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PORTLAND,Ore.Anarray oflocalauthorities police chiefs, prosecu-tors, pastors andtown BoyScout lead-ers among them quietly shieldedScoutmasters and others who alleged-ly molested children, according to a

newly opened trove of confidentialfiles compiled from1959 to 1985.

At the time, those authorities justi-fied their actions as necessary to pro-tect the good name and good works of

Scouting. But as de-tailed in 14,500 pagesof secret perversionfilesreleased Thurs-day, by order of theOregon SupremeCourt, their maneu-vers protected sus-pected sexual preda-tors while victimssuffered in silence.

The files docu-ment sex abuse alle-gations across thecountry.

At a news confer-enceThursday, Portland attorney Kel-lyClark blasted theBoy Scouts forthegroups continuing legal battles to tryto keep the full troveof files secret.

You do not keep secrets hiddenabout dangersto children, saidClark,who in 2010 won a landmark lawsuitagainst the Boy Scouts on behalf of aplaintiff whowas molestedby anassis-tantScoutmaster in the1980s.

About the files

The files were shown to a jury in a2010 Oregon civil suit that the Scoutslost, and the Oregon Supreme Courtruled the files should be made public.After months of objections and redac-tions, the Scouts and Clark releasedthem.

The Associated Press obtainedcopiesof thefiles weeks before Thurs-days release and conducted an exten-sive reviewof them.

The newly released files are a win-

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BEECHGROVE,Ky.Late Wednes-daynight,Angie Goodwinwrote aFacebookpost thatshe hadlongprayed shecould avoid : At7:53pmoursweet Lanegainedhis Angelwings.Our hearts arebrokenbut Godhasperformeda WorldWide MiraclethroughLane overthe past fewweeks.

That postfollowed a morethan212-year fight againsta rare cancer byLaneGoodwin, a 13-year-oldfromBeech Grove,Ky.,whoseconstantsmile, unbending faith andsignaturethumbs-upin times of struggle be-camean international cause.

Lane Goodwin's spirit was evident at times during the last two weeks of his life, when he would flash a peace sign or give athumbs-up while he rested at home. The 13-year-old boy suffered from alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare cancer. PHOTOS BYMATTSTONE/THECOURIER-JOURNAL

Youngster who inspiredWorldwide Miracle dies

Lane Goodwin 1999-2012

Lane Goodwin sits with his parents, Angie andGeorge Goodwin, in their rural Beech Grove, Ky.,home earlier this month.

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See a video and photos prior to Lanes deathat www.courier-journal.com/lane.

Kentucky boy withrare cancer became aFacebook celebrity

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THUMBS UP FOR

LANE GOODWINCHILDHOODCANCERFOUNDATION

Angie Goodwin said sheand Lane came up withgoals for the nonprofit: Fund research into thecauses of childhood can-cers. Provide financial assis-tance to families. Educate parents to betheir childrens advocatesand develop a volunteernetwork at hospitals toreach out to parents.

HOW TOHELP

Follow the Prayers forLane Goodwin Facebookpage at www.facebook-.com/PrayersforLaneGood-win to learn how to help.

SERVICES

Visitation for Lane Goodwin will be held from 2 to 8 p.m.Sunday, and the funeral will be at 3:30 p.m. Monday atCalhoun Baptist Church, 315 Main St., Calhoun, Ky. Theservice is open to the public.

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The Prayers for LaneGoodwin Facebook pagethat Angie Goodwin set upto update friends and fam-ily members about Lanesfight against the cancer, al-veolar rhabdomyosarco-ma, went viral in recent

weeks, increasing fromabout 10,000 followers lastmonth to about 300,000 be-fore Lanes death and al-most 400,000 as of Thurs-daynight.

KindexpressionsA manin Norfolk,Va.

who has nevermetthefam-ily noticed Angies pageand set up a Thumbs Upfor Lane Facebook event,prompting people from allover the world to take pho-tos of themselves giving athumbs-up toLane andpostthem, which they did onLanes page, theevent pageandtheir ownpages.

Actor Johnny Depp,country singers GarthBrooks and Trisha Year-wood, TV personality An-derson Cooper, presiden-tial candidate Mitt Rom-ney, NFL quarterback TimTebow, troops in Afghani-stan,theUniversityofKen-tucky and University ofLouisvillemens basketballteams and an entire stadi-um at a Western KentuckyUniversity football gameare among the many whoposted photos.

