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Utah teen and dad go on Ford racing trip after CEO learns of son’s cancer battle: ‘Hard to put into words’
A teenager and his father had a once-in-a-lifetime experience thanks to a thoughtful gesture from a CEO.
Joseph Tegerdine, 18, of Springville, Utah, is currently in his fifth year of battling bone cancer.
Tegerdine was diagnosed with osteosarcoma bone cancer in May 2019 after suffering from knee pain ever since he was 13.
In Jan. 2022, cancer was also found in his lungs and his hip. He had surgery and chemotherapy to treat it.
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Two years later, in Feb. 2024, the cancer was found again in his lungs, something his mother told Fox News Digital pushed the family to begin checking things off his bucket list, as Fox News Digital previously reported.
“We’re focusing on making memories and doing bucket list items for him,” Kerry Tegerdine said.
Joseph Tegerdine, age 18, received a Ford Mustang thanks to his father. (SWNS)
One of those bucket list items included owning a Ford Mustang — something Joseph Tegerdine’s father, Joe Tegerdine, made happen recently.
Kerry Tegerdine told Fox News Digital that her husband knew her son wouldn’t have enough time to save enough money to buy it himself — so her husband went out and bought him one.
Yet the good news for Joseph Tegerdine didn’t stop there.
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As the elder Joe Tegerdine posted on X, “For those wondering why I’d buy my 18yr old son a 330hp Mustang, well, he’s been given months to live and can’t work long enough to buy one himself. His comment on the way home: ‘Dad, I’m going to squeeze a few extra months of life just to be able to drive this,’ #cancersucks.”
The post on X gained attention from many — including Jim Farley, the CEO of Ford Motors.
Joseph Tegerdine, 18 years old, was diagnosed with cancer five years ago, but he got to live out a dream moment just recently. (Joe Tegerdine)
In a tweeted response, Farley shared his condolences for what the Tegerdines were going through — then offered both Joe Tegerdine and son Joseph Tegerdine the chance to drive a Ford Mustang Dark Horse on the track at the Ford Performance Racing School in Charlotte, North Carolina.
This past week, the Tegerdines did just that.
In a phone interview on Tuesday, April 16, Joe Tegerdine told Fox News Digital that the experience was hard for him to put into words.
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“It’s hard to describe, [but] there’s this feeling of finality … This is probably our last time doing something like this,” he said.
The pair traveled from Utah to North Carolina for the occasion, something Joe Tegerdine said almost didn’t happen due to his son’s increased hip pain after radiation over the last few weeks.
Dad Joe Tegerdine, at right, is pictured with his son, Joseph Tegerdine, left. The dad told Fox News Digital that it was hard to put into words how much the experience meant to him. (Joe Tegerdine)
“He [Joseph] was like, ‘Dad, I don’t care if you have to roll me in on a gurney, I’m going to this driving school’,” he recalled.
He added, “He [Joseph] had the most energy I’ve seen in months, just a super big smile and super excited.”
“You just realize that you’re enjoying these precious little moments of smiles and excitement and not knowing how many more there are going to be before he passes.”
The pair were taught how to properly drive the specialty vehicle and more before getting their chance behind the steering wheel.
“I mean, everything was just such a great adrenaline rush and a great experience,” he said.
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Ford Motors even surprised the two with custom helmets for their driving school experience that matched the pattern of their sports car.
Joseph Tegerdine is shown on the racetrack. (Joe Tegerdine)
Ford Motor Company president and chief executive officer Jim Farley told Fox News Digital via email that the company was “simply happy [that] we could provide this experience to Joe and Joseph.”
Joe Tegerdine shared that his son finished radiation on Monday, April 15, in an effort to stop the largest tumor on his lungs from growing further.
However, Joseph Tegerdine had an increasing amount of pain in his hip where another large tumor lies.
“He’s exhausted,” Joe Tegerdine said. “There are no treatments left for osteosarcoma — we’ve pretty much exhausted everything.”
Joseph Tegerdine is pictured with a custom helmet from Ford Motors. (Joe Tegerdine)
He added that the racing school experience was hard to describe due to its “feeling of finality.”
“You just realize that you’re enjoying these precious little moments of smiles and excitement and not knowing how many more there are going to be before he passes,” he said.
