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Zack Tanner
ztanner@post-gazette.com

 

July 15, 2019

Ben Brown, left, 34, watches as his son Oliver, right, 7, roughhouses with his father-in-law, Douglas Basinger, 63, who came to say goodnight to the children at the Browns’ home, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, at the family farm in Saltlick and Bullskin. Basinger and his wife, who live in a neighboring home, are a critical part of helping to care for the children as Brown’s wife deals with the fatigue, pain, and side effects of treatment from breast cancer.