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Sidney native Audrey Sparks completed her first marathon in Wyoming last year (her race-finish is pictured above.) Sparks was recently selected as a member of the Above+Beyond Cancer Organization’s Coast for Coast Million Dollar Marathon Team and will run again this June.
Sidney native Audrey Sparks moved to Mason City, Ia. the year her mother,Lolly Sparks, passed away from ovarian cancer 12 years ago.
“My mom lived in Sidney practically her whole life,” said Sparks. “My parents got married and moved to Sidney and that’s where she passed away from cancer. People knew who she was and she was a staple at Dairy Queen where she worked.”
Sparks said her mother’s favorite activity was fishing, and that she had an unfaltering love of life.
“She loved life. She was never one to give up on anything and she always kept going,” she said.
Sparks has r...
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