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SUSU TPT: ST 4 - THE PORT PERRY STAR, Tuesday, September 11, 2001 "Scugog"s Community Newspaper of Choice" Reidy -- OR) Cathy Perna knows how devastating cancer can be and the effect it can have on a family. With the 21st annual Terry Fox Run fast approaching -- it'll be held this weekend here in Port Perry -- Mrs. Perna took some time recently to recall her encounter with cancer, and how she has since moved on in its wake. By Chris Hall Port Perry Star 'What should have been a S time in Cathy Perna's life introduce lawn signs, which : hind Cathy, Feb. 22, leaving t : d three other Oshawa to thems Perry, to rebuild her small family's life and one day, while reading the g Port Perry Star, she encoun- tered a small article on local efforts in Port Perry to promote the Terry Fox Run. "l read about it . . . and thought this was something | could do in his memory. That was three years ago, and now I'm pretty involved with the Port Perry group," said Cathy. Since joining the local Terry Fox Run effort, Cathy has slowly worked her way into handling most of promo- tions and public relations tasks. This year, she helped e group hopes will remind re & people about this elp of Seagrave' athy and Wayne had 'and build, gh] did," | she: 1» quite enjoying that was just amazing. To run for in the wake of cancer Her involvement takes up was unselfish and dedicated her brother-in- plenty of her spare time and he passed alon a message his time and between the beginning of to everyone." = dozen signs August and mid-September, It is important, Cathy adds, but she says every moment she that her children understand 1 Sl (: is behind her oes, ~ by ph can on that it's okay to give up some of and it also has i al many your. time for a good cause," other people in the world. sald Cathy, who recalls those They're s tithe 0 what has days in 1980 when Terry Fox ran Marathon of Hope. ""] remember it and | remem- a ber him. He was only two years me at the time, and | "The sense of life hi 143 days, 26 miles a day... he have been in horrible