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\ News 2009 Stone king stays strong in the battle against cancer J ulia V an W inkle & G race W all Every day many of us take our health for granted; never realizing that in one moment that can all change. On Sept. 7, after suffering from headaches and consulting doctors, Jake Stoneking, freshman, was d ia l ' " .................. met tun day Stoi to a yea and he and Stoneking were overwhelmed with the diagnosis. A website on Caring Bridge was set up for Stoneking and his mother, Wendy, makes frequent updates about his condition. Many people have written in the guest o -n 4 -ri n o T ATf trA m ' #- Í : SNOW to VOOR STOD ÍNT t.D. CARD Receive t h is s p e c ia l ve a u ★ GO HARTS ir MINIATORE GOLF ★ LAZER TAG ★ BATTING CAGES ★ MAN FLIGHT ir ROMPER BOATS Find us on Wilsonville Family Fun Center Wilsonville Family Fun Center & Bullwinkle's Restaurant Facebook follow US on ■ ö rc fS fc ? ©P.A.T Ward ■ @familyfuncenter same time as their early applica tions are due. Other colleges such as Or egon State Univer- sity don't require their scholarship applications until FUN-CENTER.COM w iue variety ui upuuii» wircu uci m ■ ' V' -: go. Most colleges are willing to waive application fees; simply search the website to find the link and fill out the application. •The private school option turns off many be cause of its general high price. However, many don't realize that private schools have much more money (often from private donors, memorials and alumni) to give to students in financial aid. ' - / / mi mi w ti si rz -n m |ià 1 < « 4 « “ . 1 Ifepi r5 f Getting ........... ..... he is doing, go to the Caring Bridge web site at, www. caringbridge. org/visit/ jacobstoneking. "I think we've all been touched, and feel a real motivation to be vith him each >tep of the way," ?usan Kruger, i family friend, said. To help Dtoneking's family out with Tie process, Susan Kruger and Lorie Griffith, have organized a While insurance edical bills, it r for his parents' >rk. Donations these costs. To ct Kruger at ?r@comcast.net. 11 can do is stay just for me, but d his family," ?r, said. He has g Jake in the d helping his ugh the cancer, gers aren't les helping r friends Pam ielissa Proff, *ht and Traci e been cooking he Stonekings. ays after the > discovered, had surgery all I can s stay ng, not for me, fly” att Kruger, freshman i it. Since then ?n receiving rapy and to treat the metimes on the ow Stoneking rs from the and is eating f formula a day through a tube. He has been losing weight, but it has steadied. Friends Mitchell Wible and Mitchell Blatt, freshmen, went trick-or-treating for Stoneking, because he couldn't. "The power of your support is uplifting," Wendy Stoneking said.