In the weeks leading upto Lanes death, his familyhas said they hoped hislife

and hisfight might grow tomean more, giving sometypeofmeaningtowhathashappened with a greaterawareness and a cure forchildhoodcancer.

Wecontinue topray fora miracle, but if it doesnthappen here, it willhappenup there, Angie Goodwinsaidtwo weeks ago.

And Lane, she said, isOK withthateitherway....God has been right herewithhim thiswhole time.

RhabdomonsterTaking hisseizuremedi-

cine, Topomax, mixed withDippinDotsice cream a

favoritedonatedtothefam-ily Lanesaton the couchtaking in spoonfuls be-tween glances up at car-toons.

OK, I hate to do this toyou.Butyouvegottoeatthese, said Olivia Good-win, Lanes grandmother,seeingsomeleft inthe cup.

I know, Lane said. Iknow.

Two weeks before hisdeath, Lane started to slipintonon-lucidmomentsandwould tireeasily.

From the very firsttime,youknewmealways,hesaidatonepointduringareporters visit, describing

himself.Pre-cancer, Lanes par-

ents said, he would talk toanybody, open doors forteachers and offer to helpin any way he could. Heplayed baseball, basketballand soccer and loved tofish; his friends called himthe fishing magician.

Thecancer whichthefamily calls the rhabdomonster firstreared itshead in keeping up withday-to-day such as school,sports andjobs.

In Februrary2010, Laneand his father, GeorgeGoodwin, went to a farmmachinery show in Louis-ville. It was a great day,Lane said.

Theyhadnoticedalumpon Lanes neck, like a swol-lengland,but it didnt hurt,so they put off the doctorvisit a day. Diagnosed withan infection, he was pre-scribed two weeks worthof antibiotics.

It turned out to be awhole lotmore, Lanesaid.

When the lump con-tinued to grow seven daysinto the antibiotics, AngieGoodwininsistedon seeinga specialist, who ordered abiopsy.

On March 4, 2010, thedoctor told them that Lanehad alveolar rhabdomyo-sarcoma, a malignant tu-mor of the muscles thatshows up in only severalhundred new cases a yearin theUnited States.

Cancer, Angie Good-win said. Thats all that Iheard.

The family went to theUniversity ofKentucky fortests, followed by a stint atKosair Childrens Hospitalin Louisville and then Van-derbilt University in Nash-ville, Tenn., to finish treat-ment.

After 41 weeks of che-motherapy and 28 days of

radiation, in December ofthat year, his scans cameback clear.

And they stayed thatwayuntil July2011.

Rhabdo hasa high inci-dence of relapse, so wewere on our toes watching,feeling, Angie Goodwinsaid. And we continued todoeverythingandanythinghewantedto dobecauseweknew there was a highchanceitcouldcomeback.

The cancer metasta-sized to 13 areas of hisbones. The doctors sug-gested low-dose chemo-therapy.

And his words to uswere, Im not going downwithout a fight. You mightas well bring out the bigguns, said Lanes father,George Goodwin.

SothefamilyflewtoMe-morial Sloan-KetteringCancerCenterinNewYorkCity for a clinical trial of anewtreatment protocol.

More spots foundSix weeks into the 36-

week regimen, Lane ap-peared cancer-free, but onMay 8, they found a fewspots, which meant moreradiation.

On Sept. 14, the family

went to Vanderbilt for anMRI. Wethoughtwe weregearing up for another bat-tle, Angie Goodwinsaid.

Lane wanted crab legsthat night, so they went toJoes Crab Shack near thehospital.

He went to the bath-

room with his daddy, andwe ordered drinks, shesaid. He sat down anddidntevengetadrinkofhisdrink before the seizuretook place.

Back at the hospital,where Lane endured non-stop seizures for two days,they learned that the can-

cer had spread to Lanesbrain.

Angie and George saidthey didnt know how theywould tell their son aboutthe cancers new reach andthat he was being put intohospice. No more treat-mentwouldbe tried.

Then hisdoctor came inand asked him how he wasdoing.

Lane turned his headand looked at him with thebiggest smile, grabbed hishand and said, You justcant fix it anymore, shesaid. He said somethingabout no cancer andcrossing over.

And we said, Yeah,Lane, when you go to heav-en theres no cancer; youllbe playing. ... You wonthave to worry about thisstuff.

And right before weleft, the sun was shininglight in the window, and hepointed over to the windowandsaid,Iwanttogotothelight, Mommy. I want to gotoGod.

