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Pa& e2______________________ ®lf* Northini» (Obstruer June 13, 2012 ABC’s Robin Roberts Needs Transplant TV host says her sister is a perfect match (AP) — Five years after being treated for breast cancer, "Good Morning America" co-host Robin Roberts has a new health fight on her hands. Roberts said Monday she is be ginning chemotherapy treatment for m yelodysplastic syndrom e, or MDS, a blood and bone marrow disease once known as preleukemia. She is expected to get a bone mar row transplant sometime this fall. Her older sister, Sally Ann Rob erts, an anchor for WWL-TV in New Orleans, is considered a perfect match to donate marrow and said she will do so. "My doctors tell me I'm going to beat this, and I know it's true," Rob erts, 51, said on the show Monday. Sally Ann Roberts said she's thankful she has marrow her sister can use and that she can assist in her treatment. "I'm just so very grateful that I did match her because there are many, many people right now who are dying for a match and have no one in their family who are eligible," Sally Ann Roberts said. She said her family is now en- TLWeek ¡n The Review Shooter's Wife Arrested The wife of Trayvon M artin sh o o te r George Zimmerman was arrested on Tues day, charged with per jury in connection with her testim ony during her husband's boqd hearing. Shellie Zimmerman, 25, and her husband are accused of misleading the court about their finances in order to re ceive a lower bail bond. « « ** Good Morning America host Robin Roberts (center), with her sister Sally-Ann Roberts (right) and ABC News' Diane Sawyer on GMA Monday, after Robin Roberts announced she has been diag nosed with a blood and bone marrow disease. She will undergo chemo and a bone marrow transplant later this year. couraging everyone to sign up to be donors. "The wonderful thing about be ing a donor is that it takes so very little," Sally Ann Roberts said. "I will go through a physical and when ... the doctors deem it's time, I will be prepared with some injections to separate the marrow from the blood, then simply go through something like dialysis. I may miss a week of work, if that much." Robin Roberts also hopes that attention paid to her diagnosis will encourage people to donate bone marrow that might help someone else with the disease. She developed MDS as a result of her breast cancer treatm ent — a m anner o f transm ission so un Privatization Raises Alcohol Prices (AP) - Savvy shoppers from W ashington state regularly flock to Oregon because it lacks a sales tax. Now, anecdotal evidence suggests they are being joined by drinkers searching for cheaper alcohol. Oregon liquor stores near the state line report an uptick in business from W ashing ton residents who say they're paying more for spirits, not less, since the privatization of the state-run sales system took effect June 1. W ashington voters approved Initiative 1183 last fall, taking the state out o f the liquor business for the first time since Prohibition. The measure allows stores larger than 10,000 square feet and sm aller stores in some areas usual it affects only a few hun dred people per year, said Dr. Richard Besser, ABC's medical correspondent. R oberts has co n trib u ted to "Good Morning America" since 1995, and was named co-anchor in 2005. The former Southeastern Louisiana basketball star worked at ESPN for 15 years. to sell liquor. Supporters touted the m easure as a free- market reform that would give consum ers more choices and lower prices. However, the initiative also im posed an additional 10 percent distributor fee and 17 percent retail fee on spirits to reim burse the state for m illions of dollars in lost revenue. The result was higher prices for consum ers at many retail outlets. A CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR WOMEN THROUGHOUT ALL STAGES OF LIFE. Attack Helicopters to Syria Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Tuesday that Rus sia is sending a shipment of attack helicopters to Syria, warning that the conflict there could escalate with out a regime change. Russia and China have refused to cooperate in attempts to help end the 15-month conflict that has left more than 13,000 Syrians dead. Witness Describes Rape Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary, a key prosecution wit ness in the trial of fellow football coach Jerry Sandusky, testified Tuesday that he saw Sandusky rap ing a young boy in the showers. Some of the alleged victims in the sexual abuse case testified earlier. Fatal Crash on Columbia The driver of a van died after his vehicle crashed into a propane truck Monday morning on Columbia Bou levard at Peninsular. His identity was being withheld until notifica tion of next of kin. The driver of the propane truck was injured. Balloon Lands near 1-205 A hot air balloon with 10 people landed safety in a grassy area west o f 1-205 n ear O r egon City S a tu rd a y m o r n in g a fte r the operator couldn’t land safely at two other locations due to wind condi tions. No one was injured and the balloon was deflated and removed from the area. Light Rail Tax Proposed WOMEN’S HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATES U.C vv vv vv. vvh a 11 c . c o m Same great people, great new name. Make an appointment and come by to see us in our Eastbank office and Tabor office. EASTBANK 501 N. 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