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HEARTS Continued from page 1 heart transplants and the experience of recovery, re- markably all coming out the other side with new hearts, even though they'd been giv- en slim chances of living. "It's a relief to be around people who feel what you're feeling, who can say, 'I've been there, too,'" McCain said. Now, as they're return- ing to normal living, they're joined in their overwhelm- ing gratitude to the people whose hearts are alive in- side them, people they don't know, who gave them a gift they say is bigger than any- thing they could ever repay. According to the U.S. De- partment of Health and Hu- man Services, as of August 2017, 116,000 people are on the national transplant wait- ing list, and 20 people die each day waiting for organs. McCain said he was shocked by the number of young people on the waiting list at Vanderbilt. There are 2,000 children on the wait- ing list, the department es- timates. He was also touched by the number of nurses who, because they work with transplant patients, are or- gan donors themselves. That all four men made it through with a transplant is a miracle to the survivors, especially considering the number of transplants that occur each year is around 33,000 nationwide, and the majority of those are kid- neys, very few hearts. The number of people needing transplants is five times what it was in 1991. Yetonly three out of every 1,000 people die in a way that allows their organs to be do- nated, and while 95 percent of U.S. adults support organ donation, only 54 percent are signed up as donors. Waiting for an organ changed the men's lives. For Terry and Lola Gra- ham, waiting for an or- gan meant giving up Lola's BBQ, the restaurant they had invested and worked in, then selling their home to move closer to the hospital for a transplant, so that they could meet the requirement of living within four hours of the hospital. Graham also couldn't farm anymore. "I didn't care," Lola re- membered of giving up her old life. "I thought, you can have my house, my barn. Please don't take my hus- band." Jeff and Joy Barrett gave up their screen printing busi- ness because the chemicals aren't good for Jeff's heart. Lucy Will said it's changed her perspective on work and potentially retiring; where- as she had always thought of herself as working, but now she thinks more about spending as much time as possible with her husband and family. It also made her very aware of all the support- ive people she had in her life. "We come from this small rural area. I never really pan- icked because I had this ar- my praying back home," she said. "People were doing ev- erything for us." McCain had to take an apartment in Nashville, liv- ing there as his second opin- ion from Vanderbilt turned into a recommendation for both a heart and kidney transplant. After the transplant, pa- tients' emotions change, they can feel extra anger, but after time, that wears off, McCain said. The physi- cal rehabilitation is also diffi- cult—if he walked 10 feet on a post-surgery day, that was a good day, he said. For all the men, waiting for an organ meant always having a full tank of gas, be- ing willing to drop anything they were doing, not trav- eling outside the four-hour circle around the hospital, in case they got the call. "I was on I-69 when it hit me," Lucy Will said, remem- bering the drive to the hos- pital after they got the call that Dave's transplant time had come. "Some family is in agony right now." Joy also remembers the drive. "It was beautiful. It was January. There was a clear sky, and no one but me on the road," she said. The men say their pri- orities changed—before heart issues, they'd been more concerned with work, but waiting for a transplant brought them closer to their wives, who took up a lot of responsibilities and became the emotional support for them, and the communi- ties that reached out in sup- port or prayer to help them through to the transplants. Graham has come a long way since the attack, and said it strengthened his faith. He wore his "Jesus" hat the day of the interview. "He's got something for me to do," Graham said, pointing at the hat. "By the grace of God, I'm here. Prayers work. God still per- forms miracles." The men are very aware that the heart they have rep- resents the sacrifice and passing of another person. "It definitely puts a pres- sure on me to live my best life. I can't feel like I de- served this," Graham said. Will agreed. "My main responsibili- ty now is to take care of the heart because of the sacri- fice made there, and what that family went through. I think a lot about may- be down the road meeting them," he said. If families want to meet re- cipients, the option opens up after a year, though it has to be mutual from both recipi- ent and donor family. The people who gave their hearts didn't just save these families either, the U.S. De- partment of Health and Hu- man Services reports that each donor can save up to eight people. Besides the heart, each lung can save a person, the liver another, the pancreas a fifth, intestines a sixth, and each kidney can save a person on