Joseph Tegerdine is still doing typical 18-year-old things like going to prom this month.
Dad Joe Tegerdine told Fox News Digital that his son and his girlfriend will take prom photos in front of the Ford Mustang.
“It’s a precious time,” his father said.
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BIGFORK, Mont. — Boaters on the Flathead River near Bigfork will face a temporary closure this week as crews continue work on the new Sportsman’s Bridge.
The Montana Department of Transportation and Sletten Construction will continue constructing the new bridge on Montana Highway 82 northwest of Bigfork by placing steel beams over the east side of the Flathead River. The beams will support the deck of the new bridge.
To safely complete the work, the river beneath the bridge will be temporarily closed from 7 a.m. Wednesday, July 8, to 6 p.m. Thursday, July 9.
No boat traffic will be allowed to travel under the bridge during that time.
The following was sent out by Montana Department of Transportation:
The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) and Sletten Construction will continue constructing the new Sportsman’s Bridge on Montana Highway 82 (MT 82) northwest of Bigfork by placing steel beams over the east side of the Flathead River. These beams will support the deck of the new bridge.
To safely complete this work, the river beneath the bridge will be temporarily closed from 7 a.m. on Wednesday, July 8, to 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 9.
No boat traffic will be allowed to travel under the bridge during this time.
This closure area includes approximately 20 feet upstream and 300 feet downstream of the bridge and applies to all motorized and non-motorized watercraft, including kayaks, canoes, rafts, and paddleboards.
The Sportsman’s Bridge Fishing Access Site will remain open during this time for boaters traveling southbound (downstream) on the river toward Flathead Lake.
No traffic impacts are anticipated for motorists traveling on MT 82 during this work.
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U. Nevada Reno department merger will study social life via ‘intersectional, decolonial, humanistic’ lens | The College Fix
A ‘place where rigorous social research and critical, decolonial scholarship’ will occur
At the beginning of this month, the University of Nevada Reno merged its sociology department and Department of Gender, Race, and Identity to form the Department of Sociology and Cultural Analysis — dedicated to studying “social life” via “intersectional, decolonial and humanistic” methods.
According Nevada Today, the consolidation “reflects a long-recognized affinity between the two departments. Sociology and GRI share deep commitments to understanding social inequalities, the forces that produce and reproduce them, and the possibilities for transformation.”
The new department will be led by Professors Lydia Huerta (research interests include “critical communication pedagogy” and “feminist, gender and sexuality studies”) and Jared Bok (“globalization and transnationalism,” “religion, culture, organizations”) whom outgoing Dept. of Sociology Chair Marta Elliot (“prejudice, discrimination, stigma and well-being,” “sociology of mental health and illness”) said will “exceptionally well-position” the merger for the future.
The now-former Departments of Sociology and Gender, Race, and Identity taught students “to ask rigorous questions about race, gender, class, migration, health, labor, culture and power,” and the merger won’t change that, according to the report.
Huerta said the new department “will be a place where rigorous social research and critical, decolonial scholarship inform one another and where students graduate equipped to understand and change the world they inherit.”
The Department of Sociology and Cultural Analysis will offer “robust” selection of majors and minors including gender, race and identity, comparative ethnic studies, Indigenous studies, gender and queer studies, and social justice and conflict studies.
College of Liberal Arts Dean Casilde Isabelli said these programs “preserve [both former departments’] unique intellectual traditions while creating new opportunities for collaboration, innovation and student success.”
According to her faculty page, Huerta has written the journal articles “The Exigency of the Anti-Gender Agenda in Latin America: A Transnational Perspective” and “The Impacts of Anti-Genderism on Education in Brazil: Fear and Danger among Professors of Gender” among other publications.
Bok’s offerings include “Religious Exit Costs” and “The Arts in Sacred Spaces: How Religious Conservatism and Cultural Omnivorousness Influence Attitudes about Congregational Involvement in the Arts.”
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ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) — Organizers behind the annual Roswell UFO Festival say this past weekend’s event was a success. It was held from July 2 to July 4.
The festival was filled with unique booths, shops, shows and contests for paranormal enthusiasts. Roswell Mainstreet says they believe more than 12,000 people were in attendance, although those are preliminary numbers.
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