Hope for a Cure

Beth Hauser holds a candle during a vigil for breast-cancer awareness, tearfully telling her story of survival to a large group gathered Thursday night at City Hall Park. She talked of the fear she felt when she found out she had inflammatory breast cancer, the worst type of the cancer, and the hope she found from her doctors. After “spinning out of control” when she was first informed, she said she realized she “knew it was time to dig my heels in, pick myself up by the bootstraps and tell the world that this wasn’t going to get me.”

Several people gathered at City Hall Park to recognize Breast Cancer Awareness month. Those present were given pink balloons that were released after Tell City Mayor Barbara Ewing spoke to the crowd, urging the community to support breast cancer awareness and research. In this photo, Wendi Rich helps her daughter, Ella, shield their candle from the strong wind during the ceremony.