the wait- ing list. The men and their fami- lies hope that this New Year some people will make the resolution to be on the organ donation list, to give other families the kind of miracle they've experienced, what they call the greatest gift, another day with the people they love. "They told me it's a young heart from the way it beat," Barrett said. "It would be overwhelming to meet the donor family. On their end, it's a sad thing. I'd say I wish they could have cured me some other way...It's like a mother giving a baby life, there's nothing greater than that." From left, Dave will, Steve McCain, Terry Graham and Jeff Barrett have sup- ported eah other through their heart transplant experiences, from waiting list to recovery. Submitted photo removed. "The assessors I have talked to who have it love it." "You are out in the field more often than you used to be, aren't you? " asked com- missioner president Brian Davis. Goodpaster said they used to be required to as- sess all of the county every four years. However, now they assess about a fourth of the county every year. Nelson asked Goodpas- ter what he thought about repealing the building or- dinance. "Is it going to be a loss in revenue? Are things going to be overlooked and not get on the tax roles? " asked Nelson. "There are tons of build- ings out there that people aren't getting building per- mits on," said Goodpaster. However, he said his of- fice would catch the build- ings even if people didn't ap- ply for a building permit. He said it just might take them a year or two, but they would find it while doing their field assessments. "The building permit or- dinance passed in 1990 ac- tually requires a permit for projects other than just new buildings. It requires a per- mit for any remodeling proj- ect that has materials cost- ing more than $1,000." "I don't want to call this a front to get it on the tax roles, but using it as an over- sight is really arbitrary," said Nelson. "People have to under- stand the state has building codes in place and they have to be followed. It is just the county isn't going to be the oversight for them. If peo- ple don't follow the codes, and there is a problem and someone gets hurt, there will be consequences. It is just Pike County isn't going to be the oversight for those codes," said county attorney Val Fleig about repealing the building ordinance. The commissioners voted 2-0 to repeal the building or- dinance. Commissioner Ry- an Coleman was not in atten- dance. The commissioners reor- ganized at the beginning of the meeting with county au- ditor Ron Wilson calling the meeting to order. Brian Da- vis was re-elected president and Jeff Nelson was re-elect- ed vice-president. In other appointments, they voted to keep the coun- ty appointed employees the same with no changes. Those are: commissioner assistant Kristi Dischinger; EMS director Chris Young; county highway superin- tendent Roger Ham; road superintendent Josh Byrd; veterans officer Tom Dool- ey; and county attorney Val Fleig. They also re-appointed Dave Adams to the Alcohol- ic Beverage Board, commis- sioner Nelson to the Growth Council and Shawnee Trace Workforce Investment Board, and Charlie Barr to the Tri-Cap Board. Several positions were ta- bled, including: Board of Re- view, Health Board, Wabash Valley Community Correc- tions, Region 15, Jefferson Township Fire District, Re- gional Mental Health Center Advisory Committee, Child Protection Team Board, Re- development Commissioner and P TABOA. In other business, the commissioners voted to transfer ownership of a property at 606 E. Main St., Petersburg, to the City of Petersburg. In a let- ter to the commissioners, Petersburg Mayor R. C. Klipsch wrote, "The prop- erty has been offered for sale by the commission- ers on numerous occasions with no successful results." He continued, "The City re- cently acquired the property located at 608 Main St., and plans to either rehabilitate or demolish both buildings before the City streetscape project construction begins in 2020." "I think this would be a good thing," said Davis. Transferring ownership to Petersburg was approved by a 2-0 vote. Commissioners decided to table a request to close a portion of CR 1200 S. and CR 1150 S., a haul road in the area of Interlake State Rec- reation Area. The Red Fox Track and Trail group asked to be able to close the roads on April 15, 2018, for a mo- tocross race to raise money for charity. They are propos- ing the roads be closed from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The commissioners raised some questions on exactly what the group was wanting. Commissioners Nelson and Davis said they weren't sure if the group needed the roads closed or if they could use deputies to inform people of the race. Nelson said he thought it was something they need- ed to discuss with the Sher- iff's Department involved and talk with Red Fox. Da- vis said he wasn't opposed to closing the road, they just needed to work out the de- tails. "We have until April on this." The next commission- ers' meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan- uary 16, due to Monday be- ing Martin Luther King Day.