Archive for September 22nd, 2008

Even superheroes need help sometimes

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Four-year-old Felder Sartin, affectionately known to his fan club as “Super Felder,” is not just fighting for truth, justice and the American way. He’s also fighting for his life.

In late August, Felder was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and is currently undergoing outpatient treatments at Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children. ALL is a cancer of the white blood cells and is most common in children.
Meanwhile, his parents Jessica and Gareth Sartin and his brother Easton, 2, of Bogue Chitto, have a church family that wouldn’t just let Super Felder fight by himself. Jessica’s Bible study group, which calls themselves “Secret Sisters,” came together to help raise money and prayer support for the Sartins in their time of need.
“When something goes wrong we just contact our Secret Sister group, it’s just the kind of fellowship that we have,” said Jessica’s cousin Becca Guynes. “We rallied around her, and we’ll be here to follow it the whole way through. Nobody asked any questions when we heard about it, we just got together and started doing what we could do to help.”
And Jessica says in her time of need, her “sisters” are the life preserver that keeps her afloat.

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Pub boss backs knife campaign

Monday, September 22nd, 2008
A pub landlord who has just moved to Reading is the latest to back the Evening Post’s Knives Cost Lives campaign.William Flanagan, 36, boss at The Three Tuns in Wokingham Road, sold wristbands at his pub on Friday.The landlord, who has worked in the industry since he left college was keen to take part in the scheme, which will raise cash to educate school pupils against the dangers of carrying blades. (more…)