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"She's a cool person to be around," said friend Leslie Goodman, 15. "When you're down, she'll make you smile, make you laugh. When someone needs help, she's always there."

of her illness began while she was attending a birthday party in late 2007.

"Her courage and positive attitude is what has made her mother and all our family be able to go through this," said grandmother Rhoda Allen. "We can't be sad because she's so positive."

"I couldn't believe when Aunt Angie told me all this stuff," Sierra said. "I started crying. There are so many good people in Merkel. I couldn't be prouder of my little town."

"People in Merkel love her and her family," said Denise Cope, Sierra's eighth grade basketball coach. "She had a good attitude and was fun to hang around with. She is a tremendous Christian young lady."

Thus began a string of trips to local specialists and to Dallas for treatment. After 10 months of chemotherapy, the family was hopeful for good news.

"I thought they were just going to do surgery, so we weren't prepared at all," Sierra said on the phone from the Dallas hospital where she is being treated.

n Cinderfella Beauty Pageant, Thursday, Merkel High School. High school boys will compete in a beauty pageant. $3 per person; extra donations appreciated.

The school "used to do the Cinderfella pageant back in the '90s,"Beaird said. "I thought, 'That would be such a great fundraiser, but I don't know what to use it for.' But how perfect is this? When I told the kids, they jumped on board and it went from there."

Events include a Cinderfella beauty pageant in which Merkel High School boys will compete.

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Saturday, Tin Cup Country Club, Merkel. $70 ($45 for club members) entry fee for four person scramble format. Prizes for winners and all par 3s. Call (325) 928 3193 to sign up.

"After the initial shock, I got so excited," she said. "I thought, '(With a prosthetic) I get to play sports again, I get to be in the action.' I was happy from then on."

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Oncological surgeon Dr. Gerhard Maale indeed had bad news.

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This community of 2,600 people 16 miles west of Abilene is rallying around Sierra and her family, who are facing enormous medical bills, with several benefits planned, including a golf tournament Saturday.

"We first heard that I was all clean and could get off the chemo," Sierra said. "We were so happy. The next day, we found out it had come back."

Merkel rallies around teen cancer victim who lost leg

"We heard some noise outside and got freaked out," she said. "Everyone was pushing to get out. I tripped and fell and broke my kneecap."

X rays showed something besides the broken kneecap, and her physician sent her to Dallas, without revealing any suspicions.

"The day we found out, we had a basketball game," Chera said. "We didn't do so well because we were overwhelmed. Everybody was all in tears. She was the one that's always been keeping us strong. When she had the surgery, she was like, 'I'm good.' We were crying, but she was happy as can be."

It fell to Sierra's aunt Angie Chaney and 14 year old cousin Chera Chaney "My best friend in the world," Sierra said to pass the news to friends in Merkel.

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The community has organized several fundraisers to help the family with medical bills.

Instead of letting the news get her down, Sierra said she leaned on her Christian faith and chose to be happy.

Sierra had a leg amputated at mid thigh last month after a cancerous tumor, discovered 10 months earlier and thought to have been eradicated, returned with a vengeance.

Once she returns home, Sierra will need to wait two to three months for her leg to fully heal. Then she will be fitted with a prosthetic leg. Guess Handbags Sales Uk This will be a temporary leg, to help her get used to walking again. Another trip will end with her receiving her "official" leg.

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Almost immediately after the surgery, flowers from well wishers began arriving. The outpouring of support was no surprise to those who know Sierra.

"The attitude Sierra has uplifts the whole school," Principal Ronny Wright said. "We need her more than she needs us right now."

Sierra remembers his words: "Now folks, this doesn't look too good. This looks like cancer."

"At Presbyterian Hospital, they have what I call the 'bad news room.' Every time we go in there, it's for bad news."