The spirit of the Ark-La-Tex Muscular Dystrophy Association Lock-up, which started Wednesday at Timothys, is one of hope. More than 130 people will participate in the two-day fund-raiser, working together to raise money to send local children affected with MD to camp. The event continues today. B.J. Sparks, 11, who has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, attended the event Wednesday.

‘Im here because I want to encourage people to keep up the hard work and to get people to help raise money for a cure’ B.J. said. A smart, well-spoken boy with a happy disposition, B.J. has been in a whee...

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