Voice of Slippery Gulch returns after Leukemia fight

As far back as many Tekoans can remember, he has been the voice of the Slippery Gulch Days parade. For this year, the path to get there was quite different.

Chris Smith, raised in Tekoa and a member of the class of 1971, was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in January 2011 and went to Seattle last August for chemotherapy treatments and a subsequent bone marrow transplant.

During his more than nine months in and out of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, he kept an eye on a particular goal.

He wanted to be healthy enough to once again serve as announcer for Slippery Gulch Days.

Last week, S...