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Published November 06, 2008 12:26 am - CARL JUNCTION, Mo. — Joy Noel spent a minute or two chatting with Sharon Clark about Clark’s successful effort to sell $10,000 worth of breast-cancer-research stamps. Carl Junction leaders fulfill pledge after fund-raising campaign By Mike Pound
mpound@joplinglobe.com CARL JUNCTION, Mo. — Joy Noel spent a minute or two chatting with Sharon Clark about Clark’s successful effort to sell $10,000 worth of breast-cancer-research stamps. As Noel was about to leave the small alcove in the Carl Junction post office, she stopped to say what she thought was truly remarkable about the local campaign. “Everyone got involved, the whole town,” she said. After Noel left, Clark put her head down and was quiet for a second, then she looked up. When she did, there were tears in her eyes. “I’ve been a postmaster since 1993,” she said. “I’ve never had a community that ...” Her voice trailed off, and she didn’t finish her sentence. She just shook her head, smiled and wiped a tear away. It’s obvious how Clark, a cancer survivor, feels about the support she received. The stamps sell for 55 cents —13 cents above normal price — with the U.S Postal Service donating the difference to breast-cancer research. Clark’s $10,000 drive raised nearly $2,400 for breast-cancer research. When Clark decided to try for that $10,000 goal, she wasn’t sure what to expect. She certainly didn’t expect the entire community to take the project on its collective shoulders and adopt it as its own. But community groups, businesses and individuals began swooping into the Carl Junction post office buying the stamps. The Carl Junction R-1 School District, in particular, took Clark’s quest under its wing. Superintendent Phil Cook said getting the district’s staff and faculty involved wasn’t a hard sell. He said several teachers are cancer survivors. “Teachers are a very tight group,” Cook said. Clark reached her $10,000 goal at 4:10 p.m. Friday — 20 minutes before the post office closed. Then it was time for community leaders to keep their word. Last week, members of the Carl Junction City Council, Mayor Mike Moss, police Chief Delmar Haase, fire Chief Bill Dunn and other city employees agreed to either dye their hair pink or wear pink wigs if Clark reached her goal. 
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