C-L senior’s ordeal draws support from area schools, communities

By Eve­lyn Long -

The care and con­cern directed to Court­ney Robin­son is not lim­ited to her school and com­mu­nity as the stu­dent bod­ies of sur­round­ing schools and peo­ple in other com­mu­ni­ties join together to direct their love and prayers to the Cardington-Lincoln High School senior. Court­ney under­went nine and one half hours of surgery on Sep­tem­ber 19 to remove a malig­nant brain tumor. She will remain at the hos­pi­tal to undergo treat­ment. A var­sity cheer­leader and a cheer­leader through out her school career, Court­ney loves to cheer, said her cheer advi­sor and coach, Tracy Williamson. An out­pour­ing of sup­port has been made by stu­dents, cheer­lead­ers and sports team mem­bers in other schools. Wear­ing pur­ple, Courtney’s favorite color, are stu­dents in Mount Gilead, High­land, River Val­ley, and Buck­eye Val­ley. The Cardington-Lincoln High School march­ing band mem­bers each wore a pur­ple shirt and a pur­ple ban­dana dur­ing the foot­ball game played Fri­day night at High­land High School. Coach Bran­don Dodrill invited the cheer­lead­ers into the team locker room before the game and con­ducted a ded­i­ca­tion cer­e­mony for Court­ney, ded­i­cat­ing the game to her. Williamson said a vol­ley­ball tour­na­ment will be held at Cardington-Lincoln High School Fri­day and Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 29–30 with the par­tic­i­pat­ing teams all from the MOAC. All pro­ceeds will ben­e­fit Court­ney. A spaghetti sup­per will be served on Octo­ber 20 at the Cardington-Lincoln High School cafe­te­ria by all MOAC cheer­lead­ers and their coaches. These pro­ceeds will also ben­e­fit Court­ney. Cards may be sent to Court­ney at Children’s Hos­pi­tal or to her at Cardington-Lincoln High School, 349 Chester­ville Avenue, Card­ing­ton 43315 in care of Tracy Williamson.

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