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Neighbors pitch in to help Soitya Lewis Fund raising activities are underway to help defray medical expenses for an East Central Commumty College stu– dent who is undergoing daily cobalt radiation treatment~ following an operation to remove a brain tumor. Freshman Sonya Lewi'>, eighteen– year-old daughter of Mr. and Mr'>. Robert C. Lewis of Little Rock, under– went the November 8 .surgery at Mississippi Baptist Hospital after suf– fering a seizure at her Newton County residence. be received. A spokesman said treatments are given five h urs a part and will continue for a six-week period. Lewis is a 1989 graduate of Beulah Hubbard High School where she was an honor student. She was also a member of the band and served several years as a cheerleader. Ai East Central;. lhe elementar) education major is a member of the \\'arrior Band where she serves in the nag corps. television set being provided by Decatur Electric and Appliance Store. Also planned is a benefit basketball game between the " Technical Dif– ficult ies" of WTOK-TV and East Cen– tral faculty members wh1ch is schedul– ed Tuesday, December 5. Tip-off is set for 10:35 a.m. in the Brackeen-Wood Physical Education Building. Admis– sion b S I per person. The wmner of the televjsion set will be announced during halftime. ·

Several fund raising acuvJties are scheduled for the popular student, ac– cording to EC drafting and design technology Instructor Ricky Harrison who is among those planning variom benefit events. Harrison said donations are being accepted for a chance to win a 13-inch

Harrison said a special account has been established at Eastover Bank for Savings in Decatur. To contribute, please make chech payable to the Sonya Lewis Fund For further mformation, contact Harrison or the college's public infor– mation office, phone 635-211 I.

Lewis began twice daily radiation treatments November 15 as an outpa– tient at the Jackson hospital. She and her ll}Other, who also recently had surgery, are staying during week days with a·relative who lives near Jackson so that the treatments can more easily

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