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The standard picture of a military leader is the person leading the charge, directing the battlefield, commanding the ship, and making the decisions. A leader is ever-present and sets the tone for his or her unit. But a leader doesn’t have to be at that unit to have an impact.

Throughout his military career, first as an enlisted aviator in the Navy and later as a Coast Guard judge advocate, retired Lt. Cmdr. Anthony R. Owens always strived for the best. If it was worth doing, it was worth giving his all. Read more about Anthony Owens on Military.com
View a video of Anthony here

Cavelero Mid High Teacher Jeff Leer, along with Cavelero staff member Margaret Browder have both lost their spouses to ALS and teacher Timmijo Forbes lost her brother, Mark Reiman to the disease. Before his death, Reiman started a bike ride in Skagit Valley called the ALS Doubleday to help bring awareness to the disease and to raise funds for research.
“I first rode six years ago with my wife Marilyn as her family had been affected by the genetic form of the disease and had lost nine family members to it,” Leer explained. “Five years ago my wife could not ride as she was showing symptoms, four years ago she was the guest speaker at the Saturday night dinner and was in the later stages of the disease..."

Leer, along with several other teachers, will be participating in this year’s ALS Doubleday Bike Ride on July 27 and 28. He has put together a team in honor of his wife Marilyn and they are currently raising money at the school.

Read all about Cavelero Mid High's special fundraising challenge : Lake Stevens Journal.com

"The number of people in wheelchairs, the packs of tissues on the tables and the snapshot centerpieces served as fair warning: This would be a heartbreaker of a lunch.

And it was; the “Visualize A World Without ALS” fundraiser for the Evergreen Chapter of the ALS Association was tough, but hopeful."

Remembering Lou Gehrig and the fight to cure ALS

Family helping Florence grad cope with Lou Gehrig’s Disease

It was Nov. 26, 2010. Her large family had gathered inside a waiting room at the Mayo Clinic to hear from a group of physicians about her then 20-year-old son, Jack.

He already knew what they were about to hear.

“It was like one of those scenes that you see on TV,” she said, her eyes looking away. “You know, where they bring back the family into that room filled with comfortable chairs and all the specialists file in.”  Read more.

Spokane Walk Posted on KXLY
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Interview:

Care Services Director Sonja Zimmer is interviewed by KCTS 9's Enrique Cerna in Chapter Two of the program "Connects" (Chapter one features British Columbia engineering students with inventions they hope will help
patients with ALS)

OLD NEWS:

Woman with ALS completes Centennial Trail journey

School firelane dedicated to Lakewood dispatcher
who died from ALS

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS

Our own president, Mark Chamberlin and Cindy Tewes are
featured in 4 Public Service announcements for our chapter. Give these terrific PSA’s a listen.

Local News Links:

"ALS Patients Find Room for More Life in Less Time to Live it"  Seattle Post Intelligencer  May 13, 2007

"Online Plea Brings Strangers to Bedside"   Seattle Times  March 6, 2007

"A Life Without Fear"  Seattle Times  February 11, 2007

"Gregory Brooks, 48, was Positive and Tenacious"  Seattle Times  December 1, 2004

"Linda McCluskey was 'Ambassador' for Gehrig's Disease"  Seattle Times  March 18, 2004