Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Even after losing a cousin to cancer and being diagnosed with a debilitating brain hemorrhage in October, Edgewater's Zach Brown considers himself “lucky.”
When Zach Brown looks in the mirror, he sees an eye patch and a mouth that won’t seem to do what he wants it to. The image—a reminder of the brain hemorrhage that paralyzed him for weeks in October—is just a part of the 10-year-old Mayo Elementary student’s life now. Part of that is due to the maturity he gained enduring his battle with the injury. But it's also because, as Zach said, he got off “easy.” Laying on a hospital bed in October, Zach helplessly looked on as doctors contemplated whether he had a tumor or hemorrhage near his brain. It was the second time in a week Zach was in the hospital after experiencing double vision and debilitating headaches. After weeks of tests, sleepless nights and an MRI, doctors told Zach and his …
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
The South River mom doesn't go to soccer games or concerts on the weekends—she performs at comedy clubs throughout the region.
Beth Kaufman has been chosen as The Huffington Post's Greatest Person of the Day for Feb. 16. You can read about past honorees here. It took countless chemotherapy sessions and an ongoing battle with breast cancer for Beth Kaufman to pursue her dream. After being told she was cancer-free while attending a health program at Duke University in July 2009, Kaufman was skeptical. "I felt lumps," Kaufman said. "I went through that summer hoping they were right, but knowing in my gut they were wrong." It was two months later that the 53-year-old learned she "officially" had breast cancer. The tumor in her chest was so attached that she endured chemotherapy prior to surgery, a rarity in breast cancer procedure, according to Kaufman. After …
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Jillian Buck of Crofton is the student Board of Education member in Anne Arundel County, and is the only student in the nation with a full vote on her local board.
Although she won’t admit it, South River High School senior Jillian Buck is one of the most unique students in the nation. It’s not because she volunteers weekly, works on the robotics team or spends her summers on service projects. As the student member on the Board of Education in Anne Arundel County, Buck is believed to be the only student in the nation on a local board with full voting rights. Elected as the student member for the Board of Education in March, Buck beat out more than 300 teens vying for the position. Student members on the county's board have had full voting rights since the 1975-76 school year. After being appointed to the board, Buck earned the same amount of influence as her adult colleagues on the board with the …
Monday, November 28, 2011
Gladys Rodriguez gathered recipes from Marine moms, wives, family and friends before she self-published a cookbook.
Gladys Rodriguez is an American in love with her country. Sure, she loves her husband and her children and her job, but she really loves America in a way that only people who have lived in other places can. The Crofton resident said it is the home she “chose.” Rodriguez and her husband immigrated from Cuba (via Chile) in 1970 and took the oath of citizenship on July 4, 1976 at Fort McHenry in Baltimore. Rodriguez works full time in Davidsonville at Homestead Gardens. But spend a few minutes talking to Rodriguez about her story and she quickly moves the conversation to her enthusiasm for a charity close to her heart. That charity is the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund, which helps wounded warriors and their families with financial assistance …
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
Relay for Life events chair has raised money and helped cancer patients in ways she doesn't even know about.
Cindy Ringer is a 42-year-old Edgewater native. While she’s never had cancer, she chairs one of the area's larger Relay for Life events, benefitting the American Cancer Society. Although it is a one-day—overnight—event, Ringer works throughout the year, raising money, organizing, and helping the local American Cancer Society office in Gambrills. Ringer has never had cancer, but she has been touched by it. It took her father’s life when he was just 49 years old. When her daughter, Ashley, wanted to do the Relay for Life a number of years ago, Ringer said that she couldn’t find a team that had room for her and her friends. So Ashley started a new team, “Ashley’s Angels.” Cindy Ringer joined too. Ringer said that her daughter was drawn to the…
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Local riverkeeper wanted to use public office as a way to advocate for the environment.
Anne Arundel County’s sixth district councilman Chris Trumbauer didn’t come to his political position through some carefully crafted lifelong desire to spend his adult years as a politician. In fact, the West/Rhode Riverkeeper's favorite thing to do is to be outdoors. When he was a child growing up near the Chester River, he remembers spending more time on the water than not. “I remember fishing, crabbing, swimming and sailing from childhood,” Trumbauer said. When he and his wife Mary took a monthlong honeymoon, they spent 22 of the 30 days in a tent, camping in the great outdoors. Unlike many politicians who come to public office as lawyers or businessman, Trumbauer came to politics in 2010 as a trained chemist, and as one of about a …
Jennifer Koenig
10:35 pm on Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Okay this is my 5th time reading this article and everytime shed tears. Zach you make us all so proud, you are truly an inspiration! I love everything about you.. Your smile, that wonderful sense of humor you have and of course the awesome hugs you are so willing to always give! more ›