| American League Central Capsules
Capsules by Bill Reader, The Seattle Times; "Written in Stone" and division rankings by Larry Stone, Seattle Times baseball reporter. Statistics from 2007 season unless noted : Detroit Tigers (88-74), Second place in 2007 Manager: Jim Leyland (3rd season). Key free agents: Re-signed SP Kenny Rogers (1 year, $8 million). Acquired in trade: 3B Miguel Cabrera, SP Dontrelle Willis (from Florida); SS Edgar Renteria (from Atlanta), OF Jacque Jones (from Cubs). Going, going, gone: 1B Sean Casey (signed by Boston), INF Omar Infante (traded to Cubs), OF Cameron Maybin, SP Andrew Miller (traded to Florida). Campaign slogan: "Four more years of the full dinner pail." Or maybe that's just chubby 3B Miguel Cabrera's campaign slogan.
For the Phinney family, a dream and a challenge
Like any proud father, Davis Phinney marvels at the man his son has become. It is not because Taylor Phinney juggles his senior year's studies at Boulder High School while training as an elite cyclist. Or because he speaks fluent Italian. Or that he is, according to his coach, Neal Henderson, "physiologically phenomenal," a perfect combination of his parents. What makes Davis Phinney most proud is something more personal. "To get the benefit of me," he often tells his son, "you have to be somewhat responsible for me, too." And he has been. Nothing has made Taylor, 17, grow up faster than watching his father's body decay. Phinney, 48, was a brazen sprinter and the star of the 7-Eleven professional cycling team in the 1980s and early '90s. He was a risk-taker with beefy biceps, nicknamed Thor, the Norse god of thunder.
Soldier has piece of shrapnel removed from face
HEATH -- A Heath soldier injured in Iraq on New Year's Eve 2006 had surgery last week to remove a piece of shrapnel that had been above his left eye for almost 15 months. Todd Henry, 40, son of Heath City Councilman Cledys Henry, had the copper piece removed from just under the skin in an outpatient procedure at the Chalmers P. Wylie Veterans Clinic, Columbus. .
Dr. Robert Gale Martin: 'Farm boy' found worldwide acclaim
PINEHURST — Dr. Robert Gale Martin, a Wilkes County farm boy who became an internationally known ophthalmologist, lived his life by a few simple words: Do onto others as you would have them do onto you. Martin died March 18. He was 65. About five years ago, Martin was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a type of cancer that is found in the protective lining surrounding most of the body’s internal organs. "He knew it was terminal at the outset," said Dr. Gregory Mincey, a retina surgeon who worked with Martin. "We all did. Typical of Gale, he didn’t retreat. He picked up the pace. He literally operated until the very last." Martin was co-founder of Carolina Eye Associates, one of the largest outpatient ocular surgical centers in the state.
Former SPCA dog undergoes surgery to save diseased eye
A dog returned to her Fairystone home Wednesday afternoon following eye surgery in North Carolina, according to Dr. Joe May, veterinarian at Kings Mountain Animal Clinic. Due to glaucoma in her left eye, Dolly Molly was a special-needs dogs at the Martinsville-Henry County SPCA. She recently found a home with Jerry Hopkins of the Fairystone area and within a few days, she developed problems with the vision in her right eye. May said the new concerns were the result of “leakage" from the left eye, and the little pup would need specialized laser surgery or she would lose sight in both eyes. The SPCA had raised about $250 toward the surgery in her left eye, but since Dolly Molly had been privately adopted, the agency could not help with additional funds.
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