Tiffany Frampton, director of the Slippery Rock Community Library, has been on leave since July as she undergoes chemotherapy treatments for cancer. A spaghetti dinner/basket raffle fundraiser is being planned for Saturday, Nov. 5, at the Slippery Rock Township building to raise money both for the library and Frampton's medical expenses. Eric Freehling/Butler Eagle

SLIPPERY ROCK — Tiffany Frampton, director of the Slippery Rock Community Library, hasn’t been in the stacks lately. She’s been on leave since July as she battles a case of colorectal cancer.

It’s her second bout with cancer. In 2017, she was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma.

“It started off as a mole on my back,” Frampton said. “Then it was a large tumor under my left forearm that was eroding the bone.”

“It just messed with everything. I was having trouble straightening my fingers,” she added.

Her first round with cancer ended her career in retail management, but her experience coupled with the elementary education degree she earned at Slippery Rock University enabled her to land a position as children’s program coordinator three years ago, before becoming the library’s director a year ago.

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