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Cancer Survivor Series: Hailey Holder
High school wasn’t easy for some kids, and for Hailey Holder, it will be a time she would never forget. In December of 2017, Holder was diagnosed with leukemia during her junior year of high school. When Holder was diagnosed, she did not fully...
Cancer Survivor Series: Bill Nelson
On January 26, 2016, Bill Nelson was hit with the most life changing news. Nelson was diagnosed with Medullary Thyroid Cancer (MTC). MTC is a very rare and incurable thyroid cancer. “I assumed I wouldn’t be alive by the end of the year. The word...
Cancer Survivor Series: Justin Budde
In August of 2021, Justin Budde was welding in the back of a trailer when he suddenly slipped and landed on his feet. After he fell out of the trailer he started to feel pain in his right testicle. Little did Budde know that...
Cancer Survivor Series: Trisha Fraker
In August 2021, Trisha Fraker received news that would change her life. After feeling a lump in her breast, Fraker immediately went to the doctor. “I was laying down and my son was laying on my chest area, watching a movie with me and I felt a lump...
A Valpo Life in the Spotlight: William Scharp
William Scharp has been with True North Training Stables, an organization that provides equestrian therapy to at-risk youth and their families, since 2014. He serves as the original treasurer and a mentor to the kids who visit. Every day is new for...