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Cavelero teachers riding for #ALS
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

Seattle Visualize...a world without ALS Luncheon gets a mention in Nicole Brodeur's column: in the Seattle Times, April 23, 2013 (Link opens a pdf document) "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."

Seattle Times Sports writer weighs in, wherein we get a mention in his column:
Remembering Lou Gehrig and the fight to cure ALS
by Larry Stone
" ...Lou Gehrig was the Iron Horse, an unbelievably strong man who was brought down by ALS but never quit fighting. When he found out he had the disease, he said he felt lucky, and it's not about the disease, but the fight. That makes him a really important figure today.'' ~ Jonathan Eig to Larry Stone at the Mariners game, following his keynote talk at the Visualize...a world without ALS benefit Luncheon in Seattle. Read the whole thing

News from Montana: 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.

Good News for Vets

Also, view Kathy Holt, Board President, discussing the new VA Rating System for people with ALS.
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Former New Orleans Saint Steve Gleason inducted into Gonzaga Prep Hall of Fame View the KREM news video
Spokane Walk Posted on KXLY Read the article	Got a local news item related to ALS you'd like to share? Submit news articles, photos and links to dedes@alsa-ec.org
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