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NOVI HIGH SCHOOL GRANTS FARMINGTON BOY’S WISH TO GO TO DISNEY WORLD BY CHARITY MEIER
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NOVI/FARMINGTON — “Thank you” was all a little boy from Farmington could muster after learning that the students at Novi High School have funded his wish to go to Disney World with his family through Make-A-Wish Michigan. Henry Tudor, 8, a student at Lanigan Elementary School in Farmington, like his brother Max, 11, suffers from cystic fibrosis, a genetic disorder that causes issues with breathing and digestion and can damage organs. The disorder is caused by a mutation of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene, which causes mucus in the body to be thick and sticky instead of slippery. As a result of CF, Henry and Max undergo extensive breathing treatments twice a day to break up the mucus in their lungs. The treatments take 20-30 minutes each time. “They can’t cough it up,” said their mother, Christina. “When they have a cough, they can’t get it up, so then it stays down in their lungs and it starts to turn into bacteria and different infections.” She said the infections are life-threatening. Henry and Max are not able to absorb the nutrients that they need from food and have to take different medications to help them with that. “On top of that, Henry is resistant to some of the antibiotics that help to fight infections, and See DISNEY on page 12A Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
Christina Tudor, of Farmington, watches as her son, Henry, 8, who has cystic fibrosis, learns Dec. 12 that he is going to go to Walt Disney World thanks to the students at Novi High School and Make-A-Wish Michigan.
NOVI MAN HONORS JESUS WITH CHRISTMAS LIGHT DISPLAY Decorating one’s home with lights during the Christmas season has be-
come a tradition for many families, but for one Novi man it is much more than an annual tradition. It is a way to honor Jesus. “I just like doing it for the beauty
of it, but the main thing about the lights is to me it commemorates the birth of Christ,” John Karakian said. “The reason for the season is Jesus. He’s the light of the world and he came and said ‘I am
the light.’ If you go back to the beginning of time, God said ‘the face of the deep and the trouble with darkness let there be light’ and he said it was good See LIGHT on page 11A
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