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Cancer Association
receives $1,312… and counting
GREENVILLE – “So how much do you make with this game?” Karl Dearwester
said, “All I can!” Then he grinned. “If I told you how much I really
made you might want one…” He was referring to a game that is 123 years
old and which he has run for nearly half that time, Dearwester Canes.
The same can be said for The Cancer Association of Darke County.
Dearwester has been sponsoring a fundraiser for the organization for
eight years… the last Saturday of the fair at 11 a.m. Participants toss
the rings and Dearwester Canes donates $10 for each cane, $100 for each
“crook” cane.
This year 22 canes and two crook canes were hit.
According to Dori Houdeshell, Association President, the event raised
about $1,100 last year. Their hope for this year? “All we can!”
The ‘keepers of the canes,’ Mark and Patty Cotter had made their annual
pilgrimage from Michigan to work cleanup at the fairgrounds, and then
to compete in their ring toss challenge. Mark, a cancer survivor, waved
the white flag when Patty had him down four to zero...
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