Since then the family ,including Lanes 7-year-oldbrother, Landen, tried tomake the most of the timethey have together.

Angie Goodwin, a chil-

drensmental health thera-pist, and George, a sales-man,took timeoff work.

Ill take one minute ofgood with 23 hours,59 min-utes of bad, GeorgeGood-winsaid.

And if that means itsgoodat3a.m.or4a.m.,then

Im up, Angie Goodwinadded. He may sit in mylap, and well just talk. ... Idefinitely dont want tosleep through (life with)him.

ThumbsUpthemeShortly after the Good-

wins brought Lane home

from the hospital, on Sept.21, Jordan Smith, founderofAwarenessBeads,whichmakes bracelets for chil-dren facing serious ill-nesses, created theThumbs Up for LaneFacebookevent.

Smith said he and hiswife, Stormy, noticed thatLane would often give athumbs-up in photos thatAngie Goodwin posted onher page, which is open.With his organization,Smith followsseveralsimi-lar pages about kids.

If he can send us athumbs-up, we can sendhim a thumbs-up, JordanSmith said.

The response has beenhumbling, Stormy Smithsaid.

Many people, includingthe Smiths, said AngieGoodwins candor, sharingwhat theyve gone throughvia Facebook, and the fam-ilys faith are probablywhat have drawn in somany people.

The movement has alsomotivated many people toholdfundraisers tohelp thefamily with expenses,thoughAngieGoodwinsaidtheyve never asked formoney.

A fundraiser was heldOct.8 atGuaca Molein theEast End, in which the res-taurant donated the nightsprofitsto thefamily.

For a Monday night, therestaurant was hopping,and many of the dinerstalked like they knew the

family personally despitehavingjust learnedof themthemthrough social media.

Nomatterhowbaditis,theyve had hope, saidRandy Metzger, of theHighlands.

The added exposurehasalso helped the familygrant some of Lanes wish-

es.Theyaskedhimifhehad

a celebrity he wouldlike tomeet, and he picked ErnieBrown Jr., aka the Turtle-man, of Animal PlanetsCallof theWildman.

Iwanted togo onanad-venture, Lanesaid.

Brown, a fellow Ken-tuckian, and Neal James,hisright-handman,cametothe Goodwins home, gotLane out of his wheelchairand dancing, and gave hima wooden replica ofBrowns knife, Thunder.

It brings a tear to myeyes.Hepickedmeoverev-erymoviestar,Brownsaidafter meeting Lane. I wasjustreally touchedby it.

Its a thumbs-up, andGods guiding it. ... Somepeople have a spirit thatshines.

Campaignfor cureWhile the family cared

for Lane, some of AngieGoodwins friends werebusy creating a nonprofitthattheyhopewillhelpfindacureforchildhoodcancer,the Thumbs Up for LaneGoodwinChildhood CancerFoundation.

Kentucky Secretary ofState AlisonGrimesvisited

the Goodwins home lastFriday to drop off docu-mentationshowingthenon-profit status.

IttookSusanG.Komento bring the awareness forbreast cancer, AngieGoodwin said. And if Godhas worked for Lane to be

the face of childhood can-cer, wewill standwithhim,stand behind him or standfor him if hes not here tomake sure that that hap-pens.

Dr. Scott Borinstein,Lanes doctor and directorof Vanderbilts pediatricsarcoma program, said he

would like to seemore par-ents, like the Goodwins,push for their children totake part in clinical trialsand educate themselves onthese cancers.

Researchersneedfinan-cial supporttodothebasicscience investigationto un-derstand really whatshap-pening within the cancercell that makes it so malig-nant and difficultto treat,he said.

Childhood leukemia,whichisthemostprevalentof childhood cancers, re-ceived $39 million in re-searchfundingin2011com-pared to $625 million forbreast cancer researchand$297 million for lung can-cer research, according tothe National Cancer Insti-tute.

TheGoodwinssaid theywant tosee that change.

Thebiggestthingwhenall the media started hap-pening and we talked toLane, he said, Mom, I justdont want this to be aboutme. I want this to be aboutall the kids, Angie Good-winsaid.

This is whats going tofind a cure, he told her.This is what we have al-waysprayedfor.

In the interview weeksago at his home, Lane said,Childhood cancer is allgo-ingto goaway.

ReporterEmilyHagedorn can

be reachedat (502)582-4621

andonTwitter@CJ_EHage-

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