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The INDEPENDENT,‘April3; 2003
Without help, failure of legislature and Measure 28 write death sentence for young father
Casualties of Oregon's eco ered by the Oregon Health
nomic distress continue to rear Plan. Without funds to assure
their heads. The situation of purchase of the medication, the
Chris Cox, a 28 year-old hus transplant will not be per
band and father is one such formed.
case. Cox was diagnosed with
To avoid what is a certain
an aggressive form of leuke death sentence for Chris, the
mia, called Acute Myelogenous Cox family must raise at least
Leukemia, in October of last $72,000 just for the medication.
year. He has undergone exten Approximately $100,000 of med
sive chem otherapy and his ical costs, incurred since the di
doctors have told him that a agnosis, has been covered.
bone marrow transplant is nec
Cox was employed at Stim-
essary.
son Lumber Company until he
A donor match has been was diagnosed with leukemia,
found but, since the failure of when he was told he could no
Measure 28, the post-operative longer work because his health
medication is no longer cov would be at risk. He is currently
unemployed and his wife, An
drea, is providing at-home
medical care and caring for
their children, three-year-old
Karissa ad one-year-old Elijah.
To help the family raise the
necessary funds, an account
has been set up through the
“National Transplant Assis
tance Fund.” For more informa
tion, or to donate to this fund,
call 1-800-842-8399 or visit
<www.transplantfund.org>.
Several restaurants have
held fund raisers, donating a
percentage of proceeds to Cox,
including G odfather’s Pizza
and Northwest Sweet Toma-
toes.
Several
more
are
planned, but the need is urgent,
Abbreviations: DUII, Driving Un
der the Influence of Intoxicants;
BUII, Boating Under the Influence
of Intoxicants; DWS, Driving While
License is Suspended; MIP, Minor
In Possession of Intoxicants; PCS,
Possession of Controlled Sub
stance; ODL, Oregon Driver Li
cense; FTA, Failure to Appear in
Court; NTSI, National Traffic Safe
ty Institute; DA, District Attorney;
VIP, Victim Impact Panel; FF&A,
Fines, Fees and Assessments.
March 18, 2003
Traffic..................................
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if Chris Cox is going to survive
and regain his health.
G a m e ....................................
B o at......................................
Mise. V iola tions.................
4
1
2
March 25, 2003
G regory A. R eynolds, 23, Ver
nonia, pled not guilty to A ssault IV;
continued. Pled guilty at w arrant
arraignm ent for violation of release
agreem ent; 180 days jail, suspe nd
ed, 1 yr probation, abide by all
term s of 3/1/03 release agreem ent,
no fine im posed.
T raffic......................................10
G a m e .................................... 1
Mise. V iola tions.................. 1
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