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Article: Sunset at the Beach illuminates need for cures Sunset at the Beach illuminates need for cures.(Virginia Beach Beacon)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- August 20, 2009
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By Stacy Parker
Correspondent
OCEANFRONT
A sunset may symbolize the end of a day, but for Beth Dickey, Saturday's sunset is only the beginning of a fight.
Sunset at the Beach, a fundraiser to find a cure for the cancers non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, leukemia and myeloma, will be from 7 p.m. to midnight at the Virginia Beach Resort & Conference Center.
Last year Dickey, 41, was diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer with no cure.
"This was a traumatizing time for my family and myself," said the wife and mother of three who lives in Lagomar. "When you are told that you have a predicted time to live, you ...