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Auburn’s ultra walker, Don Stevenson, right, shares a moment with Dave Valle, broadcaster and former Mariner, before the April 25 game at Safeco Field. Stevenson threw out the ceremonial first pitch. He left the next day to begin his 3,000-mile walk to New York City. - Courtesy/Loretta Stevenson
Courtesy/Loretta Stevenson
Auburn’s ultra walker, Don Stevenson, right, shares a moment with Dave Valle, broadcaster and former Mariner, before the April 25 game at Safeco Field. Stevenson threw out the ceremonial first pitch. He left the next day to begin his 3,000-mile walk to New York City.

PACIN’ PARSON UPDATE


June 2, 2008 · Updated 3:51 PM 

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Auburn’s Don Stevenson is walking 13,000 miles to raise awareness and funds for Huntington’s disease. He left Seattle last week to complete the final 3,000-mile leg to New York City.

Stevenson, 72, the “Pacin’ Parson,” hopes to raise more than $20,000 for HD, an inherited, progressively degenerative brain disorder.

Start: Space Needle, Seattle, April 26

Finish: New York City’s Empire State Building, Sept. 15.

En route: To Spokane, following U.S. Highway 2.

Quotable: “I’m rested and feeling fine for the long journey.”

To contribute to HD Society

of America, please call 206-464-9598, or send your check to: HD Society of America, (Code #070TH03), P.O. Box 33345, Seattle, WA 98133.

To receive regular updates on Stevenson’s trip, please go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pacinparson/

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