from the Wichita Falls Times Record (full article)

Cancer survivor faces bike ride for 2nd year

By Jenara Kocks Burgess/For the Times Record News
July 25, 2007

Dennis DeAtley, a 55-year-old medical dosimetrist and radiation therapist, said he will ride in his second Hotter’N Hell Hundred this year to prove that not only has he survived cancer, but he is also living life to its fullest. “I really enjoyed the Hotter’N Hell Hundred last year so that’s why it’s even more important for me this year. I’m not just riding just for myself this year, but for all those others like me who have been hit with this disease,” DeAtley said.