Richwood Artists Recovers From Last Year's Flood, Earlier Stroke

By By Jordan Nelson The Register-Herald RICHWOOD (AP) - Richwood native Deborah Dorland recalls flood water steadily rising up the side of her wheelchair. She closes her eyes and says, "It was one of the most traumatic things I had ever experienced, and I didn't think I'd make it through." While many people were experiencing the grief of losing family members, friends and homes as the Cherry River tore through the town June 23, 2016, Dorland was trying to recover from a different form of loss - the loss of movement and control of the right side of her body. After experiencing a stroke in May 2014, Dorland wondered if her world as an artist would ever be the same. She had completed large murals all over the world from Fiji to Washington D.C.