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[email protected] Lewis County Detective Tom Callas poses for a portrait along the Willapa Trail in Chehalis on Tuesday. By Stephanie Schendel ty Relay for Life. The relay will fice where he has worked for the said, he used to hate running. Bus Driver
[email protected] take place from 6 p.m. to mid- past 23 years, said his goal is to But when he beat the disease night July 13 at the Morton High raise $5,000 for the American five years ago, his perspective Sentenced Tom Callas beat cancer once. School track. Cancer Society. changed, and he began running. For Assaults Now he runs to eliminate it. “This run is not about me, it’s “My goal is to erase cancer,” At first, he said, he couldn’t Next week, Tom will run 100 about beating cancer,” he said. he said. “To raise enough money run more than a half of a mile. / Main 4 miles, from Yakima to Morton, “Anyone can run.” that research can find a cure for He then began to run more and and arrive in time to run the Tom, who is a detective for it.” first lap of the East Lewis Coun- the Lewis County Sheriff’s Of- Before he got cancer, Tom please see RUNNING, page Main 12 Architect is 86 and Still Working Chehalis Man Uses Years on the Job to Specialize in Floodplain Building