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To: Texan who wrote (45490)	6/28/1999 8:15:00 AM
From: William Brotherson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50264

Good Morning Everyone. {{{Sonya}}}, long time no hear! Congrates on the spurs!! I think that todays story reflecks the true spirit of what I have found in so many of you. Yet, so many hold back what they feel, hiding behind a wall of tough or anger. I question, what year, what month, what day, did "I Care" become a dirty word. Why is it so embarrassing to say and show these days? A quote taken from Adolph Hitler's book, "Give me the children and I'll rule the world". Maybe we have hope yet!!!!!! I Care: It was a bold and bald-faced, or rather bald-headed, act of friendship: On March 11, 13 fifth-grade boys lined up to have their pates shaved at the Men's Room, a San Marcos, Calif., hair salon. Valuing substance over style, the boys embraced the full-sheared look because their classmate Ian O'Gorman, 11, about to undergo chemotherapy for cancer, would soon lose his hair. Says Ian's pal Erik Holzhauer, also 11: "You know, Ian's a really nice kid. We shaved our heads because we didn't want him to feel left out." If compassion were a subject, the Bald Eagles, as the boys now call themselves, would clearly get A's. They took notice in early February that Ian was starting to lose weight. Then on February 18, doctors removed a tumor the size of an orange from Ian's small intestine. The diagnosis was non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which has a 68 percent survival rate after five years for children under the age of 15. Two days later, Ian's best friend, Taylor Herber, came to the hospital. "At first I said I would shave my head as a joke, but then I decided to really do it," says Taylor. "I thought it would be less traumatizing for Ian." At school he told the other boys what he was planning, and they jumped on the bandwagon. "Soon," says Erik, "just about everyone wanted to shave their heads." That included a few girls, who never went through with it, much to Erik's relief - "I don't think Ian wanted to be followed around by a bunch of bald girls," he observes - and Jim Alter, 50, their teacher, who did. "They did all this by themselves," he says. "They're just really good kids. It was their own idea. The parents have been very supportive." Ian, who completes his chemo in May, is already well enough to be playing first base on his Little League baseball team. "What my friends did really made me feel stronger. It helped me get through all of this," he says gratefully. "I was really amazed that they would do something like this for me." And they won't stop until it's over. "When Ian get his next CAT scan," vows Erik, "if they decide to do more chemotherapy, we'll shave our heads for another nine weeks." By People Magazine Have a great day all!! wb ( I Care )