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General Categories => Events => Topic started by: JTH on August 18, 2015, 06:42:31 AM
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If you've shot any of the action matches (USPSA, Steel Challenge, or Multigun) at ENGC, or been a member of this forum for awhile, you've probably talked with or read comments by James Schober (mudnrox).
At ENGC, James has been shooting with us for a number of years---you've probably seen him ROing at the Great Plains Sectional, Area 3, and pretty much EVERY local match (USPSA, Steel Challenge, and Multigun). He helps out all the time, designs and builds stages, and currently is on the ENPS Committee as both the Steel Challenge Coordinator, and the webmaster for the ENPS website. On the forum here, he's been part of a large number of discussions.
At ENGC, he's helped us out a HUGE amount. If you've shot an action shooting sport match at ENGC in the past several years, he's had a hand in making you able to do that.
On August 8th, right after working Area 3, James was diagnosed with advanced brain cancer in the motor cortex section of his brain that controls the right side of his body. He has a wife, a daughter (who is a senior in high school this year)--and the doctors have given him 15 months to live. He's 45 years old.
A GoFundMe account has been set up for Jim for a specific reason: As Jim's motor functions decay over time, he simply won't be able to do as much--including walking up stairs. The GoFundMe is specifically written to raise money to 1) install a shower on the main floor of his home, and 2) do other construction work at his house so that he can go HOME and stay with his family as long as possible.
This is the link to the GoFundMe account:
http://www.gofundme.com/x8hubnyk (http://www.gofundme.com/x8hubnyk)
If you think this is a worthy cause, plenty help out. (Every $5 helps. And more is even better.) And yes, you can make your donations anonymous if you like. We are currently about halfway to the goal.
Feel free to share the link to others, too.
I'm crossposting this to the Shooting Sports subforum as many of the people there know James directly.
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I've known Jim for close to 10 years. He's a great guy! Please help out if you can.
I (Handyman Joes) offered to install the shower at cost but Jim already had someone lined up who's doing it as a moonlight gig.
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I've known Jim for close to 10 years. He's a great guy! Please help out if you can.
I (Handyman Joes) offered to install the shower at cost but Jim already had someone lined up who's doing it as a moonlight gig.
The help is appreciated. (And the guy who is doing it approached me at a match. Shooters are some of the best people out there.)
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Shooters are some of the best people out there.)
That's true. The only better people I know are dogs.
Thanks for posting this Thomas.
Fly
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My brother Jim was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme, a terminal form of brain cancer on August 8th. He was given 15 months to live.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkroll/2015/03/30/60-minutes-covers-dukes-polio-virus-clinical-trial-against-glioblastoma/ (http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkroll/2015/03/30/60-minutes-covers-dukes-polio-virus-clinical-trial-against-glioblastoma/)
An engineered version of the poliovirus has been in development for more than 20 years as a treatment for one of the most difficult-to-treat cancers, a brain tumor called glioblastoma multiforme, abbreviated GBM. A human safety trial of the virus, called a Phase I study, is ongoing at Duke University’s Brain Tumor Center in Durham, North Carolina. The patients who’ve been enrolled have the toughest form of this disease: GBM that has returned after previous surgery and treatment.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/polio-cancer-treatment-duke-university-60-minutes-scott-pelley/ (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/polio-cancer-treatment-duke-university-60-minutes-scott-pelley/)
Editor's Note: For more information on the Duke University polio trial or other brain cancer trials, click here or call 919-684-5301