Elko radio host sheds pounds for charity

KLKO-FM disc jockey Jim Berry is collecting pledges from listeners to lose weight. Money raised will benefit the Northern Nevada "Make-A-Wish" Foundation.

Berry said the idea evolved from a scheme to get his boss to buy him a set of titanium gold clubs if he dropped 100 pounds.

Now, local businesses, civic groups and others are pledging per pound to "trim Jim."

Berry said he's battled a weight problem all his life, and admits to tipping the scales now at close to 400 pounds.

But he said he's already shed 20 pounds and raised about $4,000 for the "Make-A-Wish" challenge.

He hopes to raise $100,000 by fall.

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