Starke teen takes rare disease in stride

Jack Stack stands behind his parents, Clay and Sonya, on March 29, the day of his latest surgery. They’re all dressed in blue, the color of Perthes Awareness. Photo provided by the Stack family.

BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer It was hard at first for Clay and Sonya Stack of Starke to see what a rare disease took away from their youngest son, Jack, but they’re now grateful for what he does have. Jack Stack, a 16-year-old soon-to-be-junior at Bradford High School, has Legg-Calve-Perthes disease, or simply Perthes…

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