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He had just returned from a brief stint with the Marine Corps in Hawaii after graduating from Port Byron High School in 1976.聽

"It was something I just had stepped into," he said. "I'm not sure how it evolved so fast and much."聽

His efforts evolved rather quickly, and nearly 30 years later, he has hosted hundreds of benefits for national organizations and community members. Little did he know that all that time later, those he has helped would also have a chance to pay it back.

Wenzel was diagnosed with lung cancer in March after undergoing other unrelated illnesses over the last several months. After completing one month of chemotherapy, he decided to take a more聽naturopathic route to his treatment. He said he is currently taking 16 pills a day, and hopes to decrease or completely eliminate them out of his daily regimen.

"I haven't suffered as much as a lot have through chemo," he said.

Wenzel said he is trying acupuncture, a vitamin seed infusion and massage therapy, and continually working on improving his diet.

"That's for my mind," he said. "I'm going to do what I can do and hopefully we'll see how it goes."

Taking care of your body can be expensive, Wenzel said, and members of the community are hoping to ease the costs with donations through a page.

Wenzel hosted a benefit for the late Richard Weaver in the 1980s, who was the first heart transplant recipient in central New York. He said Weaver thanked him many times as their paths crossed over the years, and continued to do so up until the day before he died.

Wenzel said he has been able to get a lot of energy from the people, like Weaver, whom he has helped over the years.

"I never really looked at it that way," he said. "It's just something, you know, you go out and you help your neighbor."

Wenzel said he's helped raise more than $1.5 million from all of the benefits he has hosted, with help from various volunteers.

"At times (when I was hosting benefits) I wish I could take their pain away and have it, and since this last year, since January, I think I've pretty much accumulated all of that and more and I'm still here to talk about it," he said.聽

Wenzel said he wouldn't have been able to get through this past year without help from many close friends, including his best friend, Robin Munn.

Munn said the two are now very close, but it wasn't always that way. While the two grew up on the same street and were in the same first grade class, they weren't particularly good friends until later in life, she said.聽

"In recent years we've reconnected, and he has been a great support to me," she said. "Whenever we get together, he lifts my spirits."聽

Wenzel echoed her sentiments.

"We feed off of each other, and we're kind of like the motivators for each other," he said. "She's kind of like my savior and I'm hers."

Munn said she tries to keep Wenzel moving and going despite his health condition.

"I just love him," she said. "He speaks his mind and God bless him for it."

Wenzel, who聽once worked as a writer and features editor of 水果派AV, most recently spoke his mind on Facebook, where he called for a boycott of the newspaper on Thanksgiving due to its price that day.

"People in Auburn either love or hate Artie, there's not in between," Munn said. "But once you get to know him, everybody loves him."

As his treatment continues, Wenzel said he will keep adding to his bucket list and hopes to complete as many things as he can. Just recently, he said, he took a ride in his friend Maureen Coppola's black Mustang convertible, checking another item off of his list.聽

"I try not to sound morbid about it, but it's been a pretty damn good run," Wenzel said. "I'm not going anywhere, and when I do, we'll have to have a party."