A little kindness
Jackson Noftle, 28, has overcome the long-term effects of Langerhans cell histiocytosis to work as a paraprofessional at Red Rock Elementary School in Royal City.
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Jackson Noftle in August 2010 after about a year of monthly chemotherapy treatments in Seattle. He’s still having chemo, he said, but now he’s able to get a nurse to come to Royal City once a month from Moses Lake.
Students at Red Rock Elementary know to listen when Jackson Noftle is on recess duty, and he has the vest to prove it.
ROYAL CITY — One of the scariest words in the English language is cancer. Brain cancer is doubly frightening and having it settle in during childhood is a triple whammy.
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