Pizza Hut sets fundraiser for Binder

Joan Jess Binder came down with colon cancer earlier this year and spent a lot of time undergoing chemotherapy and other treatment.

She got ill from the medications and ended up in the emergency room a few times. Then she came down with pneumonia.

Thanksgiving Day, she had a stroke and was flown to Great Falls for additional treatments.

Now, her friend Heather Ellingson said she fears Binder is lying in a hospital bed worrying about how she is going to pay the bills.

“I wish she wasn’t, but I’m sure she is,” Ellingson said.

She is a very timely person, Ellingson said, adding that Binder will w...