, but were going to moveforward with our project and I guess the market will tell us,\" he said. The board focused its Wednesday discussions on need rather thanlocation. Despite the technologys existence for roughly 30 years, onlya limited amount of research has been done on the benefits versustraditional radiation treatments, hospital officials told the board.But that research suggests that concentrated dosing in a stricken areawith proton treatments has fewer side effects than traditionaltreatments that target the entire body, they said. \"We maybe did a better job explaining this time,\" [Jim Spear] said. \"Thekey to them was understanding the technology is not new.\"
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Cancercenter isapproved
\"We are disappointed by the decision, but were going to moveforward with our project and I guess the market will tell us,\" he said. The board focused its Wednesday discussions on need rather thanlocation. Despite the technologys existence for roughly 30 years, onlya limited amount of research has been done on the benefits versustraditional radiation treatments, hospital officials told the board.But that research suggests that concentrated dosing in a stricken areawith proton treatments has fewer side effects than traditionaltreatments that target the entire body, they said. \"We maybe did a better job explaining this time,\" [Jim Spear] said. \"Thekey to them was understanding the technology is not new.\"
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Proton cancercenter approved
\"I say its unfortunate the two sides couldnt come together in someway, but I dont want to leave Illinois lacking this mode oftreatment,\" said acting board Chairman Susana Lopatka. \"We are disappointed by the decision, but were going to moveforward with our project and I guess the market will tell us,\" he said. The board focused its Wednesday discussions on need rather thanlocation. Despite the technologys existence for roughly 30 years, onlya limited amount of research has been done on the benefits versustraditional radiation treatments, hospital officials told the board. One report Central DuPage officials cited came from St. JudesChildrens Hospital in Memphis. Doctors there said proton treatmentsshould one day be the sole method for treating cancer-stricken childrento lessen the damaging side effects of traditional radiation therapy.
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Q&A: 1 vs. 2cancer centers
[Jim Spear]: There are 60,000 new cancer patients every year in the stateof Illinois. We believe about 10,000 to 11,000 could benefit fromproton therapy. Spear: I think that number is low. Just using the math in Illinois 10,000 to 11,000 (patients eligible for proton therapy) is way inexcess of the capacity of the two facilities. Spear: Under the rules and regulations of the health and planningboard, you have to wait a year before you can reapply for that project. Were going to wait. Were not going away. There are cancer patientsthat need proton beam therapy. And we are committed to delivering thattreatment, that therapy, for our patients.
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Two sides to two proton cancer centers
[Jim Spear]: There are 60,000 new cancer patients every year in the stateof Illinois. We believe about 10,000 to 11,000 could benefit fromproton therapy. Spear: I think that number is low. Just using the math in Illinois 10,000 to 11,000 (patients eligible for proton therapy) is way inexcess of the capacity of the two facilities. Spear: Under the rules and regulations of the health and planningboard, you have to wait a year before you can reapply for that project. Were going to wait. Were not going away. There are cancer patientsthat need proton beam therapy. And we are committed to delivering thattreatment, that therapy, for our patients.
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Collingwood football alumni donates scoreboard to local school
The Fighting Owls Football Alumni repaired the old portable scoreboard and gave it to Connaught...
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North-South conflict? Not here
\"I don't see it as a conflict at all,\" said Mark Smith, treasurer of the Norris Cultural Arts board of directors and a key organizer of the Civil War series. \"If anything, it shows that there is plenty of content to go around, and it certainly helps draw attention to the fact that there are a number of good ways in order to bring this thing to life.\" \"So far there have been no obstacles for us,\" Smith said of the early planning. \"Everyone we have contacted has been responding positively, and now it's just a matter of scheduling them.\" A long volunteer stint: If you've ever sat through a St. Charles Plan Commission meeting, you'd have tremendous respect for a fellow like Jim Spears, who did it as a volunteer on the commission for 40 years. Spears, who died unexpectedly last week, had a say in virtually everything you see in St. Charles from the downtown, business districts, subdivisions and parks.
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Waiting for the world to end
\"If you don't get saved, it will be blessing to die on the first day,\" LaPorte resident Jim Spear says. \"I don't know how else to put it.\" \"God said, 'If you follow me, you can bet your shoes you are going to be persecuted, and that's just what has happened to me,\" he says, adding: \"My brothers and family, they just don't want to hear it. They trust the church; they don't trust the Bible and God.\" \"I'm so sure it's gonna come,\" he said, \"and even if it doesn't come - and I shouldn't say that, because it's gonna come - but even if it doesn't come ... I'll keep reading the Bible and sharing it with people.\"
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Discord delays city budget again
An ordinance passed in May allotted money for council members to spend in their districts, called discretionary funds. Councilman Jim Spear submitted a resolution to repeal that ordinance Tuesday, a move he said would make a discretionary fund-free budget above legal recourse. Spear also submitted a motion to reduce the city's gas tax by 1 cent per gallon, which he said would have been \"an early Christmas present\" to drivers in Montgomery. The vote on the tax reduction also was tabled until the next meeting.
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