    Sharks just may have the secret for a cancer cure, says one news story from july 10, 1998. Researchers say they’ve found a natural cancer fighter called Squalamine, a compound from a shark’s liver with antibiotic activity to control tumor growth.
    The spirit of Sandy Labaree, who died of the disease in march 2000, must be cheering now. Her husband, Ben, carries on the “Corvettes Conquer Cancer” tour that his wife started in 1998. As of this past january, he has been joined by a cancer-fighting shark of the Corvette Mako species. Officially, the fish is Miss Mako, Joan Spoerndle’s feminine version of the original Larry Shinoda-designed Corvette Mako Shark show car from ‘63.
     Joan had the idea to build her own Mako and Sandy gave her the inspiration to display the Corvette for charity sake. Spoerndle wasn’t