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Bowling fundraiser planned for boy awaiting heart transplant

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Owen Payton, 6, of an unincorporated area near West Chicago, is awaiting a heart transplant as his family tries to raise $60,000 for costs associated with the operation. A bowling fundraiser planned for 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Bowling Green Sports Center, 243 Roosevelt Road in West Chicago will help raise money for the cause.

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The family of 6-year-old Owen Payton, shown here in 2011 riding a therapeutic bike, is trying to raise $60,000 for expenses related to a heart transplant Owen is waiting to receive.

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Months before he was born, doctors knew Owen Payton had a serious heart defect. The 6-year-old's family is trying to raise $60,000 for a heart transplant he is waiting to receive. In the background is a play set Owen was given from the Make-A-Wish Foundation in fall 2011.

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Owen Payton, 6, of an unincorporated area near West Chicago, rides a therapeutic bike he received for Christmas 2011 from Project Mobility. Owen's family is raising money with a bowling fundraiser Sunday for a heart transplant Owen is waiting to receive.

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Owen Payton has spent almost one entire year of his six years on Earth on a transplant list, awaiting a new heart to replace the defective one he was born with. Owen will be the beneficiary of a bowling fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Bowling Green Sports Center, 243 Roosevelt Road in West Chicago, as his family aims to raise $60,000 for costs associated with a heart transplant.

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