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(Radio Iowa) One of the world’s most deadly forms of cancer is the focus of an event in central Iowa this weekend that will gather survivors from across the state, as well as advocates and loved ones of those who’ve died from it. The Purple Stride Iowa walk will be held Saturday at Raccoon River Park in West Des Moines. Ryan Dwars, of Iowa City, is a three-year pancreatic cancer survivor and he’ll be giving a speech during the event’s opening ceremony.
“The Purple Stride event is to help those that are impacted by pancreatic cancer,” Dwars says. “It’s a way to give tribute to family members that may have been lost due to pancreatic cancer, but it’s really to raise public awareness and funds to hopefully have some better treatment options, resources and scientific research.” Symptoms of pancreatic cancer are often vague and can include abdominal or mid-back pain, unexplained weight loss, jaundice, loss of appetite, indigestion, changes in stool and new-onset diabetes. After some minor back pain grew and gradually spread into his chest, Dwars went to the E-R and was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at age 36.
“Luckily, I was able to catch it soon enough which — a lot of people aren’t quite that lucky,” Dwars says. “My uncle was battling pancreatic cancer at the time as well, too. He has since passed. I was able to have surgery, but then I’ve still been battling it because it’s come back a couple other times, so I’m on my third chemo regimen.” The five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer is just 13-percent. It’s estimated more than 66-thousand Americans will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this year, and nearly 52-thousand will die from the disease this year, making it the third-leading cause of cancer death in the U-S. Dwars, a special education teacher at Iowa City West High School, says he’s faced a variety of challenges since being diagnosed.
“The chemo drug that I was on at the time, there was a shortage of that and I wasn’t going to be able to get it,” Dwars says. “We helped advocate and find the drug to be able to bring that to our local hospital, and not just to help myself but also to help about 50 other patients that were going to miss their chemo treatment because of a drug shortage.”
Saturday’s annual Purple Stride event is the only one in Iowa, and it’s among about 60 nationwide. The Iowa goal is to raise 145-thousand dollars toward a national goal of 19-million, in order to help change the lives of people facing pancreatic cancer and advance progress against the disease.
(Red Oak, Iowa) – Red Oak Police report a local man faces charges in connection with a drug investigation. 28-year-old Nikolus Brenton Schooling, of Red Oak, was arrested late Tuesday afternoon on felony charges that include Drug trafficking methamphetamine–a Class B felony, Intent to manufacture or deliver a schedule 1 narcotic–a Class C felony, Controlled substance violation–a Class D felony, and Class-D felony Drug tax stamp violations.
Schooling was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $45,000 cash-only bond.
Separately, Red Oak Police Tuesday arrested 37-year-old Tyce Samual Watts, of Red Oak, for OWI/ 1st Offense. Bond for Watts was set at $1,000.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a fertilizer spill Monday in the City of Burlington in Des Moines County. The D-N-R says a 700 gallon plastic tank containing fertilizer fell off a truck and an unknown amount of the fertilizer spilled onto the street and continued into a nearby storm sewer which discharges into Hawkeye Creek. D-N-R staff later observed fertilizer contamination at Hawkeye Creek, which flows through the City of Burlington to the Mississippi River. No dead fish have been found and the the D-N-R is working with the City of Burlington to address the fertilizer impact before entering the Mississippi River.
1. Riverside (108 points)
•Lydia Erickson, 200 meter dash (27.02)
•4×100 meter relay: Elly Henderson, Carly Henderson, Emma Gordon, Erickson (52.37)
•4×800 meter relay: Carly Henderson, Bentley Rone, Sophia Fenner, Elly Henderson (10:13.07)
2. Logan-Magnolia (92 points)
•Allysen Johnsen, 1500 meter run (5:16.53)
•Madison Sporrer, 3000 meter run (11:21.92)
•Maria Kiger, high jump (5-00.00)
•Distance medley relay: Abby Czarnecki, Zoe Heim, Haedyn Hall, Sporrer (4:33.65)
3. Treynor (89 points)
•Rylee Hemmingsen, 100 meter hurdles (16.41)
•Alyssa Kulesa, 800 meter run (2:24.34)
4. Denison-Schleswig (78 points)
•Avery Bock, long jump (16-06.50)
6. Woodbine (74 points)
•Katy Pryor, 400 meter dash (1:02.62)
•Shuttle hurdle relay: Adalynn Coenen, Reese Leeders, Nicole Hoefer, Kylie Neigh (1:13.01)
7. Harlan (60 points)
•4×200 meter relay: Dani Smith, Samantha Ineson, Kami Stork, Aubree Wegner (1:53.20)
