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Baylor College of Medicine's Texas Children's Cancer Center is part of a Dream Team of childhood cancer researchers that will focus on melding the fields of genomics and immunotherapy to advance treatment for pediatric cancer.

Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C) and the St. Baldrick's Foundation, along with the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), announced the creation of the first pediatric cancer Dream Team at a press conference April 7 at the AACR annual meeting in Washington, DC.

Local youngsters danced, sang, and played their way into the hearts of residents at The Summit at Blue Mountain Health System during a talent show inspired by a 6-year-old's desire to give back.

When Max Fitzpatrick, 6, visited the nursing and rehabilitation center last month with his Cub Scout troop, he enjoyed the visit so much that he asked his mother if they could return this time not just to visit, but to play for the residents.

Andrew Thomas Kuczma and Jessica Lynn White, 25 Smith Drive, Kunkletown.

Robert Gene Yaeger and Sara Elizabeth Donner, 3610 Delaware Drive, Dalzell, S.C.

Gregory Richard Rivera, 5 Stafford Court, Eastampton, N.J., and Kalene Marie Hartigan, 230 Anderson Road, Clinton, N.J.

During the 2013 National Library Week, which took place last week, the Penn Kidder Library Center neared completion of a 60-foot accessible outdoor deck. The library, which is located at the Pine Point Plaza in Albrightsville, should be opening soon. Patrons will be able to enjoy their favorite book or access WiFi from their laptop, while enjoying the deck, which is located on the sunny side of the library. Barbara Franzosa, president of the PKLC board of directors, supervises the deck

development, as volunteer Charles Trovato, of CJT Home Improvements, builds the deck.