This photo, featured on the front page of Basalt’s Sopris Sun in August 1969, captures Mark Weston riding a bucking bronco. Weston was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in October 2019 and served as a patient representative on the FDA’s advisory committee to discuss AMX0035, a new drug to treat ALS. Read Weston’s opinion online at www.bit.ly/WestonOpinion