7. Boyer Valley (60 points)
•Morgan Hast, 100 meter dash (13.04)
•Lauren Malone, 400 meter hurdles (1:10.20)
9. AHSTW (54 points)
10. Missouri Valley (35 points)
•Maya Zappia, discus (108-05.00)
11. West Harrison (10 points)
Glenwood 212 Shenandoah 225
Medalist: Sarah Pickens, Shenandoah (42)
Red Oak 198 Clarinda 229
Medalist: Emily Sebeniecher, Red Oak (46)
Shenandoah 158 Glenwood 161
Medalist: Brody Sneed, Glenwood (35)
Clarinda 156 Red Oak 179
Medalist: Kort Neal, Clarinda (37)
Tri-Center 188 St. Albert 189
Medalist: Ben Krohn, St. Albert (39)
Carroll 163 Denison-Schleswig 164
Medalist: Malachi Esteves, Denison-Schleswig (34)
Underwood 192 Griswold 220
Medalist: Luke Seidler, Underwood (45)
CAM Invitational
1st Place — CAM 171
1. Chase Jahde (38)
3. Coby Venteicher (43)
3. Bradyn Bohnsack (43)
10. Austin Eblen (47)
Other: Braxton Dennis 50, Madden Cary 52
2nd Place — Riverside 186
2. Taven Moore (41)
7. Garrett Hough (44)
Others: Nathan Smith 50, Peyton Amdor 51, AC Roller 52, Mason McCready 54
3rd Place — East Union 288
3. Zayne Eslinger (43)
8. Austin Lack (46)
13. Kyson Kessler (48)
Others: Brock Jones & Ty Tallmon 51, Josh Lopez 52
5th Place — Lenox 201
8. Laramie Stoaks (46)
Others: Cash Brummer 51, Patton Adams & Daysen Gregg 52, Kolben Robinson 54, Keaton Lynn 74
Mount Ayr 166 Southwest Valley NTS
Medalist: Tanner Streit, Mount Ayr (39)
Nodaway Valley 173 Martensdale-St. Marys 217 Central Decatur NTS
Medalist: Landon Klobnak, Nodaway Valley (37)
Southeast Warren 159 Wayne 161 Melcher-Dallas 215 Mormon Trail 263
Medalist: Nash Buckingham, Wayne; Jaedyn Schoolcraft, Wayne; Austin Ledlie, Southeast Warren (37)
Shenandoah 8, Glenwood 1
Clarinda 5, Red Oak 4
Bishop Heelan Catholic, 8 Denison-Schleswig 1
Clarke 8, Southwest Valley 1
Shenandoah 7, Glenwood 2
Clarinda 5, Red Oak 4
Council Bluffs City Meet:
1st Place — Abraham Lincoln (17 points)
2nd Place — St. Albert (19 points)
3rd Place — Lewis Central (24 points)
4th Place — Thomas Jefferson (30 points)
Atlantic 8 Audubon 1
Atlantic singles winners — Nolan Waters, Conner Johnson, Nick Bennett, Grady O’Hara, Conner Silence
Atlantic doubles winners — Waters/Kinnick Juhl, Johnson/Woodward, Bennett/O’Hara
Audubon singles winners — Isaac Jackson
2-0s: Waters, Johnson, Woodward, Bennett, O’Hara (Atlantic)
Storm Lake 6 Denison-Schleswig 3
Southwest Valley 9 Clarke 0
MOUNT AYR
BOYS
1. Creston (83 points)
•Brandon Briley, 1600 meter run (4:34.42)
•Austin Evans, 400 meter dash (52.87)
2. Lenox (80 points)
•Donald Bashor, 100 meter dash (11.52)
•Gabe Funk, 110 meter hurles (15.67)
•Shuttle hurdle relay: Donald Bashor, JJ Martin-England, Dawson Evans, Gabe Funk (1:01.85)
3. Mount Ayr (78 points)
•Ryce Reynolds, 400 meter hurdles (53.23)
•Adan Trujillo, 800 meter run (2:04.76)
•4×200 meter relay: Ryce Reynolds, Garrett Walter, Jackson Ruggles, Preston Fleharty (1:31.96)
•4×400 meter relay: Adan Trujillo, Jackson Ruggles, Preston Fleharty, Ryce Reynolds (3:29.69)
•4×800 meter relay: Aidan Murphy, Michael Addison, Brock Shaha, Tegan Hill (9:17.98)
•800 sprint medley: Garrett Walter, Preston Fleharty, Jackson Ruggles, Ryce Reynolds (1:34.29)
5. Wayne (63 points)
•Connor Pruiett, high jump (6-01.00)
6. Southwest Valley (50 points)
•KC Sitzman, 200 meter dash (23.77)
7. East Union (31 points)
•Morgan Cooley, shot put (49-06.50), discus throw (155-04)
8. Bedford (30 points)
•Kase Coleman, long jump (20-00.00)
•Eli Johnson, 100 wheelchair (19.91), 200 wheelchair (37.96), 400 wheelchair (1:10.13), 800 wheelchair (2:30.32)
8. Southeast Warren (30 points)
•4×100 meter relay: Colton Halterman, Brenden Wheeler, Lucas Dirkx, Brogan Ewing (46.07)
11. Lamoni (24 points)
12. Central Decatur (23 points)
13. Seymour (1 point)
GIRLS
1. Mount Ayr (129 points)
•Addison Doolittle, 1500 meter run (5:39.83)
•Aubree Shields, high jump (5-01.00)
•4×400 meter relay: Anne Newton, Aubree Clark, Ashlyn Murphy, Aubree Shields (4:20.66)
3. Creston (81 points)
•Hope Henderson, 400 meter hurdles (1:14.51)
•Maylee Riley, 800 meter run (2:31.44)
•4×800 meter relay:
•Distance medley relay:
4. Southwest Valley (80 points)
•Mackenzie Richards, shot put (33-00.50)
5. Lenox (56 points)
•4×200 meter relay:
•Sprint medley relay:
6. Murray (49 points)
•Leksi Gannon, 100 meter dash (12.75), 200 meter dash (26.12) & 400 meter dash (59.76)
•Keirsten Klein, discus (92-07.00)
7. Orient-Macksburg (35 points)
•Bridget Bracy, 3000 meter run (12.42.16)
8. Lamoni (24 points)
9. Seymour (11 points)
10. Hamburg (10 points)
•Paycee Holmes, long jump (16-10.00)
11. Mormon Trail (3 points)
CARLISLE MEET
5. Harlan (76 points)
•Cade Sears, 100 meter dash (10.73)
•Franz Reisz, discus throw (148-06)
•4×100 meter relay: Lukas Francis, Matthew Sorfonden, Brehden Eggerss, Cade Sears (43.64)
•4×200 meter relay: Lukas Francis, Matthew Sorfonden, Brehden Eggerss, Cade Sears (1:31.20)