But don't expect him to slow down.
"If anything," Mayne said Tuesday, "it'll make me meaner."
The West Valley City lawmaker said he plans to continue his duties in the Legislature and with the AFL-CIO and has already begun "an aggressive treatment program," including chemotherapy.
The cancer was discovered when he was being treated for pneumonia. "The bad news is I have cancer," he said. "The good news is that because of the discovery during treatment for pneumonia, they found it early and I am optimistic."
Mayne said 2007 "seems to be the year of cancer," noting the high-profile announcements of the disease returning in Elizabeth Edwards and Tony Snow.
"If this increases cancer awareness that will lead to more checkups and early detection, it's a good thing," said Mayne, just before hopping into his car to go to a chemotherapy session.
Rest of the story: I wrote on March 30 about a Novell-sponsored rollicking party with loud music in the back of the RedRock Brewing Company downtown that practically blew the neighbors through their roofs late into the evening.
But there is a silver lining to this story.
The party also was a fundraiser for Bikers Against Child Abuse (BACA). Donations to BACA included $10,000 from Intel, 12 laptop computers from Novell and more than $2,700 donated by those attending the event.
This makes sense: After a road construction project was completed on 900 East and about 4600 South, Jared Price noticed a 1-foot-by-3-foot hole in the right-turn lane from 900 East into the Kmart shopping center.
He visited the UDOT Web site on March 4, and was eventually referred to Salt Lake County's engineering permits coordinator, who promised to send out an inspector and "get it fixed shortly."
About two days later, an orange traffic cone appeared in the center of the hole.
That was a month ago, and the hole is still there. The orange cone has been flattened.
Meanwhile: After renovation of the intersection at 900 East and Van Winkle Expressway, the traffic light system there seems confused. The southbound traffic has two left-turn signals for two left-turn lanes. The northbound traffic has two left-turn lanes but just one left-turn signal, leaving some drivers confused about whether they should actually go.
Fast delivery: Electricity was turned off for a while starting at 10 a.m. Tuesday around the area of 2300 East and 1700 South. Neighbors then found in their mailboxes a notice from Rocky Mountain Power saying electricity would be turned off for wiring work - on March 26.
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