RALEIGH, NC. – A cancer diagnosis doesn’t always mean what it used to. New data from the American Cancer Society shows the U.S. cancer death rate has fallen significantly since 1991, preventing nearly five million deaths. More than 18 million Americans are now living after a cancer diagnosis, and that number is expected to surpass 22 million by 2030.
At 68, Jerome Stracke is doing what he’s done since he was five: sketching, creating, carving.
“I’ve loved to just carve wood,” he told Ivanhoe…