{"id":7427,"date":"2011-07-12T17:33:52","date_gmt":"2011-07-13T00:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=7427"},"modified":"2011-07-12T18:20:14","modified_gmt":"2011-07-13T01:20:14","slug":"benefit-this-thursday-evening-for-firefighters-daughters-big-wish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=7427","title":{"rendered":"Benefit this Thursday evening for firefighter&#8217;s daughter&#8217;s big wish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Sharyn\u00a0 L. Decker<br \/>\nLewis County Sirens news reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CHEHALIS &#8211; Seventeen-year-old Nicole Beck, daughter of Chehalis Fire Department Capt. Casey Beck and Jan Beck, earlier this year was awarded a &#8220;wish&#8221; from the Make-a-Wish foundation, and instead of using it for herself, she&#8217;s sort of giving it away.<\/p>\n<p>Nicole won a spot on the tennis team at W.F. West High School only to spend much of the season at Seattle Children&#8217;s&#8217; Hospital undergoing chemotherapy for a cancer discovered in February.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/2011.0712.nicolebeck.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7432\" title=\"nicole beck flyer\" src=\"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/2011.0712.nicolebeck.png\" alt=\"2011.0712.nicolebeck\" width=\"223\" height=\"215\" \/><\/a>She is using the money from the foundation to upgrade the tennis courts at school; with plans for new lighting, fences, nets, benches and resurfacing of all six courts, according to her supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Sixty-thousand dollars has been raised so far for the $80,000 project, according to her dad.<\/p>\n<p>A benefit will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday night &#8211; with music by local performer Chris Guenther &#8211; at the Riverside Golf Club. A $10 steak dinner is on the menu.<\/p>\n<p>Work on the courts will begin with volunteer labor and is expected to be done in time for the coming school year, Casey Beck said today.<\/p>\n<p>Nicole, who will be a senior next year, plans to attend the benefit, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We didn&#8217;t know if we were going to do it (the benefit) cause Nicole wasn&#8217;t feeling good last week,&#8221; he said this afternoon. &#8220;But she got better unexpectedly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Today, she was helping out with tennis camp at the high school, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The prognosis for the growth &#8211; called Rhabdomyosarcoma &#8211; not coming back is really good, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The golf course is at 1451 NW Airport Road, Chehalis<\/p>\n<p>Casey Beck adds that anyone interested in helping him tear out the old courts should call him at 360-520-0816.<\/p>\n<p>Donations for the cause can also be to Nikki&#8217;s Wish at Wells Fargo Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about her story at <a title=\"www.caringbridge.org\/visit\/nicolebeck\" href=\"http:\/\/www.caringbridge.org\/visit\/nicolebeck\" target=\"_blank\">www.caringbridge.org\/visit\/nicolebeck<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sharyn\u00a0 L. Decker Lewis County Sirens news reporter CHEHALIS &#8211; Seventeen-year-old Nicole Beck, daughter of Chehalis Fire Department Capt. Casey Beck and Jan Beck, earlier this year was awarded a &#8220;wish&#8221; from the Make-a-Wish foundation, and instead of using it for herself, she&#8217;s sort of giving it away. 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