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Havens perseveres as lungs begin to fail

Posted on March 17, 2011 |
By John Flowers



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LONG-TIME MIDDLEBURY Union High School custodian Eddie Havens is persevering through his job as he awaits a double lung transplant in Boston. Family and friends are raising money to cover some of his expenses. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

 

MIDDLEBURY — Eddie Havens has spent the past 28 years making sure the Middlebury Union High School building has been in tip-top condition for teachers to teach and students to learn.

But recent months have seen Havens, a 52-year-old custodian at MUHS, do a little teaching of his own while tidying up the campus. And it’s a lesson steeped in courage and built on a real-life testimonial on the dangers of smoking.

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