Apr 18, 2021
041721.R YSU RELAY 1.Youngstown.04-17-21.Relay For Life walkers from left (first row) Carrie Clyde of Struthers, Jessica Gaskell of Youngstown, Leslie Page of Boardman, (second row) Clay Miller of Wooster Halie Luc of Wooster, and Kenna (correct) Hatfield of Wooster.Participating in the 2021 Relay For Life of YSU Saturday afternoon.by R. Michael Semple
By SEAN BARRON
Correspondent
YOUNGSTOWN Joey Gaskell could easily be called the comeback kid for the way he responds to everything from humorous quips he hears to fighting cancer.
“He’s been such a trooper throughout, but he’s still the same kid,” Jessica Gaskell said about her son, 4, who was diagnosed at 18 months with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a type of cancer of the bone marrow and blood that affects mainly the white blood cells.