ONE YEAR LATER, JESSICA'S DOING FINE.Byline: DENNIS McCARTHY Dennis McCarthy may refer to:
Odds and ends from around the Valley: Great news this week from Hillrose Street in Sunland, where the Plance family lives. Nearly a year after her lung transplant lung transplant Surgery Transplant of a lung allograft into a Pt with failing lungs; 90 US centers perform LT; 35 centers perform ≥ 10/yr Mean wait time 18 months Indications COPD–eg, emphysema due to α1 operation, 17-year-old Jessica Plance is experiencing all the things a typical teenager should be, says her mom, Janie. ``She's returned to Providence High School Providence High School may refer to:
``It's been an incredible year.'' Yeah, it has. An incredible, wonderful year for a teenager slowly dying of lung failure until a stranger heard about her plight in church one Sunday and stepped forward to give life to her. His name is Mike Noyes and he's a Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County deputy district attorney, who gave up part of his lung, while Janie gave up part of hers, so Jessica could breathe on her own again. I wrote about Mike and the Plance family last Nov. 2, and a lot of you have written and called, wanting to know how she's doing. ``On Oct. 22, we'll be celebrating Jessica's first-year anniversary of her transplant, and on Nov. 15, she will sing at the 'Unmasking the Cure' event at the Beverly Hills Hotel The Beverly Hills Hotel is a hotel in Beverly Hills, CA, at 9641 Sunset Boulevard. It was opened on May 12, 1912 and started by Margaret J. Anderson and her son, Stanley S. Anderson, who had been managing the Hollywood Hotel. to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) is a non-profit organization in the United States established to provide the means to cure and control cystic fibrosis. The Foundation provides information about cystic fibrosis (CF) and finances CF research that aims to improve the ,'' Janie said. For ticket information, call (562) 694-5457. ``It will be a proud moment for all of us to see Jessica stand up in front of 500 people and for the first time not have to worry about being short of breath. ``Mike and I have recovered and are doing fine, and we continue to encourage everyone we meet to become organ donors,'' Janie said. So, that's it. Some good news from Hillrose Street. Two of the Valley's leading charitable and philanthropic women's organizations This is a list of women's organisations. International
Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , and 75 years for the Granada Hills Woman's Club. Wisely, neither club accepts men as members, which means they've been able to accomplish a great deal of good work for local causes over the years. You can see for yourself at an open house, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday at the Volunteer League Center, 14603 Hamlin St., Van Nuys. ``We'll have displays of all the projects we are involved with, including our Clothes Corner, which buys new clothes for needy kids to wear to school,'' said JoAnn Sykes, chairwoman of the league's anniversary celebration. The league presently has 230 members, but it started in 1952 with just 11 women who thought the Valley was getting shortchanged and needed its own volunteer group instead of having to go over the hill to Los Angeles, said league administrator Betty St. Marie. The Granada Hills Woman's Club, with 155 members, has been active in local Valley causes since 1927, when Sarah Butler invited 10 friends over to her house and had them kick in $1 a year for dues. ``We now contribute to 25 philanthropic and charitable causes every year, including polio survivors It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome. <onlyinclude>This is a and New Horizons, a work-training school for developmentally delayed young adults,'' said President Ursula Hedges. The club is always looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. new members, and the good thing is you don't have to live in Granada Hills to join, says Hedges, who lives in Woodland Hills. But you do have to be a woman. And, finally, some good news for all you big-band lovers. After a two- year hiatus, the Big Band Alumni Association An alumni association is an association of graduates (alumni) or, more broadly, of former students. In the United Kingdom and the United States, alumni of universities, colleges, schools (especially independent schools), fraternities, and sororities often form groups with alumni is back swinging at Leon's Steak House steak house or steak·house n. A restaurant that specializes in beefsteak dishes. in North Hollywood, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesdays. ``We've added a boy and girl singer who are both great, and there's now a big dance floor for our fans who love to dance,'' said band member Jerry Tolmich. If you haven't heard the association play, you're missing some of the finest musicians around. Its members are former studio musicians and have played with some of the biggest bands of that era. There's a $5 per person donation that goes to the band, and Leon's, at 10945 Victory Blvd., opens its kitchen for breakfast and lunch. Enjoy. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 --2) At 17, Jessica Plance, far left, is leading a normal life for a teenage girl - a big difference from last November, when she was in Childrens Hospital, near left, after receiving a lung transplant from her mother, Janie, shown giving her a kiss, and a church friend. John McCoy/Staff Photographer column |
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