Restaurant fundraisers aim to help Walkersville boy fighting cancer

‘‘He was having headaches, and he went to the pediatrician, who sent him to the emergency room,” Condren said.

An X-ray revealed an egg-sized tumor behind Tyler’s eye, similar to the tumor that recently forced U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy into surgery, she said.

According to the Patty Pollatos Fund Web site, Tyler’s cancer is a very aggressive form known as glioblastoma. Surgery in April removed the tumor, but Tyler must travel about 100 miles five days a week to receive chemotherapy and radiation treatments at the National Institutes of Health in Rockville.

‘‘It’s extremely rare for children to get it,” Condren said. ‘‘His time is probably very limited. It’s a very sad situation, but we’re trying to keep it lighthearted for him.”

The fundraiser at The Greene Turtle restaurant in downtown Frederick will be followed by an Aug. 3 fundraiser at Beef O’Brady’s, at Crestwood Boulevard and New Design Road in Frederick; other restaurant fundraisers are planned, according to the Patty Pollatos Fund, a nonprofit helping to support the family.

Tyler has played baseball for the U-12 Orioles in the Glade Valley Athletic Association. He just finished sixth grade at Walkersville Middle School as an honors student, and lives in Walkersville with his mother, father Eric and sister Hannah, 9. The Condrens moved to Walkersville from Frederick six years ago.

For more information, visit Tyler’s page on the Patty Pollatos Fund’s Web site, at www.ppfinc.org⁄Recipients⁄Tyler_Condren.htm.

Visit www.caringbridge.org⁄visit⁄tylerc to learn more about Tyler’s struggle.

Six completenuclear medicine program

Frederick Community College recently awarded degrees and pins to six Frederick residents who completed the nuclear medicine program.

City graduates from the class of 11 include: Elizabeth Burkhart, Laura Hughes, Jing Liu, Gloria Pelypec, Dyukon Suku and Rebecca Warne.

The graduates earned an associate degree in science or a certificate and are now eligible to take the national certification exams through the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists and⁄or the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board.

Emmitsburg scoutsready to recycle

Members of Boy Scout Troop 727 of Emmitsburg on Sunday will collect recyclable paper and aluminum at St. Joseph’s Rectory, at 47 DePaul St., Emmitsburg, according to a press release from the troop.

The scouts are offering a drive-through service from 8 a.m. until noon.

‘‘People can just drive by and the scouts will take the recyclables out of their cars,” said Scoutmaster Larry McKenna.

The troop will sell the collected goods and use the proceeds to send its 17 scouts, ages 11-18, to a weeklong summer camp next year, McKenna said. All the scouts are from the Emmitsburg area.

The troop meets each Thursday evening at St. Joseph’s.

Sunday marks the first of a year-long effort to get the kids into recycling and fundraising. The troop will be repeating the recycling drive-thru on the first Sunday of every month.

Some troop members are heading to camp in Goshen, Va., on Saturday. The camp costs about $300 per scout.

‘‘Those that are not going to camp are going to do the work this year,” McKenna said.

In addition to McKenna, Jon Carroll, Sheila Gray, Eric Isaacson, John Slotwinski and Lori Stromberg lead Troop 727.

For more information, call Larry McKenna at 301-447-2157.

Thurmont nativemakes dean’s list

Lindsey L. Gladhill of Thurmont earned a spot on the spring 2008 dean’s list at Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, N.C., according to a press release from the university. Gladhill is majoring in theatre arts.

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