Cancer

LINCOLN, Neb. — Jack Hoffman just might go down as the biggest star of the Nebraska spring game.

And he’s only 7 years old.

Hoffman, of Atkinson, Neb., has won the hearts of fans and everyone in the football program for his courageous bout with brain cancer. Star running back Rex Burkhead befriended Jack last year and is the captain of the support network known as “Team Jack.”

OGDEN -- In an effort to raise awareness of those who have cancer in the community, Ogden Regional Medical Center and Utah Imaging are asking Weber State University basketball fans to wear pink to Saturday’s game against Sacramento State.

The game is scheduled to tipoff at 7 p.m.

AUSTIN, Texas — Lance Armstrong stopped at his Livestrong Foundation before heading to an interview with Oprah Winfrey on Monday and delivered an emotional apology to staff members, some of whom broke down in tears, a person with direct knowledge of the meeting told The Associated Press.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the discussion was private.

OGDEN — On Thursday, Dec. 13, Goody Tyler IV stood at water’s edge of the Salt Lake Marina, stripped down to a Speedo, cap and goggles, waded into the 41-degree water and started swimming.

FARMINGTON — After Sondra Farris was diagnosed with breast cancer this summer, she decided to set up her annual Christmas village a little sooner than usual.

PHOENIX — The father of a girl with leukemia who was taken out of an Arizona hospital says his daughter is doing well and being treated in Mexico.

In mid-September, Ogden’s Timm Gehrett — musician, husband, father of five — started a new tradition. Daily on his Facebook page, under the headline “3 Things I Love This Morning,” he lists just that. Number one, always, is his wife Michelle. The other two loved things vary, but tend to be made up of simple pleasures — the taste of fresh coffee, the sizzle of bacon, the airplanes he studies as he learns the craft of aviation mechanics through Salt Lake Community College.

Since Sept. 1, Gehrett recognizes just how precious the little things are that we all tend to take for granted. That was the day doctors at McKay-Dee Hospital found an aggressive tumor known as a glioblastoma in Gehrett’s brain.

His was the sole income for his family of seven. He has no medical insurance. But Gehrett has discovered he is wealthy in friends and family. A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Gehrett has already received support from his ward, getting help with everything from meals to making money for the family, via a fundraiser garage/bake sale.

Now his musician friends are chipping in, too, with an event Wednesday at Mojos Caffe & Gallery. It involves a bake sale and a night of music featuring Ogden talent. Musical acts for the evening are being organized by Ogden band Fox Van Cleef.